DISKS. 



1509 



243.705. THOMAS E. JEFFERSON, 



Bd^tnii, .\l:ra^. ilHl'n.w. .Itilv ;., 1881. 



Fik-<i A|.ril 2t>. 1881. 



Myiuvpiition rcliiti's to ii Imrrow or ciilLi- 

 vator tV)r .i^^iiciiliiiral purposes Iirt\ itigievolv 

 ill;; (li.slis or invuli-d Itetb Liirifrupoii a riilliig 

 caniage or sulky, or opciatcil indoiipmlcntly 

 of sncli ik'viiT, IJie srii'I tft-tli or ili.sks bt-iiiff 

 hrlil it) i:i)iit:ict witli tin- siirfin'c f!l llic soil by 

 III.' constant force of :i spring, or ii> vipiiva- 

 leiii, ()!■ UyKHivily, ill gmi^sor iiMlopoiuWhtly, 

 ;iml liciii;; sus(«*prihly of elevation iiidcpi-Tid- 

 oiitly or in .^fclioiis or {j:ni<;s, llo' novelty con- 

 .sisliii;; ill tin'cotislnictinii ainl .ui:in;>eiMent of 

 p!uU, its will he more ra)J.\ Iioivinaftar sot 

 foiDijHiid spi'cificuHypointLitiiiii in Iheclniiiis. 

 The objo4:t of tlic iii\ cntiuii is ru [providea 

 barrow or onUivatorcatialiio nl ertl'Ctivc sorv- 

 ico Mitli orwilliont ritlin;;-\\licels, Imviiipif- 

 Tolviiij lianowin-; disUs or tpctli arranged in 

 j;.in^s or indepeiideiiUy, and adapted lo be 

 sdjiisted lateialty at m ill and to be rL-gidated 

 at any dc.-iircd inollno in relation to tlio line of 

 (nivel to lido over obstrnctioiis and i-eturn to 

 ellective .service upon tlie soil-snrface iridc- 

 peiidenlly by spriiirr-aetion, or to bo elevated 

 in gan;;s or separately by tlie driver or oper- 

 ator, as sliown in tbc (Irawinpo, and liercin- 

 aftej- to be desciiUei^ 



I. In a liaiTow or cnltivator, a series of re 

 \oI\ in:,' disks baling independent aciioii.coin- 

 f'liied with independent springs and arranged 

 snlisl.iiiiijiliy as described, whereby each disk 

 shall br held in constant eoniaet and service 

 witli iIm' soil o.icept when one or more of the 



'•i^l^-- ' "* in contact Willi obstructions and 



ouJ> ilie overriding disks are disturbed, as 

 siK'filicrl. 



-. Ill a huirow or cidtivator, the revolving 

 disks or leetb huogr iudepcmlontly to give in- 

 liejn inleor. action to c.tcli,an(l held in contact 

 with the soil by a spring or springs, the sftid 

 disks or teetli being adapted to be adjustedin 

 tilt; liiiuies lo any desired incline, aa specified, 

 for tlie purposes set forth. 



.t. In !i ImiTow or cull ivator, the teeth or re 

 volving disks arranged in pairs or independ- 

 ently, and ImM iu contact with (he soil by a 

 spring or springs, and bung or journalcd in 

 frames, said fnimes being ndapled to be read- 

 ily adjusted in relation to the Hue of travel at 

 «tll, as specified, 



■J. Ina harrow 01 eiil(ivator,(lie U'elhor re- 

 volving disks hchi in contact with the .soil by 

 a spring or springs, bung in frames and eapa- 

 ble of iidjnstinent therein, coinbiiicd withaneb 

 frames and hpnngs and with means tor ad- 

 jnsting the Iraiuis at miy desired incline in re- 

 lation to the line of travel, as specified. 



