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263,458. JACOB WILLIAMS, Dublin, 



Ind. Cultivator. Feb. 7, 1882. Piled 



Oct. 13, 1881. 



Tbi3 inveiitiou relates to straddle-row cnlti- 

 vators, and Jias for its object to I'uiiiisb ft sulky 

 which cau be used without the use of a tongue 

 or other similar pole extended from Iho aslea 

 to the breasts of the horses. 



It consists in a substantial frame which 

 passes under and to the rear of the asle, and is 

 made fast to tlie latter and to the arch, and is 

 provided with a crossbar, which passes under 

 theforwardendofthecaltirator beam, and has 

 its forward end extended and provided with 

 means for boldinp the whiffletree. 

 1. Thecombinationofthe axle, provi lied with 



pin /', the coupling /jjournoled on said axle, 

 and provided with slot/*, the beam c, pivoted 

 to the coupling /, and the cross-bar d^ of the 

 frame </, extended under and arranged tosnp- 

 port the rearend of the coupling, substantially 

 as set forth. 



'2. The combination, substantially as herein- 

 before set forth, of the arched bar«' of aslea, 

 provided with a seriesof vertical holes, the up- 

 right bar (I* of axle a', provided with eye a', 

 and the cIipsr,providedwith parallel ears pro- 

 jected part way across the flattened sideaof bar 

 «*, and the pins c*, as set forth. 



255,877. LUPPE LUPPEN, Pekin, Ilia. 

 Cultivator. April 4, 1882. Filed Get. 

 18, 1881. 



1. Ilia siradille-row cultivator, tlio combi- 

 nation of an niched axle, a sbdiug frame, to 

 whiuh the forward ends of the beams are con- 

 nected, an<l .1 drawbar connected to the for- 

 ward end of said frame, which is capable of 

 lateral play at the draft end, snhstantially as 

 and for the jnirpose set forth. 



2. The sliding frame composed of rodorbar 

 (J'l one end of which is provided with a spring, 

 substantially as shown, the cross bars U' aoj 

 C*, and flat gruoveil guide bar C*, the parts be- 

 ing constructed and arranged to operate sub- 

 stantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



■'t. The combination, with the axle B,of the 

 sliding frame, the draw-hara E E', tiie forward 

 ends of which vibrate laterally, and the piv- 

 oted clevis E',siihstantiiilly as and for the pur- 

 pose set forth. 

 260,164. JOHN B. CHRISTIAN. Ham 



burg, Iowa. Sulky Cultivator. June 27 



1882. Filed Mar. 6, 1882. 



This invention has for its objects to provide 

 an improved tongueless cultivator so con- 

 structed and arranged that it may straddle 

 the rows ot giowing crops, and which can be 

 adjusted to rows of dillerent widths; also, to 

 providoccrtain improved means for attaching; 

 the cultivator-beams to the frame of the ma- 

 chine, and for holding the beams up when the 

 cultivator is traveling from place to jdace, and 

 Kopportiug the frame in the meanwhile to pre- 

 vent it from tip|iing backward. 



1. The combination, with the arch A, having 

 horizontal extensions B and adjustable plates 

 C,provided with vertical shafts F, of the frames 

 H, the tubular bearings G, plates D, and bolts 

 E, substantially as spcciGed. 



2. In combination with the connecting arch 

 A and the tubular bearings G, the bifurcated 

 connections constructed in two parts and se- 

 cured together by a bolt, Z, substantially as 

 and for the purposes specified. 



3. In combination with the connecting-arch | 

 A. the frames H, the tubular bearings G and 

 their adjost^^blecouDections, the angular draft- 

 frames jTi, provided with hookfi at their ends, 

 and the bifurcated connections S,towhich_the 

 plow-beams are attftched, substantially as and 

 for the purpose specified. 



261,738. T. A. LEWIS and G.W. CALL, 

 Urbana. Ilia. Cultivator. July 25, 1882. 

 Filed April 6, 1882. 



This invention consists of improvements in 

 two-wheel cultivators, whereby it is designed 

 tosoconsirncC them that Ihoy may be used 

 witli or without a tongue, as tbc nature of the 

 work may rfquirc, the construction beiugsuch 

 that when a tongue is used the cultivator may 

 lie guided itidcpendently of the tongue, as ih 

 desirable in some cases. It is also designed 

 to connect the wheels to the axle by caiitei- 

 wheel contrivances, by which the wheels havo 

 facility of lateral divergence, ;illowiiig the 

 axle having the cultivator-bcaius allacUr-d to 

 luaintaia its proper rectangular relation to the 

 beams. It is also designed to provide simple 

 and etbcient means uf adjusting the cultiva- 

 tors toward or from each other by an exten- 

 sion device of the axle; also, moans to regulate 



tho <lepth to which the cnltivulors work by a 

 cranked contrivauce of tho axle; aUo, meiin& 

 to support the cidtivaloi-plows above ground 

 for I ransportatiojt.all as hereinafter described. 



