CULTIVATORS-WHEEL OR SULKY. 



4. — In a standard bracket, the combination of the bed- 

 plate H, the slotted slip-arm //, fitted to receive the shovel 

 standard, screw-bolt /;'', upon which the slip-arm works, 

 swivel-sockets^', and eye-bolt^", whereby the shovel is al- 

 lowed to turn back to pass obstructions, as hereinbefore set 

 forth. 



S- — The swivel block /'', in combination with the shield 

 and chambered socket, substantially as herein described, to 

 limit the oscillatory movement of the shield, as hereinbefore 

 set forth. 



6. — The chambered socket secured to the drag-bar, and 

 made adjustable thereon by means of the screw eye-bolt, as 

 herein described, in combination with the swivel block, se- 

 cured to curved supporting b;ir to limit the downward 

 movement of the shield, as hereinbefore set forth. 



7. — The rosetle-platus liercin described, secured lo the 

 inner face and rearward pinjei ting ends of the converging 

 beams, the inner pi, ite made adjustable to raise or lower the 

 stud projecting eccciUvically from its inner face, for the pur- 

 pose of raising and lowering the driver's seat, as and for the 

 purpose hereinbefore set forth, 



8. — The adjustable seat-plates P, in combination with the 

 curved bars N, pivoted at their forward end to the frame, 

 and the seat O, made longitudinally adjustable on the seat- 

 bars, and arranged to turn the seal forward, substantially as 

 set forth. 



No. 198,069.— IRA BARBER, La Porte, Indi,\na, 

 — Cultivators. — December 11, 1877. Filed March 12, 

 18/7. 



Claim. — I. — The combination of the axle and the plate I 

 with pivot post H and cross-bar G, all being constructed, 

 arranged, and combined substantially as shown and de- 

 scribed. 



2. — Thf ^■\'2\^^ hnr I , attached to the upper frame-work 

 by a p!\"i -■' ', 1-! j.i Aided at is lower end with notch s' 

 and sevci '. : m ', . , .mil a jiin, such lower end passing 



through .1 I- I. . r,.,.-|.late w, securep in the phnigh' 



beams, in cuniUiii.uion with saul framework and the plougli- 

 beams, siil.-.iaiilially as described, whereby the plough may 

 be hitched up w hen not in u^e. and may also be adjusted 



at different 



to regulate the the depth of 



No. 198,563.— ROBORT T. BOWNE, Feliston, Mn. 

 — Oiltivntors. — December 25, 1877. Filed Kovcmber 20, 

 1877.. 



Claim. — I. — In a straddle row cultivator, two gangs or 

 groups of drag bars, each provided with a cultivator tooth, 

 coupled together by a link rigidly secured to one group and 

 movably attached to the other, and operated by a hand- 

 lever, so that the driver may at will cause said groups to 

 recede from or approach each other, as set forth. 



2. — The gangs or groujjs of drag bars, each provided with 

 a cultivator tooth, connected together by a link rigidly at- 

 tached to one group and movably attached to the other, 

 combined with the slotted bell-crank M, connecting rod O, 

 and hand-lever N, whereby the driver can shift the relative 

 positions of said groups at will. 



3- — The main frame, provided with a seat and separate 

 gangs of cultivator drag bars and their teeth, and a main 

 axle, C, pivoted 10 said frame, combined with the toothed 

 segment F and |iMii,,n ( ,. . r ,,,d thereto, and a double foot 

 lever, H, .ittacli. .1 1 , ; , : . the pinion-spindle, so that 



the driver, while niin. h| lus ,c-at, can rest his feet upon 



said lever, and ilicicOy cuiiirol and guide the appa- 



No, 198,616,— JAME.S HIGGINS, Westfield, N. J. 

 — Cultivators. — December 25, 1877. Filed April 2, 

 1877. 



Claim. — The axle of a wheel cultivator, provided with 

 rigid arms I, to wdiich are pivoted the forked drag bars E, 

 the pivot-rod H, stay-rod G, and pivoted link J', in combi- 

 nation with the rock-shaft K, having rigid arms J, 



lever L, and 

 scribed. 



No. 



and ratchet 711 n, substantially as de- 



TOIIN .S. JOHNSTON and C. A. 

