COTTON-CHOPPERS. 



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ing-bar M, respectively, substantially as de- 

 scribed. 



3. The hoe-stocks being vertically adjustable 

 in the beams, and also adjustable by the bar 

 M and rods N P, substantially as described. 



263,660. LEWIS S- McMULLEN, 

 Atlanta, Ga., assignor of one-half to Jacob 

 McKinley, same place. Cotton-Choppers. 

 Aug. 29, 1882. Filed Apr. 22, 1882. 



Claim. 1. The plow-beam D, formed of a 

 single bar of metal bent upward and outward 

 at its middle to provide an- arch, d 2 , and plow- 

 standards d' d' , and having its ends curved for- 

 ward and brought together, and provided with 

 means whereby it may be attached to the pend- 

 ent arm d, substantially as set forth. 



2. The combination of the frame A, the 

 pendent arm e, secured at the middle of the 

 rear bar of the frame, the plows / /, pivoted 

 to the lower end of the arm e, the pendent arm 

 d, the plows or beams D, pivoted to the arm d, 

 the lifting mechanism d* d b , and the choppers 

 c c, supported on the shaft a and between and 

 in line with the plows e' e' and d' d' substan- 

 tially as set forth. 



265,278. LUTHER B. OWEN, Mar- 

 ietta, Ga., assignor to Cornelia E. Owen, 

 same place. Cultivators. Oct. 3, 1882. 

 Filed May 23, 1882. ' 



The driving-wheel carries the cam -wheel, 

 which actuates a pendent bar connected by 

 links and bell-cranks to the knives, giving them 

 an intermittent motion, striking together to 

 cut the row of plants, and then withdrawn to 

 leave a hill. A cranked bar carries the scrap- 

 ers at each end, and when at work bears against 

 a rear cross-bar. 



Claim. 1. The combination, with the frame 

 having a cross-piece, O, standards I I, and 

 carrying a rotary shaft on which is fixed the 

 drive-wheel, and a wheel or disk, G, having 

 cams or projections H, of a rock-shaft journal- 

 ed between standards I I, having an arm, K, 

 engaged by cogs H, and suitable spring mech- 

 anism, N, and the chopping-blades journaled 

 on spindles or pins on piece O, and connected 

 to lower end of arm K by rod T, as set forth. 



2. The combination, with a cross-piece, O, 

 on the frame, having projecting spindles or 

 pins R R, of chopping-blades, the shanks or 

 tangs of which are journaled on said spindles, 

 and provided with inwardly-extending arms S, 

 to which is pivoted a connecting-rod, T, also 

 pivoted at its rear end to the vibratory arm of a 

 rock-shaft, as set forth. 



3. The combination, with a frame having a 

 cross-piece, O, carrying the hoes or choppers, 

 and a cross-piece, X, in front of the same, of 

 the plows on the ends of one U-shaped stand- 

 ard, hinged to the latter, so as to be thrown 

 up out of engagement, and when in use adapt- 

 ed to bear against cross-piece O, as set forth. 



265,968. MATHEW H. KEYS, Ox- 

 ford, Miss. Cultivators and Cotton-Chop- 

 pers. Oct. 17, 1882. Filed Julv 29, 1882. 



Claim. 1. The combination, with the frame 

 having the axle and cross front rod or bar, of 

 one or more platforms, hinged on said rod at 

 their front ends, and supported on the axle at 

 their rear ends, said platforms carrying the 

 cultivators and adapted to be elevated, as set 

 forth. 



2. The combination, with the frame having 

 the front cross rod or bar, on which is hinged 

 and adapted to slide one or more pulley-blocks, 

 of one or more platforms hinged on said front 

 rod provided with a series of slots, in which 

 the cultivator-shanks are hinged or pivoted, and 

 the connecting chain or rope secured to the 

 cultivators and passing over the pulley, as set 

 forth. 



3. The combination, with the frame having 

 the front cross bar or rod, of the two plat- 

 forms hinged on the latter, one at each side, 

 and carrying the hinged or pivoted cultivators, 

 and the central cultivator hinged on said front 

 rod between the platforms, as set forth. 



4. The combination, with the frame having 

 the front cross rod or bar and carrying the 

 rock-shaft in rear thereof, of one or more 

 platforms hinged on said front rod, and con- 

 nected at their rear ends to the rock-shaft by a 

 chain or cord extending up and adapted to 

 wind round the latter to elevate the platforms 

 on their hinges, as set forth. 



5. The combination, with the frame com- 

 prising the side beams having the standards 

 carrying a rock-shaft, one beam being pro- 

 vided with a bracket having bearings for a 

 shaft carrying a pulley, the front cross rod or 

 bar, and carrying the axle, of the platforms 

 hinged on the latter, and supported at their 

 rear ends by the axle, the platform-elevating 

 chains or ropes, and the rock-shaft-operating 

 chain or rope, as set forth. 



6. The combination, with the rod carrying 

 a plate, T, at its end, of a spring-plate, U, to 

 limit the movement of plate T, and by its 

 downward tension thereon retain it in position, 

 as set forth. 



7. The combination, with the frame having 

 the side beams carrying the axle and cross 

 front rod or bar, of the platforms (one or 

 more) hinged on the latter and resting on the 

 former, and the rods moving on the beams and 

 having at their ends angular plates to retain 

 the platform down, as set forth. 



8. The combination of the frame carrying 

 the rock-shaft, and having the front cross rod 

 or bar and the rotary axle, the hinged plat- 

 forms carrying the forward cultivators, the 

 hinged standard carrying the rotary chopper 

 shaft, mechanism for operating the latter, and 

 the elevating chains or ropes, as set forth. 



