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said flange forming a bearing for the mold- 

 board and share, and the vertical portion B a 

 bearing for the land-side, as specified. 



215,715. ERASTUS O. BEACH, North 

 Danesville, N. Y. Plows. May 27, 1879. 

 Filed Mar. 20, 1879. 



Claim. The beam C, curved laterally and 

 splayed outwardly from its top downward in the 

 direction of the land, and returning in a line 

 forming the true direction of the plow, as and 

 for the purpose set forth. 



218,517. ANDREW GOODYEAR, Al- 

 bion, assignor to William S. Lawrence, Kala- 

 mazoo, Mich. Plows. Aug. 12, 1879. Filed 

 Mar. 14, 1878. 



Standard having vertically-slotted convex 

 flange, adapted to fit a horizontally-slotted 

 concave flange upon rear end of plow-beam, 

 and connecting-bolts passing through said slots, 

 whereby said beam may be adjusted vertically 

 or laterally. 



Claim. 1. In combination with the parts of 

 a sectional plow-beam, the ball-and-socket joint 

 formed by the converse and concave flanges, 

 fitted with corresponding corrugations and op- 

 positely-inclined slots, substantially asset forth. 

 2. A plow standard having a concave or con- 

 vex laterally-slotted spherical rear end and 

 connecting-bolts, substantially as specified. 



219,006. AARON J. NELLIS, Pitts- 

 burg, Pa. Plow-Beams. Aug. 26, 1879. 

 Filed July 14, 1879. 

 Claim. 1. In a plow-beam composed of one 



or moie longitudinally-corrugated blanks of 



sheet iron or steel, substantially as and for the 



purpose specified. 



2. The plow-beam composed of two longi- 

 tudinally-corrugated blanks, united by rivets, 

 and arranged parallel with the concavities of 

 the corrugations, facing each other, substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose specified. 



3. The plow-beam formed by the combina- 

 nation of two longiudinally-corrugated sec- 

 tions, arranged face to face, and two T-edge 

 pieces, riveted between the corrugated sections 

 at the top and bottom edges thereof, substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose specified. 



226,150. JOHN J. ALLEY, Albion, 



Mich. Plows. Apr. 6, 1880. Filed Jan. 



8, 1880. 



A middle plate radially grooved, with the 

 standard for adjustment on or off, and on its 

 upper side grooved parallel with the plate of 

 the skeleton-beam to vertically adjust the clevis 

 end. 



Claim. The combination, with the plow- 

 standard, A, provided with a central perforated 

 lug, a, and radially-corrugated top plate, b, 

 having side and central perforations of the 

 plate B, having its lower face flat, radially cor- 

 rugated, and provided with a central perfora- 

 tion, d, and slots c, and its upper face convex, 

 with parallel end corrugations, concave upper 

 plate, C, having end corrugations on its lower 



face, and a central and side slots, and the skele- 

 ton-frame attached to the standard by bolts, 

 substantially as described, and for the purpose 

 set forth. 



229,216. HARRY WIARD, Syracuse, 



N. Y. Plow-Beams. June 22, 1880. Filed 



Apr. 12, 1880. 



Beam formed from an ordinary rolled bar 

 of H form, fitted at front and rear to its attach- 

 ment, a cast block forming the clevis end or 

 finish. 



Claim. 1. The plow-beam a, made without 

 welding from a bar of wrought metal, with 

 branches b b, formed by clipping from the rear 

 end a triangular piece of the web of the bar, 

 the braces being bent, as shown, to form an 

 elastic beam at its attachment to the plow, sub- 

 stantially as described. 



2. The wrought-metal plow-beam a, formed 

 from a flanged bar having its front end formed 

 as shown and described, in combination with 

 the malleable head-piece f, fitted thereto, as 

 set forth. 



3. The heading-piece /, in combination with 

 the flanged beam a, for forming the front end 

 thereof, substantially as shown and described. 



230,457. JOHN J. ALLEY, Albion, 

 Mich. Plows. July 27, 1880. Filed May 

 27, 1880. 



Claim. The combination with the plow- 

 standard A, provided at its upper end with the 

 smooth flat plat B, having bolt-holes b a b, of 

 the skeleton-beam c c d ', having the smooth 

 plate h, resting on the plate B, and provided 

 with the parallel transverse slots///', the latter 

 slot, /', being shorter than the former slots, 

 bolts k, and fastening-nuts w, whereby the 

 plate of the skeleton-beam is adapted to be 

 moved circularly on its central bolt and also 

 endwise on the same, to adjust the draft-rods 

 laterally and vertically, as described. 



231,147. CATHARINUS P. BUCKING- 

 HAM, Chicago, 111. Plow-Beams. Aug. 

 17, 1880. Filed June 23, 1880. 

 Claim. In a plow-beam, the combination 

 of an upper and a lower flange, A A', an upper 

 and a lower fillet, C C, and a concavity, D, 

 between the fillets, substantially as shown, and 

 for the purposes described. 



238,651. JAMES G. COCKSHUTT, 



Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Wrought-Iron 

 Plows. Mar. 8, 1881. _ Filed Dec. 3, 1880. 

 Claim. The combination, with the stand- 

 ard C, of the wrought-iron bars A D, secured 

 thereto, clevis-block B, secured to the bars A 

 D, zigzag bar E, riveted at its angles alternately 

 to the bars A D, sleeve G, and boltF, substan- 

 tially as described, and for the purpose set 

 forth. 



242,844. SAMUEL SEEGMILLER, 



Goderich, Canada. Plows. June 14, 188 1. 



Filed Nov. 10, 1880. 



A skeleton-beam with a cap having divided 



