1538 



WHEEL OR SULKY. 



by sockets A' ami pins i, siibstautiully as <le- 

 scribed. 



4. Tbo uoiubi lint ion of Ibo crank - arms e', 

 biiviii}^ tljo plows attached to tliem, tubtilnr 

 coniiccliiig-sUaft/', beniiis c, ntid tbe biudhig- 

 wTcws t', fitibsljnitliill.v its described. 

 269,732. HENRY S. SMILEY, Mead- 



villc. M'». Cultivator. l»ec. 2t>, 1882 



Filwl An^. 5, 1882. 



The conibiiiatiiiii, with tbebeara, oftbeslnnd- 

 ard -phtte pivoted thereto and bavin;; the in 

 tegral lateral shank formed with a burizoatal 

 slot in it» outer erul, in which is adjustably se- 

 cured tbe sprinf? cnived cultivator-blade, as 

 tiet lorlb. 

 270,251. PATRICK ROONEY, Cliaritoii, 



Iowa Stniddle-Kow Cultiviitor. Jan. 9. 



1883. Filed Ju!yG, 1882. 



My invention consists iu lorinioK and cooi- 

 biniu? cultivator Irames dircctwitbacarriage 

 in sin-li a manner that they will ba^'e vertical 

 lind also lateral play, and readily adjusted and 

 directed relative to plants iu rows by means 

 of the driver's feetin stirrups, and also readily 

 raised and lowered by means of a band-lever 

 within reach of tbe driver when seated on the 

 rear end of a carriage body and 'jiolo forn>ed 

 integral with each' other, all as bereiiialter 

 fully set forth. 



T. In a cultivator-framo, adrag barorbeam 

 having an upward bend or loop, iu combina- 

 tion with one or more beams having straight 

 front ends, substantially as shown and <lc- 

 scribe<i, for the purposes specified. 



2. Tho cultivator-frames composed of the 

 drag-bar a, having at its frnntend a bend, fi\ 

 tbe adjustably-connected buTA h c, and tbe 

 cro.sarod rf, in combination with tbo nrcheil 

 axle /(, having buivs (', snbstaiilially ns shown 

 auil described. 



3. The carriage- frame g /(, the yoko /.■, tbo 

 lever i, the connecting-rods m, the bangers r 

 .«, and tho suspended cultivatora having posts 

 t, arranged, and combined substantially as 

 shown and described, to operate in tbo man- 

 ner .set forth, for the purposes siiceilied. 

 270,629 BYRON 0. BRADLEY, as.^igll- 



or to the Furst it IJradlev Manufacturing' 

 Co , Chicago, Ills. Cultivator. Jan. lb, 

 1883. Filed Feb 20, 1882. 



This invention relates to devices or means 

 for as8i.sting tbe operator in raising the plows, 

 whereby such raising will be more quickly and 

 easily pei formed without necessitating tbe ex- 

 ertion of any considerable amount of lifting 

 force on the part of the operator, and has for 

 its objects to give Ibe operator the required as- 

 sistance by devices or moans which aie simple 

 in (onstruction and easily applied, and which 

 will do tbe required work in an eflectuat and 

 icliable manner, aud without interfering with 

 the vertical and horizontal inovcinents of the 

 beams requited by the plows to do their work; 

 and its nature consists in providing a vibrat- 

 ingor swingingarm orsu|)port nliHclicdtothe 

 arch or frame of the cultivator tibnve tlieaxle 

 orspiudle, ayd connected by a tle.xible connec- 

 tion with aspritigorspring-afm, and also con- 

 nected by a flexible connection with the coup- 

 ling by which the beam is connected with the 

 uxle or spindle, aud iu the several parts and 

 combinations of parts hereinafter specifically 

 set forth, and pointed out as new in the claims. 



1. The combination, with the coupling wbfch 

 connects the beam with the axle, of the vi- 

 brating lifting or raisiug arm rf, having one 

 end joined to the end of the spring o by a flexi- 

 ble connectiou, /i, and the flexible connection 

 attached at one end to the coupling which con- 

 nects the lieara to tbe axle, aud at its other 

 end attached to the end of the vibrating or 

 raising arm, substantially as described. 



2. Tbe coupling which councctstbo beam to 

 the axle, provided with the book /, in combi- 

 nation with tliH tlexible connection; and A:, at- 

 tached at. one end to the hook on tho coupling 

 and at the other with a vibrating or raising 

 arm, d, bung on the arch or frame, and which 

 connects by a flexible couuection, b, with the 

 spring a, substantially as described. 



'A. The combination, with the arch or.frame, 

 of the horizontalbracketorsupportJj, attached 

 to tbe said arch or frame, the spring a, the 

 flexible connection h, aud the interposed-vi- 

 biatingarm rf, hung on (be bracket or support 

 /i, Bub.stautially as described. 

 272,460. EDWARD L. MURRAY. At- 



Imitu, Ga., afisignor of one-balf to G. T. 



