WHEEL OR SULKY. 



1535 



1. Tlie coinbiuatioij of the beam and tboarm 

 coiinoetetl IhcrewJUi, tlio accoiidary arm hav- 

 ing a limited play iit relation to Uio first arm, 

 the rod, pivoted to tlio s(;coii(l arm, and the 

 two springs, appli'.d Bnbstaiitially as described 

 and sho\rM. 



'J. The combination of t)io beam and Ihcarm 

 connected Lherowitii, the second arm monnted 

 loosely on the axle, and the liTting spriiiK and 

 tbe suspeiiding-spriiig, substantially an de- 

 scribed and shown. 



3. In combination wiili a beam and a rigid 

 arm connected tUerewitb, a secou:l arm, actu- 

 ated by a beain-lifting spring, and a suspcii- 

 sion-sprlnR beiwoen the two arms, snbstan- 

 tially as sliown. 



4. Thoeumbinatton of the beam and its arm, 

 tbe in(]c|)eniloot arm, the suspension-spring, 

 and the bpiing-adjusting device. 



5. The combination of the beam, the upright 

 arm connected liierewith, the independent arm, 

 tbe iutermedialo gpriog, the rod united to the 

 independent arm, thu knucUIc-joiat, and the 

 spring mounted npoti the rod, as shown. 



C. In combination witii the vertieally-swing 

 ing cnUivator-beam, a spring toatiing to ele- 

 vate the same, and a second arid stronger 

 spring located iulcrmodlatc between the arm 

 and the Grst spring, in tbe manner and for the 

 pnri)Ose substantially as described and shown. 

 257.257. AliANSON P. WEBBER, Sai-- 



atoga, lilfi. Cultivator. May 2, 1882. 



Filed Mar. 19. 1880. 



It has become cooiaion to iiso springs in 

 cuUivators for (he pnipose of partially sup- 

 porting the plow-beams when io use, tbe tend- 

 deucy of such springs being to elevate tbe 

 beams ; hence, if tbe operator wishes to press 

 tbe beams downward to plow deeper, ho has to 

 overcome the tension of the springs. 



iTie object of my invention is to provide col- 

 tivatorswiihspriugsconnected with the beams, 

 wbicb springs will lie free to act at all times, 

 but which, wheiv tbe shovels are in tbe ground, 

 will not operate so as to have a tendency to 

 elevate tbe rear ends of tbe beams, but when 

 ibe -car ends of the beams are raised a little 

 nill come into action and will raise aixl bold 

 or assist in raising and holding tbe shovels 

 oat of the ground. A further object is to so 

 arrange tbe springs that if desired tiicy can 

 also be used for the purpose of aiding in hold- 

 ing the shovels in the ground. These objects 

 I accomplish by means of coil-spriuga— one 

 for each beam — tbe npper end of each spring 

 being secured to the main frame, and the lower 

 end being provided with a pulley which trav- 

 els longitudinally under and along a rod or 

 track connected at the ends to the beam, as 

 hereinafter more fully set forth. 



The combination, in acnltivator, of tbeasle 

 with tlieswinging shovel-beams B, the springs 

 secured at their upper ends to the asle and 

 at their lower ends provided with pulleys or 

 rollers, and the rods c, secured to the hhovel- 

 boams and passibg over the said rollers, said 

 members being constructed aud adapted for 

 operation substantially as described. 

 257,730. EDWABD P. LTNOH, Daven 



port, Iowa. Whoel-Coltivator. Mav 9 



1882. Filed Keb. 8, 1882. 



1. Id combination with a vertically-swiug- 

 ing plow-beam, a Hfting-springaud a auspend- 

 ing-spri;ig,^rranged to operate substantially 

 as described and shown. 



2. In combination witli a vertically-swing- 

 ing beam, a spring to raise the saiuo out of ac- 

 tion aud a spring to snspend the same in an 

 operative position, the two arranged to operate 

 alternately. 



3. In combination with the plow-beam and 

 the upright arm connected thereto, tbe roil 

 pivoted to said arm and provided with the fin- 

 ger, tbe guide for the rod, and the two springs 

 applied substantially as shown. 



4. The combination of the beam and its rigid 

 arm, the movable rod pivoted to the arm, aud 

 the compression-spring located between the 

 rod and arm forward of their connecting-pivot, 

 to suspend tbe beam in an operative position, 

 snbstantialty as described. 



5. In combination with the vorlically-swing- 

 ing beam and the arm D, connected therewith, 

 tbe rod J, jointed to said arm, the spring I*", to 

 limit the descent of the beam, located directly 

 between the arm and rod, forward of their 

 oonnecting-joint, and the adjustable spriug- 

 sustaining spindle L, as described aud shown. 