 I ' 'I 1 1. I M.. — Cultivators. — December 25, 



--'. 1S77- 

 h ii.iiion of the adjustable eye or socket 

 cctiiig bars G, the b.ars H, and the bar or 



block N,with the plough beams A and the axle I,wherebythe 

 plough beams are allowed to oscillate laterally and are 

 raised by the driver's weight, substantially as herein shown 

 and describrd 



No. i-,s:-;. Hii;il PARKER, Ottawa, III.— 

 Goplui . ■);i/cii/s for Cultivators. — January 



Claim. — I. — III '. I ;i, '> i I ibcd g(>]ihcT or ridging at- 

 lachmem forcuhi, • :iiu -I'lhc .vljustable blades 



CC, bars D D, ].i : - u-i; II 1, and adjustable 



bars G, substantia I i\ i- n; i I 1 ija- iiui|i'i>c- spculicd, 



2.— The combination, with the Made, ( '. nf the bars D, 

 provided with the vertical slots a, and llic dolled 1. race-bars 

 E H I, substantially as .and for the piii] ..,,■ s|Hcilicd. 



3. — The combination of the bars I), provided with the 

 slots a and slotted brace-bars, and the horizontal bars G, 

 provided with the slots ,j-, substantially as and for the pur- 

 pose specified. 



No. 199,025.— WILLIAM P. BROWN, Zanesvili.e, 

 Ci\uo.— Culti7;tlor-To,ii;ucs.— January 8, 1878. Filed 

 April 2^, 1877. 



Claim. — I. — .\n adjustable device located upon a culti- 

 vator-tongue, and extending rigidly across the same, so as 

 to separate the team without being turned from a horizontal 

 plane, substantially as described. 



2. — A separating wdieel or disk, combined with the ton- 

 gue of a cultivator, and arranged to rotate substantially as 

 and for the purpose set forth. 



3. — The separating-wheel B, arranged to rotate, and 

 mounted upon a standard fixed to the tongue of the culti- 

 vator, as and lor ilie ]iinpose described. 



4. — I Ih !i iiidle- 1 . Ii iving hooks e' in combination with 

 the culti\ aioi-icineue, ilie bar E, and crank-shaft C, sub- 

 stantially as and lor the purpose described. 



No. 199,680.- LOUIS ANTHOINE, Epworth, Iowa. 

 — Cultivators. — January 29, 1878. Filed October 30, 

 1877.. 



("laiiii. — The combination, with cross-bar B, of a plough- 

 be.im .\', connected therewith by the U-bar K, lug-pivot L, 

 and olTselted bar M, substantially as and for the imrpose 

 soecilied. 



■ No, 199,701.— ML'CKER.SIE G. GRAHAM, MoN- 

 MdUTtr, III. — Cultivators. January 2g, 1S78. Filed 

 October 15, 1877. 



Claim. — I. — In a cultivator, the side frames to which the 

 ploughs are hinged or journaled, combined with one of 

 more bars B, having guides, by « hich they are connected 

 with the side frames, and whereby the said side frames may 

 be slid or reciprocated upon the bar or bars li, to advance 

 or recede either of the side frames while they are held at 

 uniform distances apart, and the bar or bars B remain at 

 right angles to the line of progression of the machine and in 

 ahori/oiiiil |,o^iii 11, lib, i.uit'ially as specified. 



2.— 1 ! I io,,;^iie 1. belted to the bar B,and 



arrani;i'l ' . • i . n'l the ^lidini; frames .-\, ploughs J J, 

 and wheel- h, hiiIk.iu nnerferiiig wiili the sliding or par- 

 allel motion of the frames, substantially as and for the pur- 

 pose specified. 



3. — The extensile and contractile yoke C D, arranged to 

 operate wdth the standards A', to which the cultivator- 

 ploughs J are attached, substantially as and for the purpose 

 specified. 



4. — In combination with an extensible yoke C D, and 

 bar B, to which the tongue E is bolted, frames A, having 

 ploughs J and wheels F attached thereto, and arranged to 

 operate substantially as described, and for the purpose speci- 

 fied. 



5. — The bar or bars B, combined with the bars a" , on 

 which they slide, and with the standards A', ploughs J, and 

 wheels F, substantially as described, and for the purpo.se 

 specified. 



6.— The bars B B', having adjustahio loops b on their 

 ends, combined with the fi.unes .\, ploughs J, and wheels 

 F, substantially as and for ilie luriio^e specified, 



7. — The draft-plates II. 11-,, IK attached to ihe standards 

 A', and Iia\ ill'.,' eN lei! 1. e 1 in U //', to which the ploughs 

 J are connecie.i. . . ■ ! ■ ih ilic sliding frames A, 

 wheels F, bars I;. .,„ , lou^m I , substantially as described, 

 and for the iniriiose sireeined. 



