PLOUGHS-COUPLINGS. 



2. — Tlu-l'iMoe- v. -Mvl li, coil .tnicted and arranged a^ ilc- 

 scribcd, ill coiiibiuatioii with an axle having screw thread I), 

 sul>:;t.;ntial!y a'- ilescribed. 



3. — The socket M, cast in a single piece, adapted for 

 holdiir"^' a plough beam, and for connection with a sleeve, H, 

 and liaving serrations, as slionn to operate in conjunction 

 with (he clamp I' for holding a clod fender, substantially as 

 described. 



No. 143,172.— En\V.A.RU P. LVNCII, D.WENroRT, 

 Iowa. — Cu.'tiv.i'ors. — Sep.'em/ur 2^, 1873. Filed October 

 19, 1870. 



Claim. — I. — The clevis or attachment for fastening the 

 front end of the beam to the axle, said clevis consisting of 

 the bar IS witli an upper rigid arm, <;, and a lower hinged 

 arm, /;, said arms being perforated to receive the journals of 

 the swivel bo.ves c, and being secured together by means of a 

 bolt or screw, sub.tantially as set forth. 



2. — T'iie shank D, provided with a vertical slot, », and 

 the holes 0, whereby it can be adjusted veitically on the 

 beam, and r.lso pivoted and locl;ed by a break-pin as set 

 forth. 



No. 148,787.— WII.LI.\M S. WEIR, Monmouth, III. 

 — Cullivalors. — March 17, 1874. Filed February 7, 1S74. 



Claim. — The spring bolt J, arranged to operate with tlie 

 recessed plate C, journal B, ami plates E E', substantially as 

 described, for the puqjose specified. 



No. 153,404.-0. \V. V.-VN SICKLE and C. McCON- 

 AUGHV, BiRLlNCToN, \o\\,\.—Ctillivators.—July 21, 

 1874. Filed March !7, 1874. 



Claim. — I. — In a cultivator, friction couplings for secur- 

 ing the beams to the axle, composed of the plates for eml)rac- 

 ing the axle and the friction rollers attached to the beams 

 and wording on sai I plates, substantially as shown and de- 

 scribed. 



2. — In a cultivator, the combination of friction couplings 

 D F G, beams A, and arched axles G, substantially as and for 

 the jjurpose described. 



No 154,257.— CYRUS KINSEV. ■;■-'--■ ^. , ^r..i- 

 lh'ators.~Aiii;uit \'&,\%-ja„ Filed,' ■ -■ 



Claim .— I .—The combi nati Dn , v i : : 

 beam C, of the slotted plates D D, 11' I . n . 



and pin/;, all substantially as and for tie puipj-o iiL-rjui set 

 forth. 



2.— The combination of the plates D D, provided with 

 Lolt holes and curved slots «, as described, the' notched bars 

 (j G, bolt b, and pin//, substantially as and for the purposes 

 herein set forth. 



No. 157,234— ALEX. SMITH, Cuba, O»\o.--Ploughs. 

 —.\ov^mberZ\, 1874. Filed Septembers. 1874. 



Claim. — The coiiibinalion of the plough sheath or stand- 

 ard B, curved slotted arm E, spring i, and nut »/, substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose hci\in set forth. 



No. 182,642.— SA.\i LEL P. COONS, Winchester, III. 

 — IVhccl-Oiltivattrs.— September 2b, 1876. Filed March 

 27, '87 J. 



Claim. — I. — The link D, arr.mged to embrace the swivel 

 pie.e C, and adjustably connected therewith by means of the 

 assembling bolt c', and arranged to connect with the tubular 

 axle piece E by means of the screw strap F, as described and 

 set forth. 



2. — The straps B B', swivel piece C, link D, tube E, and 

 axle G, combined and arranged as and for the purpose set 

 forth. 



No. 183,301.— CHARLES R. HARTMAN, Allison, 

 III. — Cultivators. — OctobcrX"], 1876. Filed /?/«£• 26, 1876. 



Claim, — I — The coupling C, made of two plates having 

 half round grooves near the front and semi-circular grooves 

 near the rear, in combination with axle and continuous 

 double beam, as and for the purpose specified- 



2. — The curved bars E, provided at their lower ends with 

 grooves to receive the plough standards F, pivoted to the rear 

 ends of the plough beams D , and provided at their upper ends 

 with wooden break pins, substantially as herein shown and 

 described. 



3. — The combination, with the axle B and the guide- 

 pulleys O, of the coupling P, made in two parts, and pro- 

 vided with recesses in tiitir inner surface to receive pins at- 

 tached to said axle, sub.-tantially as herein shown and de- 

 scribed. 



ofthecnpl ;: ''1 ,1:1 ••'.! I... |.M' . •!, '•' '"I '• i ""uh re- 

 cesses ill li • , in ■• ■ .:■ , . '-I . ! j I,. 1: , I t,, sajcl 



axle. B; sill. i,,ni,.,ilv 1 I, •; •.,, I,...>n „„ i .I,--, i,;..-!. 



