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COTTON-CHOPPERS. 



arranged and operated substantially as shown 

 and described. 



2. The cam H, pin e, rods I and K, sleeve 

 /, standard L, and hoe M, arranged and oper- 

 ated as shown and described, in combination 

 with the vertical and lateral swinging plows 

 provided with right and left shares, and con- 

 nected by the bar i, substantially as and for 

 the purposes shown and described. 



144,281. MANSFIELD L. NEARN, 

 Double Bridges, Tenn. Cotton Choppers 

 and Cultivators. Nov. 4, 1873. Filed Mar. 

 22, 1873. 



The cultivator-shovels are secured to the 

 standards by means of bands passed through 

 slots formed in the shovel-blades. 



Claim. The bands a passed through slots 

 in the shovels M, and secured in the notches of 

 the standards L, by means of screw-bolts, as 

 shown and described. 



145,849. JOHN COSTON, Bowdon, Ga. 

 Cotton - Choppers. Dec. 23, 1873. Filed 

 July 17, 1873. 



The pinion-wheel carries a crank-shaft to 

 which is attached the hinged frame of the 

 choppers, and by which their movement after 

 each stroke is made to describe an ellipse, pass- 

 ing over the tops of the plants. 

 . Claim. 1. The combination of the wheel 



C, cog-wheel D, pinion d, crank-shaft E, slot- 

 ted bar h, and set-screw i with the main frame 

 A, all substantially as set forth. 



2. The combination of the hoe H, or its 

 equivalent, springs L L', jointed handles G G', 

 crank-shaft E, and bar I, all substantially as 

 and for the purposes herein set forth: 



146,061. JOSEPH M. GARRETT, Bren- 

 ham, Tex. Cotton - Choppers. Dec. 30, 

 1873. Filed Aug. 16, 1873. 



The chopper-knives are geared by belts to 

 the traction-wheels. A tilting frame carries 

 the plows, which are pivoted to hangers de- 

 pending from the main frame and operated by 

 a compound lever. 



Claim. In combination with the frame A, 

 carrying a cotton-chopper operated by belted 

 gearing from the traction - wheel D D, the 

 swinging frame L, plow-standard M, lever N, 

 and connecting-bar h, substantially as speci- 

 fied. 



146,404. HEZEKIAH W. RUMFELT, 



South Point, N. C. Combined Plows, 

 Scrapers, and Choppers. Jan. 13, 1874. 

 Filed Nov. 22, 1873. 



A plow, scraper, and cotton-chopper, with 

 gearing for revolving the latter, and combined 

 upon one plow-beam. 



Claim. The combination of the chopper 

 L L, the following scraper F, and the rear plow 



D, as and for the purpose described. 



147,844. WILLIAM J. JOHNSON, 



Spring Place, Ga. Cotton-Choppers. Feb. 

 24, 1874. Filed Dec. 20, 1873. 



Knives are attached to pivoted arms, which 

 extend from the wheels to the front of the ma- 

 chine on either side. The rear end of the arm 

 forms a pin, which works in an eccentric 

 groove in the bearing-wheels, and, being of 

 irregular depth, the knives are caused to make 

 strokes at intervals, and are then thrown back 

 by springs. 



Claim. The combination of the cutters J, 

 levers H, springs K, or equivalent, adjustable 

 pivoting-standards I, and cam-grooves g*, in 

 combination with the wheels G and with the 

 frame -work of the machine, substantially as 

 herein shown and described, and for the pur- 

 pose set forth. 



148,157. JOHN J. WATROUS, West 

 Point, Ga. Combined Gang-Plows, Culti- 

 vators, and Choppers. - Mar. 3, 1874. Filed 

 Jan. 5, 1874. 



An elevated arch or yoke is mounted upon 

 the main frame, in which a pivoted the front 

 end of a swinging frame, the side pieces of 

 which are the handles. A chopper is mounted 

 upon the axle. 



Claim. 1. The combination of the wheels 

 A, axle B, frame C, bow E, cross-bars F H I, 

 and pivoted handle-frame G, substantially as 

 herein shown and described. 



2. The combination of the slotted, perfor- 

 ated, and pivoted bar O, perforated cross-bar 

 H, frame C, keeper U, bars T, and plow- 

 beams S, as shown and described. 



149,492. THOMAS E. MARABLE, 



Petersburg, Va., assignor of two-thirds his 



right to Joseph B. Dunn and Starke A. 



Plummer, same place. Cotton-Choppers. 



Apr. 7, 1874. Filed Feb. 6, 1874. 



The crank reciprocates a horizontal cross-bar 

 carrying a chopping-knife at each end, for 

 thinning two rows at once. 



Claim. The reciprocating bar E, having 

 the slotted enlargement F at its center, and 

 provided with the perforations a a, for the re- 

 ception of the standards M of the adjustable 

 cutters L, in combination with the axle K, 

 shaft G, pinions I J, and crank H, substan- 

 tially as described, and for the purpose set 

 forth. 



149,543. EDWARD H. SUTTON, Eden- 

 ton, N. C. Cotton-Cultivators. Apr. 7, 

 1874. Filed Feb. 17, 1874. 

 Attached to the plow-beam, with other cul- 

 tivating devices, is a horizontal blade or cutter, 

 attached to the shoe of a turning standard. 

 The shoe may be turned on the standard, to 

 set the blade at any angle, and, by a finger- 

 lever attached to the plow-handle, opposed by 

 a spring, a motion like shear-blades is imparted 

 to the cutter. 



