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Four-horse power thrashing-machine, with four-horsepower patent gear attached. The preceding cuts representthis machine and the patent horse-gear. The thrashing-machine consists of a wooden frame, with wire breastingsand open-beater drum. The patent safety gear-work con-sists of a moveable cap, working upon an upright cylinder,and carrying three idle wheels, equidistant from thecommon centre round which they revolve. These wheels
are put in motion by a rack on the inner edge of,cylinder, and they communicate motion to an upriFshaft, on which are fixed the necessary wheels for g ct . t, ?7up a speed of 3 to 11, or any other speed. The uprig 1 'cylinder contains all the gear-work within itself, so asequalise the strain, and to exclude everything calculateto injure it; by the position of the three loose whec >friction is removed from the bearings.
Barrett and Co.’s Patent Ilorse-gear.
Two-horse power patent thrashing-machine, with two-horse power patent gear. The machine is constructedentirely of iron. The machine and gear-work are madeportable upon a pair of iron wheels, and can be unloadedand set to work by two or three men in a quarter of anhour—intended to thrash from 12 to 15 quarters of wheatper day.
Onc-horse power patent thrashing-machine, with patentsafety horse-gear. Will thrash by horse-power from 6 to
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8 quarters, and by hand-power from 4 to C quarterswheat per day. ,.. ely of
Hand-power patent thrashing-machine, made el } l \. Gll dediron, with the exhibitors’ new patent breasting. jP. 0 fto be worked by manual power. Claiming simp” c *construction, and not being liable to get out of ord . e .iJ J c gsintended to thrash all kinds of grain and seeds P 1 pr e'injury than the common flail. This machine is 1sented in the annexed cut.