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lateral movement of the fenders is prevented, 

 as set forth. 



258,305. WALTER W. KELLY, 



Hastings, Mich. Combined Wheelbarrows 



and Cultivators. May 23, 1882. Filed 



Dec. 28, 1881. 



Claim. In a combined wheelbarrow and 

 cultivator, the wooden side bars and handles. 

 A B, having metal extensions b to support the 

 wheel c, and provided with bent metal cross- 

 bars A' and with upturned stakes I, in combin- 

 ation with the legs D, each made of a single 

 piece of bent metal, and hinged to and between 

 the cross-bars A', the socket E, secured to the 

 front cross-bar, the shovel G, having a shank 

 adapted to be adjustably secured in the socket 

 E, and the metal body H, bent to fit the frame 

 and stakes, and provided with rigid eyes to 

 slip over the stakes, all combined substantially 

 as shown and described. 



264,138. BENONI COLVIN, Freeport, 

 111. Rotary Hand-Cultivators. Sep. 12, 

 1882. Filed July 6, 1882. 

 Claim. 1. In a hand-cultivator, the com- 

 bination of a series of cultivating-shovels, 

 means for rotating the same in circles, and 

 means for varying the distance of the shovels 

 from the center of rotation. 



2. In a hand-cultivator, the combination of 

 a vertical handle and a series of vertical arms 

 provided with shovels at their lower ends, the 

 handle and arms being connected rigidly by a 

 clamp adapted to allow the variation of the 

 distance of each of the shovel-carrying arms 

 from the handle. 



3. In a rotary hand-cultivator, the combina- 

 tion of the handle D, arch A, and spring O, 

 substantially as and for the purpose described. 



4. In a hand-cultivator, the combination of 

 a supporting-arch provided with two or more 

 retaining-points, a handle pivoted in said arch, 

 and a series of shovels attached to said handle 

 at its lower end by means adapted to permit 

 the lateral adjustment of said shovels, substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose described. 



5. The combination of the arch A with its 



brace B, handle D, spring O, clamp F, G, 

 arms H H, and shovels K K, all substantially 

 as and for the purpose described. 



265,009. WILLIAM BLAKE, Chester, 

 S. C. Cultivators. Sep. 26, 1882. Filed 

 May 2, 1882. 



Claim. A band cultivator consisting of the 

 beam A, having its forward end reduced to 

 form a handle, b, and its rear end provided 

 with a series of mortises, the straight rear tooth 

 B', and the bent teeth B, secured in said mor- 

 tises, the wheels d, journaled to the rear end of 

 the beam, the laterally projecting handle c, and 

 the stop D, substantially as herein shown and 

 described. 



266,697. WALLACE C. KELLY, 



Hastings, Mich., assignor to himself and 

 Walter W. Kelly, same place. Reverible 

 Barrow Cultivators. Oct. 31, 1882. Filed 

 Aug. 10, 1882. 



Claim. The reversible hand cultivator here 

 in described, consisting of the handle frame B, 

 in which is journaled the axle of the wheel A, 

 the curved frame D, carrying a single plow up- 

 on one side, adapted to follow the track of the 

 wheel, and cultivators upon the other side, one 

 upon each side of said wheel, the saddle arms 

 C E, sleeved upon the axle connecting with 

 the frame D, and means b, fd* adjusting the re- 

 lative positions of frame and handles, all con- 

 structed, combined, and operating as set forth. 



266,956. MYRON H. FULLER, 



Phelps, N. Y., assignor of one-half to E. 

 G. Carpenter, same place. Weeding - Ma- 

 chines. Oct. 31, 1882. Filed July 12, 1882. 



Claim. In a weeding-machine, the combi- 

 nation of the axle D, having a longitudinal 

 slot, E, the frame A secured thereto, and pro- 

 vided with the slotted cross-bar F, the spring- 

 bar M, carrying the backwardly - curved rake- 

 head M', the beams G, carrying the cutters I, 

 and the adjusting screws and nuts H, the whole 

 arranged to operate substantially in the man- 

 ner specified. 



