PLOliGHS-WHEEL OR SULKY. 



6.— The foot lever W arranged tn operate in connection 

 with the tongue and main frame, with its front end 

 working in the slotted bolt X, as and for the purpose set forth. 



7. — The slotted bolt X' in combination udth the slotted 

 wedge -r, for the purpose of adjusting the parts, as shown 

 and described. 



No. 49,564.— HENRY .SMYTH, New Lorenzo, Cal. 

 — Gang Ploughs. — August 22, 1865. 



Claim. — The construction of the eccentrical shaft or 

 axle in two parts, so as to be able to raise or lower one 

 wheel without interfering with the other, and the arrange- 

 ment of the cog wdieel attached to the eccentrical shaft or 

 axle, to raise or lower the body of the plough, together 

 with the ploughshares, by means of the wheel or endless 

 screw, and their combined arrangement, for manufacturing 

 gang ploughs. 



No. 49,833.— IRA C. PRATT, assignor to himself and 

 L. F. PRATT, Morton, \-ll.— Sulky- PUmghs.—Septctu- 

 her 5, l8'^5. 



Claim. — I. — The plank A, to which the plough beams B 

 are secured, connected with the draught (jole I by joints or 

 eyebolts/, and operated or adjusted by the driver on his 

 seat, through the medium of a lever or arm, or their 

 equivalents, siibstanti.iUy as set fonh, 



2.— The adjusting of the plank A, and consequently the 

 plough lieanis and ploughs, higher or lower with the axle 

 D, in order to regulate the depth of the penetration of the 

 plou:;hs by means of the plate K secured tn one end of the 

 plank, and provided with a scries f liole^iin a vertical 

 line, through anyone of which the holt /. pas>e-, into the 

 axle at one end, in connection with the slotted pl.Uc C, 

 through which the axle passes, and the lever F, attaciied to 

 the plank and bearing on the axle, substantially as and for 

 the purposes set forth. 



No. 49,911. — [. S. PADON, SUMMERFIELD, Il.L. — 

 Gang- Ploughs. — 'Sof:':i!':r 12, 1SI15. 



Ciaim.— 1.— The -\~l.i lui, (' (', seat standards D I>, 

 slotted axle A, and slotted liacei', in combination with 

 the pivoted plough beams V V . and rocking levers (J ("., 

 all arranged and operating substantially as described. 



2. — In a wheel-cultivator, providing for expanding or 

 contracting plough beams V V , the supporting frame 

 thereof, and the contrivances for elevating or depressing the 

 said beams, substantially as described. 



3. — Supporting the plough l.e.iiiis V V in an elevated 

 position by means of levers (_; G, linlvs ,/ ,/, and a spring 

 catch lever g, which is pivoted to a post projecting from the 

 draught pole, substantially as described. 



4. — Pivoting the plough beams F to side beams C C, 

 which are susceptible of being separated or contracted 

 without detaching them from their axle A, substantially as 

 described. 



5. — The use of slotted .standards J J, in combination with 

 the slotted sector plates 77, and fastening k k', subst.inlially 

 as described. 



6. — The clamps K, applied to the standards J, subst ni- 

 tially as described. 



No. 50,828.— ALBERT KEITH, LisnoN, \u..— Sulky- 

 Ploughs.- November 7. 1865. 



Claim. — The combination of the lever i' with the sliding 

 brace z, guide st.mdard a and standard M, and the arrange- 

 ment and combination of the standard I. with the arm K 

 and standard M, substantiallv as set loiili. 



No. 50,837.— ISA.A.C F. .XL 1 I l.\i;, Talmicr, Mass.— 

 Wheel-Ploughs.^Xovemhei- 7, 1865. 



Claim The combination of the head lever E, connec- 

 tions a h F, with a plough I), ami axle B, and draught 

 pole C, when mounted on the wheels A A, substantially in 

 the manner and for the purpose tiescrib -d . 



No. 51,358.— MARSHALL SATTLEY, Tayi.oks- 

 VII.LK, \\.\..— Gang-Ploughs.— December 5, 1855. 



Claim. — I. — The frame J, in the described combination, 

 with the a.l \. 1 .1. n jl, 'beams M M, levers L L, and 

 uprights V - • ! •■• ' ! i and operating as described. 



