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CLEVISES. 



137,078. AUGUST KAUFMAN, Davis- 

 ville, Cal. Plow-Clevises. Mar. 26, 1873. 

 The direction of drafts can be shifted with- 

 out stopping the team. 



Claim. The clevis r, with its lever-handle 

 0, in combination with the rack m, substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose described. 



138,895. WILLIAM B. JACKSON, J. 



MORRIS CHILDS and ORLANDO J. 



CHTLDS, Utica, N. Y. Plows. May 13, 



1873. Filed Mar. 21, 1873. 



Claim. A draft -clevis provided with a series 

 of holes, and a tongue projecting inward from 

 its head, for the lateral adjustment of a draft- 

 hook, in combination with a clevis provided 

 with a series of ratchet-teeth to engage said 

 tongue, for the vertical adjustment of said 

 draft-clevis, substantially as described. 



139,381. ROBERT GIBBS, Spring Hill, 

 Mo. Clevis-Bars and Hooks. May 27, 1873. 

 Filed Feb. 19, 1873. 

 Claim. 1. A clevis-bar having front piece 



B' with the hook b, combined on a plow-beam 



with the yoke-nut C and screw-rod D, as and 



for the purpose described. 



2. A staple, F, having the shank / with two 

 reversed hooks at the end and a single pin f 1 , 

 combined, as and for the purpose set forth. 



3. A hook having the shank f swiveled in 

 front piece B' of clevis-bar, and combined rig- 

 idly with a laterally-adjustable plate, G, as and 

 for the purpose specified. 



139,564. JOHN FLANAGIN, Pawnee 



City, Neb. Plow-Trucks. June 3, 1873. 



Filed Mar. 1, 1873. 



A triangular frame mounted on wheels, to 

 which plows of different kinds may be conve- 

 niently attached. 



Claim. The triangular plow-truck ABB 

 placed upon wheels, having one or more sets of 

 perforations at each end of bar A, and the 

 clevis-bar at the junction of bars B B, as and 

 for the purpose described. 



139,752. AUGUSTUS ADAMS, Sand- 

 wich, 111. Draft-Hooks for Cultivators. June 

 10, 1873. Filed Jan. 4, 1873. 

 The hook is cast with a ring to fit upon the 

 end of the double-tree, with one or more 

 hooks above and below. 



Claim. A draft -hook for cultivators adapted 

 for attachment directly to the end of the evener 

 or double-tree, and cast with a number of 

 draft-hooks, one or more above and one or 

 more below the evener, substantially as de- 

 scribed, for the purposes specified. 



140,632. DAVTD H.KING, and WIL- 

 LIAM M. HULSE, Palmyra, 111. Equal- 

 izing Attachments for Plows. July 8, 1873. 

 Filed Mar. 29, 1873. 

 Claim. 1. The loop B, closed at both ends 



and secured to the beam by the bolt C and 



clevis D, to hold the equalizing mechanism, 



in the manner described. 



2. The combination with the chains attached 

 to a band, F, movable on an eccentric, E, of 

 the guide-bar H, applied as and for the pur- 

 pose set forth. 



140,715. WILLIAM LAHMAN, Wells- 



ville, Ohio. Plow-Clevises. July 8, 1873. 



Filed Apr. 3, 1873. 



A spring-pin secures the clevis to the plow- 

 beam. 



Claim. The U-shaped clevis-bar A, form- 

 ing prongs a a having holes for the passage of 

 the clevis-pin, and the lower prong provided 

 with a countersunk recess b, in combination 

 with a headed pin B provided with a spring, C, 

 having a square shoulder and extended below 

 the bottom of the lower clevis-prong, all as 

 shown and described. 



141,375. CHARLES O. NASON, Mo- 

 line, 111., assignor to Deere & Co., same 

 place. Plows. July 29, 1873. Filed June 

 21, 1873. 



Plates with a recess or socket and set-screw, 

 for the double purpose of a clevis and an ad- 

 justable holder for the arms of the plow-wheel. 

 Claim. 1. The clevis-jaw plates B B, when 

 constructed with sockets or recesses D, for the 

 purpose specified. 



2. The combination of the plates B B, 

 having sockets D, with the gage- wheel bands 

 F, beam A, and thumb-screw or nut C, for the 

 purpose specified. 



148,345. JAMES H. ARNOLD, Louis- 

 ville, Ky. Clevises. Mar. 10, 1874. Filed 

 Aug. 19, 1873. 



The clevis, in addition to the ordinary 

 notches, has extension-hooks outside the clevis- 

 bars and above and below the beam. The 

 chain is secured in the hooks by drop-links. 



Claim. The draft-hooks C C, with their 

 drop-links D D, as above described, in combi- 

 nation with the clevis A and pin B, when ar- 

 ranged, constructed, and operated substantially 

 as and for the purpose set forth. 



157,976. GILLUM SHELTON, Normal, 

 111. Clevises. Dec. 22, 1874. Filed Aug. 

 10, 1874. 



A socket for the beam, having lateral seg- 

 ment-plates in front, and extending back to 

 the pin. The clevis proper has vertical seg- 

 ments. 



Claim. The herein-described attachment 

 to the beams of plows, consisting of the com- 

 bination of socket B', segmental plates b', and 

 bolt C with the oscillating clevis D and bolt 

 E, substantially as and for the purpose set 

 forth. 



158,140. LEANDER ELLSWORTH 

 SMITH, Dixon, 111., assignor to T. Cumins, 

 H. T. Noble, and O. B. Dodge, same place. 

 Clevises. Dec. 22, 1874. Filed Oct. 31, 



1874. 



A projecting arm is cast upon the rear end 



