General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

10

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BINDER'S FRAME, PLATFORM, DECK, PANELS, REEL SLATS & TWINE BOX ARE ALL OF WOOD/ METAL PARTS INCLUDE THE MAIN WHEEL, DRIVE CHAIN, SEAT & KNOTTING MECHANISM/ CANVAS DECK (SMALL) NEAR GRAIN COVER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

396.5 cm

Width

213.5 cm

Height

289.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Crop handling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Deering

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Paris

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Part of CEF transfer. Notes tab: MANUFACTURER: ORIGINAL CAT RECORD READS: "WATSON DEERING"

Function

HORSE-DRAWN MACHINE USED TO CUT STANDING GRAIN, BIND IT INTO SHEAVES, & DROP SHEAVES ON GROUND TO BE PICKED UP./ BINDER'S SICKLES CUT GRAIN STEMS, REEL SLATS GATHER GRAIN ONTO PLATFORM. GRAIN IS THEN CONVEYED TO PACKER ARMS & WHEN SUFFICIENT PRESSURE IS BUILT UP, TRIP ARM IS ENGAGED WHICH OPERATES TYING MECHANISM.

Technical

HORSE-DRAWN LEFT HAND CUT BINDER OF TWINE TYING TYPE. AT THIS STAGE IN DEVELOPMENT OF BINDER, THEY WERE STILL BEING BUILT PRIMARILY OF WOOD WITH SOME METAL SUCH AS STEEL RIM OF BULL WHEEL, IRON PARTS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON BOTH ELEVATOR PANELS, STENCILLED ON IN (FADED) BLACK PAINT IS: '[?]/ [?]MENT/ PATENTED/ MAY 12TH 1885'/ UNIDENTIFIED WOODEN PART HAS STENCILLED IN BLACK: 'PATENTED IN CANADA/ FEBRUARY 21ST 1877/ [B4]-ISD 11TH FEBY 1882'/ ON GRAIN COVER, STENCILLED FADED BLACK LETTERING READS: '[D]ERRING'/ OUTSIDE DIVIDER [?] HAS STENCILLED ON IT IN BLACK: '[W]ATSON', EXTREMELYFADED/ IN CAST RAISED LETTERS ON KNOTTER MECHANISM WHEEL IS: 'B149 PATD 1883'/ CAST IN RAISED LETTERS ON SICKLE BLADES IS: '286'

Missing

ELEVATOR BED/ CONVEYING CANVAS From CA of 06/11/1997 by Carrie Misener: Undetermined

Finish

WOODEN PANELS & FRAME MEMBERS ORIGINALLY PAINTED YELLOW OR LIGHT GREEN WITH BLUE TRIM & A CENTRAL SIMPLE RED FLORAL DECORATION/ REEL SLATS ARE PAINTED RED/PINK IN COLOUR/ TWINE BOX PAINTED PINK (FADED RED?) WITH BLACK TRIM/ OFF WHITE CANVAS/ ALL PAINT WORK IS EITHER EXTREMELY FADED, WORN OR CHIPPED/ MOST METAL WORK IS BLACK EXCEPT FOR SEAT & KNOTTING MECH. WHICH HAVE SAME YELLOW BASE WITH BLUE TRIM AS BINDER BODY PARTS

Decoration

SIMPLISTIC STYLISED FOLIAGE DESIGN IN RED IN CENTER OF MANY PANEL & FRAME MEMBERS AS WELL AS AXLES FOR KNOTTING MECHANISM