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PLOUGHS-WHEEL OR SULKY. 



axle D, carrying a crank-arm, the wheel C, mounted on 

 the said axle, and the rack G, all operating together sub- 

 stantially as specified, in connection with an adjusting- 

 lever and a bolt or catch. 



No, 212,919.— BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Jamestown, 

 N. \ .—Ploughs and Farm Trucks.— March i„ 1879. Filed 

 December 4, 1878. 



Claim. — I. — The combination, in a farm truck, of the 

 draft-pole A and U-shaped clevis F, having slots f, and 

 adapted to embrace and slide vertically upon the rear end 

 of the draft-pole, the draft-rod I, pivoted to said draft-pole, 

 extending rearwardly through said clevis, and provided with 

 look k, substantially as specified. 



2. — The combination, in a farm-truck, of the draft-pole 

 A, curved sectional frame B, forming journals c' for the 

 axle C, carrying the adjustable wheels D, the U-shaped 

 clevis F, provided with adjusting slots /, engaging bolt c on 

 the rear end of said pole, and the longitudinal draft-rod I, 

 passing through said clevis, connected to the draft-pole, 

 and provided with a loop, k, whereby a plough or other 

 farm im,plement maybe attached, as specified. 



No. 213,178.— JOHN R. CUMMINS, McKinney, 

 Texas. — Attachments for Ploughs.— March II, 1 879. 

 Filed December 21, 1878. 



Claim.— The combination, with a ploug-beam, A, and a 

 circle-plate, B, provided with transverse rib a, and having 

 said beam clamped thereto, of the bearing-plate C, having 

 transverse sleeve d extending beyond the edges thereof, an 

 axle, D, extending through said sleeve, a pivot-bolt,/, con- 

 necting the circle and bearing plates, and adjustable collars 

 (/', substantially as specified. 



No. 213,614.— JOSEPH BLACK and T. PATER, Al- 

 ton, III., assignors to HAPGOOD & CO., Sr. Louis, 

 Mo. — Sulky- Ploughs. — March 25, 2879. Filed February 

 13, 1878. 



Claim.— I.— The foot-rail C, consisting of a bent bar, 

 U-shaped, and the end of one of the arms extending bent 

 upward, forming the seat c, for supporting the tongue, and 

 both arms attached to the arched axle A, all substantially as 

 shown, in combination with the arched axle A, tongue D, 

 and brace E, all constructed to operate as described. 



2.— The brace E, provided with flanges / /', embracing 

 the sides of the tongue, and with seat c' , in combination with 

 the tongue D, foot-rail C, and arched axle A, all constructed 

 to operate as described. 



3. — The sulky-plough frame consisting of the arched axle 

 A, tongue D, and foot rail i\, provided with one arm ex- 

 tending bent upward, forming the seat c, and both arms at- 

 tached to the axle, and brace E, provided with flanges//', 

 all constructed and arranged to operate as shown. 



4. — The combination of tht beam K, adjusting-rod I, bail 

 J, provided with extension P', link P^ and lever S, provided 

 witli means for adjustable stoppages, segment R, tongue D, 

 and arched axle A, all constructed to operate substantially 

 as shown. 



No. 213,623.— JOHN CLAYTON, Clayton Grange 

 Farm, (Brainard P.O.,) Ulfi^. — Gang- Ploughs.— March 

 25. J879. Filed December lo, 1878. 



Claim. — I. — The arms A A, provided with the slots D, 

 and pivoted at their centers, and through the said slots to 

 the, under side of the beam, and at the ends to the side 

 beams, B B, substantially as herein shown and described, 

 and for the purpose described. 



2. — The flanged side beams, B B, attached to the ends of 

 tlie arms A A, and provided with slots, by means of which, 

 and bolts and screws, the hangers C C and the posts B^ B' 

 may be adjusted and secured at any desired inclination, 

 suljstantially as herein shown and described. 



3. — The side brackets, substantially as shown- and de- 

 scribed, on the clevis end of the beam, for preventing the 

 rods from being pulled out of upright position by the action 

 of the lever. 



No. 213.717.— JOSEPH WARWICK and ALFRED T. 

 WARWICK, Franklin, assignors of one-half their right to 

 SARAH CLEAVER, West Carrollton, Ohio— 

 Plvugh-Siilkies.— March 25. 1879. Filed March 30, 1878. 



Cl.um. — I. — The combination, with the seat, of the sup- 

 r.ortin ' cro,, liar provided on one of its vertical sides with a 



pivot or lug, upon which said seat is pivoted, substantially as 

 shown and described. 



