CULTIVATORS-WHEEL OR SULKY. 



screw-bolts //passing Ihrougli branches of the beam, and 

 through the bowed portion of the pair of standards, sub- 

 stantially as and for the purposes set forth. 



2. — The curved slotted shovel-standards L and N, hay- 

 ing beveled or concave seats n n, with separate bearings, in 

 combination with the shovel-block /, having convex ton- 

 gues /', and the yoke q, substantially as described. 



3.— The pivot-standard //, attached to the socket of the 

 beam, and formed with a central channel and stops, //' h', 

 in combination with the fender bar I, as shown and de- 

 scribed. 



4. — The arch A, rising from the inner ends of the axle- 

 arms, and bowed outwardly and upwardly to support the 

 tongue D, in combination with the arched brace C, attached 

 to the front of the axle, and extending first forward, then 

 upward and backward, and yoked to arch A, and clamped 

 to tongue D in rear of said arch, substantially as shown and 

 described. 



5. — The double-eyed yoke-clip a, in combination with 

 the arches A and C. suli'-tanli.illy as described. 



No. 174,013.— CH.VRl.KS (. SEABROOK and 

 HENRV HEINE, Tai.i aiii-,.;a, A\..\.-Comln)ieJ Sftul- 

 Planters and Cullivalors.—fdnuary 22, 1876. Filed Jau- 

 iiarv 8, 1S76. 



Claim.— The lifting-frame M, constructed as shown, 

 pivoted to the frame A, and capable of being reversed, so 

 as to arrange the ploughs connected thereto in different 

 positions for different kinds of work, as set forth. 



No. 174,563.— HARVEY PACKER, S.vndwich, I1.1.., 

 assignor to the Sandwich Entkrprise Comi'ANY, same 

 place. — Cultivators. — March 7, 1876. Filed August 2, 

 '875. 



Claim. — The combination, with the plough-beams F, 

 of the brackets O, having outward-projecting tubes O' O', 

 ca-st therewith, the plough-standaids M, and the bolts and 

 nuts O' 0^ all conslrucied substantially as and for the pur- 

 poses herein .set forth. 



No. 174,577.— ANDREW RUTLEDGE, Rockkord, 

 III., assignor of one-half his right to WM. A. KNOWL- 

 TON, same ^X^^ct.— Cultivators.— March 7, 1S76. Filed 

 June 23, 1875. 



Claim. — I. — The combination, substantially as before 

 set forth, of the main frame, the hand-lever, the flexible 

 connection, and the shovel-beam, provided with an inter- 

 mediate bearing, to which the flexible connection is applied. 

 2.— The combination, subst.intially as before set forth, of 

 the vibrating evener, the whifflelrees, the clamp pulley- 

 blocks, the brackets therefor, and the flexible connections 

 between the whiffletrees and the evener. 



No. 174,686.— JAMES C. LEIDY, Galesburg, III.— 

 Cultivators. — March 14, 1876. Filed November 10, 1875. 

 Claim. — I. — The axle of a straddle-row cultivator, con- 

 structed of a single bar of iron, bent so as to form a rect- 

 angular frame, with downwarilh-|inijectiii^ parts a a, be- 

 tween which the spindles of the ^up|i(irling-wheels are 

 secured, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 



2. — The pendants E, having spherical heads e, in com- 

 bination, with the clamp-plates D and bolts d, substantially 

 as and for the purpose specified. 



3. — The standard-plates L, placed diagonally on the 

 standards, and combined with the plates M, beams F, 

 standards J, and bolts N, substantially as described, and 

 for the purpose six-ciFicd. 



4. — TIk- 1 ''inli 11 ii-ii III ilh -|iin<ll' ", having head /<', 

 with the m ■ ' I , , I . , I. : , and thimble b'', 



substanlL.II; . I, ■ ■'■;■,•■;'■ I- 



5. — Tlic t'.Liici Li, |,eii laiit- , , I'j-l- ' 11, Combined with 

 the beams F, pendants E, and axle A, and tongue C, sub- 

 stantially as and for the purpose specified. 



No. 175,077.— OLIVER C. GREEN, Dublin, Ind., 

 assignor to CASPER GREEN and JOHN GREEN, same 

 place. — Wheel-Cultivators. — March 21, 1876. YWttA Feb- 

 ruary 15, 1876. 



Claim. — I. — A swinging tongue, D, having its pivot .r 

 above the axletree, and perpendicular to the axis of the 

 ground wheels, as herein described, in combination with a 

 main rear draught doubletree, E^, hitch bars G, and single- 

 trees F*, supported in front and outside of the frame and 



feren 



detr 



hen the 

 swingii 



livot above the 

 .f the ground 



attbrd- 



de- 



.nd periK„,lKul,n i„ li, 

 wheels, in combination with a hori 

 ing extended supports or bearings, ;• ;■, beneath iIk 

 in front and in rear of the pivot, as lieiein sh.iwn 

 scribed, and for the purpose specified. 