C. The combination of the beam, the npright 

 arm connected rigidly therewith, thcuiovable 

 rod pivoted to said arm, the snspcnding-spring 

 F, located between the arm and rod, to sustain 

 the beam in an o]>erative position, aud the ad- 



justable spindle L, mounted and arranged to" 

 support Ihe spring. 



7. The coupling-bo-t for a cultivator, pro 

 vided with thu upright arm D,and a spindle, L, 

 adapted tosupportaspiral spring,asdescribed 

 and sliown. 



8. In combiiiiilion with a vertically-moving 

 beam, two springs, substautially as described, 

 one tending to raise and the other to depress 



whereby the beam is held by spring- pressure 

 from either rising or falling, as set forth. 

 the beam when tbe latter is in an operative 

 position. 



9. In combination with the vertically-swing- 

 ing beam, the spriiig attachment constructed, 

 substantially as shown, with two8prings,wbich 

 tend one to raise and the other to depress the 

 beam when it is in an operative po.sition, 

 258.097. AliFBED MESSEESMTTH, 



Muustcr, Ills. Wheel-Cultivator. May 



16, 1882. K-led Oct, 21, 1881. 



The combination, with the arms h c ij, se- 

 cured to the opposite sides of the rear cjid of 

 the plow-beam and bent outwardly, substan- 

 tially as set forth, and provided with adjust- 

 ing-holes in their downwardly-projcctingeuds, 

 uf the. arms k I in », .secured to the arms /' i, 

 and bent as shown, and threaded bolts o r, 

 serving the double purpose of braces for the 

 arms and a means of laterally adjusting tlie 

 teeth, substantially as described. 



258,724. THOMAS 0. DODSWOBTH, 



Ottawa, Kau. Cultivutor. May 30, 1882. 



Filed Oct. 26. 1881. 



My invention relates to wheeled cultivators 

 in which divided plow beams are pivoted to the 

 arms of an arched or bent axle and adapted 

 to carry cultivator-plows, one in advance of 

 the other, upon a divided lnjam, the said beams 

 being hung up iu going to and from the field. 

 With such a divided plow-beam I nse inter- 

 changeably with the plowshares a curved or 

 bent toothed bar adapted to be connected with 

 and toextend between and in the space across 

 the line of the standards, which are of long 

 and short branches, of said divided beams, 

 whereby the usual double cultivator - plow 

 beamsare formed intoharrow-beamsof toothed 

 bars, which take the place of the cultivator- 

 plows and are firmly supported aud braced by 

 and between the standards of the divided 

 beam The toothed bars stand at right angles 

 (o tbe lice of tbe beams, and are attached 

 to the lower ends of the curved standards by 

 clips, whereby they are made interchangeable 

 with the usual plow-beam shares in convert- 

 ing the wheeled cultivator into a wheeled har- 

 row, Qsing the curved standards of the piv- 

 oted beams for both tbe share and toothed bar 

 attachments,; and the particular improvements 

 which I have made in such atraddle-coUivator 

 attachment will be tbe subjectof specific claim. 



In combination, the beams of a straddle- 

 row cultivator, Ihe single-tooth carrying-bar 

 crossing between the beam-standards, having 

 opposite return ends, the braces 1 1, secured to 

 said bar between its return ends and its middle 

 part, and tlie clips « for securmg the ends to 

 said beam-staudards, substautiallvassetforth. 



259,626. EDGAR A. WRIGHT, Moline. 



Ills. Cultivator. June 13, 1882. Filed 



April 6, 1882. 



My invention relates to what are commonly 

 known in tbe art as "walking straddle-row 

 cultivators, "wherein a wheeled frame or axle, 

 arched at the midille to pass over the stand- 

 ing corn, is provided at its two ends with sus- 

 taiuing-wheels and with rearwardly-estending 

 beams, the latter being provided with shovels 

 to enter the ground, and being join ted at their 

 forward euds to the frame in such manner 

 that they may swing both laterally aud verti- 

 cally. 



The inventiiin relates to an improved man- 

 ner of constructing the frame and applying 

 the springs for the r-nrpose of raising or assist- 

 ing theoperator to raise the beams or drag-bars, 

 the springs having in some cases the addi- 

 tional function of holding the shovels to their 

 proper places iu the ground. 



The improvement consists maiuly in provid- 

 ing the frame with axles capable of rotating 

 independently of the wheels, coupling the 

 wheels directly to sa'd axles, aid providing 

 the axles with 'irma arranged to eo-operate 

 with a spring, a weight, or with draft devices 

 to which tbe team is attached, as hereinafter 

 more fully explained. 



