450 



POINTS. 



Claim, i. The use and application, in the 

 manner and for the purpose before described, 

 of the collar. 



2. The adaptation of the mold-board for the 

 reception of the collar. 



3. Making the socket in which the shank of 

 the point is inserted open at the bottom. 



4. The mode of fastening the point by pass- 

 ing the end of the shank under the nut, and 

 also the mode of fastening the cutter, as before 

 described. 



44. ISAAC SNIDER, Carrollton, Pa. 



Plows. (A. I.) To Patent No. 295, dated 



July 29, 1837. May 11, 1841. 



Claim. 1. The groove/, of the mold-board 

 at e, for the end of the share to lay in.- 



2. The two projections or hooks, of the cut- 

 ter at m and n, the one at m, to hook on the 

 neck of the mold-board at d, and the other at 

 n, to hook below the point at k, to support the 

 same by means of which arrangement the cut- 

 ter serves as a clamp to hold the mold-board 

 and point together. 



3. The cutter being in to separate pieces 

 having a depression at / to admit a movable 

 blade w, to be fastened in with two rivets this 

 enables the farmer to change the edge from 

 wrought iron to steel without the expense of a 1 

 new cutter. 



4. The share composed of two pieces, also 

 having a tenon at s, in front for the reception 

 of a movable blade / slit open on the back at x 

 to slip over the tenon and fasten thereon with 

 rivets, this serves the same end given in the fore- 

 going description of the cutter. 



970. JOHN W. POST, Baltimore Md. 



Plows. Oct. 8, 1838. 



Claim. The peculiar manner of uniting or 

 combinating the share with the mold-board 

 and land-side, and the manner of regulating 

 the position of the share by means of the slot 

 or slots in the share, all as represented in the 

 different figures in the drawings. 



4,127. WILLIAM BULLOCK, Jersey 

 City, N. J. Plows. July 30, 1845. 

 Claim. 1. The loose points upon the upper 

 side of the share being connected to the share 

 by means of a dovetail or other analagous de- 

 vice. 



2. The invention of a plow having one or 

 more points between the forward point and 

 the back end of the cutting part of the share, 

 whether cast fast to the share or loose, as sub- 

 stantially in the manner and for the purpose 

 set forth. 



6,179. W. T. SPROUSE, Petersburg, 



111. Plows. Mar. 13, 1849. 



Claim. The constructing the share and 

 point of my improved plow of a diamond-shap- 

 ed flat plate of metal, B, placed under the 

 mold-board C, and combined therewith and 

 with the flange 3 and standard 1 of the casting 

 A in such a manner that the share-plate B can 

 be moved forward to a proper position as its 



operating point or share-edge wears away by 

 use without producing the slightest change in 

 the form or position of the winding concave 

 face of the mold-board, substantially as repre- 

 sented and described herein, and for the pur- 

 pose set forth. 



7,223. IRA REYNOLDS, West Liberty, 

 Ohio. Plow Points. Mar. 26, 1850. 

 Claim. 1. Making the reversible point F 

 with the triangular shoulders F' F", in combi- 

 nation with the screw f and nut N, for bind- 

 ing firmly together the landside E, mold-board 

 C, cutter G, and share H, as well as securing 

 itself, in the manner herein fully described. 



2. The device for fastening the reversible 

 share to the flange on the lower part of the 

 mold-board, substantially as set forth. 



3. The manner of employing the inclined 

 brace-rod I, in combination with the box-plate 

 P, cast on the inside of the mold-board, for 

 adjusting the beam to take more or less land 

 to act as a substitute for the clevis, and at the 

 same time to brace or stiffen the wood-work 

 of the plow by attaching it to the cast-iron 

 mold-board and landside, as described. 



9,332. JAMES ROBB, Lewistown, Pa. 



Plow Points. Oct. 12, 1852. 



Claim. Holding the share E to its place by 

 a tightening-wedge, F, having a lip, m, for 

 lap or bite on the share, in conjunction with 

 the headed or lipped studs i i for further secur- 

 ing the same. 



11,201 JACOB REVERCOMB, Bote- 

 tourt Springs, Va. Plows. June 27, 1854. 

 Claim. The mode of fastening the points, 

 the same consisting in the insertion of the key 

 through an opening in the landside, substan- 

 tiall)) as set forth, in combination with a slot 

 so placed in the stem of such points that in the 

 different or reversed positions of the points that 

 the slot shall be in place for the reception of 

 the key. 



13,653. HARRISON NORTON, Farm- 

 ington, N. J. Plows. Oct. 9, 1855. 

 Claim. Attaching the share E to the mold- 

 board C, and landside D, of the plow by a 

 hinge or joint, and moving said share by 

 means of the bar G and lever H, or their 

 equivalents, substantially as shown and de- 

 scribed. 



23,974. T. J. DEYAMPERT, Shohola, 



Pa. Plows. May 10, 1859. 



Claim. 1. A revolving cone having under- 

 cut or overhanging curved flanges or wings 

 that extend entirely from the base to the point 

 of the cone, so that it will revolve upon its 

 shaft or journal by the resistance of the earth 

 alone against it, and without being driven by 

 other forces, as described. 



2. In combination with a cone furnished 

 with spiral under-cut flanges, and revolving by 

 the resistance of the earth against it, the mold 

 board and landside for turning over the loos- 



