CULTIVATORS. 



adjustetl to any ilesiretl width, and adapted for use with the 

 ploughs as described 



No 209 366— LLIAb TRUMBO, Rutland, III — 

 Cultiv tors —Oi/o>iir 2C, iSyS ]^ i\^i\ 4u^'iiit \ 1878 



Claim— Hu 1 11 1 1 ; ili ili ill uns I)', ofa 



cultivatoi and tl 1 ' ( I I ili i I the inde- 



pendent detach 1 I 1 111 11^ I ptifoiated 



stem , i> at th. t 1 ii.,k-. t - ihc bod^ of the cur- 



%ed iron, and 1 luiv\aid edge cutular and 



Liaced to them I ill constiuctedandairanged 



to opciate a-, --h 1 



No 2094!m — |()H\ II \\l\(iS Jr N \i ick, Ma'sS. 

 — Cultivators.— Oclobtr 2<j,\'i^% File<l 7«/i 20 1876 



(.him —The combination of the moul.l bund ( with the 

 biiish F', attached to its end, substintialh is and foi the pur- 

 pose descnbed 



No 209 823 — \ MlCURLEV, Madison, Al\,—Co«/- 

 Innid /{ai7oui ami Lullr.atot^ — \ovember 12, 1878. 

 Inled August 15, 1878 



Claim — A hauow 01 cultiv it 1 imi; of the 



beam A, tooth bara B B', and i 1 1 ars C C, 



the bai5 on one side being longei I 1 is shown 



and descnbed, so that m cuhivatiu., .n I oili --idcs of a row 

 the hne of diaft ma) be thiown to one side, to prevent the 

 hoise or workman from tiamping on the plants in the ro\\ 



No 210,351 —LITTLETON M OTWELL, RoswtLL, 

 Ga. — Ploughs and Cultivators. — November, 26, 1878. 

 Filed July 29 1878. 



Claim — The combination, vi'itli the angular foot-plate C, 

 having horizontally-slotted wings <r (/ of the laterally-adjus- 

 table blades D D', and the rake or harrow I . -. i it in iml U-, 

 and the body of which, G, is slotted verticnH : ; : ; : u^ 

 vertical adjustment, all arranged and opeiati 1 !1\ 



as herein described, and for the purposes sliu.ui .iiiJ .-|icli 

 fied. 



No. 210,548.— .STEPHEN P. McKINNY, Barretts- 

 VH.LK. (j\. — assignor to Joshua Dooley and James M. 

 Bonrl. ^1111 I ln> r, no-third to each. — Ploughs. — December 

 3, 1S7S i ,■ : '' -■ n, 1878. 



CLuni ill ! I, i I iMii with the plough-beams A A' and 

 pivot 111 I .1, i , , I 1 II, tlie adjustable braces E E', having 

 hooked , il.l i~ /. i.iU- //. and nuts i. wIkivIiv ,:ii.l bunk- 

 ed shuuM,. 1 . 111,,^ Ik- „.„,,-,| ,11 iIk- iiMiclu-, - ol ih,- m.i.hI- 

 ards, SI ,1. 1-. I. .1111 .iiMniMi,,,] -uppuri, ,, :il miiiu.-mi -. 1u, the 

 share's ui- .huvt-K .illixcl uj-un thr si.indaiiK. sul.^t.iiUially in 

 the manner and lor the ouroose set forth. 



No. 210,718.- MATTHEW SMITH, Waxahachie, 

 Tex. — Cultivators — December 10, 1878 Filed November 

 6 1878 



Cla 1 — I A c It vator ha ng a forked e\pan ble beam 

 A o e bra ich a of hicl 1 tern ate 1 v th a c r ed 

 1 o el I po -t (7 an 1 the othe brai ch a made stra ght 

 and 1 adapted to have a remo - 



abl t t e tl er for vard of or 



abr t 1 o el suppo i a s fa- 



ta fo th 



2 I t \ t 1 aft 



If tlei 1 tfo-tl. 



adj t gcle [late J le er- 

 an 1 hoo a'' of the c Itivator 

 tl e ] ri^o e set forth 



1 1 te T havi g t shanl } 



1 ertu es _) j'' n com- 



V slaved beai A, 



tl e T bolt fastei g 



W 1 LLE\ C \s\CK- 

 I I <^htto s\MUhL 



J — De ember l-j [878 



1 ha ng a n forn dth 

 j^tl V haped cutt ^ edges 

 he m ddle a d the hole n 



the form of about a third-pointed portion of a band making 

 one spiral turn around and from end to end upon a cylinder 

 having its diameter about one-fourth of its length, as shown 

 and described. 



