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US6009A

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    secure by Letters Patent, is— The mode of securing vines in a green state by putting them up in hollow rolls, made as above described, and also the apparatus for the purpose of gathering vines aud forming said rolls, as described in the above specification. JOHN B. STANLEY. Attest:S. R. Jones, M. W. Stanley. To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, John B. Stanley, of the county of Copiah and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful mode of securing pea and other vines for forage, and also a machine for the purpose of gathering them in the field preparatory to securing them;and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the machine, and also of the manner of securing pea and other vines for forage, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, in which— a & are two beams, made somewhat tapering to facilitate their insertion into or withdrawal from c cl, the stirrups, fixed to the butt-end of each beam. Each beam has projecting from its butt-end e a pivot, of which R, Fig. 2, the square portion, receives f, the ratchet-wheel, which has a square eye to fit it. g is a tight collar, and h is a loose collar, both on the pivot e. i is a nave or box inclosing the wheel, in whole or in part, to keep it clear of earth, &c. j is the shank of the box i, by which it is connected with I, the lever, fc is a nut, keeping the box i aud its inclosed wheel /in their place on the pivot e. m is a spring or click attached to the lever, and acts as a catch on the ratchet-wheel. m 2 is the same spring, but broken to show the box i iu the drawing, p is a strap, of leather or other material, attached to the beam, t is a wedge or block to be used at convenience, as the strap may be made fast without it. Operation: The small end of each beam being inserted in the stirrup of the other, I drive in the wedges t, fastening the loose end of the strap p by the wedges, so as to form loops, into