CULTIVATORS-WHEEL OR SULKY. 



dant cultivator beams in a machine operateil substantially as 

 herein described. 



7. — Guards or poles 6, in combination with a back yoke 

 S, as set forth, or the equivalent thereof. 



8. — The poles 6, when applied and used for the purpose 

 set forth. 



9. — The back yoke 8, when applied and used as and for 

 the purpose set forth. 



10. — In a cultivator for cultivating growing crops, and 

 which employs pendant beams Q', and a vertically expand- 

 ing and folding parallel rule frame, the combination there- 

 with of the adjustable standard 3 and adjustable brace 4. 

 made in two pieces and with a loose joint, substantially in 

 the manner and for the purpose described. 



II. — The arrangement together on the same machine of 

 the ratchet wheel K, the brake N, and foot and hand levers 

 M L I, and P all combined as shown and described. 



No- 37.532— JOHN .'V. THROP and JOHN COX, 

 Three Rivers, St. Joseph Co., Mich. — Cultivators. — 

 January 27, 1863. 



Claim. — I, — The arrangement of the shovel legs on 

 pivots, in combination with a laterally adjustable frame, or 

 its equivalent, swivelling connecting or stay rods and yield- 

 ing connections or wooden pins, substantially in the manner 

 and for the purposes described. 



2. — The flexible or jointed frame H, or its equivalent, in 

 combination with the swivelling stay rods /i, legs I I, cross- 

 bars .\' A" A", and the cultivator A; all constructed 

 suli~t.intially in the manner and for the purpose de- 

 scribed. 



3. — .Adapting the cultivator to the double use of ".seam- 

 ing " and " hilling " by the combination of a stiff frame, a 

 jointed, pivoted frame H, and adjustable steps or pins a a, 

 substantially as set forth. 



4. — The jointed frame H, in combination with a rigid 

 frame, when the frame H is pivoted at its front ends and 

 su|iported by a guide at its rear end, substantially as de- 

 scribed. 



5. — The arrangement of the stay rods /; and the legs I I, 

 in combination with a frame H, which lurns on a different 

 fulcra from those on which the stay rods turn, substan- 

 tially as set forth. 



^«'"- 37.775-—K- II- SAWYERS, Wf.st Grove, Davis 

 Co , \>t\\.\.— Ci,/t;i;itors.—I-\-ln-i,ary 24, 1863. 



Claim. — The main frame C, guide rod G, melallic sup 

 port J, levers 11 I, rods a a, plough frame F, and spindle /, 

 the whole combined and arranged to operate in the manner 

 and for the purpo.se specified. 



No. 38,171.— ALFRED LEIGH, Clinton Station, 

 Hunterdon Co., N. J. — Cidtivators. — April 14, 1863. 



Claim. — The arrangement of the frame K with wheels 

 3 B', adjusting levers C, furrowing shares E, hinged culti- 

 vator teeth F, and swivel bar G, with marker H, all con- 

 structed and operating in the manner and for the purpose 

 herein shown and described. 



No. 38,261.— CHARLES W. S. HEATON, Bei.i.f.- 

 vii.LE, St. Clair Co., III., assignor to JABEZ J. PIG- 

 GOTT and HENRY RENTCHLER, of same place.— 

 Cultivators.— April 21, 1863. 



Claim. — I. — The truss-frame A, coll^^nlct^;d in the man- 

 ner described, in combinalion with sliurt a\li;s ami vertical 

 outside hangers i i, as and for the purpnsL- M-t fc^rlh. 



2. — The guard-biace E, arranged and operating suljstan- 

 tially as described. 



3 — The combination of the long tongues or poles K' K', 

 neck yoke M, reach L, and brace N, substantially as and 

 for the jjurpose set forth. 



4- — The combination of the adjustable seat O, reach L, 

 long tongues K' K', neck yoke M, and brace N, substan- 

 tially in the manner described. 



5. — A shovel beam formed of two parts B B', which 

 make an angle, in combination with a slotted standard s, 

 which is adjustable, substantially as and for the purposes 

 set forth. 



6. — The combination of the j ury-brace /, which is adjusta- 

 ble, with the double beam B B', and slotted standard s, 

 substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



7- — The arrangement of the foot levers n, curved bars 



/ /, notched cro.ss-piece y, roller m, and cords or chains 0, 

 substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



8. — The arrangement of the slotted adjusting pieces c, 

 pendant share-beams, and (haught device I, with single 

 swingle-trees and fi m. A. hhI .mtside hangers z /, in the 

 manner and for tb. 1 , | I > :i!>cd. 



