COTTON-CHOPPERS. 



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substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



137,959. CORNELIUS F. REAMS, 



Raleigh, N. C Cotton-Cultivators. Apr. 



15, 1873. Filed AP 1 '- 4, 1873- 



A rectangular frame has within its sides two 

 bearing-wheels, one of which is provided with 

 cog-gears, which give motion to the revolving 

 chopper. The forward barring-off plows, as 

 well as the scrapers which return the soil to the 

 roots of the plants after the chopper has thin- 

 ned them out, are adjustable laterally. 



' Claim. The bearing-wheels G G, arranged 

 between the side frames A A and directly in 

 rear of the adjustable scrapers P P, for the ob- 

 ject specified, for operation in connection with 

 shaft K, pinion I, hoes L, and the rear hilling 

 plows or wings S S, all arranged substantially 

 as herein shown and described. 



138,363. CLEMON BAILEY, and 

 GEORGE K. BAGBY, Kinston, N. C. 

 Cotton-Choppers. -Apr. 29, 1873. Filed 

 Mar. 8, 1873. 



Two bars which are easily applied to an 

 ordinary plow, support the chopper and its op- 

 erating mechanism. 



Claim. The means of holding the wheels 

 G H I and shafts to the beam A, consisting of 

 the bars D D, each fastened on one side of 

 said beam and projecting in the rear thereof, 

 as described. 



138,555. FINIS L. BATES, Bremond, 

 Tex. Cotton -Cultivators. May 6, 1873. 

 Filed Feb. 21, 1873. 

 Claim. The spring Q attached at one end 



to bar G, and connected by a link at the other 



with the end of hoe-handle, as and tor the 



purpose described. 



138,596. WILLIAM C. TILTON, 



Spring Place, Ga., assignor to himself and 

 Henry Disston and Son, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Cotton-Choppers. May 6, 1873. Filed 

 Nov. 19, 1870. 



A revolving shaft provided with a series of 

 adjustable chopping-blades and suspended on 

 a frame. 



Claim. The combination of the driving- 

 wheels d 2 , bands or chains f, the revolving 

 adjustable cutters, and adjusting-lever H, sub- 

 stantially as described. 



140,746. JOSEPH B. UNDERWOOD, 



Fayettville, N. C, assignor to Edmund L. 

 • Pemberton, John W. Hinsdale, and Mrs. S. 

 C. Underwood, same place. Cotton Chop- 

 pers and Cultivators. July 8, 1873. Filed 

 Feb. 4, 1873. 



The plows are mounted on a frame in the 

 usual manner. The choppers consist of two 

 sets of three knives each, radiating from the 

 lower end of a vertical shaft, two of the knives 

 on each being nearly in a line and the other 

 or about 90 , thus leaving one-half of the cir- 

 cle free. They are caused to rotate in concert, 



thus leaving the hills of growing plants as they 

 sweep around just beneath the ground. The 

 shovels and sweep are interchangeable. 



Claim. 1. The hinged U-shaped bar D 

 combined with frame A, axle C, and draft-bar 

 E, as and for the pnrpose described. 



2. One or more sets of horizontal chopping- 

 knives, K K K, arranged and applied horizon- 

 tally, as and for the purpose set forth. 



3. The standards J J' M combined and re- 

 latively arranged to receive plows and hori- 

 zontal choppers, as and for the purpose de- 

 scribed. 



4. The loose pulley Q having notched side 

 flange q, the disk R having notch r' and pawl 

 r, and lever s and the rod T combined with 

 shaft P, as and for the purpose set forth. 



5,741. JOSEPH B. UNDERWOOD, 



Fayettsville, N. C, assignor to Edmund L. 

 Pemberton, John W. Hinsdale, and Mrs. S. 

 C. Underwood. Cotton Choppers and Cul- 

 tivators. Patent 140,746, July 8, 1873. 

 Reissued Jan. 27, 1874. Filed Nov. 1, 1873. 

 Claim. 1. The hinged U-shaped bar D, 

 combined with frame A, axle C, and draft-bar 

 E, as and for the purposes described. 



2. One or more sets of chopping-knives, K 

 K K, arranged and applied as and for the pur- 

 pose set forth, 



3. The standards J J' M, combined and re- 

 latively arranged to receive plows and hori- 

 zontal choppers, as and for the purpose de- 

 scribed. 



4. The loose pulley Q, having noched side 

 flange q, the disk R, having notch / and pawl 

 r, the lever s, and the rod T, combined with 

 shaft P, as and for the purpose set forth. 



142,501. EDMUND H. NELSON, 



Gainesville, Ala. Cotton-Cultivators. Sep. 



2, 1873. Filed Apr. 19, 1873. 



A crass-bar is hinged to the frame of the cot- 

 ton-chopper, and carries two shovels, one made 

 adjustable laterally, and to which the draft- 

 pole is attached. 



Claim. In a cotton-cultivator of the char- 

 acter described, the supplemental frame G, 

 linked to the forward end of the main frame 

 and carrying a laterally-adjustable shovel, F, 

 and a fixed shovel, E, the latter standing di- 

 rectly in line with the tread of the single driv- 

 ing-wheel B, all substantially as and for the 

 purpose specified. 



143,997. ALBERT F. RORERTS, 



Knoxville, Tenn. Combined Cotton Chop- 

 pers and Cultivators. Oct. 28, 1873. Filed 

 Mar. 15/1873. 



The plows and chopping-hoe are hinged so as 



to have a free vertical and lateral movement. 



Claim. 1. The cam H provided with the 



slot X, in combination with the pin e, rods \ 



and K, sleeve/, standard L, and hoe M, when 



