CULTIVATOR-DISKS. 



connected with the main frame liv inKiiwl ^^]vc■ling 

 hinge-connections, and adjustable cimi:. n ihe 



gangs and tongue, to adjust the angirs . , ! ■ i luivc- 



ly to the line of draft, and to limit tlun Mliiii.n t. luively 

 to the main frame. 



5. — Harrow-disks provided with polygonal sockets, or an 

 equivalent adjusting device, in combination with the spacing 

 ferrule constructed with projections interlocking with the 

 disk-sockets, substantially as shown, and for the purposes 

 described. 



6. — The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set 

 forth, of gang-bars, hangers having bearings enlarged at one 

 end to constitute lubricating-chambers, friction-washers in- 

 closed in said lubricating-chambers, and disk-gang spindles 

 inclined to the line of draft, whereby wear of the spindles is 

 prevented and lubrication insured. 



No. 146,908.— MOSES JOHN.-^ON, Thrkf. Rivf.rs, 

 Mich. — Potnto Diggers. — January 27, 1874. [Filed Jan- 

 uary 10, 1874. 



The beam is made of iron, the rear part forming nearly 

 three-quarters of a circle, with a lug fir securini; the hand- 

 les. The circle terminates in a straight arm projecting for- 

 ward and downward, at an angle of about twenty degrees, 

 more or less, and to which the digging-share is attached. 

 The share is pointed, elevated in the' longitudinal centre 

 line, and each wing provided with a separating-wheel with 

 curved arms, and which are rotated by frictional contact 

 with the ground. 



Claim. — The potato-digger consisting of the draft-beam 

 having the extensions h and d, the angular ridged shovel D, 

 having the corner notches E, the journal-arms G, and the 

 inclined sifting-wheels having the perpheral finger-: s, all 

 arranged substantially as specified. 



No. 151,192.— A. MERRITT A.SAY and lOHN W. 

 WOOD, Phii.ADF.LPHIA, VA.—Cont-Phmtcis and Fcrlil- 

 izcr-Dhtributers. — May 26, 1874. [Filed Dcccmhcr 30, 

 1S73] 



Claim. — The combination of the disk-wheels c c, adjusta- 

 bly mounted and arranged in their frames, as shown and 

 described, the pivoted bar O, and the furrow-opening 

 plough P, mounted just in advance of where the corn and 

 fertilizer are droiped, as co-operating devices for placing 

 the plantings properly under the surface, substantially as 

 set forth. 



No. 153,311.— ALEXANDER JACKSON and RICH- 

 ARD IRWIN, MoRTONSVILLE, X^-D.—Lcvclers, Pulveriz- 

 ers and Corn-Planters.— September 22, 1874. [Filed /«/i' 

 3. 1874.] 



Claim. — I . — The combination of leveling-beams a a a a a, 

 arranged, as shown, to rest upon the ground, axlc^ or shafts 

 h b, and a series of cutting-wheels c e, substantially as and for 

 the purpose described. 



2. — The combination of leveler and pulverizer .\, consist- 

 ing of beams a a a a a, shafts b b, and cutting-wheels c e, 

 with the corn-planter E, flexibly attached thereto, substan- 

 tially as shown and described. 



No. 155,420.— ASA CANTEBURY, Gibson City, III. 

 —Seed and Grain Drills.— September 29, 1874. [Filed 

 July 3, 1874 ] 



Claim. — The combination, in a seeder, with sharp, 

 deeply furrowing-wheels B, curved spouts D, to drill the 

 grain, reversely-curved spouts D, to drill the grass-seed on 

 the nearly-filled furrow, and small blunt wheels B' that 

 press the pulverized soil to and shallowly over the grass- 

 seed, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for 

 the purpose specified. 



No. i55,975._R. B. REDFIELD, Harrisvili.e,Oiiio. 

 — Clod-Crushers. — October 13, 1874. [Filed August 28, 

 1874.] 



A gang of cutting-disks in front ; several series of trans- 

 verse oblique crushing-bars; cutters fixed to the transverse 

 bars. 



Claim. — The combination of the revolving cutters I, sta- 

 tionary cutters F, and timbers ABC, arranged obliquely in 

 relation to each other, in the manner substantially tis de- 

 scribed, and for the purpose specified. 



No. 160,129 — ANGELINE UNDERWOOD, Carroll- 

 ton, III. — Land Pulverizers. — February 23, 1875. — 

 [Filed iXo^H-mher 30, 1 874.] 



