CULTIVATORS. 



ening the ground or casting up a furrow, as may lie de- 

 sired. 



Claim. — The arrangement, substantially as set forth, of the 

 standards B B', and shares a a and frame A, the whole 

 operating as and for the purposes set forth and de- 

 scribed. 



No. 31,753.— FREDERICK STAMM, Lancaster, Pa. 



— Cultivators.— March 19, 1S61. 



The side beams are comioted li. llie rear end of the 

 draught beam by hinges, and .irc adjuslcd to required width 

 by means of arc-shaped slay^ in fr. int. 



Claim. — The arrangement of the draught beam B, side 

 beam A, stays D, hinge C, and curved shovel E, with its 

 head Z, the whole being constructed, operated, and oper- 

 ating in the manner and for the purpose set forth. 



No. ;i.NS4 I 1 W { ]( )SLEE, Gl.ASTENBURY, CoNN. — 

 CultiT,,/, i J. iN(,i. 



Theiil'i I .! ilii 111, Liition is to obtain a machine which 

 can be u,c.l Litl.c .1-, ,. cultivator or hoe. This is effected 

 by inserting tliL- tcitl), which are c.in,inicteil u itli dovetail 

 shanks, in jiKirtiNC-. in the frame, anil letiinin- ilieni by a 

 key-block. They can thu^ be readily leiuoved and changed 

 from one -ide to the other, re> erMng'lhe sides of the right 

 and left teeth in the iVame-Hurk, either throwing the earth 

 outward or up t.i the liill. I'lie adjustaljle ground wheel 

 on the end of the frame regulates the depth to which the 

 teeth enter the .soil. 



Claim. — The arrangement of the frame a/, arms r, hand- 

 lei i, liraees ,, plates 4', clevis it, axle <•, and cultivator teeth 

 r 2 3, the whole being constructed in the manner and for 

 the purpose descril)ed. 



No. 31,917.— \VM. F. VEDEK, liuwi.i.Nc GRKEN,()ino. 



— Cultivators.— Af'ril 2. 1S61. 



The frame con-i-l ,1" |\\M , iiMed side-pieces, which are 

 connected togeth. 1 1 -11: h 1 i iids by a bolt, and at- 

 tached to the ti ,1 These cross-beams are 

 ))laced together in |mii-, ,1 n m -w ^pace being left between 

 for the insertion of the shanks or standards of the shares, 

 the standards being slotted for the reception of keys, which 

 hold them firmly. By this means the shares can be easily 

 adjusted to any desired position. The handles are connect- 

 ed together by a cross-bar, and attached to the frames by 

 uprighis. The shares are connected by rods to the front 

 part of the frame. 



Claim. — The arrangement of frame A, handles B B, slot- 

 ted standard C, shares C, wedges /, rods D D D /■, and 

 slotted cross-beams c i/g, the whole being constructed in 

 the manner and for the purposes shown and explained. 



No. 32,010.— TAMES A. SPEER, Jr. Manchester, Pa., 

 assignor to WILLIAM J. KANE, of same place.— C»//;Vn- 

 tors. — April (), 1 86 1. 



Attached to the draught lieam and standard is a second 

 curved beam, provided with lugs, to which a scraper may 

 be attached. The several aiiaelmuius of tiie second beam 

 and scraper, are made by bolt^ pa^sijig through slots and 

 secured by nuts, by which means the point of the draught- 

 beam and the scraper may be raised and lowered. 



Claim. — The arrangement of the draught-beam o, second 

 beam c, scraper li, and slots i 2 3 rind ,r, when constructed 

 substantially as described, for the purpose set forth. 



No. 32,092.— ISAAC STOUT, TremoNT, lu,.— Culti- 

 vators. — April 16, 1 86 1. 



The stocks of the front cultivators or ploughs are attached to 

 the handles that ser\e to guiile the cultivator, and the 

 handles are pivoted to a cr.iss bar in such a manner that the 

 operator, while guiding the cultivator, may vary the distance 

 laterally between the furrows formed by the ploughs, as de- 

 sired. 



Claim. — Attaching the front cultivator teeth to the guid- 

 ing handles of the plough, when arranged substantially as 

 described. 



No. 32,366.— GEORGE W. HILDRETM, Lockpout, 

 N. \'. — Cultivators.- May 21, 186 1. 



The cultivator is made to exiiand and contract by means 

 of horizontal slide irons la|>|iiiiL; ii|>.iii i.i, li .iili.i, with a 



bolt passing through slots 1, ' ' : ludpoint; 



connected to the ends of ill two ad- 



ditional slotted irons, cnis-m ,,i, h , .il,. , iii«,ii,i,. and se- 



cured in any desired position to a post on the centre bar, 

 for the purpose of giving additional strength to the machine 

 when adjusted to various widths. 