Pringie, Charleston, S. C. Combined 



Wheel-Cultivator and Plow. Feb. 20, 



1883. Filed May 15, 1882. 



1. Thecomliination, with the central trans- 

 verse beam of the sulky-frarae, provided at 

 each end with a vertical tongue and near each 

 end with a segment and lever, of a segment- 

 rack secured upon said beam and means for 

 engaging tho lever with the rack, boxes each 

 provided with a T-shaped slot, in which tbe 

 vertical tongues of the beam niovp, and with 

 a rack-bar with wiiich said segments engage, 

 jind ii.\Ics ailjual ably secured iu tho lower ends 

 of the boxes, substantially as sot forth. 



2. The combination, with tbe front trans- 

 verso bar of tlie frame and the sliding b»rs or 

 extensions secured thereto, the said latter be- 

 ing provided with depending arms, of the ad- 

 justahlo axles, and braces connecting the said 

 axles to the Eiaid dcpouilingarcns. 



3. Tho combination, with tho front trans 

 verse bar of the frame aud the sliding barsot 

 extensions secured thereto, the said latter be- 

 ing provided with slotted tiependiug arnis in 

 which the plow or cnUivator clevises are ad- 

 justably secured, of the adjustable ax^es, aud 

 liraccs connecting the said arms aud axles, sub- 

 stantially as described. 



4. The combination, with the front trans- 

 verse bar of the frame, provided near its oppo- 

 site extremities wiihnietallic collars, of the 

 sliding bars or extensions proviiied on their 

 outer cuds with depending slotted arms, and 

 provided oti' their inner eudswith metallic col- 

 lars, and set-scrows forholding the sliding bars 

 iu position on the transverse bar, the whole 

 being arranged and adapted to operate aa 

 shown. 



5. Tho combination, with front transverse 

 bar and the two sliding bars, the latter being 

 providedwithdependiDgslotted arms in wbfoS 

 the plow or cultivator clevises are adjastably 

 8ecared,of tbe draft-bar the rear face of which 

 is connected to tbe plows or caltivatora, wbila 

 the front face thereof is provided witb doable 

 or single trees for tbe attachment of tbe teaua. 



6. The corabioatioa, with tbe adjustable 

 axles, the front tninsverse bar, aud the slid- 

 ing bars or extensions adjustably secured 

 thereon, the latter beiug provided on their rear 

 faces with pulleys and on their lower faces with 

 depending slotted arms in which tbecultivator 

 or plow clevises are adjustably secured, of the 

 plows or cultivatora, and a chain or rope pass- 

 ing over the said pulleys and removably cod- 

 necting the said plows or coltivators with suit- 

 able levers for raising and lowering the said 

 plows or cultivators. 



7. The combiuatiou, with the parallel longi- 

 tudinal bars, of a box adjustably supported be- 

 tween said bars, an operating-lever fulcrnmed 

 in said bos, a central plow or cultivator the 

 front end of which is connected directly to the 

 draft-bar, and a chain or rope connecting tbe 

 said lever to the plow-beam, substantially as 

 set forth. 



S. The combination, with the two parallel 

 longitudinal bars of the frame, of a bos ad; 

 justably supported between said bars, an op- 

 erating-lever fnlcrumed in said box, a central 

 plow or cultivator whose forward end is con- 

 nected to the drafc-beaui, a seat provided witb 

 a pulley on its under side, and a chain passing 

 over said pulley aud connecting said lever anil 

 plow or cnltivator, sobstiintially as set forth. 



ft. The combination, witb the central lever 

 •Tiid the adjustable box, constructed substan- 

 tially as described, in which the said lover is 

 pivotetl, of ayokepivotally secured to the said 

 box and adapted, to be secured to the plow or 

 cultivator beam, and a chain cfluuectiug the 

 said lover and plow or cultivator beam, sab-l 

 stantiallr as described. 

 272.490. GEORGE F. SKANE, Lincoln 



Township, Iowa. Cultivator. Feb. 20, 



1883. Filed Mar. 9, 1882, 



My invention consists in improvements in, 

 cultivators, lirst,in tbe gangs, beiug especially 

 )tda[)ted to the ciiltivatiou of listed corn, be- 

 ing so arranged that they can be changed at 

 tho will of tho operator iu regard to depth aud 

 ilistauce apart hy simply drawing a pin in 

 (be eastiug on the end of the beam, iind liiis- 

 iug or lowering them to regnlato the depth 

 and putting them closer together or f^trther 

 aiiart.as may beilesircd. 



In a cultivator, the combiuatiou of the ad- 

 justable eveuer C, pivoted between tbe ad- 

 justable slotted castings \V, slotted brace C, 

 arcb or framo □, chains F, and pulleys G, all 

 constructed as herein shown and described. 

 272,962. JOHN KESTER, Clay City, 

 Ind. Cultivating Plow. Feb. 27, 188.3. 

 Filed Sept. 4. 1882. 



