CULTIVATORS-WHEEL OR SULKY. 



said beams, fur the purpose of enabling the operator to give 

 the shovels the lateral motion, substantially as and for the 

 purposes herein specified. 



No. 45,700. — A. B. CASS, Chicago, III. — Cultivators. 

 — January 3, 1865. 



Claim. — I. — The combination of the adjustable lever A, 

 bar a, levers h, and ploughs M, arranged and operating 

 substantially as and for the purposes set forth and shown. 



2. — Attaching the scrapers J to the axle, by one or more 

 arms K, substantially as and for the purposes shown and 

 set forth. 



3.^The combination of the adjustable lever A with the 

 rod L, provided with the arms / or their equivalent, and 

 the chains /; operating as and for the purposes shown and 

 specified 



4 — The employment of one or more rollers H to facili- 

 tate the lateral motion of the lever A, operating substan- 

 tially as shown and described. 



5. — The empkiyment of the roller I in combination with 

 the lever A, arranged and operating substantially as and for 

 the pui-poses herein .shown and specified. 



No. 45,730.— DANIEL McNAB, Moscow, Mich.— 

 Cultivators.— January 3, 1865. 



Claim. — Constructing a cultivator or drill tooth with an 

 upper curved portion, which curved part shall have a bear- 

 ing against some rigid portion (if the machine when it is in 

 motion, so that the form i.f such curved portion of the 

 tooth, and the position of the tonth, shall determine the 

 amount of resistance which it may overcome without its 

 being raised from the ground. 



No. 45,750.— T. T. PROSSER and M. C. Ii.VRLING, 

 Chicaco, III., and K. A. DARLlXcl, Fund i>it Lac, 

 \^K.— Cultivator for Gang Ploughs.—January 3, 1865. 



Claim. — I. — Guiding and regulating the movement of 

 the tongue D by means of the pulley H, chain F, eye bolts 

 G, attached to the side frame A and levers H, substantially 

 as described. 



2. — Connecting the pair of draught arms B B, without 

 regard to the number of pairs used, to the forward main 

 cross-bar of the frame A by means of the double-nutted 

 screw bolt L L, and which forms, with the |ila(es M M, a 

 hinge or other jo'iil, ■-.. tliat v\Iiilc lla- v.iid Iiai^ sliall have a 

 free vertical mnii,.ii. i1k\ in u li.- .Mlju-t.d laicially « ithout 

 being detatched or ivumin,-.! ini,n ilir s.u.l . rn,,-l.ar. 



3.— Constructing a cultivalo,- ,,i- L;aii:^ plinigli s,, that the 

 interval between tlie shank N N, which sujiports the 

 ploughshares, may be increased or diminished, without 

 removing the shaft bars B B, or their connection., fiom the 

 main cross-bar of the frame A, when each |iair of shaft 

 bars are capable of lateral adjustment, inde, endent of the 

 other pair or pairs. 



4. — The combination of lever T, rods and poles U U, 

 operating the ratchet wheel S upon the roller O, for ele- 

 vating simultaneously the several ploughs of the gang or 

 gang^, substantially as set forth. 



No. 45,758.- LYMAN SHERWOOD, Marine, III.— 

 Cultivators. — January 3, 1S65. 



Claim. — I. — The arrangement of the frame A A' A', 

 with its teeth or ploughs c r, in combination with the rol- 

 lers B B, all being constrmted and arranged to operate 



to 



No 4;,--/ I II' 'MAS WIl.KS and JAMES McGIN- 

 NIS, M' I , \ ^Cultirators.— January 3, 1SO5. 



Cla.n, I:, .. I": niaiinn uf the rising and' falling or 

 verticallv-a.l|u,ial.lr |i|.iiiL;lis ( ), witli the rising and falling 

 and later.i]lv adjuslal.ie plnu^h-, I, when the latter are i.ivoted 

 to shafts 1) 1), and connected tn the shaft P, so as to rise 

 simultaneously with the ploughs. \', on the turning of the 

 shaft P, as and for the purpose herein set forth. 



No. 45,807.- W. D. AMENT, Muscatine, Iowa.— 

 Cultivators. — January 10, 1865. 



Claim. — In combination with the standards D D, adapted 

 to be operated by treadles so as to move the ploughs 

 vertically and laterally, I cl.aim the adjustable blocks G, 

 resting upon the plates E, and employed to vary or regu- 



late the depth to which the ploughs penetrate the ground, 

 in the manner herein explained. 



