"». A section uf liarrow-disks coiiatructert 

 witU ft lubulixr axis, an set foitb, to wit: said 

 disks arc plnccd upon n ]>icco of suitable pipe 

 of proper leiiRtli, ppnced by tliimlilcs or sleeves 

 of otber pieces of pipe of piopor size to slip 

 over the flrst, hihI extending from one disk to 

 nDothcr, ftud tho wliolo rigidly fastened ftnd 

 bold tngotlier by serew-nnts on tbc cuds of Ibe 

 pipe first mentioned. 



C. In ft disk-barrow, a disk gang set up in 

 sections upon hollow sbafls, as sot fortli.com- 

 biued with non-rotatinR rod, whiub extends 

 tbrouRli tbogang and constidites a continuous 

 axis, ns deserilM'd. 



7. In a disk-liartoff, disk-KanRssetup upon 

 tubular bubs, coustitnUng cninplete and inde- 

 pendent sections, Rubstuntially as dt'scnbvd, 

 combined with non-rotating a\i^ rods secured 

 to tbo bangers attlieirends, and draft connec- 

 iions nttaebed to the centers tbereof. 



8. In u disk-barrow, a set of disks compris- 

 ing llireo or otber number less tlian tbe whole 

 iiumbcrof tliegangjconuccted rigidly togetber 

 and fixed upon a sbftft, whereby said section 

 may constiliito an indepoudcut member of tbe 

 gang, as set forth. 



9. In a disk-Imrrow, a series nf revolving 

 disks combined with UsUaped scrapers, tbe 

 two vertical portions of each being iii a plaue 

 or planes substantially parallel with tho axis 

 of said disks, one of said vortical parts consti- 

 tullng the scraper contiguous to tbe face of tlio 

 blade and extending to the odgo of tbe same, 

 and tbe otber verticid portion constitntina Ibc 

 shank attaclied (o that part of tbe tramc 

 wborcby tho scraper is supported, whereby 

 matters detached from tbe blade may freely 

 pass over the point of tbc scraper without ar- 

 rest by the shank, substantially asset forth. 

 262,820 FREDERICK NISHWITZ, I 



Millin-In,!, N. .1. jLuhm. Au^'. 1-^. 

 1SK2 Kik-I Kel>. :'>, Inm^, ' | 



1. Tbo combination, substantially a:^ set j 

 forth, of the tongue or draft tranio,llie vibrat- | 

 ing crusher or gang bar, the vibrating cutter j 

 or gang bar in rear of the cnisber, and tbo vi- i 

 bratinp scat support or coupling, wiicrcby tbo | 

 gangs may Hex to eonforni to iindulations of I 

 tho ground. I 



2. Tho combination, substantially ns set 

 forth, of tbo vibrating tongue or draft frame, 

 tbo vibrating crusher or gang bar, tbe vibrat- 

 ing cutter or gang bar in rear of tbo cnishcr, 

 the vibrating seat snppint or coupling, and 

 tbe vibrating lever, for tbe purpose set fortb. 



;{. Tbe combination, substantially as set 

 forlli, of tbe vibrating tongue or di-aft frame, 

 ihi> vibrating crusher or gang bar, the vibnit- 

 ing cutter or gang liar in rear of tho crupher, 

 Ihu vibrating sent support or coupling, tbe vi- 

 brating lever, and a detent, for Ibc purpose 

 deserU>cd. 



4. TIto coii.bitialion, substantially as set 

 forth, of the longuo or frame, tbc ernsber or 

 gang bar, its bingo connection with the frame, 

 tbc vibraling cutter-bar, the fulcrum or pivot 

 on wbicb itvibrates, and the binge connection 

 between the bars. 



5. The combination, substantially as set 

 forth, of tbe tongue or frame, the crusher or 

 gang bar, its binge connection with the frame, 

 the cutter-bar, the pivot or binge connection 

 bet ween the bars, and tbe fulcrum or pivot of 

 1 he cutter-bar in rear of tho binge-connection. 



