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PLOWS. 



1,976. BENJ. F. JEWETT, Springfield, 



111. Plows. Feb. 12, 1 841. 



The before-described manner of fastening 

 together the mold -board and sheath. 



2,132. DAVID PROUTY and JOHN 



MEARS, Boston and Dorchester, Mass. 



Plows. June 16, 1841. 



Claim. 1. .Arranging or connecting the in- 

 vertible nose and wing together by means of 

 suitable grooves on the side of the former, and 

 the corsesponding angular or wedge-shaped 

 sides of the latter fitting into the grooves, as 

 described. 



2. Embedding the invertible wing and nose 

 or point upon the mold-board and confining 

 them in their positions by means of a cap hav- 

 ing projections and grooves corresponding with 

 those of the said invertible parts, the cap being 

 rabbeted to the plowshare, so as to have its 

 upper face a continuation of the curved surface 

 of the same, the whole being confined together 

 by a bolt or bolts and nuts, substantially as 

 hereinbefore described. 



2,274. JOSEPH and HENRY F. 



CROMWELL, Cynthiana, Ky. Plows. 



Sep. 25, 1841. 



Claim. The method of combining the mold- 

 board, point, and landside or bar of the plow, 

 as herein set forth, viz : by constructing the 

 landside and point in one piece, detached from 

 the mold-board, and attaching the latter to it 

 by means of a groove in the point and ears 

 riveted on the landside, through which bolts 

 are passed so as to secure the whole. 



2,389. RINHEN McMILLEN, Mid- 

 dleburg, Ohio. Plows. Dec. 14, 1841. 



Claim. 1. So forming the beam as to cause 

 it on its lower side to ri.;e directly from the 

 forward and lower point, b, of the mold-board, 

 and its upper edge to rise'directly from the up- 

 per and forward end, c, of the said mold-board, 

 its lower portion, A, constituting a cotinua- 

 tion of the landside, said beam rising thence 

 upward and forward in the manner represented 

 in the drawings hereunto annexed, and in com- 

 bination therewith the casting of the share and 

 colter in one piece in such a manner as that a 

 V-groove on the back edge of the colter shall 

 be leceived by a corresponding edge on the 

 front line of the beam or landside A continued, 

 as shown at O P, by which means the colter 

 will be retained in its place and secured against 

 the action of a blow on the under side of the 

 point or share. 



2. The particular manner in which I confine 

 the share in place by means of what I have de- 

 nominated the " saddle," and the hooked tenon 

 or tenons, and the dovetailed tenon F', adapted 

 to the dovetail gain or notch L in the landside, 

 into which it is slipped back, the respective 

 parts bein constructed and operating substan- 

 tially in the manner herein set forth. 



3. The particular manner in which I secure 

 the mold-board to the landside bv means of the 



hooked piece d, in combination with the mor- 

 tise B', the share C, and the projecting piece S 

 on the inner part of the landside for sustaining 

 the point or forward end of the mold-board, all 

 as herein described. 



2,548. GEORGE WATT, Gainesville, 



Ala. Plows. Apr. n, 1842. 



Claim. 1. The mode of fastening the beam 

 to the side of the standard by means of the 

 cuff H, embracing the beam and passing 

 through the standard by which arrangement 

 the beam is not weakened by perforations for 

 the usual bolt fastenings or tenoning, and like 

 wise the beam is rendered adjustable, in the 

 manner and for the purpose above described. 



2. The method of attaching and bracing the 

 colter to the beam by means of cuffs embracing 

 the beam in the manner described instead of 

 being bolted through the beam, as heretofore. 



2,557. THOMAS WIARD, Avon, N. Y 



Plows. Apr. 16, 1842. 



Claim. The projection e and rib c on the 

 on the mold-board combined with the mortise 

 e l projection and. overlapping share f in the 

 manner and for the purpose herein described. 



2,620. NATHAN HULL, De Kalb, Miss. 



Plows. May 12, 1842. 



Claim. The application of this braced frame 

 to the use and purpose of altering the mode of 

 setting iron plows to and from land. 



2,712. SAMUEL MYERS, Marion, 



Ohio. Plows. July n, 1842. 



Claim. The mode of altering the set of the. 

 plow, by means of the rods, B, E, and A, com- 

 bined and operating in the manner herein set 

 forth. 



2,762. JAIRUS S. TAFFT, Amherst, 



N. Y. Plows. Aug. 25, 1842. 



Claim. 1. Constructing the mold board 

 and shares C and E V of a plow so that a share 

 can be applied to either the upper or under 

 side of the mold-board in the manner and for 

 the purpose herein set forth. 



2. The inclination of the cutter and land- 

 side, so as to cut a rhomboidal furrow slice, as 

 above described. 



2,998. ABNER TEAGUE, Jackson, 



Tenn. Plows. Mar. 10, 1843. 



Claim. The combination of the standards 

 e and c with the landside all formed of a single 

 bar of iron constructed and arranged as above 

 specified. 



3,034. WILLIAM OGLE, Frederick, 



Md, Plows. Apr. 6, 1843. 



Claim. 1. The manner of constructing and 

 securing the cutter as described. 



2. Extending the landside face of the cutler 

 beyond the face of the landside to reduce fric- 

 tion as described. 



3,052. JEREMIAH GALLATIN, Man- 

 chester, Ohio. Plows. Apr. 15, 1843. 

 Claim. 1. The mode and manner of adjust- 