1. The comliinalioti, with a shaft, 1!, having 

 return-bends F, of tlio independent right-an- 

 gled crnnk-n.xles A', having veitical pivot- 

 stems G, passing through eyes in the bend F, 

 and conuectedat tho vertex of the rightangh* 

 with the shaft by honk-braces H, whereby the 

 draft may be applied, us described. 



2. The combination, with plow-beams hav- 

 ing pins A*, of the bare d e and braces h, each 

 pivoted to the beams, as and for the purpose 

 specified. 



271.164. G. W. VAW SICKLE, Burling- 

 ton, Iowa, assignor to J. H. Brarnhalland 

 X. S. HammacK. Tongueless Cultivator. 

 Jan. 23. 1883. Filed July 3, 1882. 

 My invention relates to iinprovemeuta in 

 double arched tonguelesa cultivators with 

 luetal frame work, in whicli a metallic spring is 

 attached at one eud to the upright of the asle 

 Irame-work and at the other end to the uudir 

 prong of tho plow-beam. 



1. In u double arched tongueless cultivator^ 

 tho crossbar A, provided with bnicesoando', 

 and thearchescaud v*, in combination with the 

 upright X and spring R, aubslautiall}- as and 

 tor the purpose described. 



2. In adouble arched tongnelesscultivator, 

 the cross-bar A, provided with bracea cand c*, 

 the arches e and c', the upi ight X, and spring 

 R, iu combination with the axle B, substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose described. 



273,071. JOHN 0. HART, Green's Fork 

 Ind. Cultivator. Feb. 27, 1883. Filed 

 Nov. 11. 1882. 



1. The combination, in a cnltivator of the 

 described class, of the sbnft C, fastened be- 

 tween upright E, and axle-plate B, with the 

 headofthecultivator-beara il, having forward- 

 extending plate H', downward-projecting part 

 n', having inner rounded sides, /t, and round- 

 ed end A', and plate H^ fa.steued by screws AS 

 substaotiallyasand for the pnrposeshowu Mid 

 set forth. 



2. In a straddle row cultivator; the coiubi- 

 nation of the uprights B, having holes e, thfc 

 brackets F, having eyes F^ recess F^ and 

 screws/, Iho transverse bar G, and the sleeves 

 P, having projectioliBj) and p',and set-screws 

 Q, substantially as and for the purpose shown 

 and set torth. 



3. Tlie clearera L, having toothed rim I an.' 

 laterally-estending piua P, as and for the pur- 

 pose shown and set forth. 



274,070. WM S. WEIR, Monmouth, 111 

 Cultivator. Mar. 13, 1883. Filed Oct 

 31, 1882. 



1. In combination vCith the aide frames com- 

 posed of bars a a', connected by transverse bars 

 a'", the arches i),jonrnaied to blocks on the 

 bars a'", substantially as and for the piirposo 

 specified. 



2. Iu combination with the side frames with 

 arches hinged or journaled thereto, and the 

 plow-gangs, the bar 6, to which the plow-gangs 

 are hinged, arranged, substantially as de- 

 scribed, with relation to the arches to permit 

 adjusting the plow-gangs laterally at points 

 between and also exterior to the vertical parts 

 of the arches, substantially as and for the par- 

 Ipoae specified. 



3. In a cultivator, in cor.ibinatioQ with side 

 frames and two or more arches hinged or jour- 

 naled thereto, stops adapted to limit the ex- 

 tent of movement of said hinge-connection, 

 substantially as and for-thejuirpose specified* 



4. In a cultivator, iu combination with side 

 frames provided with blocks E, having holes 

 e and grooves c*, the arches D, having journals 

 and shoulders on their vertical sides, which 

 shoulders are adapted to enact with said 

 grooves e" to limit the oscillating movements 

 of the journals within said holes e, substan- 

 tially MS and for tlse purpose Hpecified. 



5. In combination with the wheeled side 

 frames having each a har or s)>iudle, b, and 

 bar b' at its rear end, the plow-gangs having 

 plates ^ 9', hinged to the spiudle t, antl the 

 lower one projected forward beneath the bar 

 b' for the purpose of sustaining the arches, 

 substantially as and for the purpose specified. 



0. In corahinaiion with tho wheeled side 

 frames having each a spindle, b, and bar h' At 

 its rear end, and arches D, journaled to sai4l 

 side frames, the plow-gangs having plates gg', 

 hinged to the spindle b and the lower one, g', 

 projected forward beneath the bar 6' for the 

 pnrposeof sustaining the arches, substantially 

 as and for the jiurpose s[)ecilieti. 