Ti. In ii liarrow oi cnltivator, tlie teeth oiitj- 

 volvtng disks arranged in gangs of two or In- 

 deiHMidently, held in contact with the soil l>y 

 springs, and bnng in frames held rigid in lat- 

 eral position, combined with said frame-s the 

 main frame, and with means for giving com- 

 ])aialivcly pei'uiancnt or ready adjustment at 

 will withont affecting the vertical ixisitioii ol 

 the teeth or disks, as specified. 



a. Ill a harrow or cultivator, the 1 eel b .nie 

 volving disks pivoted or jonrnaled in back- 

 ward ly-inclincd carrjing-franics, mul capable 

 of adjustment therein, the said frainps having 

 vertical and backward imbpe ndent plsy and 

 beingeapable of oscillatui y -itl jnstment, as and 

 for I be pnr[)oses set forth. 



7. In a barrow or enltiVatoi, the independ- 

 ent gangs of revolving disks or teeth, the 

 framose e' e", and sjirings, combined with the 

 lever H h\ links A', and toothed segment A, 

 and adjusting means e; as and for Ihe pur- 

 poses specified. 



11. Id asulky harrow or cnltivator, tLccom 

 biuatiou of the revolving disks or teeth, the 

 springs, and rneajis for adjusting the incline 

 of the disks ov teeth, with means for throwing 

 either the disks or riding-wheels in or out of 

 opersition at will, the spring-action serving, 

 when the disks are in operation, to cosbton 

 Ihe concnSsions in overriding obRtrnctions, 

 and insiniilar manner wlien coming in contact 

 with protrudi.ng obstrneliruis when the riding- 

 wheels are in opL-iaiion and the disks elevated, 

 as specified. 



lli. In a sulky lion ow or cultivator, the com- 

 bination of the frame and riding-wheels with 

 the disks or teeth, the springs and proper cim 

 uectioiis. ,ii'd with a lever or levers, by which 

 tlie <lu[ilex ciank axle is turned in sections, as 

 and for the purimsp.'i set forth. 



I.'J. T!ie frafue «■ <-' e^, the spiings, and the 

 disk« or teeth r'', eombinedwith thejouruab'd 

 bars \i and an operating-lever, as specified. 



i4. In a harrow oi cultivator, the revolving 

 (li^ks or teeth ha'v iiig forward spring connec- 



tions, combined with tin- Jonrnaled Itars l> or 

 their equivalents, and with lovaus for operat- 

 ing the same, its set fortii, for ilie pnr)toses 

 specilied. 



15. The rompo 1 lever l\ A' W and ratch- 

 eted segiueat A, eombincU with gangs of Imr- 

 rowingdiaks or teeth, am! witli boliling tneaiis, 

 as set fortli. 



Hi. The eombinution of (lie frame tfc'r' and 

 rod e*, or its erjnivalent, with Ihe disks or teeth 

 (^ and a main frame, as and for the pur[)oses 

 set forth. 



37. Tlie combiiiiUiou of Ihe springs//' and 

 bolt/^ with tlie iints /' and disks or teeth, as 

 and for the purposes set forth. 



IS. The combination of the rod <* and ail 

 jnsting ineaiiR t^ with the disks or teeth c* and 

 the frames r^, as and for the jmrposcs set fortli. 



1!>. In a harrow or cultivator, the revolving 

 disks or teeth hung independently, arranged 

 in the same piano as and under the axle, and 

 held in eonston t contact with tiic soil by springs, 

 whereby the machine becomes more cfticient 

 111 serxice and is enabled to turn upon a com 

 moil center without wicnching the disk or 

 tooth bearings or supports when the disks or 

 teeth arc in tlie soil, as set forth. 



UO. In a snlky harro.v or cultivator, the lo- 

 dependeat disks or teeth arranged in a plane 

 with the axle held in contact with the sod by 

 springs, and hung oit inclined axles, whereby 

 the side pressure due from turning oit a com- 

 mon (icnier in one direction will elevate the 

 disks, and in the opposite direction the con vex 

 Or inclined sides of the disks or teeth will serve 

 aKiniiliir purpose, to prevent wrenching the 

 disks or bearings, as specified. 



-1. Ill a harrow or cnltivator, two or more 

 iiidepcudeut gangs of incUiiod teeth, combined 

 with ludcpendent springs, and with means, as 

 f^y Figs. 5 aud 9, for adjusting eaid teeth in 

 depeudeutly or in gangs of tMo, as si>ecified. 



