CULTIVATORS. 



No. 189,513.— |.\.MKS (.■, STEVENS, I'i.kas.vnt Hill, 

 \.\.—Cullk<ators'.— April 10, 1877. [Filed January 22, 

 1877.] 



Construction of the frame for adjustment, and to adapt it 

 for intorcli.'ingeahlt' working devices. 



Claim. — I'lio comhined cultivator and seed coverer 

 liereiii (lescril>ed, coni|)osed of the main beam I), the angu- 

 lar beam (.', .adjust.ible oii the main beam, the slotted stand- 

 ards A B, the adjustable cross-bais KG M, and the later- 

 ally-adjustable handles K K', adapted to carry the covering 

 ^levices f ) P Q or cultivator-teeth and shovels, substantially 

 as shown and described. 



No. 190,092. — N. J. SKAGGS, TALLEOKnA, Ala. — 

 Phiigh-Stoiks.— April' 2i„ 1877. [Filed March 24, 1877.] 

 Claim. — The combination of pivoted standard F with 

 brace-bar I and curved pivoted bar H, having a series of 

 holes near its upper end, substantilly as and for the purpose 

 set forth. 



No. 190,280.— A. BUSE.NGER, Mill Brook Depot, 



\ K.—CiilHvalors Mav I, 1877. [Filed March 17, 



«S77.f 



A shovel-jjlougli having three lieams, to be used in com- 

 bination, or separated and used as single-shovel ploughs, 

 ■each beam being provided with a set of handles. 



Claim. — The plough-beam K, constructed as described, 

 and provided with the handles D, in combination with the 

 plough-beam J, provided with the eve I,, perforated plate 

 H, of plough-beam J, and upright Is.', hinged to the beam 

 1 at K'' whereby the cultivator may be transformed into a 

 double-shovel plough with a single pair of handles, and the 

 uiiright K' folded down on its plou.jh-beam out of the way, 

 substantially as described. 



No. 193,593-1. R. J.\CKSON, CoLnvv.vrER, Miss.— 

 Ploiii^hs.—May 8. 1877. [Filed March 31, 1877.] 



.\ double-shovel plough con-.triicted with devices to place 

 both shovels parallel wuh each other, or to place one be- 

 fore the other, as may be deemed best. 



Claim. — The combination, with beam A', handle E'.and 

 tlxed standard F', of beam A having perforations a o' «' a'', 

 brace I, standard F, having perforations//', and handle E, 

 having perforations e ,•', substantially as and for the purpose 

 set forth. 



No. 191,458.— THOMAS F. McNAIR, Worthvili.k, 



V„\.— Cultivators— May 29, 1877. VVW^A April 28, 1877. 



The plough-standards are interchangeable from front to 



rear, and can be turned up and held out of the way on a 



line with the beam. 



Claim. — I. — The combination, with the beam A and 

 pivoted braces I I, perforated at their rear ends, of the slot- 

 ted interchangeable plough-feet V, G, connected to the 

 beam by the liolt d, and capable of being folded on a line 

 with the beam and there secured, subst.mtially as and for the 

 purposes herein set forth. 



2. — The plongh-foot G', pivoted to the rear extremity of 

 the beam \, and capable of bein^ thrown upward when not 

 in use. as set forth. 



No, 191,990.— NELSON MESSENGER and JAMES 

 ERWIN, Newark, \l.\..— Cultivators.— Juiic 12, 1877. 

 [Filed Scptemher 29, 1876.] 



The shovel-standards are braced both to the frame and to 

 each other. The draft is pendent from the d.iuble tree. 



Claim.— The combin.uinn. with the pule .\, Mationaiy 

 cross-bar B, and pivoted duulrle-tree E, of the \'-shaped 

 brace O, draft-rod K, link I., rod or chain M, and hook or 

 clevis N, all constructed and arranged substantially as and 

 for the purposes herein set forth. 



No. 192,029.— PEMBROKE S. TARTT and GEORGE 

 F. WILSON, WiNGo's Station, Kw.— Cultivators.— June 

 12,1877. [^"iled .\'«7z-ot/w 13, 1876. 



Standards with cutting-edges, and horizontal shovels with 

 jJiarp edges on all sides ; devices for fastening shovel and 

 plough-feet. 



