CULTIVATORS. 



No. 6,007.— W. RICHTER, Williamsburg, Ind. 



— Cultivators.— January % 1849. 



Claim.— The corn fender C, in combination with the cul- 

 tivator teeth A A, and the plow acting in the manner and 

 for the purpose set forth. 



No. 6,167.— J. WARNER, Readinc, Pa. - Cultivators. 

 — March 13, 1849. 



Claim. — I. — Connecting the teeth of cultivators to the 

 frames thereof, by attaching them to blocks adapted to slide 

 in the frame, and provided with screws for regulating their 

 position relatively to one another, and to the draft beam, 

 substantially as described, and in combination with the 

 foregoing. 



2. — Connecting the teeth by means of a hinge or 

 other turning joint, and provided with the jointed screw 

 brace, the said joints and screw braces being attached to 

 the sliding blocks to which the teeth are attached, as de- 

 scribed. 



No. 6,204.-8. W. AIKIN, Spring Hill, Tenn.— O//- 

 livators. — Marili 20, 1S49. 



Claim. — I. — The grooved board ( fig. 4 ) fitted to the 

 scraper and bolted to the beam for the purpose of protecting 

 the plants from falling clods of earth. 



2. — The arrangement of teeth in one beam B, of the 

 cultivator, and constructing them of different lengths for 

 the purpose set forth. 



No. 6,501.-8. COATS, Lafayette, V^k.— Cultivators. 



— June 5, 1849. 



Claim. — Ihe auxiliary cultivator teeth H, in the outer 

 ends of the drag F, as described and represented. 



No. 6,5 1 1- GEO. W BROWN, Tylerville, III.— 

 Cultivators. — June 5, 1849. 



Claim. — The mode of adjusting the position of the shovels 

 D, so as to throw the earth from or towards the rows of 

 corn, or to the right and left at pleasure, by means of the 

 before described combination of the levers L, links N, and, 

 adjustive bars I, with the parallel slotted bars B, and ob- 

 lique hinged bars Q. as described. 



No. 7,463.— C. RODGER, Montfelier, ^w—Ctiltiva- 

 tors. - June 2S,lSso. 



Claim. — The combination of the bar a, with the weeil 

 cutter h, in the manner and for the purpose set forth and 

 represented. 



No. 8,483.-1. CONSTANT, Bukkalo, Heari- Grove, 

 III. — Cultivators. — November 4, 185 1. 



Claim. — The immediate jointed plows in combination 

 with the main cultivating plows as described, for enabling 

 the plowman to plow nearer to, or farther from, the rows 

 at will. 



No. 8,850.— T. J. BALL and J. P08TE, Pittsfield, 

 Uvzn.— Cultivators.— April 6, 1852. 



Claim. — The construction of the long metallic inclined 

 blades e, e, i, on the after part of the machine, for cutting 

 the sods and lumps and pulverizing the ground, asset forth. 



No. 9, 314.— C. BISHOP, NoRWALK, Omo.— Cultiva- 

 tors. — October 12. 1852. 



Claim. — The manner herein described of constructing the 

 mold bo.Trds D, and combining them with the blade E, in 

 the manner substantially as herein specified. 



No. 9,754.— PHILIP H. KECK, Morgantown, Va.— 

 Cultivators. — May 31, 1853. 



Claim. — The combination of ihe balancing pivot P, with 

 a cultivator constructed as above described, for aiding in 

 turning the same. 



No. 9,796.— E. L. FREEMAN, Ann Arbor, Mich.— 

 Cultivators. — June 21, 1 853. 



Claim. — The precise conslruction of the tooth, and 

 placed in the position as set forth, the vertical part and the 

 horizontal part each having a backward slant. 



No. 9,798.— W. 8. HYDE, Townsend, Ohio.— C«*/- 

 vators. — June 21, 1853. 



Claim. — The cultivator herein described with adjustable 

 supplementary wings, so constructed as to cultivate the soil 

 near the roots of the plants superficially, and deeper at a 

 distance therefrom, the wings being adjustable to any re- 

 quired angle with the bottom of furrow so as to give any 

 desired degree of inclination (o the sides of the ridges or 

 hills, and to change their inclination from time to time to 

 adapt them to the varying stages of the growth of the plant. 



No. 10,123.— L. M. WHITMAN, Weeusport, N. Y.— 

 Cultivators.— October II, 1853. 