3. — The combination of the swingini; Inn^m- 1). ihe rear 

 draught doubletrees E- E", stayed at alii.iu iiL;hl angles 

 thereto, the low hitch bars G, pivoted to the cnd^ ul" one of 

 these donliletrees, and connected to the other by rods s, and 

 the singletrees F'' ¥^, attached to the hitch bars, substan- 

 tially as herein shown and described. 



4. — The rocking Iiar I. Lonsiructed with a mortise q, 

 pivoted bi.mr, 11 t'li, fi mu Imi, C, and provided with the 

 gravitating; jiih ■ . 111 1 iiiliiiijihii with the pivoted tongue 

 D, asan.i l.a ili.- y,»\.,.-. -, i l.nili. 



No. lyv-MJ. Win, A \ AX CAMP, Metamora, 

 INI)., assignni ol .inc-hall liH rii;ht to JOSEPH A. VAN 

 CAMP, same place.— /),>///•/■ Corn- Ploui;hs.— March 21, 

 1876. \-\\ei\Jauiiarv 22, 1S76. 



Claim.— I.— In a cultivator, an archeil axle, made in 

 t\\'0 sections, B B, overlapping eacli ni!" 1 m iln • miie and 

 adjustably connected together by ilan 1 ' 1 I 1 -crews 

 a, substantially as and for the purpu-L l;. ; .:i : 1 iih. 



2. — The combination of the ad,u-.ial,L .ixlc sections 

 B B, Ijeams A A connected thereto by staples b b and 

 braces d d, with clips e e, the loop m, connecting the front 

 ends of the beams; and the wedge I, all substantially as 

 and for the purposes herein set forth. 



No. 175,370.— ALEXANDER MEHARRY, Pleasant 

 Hill, Ind., assignor to himself and WILLIAM BROWN, 

 same place. — Draw^ht-Equalizers. — March 29, 1876. 

 Filed July 17, 1875.' 



Claim. — The combination, with bent axle A havmg 

 pulleys F F, and pole B having pulley E, of the centrally- 

 pivoted bar I and connections D G J, arranged as and for 

 the purpose specified. 



No. 175,392.-1.. P. THOMPSON, Phelps, N. Y.— 

 Cultivators.— March 29, 1876. Filed January 26, 

 1876. 



Claim. — I. — In combination with the primary and secon- 

 dary frames hinged together in Iront, the fixed pole, hinged 

 seat bar H, and pivoted standards J, and adjusting segment 

 or bar N, constructed and arranged to operate conjointly, 

 substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 



2. — In a combined fallow and crop cultivator, the 

 secondarv frame, provided with coupling loops n on the 

 ui'pci- anil b.wtr nJiIc >>\ the foi.i liar K, and otherwise con- 

 sliuanl a~ sli,,«ii an. I discnbed, whereby it may be at- 

 laclic.l ti. llie piimaiy fiaiiie, a-. ^Ii.iun, for cultivating 

 (allow ground, or attached thereto ni an inverted position, 

 so as to receive longer shanked teeth or " hillers," to 

 adapt the same machine for cultivating growing crops. 



No. 175,636.— JOHN A. ADAMS, Battle Creek, 

 Mich. — Cultivators. — April i^, 1876. YW^A December 2t„ 



1875- 



laim. — I. — The combination of the stationary main 

 frame .'\, braces D D, tongue G, jiivot bolt ;', and movable 

 cultivator frame H, all siii.stantially as and for the purposes 

 herein set forth. 



2.— The notched ^uidc plale // attached to the under 

 side of the frame II, in omibinatii m with the bars L and 

 and I/, as and f..i- il.r |,ai|i..-,i - linriii -, 1 forth. 



No. 177,063.— Kl.ri:i:\ 11 lAVDdliand RICHARD 

 L. PITCHER, Sv. \MiiKi , In . ; said riTCHER assignor 

 to said ELWOOD.— (;>(//'/f<7/<»-,t.— J/.y 9, 1876. Filed 

 N<n<eml,er 17, 1875. 



Claim. — I. — The combination of the levers H, provided 

 with pins ,/and the spring /', with the curved standards I, 

 provided with openings c on their sides, substantially as 

 and for the purposes specified. 



2. — The bent bar/, in combination with the drag bar D, 

 shaft G, cylinder F, bar 0, and cross rod /, substantially as 

 and for the purposes specified. 



No. 7,560.— R. ELLWOOD and R. L. PITCHER, 

 Sycamore, III. ; said PITCHER assignor to said ELL- 



