Plowing Snow with Your Automobile 



Front and rear plows on casters which can 

 be ad i listed to anv motor-vehicle chassis 



CASTtO 



WHLtl 



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The rear 

 plow can be 

 contracted or 

 expanded in 

 order to make 

 a narrower or 

 a wider swath 

 as desired 



M( iTOR-DRIVFX siunv-plows have 

 iKConie a familiar sight in our largi' 

 cities (Jiiring severe snowstorms. 

 They can scoop u|) more snow than a 

 whole army of horse-drawn x'ehicles, and in 

 some cities, notably New York, they have 

 revolutionized the problem of snow re- 

 moval. For the most jiart these plows 

 liave been atlachefl to giant motor-trucks. 

 Now it is possible for any motor car, ironi 

 the sinallcst lo the largi-st, to be e(|uippi'd 

 with a plowing altachnu'iit (U'\ised b>' 

 John A. Kecler, of New I'altz, New N'ork. 

 His invention embodies front and rear 

 plows conm-cled with the .iutom(>i)ile in 

 such a way that they can be adjusted up .md 

 <low'n, later.illy, ;ind in a tilting position, 

 ;ind the re.ir plow coiitr.u-ted or exp.indcd 

 to make a wirier or a narrower swMlh. Uoth 

 plows are provided with caster-wheels, so 



tliat the\' will turn lo the right or left as 

 the automobile is turned. To hold the 

 front plow directly aheati, coil springs are 

 Used. The sjirings are so arranged .ui<l are 

 of such strength that the plow will be drawn 

 up or down according to the elev.ition of 

 the road. 



To r.iise and lower the rear plow anil to 

 spreail and close it, a windlass is provided. 

 The re.ir plow is attached to the automobile 

 frame, .is is the front plow; but it has the 

 .iddilion.d support of a skeleton bracing. 

 'I'liis plow runs on three caster-whwls. 

 Cables , It Lulled to it wind around the 

 windl.iss. When the windla.s.s is operated 

 in one direction, the plows arc spread, and 

 when operated in the ojiposite direction, 

 the\- are dr.iwn tow.ird each other. For the 

 purpose of r.iising and lowering the plow 

 indepi'iulent cables are used. 



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