Claim. — The employment of the long inclined spring- 

 wings c, c, secured at their front ends to the share and main 

 standard, and turning upon the pin E', in combination with 

 the mechanical contrivances herein .shown, for expanding 

 and contracting the wings, or setting them more perpendic- 

 ular and nearer together, for the purpose of throwing more 

 pulverized soil against or up to the hills, or setting them 

 less inclined to the horizontal plane, and lanher apart, for 

 the purpose of allowing the pulverised soil, weeds, &c., to 

 pass over them into the broad open spaces in the center, 

 the wings, in either case, cutting up the weeds and pulver- 

 izing the soil, as fully set forth in the specification. 



No. 11,361.-0. H. DANA, West Lebanon, N. H.— 

 Cultivators. — July 25, 1854. 



Claim. — Constructing each of the outermost teeth G, with 

 a horizontal blade projecting more or less outwardly from 

 its shank, and with an upright portion G, bent up at the 

 extremity of said outwardly ]irojecting blade, the edge of 

 said upright portion being parallel, or thereabouts, with the 

 longitudinal direction of the cultivator, for the purpose of 

 cutting up the weeds close to the rows of corn or other 

 plants, and at the same time drawing the weeds away from 

 the rows, and also serving to guide the attendant in direct- 

 ing the cultivator, so as not to injure the plants by too near 

 an approach to them, sulistantially as herein described. 



No. 11,460.— D. \V, SHARES, Hamden, Conn.— 0///« 

 valors. — .August I, 1X54. 



Claim. — Providing the espandiiig and contracting hoeing 

 wings B, on either side, with cultivator teeth C, projecting 

 downwards on the inside of the hoeing wings or sera, ers, 

 as and for the purposes specified 



No. 11,528.— J. MYERS, Powhatan Point, Ohio.— 

 Cultivators. — August 15, 1854. 



Claim. — The triangular wings upon the turned up portion 

 of leeth C, with their land sides so inclined as to have a 

 tendency from the plant when the implement is moving 

 forward, constructed and arranged siibst uiti dly as herein- 

 before set forth, for pulverizing the earth and otherwise fa- 

 cililating the cultivation of cotton. 



No. 11,924.— W. BANCROFT, Whiteforii, Ohio.— 

 Cultivators. — Aovember 14, 1854, 



I am aware that a triangular knife like mine his been 

 used before. 



Claim. — The method of making the knife adjustable upon 

 the frame a, by means of standard c, and hinged standards 

 f and g, as .set foith. 



No. 12,536. — S. A. KNOX, Worcester, Mass., assig- 

 nor to RuGGLES, NouRSE, Mason & Co. — Cultivators. — 

 March 13, 1855. 



Claim. — Arranging the curved knife, or pointed tooth K, 

 at or near the front end of the beam of the h irse hoe, while 

 the main or double hoe C, is disposed at or near the rear 

 end of the beam, and so as to enable the said tooth to be 

 used in the manner and for the purposes as stated ; it being 

 employed in a common plow simply for cutting the sod or 

 opening it for the reception of the nose of the plow. 



No. 12,571.— G. W. N. YOST, Port Gibson, Miss.— 

 Cultivators. — March 20, 1855. 



Claim. — The combination of the adjustable scraper E, 

 with the bar and point D, as described, for the purpose of 

 bearing off the row and wrapping up the middle ; also, for 

 scraping off the row, and rolling the scrapings over into the 

 furrow opened by the plow, substantially as set forth. 



No 12,609— R. P. VANHORN,J.\ckson Town, Ohio. 

 — Cultivators.- -.March 27, 1855. 



Claim. --The peculiar elongated rhombus-shaped, wrought 

 iron frame and arrangement of teeth, the front angle bear- 

 ing a light sleel cutter toolh, and the rear angle a large 

 shovel tooth, in the manner and purposes set forth. 



No. 12,611.— W. P. ZANE, WOOULICH, N. ].— Culti- 

 vators. — March 27, 1855. 



Claim.— The vine-hooks, f, g, g, arranged in such a man- 

 ner in relation to the cultivating teeth /;. //, /;, that the said 

 hooks will remove the vines out of the way of the said cul- 

 tivating teeth, and allow them to operate upon the soil 

 without injury to the vine^, substantially as .set forth. 



