1586 



ELEVATING AND DEPRESSING SPRINGS. 



fre<* t'liil of tlic iMcssure Imr with the lilting- 

 lever, all siihstjiiili;illy as ilesrribcil. 



'.i. Jii a whcfl cnlliviitor, 11 liftiiig-levcv hav- 

 ing a sjit'iii^' :i(-l iiati'd i>u\vl jnoviocil with an 

 opci-atiii[;-(hi;j; I'lilc! iiiiicd to said lever, iniil 

 coiiiK'otei! Willi llic iiiiwl by .1 rod pivot^^l In 

 Ihc dog: al :t piiiiil ladiitlly reinoveil from said 

 ruh-riini. siiUslniiliiilly as specified and uhown. 



4. Ill a Mlieol-enlfivat'or, theponilnnnfion nl' 

 a.liftiiig-Iever and vcrti«ilIy-playinK loolh- 

 beanm ^vith the S-sliapod si)ririi; picssine l»:ir 

 having the free end provided with Iheslidinj; 

 ]iook, Hnbstaul'ially asset Ibrtli. 



5. The combination of vertieally-jilayinj; 

 tootli-bars and springs, a lifling-lcvcr and 

 eonneeting nie-ans, the spring pi-ossnre-bar. 

 and an operating jinwl-dng adapted loi- lais- 

 ing the pawl from the ratchet and holding it 

 raised, sulislanlially as di-scribcd and shown. 



6. The eondnnidion of Ihe lalchet-easliiij; 

 liaving the rnrved seat, the liHiug Ir-\ri-, inul 

 the spring pi-essnrehar liaving tlie slolii'd S- 

 slmped end for adjusiiible local ion in saiil 

 cnr\'etl sciil, and Iho rear free arm providfil 

 with the hook, all snlK-^lantiaHv a-^ scl fot'lh, 

 286.730. JOSIAH J. and EDWARD R. 



PIATT, LulV.it, Inil. rlow. Oft. Vi. 

 1883. Filed July 28, 1881. 



1. The (combination, ffith the plow-beams 

 and Ihe vertical portion of the arched axle, 

 perforated as shown, of the boxes D, composed 

 cf two plates or half boxes, each having lira- 

 "ling-slots fl and bolt-holes (!', with bosses or 

 hnbs to protect the coiipling-boU, snb.sijin- 

 tially as shown and described. 



2. The combination, with the a.Kle and plow 

 beams, of tlie Bos D. the vertical bai-s (I, the 

 swiveling yoke or bars O', the spring E, and 

 roller or fulcrum F, all arranged to swing lat- 

 erally together, snbstantially as shown and 

 describerl. 



287,703. JOSEPH B. NEPP, assignor to 

 the Burlinglon Piow Co., Burlington, 

 Iowa. Cultivator Spring. Oct. 30. 1883. 

 Filed Jnne 26, 1883. 



1. In A cultivator -coopling, the spring-bar 

 J, made L shape, with a long and short arm, 

 and pivoted in the long ai-m above the angle, 

 and adapted t* receivesprings upon both arms, 

 snlwtantially as shown and described. 



2. The angular spring-bar J, pivoted above 

 and distant from the angle, in combination 

 with the springs L M, clanip-socket K, and 

 sleeve F, having rigid arms I. substantially as 

 shown and desciibed. 



3. The combination of the angidar spring- 

 bar J, pivoted above thoangle in the longai-ni. 

 the s'eevfe F, having arms I, the spriugsLM. 

 and the clevis H, .substantially as shown and 

 described. 



4. The combination, w'ith the arched axle of 

 a cultivator, of the right-angleil spring-bar J, 

 with a long and short arm, and pivoted in the 

 long arm above the anglo,theadjnstablespring8 

 L M, clnmp socket K, sleeve F, with arms I 

 and clevis H, and the Ix-am-conpling E G, all 

 substantially as shown and described. 

 287,779. A..and M. RUNSTETLER, a.- 



eignoi's to the Farniei-s' Friend .Manufac- 

 turing Co., Dayton, Oliio. Gniiu Drill 

 Oct. 30, 1883. Filed June 18. 1883. 



1. In a grain drill, a lifting-lever oscillat- 

 ing apon a driving-axle, in combination with 

 link and crank dcpices connecting said lever 

 to the oscillating bar journaled upon the main 

 fi-ame, to which the drag-bars are connected 

 in snch manner that the hoes may be raised or 

 lowered by the oscillation of the lifting-lever, 

 substantially as herein set forth. 



2. In a grain-drill having a lifling-loveros 

 cillating n]ton a driVing-axle, and adapted to 

 raise and. lower the hoes by link and crank 

 coni.eetion to the oscillating bar jourualed 

 on the main frame, in combination with the 

 ratchet -and -paw I devices for locking the lift- 

 mg-Jevert« the axle, snbstantially as heitin set 

 forth. 



3. In combination with a lifting-lever, L, 

 oscillating upon a driving-iixle, and the means 

 for locking it thereto, an automatic trip ai'- 

 ranged upon the main I'l'aine and adapted to 

 automatically disengage the locking devices 

 as the lever is moving forward with the axle, 

 snbstantially as herein set forth. 