3. — In a cultivator, the improved blade having V shaped 

 cutting end edges and the particular spiral form and propor- 

 tions specified, in combination with the standard, and secureb 

 thereto with all straight lines in the spiral working surface of 

 the blade inclined upward, rearward and laterally, and with 

 the lower middle point, b, and the upper side comer, m, in a 

 vertical plane y y, coincident with that in which the blade is 

 drawn forward in use, as shown and described. 



No. 211,397.— JOHN C. GUY, Fayetteville, Ga.— 

 Cultivators.— January 14, 1879. Filed October 28, 1878. 



Claim. — The removable and adju.stable bifurcated stand- 

 ards D, in combination with the adjustable braces </, provi- 

 ded with a X'shapcd head, /, arranged to serve also as a 

 stop for the shovel, and tlie retaining-pin g- on the opposite 

 side of the standard, sulistantially as and for the purpose de- 

 scribed. 



No. 212,897.— JEREMIAH CHAPMAN, Virginia 

 City, Nev. — Reversible Gang- Ploughs. — March 4, 1879. 

 Filed February 25, 1878. 



Claim. — In a reversible gang-plough, the combination of 

 the central beam, C, and double cross-slats h, m, and r, with 

 the reversible beams A B, constructed as shown and described, 

 and parallel to the beam C, as and for the purpose set forth. 



No. 213,341.— CHARLES McGREW, Bloomington, 

 III. — Cultivators. — March 18, 1879. Filed December II, 

 1878. 



Claim. — I. — The combination, in a cultivator, of the cen- 

 tral beam provided with the curved or convex knife E and 

 shovel D, and the side beams provided with the rear curved 

 or convex knives, E, and rear shovels, and long diagonal 

 and lateral cutting-blades F, the several parts arranged, rel- 

 atively to each other, substantially as and for the purpose 

 herein shown and described. 



2.— In a cultivator, the combination, with side beams, B, 

 of the diagunal and lateral cutting-blades F F, the central 

 beam. A,' and distributing-wheel G, arranged in rear of said 

 blades, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 



3. — The combination, in a cultivator, of the central beam 

 provided with the curved or convex knife E, shovel D, and 

 distributing-wheel G, and the side beams provided with the 

 curved or convex knives E, rear shovels, D, and long diago- 

 nal and lateral cutting-blades F, substantially as herein shown 

 and described. 



No. 213,410.— GEORGE L. GIFFORD, San Anto- 

 nio, Tek.— Ploughs. — March 18, 1879. Filed October 22, 

 1878. 



Claim. — The slotted plough-beam A, having the curved 

 perforated guide B and vertical portion C, with branched 

 arms and holes c, in combination with the slotted standard D 

 and adjustable handles b, substantially as shown and described. 



2. — As an improvement in ploughs, the frame composed 

 of side bars i i, end bars//', and having quadrant-guides B' 

 B' standards / /, and pivoted stocks d' d\ in combination 

 with guides B, standards C, and beam A, substantially as 

 described. 



No. 215,885.— OSRO A. GRAIN, Evanston,Ill.— C«/- 

 tivators. — May 27, 1879. Filed April 21, 1879. 



Claim.— I.— The slotted colter D, constructed substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose set forth. 



2. — The slotted colter D, in combination with the adjusta- 

 ble mold-boards E, hinged to the colter in the manner speci- 

 fied. 



3.— The colter D and adjustable mold-boards E, in com- 

 bination with the pivoted straps F, adjustable side pieces, B, 

 and beam A, all arranged and operating in the manner set 

 forth. 



No. 216,449.— GEORGE W. PETERSON, Oxford, 

 K-LA.— Cultivators.— June 10, 1879. Filed March 20, 

 1879. 



Claim. — A cultivator having the bent loop-beams A B, 

 perforated in front and having their faces flush with each 

 other, and provided on their rear ends with flanges a' a', 

 adapted to receive one end of the adjustable pivoted elbow- 

 link b, the other end of said link pivoted to the bent flanged 

 braces h h, said braces engaging the upper ends of the han- 