Claim. — The double slide irons F F', or their equivalent.s, 

 with the horizontal slide irons, when used to form a triangu- 

 lar contracting or expanding truss for strengthening the cul- 

 tivator, as herein set forth. 



No. 32,468.-8. M. CAIN, and W STELFOX, Austin, 

 Tv.ws.— Cultivators.— Ju>t,- 4, 1861. 



The parts of the plough are so constructed that it can be 

 made to plough a row of any given width from three to five 

 feet ; it can be made to plough on each side of a row of 

 corn or cotton ; also, the diamond ploughs can be made to 

 run on each side of a row so as to hill it up, the horse walk- 

 ing on the top of the row. 



Claim. — The arrangement of diamond ploughs//, the 

 crescent C(mlter /■, sweeps, wing hinges m 111, wings b b, 

 slides I- and li, beam a, and handles //, as described, for the 

 purposes set forth. 



No. ;-W7 V>\\\ KEEZER, Chilicothk, Ohio. 



—Culti:^ \S. 1861. 



The 1, I , 1 i 1 1 1 ucted each with a long shank fitting 



in adjuslalil. i, 1, mug-, „, that they can he fnmlv held at any 



/, which pass through shanks of tin i ; , 1 h /; Con- 

 nected with the front frame are slav ^ I 1 , , ,1 1 . i.ig a swiv- 

 el, to which the whiHletree is attaelici , l.\ means uf a'crew 

 and nuts the swivel is renderisd adjustable as to height, for 

 the purpose of varying the depth of the cultivators in the 

 groimd. 



Claim.— I.— Adjusting the distance between the teeth// 

 or those used in lluii a^a>\. 1i\ me, ins ,,f (he adjustable fast- 

 enings /; // and g ;. .iii.l si.n i,,,l, ,, ,. \\\un used in combi- 

 nation with the galliiws iVames I; ,ind 1 ', and stay rods a a, 

 constructed and arranged substantially as and for the pur- 

 pose set forth. 



2. — In combination with the foregoing, the stays F and E, 

 swivel G, screw b, and nut <■, when arranged in relation to 

 each other, and operated in the manner and for the purpose 

 described. 



No. 32,760.— L. H. DOVLE, Waterlhi,, Iowa.— C«/- 

 tivators. — July i^^ 1 86 1. 



The central triangular-shaped spade is attached to the 

 beam, as usual ; in the rear of this are sockets and bolts, 

 from which two curved arms e.\tend laterally nearly to the 

 ground, and have at then einK shares placed obliquely; 

 above the shares is a hoii/onial cross har. provided with 

 slots and bolts, by which the sh.ues can he placed at the 

 right distance apart to ihrou thesnil upon the rows of plants 

 on either side. 



Claim.— The sockets D D', at the back of the beam A, 

 with the feet or standards E E fitted therein shown, in con- 

 nection with the bar F and braces h h, arranged to brace the 

 feet or standards E E, and at the s.rme time connect the 

 same to the bar F at the distance apart desired, substantially 

 as and for the purpose set forth. 



No. 33,044.— G. W. LAWBAUGH, and JOHN WIL- 

 LIAMS, Shanesvii.le, Ohio. — Cultivators. — August 

 13, 1861. 



Claim. — The special arrangement of the .side pieces A B, 

 hinge D, arms C C and H I, and handles J K, and shovels 

 P O, the whole being constructed and operating as and for 

 the purpose set forth. 



No. 33,208.— I. B. MOORIl EAD, T. A. and G. G. POOL, 

 Bei,I.E1'<i\i,mnk. Ohio — Cultivators. --.Stptember 3, 1861. 



Upon e.ich side .,f the I.eam are sen kels for receiving the 

 shanks of cullivatipr teeth, the luads of the said shanks being 

 formed with a square notch lor receiving a square key. 

 Another notched |iiere. dri\eii in one side of the key, fastens 

 the whole in the sodeis, ulinh arrangement admits of the 

 ready detachment ol ihe leeih when necessary. 



Claim. — Arranging the shanks c c with a square notch 

 e, in combination with the square key / notched piece g, 

 socket (/, and adjustable handles B B, arranged in the man- 

 ner and for the purposes described. 



No. 33,740.— A. HOFFMAN and H. W. LIMEBECK, 

 Hali-'day, III. — Cultivators. — November 19, :86i. 



The seed-box is operated by means of a rod actuated by 

 a cam on the shaft of the driving wheel. A scries of teeth 



