CULTIVATORS-WHEEL OR SULKY. 



bar F, of the rock shaft H, brackets I, lever J, arms d r/, 

 and curved links L, for raising and lowering the shovel 

 beam and locking the same in either position, substantially 

 as described. 



No. 192,742.— JAMES L. CURRY, Oskai.oos.\, Iowa. 

 — Corn Haireni's and Cultivators. — July "i, 1877. Filed 

 January 9, 1877. 



Claim — In a wheel corn harrow or cultivator, the combi- 

 nation, with the arms E, depending from the beam D, of the 

 jieculiar couplers A, composed of the wings a a', meeting 

 at an acute angle, the said wings being obliquely inclined 

 toward each other, and being slotted ct /' /'', respectively 

 in the line of the direction of their inclination, together 

 with the beam F and the bolls <-, as and for the purpose 

 sijccitied. 



.No. 192,800.— L. WERTENBERGER and G. W. 

 .AMISS. Laketon, Ind.; .said AMISS assignor to said 

 \\l'.Rri':XBERGER.— .S««l'-j%«47« and Cultivators.— 

 July 3, 1S77. Filed Monk -,i. 1877. 



Claim. — I. — The coniliinitinn .4 pivoted frame N with 

 levers M, shafts M'. |.ix,>i. ,1 I-, .11,,, C, and toggle -connec- 

 tions, substantially a^ .uil In iIil purpose set forth. 



2. — The conibinaiiou of pivo.cd beams G with braces 

 J and L, standards H, rock shaft M', and adjustable 

 toogles, subst.intially as and for the purpose set forth. 



'Xo. 192,922.— HENRY P. KVNETT, Lisbon, Iowa. 

 — Cultivators. ^uly lo, 1877. Piled y«Hf 20, 1S77. 



Claim. — t. — The devices for connecting the beams to 

 the cultivator, consisting of the combination of sockets 

 <7, pivoted to the front ends of the beams, the round bolts 

 h, having heads at the lower ends, the single bearings c, 

 having lugs 5 and semicircular grooves, and fastened by the 

 eyebolts c' , which eyebohs hold in place, also, the connect- 

 ing bolts b, substantially as described. 



2. — The cultivator mould K, having the upper part of 

 the mould concave and at the upper part of the beveled 

 point straight, subst.intially as and for the purposes de- 

 scribed. 



No. 192,992.— SAMUEL N. HENCH, IcKESBtiR.;, 

 assignor of one-half his right to WALKER A. DROM- 

 GOLD, Pattkrson, V.\.— Cultivators.— July to, 1877. 

 Filed March 10, 1877. 



Claim. — I. — The combination of pivoted adjusting-lever 

 R, having diagonally-opposite lips r r,' with locking plate 

 S, having notch s and reversed notches s' , whereby said 

 lever is adapted to raise the cultivator teeth out of engage- 

 ment with the ground, or 10 adjust them to any depth re- 

 quired, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



2. — The combination of drag bars W with pivot rod W, 

 supplemental drag bar Y, and spring plates Z Z, substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose stt forth. 



No. 193,912.— WALTER G. BARNES, Frekport, 

 \l.\...— Corn-Cultivators.— August 7, 1877. Filed June 

 19. 1877- 



Claim. — I. — As an improvement in cultivators, the com- 

 bination of the hinged beams D, having .spring loops G, 

 axle B, and tongue or frame A, having hooks i i, substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose herein shown and de- 

 scribed. 



2. — In combination with the beam^ Ii nn.l n\l V,. i1i< 

 adjustable coupling jaw herein descril <! . 1 : ,1 I ' 

 plates//', having segmental slots ;. : i n 



and diagonal front caps or braces j j', i.^ -n-ti m i> i uiJ . < mm- 

 bined to operate substantially as and for the purposL- litrcin 

 shown and described. 



No. 194,146.— T. D. GUTHRIE, Jr., Galva, III.— 

 Cultivators.— August 14, 1877. Filed June 2, 1877. 



Claim. — The combination .^f the coupling A, rigid beam 

 B, and .beam D, with bent standard F, pivoted to the 

 beams, piece I, and brace G, substantially as described, and 

 for the purpose specified. 



No. 194,150.— SQUIRE J. HINKLE, Saratoga, Ind. 