Claim. — I. — A cultivator constructed with stindards a a, 

 sharpened on their front edges, and provided with horizontal 

 flat feet li b, combined with shovels B B, slightly convex 

 transversely, and with edges on a horizontal plane, a-s and 

 for the purpose set forth, 



2. — The shovels B B, of tlie form described and shown, 

 with sharp rear edges e c, as and for the purpose set forth. 



3.— The horizontal flat feel ' ' lumj I. |.u .-ion, .n 

 cells iu the upper surface, wiili h-lrm nl 



cells, combined with the shoi<; |: l: 1. : :..|<.i 1 



the under side to fit said deprts i^n . ,1; 1 ■ ■ 'I .m tin up|it:i 

 side to receive the Hush hea<Is <.f the h.dding-bolts , , . 

 whereby both upper and under surfaces are smooth and un- 

 obstructed, and the bolts c c are relieved of all shearing 

 strains. 



No. 192,060 JAMES F. FAULKNER, Louisvillk, 

 V.\.— Cultivators.— June 19, 1 877. [Filed .Stptemher 30, 

 1876.] 



A short beam adjustable forward and back upon the other, 

 and details of construction to adapt the frame for various 

 cultivating implements. 



Claim. — I. — The main beam A, having the curved rear 

 arm B and two sets of perforations, the one in rear of the 

 other, in combination with the branch beam C, having a 

 single set of perforations, whereby the branch beam is ad- 

 justable longhudinally, and the whole adapted to receive 

 either a turn-plough, cultivator-shovels, or clod-cutter, sub- 

 stantially as and lor the |iurpose described. 



2. — The combination of the main beam A, having a 

 curved standard, B the longitudinally-adjustable branch 

 beam C, having a like standard, B', the harrow-beam m, 

 provided with spaced teeth /, having their shanks at right 

 angles to their cutting-blades, and the curved arms v, cor- 

 responding to the curvature of the standards B B', sub- 

 stantially as specified, and for the purpose .set forth. 



No. 192,387.— JOHN POETZ, Siiakopek, Mix.n.— 

 IValking-Cultivators —June 26, 1877. [Filed .l/«;r/; I, 

 1877.] 



The thills are rigid and secured to two cross-bars in front. 

 The cultivator-beams are pivoted upon the front bar and 

 play loosely upon the rear bar, except the two central 

 beams, which are rigidlv fasteneil thereto. 



Claim.— I.— The'^conibination of the cross-bars A and B, 

 the rigid beams C, and adjulable beams C C", provided 

 with the shovels E, the rigid thills 1,, rigid handles I, and 



2 — In comliinatioii with the i)bli(|ue outside shovels E 

 attached to the swinging beams, the braces F and clamping 

 device G, as shown. 



3. — In a cultivator, the combination of the two cross- 

 bars, A B, having thills L attached, two parallel rigid 

 beams, C, attached to the cross-bars, connected by a bar, a, 

 and provided with rigid handles I and outside swinging 

 beams C- O, pivoted to the bar A, and held by the slotted 

 bars D and bolts c, as shown. 



No. 194,009.— D. STANCHFIELD, Davenimrt, 

 Iowa. — Cultivators. — August 7. 1877. [Filed March 24, 

 1877] 



A wheel cultivator in which the handles and the central 

 beam are made of a single piece of iron or steel, the side 

 bars also of a single piece bent back upon itself, and 

 clamped together at the teeth. The lever S, attached to 

 the rear wheel, is designed to regulate the direction of the 



Cl.iiin. — I — I'he comliination, with the main beam A of 

 a Liillivai.i h.iMiiL; the angular operating-handle B B' B=, 



of the \i.i-ii>-,d!\ -nljii-talilr caster-wheel G, the lever S, ex- 

 leiiiliM- 11:111 i.'i ' 111 Aiirvl beyond the cross-bar of the 

 liaiMilr ,111 i 1' ,!■ 1 . Iiinding the latter on the cross- 



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having a notched cro.s.-.-bar B-, of the vertically-adjustable 

 and vibrating wheel G, its operating-lever S, and a spring 

 binding the said lever against the said bar, substantially as 

 specified. 



4 — The combination, with the beam A having a triangu- 

 lar oper.iting-handle, B B' B', and the laterally-adjustable 

 beam C pivoted to said beam A, of the curved plate E, 

 having slots ;' and perforated offset/, the threaded bolts/' 

 secured to said beams C, the clamp-nuts </ q' , the shank 0' 

 of the caster-wheel G, the operating-lever S, and spring T, 

 substantially as specified. 