1. In acorn-cnltlvutor, tbe combinatioa of 

 slotted polo F and stirrnps H H witb the 



swinging plow-beams U, having uprights B B 

 and connecting-rods b, substantially as shown 

 and described, and for the purpose set forth. 



2. In a corn-cultivator, tbe combinatiou,witb 

 pole P and beams G, of lever A, segment M, 

 rock-shaft K', crank K, link. O, crank U*, aud 

 -stirrup H, adapted to raise or lower the/ plow- 

 beama (l, substantially aa shown and de- 

 scribed, and for the purposes set forth. 

 273,673. THEODORE M. FLENNIKEN, 



Kuckfiiid, Ills. ( Wni. McGregor adiiiinis- 



tratov ui' fiiiid Flenniken, dece.ased), 6ai(i 



FloiHiiken assignor to N. C. Thompson. 



Cultivator. Mar. 6, 1883. Filed Feb. 27, 



1882. 



Tlie object of this invention is to produce a 

 cuUivatorcapableofbeinghandled witb greater 

 ease and certainty, to enable the operator to 

 produce better results; and itconsistsin mecb- 

 anisoi capable of adjustment to cause the cul- 

 tivator-teeth toengage the ground with greater 

 01 less force; in mechanism to assist iu elevat- 

 ing the shovel-beams; .in mechanism to bold 

 the shovel-beams elevated in turning and get- 

 tiag in to position to employ tbecultivator, and 

 from which position they may be lowered to 

 their working position by a downward pull on 

 tbe handles, aud In mechanistD to suspend the 

 ehovel-beams for the purposes of transporta- 

 tion. These aud otiier features, including tbe 

 necessary devices aud their several combina- 

 tions, all of which will be hereinafter more fully 

 described, constitnte tbe subject- ma tier of this 

 speoidcation. 



1. The combination, witb the sleeve to which 

 tbe shovel-beams are pivoted, provided at ite 

 inner end with an uprising lateral arm, of a 

 le^'er pivoted to the main frame or axle and 

 adapted to engage tbo uprising lateral arm, 

 but disconnected therefrom, substantiallyas 

 and for the purpose set forth. 



2. Tbe sleeve to which the shovel-beams are 

 pivoted, provided witb an uprising arm and a 

 depending aim, aud a pivoted lever, one end 

 of which is adapted toengage the lateral arm, 

 but disconnected therefrom, in combination 

 witb tbe spring connected to the free end of 

 tbe pivoted lever aud with the depending arm 

 of tbe sleeve, substantially as and for the pnr- 

 ijose set forth. 



3. A spring, substantially asberein described, 

 having an adjustable connection with the de- 

 pending arm of tbe sleeve to which tbe shovel 

 beams are pivoted, and a suitable connection 

 with tbe free arm of the lever which engager 

 the lateral oprising arm of the sleeve, for tbe 

 purpose of varying its action on the sbovel- 

 t)eam8. substantiallyas hereinbefore set forth. 



4. A spring, substantiallyas herein described, 

 having a suitable counection with the depend' 

 ing arm of tbe sleeve to wliicb tbe shovel- 

 beams are pivoted, and an adjustable connec- 

 tion with the free arm of the lever which en- 

 gages the lateral uprising arm of tbe sleeve 

 for the porpose of varying its spring force, 

 substantially as and for tbe purpose hereinbe- 

 fore set forth. 



5. The combination, with tbe pivoted lever 

 having a depending arm for engaging the up- 

 rising lateral arm of tbe sleeve to wbicbi.the 

 shovel-beams are connected, of a guidew^y, 

 p, for engaging the free arm of said lever for 

 directing the vibratory movement of tbe same, 

 substantiallyas and for tbe purpose bereidbe- 

 fore set forth. 



C. The pivoted lever having a depending 

 arm for eugagiug the nprising lateral arm ot 

 tbe sleeve, in combination with a stop for lim- 

 iting the throw of said lever, substantially aa 

 and for the purpose set fbrth. 



7. The combination, witb tbe pivoted lever 

 for aatomatically controlling the. movements 

 of the shovel-beams, of a guide bar or way to 

 direct the movements of said lever, and a stop 

 to limit its rearward movement, substantially 

 as described. 



8. The combination, with tbe sleeve to which 

 the shovel-beams are pivoted, provided with 

 an uprising lateral arm, of a pivoted lever, one 

 end of which is adapted to engage the lat- 

 eral arm of the sleeve, aud having a' free 

 booked end to engage tbe shovel-beums, sub- 

 stantially as aud for tbe pnrpose set forth. 

 273,787. JOHN B. WEIR, a.<wignor to 



W. S. Weir, Monmouth. Ills. Cultivator. 



Mar. 13, 1883. Filed Oct. 31, 1882. 



Tbislu veotion relates tQ that olassof'* tongoe- 

 less"or pa rail el cultivatorain which twoor more 

 arches that constitute the central, part of the 

 axle, or couneottou between the stub axles or 

 spindles, on which the supporting-wheels are 

 jouroaled are hinged to tbe side frames or 

 plates to which said stub-axles are fixed, In 