The pulverizing devices consist of a series of disks placed 

 upon a shaft near together, and having cleaning-fingers be- 

 tween them. Two of these are mounted in rectangular 

 frames, and placed end to end, each being journaled upon 

 the end of a bent rod, which constitutes the hounds of the 



Claim. — I. — In a land-pulverizing machine, the combi- 

 nation, with the pivoted oscillating frames A A, having fric- 

 tion-rollers H, of ihe bar G, having bearing-plates g' , as and 

 for the purpose specified. 



2. — The bent or V-shaped rods J, connected to the pole 

 L and bar JC to form hounds or braces, and extended rear- 

 wardly through the castings I and front bar of the oscillat- 

 ing frames A to form the pivots or journals thereof, as 

 shown and described. 



No. 161,060.— S. G. RANDALL, Greene, N. v.— />;>/!• 

 Harrow-Cultivators. — March 23, 1875. [Filed February 

 26, 1875.] 



Two revolving shafts are secured to the under side of a 

 frame, in a position oblique to the line of draft. Upon 

 these shafts are secured a series of disks, with their faces 

 looking inward and f.irwnvd A space is left between the 

 inner disks ..: , ., I, .,,,,.. ,,,,1 K, uveen and forward of 

 these is |.l,:. . 1 ,i',, l, ices of which look for- 

 ward and riM' ' [ i . ..il I- iliiown outward by the two 

 innrr rlisi--^!:, ::,^ ,,: '., 1 1, r others of the series. 



' ' li 1 - !i,;ili.r, the combination, substan- 



li.i' . ' I ! iili, of a frame, two series of re- 



volt,,,. .!i ■ ,:m ;n-. ■ .1 ,;;onallyto thelineof draft, with 

 their axes inclined thereto, and leading disks interposed be- 

 tween the two series, and arranged to throw the earth in the 

 opposite direction therefrom. 



No. 163,527.— SILAS G. RANDALL, Greene, N. Y. 

 —Dish -Harrows. — May 18, 1S75. [Filed March 17, 

 1S75.] 



The concave disks for each series are mounted upon a 

 hollow shaft, which is hung upon short journals projecting 

 inward from the hangers. A small rod with a head on one 

 end, and a screw-nut or pin on the other, passes through 

 both journals and the hollow shaft, to prevent the hangers 

 from spreading. 



Claim. — The combination of the hangers, having the lat- 

 eral journals (7, with the tubular axle mounted on said jour- 

 nals, and the shaft G, passing through the axle and connect- 

 ing the hangers together, substantially as and for the pur- 

 pose described. 



No. 165,108.— JOHN MASTERN, West Alexandria, 

 Omo.— I/arrows'— June 29, 1875. [Filed Aprilxi, 1875.] 



Claim. — I. — In comliin.ation with the outer coulters I and 

 I of each section, the cutters O O, adapted to be secured at 

 their ends to said coulters, and having their cutting-edges 

 upon a line with the jieripheries of the same, substantially as 

 and for the purpose shown. 



2. — In combination with the main frame of the harrow, 

 the check-row markers N and N, pivoted to or upon the 

 rear side of said frame, and capable of being brought into or 

 removed from contact with the ground, substantantially as 

 and for the purpose set forth. 



No. 169,134.— SAMUEL BEAN, Clinton Valley, 

 Owv^.— Corn-stalk Cutters.— October 26, 1875. [Filed 

 Mun-h 27, .S75.] 



I 1. In .1 "'111 stalk iiittcr, the series ,,f serrated and 



llai; [. aii'l llir l!a 1 i-cl lull is 1 1 , a| .| ilied on each 



en. I 'I !i ' i;. 111 I oinliiiialioii «itli Micular cutters rt, 



scciii"! iilianiiiallv as .Icsciihcd, and for the purpose set 

 forth. 



No. 169,499.— JOHN K. UNDERWOOD, Sauk Cen- 

 tre, Minn. — Rotary Gang-Ploughs. — November 2, 1875. 

 [Filedy«/,.3i, 1875.] 



Claim. — I. — The frame A C, having two sets of axles, D R, 

 hook-bolts U, -Standard M, and keepers K, adapted to re- 

 ceive rotary ploughs or cultivators, in the manner described. 



2. — The combination, with rotary ploughs H, of beams I, 

 pivoted upon the frame at J, and swinging in keepers K, the 

 forked lever L, the bars O, standard M, and pin N, as and 

 for the purpose specified. 



