CLEANKRS. 



SAMUEL WITHERON, Gettysburg, Pa. 



Plows. July 15, 1836. 



No claim. The improvement consists in 

 placing a roller under the beam near the cen- 

 ter of the plow in or near a perpendicular pos- 

 ition, the roller may be made plain, rigid, 

 grooved or otherwise, the use of the roller is to 

 prevent the plow from choaking by the vege- 

 table matter that usually collects under the 

 beam. 



5,855. WM. W. METCALF, York 

 Springs, Pa. Plows. Oct. 17, 1848. 

 Claim. The combination of the lever I, 

 with the plow ; for the purpose of clearing 

 obstructions from the colter, whether the same 

 be constructed, arranged and operated as here- 

 in described, or in any other manner substan- 

 tially the same. 



5,973. NEVI BLATCHLEY, Windsor, 



N. Y. Plows. Dec. 19, 1848. 



Claim. Removing the earth and other ad- 

 herent obstructions from the surface of the 

 mold -board of the plow by means of a scraper 

 D, mounted upon a spring lever d, which rend- 

 ers it self-acting, and which may also be opera- 

 ted by a spring n, one end of which is attached 

 to either the lever or scraper and the other 

 held in the hand of the plowman, the several 

 parts being constructed and operated substan- 

 tially as herein set forth. 



7,274. JAS. F. REASIN, Darlington, 

 Md. Plow Cleaners. Apr. 9, 1850. 

 Claim. The plow cleaner constructed of 

 two shave blades, substantially as herein set 

 forth, for the purpose of cutting in two the 

 weeds and other obstructions, which accumu- 

 late upon the colter, and thus detaching them 

 therefrom. 



7,344. DANIEL D. GITT, Buckler Town- 

 ship, Pa. Plow Cleaners. May 7, 1850. 

 Claim. The combination of the lever, notch- 

 ed arm, and vertical wheel B, with a conical 

 roller placed under the beam and upon the 

 cutter of the plow as above discribed, for the 

 purpose of operating the conical roller and 

 cleaning the plow in the operation of plowing, 

 as set forth. 



7,640. DAVID WARREN, Gettysburg, 

 Pa. Plow Cleaners Sep. 10, 1850. 

 Claim. The combination of the vibrating 

 finger clearer, with the beam and sheath of the 

 plow, said finger clearer being arranged in 

 such a manner in relation to the sheath or 

 throat of the plow, that by the use of the hand 

 of the plowman, to elevate and depress a lever, 

 a series of curved or straight fingers will be 

 made to vibrate back and forth, adjacent to 

 the sheath, and clear away straw, stubble, and 



other obstructions therefrom, as described and 

 set forth. 



11,935. JONATHAN HIBBS, Tullytown, 



Pa. Plows. Nov. 14, 1854. 



This invention consists in placing a toothed 

 roller on each side of the colter ; one of said 

 rollers extending back beyond the standard of 

 the plow, and being driven by a band which 

 passes over a pulley upon the driving-wheel, 

 also turns the other roller by means of cog- 

 wheels, for the purpose of cleaning the colter of 

 grass or weeds. The inventor is aware that a 

 rocking-shaft has been employed, its teeth be- 

 ing made to vibrate in front of the colter by 

 the hand of the plowman. 



Claim. Combining with a plow the revolv- 

 ing weed-clearing rollers, armed with teeth or 

 spikes, said rollers being operated automatically 

 by a wheel attached to the back part of the 

 plow, in the manner and for the purpose sub- 

 stantially as described herein. 



15,919. EDMUND C BILLS, Jr., Perry, 

 N. Y. Plow Cleaners. Oct. 21, 1856. 

 The invention consists in suspending upon 

 and in front of the colter and above the cutting- 

 edge of the same, an inverted ribbed cone, 

 capable of rotation by pressure of grass against 

 it, so as to carry off said grass laterally, and 

 thus free the colter from the grass. 



Claim. The employment upon the front of 

 a colter of an inverted cone, having spiral flan- 

 ges thereon, self-acting by the upward pressure 

 of the grass to free the colter, substantially as 

 set forth. 



20,300. ABNERREEDER, Wrightstown, 

 Pa. Plow Cleaners. May 18, 1858. 

 Claim. The spring slide rod E, with any 



convenient number of prongs, when connected 



to, and arranged on, the plow, as and for the 



purpose set forth. 



21,598. DAVID COCKLEY, Lancaster, 

 Pa. Plow Cleaners. Sep. 28, 1858. 

 Claim. 1. The adjustable cutter-wheel N, 

 cleaner W, and devices V X Y Z, when arran- 

 ged with the regulator C, in combination with 

 the beam F, and the whole constructed for op- 

 eration conjointly, as and for the purpose set 

 forth. 



2. The mode of arranging and fastening the 

 point c, share d, and land-side with its cutter/, 

 so as to hold them with the short screw k, and 

 plate /, in combination with the mold-board h 

 and beam F, substantially as described, 



21,953. JOHN GEHR, College of St. 



James, Md. Plow Cleaners. Nov. 2, 1858. 



Claim. The hollow corrugated roller a, in 

 combination with the mold-board c, brace g, 

 and guard/; the whole being constructed and 