254,723. GARLAND B. ST. JOHN 

 Oe<lar Rnjiid.s, lowti. I'l.ivv Truck. Mar 

 7, lHt<-2. y\l-d S,-pt. -27. iHyl. 



My object is to simplify the truck aim len- 

 der it lighter in draft, easier to manipulate, 

 aud more effective in its operation by the use 

 Ufa landside-wheel, which also serves asacar- 

 ryiDg-wbcel for (he truck and a>» improved de- 

 vice for raising and depressing the plow. 



The iDvention consists in so constructing a 

 wbeel-idow as to have on one side a large wheel 

 to rnu on the plowed grouml, and fur the 

 bearing on the opposite side a convex-faced 

 wbeel or di.sk, whose face cooies against the 

 laod side of the furrow wlicn in ii.se as plow, 

 and which serves as a carrying wh*el for the 

 truck at all times. 



It further consists in snch an arrangement 

 of the tongue, truck frame. :»nd seat that a re 

 ciprocatiog motion of the latter raises or de 

 presses the plow withont the nso of hand Ic 

 vers for llmt purpose, all of which will more 

 fully appear in the parlicnlar description fol 

 lowing. 



1. The seat O, mounted on parallel hinged 

 supports ec, regulated by suitable stops, coui- 

 biued witb the chain c, sheave a, segment I, 

 and tongue 3, anbstantiallv as shown and de- 

 scribed. 



2. The combinntioQ of the landside wheel 

 F, pivoted axle K, lever L, nod quadrant o, 

 or tbeir equivalents, substantially as and foi 

 the puEpoae set forth. 



257,666. CHAS. C- DAVIS and WM. 

 H. MERGER, Mciver, s. ('. t'utu.i 



Scrai-.T. M;tv !», IHH-l Filed Kob. -li 



18H::. 



Oar invention relates to an improvement in 

 cotton scrapers J and it consists iu the combi- 

 Datioii of the frame, made in a single piece with 

 the Rtaudarda, aud a shaft having two cut- 

 ting wheels attached thereto, which run ju&t 

 inside of the two scrapers, as will bo more 

 fully described hereinafter. 



The object of our invention is to produce a 

 scraper for cotton, corn^ and other plants, and 

 which is BO coastructed that tbo two cutting- 

 wheela run along upon opnosito sides of the 

 plants and press the earth towanl them, so as 

 to pack it.aronud their roots, while the scrap- 

 ers cut away the weeds which may bo growing 

 around their Bides. 



In a cot ton -sera per, the combination of the 

 two beams A, each made in a single piece with 

 the stJindards, and hiuing the handles D se- 

 cured between their rear ends, the shaft li, hav- 

 ing the two cutting wheels <J secured thereto, 

 and the scrapers C, which cat clo.so lo the ont- 

 sides of the wheels, substautially as shown and 

 describttil. 



2.08,928. HORACE M. KEITH. Own- 



iiieiv*-, :is3i-_'iinr .if .-tie-Iialf to ,T. I', lli.r- 

 -lT. |->Hitl;i.-. .M.rli, Se.-l-D-ill :,,..! KvT- 



iiliz<-r. .hiMc (i. IHK2. Kil,.,| Keb. IN. 

 INS J. 



1. The combination, Hubstniitially hereinbe- 

 fore .set forth, iu a seed-drill, of a hopper hav- 

 ing interior verlical sced-e'Midnciing tubes or 

 chute.", provided with topineliiied tiay.s, with 

 feed-wheels having internal buckeis adapted 

 to operate in relation to said trays, for tiie pnr 

 pose specified. 



2. The combination, sabstantially hereinbe- 

 fore set forth, in a seod-dnll, of a hopi>er hav- 

 ing interior vertical secil-conductiug tubes or 

 chutes, provided with top inclined trays, with 

 feed- wheels having internal buckets and means 

 for laterally adjubiing said fecd-wlicels |n le- 

 lution to the trnys, for the purpose specilied. 