C. Tbe combination, substantially as set 

 fortb, of the tongue or frjinie, tbo cnisher or 

 gang bar, its hinge connection with tbc frame, 

 ihe cultcr-bar, tbe binge conneclinn between 

 tho bars, and a seat standard or coupling piv- 

 oted on the frame and supported on the cut- 

 ter-bar by pivotctl rods in rear of its hinge- 

 connection. 



7. Tho combination, substantially as set 

 forth, of tbe tongue or frame, tho crusher or 

 gang bar, its hiugo connection with Ibc frame, 

 the cutter-bar, the hinge connectiop between 

 tUo bars, a seat standard or coupling pivoted 

 on the frame and supported on tlie cutter-bar 

 by pivoted rods in rear of its hingc-CDniiCc- 

 tion, and a lever for vibrating the gangs. 



8. Tbo combination, substantially as set 

 forth, of the tongue or frame, thiS crusher or 

 gang bar, its binge connection with the frame, 

 Itio cutter-bar, tho binge connection between 

 the bars, a seat standard or coupliug pivoted 

 on the frame and supnorted on ibe cutter-bar 

 »)y pivoted rods in rear of its hingc-oonncc- 

 tion, a lever for vibrating the bars, and a de- 

 tout for locking '.ho lever. 



0. Tho combination, substantially as set 

 fortb, of the frame, tbe gang or crusher bar, 

 its bingo connection with tlie frame, tbo cut- 

 ter-bar in rear of tho crasher, the bingo con 

 ncetion between the bars, bavrow-tectb car- 



DISKS. 



licil by tho bars, a scat-standard pivoted on 

 the frame and supported on tbe rear bar by 

 pivoted rods in rear of it,s binge connection 

 with tho front bar, a lever on the frame, a link 

 connection between the seat-standard and le- 

 ver, and a dettut. 



1511 



It consists in the use of a forward skim- 

 plow and weed-turning device, in connection 

 with independent teeth or cutting ■ blades 

 dragged iu tbe furrow made by a rear or sub- 

 soil plow, which raises a further cut of earthy 



and toros it over upon the teeth, dragginn 

 10. Tbe combination, substantially as set in the furrow for the better polverizatiou of 



forth, of ft tongue or frame, a gang or crusher 

 bar, a cutter-bar in rear of the crusher, har- 

 rowing teetii or devices, and binge or pivot 

 connections or Joints between tbo bars and 

 tongue or frame, which permit a vertical rock- 

 ing vibration or lloxnrc of the parts relatively 

 to the ground and to each other. 



.11, The trailing or dragging harrow-tooth 

 herein described, which is formed witb a flat 

 einl for atlachment to tho gang-bar, and is 

 then twisted and curved relatively tothcdraft- 

 liuo to present a curved dragging cutling- 

 cdgo to tho soil, the eiitting-blade of tbetootli 



the same; and it consists, further, iu combin- 

 ing with tbc pnlveriziogdevie«8 a mold-board 

 adapted to confine the ?arth in the furrow for 

 the purpose of being pulverized. 



1. In a plow, tbe combnialion of polveriz- 

 ing devices operating in the forrow beside the 

 plow with a forward plow or similar device to 

 remove tbe sod or w^eda and turn ihem be- 

 low or out of tlie way of the palverizing de- 

 vices, substantially as set forth. 



2. In a plow, the mold-board having a flat 

 extremity, substantially parallel with the fur- 

 row, for the purpose of confloing tho earth 



cxtendingrearwnrdlyinfiabstantially the.same | in tbe furrow, in combination with pulveriz 



general i>Iaiie with the Hat surface of attach 

 meut. 



12. Tho combination of a crusher bar with 

 a series or gang of curved tiailiug harrow 

 teeth having flat surfaces for attachmentaml 

 secured on the under face of tlie bar, the Hat 

 surfaces extending rcarwardly beyond tbe bar, 

 substantially as set fortb. 



