COTTON-CHOPPERS. 



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A', of the curved scraper-beams E E, pivoted 

 to the tongue at /, the screw-threaded brace 

 and spreader H, lifting-lever G', and geared 

 chopper, with adjustable hoes as shown and 

 described. 



2. The pivoted beams E E, with adjusting- 

 brace H, in combination with the rock-shaft 

 G, arm F, pivoted standard F', spring f, lever 

 G', and ratchet G 2 , substantially as shown and 

 described. 



3. The pivoted beams E E, braces H, ad- 

 justable lever-arm F, and rock-shaft G, in com- 

 bination with the foot - levers *' P, having 

 spring-extensions, and fulcrumed on the pin i\ 

 whereby the scraper-beams may be vibrated 

 laterally, substantially as shown and described. 



245,175. JAY J. JOHNSON, , Aberdeen , 

 Miss. Cotton - Choppers. Aug. 2, 1881. 

 Filed Aug. 28, 1881. 



Claim. 1. In a cotton chopper and cultiva- 

 tor, the combination, with the axle B, provided 

 with the gear-wheel H, of the hinged frame K, 

 the shaft J, provided with gear-wheels I L, the 

 shaft N, provided with gear-wheel M and pul- 

 ley O, the shaft R, provided with pulley Q, 

 and the endless belt P, substantially as and for 

 the purpose set forth. 



2. In a cotton chopper and cultivator, the 

 combination, with the hinged frame K and the 

 driving-gearing, of the pulleys O Q, the belt 

 P, and the knives S, substantially as herein 

 shown and described, whereby the plants will 

 be chopped to a stand with a cut of uniform 

 depth all the way across the row, as set forth. 



3. In a cotton chopper and cultivator, the 

 endless belt P, provided with a series of knives, 

 the first of which is bent forward, while the 

 others are bent rearward, substantially as and 

 for the purpose set forth. 



4. In a cotton chopper and cultivator, the 

 endless belt P, carrying a series of chopping- 

 knives, and having a portion of its surface 

 without knives, substantially as and for the pur- 

 pose set forth. 



5. In a cotton chopper and cultivator, the 

 combination, with the endless belt P, of the 

 knives hinged thereto and held in place by the 

 pins e, substantially as and for the purpose set 

 forth. 



6. In a cotton chopper and cultivator, the 

 combination, with the hinged frame K, carry- 

 ing the endless belt of knives and its operating 

 mechanism, of the standard T, provided with 

 the wheels U, substantially as and for the pur- 

 pose set forth. 



245,210. J. W. PARSONS, Alcorn 

 County, Miss. Combined Harrows and Cot- 

 ton-Choppers. Aug. 2, 1881. Filed May 

 25, 1881. 



The geared shaft has a crank with an oppo- 

 site heavy end to act as a counter-balance. 

 The crank, by means of compound levers, im- 

 parts a* transverse reciprocating motion to a 



bar from which the chopper-arm is suspended. 

 A spring-loop and hook-lever to hold the 

 plows elevated. 



Claim. In a harrow and chopper, the com- 

 bination, with the driving-wheel B', of the 

 shaft geared thereto and provided with the 

 counter-balance J, the compound lever com- 

 posed of the arms a, b, and c, and the trans- 

 versely-reciprocating bar H', provided with 

 the chopper H, substantially as and for the 

 purposes set forth. 



245,492. FRIEDERICH A. HEL- 

 MECKE, Round Top, Texas. Cotton 

 Choppers. Aug. 9, 1881. Filed Mar. 19, 

 1881. 



Devices for simultaneously raising and low- 

 ering the hoes and throwing them in and out 

 of gear. 



Claim. In a cotton-chopper, the combina- 

 tion, with shaft/, of the thimble J, having the 

 collar i, provided with arm i 2 , the axle B, the 

 rod/, and the rock-shaft K, having arms k &*, 

 the rod m, and lever M, as and for the purpose 

 specified. 



246,069. SAMUEL E. BROWN, Hous- 

 ton, Ga. Cotton-Cultivators. Aug. 23, 

 1881. Filed Apr. 11, 1881. 

 An inner frame carrying the chopper and 

 plows and having posts which pass up through 

 guides secured to the outer frame. The inner 

 frame and working parts are raised in the 

 guides by a lever whose fulcrum is on the seat- 

 bar supported by the main frame. 



Claim. 1. In a cotton-cultivator, the main 

 frame A, provided with uprights a, supporting 

 the cross-pieces b, in combination with the in- 

 ner frame, C, carrying the cultivators G and 

 chopper-shaft D, said frame C being provided 

 with the fixed vertical guides or pins c, passing 

 through holes in cross-pieces £, substantially as 

 set forth. 



2. The combination of the outer frame, A, 

 and inner frame, C, having the strap J and pin 

 s, the vertical pins c, cross-pieces b, and lever 

 H, all being constructed as shown, for the pur- 

 poses set forth. 



246,582. BERT S. WILDER, Dexter, 



Texas. Cotton-Choppers. Aug. 30, 1881. 



Filed June 4, 1881. 



Claim. 1. A cotton-chopper having the 

 horizontal cutter E, and provided with a roll- 

 ing support that is swiveled to the front end of 

 the frame and trails behind such swiveled con- 

 nection immediately in front of the cutting- 

 blades, substantially as and for the purpose 

 specified. 



2. The combination of the wheel H, jour- 

 naled in the swiveled frame G, with the chop- 

 per-knife E, adjustably mounted in the angular 

 frame C, whereby the cutting-depth of said 

 chopper is gaged, substantially as and for the 

 purpose shown. 