 — Riding-Cultivators. — August 14, 1S77. Filed June 4, 

 1877. 



Claim. — I. — The combination of the arched axle B, 

 arched and bent bars K, the cross bar L, and caster-wheels, 

 as shown and described. 



2. — The combination of the bent bars K, seat N, plough 



beams U, with foot rests j-', levers A', and chains Z, sub- 

 stantially as and for the purpose specified. 



No. 194,366.— JAMES H. PALM, Lexington, Ohio. 

 — Riding-Cultivators. — August 21, 1877. Fi\ed January 

 17, 1877. 



Claim. — I. — The tongue E, provided with the contrac- 

 tion and swell, substantially as shown and described. 



2. — The handle/, compi>sed of the parts / /, in combina- 

 tion with the flanged quadrant a, the lower portion of the 

 handle being provided with a spring,^"-, arranged to project 

 a pin, e, beyond the end of the handle, substantially as 

 show-n and described. 



3. — A cultivator handle pivoted upon its bolt and pro- 

 vided with a spring device to engage it rigidly with its 

 plough beam, wliercljy the handle is held in working posi- 

 tion or rclc.M ! m,! I'iiu ud .it various heights by elevating 

 the handle ;i : 1 1 illy as set forth. 



4. — A cull i I h : , /, provided with the springy 



and i)in ,. :ii . n: r, n nn with the flanged quadrant «, 



5 I'l. I,.. i :. 111., ted on the centre pin 7 of the 

 cm III, 1 1 !.,(. li. ; . , \, Imh I Minis a bearing for the lever upon 

 one ,i,lc .md .111 eny.cguig lalchet upon the other, and pro- 

 vided witli the spring 3 and stud iv, substantially as shown 

 and described. 



No. 194,570.— DAVID ARCHER, Jr., Brier Hill, 

 N. \ .—Adjustable Wheel-Cultivators.— August 28, 1877.— 

 Filed June 30, 1877. 



Claim. — The combination, in a cultivator, of the tongue 

 I and standard G, having wheel H, with the front bar F, 

 pivoted between beams A A, and provided with lever J, as 

 and for the purpose specified. 



No. 196,818.— W. METTLER, Frankfort, III.— 

 IVheel-Cultivators.-Noz'ember 6, 1877. Filed June 21, 

 1877. 



Claim. — The cross-bar e, pivoted at its centre to the top 

 of the adjustable main frame B, in combination with the 

 cross rods a and frame c, for the purpose of moving laterally 

 the frame e, with its two shovels attached below, having 

 rear push braces with break pins, in the manner and for the 

 purpose set forth. 



No. 197,038.— IRWIN MACY and J. C. WATKINS. 

 Harrisburg, Oregon. — Wheel-Cultivators. — November 

 13, 1877. Filed July 13, 1877, 



Claim. — I. — The combination of the inclined or diagonal 

 bar J, made in two parts or sections, the draw rods I, and 

 the braces T, with the plough-beam S and the frame-work 

 of the machine, substantially as herein shown and de- 

 scribed. 



2. — The combination of the adjustable perforated bars L 

 N P with the inclined or diagonal bar J, to which the plow 

 beams are attached, and with the frame work of the ma- 

 chine, substantially as herein shown and described. 



3. — The combination of the levers X and catch-bars Y 

 with the arms W, the diagonal bar J, and the 

 plough beams S, substantially as herein shown and de- 

 scribed. 



No 197,503 —MORRIS I UTTER, Rockiord, III. 

 —Cultnatoti — \, tmbti 27, 1S77 \\\fti August 14, 



brace conn 



cross bars u i i U I 1 e I 



2 — The join -\ htcs < an 1 ; « asher f , and joint-bolt e', 

 these parts constiucted, arranged, and operating, as herein 

 described, to produce a double hinge-joint, reversible and 

 interchangeal Ic lij al le of use on either side of the ma- 

 chine, as 11 I 1 I I e hereinbefore set forth. 



3 — 1 Ik h the levers M, located in front 

 of the din | poitmg chains or linked rods, 

 connecte 1 ends to levels M, and also to the 

 fiame at a p int prictieiU) in the same vertical plane with 

 the forward ends of the drag bars and at their rear ends 

 connected to the longitudinally-adjustable plates K, substan- 

 tially as described. 