4. In combination with the lifting-lever L, 

 oscillating upon the main axle, and having 

 locking devices forcxmnectingthc lever to the 

 axle, a bolt-Ux'k attnehed to the free '-nd of 

 the lifting-lever, whereby it may h{\ locked m 

 any desired fixed })Osition forholdiiigtlie!i<n-.s 

 in or ontof the ground, sTibstanlially as herein 

 set forth. 



.">. In combinatinii with the liflingh'vcr Ij, 



"journaled npon the driving a\it, and los'k^le 

 vices U Q, the secondary lock -lever N', adapt- 

 ed to hold the lock-rod;) from engagement with 

 the segment l\ substantially as herein set 

 forth. 



a. Ill a gmin-diill, the combination of the 

 automatic shifting d<>vicc.s operated by the 

 power of tho team by u drivin^'-gear keyed to 

 thedriving-axlc. ali III ng-Ic\vr Journaled upon 

 said axle, with cluteli devices for locking said 

 lover to said axle, whereby the (tower of the 

 team may I>e employt-d to shift and rai'^e the 

 hoes, snbstantially a.s herein set forth. 



7. In agraiu drill, a lifting-lever oscillating 

 npon tho driving axle, witii locking dcviws 

 for connecting the movements of the lever 

 with the niovemenlBof tho axle, ailachcd to 

 said lover'and under control of the o|iL-i-ji(or, 

 Mhereby the hoes may be raised, cither by 

 dr:dt of tho team or by the operator hiniseif 

 moving s;iidlevcr,disconncetcdfi-om the move- 

 ments of the axle, snbslantiallv as herein set 

 forth. 



8. In combination wilhslundard/, thesook- 

 ety, provided with the forkcdarm^", adapted 

 to engage over the pin cof the di-ag-bar, so as 

 (0 hold it i'l proper relative position thereon, 

 substautiaily as herein set forth. 

 288,003. WM. P. BROWN, ZaucsviUe, 



Ohio. Wheel-Cnltivator. Nov. G, 1883. 

 Filed June 13, 1883. 



My invention relates to wheeled cnltivatoi-s 

 of that class in which the two wheels run ui>on 

 opposite sides of tho row of plants and sus- 

 tain above the same a truck or frame work 

 having a draft attachment for the team in 

 front and i»lows behind, M-hicharc attached to 

 and drawn by the truck, which may or may 

 not Jiave a tongue. 



My improvements coiibist, in-incipally, in 

 the construction, arraugomeut, and adjust- 

 ment of tlie plow-beams and their couplings, 

 whereby tho plows next to the row of plants 

 may be set in a higher horizontal plane, to 

 adapt them to the elevation of the row or ridge 

 npon which the plants are, and whereby the 

 plows may be adapted to a niinimura width of 

 truck and still preserve the proper lateral 

 movement of the inner plows without throw- 

 ing the ontcr ones agaii>st the wheels, and 

 whereby, also, the lateral movement of tlie in- 

 ner plows is made to have the least eRVct npon 

 the outer plows consietenl with tlieir connec- 

 tion thereto, all as more fully described licre- 

 iuafter. 



1. I'low-beams combined with and atf ached 

 to a wheeled cultivator, and adaptcil to oper 

 ate in pairs, which approach when moved 

 outwardly Iroiu the plants and separate or 

 move apart when moved inwardly to the 

 jdants, as and for the purpose desci-ibed. 



2. Plow-beams combined with a wheeled 

 cultivator and attached to the same and to 

 each other, suMtantially asdescri bed, whereby 

 the inner beams lare adapted to have alateral 

 throw greater than the enter oncs.as set forth. 



:i. Plow-beams combined with a wheeled 

 cultivator by aswiveled or hinged connection 

 in front, and hinged or coupled together in 

 the rear of this by a connection which causes 

 the beams to approach when moved away 

 from the plants and to scp;jral«^ when moved 

 towaM the plants, as dcsei ibcd. 



4. A wheeled. cultivator J>a\iug on each 

 side of the row of plants two or more beams, 

 one of Ts hieh is set to work in a higher plane 

 at its draft-connection than tho other, the 

 said beams being coupled by oblique connec- 

 tions for a variable lateral throw, as described. 



5. The combination, with the axle of a 

 wheeled cultivator aud two or mor& plow- 

 beams disposed to run upon each side of the 

 row of plants, of two ir more brack^tsattached 

 to the axle on each side of the spac^ for the 

 row of plants, and connections for fastening 

 the plow-beams independently at diftcrent 

 vertical heights to said axle on the same side 

 of the row of plants, as set forth. 



6. The bracket P, having a perforation in 

 one arm and a slot in the other, in combina- 

 tion with the bolt /), inclosing tube c, and 

 plow-beam coupling Q', substantially as shown 

 and described. 



7. Tho combination, with two plow-beams 

 hung about vertical centers at their draft 

 ends, of a cross-coupling bar jointed to both 

 beams, and haviug one eml closer to the center 

 of oscillation of the beam to which it is at- 

 taelu'd limn the other end is to the center ol 

 (.scillaliim of the other beam, as and for the 

 puiiiiiHi' described. 