No. 184,960.— I'l EN KV FELTMAN, Plkin, III.— C«/- 

 tivator-Ccnpliii^s.— December 5, 1876. Filed October 6, 

 1876. 



rliini — 'fhf Ivivin d.-^nili.-d coupling for cultivators, 



'"'I III 'Hi, i.,>. 1 I, ii HI- ,ine or more leaves or 



II ,'. ■ ■ •'■ ••'''■' ' ii' "I holes, in combination 



lies of perforated ears 



ibcd. 



No. 190,816— W. P. BROWN, Zanesville, Ohio.— 

 Coup/m-i for Cii//ivatoi-s.—M»y 15. 1877. Filed April 6, 

 .S77. 



Claim. — I. — 11k I 11 I 1 \ ] 1 vided with a projection 

 adapted to co-opt 1, 11 r: : m:, weight, or the draft, to 

 rock the said pipe I h 1 . 1 ,iitli the weight of the rear 



cuUivators or plou^ii iJ. ijnU ;liy c;s and for the purpose 

 described. 



2. — The combination, with the crank axle and the gangs 

 or ploughs, of the pipe-box, having arm M, the spring N, at- 

 tached to the main frame, the head I, 2nd the stirrup G, or 

 its equivalent, having brackets II and pivot bolt b, and 

 fastened to the pipe box, substantially as and for the purpose 



.\li'. — l':,Ji'jj,\'rs. — Lhtvber <). KS77. \:\\t:i\ January 10, 

 1877. 



Claim. — I. — The coupling e, composed of the plate e^, 

 having ears e'^ e^, and of the lower plate ^, which is looped 

 around tiie bolt d, substantially as herein .shown and de- 

 scribed. 



2. — The combination of the ploughshare G with the 



sliitti-d ^tniii w. which embraces the standard, and with the 



I I ' I!!'. ' '! IK inner bearing plate w, and with the nui 



II lilt I a groove in the standard, all arranged so 



111 I ill - l■^- // I.ears against the plate ju, substantially as 



No'. 197,032.— FREDK. L. HILSABECK, Shelby- 

 VILI.E, III. — Cultivators. — Xovember 13, 1877. Filed 

 .4tii,'ust 2^, 1877. 



Claim. — The combination of U-bars E and bent bars H, 

 bolted together, to connect the axle and plough beams, as 

 shown and described. 



No. 199 565.— BENJAMIN F. NEEDHAM and LA- 

 BAN W. NEEDHAM, Newcastle, Ind.— AK//<v/-0/*/- 

 valo.-s.—Janiuiry 22, 1878. Filed AWt'wAv 13, 1877. 



Claim. — I. — The combination of the clamp plates B,beiit 

 twice at ri -in ^n. 1.^ t,.r.,nii lugs (/, with the pivot bolt C, 

 the was'i ' tiiMted plough beam, substantially 



and 



bed. 



2. — 111 I the axle, having collar c, the 



clamp plaits I-, iiaviiiL; curved grooves and slots ,5', and bent 

 twice at right angles to form lugs d, the pivot bolt C, washers 

 /, and plough beam D, substantially as and for the purpose 

 described. 



No. ?oo,787.— PATRICK BRANNAN,Freeport, III. 

 Corn Ploughs.— February 26, 1878. Filed October 23, 

 1877. 



Claim. — The plough beams L, provided upon the upper 

 and lowers surfaces of their front ends with the lips </, hav- 

 ing apertures e, in combination with the cylindrical sleeve I, 

 provided with scalloped lips a, projecting rearward from the 

 top and bottom of said sleeve, and having apertures b, thus 

 protecting the axles B, and affording a free lateral move- 

 ment of the plough beams, substantially as shown and set 

 forth. 



No. 205,416.— GEORGE W. RAY, Watson, Mo.— 

 Wheel Cnllivntors,—June 25, 1878. Filed November 17, 

 .877. 



Claim. — I. — In a eultivaliir, the plough beam having the 

 pi\ i it 1 1, II ( -iiir ' t . 11 ii > til'' I'l. I It,' iln i| ,] i.'il down below' the 



Ih I :. 1 i.li " . ..• 1' ■ ; I ;. • ■ li, I , i. t forth. 



I . I: - ■ I ■, . ■ .ill .''1, 'I .1 :. Mm, of a clevis, 



.11 ,t- r Mii\,;l-iii. Ii.mii- !i,iii^i;i- .itinlinil to or projecting 