No. 45,833.— ADAM KECK, Montgomery, III.— 

 Cultivators.— January 10, 1865, 



Claim.— I.- The attaching of the axles C of the wheels 

 B to plates D, secured to castings E at the under side 

 of the framing A by means of bolts a passing through 

 oblong slots c in the castings, substantially as shown and 

 described, to admit of the wheels B being adjusted fur- 

 ther forward or backward, to keep the machine in a 

 proper equipoised state, as set forth. 



2. — The plough beams G G, provided at their front ends 

 with upright bars g connected by joints /; to the castings E, 

 and provided at their back ends with upright bars H, 

 having each a notch / to receive a catch I, all arranged 

 substantially as and fir the purpose set forth. 



3. — The s|irings K 011 the back part of the framing A, in 

 combination with the upright bars H of the plough beams 

 G G, .as and for the iniriiose specified. 



4. — The atiai 111);.; f iIi | Inic^di beams L L by means of 

 .'i:' 1 |iivoted plate N arranged 



the upri-lit- M .t ' 



on the rrainiii:; \ n ' 



working or mo\ in^ ol ilie | 



No. 4S,86o.— CYRUS 

 Mich —Cultivators.— Jan 



Claim.— I.— The combi; 



11, to admit of the 

 ';l:1is Q, as set forth. 

 OlSERTS, Three Rivers, 

 ry 10, 1865. 



ion of the main frame, the 

 shifting plough frame, the lifting lever, and the shifting 

 machine arm O P, with the driver's seat, when arranged for 

 joint operation as described. 



2. — The shifting foot lever R, constructed and arranged 

 to o])erate as and for the purposes described. 



3. — The combination of the shifting frame, the ploughs, 

 and the corn guard with the main frame when constructed 

 and arranged in operating as describeil for the purposes set 

 forth. 



No. 45,861.— CYRUS ROBERTS, Three Rivers, 

 U\C\l—CulH-,'ators.— January lo, 1865. 



Claim.— I.— The combinntion of the double ended 

 shovels with their stocks bv means of the reversible 

 swiveling brackets ,■, and holi,",. n, ilie manner described, 

 for the purpose of re\ersiiiL; the slio\i.ls when worn or 

 injured, and of turning them sidewise to throw the earth 

 more or less towards or from the plants as desired. 



2.— The combination of the .shovel stocks and shifting 

 frame by means of the brackets J, bolts/', and clips /', as 

 described, for purposes set forth. 



3. — The combination of the shovels, the auxiliary or 

 shifting frame, and the main frame, when constructed and 

 arranged as described, for the purposes set forth. 



4. — The combination of the plough stocks and shifting 

 frame by means of the brackets J, slots y', and set screw/, 

 as and for the puipo.5es described. 



No. 45,866.— E. H. SAWYERS, Orleans, Iowa.— 

 Cultivators.— January 10, 1865. 



Claim. — I. — In combination with the levers L' and shaft 

 L, the oblong slot /, formed and employed in the manner 

 and for the lunpo^e s| ecified. 



2. — The .les, iilied airangement of the adjustable cultiva- 

 tor frame 1 1' I' 1 , the lirace rods /;, angular shaft M and 

 draught oil \. tin whole being employed in the manner 

 and for 1 !•• mi- ; . ■ - -1 forlh. 



No. -1; ;;; I M \s C. PATTERSON, Chicago, ILL. 

 -Cul/r... /,,,,',..,,.■ r 17, 1861;. 



Claim.— i.— lhe Linwe.l h-M r. V.P, C, D, constructed 



2.— The cSmbinalion o| ,, , , : mmI straight levers, 



3. — The combination of the curved and straight levers 

 with the ploughs, constructed and operating substantially as 

 described. 



6. — The peculiar form and arrangement of the middle 

 rear ploughs, in connection and combination with the 

 two outside rear ploughs, all constructed and operating 

 substantially as described. 



No. 45,987.— J. W. FAWKES, Decatur, 'i\.i..—Culti- 

 vators. ^January 24, 1865. 



Claim.— I.— the frame E a]iplied to the draught-pole C, 

 as shown, in connection with the foot-levers H G, arranged 



