HANDLES. 



42,220. S. J. OLMSTED, Biiighamton, 



N. Y. Plow Handles. Apr. 5, 1864. 



This invention consists in making the curved 

 part of the handle of cast iron or other metal, 

 secured by means of a socket to the lower part 

 of the said handle, and provided with a hole 

 above the socket, through which the reins of 

 the team may be passed and secured within 

 convenient reach of the operator. 



Claim. The metallic hand handle for plows 

 and other agricultural implements having a 

 rein hole therein, and constructed substantially 

 as herein recited. 



59,437. JOSEPH A. MOORE, Louis- 

 ville, Ky. Plows. Nov. 6, 1866. 

 A slotted flange is attached to the inside of 

 the mold-board, to which the handle is at- 

 tached by bolts and nuts. 



Claim. The slotted flange, made and de- 

 scribed and for the purpose set forth. 



64,464. GEORGE WATT, Richmond, 

 Va. Plow Handles. May 7, 1867. 

 The curve of the handle is formed with a 

 cast socket to avoid bending the timber. 



Claim. The curved metallic socket A, con- 

 structed as described, and employed for the 

 purpose specified. 



79,532. CHARLES WILLIAMS, Jack- 

 son,' Miss. Attaching Handles to Mold 

 Boards of Plows. June 30, 1868. 

 The lugs are cast upon the mold board, and 

 are either cast around wrought-iron rods, which 

 are threaded to receive the nuts, or cast solidly 

 and drilled to receive bolts. 



Claim. The lugs a a, bolts d d, nuts c,C % 

 and handle e, the whole combined, arranged, 

 and operated substantially in the manner here- 

 in shown and described, and for the purpose 

 set forth. 



82,934. ANDREW FRIBERG, Molinc, 



111. Plows. Oct. 13, 1868. 



The interposed plate supports the attached 

 end of the handle in a position sufficiently re- 

 moved inward from the landside to avoid 

 friction with the land and the consequent 

 wear. 



Claim. The plate C constructed and ap- 

 plied between the landside A and the handle 

 B of the plow, substantially as described. - 



85,152. EDWARD WIARD, Louisville, 



Ky., assignor to himself and Samuel W. 



Pope, same place. Plows. Dec. 22, 1868. 



The handle is arranged between lugs on the 

 mold board and is held by a holt which fits in 

 slotted hooks on the mold board. 



Claim. The lugs a a, with their projecting 

 points in combination with the slotted hook or 

 hooks b, the bolt e, handle B, and mold board 

 A, substantially as described, for the purpose 

 specified. 



91,847. E. S. HUFF, Zanesville, Ohio. 

 • Plow-Cultivators. June 29, 1869. 



Claim. The employment of the metal plate 

 A, constructed with the bars or projections <r c, 

 supplied with the pivoted arms b b, in combin- 

 ation with the handles of a cultivator, and ar- 

 ranged substantially as and for the purpose set 

 forth. 



102,071. EDWARD WIARD, Louis- 

 ville, Ky., assignor to B. F. Avery. Handle- 

 Seats for Plows. Apr. 19, 1870. 

 Claim. A plow provided with the seat D, 

 having one face fitted closely upon the inner 

 surface of mold-board A, having an outwardly 

 projecting notched flange upon its rear edge to 

 support the corresponding portion of handle 

 C, two cross- flanges to support the inner side 

 of handle C, and a socket a, to receive the 

 mold-board end of the cross-brace, all as and 

 for the purpose specified. 



102,860. SAMUEL W. POPE, Louis- 

 ville., Ky. Plows. May 10, 1870. 

 Claim. 1. The plate E, provided with the 

 lug e and projections / e' <?', as described, for 

 the purpose set forth. 



2. The plate E, handle F, and stretcher-rod 

 G, when combined as described, for the pur- 

 pose set forth. 



108,671. WILLIAM E. WYCHE, Brook- 



ville, N. C. Plow-Handles. Oct. 25, 1870. 



Antedated Oct. 7, 1870. 



Claim. The sleeve B, having two sockets 



at right angles to each other, combined with a 



hand-piece, C C, and- plow-handle A, each 



relatively constructed, and all arranged to 



form an improved attachment for plows, as 



shown and described. 



115,069. JOHN L. LAUGHLIN, Peru, 

 111. Attaching Handles to Plows. May 

 23, 1871. 

 Claim. The means employed for attaching 



a handle, B, to a plow-standard, consisting of 



the splice-bar C and bolt c, constructed and 



arranged as shown and set forth. 



138,434. JOHN T. RAFTERY, El Da- 



ra, 111. Plow - Handles. Apr. 29, 1873. 



Filed Sep. 7, 1872. 



The main part of the plow-handle is of wood, 

 the upper end being straight, and extended by 

 means of an adjustable curved plate of iron, 

 which is provided with wood casements for the 

 hands. 



Claim. The metallic adjustable slotted han- 

 dles B, having incasements c, in combination 

 with the fixed plow-shanks A and bolts b, sub- 

 stantially as and for the purpose specified: 



140,302. JOHN C POTTER, St. Hel- 

 ena, Cal. Plows. June 24, 1873. Filed 

 Mar. 29. 187;,. 