10,297. EDWIN W. JOY, Iowa City, 

 [owa, nssiifiior, by mesne jiasigiinients, to 

 TattLH^ rUnv C().,'M()i)niMUth, Ills. Culti- 

 vator. Oiiicinai 182,44i>. Sept. 19, 1876. 

 Ueissuod .Mur. 20, 1883. Filed Jan. 5, 

 1883. 



This invention relatcstoeultivatorsin which 

 short independent axles are hinged to a yoke 

 connecting tho two axles to allow horizontal 

 oscillation of wheels relatively to the beams, 

 and which are used without a tongue ; and it 

 consists of the application of another yoke in 

 a manner to regulate the oscillation of the 

 wheels and prevent them from cramping too 

 much aud binding against the beams, as they 

 do iu common arrangement. 



The combination of yoke H with the dratt 

 bars D' and with the wheels A, working on in 

 dependent axles B, hinged to yoke E, substan- 

 tially as specified. 



274,555. BYRON 0. BRADLEY, Chi- 

 caa;o. Ills, a.'wignor to Fnrst and Bradley 

 Mnnufactnrihg Co. Tongueless Cultiva- 

 tor. Mar. 27, 1883. Filed Nov. 27. 1882. 



The object of this invention is to provide 

 novel and cllicient means whereby I secure a 

 forward and hack movement of the wheel- 

 spindies and wheels iudeijcndeut of the arch 

 or frame, and also a forward or back move- 

 ment of either wl^el-spiadle and wheel inde- 

 pendent of the ntner wheel spindle and wheel 

 and of the frame, and at tlie same time havo 

 the arch or frame supported in its vertical po- 

 sition irrespective of such independent move- 

 ments of either the axle or the wheel-spindle 

 and wheels, allowing one wheel to travel in 

 advance of the other and of the frame, as rc- 

 qnired bv the dnift. 



1. The combination, with a stationary &rch 

 or frame, A A', of locpa or heads B, arranged 

 at the lower ends of the vertical or side por- 

 tions of the arch or frame, and provided with 

 passages or slots a and independent axles C D, 

 each having its vertical portion pivoted by a 

 bolt orpin at its upper end, f,aid axles passing 

 through the passages or slots at or adjacent to 

 the inner ends of their horizontal portions D, 

 which carry the wheels, substantially as de- 

 scribed. 



2. A h;ad or loop, B, havrcg a longitudinal 

 pai'sage orelot, «, iu combination with an asle- 

 BpindleODandanarchor frame, A A', to the 

 vertical portion A of which the axle C is piv- 

 oted, substantially as and for the purposes 

 specified. 



3. A head or loop, B, having a lougitadiuat 

 passage or slot, a, axie-spiuuie <j V, and arcli 

 or frame A A', to the vertical portiou A o!' ^i-hich 

 the part C is pivoted, in combination with u 

 pipe-box lotMted on the-sinndle and a draft-bar 

 attached to the spiodic, substantially as and 

 for the purposes specified. 



4. A head or loop havinga longitudinal pas- 

 sage or sloe, «, asle-spindle C D, and arch or 

 frame A A', to the vertical portion A of whwh 

 the part C is pivoted, in combination with a 

 pipe-box located on the spindle, and draft-bar 

 attiached to the spindle, and a wheel, substan- 

 tially as and for the purposes specified. 



274,784. THOMAS B. JEWETT, Steu- 



henviik". Ohio. Cultivator. Mar. 27, 



1883. Filed Oct. 20, 1882. 



This invention relates to certain iiiiprove- 

 uients in straddle-row wheel-cultivators; and 

 it has for its objects to provide certain im- 

 proved means of banging the plow-beams to 

 the axle so as to permit the plows to be oper- 

 ated convenient lyiu cultivating growing crops, 

 and to be quickly and easily fltfvated wheu 

 turning the end of a row, and to perfectly bal- 

 ance the beams of the plows, so that they may 

 be handled with ease, as more fully hereinaf- 

 ter 8v»ecified. These objects! attain by the 

 means illuNtratod in the accompanying draw- 

 ings, in which — 



The combination, in a cultivator, of the benC 

 axle, the movable brackets screwed to the ver- 

 tical portions thereof, and provj.led with studa 

 ^haviug hoPizcntal segments, the hooked levers 

 adapted to engage the sfgmenta aud hold the 

 plows in an elevated position, aud tho plow- 

 beams and the plows, substantially as and for 

 the nurposes epecitied. 

 275.846. FRANKLIN K. ORVIS, I )ix^ >n . 



Ills. Cultivator. April 17, 18SS. Filed 



Oct. 9,1882. 



1. The combination of tho arch K and the 

 side frames, I), pivoted or hingeil to the ver- 

 tical portions of the arch, and having at their 



