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HANDLES. 



The plow has a hinged handle which can be 

 folded over to one side in order to pass ob- 

 structions. 



Claim, i. The rigid handle h, in combina- 

 tion with the hinged movable handle /, sub- 

 stantially as and for the purpose above de- 

 scribed. 



2. In combination with a rigid and movable 

 handle, the bracing-rod O provided with a rule- 

 joint in the middle, substantially as and for 

 the purpose above described. 



172,394. WM. A. COUCH, Hannibal, 

 Mo. Plow-Handles. Jan. 18, 1876. Filed 



A Pr- 3> 7875- 



The hand-piece of the handle is an open scroll 

 casting, with ears to receive the wood. 



Claim. As a new article of manufacture, 

 an open-work socketed plow-handle, formed of 

 strip a 1 , bars a 1 , and flanges <i s a*, all substan- 

 tially as shown and described. 



174,055. WM. S. BABCOCK, Plainfield, 

 Conn. Plow and Cultivator Handles. Feb. 

 29, 1876. Filed Dec. 20, 1875. 

 Claim. The circular plow-handle, bent and 



secured as shown, substantially as and for the 



purpose set forth. 



187,648. W. WEAVER, Havana, N. Y., 

 assignor of one-half his right to G. S. Wea- 

 ver, same place. Plow-Handle Tips. Feb. 

 20, 1877. Filed Aug, 5, 1876. 

 The construction of the hand portion or tip, 

 made in two parts, secured together by lugs and 

 bolts. 



Claim. The hollow section A, having lugs a 

 a 1 , tooth a 2 and the flaring lip A 3 , in combination 

 with the hollow section A 1 , recessed to re- 

 ceive the tooth a 2 , and provided with the flar- 

 ing lip A 3 , substantially as described, and for 

 the purpose set forth. 



214,272. WILLIAM B. ALLEN, Or- 

 leans, N. Y. Plows. Apr. 15, 1879. Fil ed 

 Sep. 17, 1878. 



Claim. A mold-board provided on its inner 

 side with an arched brace, the opposite ends 

 of which are secured to or formed solid with the 

 mold-board, said brace constructed with a flat 

 bearing, with an elongated slot formed therein, 

 in combination with a plow-handle, and means 

 for securing the handle to said bearing in an 

 adjustable manner, substantially as set forth. 



214,487. JOHN H. BURGHARDT, 



Stockbridge, Mass., assignor to himself and 



W. A. Miles, Copake Iron Works, N. Y. 



Plows Apr. 22, 1879. Filed Nov. 8, 1878. 



Claim. 1. In combination with the share 

 and handles, the intermediate metal frame, B, 

 substantially as described, pivoted at its lower 

 end to the share, as and for the purpose set 

 forth. 



2. In combination with the metal frame B, 

 having the pivoted journal and handle recesses, 

 as described, the transverse pin P and handles 

 C, as set forth. 



226,535. LEWIS B. MORGAN, West 

 Liberty, W. Va., assignor to John E. Wayt, 

 same place, and William Rice, Jr., West 

 Alexander, Pa., one-third to each. Plow and 

 Cultivator Handles. Apr. 13, 1880. Filed 

 Sep. 5, 1879. 



A semicircular ratcheted brace and handles 

 with a spring-catch and hand-lever to allow 

 the handles to be adjusted laterally in the arc 

 of a circle. 



Claim. The combination of the handles C, 

 cross-bar D, spring-catch F, the rod and lever 

 G H, the latter placed contiguous to the rear 

 end of the handles, and the plow-beam and 

 notched arch B, as shown and described. 



236,881. JOHN FINNEGAN, Ann Ar- 

 bor, Mich. Plows. Jan. 15, 1881. Filed 

 Nov. 10, 1880. 



Claim. The combination, with the mold- 

 board A, landside C, and handles F, of the 

 brace-iron E, rigidly secured at its ends to the 

 mold-board and landside, and provided with 

 the slots e e' , arm a, having an offset, c, bear- 

 ing against the upper edge of the landside, and 

 arm b, having its outer face curved to fit the 

 mold-board, and provided at its upper end with 

 the short arm d, substantially as described, and 

 for the purpose set forth. 



252,419. DENISON P. BIGELOW, 



Albion, Mich., assignor to the Gale Manu- 

 facturing Company, same place. Plows. 

 Jan. 17, 1882. Filed July 8, 1881. 

 Claim. In a plow, and in combination with 

 the handles thereof, pivoted at their lower ends 

 as described, the tail-iron G, adjustably secured 

 to the rear end of the beam, and provided 

 with a vertical slot, and curved on its outer 

 surface on the arc of a circle drawn from the 

 handle-pivots, and the index F, fastened be- 

 tween the handles and provided with a lateral 

 slot, and having its outer surface curved to 

 correspond with the adjoining surface of the 

 tail-iron substantially as and for the purpose 

 specified. 



252,722. WILLIAM P. BROWN, 



Zanesville, Ohio. Plow-Handles. Jan 24, 



1882. Filed Dec. 10, 1881. 



Claim. 1. The combination, with the 

 handle E, beam A, and bolts C and P, of the 

 brace B, having a curved slot in its upper end 

 formed with an intermediate shouldered bend 

 or bearing, substantially as specified. 



2. The handle-brace B, having at its upper end 

 the curved slot F, formed with an intermediate 

 shouldered bend, G, a rear extension, L, and a 

 forward and downward extension, N, substan- 

 tially as specified. 



259,126. LEWIS GIBBS, Canton, Ohio, 

 assignor to himself, John R. Bucher, and 

 Henry A. Cavnah. Plows. June 6, 1882. 

 Filed Mar. 3, 1882. 



Claim. 1. The upper handle-brace, a, of a 

 trough-like shape, with the convex side down- 

 ward, and formed with openings, c, in com- 



