ELEVATING AND DEPRESSING SPRINGS. 



1587 



mid Ug curvcil track. 



'2. i^oinbinod with tho niuli of tho ciiltivu 

 lor, :i\lrK,scini-liibuhu-RU'OvcA,fiMVveiUniel; 

 li', ill coiitljiiiatioii with Ihp spniiKll>f*<^c"i'(^'' 

 to said sleeve, the barO, having a roller, and 

 11 pivoted stiindard, K, connected to the shov- 

 el-bare. 



3. TheeombinaLion,withtliccouplingTaud 



the bars attached thereto, of tho staiidurd K, 



l<ick*;d (o such coupling, the bar (I, luiviiit: 



I'oikcd wiUs, and the spring li, conneeted to 



llu: sciiii-tubnlar Etleeve A. 



29y 656. JAMES W. ATKINSON and 



BYRON PHELPS, a-ssiiitioiv to Beere & 



Co., .\lolinc, IHb. t\.ni-Stalli Cutter, 



May la. lati-i. Filed .Inn. 12, 1883. 



1. In a Rtalk-cutUir, in eombinatioii *vith a 

 frame, E, adapted tobedraggedby one end, and 

 a cylinder of cuttei'S jonvnnled in said frame 

 and adapted to slide baek nnd forth with ref- 

 ercnce to said frame, springs adapted to oper- 

 ate subsUmtially as-rtml for the purpose epeei- 

 lied. 



2. Inastalk-cntter. I'd conibiuation with tho 

 wheel-frame and a swinging fniiuo liinged 

 thereto, a eylindcr of eutters jonrualed to the 

 swinging fiame in bearings which ijormit it 

 loslide bnckand forth iJi said swinging frame, 



substantially iUi and for the purpose specified. 



3. In a stalk-cutter, in couibination with the 

 wbeel-fraiun, aswinging frame hinged thereto, 

 and a cylinder of cutters jonnmled to the 

 Bwingiiig frame in bearings which permit it 

 to elide back and forth with rcfereueo to said 

 swinging frame, springs adupl^d to act on the 

 cylinder of cuttere, substantially as and foi 

 tho purpose speeilied. 



4. In combination with tho fiaiucB, having 

 slots t', tho cylinder of cnttfirsi, jounialcd iu 

 blocks K, which slide back and forth in the 

 slo.tii e', aud tho springs L,locatcd in the slots 

 c', and a^lapted to act on the cylinder of cnt- 

 tbVR, substiintially as and fov the purposospeci 

 fled. 



D. Tu combinati(m with the frame A and the 

 swinging frame l'',hinged thereto, and having 

 slots c', the cylinder of cutters 1, jounialcd iu 

 blocks Jv, which slide back and forth iu the 

 slots c', and thfc springs L, lotided in the slots 

 (/ in rear of the blocks K, aud adapted to act 

 qo the cylinder of eutl^jrs, sribstantially asand 

 for the purpose speeififd. 



0. In combination with tlie framo A, swing- 

 ing franu; IC, having slol;? c, cylinder of cut- 

 ter's journaled in blocks w hicli slide in the 

 slots (■', aud springs L, the nauk-ahaft F,cftu- 

 iieetcd Willi the frauie J-) by a rod, ft, and 



spring ft, substantially as and for the purpose 

 specified. 



7. In astalk-cutter, in combination with tho 

 frame, rod N, and di;ig-hook8 hinged to the 

 frame, the spring V, adapted to hold the drag- 

 hooka iu contaei- with the grouud with a yield- 

 ing force, snbstitntially as and for the puri^ose 

 specified. 



8. In a stalk-cutter, In combination with the 

 frame and drag-hookshinged thereto, and rod 

 N, adapted to i-aiso tho dings off the grouud, 

 a spring, P, adapted to hold the drag-hooks 

 in contact with tho ground and to, yield' to 

 permit said hooks to rise independently of 

 the rod N, substantially as and for the purpose 

 spociUcd. 



0. In combination with the wheel-frame and 

 swinging finme. shaft P, and rods ;? and N; 

 adapted to raise the swinging frame and drag- 

 hooks pinniUancousIy, the spring P, adapted 

 toopciate sobatantiajly as aud for the purpcae 

 specified. 