As regards the combination of the loosely 

 revolving axles with the beams and lifting 

 springs or other equivalents, the invention is 



designed more particuhirly as an improvement 

 upon those machines iu which tlic axle is sta 

 tionary and the beams and springs combined 

 with sleeves or coupling-boxes arranged to ro 

 tate upon the axles. 



One of the primary objects of llic invention 

 is to avoid the use of tiic rotating sleeves oi 

 tests mounted upon the axle, which, for va- 

 rious re;t80ns unnecessary to detail, are open 

 to serious objection. 



1. In a cultivator, the couibnmtion of the 

 frame, the wheels, the two axles rotating in- 

 dependently of the frame and wheels, the j)low- 

 beauis coupled to the asles, substantially as 

 described, and tlie nnna applied to the axle 

 1 aud adapted toco-operate with springs, weights, 

 I or draft devices, substantially as described. 

 i 2. The combination of the arched frame, tbe 

 wheels, the independently -rotating axles, each 

 provided with an arm, the spring attachments 

 co-operating with tbe arms, substantially as 

 described, and the beams connected with the 

 axles, substantially as shown, to swing verti- 

 cally therewith. 



3. In acnltivator, the combination of a draft- 

 frame, an axle revolving freely in said frame, 

 a ground-wheel revolving freely on the axle, 

 a plow-beam vertically pivoted to the ax'Cj and 

 an arm or projection, substantially asdescri bed, 

 secured tu the axle, and a spring connection 

 interposed between the frame aud arm, sub- 

 stantiallv as described, for the purpose of act- 

 ing through the arm and axle upon the beam. 



4. The combination of the arched frame « 

 and standards f, provided with Ihe axle-bear 

 ings, the two independent loose axles, the two 

 loose wheels, the two beams connected with 

 the axles by vertical axes, the arms rigidly se- 

 cured to the beams, the rods pivoted at o.ie 

 eud to the arms and sliding at the opposite 

 ends in guides, and the springs mouuted on 

 the rods, as shown. 



5. In combination with the rotating axle 

 and tbe beam havinga forked head, the coup- 

 ling consisting of tbe tube, the bearing-block 

 between the tube and axle, the clamping de 

 vices, and the vertical pivot. 



G. The combination of the draft-frame, the 

 ground-wheels, the rotatiug axle, the beam 

 connected with the axle by a vertical axis, and 

 the arm secured rigidly to the axle and ex- 

 tending downward therefrom. , 



260,447. DANIEL BERLEW and MAR 

 TIN L. KISSELL, Spnngfieid, Ohio, 

 iiBsignoi-a to P. P. Mast k Co., same place. 

 Cultivator. July 4, 1882 Filed April 

 14. 1882. 



3. The c«ml>ination of the plow-beam, the 

 rotary draft device to which it is connected, 

 the arm attached to said device, the pitman 

 jointed to the arm, the sliding rod mounted 

 in a guide and jointed at one eud to the pit- 

 man, and the spring upon said rod tending to 

 depress tbe same, as described and shown. 



li. In a cultivator, the combination of the 

 axle, the coupling head or sleeve, journaled 

 loosely upon the axie and provided with art 

 upright arm, a vertically-sliding rod mounted 

 in a guide upon the main frame and connected 

 by a pitman with the upright arm, ami the 

 spiral spring applied to urge the sliding rod 

 downward, substautially as described and 

 shown. 



3. In ft cnltivator, the combination of the 

 /otary coupling oi draft head, having the up- 

 right arm Q adjustably attached thereto, the 

 pitman K, the vertically-sliding rod 9, the 

 cylindrical case surronudiug the rod and se- 

 cured rigidly to the frame, aud the spiral sp.'ing 

 mounted within the case and acting to de- 

 press the rod, as described and shown, 



4. In a spring attachment for cultivators, 

 the combination of the axle, the draft-bar X, 

 and the spring-sustaining guide T with the 

 stirrup U, applied, as shown, to unite both the 

 guide and the axle with the draft-bar. 



5. In a cultivator, the combination, with the 

 rotary coupling-head C aud the plow-beam, of 

 the draft-link pivoted vertically to the ccup- 

 liug-sleeve and to the beam, and means, sub- 

 stantially as shown, for securing the link 

 against lateral play upon the sleeve. 



G. The coupling-sleeve provided nifch the 

 curved fiange o, in eombiuation with the 

 draft-link, pivoted vertically at one end of the 

 sleeve ami arranged to swing laterally in re- 

 lation thereto, the plow-beam pivoted verti- 

 cally to the rear end of the link, and the fast- 

 cningpin P, connecting the link and coup- 

 ling, as shown, whereby the beam may be ad 

 justed laterally and fixed in position without 

 being disconnected firom the coupling. 



7. In a cultivator, the laterally-adjustable 

 draft-link, pivoted vertically at its forward end 