13. Tbe combination, substantially as set 

 forth, of a pole or tongue, a crusher-bar se- 

 cureil thoretoand hni-ingan upffardly-iuclined 

 crushing-face for operating upon tho soil, and 



ing devices, snbstantially as described and 

 shown. 



3. Tho combination, with a plow, of tbe piv- 

 oted bar carrying upturned teeth and adapt- 

 ed to drag in the furrow lasttoade, whereby 

 thetecth operate below and up through thesoil 

 turned upon them by the plow, as set forth. 



4. In combination with a plow, upturned 

 teeth or points attached to a dra" adapted 

 to operate in tbe furrow last made, for the pur- 

 pose of pulverizing the earth turned upon 

 them by the plow, said teeth being adapted to 



aseriesof <lisnitcgrating faces or spurssecured I move vertically independent of the plow, and 



on the inclined crushing-face of tbe bar, so as 

 to give itaribbod surface, and projecting rear- 

 waidly beyond tho face of tbe bar, the spurs 

 being arranged with small open spaces be- 

 tween thetntoconstitutcaiiopeii-alotted comb- 

 like crusher. 



14. Tbe combination of tbe crusher-bar, the 

 harrow-tectbhavingtbeflatsuifaccsof attach- 

 ment, and tho rear wardly-projecling Hat spurs, 

 siibstautially as set forth. 



15. The combination, substantially as set 

 fortli, of tlie tongue or draft frame, the vibrat- 

 ing gang bar or cru>;hcr hinged thereto, the 

 vibrating cutter or gang bar iu rear of tho 

 crusher and hinged thereto, an adjusting-le- 

 ver on tho frame, aud a connection between 

 tbe cutter-bar and lever. 



263,565. FREDERICK NISHWITZ, 

 Milliniiton. N .1. Harrow. Am:. 2^'- 

 ]SS2. ^Fik'.l .Ian :.';J/l.sS-2. 

 My invention relates to that class of l-;ir 

 rows in which ono or more gangs or ser'-i of 

 disks arranged transversely to the line o'draft 

 are employed to cut, turn, and break up the 

 earth; and the iuvciilioii consists in certain 

 improved organizations in which a crusher- 

 bar is used iu jjiicb machines to crush clods, 

 break down minor irregularities, and level the 

 Burfnco for tlio action of Iho cutting-disks, 

 which improvements will hereiuafterbespecifi- 

 callv described. 



1. The combination, substantially as set 

 forth, of a gang or gangs of dibUeulters, a 

 clod-cruaber bar arranged iu front of the disks, 

 and mechanism for at^justing tho crusher in- 

 dci>endently of and relatively to tbo disks. 



2. The combination, substantially as set 

 fortb, of the disk-cutters, ineebanism for ad- 

 justing them relatively to tho soil, and the 

 clod crusher bar arranged in front of the disks. 



3. Tho combination, substantially as set 

 finth, of i\ tongue or frame, a gang or gangs 

 of disk cutters, a crusher arranged in front of 

 tbo cutters, and mechanism for adjusting the 

 crusher aud cutters relatively to the soil. 



266,689. EZRA G GODDARD, Ea^t 

 Saginaw. Midi. Adjnstul>le Uiitaiy Sulky 

 l*lo\v..i)i-{. ;n, 1SS2. File.! .Tune IU, 1882. 



1. In a rotary plow, the conibinali-m, with 

 the frame A, consisting of the base n, beam ?i, 

 ami beam c, provided with extensions rf e, of 

 the shaft C and tbesepmate U-shaped frames 

 1> I)', swinging upon said shaft C, substan- 

 tially as specilied. 



