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COTTON-SCRAPERS. 



cut into the ground, in order to guide the ma- 

 chine and keep it steady. 



Claim. The machine described consisting 

 of the central beam A, with its removable shov- 

 el plow, wheels a a elbow irons a 1 a 1 , cross 

 beam B, bars C C, side beams D D, with their 

 shares, and the handles E, all combined and 

 arranged as described, for the purpose set 

 forth. 



134,080. CYRUS MARSH. 2d, Natchez 

 Miss. Cotton Scrapers. Dec. 17, 1872. 

 Claim 1. In a machine of substantially the 

 described construction, the combination of 

 sharp guiding wheels in front with guiding 

 heel plates in rear, substantially as described. 



2. The combination in a single machine, of 

 guiding and elevating mechanism, substantially 

 as described, the frame, and a pair of scraper 

 blades having heel plates attached thereto, all 

 substantially as described, for the purpose set 

 forth. 



134,275. JAMES R. HARRIS, Hazle- 

 hurst, Miss. Plows. Dec. 24, 1872. 

 Claim. The mold board B, having its out- 

 er or rear portion cut away, from/" to b at an 

 angle of about forty or forty-five degrees, in 

 combination with a plow joint and scraper, 

 substantially as and for the purposes herein set 

 forth. 



134,632. NOAH BELL and HENRY 

 WINFIELD, Pan tego Township, Beaufort 

 county, N C. Cotton-Cultivators. Jan. 7, 



l8 73- 



Claim. 1. The construction and arrange- 

 ment of the bars C d l E 2 , land-sides D D', and 

 clip d' 1 , substantially as specified. 



2. The diverging flange clearers H secured 

 to the land sides D D', at their forward ends, 

 in combination with the oblique shovels F F', 

 substantially as specified. 



3. The slotted, pivoted, and obliquely-ar- 

 ranged shovels F F', saddles E E 1 and bent 

 standards d x E 2 , combined and arranged sub- 

 stantially as specified. 



135,863. JAMES P. SWOFFORD, 



Brownville, Miss. Scraper Attachments for 



Plows. Feb. 11, 1873. 



Claim. The combination, with the plow- 

 beam A, of the adjustable and curved beam D 

 provided \^th the scraper G, the said beam 

 being perforated, as shown, and bolted to the 

 beam at e through one of said perforations, 

 and connected at its front end to the lower end 

 of the short arm ;/ pivoted to the plow-beam, 

 all substantially as and for the purposes herein 

 set forth. 



139,750. CHARLES ZOCHER, Augus- 

 ta, Ga. Cotton-Cultivators. June 10, 1873. 

 Filed Mar. 29, 1873. 



A series of notches or offsets, inclined back- 

 ward and upward, are formed upon the sweep 

 so that it may clear itself of trash. 



Claim. The sweep B, having its cutting- 



edge notched and the portion of said edge be- 

 tween the offsets b\ inclined, as specified, for 

 the purpose of enabling the sweep to clear it- 

 self of obstructions, as set forth. 



141,355. WILLIAM JARRELL, Hum- 

 boldt, Tenn. Cotton-Scrapers. July 29, 

 1873. Filed June 14, 1873. 

 An extension or toe piece is formed on the 

 plow-frame extending leftward from the front 

 standard, by which a firm seat is formed for 

 the scraper, and its center is brought in the 

 line of draft. 



Claim. The obliquely-extending frontward 

 and leftward toe-piece F G H of the standard 

 C, in combination with the scraper I and beam 

 E, all constructed and arranged as shown and 

 described. 



144,509. JAMES M. COBB, Jackson, 

 Tenn. Cotton - Scraping Plows. Nov. 11, 

 1873. Filed July 22, 1873. 

 Claim. The combination of the frame, con- 

 sisting of the top bar D, outwardly -bent stand-" 

 ards E D curved downward and forward, as 

 described, and the foot-piece G extending to 

 the right of the standards, with the scraper C, 

 the beam A, and the handles B B, all substan- 

 tially as set forth. 



146,848. FREDERICK G. THURS- 

 TON, New York, N. Y., assignor to M. 

 Ma Del Gado and Joaquin Llera, same place. 

 Furrow Scrapers. Jan. 27, 1874. Filed 

 Aug. 23, 1873. 



The scraper- blade has oblique ends narrow- 

 ing toward the rear, where the blade is sharply 

 cut away, to gather the soil and allow it to fall 

 over the center. 



Claim. In a furrow-scraper, the plate A pro- 

 vided with lateral vertical flanges a 1 h 1 con- 

 verging to the cut-away central portion o"f said 

 plate, as and for the purpose set forth. 



147,633. ELIAS HAIMAN, Columbus, 



Ga. Sweeps for Cultivators and Plows. Feb. 



17, 1874. Filed June 7, 1873. 



The sheet-metal cultivator-sweep or winged 

 shovel is strengthened centrally by a bead or 

 ridge "struck up," the wings also being pro- 

 vided with flanges turned upon their rear edges. 



Claim. As a new article of manufacture, a 

 sheet-metal sweep, A having the ribs a 3 a 4, a*, 

 arranged as described. 



6,887. ELIAS HAIMAN, Columbus, 

 Ga. Sweeps for Cultivators and Plows. 

 Patent No. 147,633. Feb. 17, 1874. Re- 

 issued Feb. 1, 1876. Filed Dec 18, 1875. 

 Ridges and flanges formed upon the -sweep 



to stiffen and strengthen it. 



Claim. 1. The ridge or bead a 3 , formed 



upon the middle part of the sweep, between 



the bolt hole and the point, substantially as 



herein shown and described. 



2. The flange a\ formed upon the upper 



edge of the wings a 1 , substantially as herein 



shown and described. 