2. — The ,1 i I draught pole W to the frame J 

 by means of |ie ,l,,it,sl plate X and bolts in' m',ior the 

 purpose of adniitting the lateral shifting of the pole, and 

 the setting of the ploughs more or less to land, as de- 

 scribed. 



No. qi,536.— CAROLL ATWOOU, Lebanon, III.— 

 Gang-J'li'ughs. — iKcember 19, 1S65. 



the clamp |, all arranged substantially as shown, to admit 

 of the lateral adjustment of the plough beams with the sills 

 F F, for the purpose set forth. 



No. 51,543.-1. F. and W. L. BLACK, Lancaster, 

 \\.\..—Gang-Plowrhs.—Deeember 19, 1865. 



Claim.— I.— The connecting of one of the wheels C to 

 its axle A by means of the bar E, fitted in the socket D, and 

 connected by a chain G to a lever H, in the manner sub- 

 stantially as described, to admit of the vertical adjustment of 

 the i^loughs, for the purpose specified. 



2. — The adjusting of the draught pole M laterally 

 through the medium of the screw .;.', plate //, and nut /, sub- 

 stantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



No. 51,790. — CIIARI.KS IlKLDEN. MimiLEHURG, 

 Ohio.- (;„;,v-(V////rvAv,. -/.uuiarv 2, 1866 



Claim.— The blades „, eon-tiueied as shown, with a rib 

 /, and arranged 111 relation to each other diagonally across 

 the machine, in combination with the standards «/ and diag- 

 onal frame C', substantially as and for the purpose set 

 forth. 



No. 51,875.- H. C. SMITH, Ridge Farm, III.— 

 Gang- Plou^'hs— January 2, 1866.— Antedated December 

 2S, 1S65. 



Claim. — I. — The connecting; of the plough l>eams A A to 

 the axle C by means oi the l.iie; l.cilt II. strap E, and plates 

 F F', allconslructe !.. :, : t arranged in the man- 



ner and for the purp' - I : etll. 



2. — The plough-be.iiii \ \ , 111. bed to the axle C as 

 shown, in combination with the frame H, the latter being 

 connected at its front end to the plough beams by the rod b 

 and its rear end supported liy the caster wheel I ; the above 

 parts being used in connection with the cord or chain e, 

 pulley /', lever J, and the strap K, or its equivalent, for the 



No. 52 104.- THOMAS WOLFE, Girarii, III.— 

 SulkvPloU'^hs.— January 16, l856. 



Claim— I.— The connecting of the front ends of the 

 plough beams G G by hinges if, to springs I attached to the 

 framing of the device, in combination with the shafts cap, 



herein set foitli. 



2.— The raising and limering of the plough beams 

 through the medium of the rods K K", cranks K' K'", 

 shafts L L', and levers M M' all arranged substantially as 

 d escribed. 



3. — The adustable frame S, constructed and applied to 

 the plough beams G G, substantially as and f,.r the purpose 

 specified. 



No. 52,401.— A. P. DL;RANT, Atlanta, III.— 

 Gang-n,.ughi.—Kbru„rv 6. I.S66. 



Claim. — I. — Ciiiting the two ploughs M N to a .single 

 beam ( ;, where s.iid btani is arranged between the frame C 

 C. and hung on a pivot to the front end thereof and for- 

 ward ofthe axlelree, substantially ns sliou „ and described. 



2.— The two levels S S' when iiiiUe.] i.igelher in the 

 manner described, and connecteil to the rcir end of the 



twisting, or tlic ploughs Ironi slewing or "creeling" out of 

 their |iroper patli. and for the purpose of raising them out of 



liASKII.L.EL 

 A to plough 1 



the 



tion with liraic I ,, hinge 1 i", liars V F, brace K, and axle- 

 tree (i, the several parts being arranged as and for the pur- 

 pose set forth. 



No. 52,63?.- loSEPH WIDMAN and FRENCH 

 MULLIC.'V, El" Paso, \\.\..—Ploui;hs.— February 13, 

 1866. 



Claim. — I. — The attaching of the plough beam E to the 

 axle A, through the medium of the hounds C C', in combi- 

 nation with the draught pole F and bar K, attached to the 

 plough beam, and all arranged to operate in t' 

 substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