2. — The combination, with the seat-support, of the seat- 

 pivoted thereto and adapted to be rocked or vibrated later- 

 ally thereon, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set 

 forth. 



3. — The combination, in a wheel-plough, of the laterally- 

 vibrating plough-beam and the pivoted seat, adapted to 

 vibrate or rock laterally upon a horizontal axis, substantially 

 as and for the purpose described. 



4. — The combination of the loosely-sliding stirrup J, cast- 

 ing K, with tube k and recess x, the adjustaljle leveling- 

 plate L, and the bolts /;, plate w,and nuts;', all substantially 

 as and for the purposes herein set forth. 



5. — The combination of the stirrup J, which slides loosely 

 through the pivoted tubes d d', and the elbow-lever N, with 

 eye «, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth. 



No. 213,936.— LEMUEL M. KELLY, Litchfield, 

 Ky. — Gang-Ploughs. — April I, 1879. Filed December 

 7, 1878. 



Claim. — The combination of the tongue and axle frame, 

 having rod (/, with eyes/ /;, the plough-beams o, connect- 

 ed at tlie rear by a laterally-adjustable lift-frame, and in 

 front with the eye^ of tongue-frame, and the lever /, arrang- 

 ed as shown and described. 



No. 214,396 —THOMAS E. JEFFERSON, Boston, 

 ^\K^'i.—SulkY-Ploiighs.— April 15, 1 879. Filed October 

 28, 1878. 



Claim. — I. — In a plough, the chain or its equivalent k, 

 arranged as shown, for the purpose of securing the mould- 

 board firmly in place to the fulcrum g, around which it 

 swings, substantially as set forth, by which the ordinary sup- 

 port from the land-side is dispensed with. 



2. — A wheel-plough having two supporting-wdiecis in the 

 same transverse line, one of which is arranged to run in a 

 land-stde furrow and the other in an open furrow previously 

 formed, and one or more ploughs having the long mould- 

 board or mould-boards adapted to extend back and sidewise 

 suflnciently to embrace the entire space between the wheels, 

 and to invert the soil behind the furrow side wheel, substin- 

 tially as described. 



3. — In combination with the swinging mould-board H /; 

 and its stationary frame n, the stationary knife or cutter j, 

 as and for the purpose set forth and de^cribed. 



No 214440.— loSEPH M.PAYNE.Boonvjlle, Mo.— 

 Siilkv-Ploiii;hs.— 'April \<^, 1879. Filed Oc/c/w 23, 1878. 



Claim.— The plate (.), having bearings N N, bolts T T, 

 and platL- S, in ci.nil ination with the slotted rack R, strad- 

 dling the bolts T T, and having eye Q, caster- wheel L, 

 having shank M, sniveled in the bearings N N Q, and 

 the segment-lever W V, for operating the rack, the whole 

 arranged and operating substantially as described, for the 

 purpose set forth. 



No. 215,268.— EDWIN S. DANIEI , Bltler, Mo.— 

 Sul'.y-Ploughs.—Mav 13, 1879. Filed Kbruarv II, 1879. 



Claim I.— The combination, with rock-shaft L, provid- 

 ed with a rearwardly-extending arm, M, and forwardly-ex- 

 tending slotted arm K, and lever I. provided with a stud «, 

 working in the slot /(■ in arm K. of the plough-beam N and 

 chains S S,vul)stantially as described, for the purpose set 

 forth. 



2.— The combination, uith the sulky-frame, having de- 

 pending brackets ui l)anger^ R R, crankshaft (J, and rock- 

 shaft L. provided with amis M K ami levir I, of the plough- 

 beam N and chains S S, substantially as ilescrilied, for the 

 purpose herein set forth. 



No. 215,346.— ISAAC R. GILBERT, Lf.ursviiLE, Kv. 

 — .Sulky- PliUghs. — May 13, 1879. Filed March 13, 1879. 



Claim.— I.— The flanged bracket L, removably attached 

 to the elbow-lever K, as and for the purposes herein set 

 forth. 



2. — The movable arm M and rock-shaft h', in combina- 

 tion with plough-beam A and tubular bearings B' B', sub- 

 stantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



3. — The lever O, combined with the elbow-lever P, 

 spring-paw I /, and roller r, substantially as herein set forth. 



4. — in a sulky-plough, the arrangement of devices, sub- 

 stantially as herein described, whereby the spring-pawl that 

 engages with the rack and the pawl that engages with the 