2. In a rotary plow, the combination, willi 

 the frame A, cdiisi.-iting of tlie base o, beam b, 

 and beam c, having tho extensions (/ c, of the 

 shaft O and the swinging frames D W, tbe 

 shaft being acljustsibly connected to the frame 

 by bolts and holes, and the swinging frames 

 constructed to sbde on tbe shaft, as specified. 

 268,830. CHARLES E. SACKETT, 



.\U.rri^timfl. N .1. Conil.in..-.l I'[„\v and 



I'niveri/.ei. ]K\-. 1-2, \HH'2. Filed April 



d. 1882. 



My invention relates to tbe combiuation of 

 ft pnlverizing device with a plow for the bet- 

 ter pulverization of the earth as turned by 

 tho nlow, and in one and tbe same operation. 



to be dragged— not rotated— in the furrow, as 

 set fortb. 



270 369. THOS- M, BARNA, Atlanta, 

 Ga. C:oti.n-rianter. .Jan. 9,1883 Filed 

 .lulv 17, 1882. 



i. in a cotton-planter, the combination, with 

 a rotary hopper, of the fnrrow-opener consist- 

 ing of the downwardly-projecting triangular 

 share F, having the flaring oblique sweeps G 

 G, extending rearwardly besond the wheels of 

 tbc hopper, and verlically-adjustatOe roller I, 

 ad;.). ted to compress the sides of tiie furrow 

 made by tbe opener, and of the covering de- 

 vice consisting of the hinged frame J, cross- 

 bar K, concave disks L L,jimrnaled obliquely 

 upon said cross-bar,and roller M, all conslroct- 

 ed and arranged sabstanlially as shown and 

 described, for the purpose set forth. 



2. !n a cotton-planter, the combination of a 

 rotary hopper, D, having axle a, notched or 

 grooved at a' aud a'.frame A,haviug.jonroal- 

 boses A', removable hub consisting of the 

 halves O and O', having tongues o and o' at 

 their inner ends, and annular spring P, con- 

 structed aud combined to operate substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose shown aud de- 

 scribed. 

 271,142. HIRAM SKTT.T.TNGS, Xew Bed- 



fojii. Ma>s. Spade-Wheel Plow. Jan. 



23, 1883. Filed Oct. 3, 1882. 



Tho si>ecial advantages of the construction 

 of the s]ia.Ie wheels aie that Ihe spades dig 

 into the sod ami turn the dirt over very thor- 

 oughly, and puUeiize when they turn out in 

 the revobitions of the wheel; and also that 

 jjartof the teeth in the ground will hold the 

 plow from turning ^idewise during the en- 

 trance of the other icnth, (bus making each 

 wheel an indeneiident plow in eflVct. 



in a revolving piow, the combination, with 

 tbe sill A and Journal-shaft 6, of the angular 

 supports li H B', each piovided at its rear end 

 witb tbe diajionally-arranged spade-wheel, the 

 supporLs 11 H being ligidly secured to the sill, 

 and the support B' hinged to tbe shaft ft, sub- 

 stantially as described. 

 274,267. JOSEPH CAMERON, t^-ntbi- 



ana, Ohio. Ihnn.w Mar. 20, 1883. Filed 



Auic. i;>, iss-j. 



My invention relates to certain new and use- 

 ful improvements in harrows and means for 

 raising and lowering tbe same; and it consists 

 more especially iu the construction of the har- 

 row and elevating means, as will be bereiuaf- 

 ler set forth, and pointed out iu tbe claims. 



1. A hari'ow provided witb lateral series of 

 rotary disks, tha disks of the firs^ series being 

 set ou a line witb the draft and those of the 

 following series set at angles therewith and 

 adapted to rotate ftud intermesh between tbe 

 disks of the adjacent series, substantially ns 

 shown and described. 



2. In a cultivator or harrow provided witb 

 a frame supported ou wheels and means for 

 raising and lowering a supplemental frame, 

 the combination of scries of disks arranged 

 upon the supplemental frame and adapted to 

 intermej«b with each other, each aeries being 



