COTTON-CHOPPERS. 



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2. In a cotton stalk chopper, the combina- 

 tion, with the main frame A, having the stand- 

 ards a 2 a 3 of the secondary frame consisting of 

 the longitudinal timbers b b and cross timbers 

 //, and adapted to receive and accomodate the 

 trundle head shaft, substantially as described. 



3. In a cotton stalk chopper, the trundle 

 head consisting of the two plates provided 

 with radial slots, and having the adjustable 

 cross bars, substantially as described. 



4. In a cotton stalk chopper the combination 

 of the knife frame the rock lever, and the 

 trundle head having the radially adjustable 

 cross bars substantially as described. 



5. In a cotton stalk chopper the combina- 

 tion of the trundle head having the radially 

 adjustable cross bars and the rock lever hav- 

 ing the adjustable pivot, substantially as de- 

 scribed. 



237,200. JOHN A. MOORE, Wood- 

 ville, Term. Combined Cotton Scrapers 

 Choppers and Cultivators. Feb. 1, 1880. 

 Filed Nov. 8-, 1880. 



Claim. In a cotton-chopper, the horizontal 

 lever K, fulcrumed at its rear end to the cross- 

 bar of frame C, having a front slot and pro- 

 vided with a median pin operated in a cam- 

 groove of axle-drum H, in combination with 

 the middle-pivoted chopper L N, as and for 

 the purpose specified. 



237,502. ROBERT I. DRAUGHON, 



Perdue Hill, assignor to himself and R. 

 Cunningham, Claiborne, Ala. Cotton-Chop- 

 pers. Feb. 8, 1881. Filed Nov. 9, 1880. 

 Claim. The ground-wheel D, rotating in a 

 slot of the standard C, and connected by gear 

 F G with a chopper-shaft journaled in the 

 standard-bracket I, as shown and described. 



237,931. EDWARD P. TYSON, Phil- 

 adelphia, Pa. Cotton-Choppers. Feb. 15, 

 1881. Filed Aug. 16, 1880. 

 Claim. 1. The combination of the frame 

 of the machine having a fixed fulcrum-pin, n, 

 and shaft 1, with crank m, means for rotating 

 said shaft /', a chopping-blade, M, and a bar, 

 K, carrying at its lower end the said blade M, 

 connected at the upper end to the pin of the 

 crank m, and slotted between the ends for 

 adaptation to the fixed fulcrum-pin n, as set 

 forth. 



2. The combination of the bar K, the cen- 

 trally-pivoted chopping-blade M, the slotted 

 segmental bar x, the rods w, whereby the op- 

 posite ends of said bar are connected to the 

 opposite ends of the blade, and the confining- 

 bolt x' , whereby the bar x and blade M are 

 confined in any longitudinal position to which 

 they may be adjusted, as set forth. 



3. The combination of the bar K, having a 

 segmental projection, s, the slotted segmental 

 socket t, adapted thereto, the blade M, pivoted 

 to said socket, the slotted segmental bar x and 



rods w, the pivoting-bolt s of the socket, and 

 the confining-bolts s 2 and x', as specified. 



238,028. BURW.ELL J. CURRY, 



Huntsville, Ala. Cotton-Choppers and Scra- 

 pers. Feb. 22, 1881. Filed Jan. 5, 1881. 

 Knives suspended with inclination forward 

 and an eccentric-connection with the geared 

 driving-wheel are given a vibratory thrust or 

 forward-and-back motion. The chopper-stocks 

 rock upon an eccentrically-pivoted cross-bar. 



Claim. 1. In a cotton-chopping machine, 

 the combination of longitudinally-vibrating 

 blades G G, stocks H, cross-beam L, cross-bar 

 J, shaft or rod K, with pitman M, eccentric- 

 wheel N, and pinion F, substantially as de- 

 scribed. 



2. In cotton-chopping machines, the conv 

 bination of blades G G, stock H, shaft or rod 

 K, pitman M, and eccentric-wheel N, as sub- 

 stantially set forth and described. 



238,183. LORENZO W. TRUE, Mont- 

 gomery, Ala., assignor of one-half to Har- 

 vey A. Wilson, same place. Cotton-Chop- 

 pers. Feb. 22, 1881. Filed Oct. 16, 1880. 

 To the cross-bar of the frame the drag-bars 

 are pivoted. Their rear ends have vertical 

 play in loops on the axle of the rear frame. 

 This rear frame rests upon truck- wheels, and 

 has connecting-bars hinged upon the main 

 frame, so that it may adapt itself to the un- 

 evenness of the ground. It has various-shaped 

 blades to cultivate or run across rows of cotton. 

 Claim. 1. In a cotton-chopper, the front 

 section, A, having the finger-bars H attached 

 thereto, in combination with the rear section, 

 B, supporting the rear ends of said finger-bars, 

 the two sections being hinged together, sub- 

 stantially as and for the purposes set forth. 



2. In a cotton-chopper, the combination, 

 with the section A and the rear section, B, 

 hinged thereto, of the pivoted finger-bars H, 

 passed between the uprights b, and provided 

 with the choppers ti and colters g, of the rod 

 I and levers P, constructed and operating sub- 

 stantially as and for the purposes set forth. 



239,176. SAMUEL M. LOVE, Minnea- 

 polis, Minn., assignor of one-half to Martin 

 L. Ludwig, same place. Combined Cultiva- 

 tors and Cotton-Choppers. Mar. 22, 1881. 

 Filed Dec. 22, 1880. 



A reciprocating chopper is supported by 

 small wheels and frame, and are hinged by a 

 system of bars to a hanger from the main frame, 

 one of which carries a pin running in the 

 groove of a cam-wheel. The connecting arch 

 of the drag-bars is formed of a shaft in two 

 cogged parts carrying a lever and lifting-rods 

 in staples of the bars. A crank-pinion runs 

 the shaft -sections and the drag -bars to or from 

 each other. Beam-hangers curve upward away 

 from each other. 



Claim. 1. In a cotton-chopper, the combi- 