3. In combination, the h()pper, the fixed \v- 

 tieal tubes or ehntes therein, the open fecl- 

 whucls having internal buckets, the shiift upon 

 which they are fixed, and means for effecting 

 the endwise adjustment of .siiid shaft, and tbo 

 feed-wheels Ibcrcou, consisting of thu screw- 

 stems J, the coupling-plates /', the screw-imts 

 j.and the spring/, arranged at (he end of the 

 hoiiper, whereby to set the feed-wheels toward 

 and from the fixed hopper-tubes, lor thvi pur- 

 pose specified. 



4. The I'cctt-wheel band li, mounted at one 

 edgonimn spokes^', iuid having buckets f, ar- 

 ranged upon tho interior wall of said baud, in 

 coinbinatiou with a fixeil tubo or chute having 

 a tray extending within and beneath the said 

 band toward its spoked side and l>elow the 

 path of tbo buckets, aud tbo hopper through 

 tho bottom of wbich the said cbiito imsaes, 

 snbstitulially aa described, for the purposo 

 specified. 



''• Tho combination, iu -a seed-drill, of tho 

 h«pper for the fertilizer having longitudinal 

 ,^de slots, A', ou a plane with its bottom, with 

 feed-arms r, passing into aud through said slots 

 and having a reoiprociiting movement across 

 and u[)on tho bottom of tho hopitor, and iiienna 

 for producing such mo\"enu'nt, whereby to ef- 

 fect the feed of the fertilizer from both sides 

 of the hopper, substautially as described, 



(J. The hopper for tho fertilizer adapted to 

 haxean endwise movement, and provided witli 

 longitudinal side slots, A-, on a plaue with its 

 botttnn, in combination with feed -arms r, 

 adapted to operate within and through said 

 slols and across the hop(>er-lM>MuU), and means 

 for oiK'iMliug both the bop|>er and the said 

 feed arms, substautially as described, for the 

 pur|»oae specified. 



7. In combinatioDj tlie hopper for the fertil- 

 izer adapted to have an endwise movement, 

 aud having lougitudiual side slots, &, on a 

 plane with its Iwl loin, feed-arms )-, adapted to 

 operate witbiii said slots upon and across the 

 hoi>pfr-biiHoni, bell-crank levers pivoted to 

 the Inline, anil serpeulinc cams p, for operat- 

 ing .said levers, the said feed-amis being car- 

 ried by a bar pivoted (o salil levers aud o)) 

 rrateil, in the manner and foithepuritosespeci 

 lied, by suitable drill diivC'gear connections. 



8. The hopper for the fertilizer adaptc4l to 

 have an endwise movement, having longitudi 

 nal side slots, k, and side strips, «, adapted Un 

 vortical adjustment in n-Iation to saiil slots, 

 tho scraper ii njion the rear .si*!^ of the hop- 

 ppr, aud tho fccd-arnis r, adapted to operate 

 witliin said slots npnn and across the bo|)per- 

 bottoin and beneath the said rog44latirig strips 

 8, and tho scraper, all constructed and com- 

 bined witb the sectl-drill tulies and with the 

 chutes /*, substantially as described, for the 

 purpose S[»ecified. 



0. The combination, with the drill tubes of 

 a seed-planter, of the hopper for the fertilizer, 

 tho guides I for said hopper, the serpentine 

 cam 111 for operatiiip said hooper, Ihe fi-ed- 

 arms r, operating iniongb slots in Hio sides of 

 the hopjier, tho bell-oi'ank levers pivotcil to 

 the cariyiiig-barof said feed .irms, the .serpen- 

 tine cams^>, aud tlio shaft », operated by the 

 drive-fjrar of the drill, the said .serpentine 

 cams being arranged in relation to eaidi other 

 to operate siinultaneonsly Ibc bopjwr and the 

 feed-arms to deliver the fertilizer fmm both 

 sides of the hopper. 



10. Tho comiiination, substanlially herein- 

 before set forth, in a seed drill, of the drill- 

 tubes thereof with a supplemental drill point 

 or cutting-edge adapted forattathmenttosaid 

 drill-tube, and oiierating in front thereof, for 

 the purpose specilied. 



11. Tbo supplemental drill device, consist- 

 ing of an arm, r, having ^i yoke anil a dip, v'. 

 whereby it is secnredtoadrill tube, aud a nar 

 row point or cuttiuj^edge, v, carried by said 