9. — The combiiii ! 1: 1 il, .itted pieces C, brace rod 

 E, frame A, and jkh Lmi li.M.Jrrams, substantially as and 

 for the purpose set fortli. 



No. 38,295.— WILLIAM D. DORSEY, Decatur, 

 Macon Co., \l.\..— Cultivators.— April 2%, 1863. 



Claim. — The arrangement, in the manner herein shown 

 and described, of the two adjustable share frames I I and 

 the operating foot levers L L with each other and with 

 the bars E E, the pole A, and the driver's seat C, all as set 

 forth. 



No. 38,651.— J. W. BOOKER, Fairmount, Vermil- 

 lion Co., III. — Cultivators. — A/ay 26, 1863. 



Claim.— The pluugh-beam, E E connecte.l to the main 



frame A, as shoHii, inr 1 .in 1 d'mh vwili ili. ii|.ii-lils II, 



provided with the :■■ ; 1, I ', '• ' ',1, iit.iched 

 to the plough-beam . i: ■ i i i I 1 ' iiranged 



for joint operatii'ii 1 mi i.,i ih, j.iii| h- ix-in set 



forth. 



No. 38,884.— PHILIP COONROD, Keithsburg, Mer- 

 cer Co., III. — Cultivators. — June 16, 1863. Antedated 

 June 2, 1863. 



Claim. — I. — The combination of the stationary frame D, 

 and the rising ami falling frame E, when the latter is pro- 

 vided with the lateralh'-adjustable ploughs F and guards M, 

 arranged with the bars or leversyy, operated through the 

 medium of the foot lever J or hand lever I, as herein set 

 forth. 



2. — The lever z/, connected with the frame E through 

 the medium of the shaft L, crank s', and link s, but this 

 only when used in connection with the laterally-adjustable 

 ploughs F, and the means employed for operating as herein 

 described. 



No. 39,276.— TULLY R. CORMICK, Cap-Au-Gris, 

 Lincoln Co., Mo. — Cultivators.— July 21, 1863. 



Claim. — I. — The combination of the plough shanks and 

 handles G G, draught chains L L, imiversal joints M, 

 connecting rod H, and adjusting nuts A, constructed, ar- 

 ranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes 

 set forth. 



2. — The combination of the elevating levers I I, draught 

 chains J J, and hinged plough-shanks F F, constructed, 

 arranged, and operating substantially as and for the pur- 



poses spec 



fied. 



No. 39,412.— A. S. MARKHAM, Monmouth, Warren 

 county, III. — Cultivators. — August 4, 1863. 



Claim. — I. — The frame A, having a draught-pole B at- 

 tached to it, in connection with the rollers C, fitted in the 

 lower part of said frame A, and the plough beams D attach- 

 ed to the frame A, and connected at their back parts by the 

 bar G, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 



2. — The particular manner of connecting the plough 

 lieams D to the frame A, to wit : by having the front ends 

 of the beams slotted longitudinally with pins or bolts ^j- pass- 

 ing through the slots into bars I, which are fitted loosely 

 on shafts c, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



3. — The draught bars J, attached to the front ends of the 

 plough beams D by bolts y, and connected at their upper 

 ends to the frame A by chains /, and having hooks i se- 

 cured to them, all arranged as shown, whereby the draught 

 may be regulated, and the beams D adjusted longitudinally 

 as may be required. 



No. 39,428.— C. C. STEARNS, Homer, Champaign, 

 county, III. — Cidtivators. — .August i„ 1863. 



Claim. — The rising and falling bars F, having ploughs 

 H attached to them, in connection with the guides G, pro- 

 vided with the catches L, the above parts being arranged 

 as shown, with the bars D D attached to the axle A and 

 cross-bar E, as and for the purpose set forth. 



No. 39,450.— C. E. MEADE and G. E. STEVENSON, 

 Denmark, Lee county, Iowa., assignor to C. E. 

 MEADE, 3.'ioxe.%?:\&-— Cultivators.— August /^, 1863. 



Claim.— The slide bar G attached to the axle A, sub- 

 stantially as shown, and provided with the pendants H H, 