S. The bracket .S, having n bolt, ff, Kur- 

 rouuded by a tube, A, in combination with 

 Mie inner ])Iow-bcam and the dinyonal cross 



bar T, having clevis-cnnpling j', as nnd for the 

 purpose d^iscribed. 



!». The combination, with the two plow- 

 beams, of the diagonal cross-bar T and coup 

 ling at the eud thereof, having a longitudina 

 adjiistmciit on the plow-beams, as shown and 

 described. 



289.296^ EDWIN D. MEAD. ShortsviUe, 

 X. y. Seedini; Machine. Nuv. 27, 1883. 

 Filed SL-pt. 5. 1883. 



1. In an implement, substantially snch as 

 herein described, the combination of 'awhcclc(T 

 frame provided with a st^ationary beam and 

 with a swinging beam, teeth or hoes alter- 

 nately attached to tho respective beams, and 

 a haml-lcver consisting of two parts jointed 

 «tno to the other connected with tho swing- 

 injj beam and provided with a locking device, 

 substantially asshown and described, whereby 

 Ihe teeth or hoes may be thrown into align 

 ment or out of alignment to different degi-ces 

 and held at any desired adjustment. 



2. Incombinatioit withframeA, fixed beam 

 D, and swinging beam F, toetli oi hocsE G, 

 counccicil with the respective beam, handle 

 ver H, consi.stiug of the parts h c, the former 

 connected with the beam F, and tho lattei 

 jiivotcd to the beam/, and tho locking-dog 1, 

 applied to the lever, substantially in the man 

 nor shown. 



3. In combination with frame A, fixed beam 

 D, and swinging beam F, hand-lever H, lock- 

 ing-dog I, aud suspending block or casting e, 

 provided with shoulder (, aubst-intially as and 

 for the purpose set forth. 



4. In combination with theswinging beam 

 F, of a shifting rank implement, hand-lever II, 

 pivoted to the main frame and connected with 

 the swinging beam, dog I, provided with 

 shoulders or notches A, pivoted to the hand 

 lever, hand-piece k, and connecting-rod,/, ex 

 tending from the hand-piece to the locking 

 dog, substantially as shown. 



5. Tho combination, substantially as herein 

 described, of frame A, fixed beam D, swing- 

 ing beam F, hoes or teeth attached to the re- 

 spective beams, hand-lever H, consisting of 

 the parts b and c, connected by bolt //, dog I, 

 pivoted upon the bolt (/, and provided with 

 shonldci-s A, hand-piece A-, and connecting-rod 

 /, all combined and operating substantially as 

 set f6rlh. 



(i. In eo'ubination with the adjustiug-lever 

 ][, of a shifting-rank implement, substantially 

 as shown, a locking-dog, I, applied to said le- 

 ver and provided -wHU spring !, as and for tho 

 purpose set forth. 

 289,893. MATTHEW F. CONNETT, 



Uetersburg, Ills. Gr,.in Drill. Dee. 11, 

 I 1^8S. Filed Jan. 15.1883. 



1. The combination of the runners H, spring 

 IT', haviug eyes for staples Y Y, frame a', cov- 

 ering-shoes K", spring K', frame a*, and spring 

 L, clipped to frame-bar a' and drag-bar J', 

 substantially as shown, and for the purpose 

 described. 



2. The combination of the runners Il,springs 

 II', secured to frame a', covering-shoes K", 

 spring K', si>ring L, clipped to frame-bar a", 

 plate or bar m, loop or clip M, and drag-bar 

 J', substantially as shown, and for the purpose 

 dc.-^eribed. 



290,366. SIMON P. SNYDER, SAMUEL 

 STOUGH and TOMEY D. ULRIOK, 

 Walton, Ind. Cultivator. Dec. 18,1883. 

 Filed July VJ. 1883. 



In a cultivator, the standard S, bifurcated 

 at ita lower end and provided with a bail, /, 

 as shown, nnd at its upper end with a spring, 

 t, in combination with the pivuted shovel-car 

 rying standard s, provided wifh a loop, r, the 

 parts being organized and constructed so that 

 the standard .s may pass through the slot in 

 the main standard S, substantially as shown 

 and for the pnrno.se set forth. 

 297,637. HANS H. SATER, Dnbuciue, 

 luw-a. Culiivati-r. April illl 1884. Filed 

 Aug 31, 1N,S3. 



The in I'entionconsistsiu combining with tho 

 .ixles and coupling of the eultivalor a joining 

 conncction-iod and a spring secnved to the 

 arch of tho axle; further, in combination with 

 such connecting-rod, spj'ing, and rod. a roller 

 working on the track secured to the arch of 

 the axle; and,further, in various det^iils of cou- 

 stiuction, all fully hereinafter explained, and 

 illustrated in the accompanying drawings, iu 

 which — J 



1. Thecombiiiation,with Ihcsbovel-bai's, ot 

 the pivoted standards K. the U-vcr C, the 

 spring secured to the said leverandconnccled 

 to the fiamcor Ihe cultivator, and the roller J 



