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COTTON-SCRAPERS. 



a plow-frame, to operate together as set forth. 



185,073. H. C BUHOUP, Pittsburg, Pa. 



Cotton-Sweeps. Dec. 5, 1876. Filed Nov. 



8, 1876. 



Claim. 1. A cotton-sweep constructed with 

 a detachable point, the latter provided with a 

 rear extension, which engages by lug and 

 socket with the standard, and is firmly secured 

 to same by the binding action of the blade, 

 substantially as and for the purpose described. 



2. The combination of the standard of a 

 cotton-sweep with a blade and removable point, 

 the two latter seated in counterpart recesses in 

 the front supporting projection of the standard, 

 and attached to same by bolt-and-eye engage- 

 ment of the standard and blade, substantially 

 as and for the purpose described.. 



185,551. THOS. R. LANDON, Slades- 

 ville, N. C. Cultivators. Dec. 19, 1876. 

 Filed Aug. 21, 1876. 



Claim. The angular standard-bars F H, 

 slotted in their vertical arms, in combination 

 with the braces, I, having slotted horizontal 

 upper arms, and with the slotted adjustable 

 cross-bar E and beam A, substantially as here- 

 in shown and described. 



185,722. H. C BUHOUP, Pittsburg, 

 Pa., assignor to Alex. Spear & Sons, same 

 place. Cotton - Sweeps. Dec. 26, 1876. 

 Filed Nov. 8, 1876. 



The seat or connecting flange is formed up- 

 on the point, to adapt it for attachment to old 

 sweeps after their worn points have been cut off. 

 Claim. The combination, with the blade of 

 a cotton-sweep, of a detachable point construct- 

 ed with a depressed rear triangular extension, 

 which forms an intermediate vertical face, 

 against which abuts the front edge of the blade 

 of the sweep, the point being secured to the 

 blade by means of a bolt passing through the 

 blade and rear extension of the point, substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose set forth. 



186,611. E. H. & S. D. PERKINS, 



Visalia, Cal. Cultivators. Jan. 23, 1877. 



Filed June 6, 1876. 



Claim. 1. A pair of cutter - wings, D D, 

 made to overlap each other within a slot or 

 foot C, as and for the purpose set forth. 



2. The slotted adjustable bar E, having cross- 

 head /, in combination with wings D, having 

 notches d', as and for the purpose specified. 



196,244. CHARLES W. McMURRY, 



Gadsden, Tenn. Cotton - Scrapers. Oct. 



16,1877. Filed July 11, 1874. 



Claim. In a cotton-scraper, the frame for 

 supporting the scraper, constructed of the top 

 beam C, having ears e e, with inclined slots. / 

 the rear upright D, the slotted and sharp-edged 

 upright D', and the inclined triangular sole- 

 plate E, having its land-side edge rounded, as 

 shown at /, and thickened by the longitudinal 

 flange g, all substantially as and for the purposes 

 herein set forth. 



199,590. WILLIAM W. SPEER, Pitts- 



• burg, Pa. Cotton-Sweeps. Jan. 22, 1878. 



Filed Sep. 28, 1877. 



Claim. A cotton-sweep having a standard 

 seat or bearing, E, partly on the stem and 

 partly on the body of the sweep, the arms D 

 D and stem B being jointed by the angular 

 braces C, which are formed with curved edges 

 a, substantially as set forth. 



206,505. HENRY D. TERRELL, 



Starrsville, Ga. Scraper Attachments for 

 Shovel Plows. July 30, 1878. Filed June 



14, 1878. 



Claim. The scraper having a flat middle 

 portion and two side wings, which are inclined 

 to the rearward, and provided with downward- 

 ly and rearwardly twisted upper edges and up- 

 per corners, curved forward, as and for the pur- 

 pose set forth. 



208,088. WM. W. HARVEY. Clarks- 

 ville, Tex. Cotton-Cultivators. Sep. 17, 

 1878. Filed July 20, 1878. 



The rollers have flanges, which act as colters 

 and cut the earth near the plants, while the 

 plows serve as scrapers, thus preparing the cot- 

 ton for chopping out to a stand. 



Claim. A cotton-cultivator in which the 

 rollers/", cutters t, and scrapers /are combined 

 and relatively arranged as and for the purpose 

 specified. 



216,059. JAMES L. PUGH, Hamburg, 

 Ark. Corn and Cotton Scrapers. June 3, 

 1879. Filed Mar. 5, 1879. 

 Claim. The combination of the bracket B, 

 its bolts a a' , slot i, the blade A, its series of 

 openings c, and brace C, and its adjustable nut 

 ttif whereby the blade may be applied to the 

 beam in front of the plow, and adjusted angu- 

 larly, laterally, and horizontally, and secured 

 after adjustment, as specified. 



217,597. CHARLES E. ESTES, Col- 

 umbus, Ga. Cotton Wing - Sweeps. July 



15, 1879. Filed May 13, 1879. 



Claim. The combination of a standard A, 

 having wings a' and point C, with the thin nar- 

 row blades B, provided with transverse slots b' , 

 and bolted to the wings, so that their forward 

 ends will be clamped between the said wings 

 and the point, substantially as shown and de- 

 scribed. 



219,456. GEORGE B. GAY, Opelousas, 

 La., assignor to himself and Rudolph Mayer, 

 same place. Scraper and Sweep Attach- 

 ments for Plows. Sep. 9, 1879. Filed July 

 22, 1879. 



Claim. The combination of the triangular 

 plate A, provided with the downwardly - pro- 

 jecting perforated lug or flange a 1 at the rear 

 of the inner edge, and having a hole, a 2 , for- 

 med through it near the forward part of the 

 inner edge, the rod C, provided with a should- 

 er and nut at its lower end and a hole or slot 

 at its upper end, and the two bolts and nuts 



