ROTARY 



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38,676. C G. GR ABO, Greenfield, 

 Wayne County, Mich. Cultivating Ma- 

 chines. May 26, 1863. 

 Claim. 1. In combination with the rotary 

 cultivator and hinged cultivator frame, as herein 

 described, the adjustable journal boxes G, for 

 regulating the tension of the ropes and belts by 

 which the cultivator is rotated, substantially in 

 the manner herein set forth. 



2. Securing the teeth of the cultivator to the 

 body of the same, substantially in the manner 

 and for the purposes herein described. 



39,975. W. WADSWORTH, Sacra- 

 mento, Cal. Rotary Spading Machines. 

 Sep. 15, 1863. 



As the spades rise, after having performed 

 their office, the soil is scraped out of them, and 

 they are pressed and caused to pass under the 

 casing until they are again projected to operate 

 upon the ground. 



Claim. The employment of the cleaner or 

 cam G in combination with the spades d, sub- 

 stantially in the manner and for the purpose 

 herein shown and described. 



41,138. JAMES L. COLE, Chariton, 



Iowa. Spading Machines. Jan. 5, 1864. 



Claim. The spade or fork standards M, 

 constructed with a crook or oblique portion c, 

 and operated through the medium of the levers 

 L, pitman K, and crank pulleys J, or their 

 equivalents, in combination with the rollers N 

 N', all arranged and applied to a mounted 

 frame A, to operate as and for the purpose here- 

 in set forth. 



43,808. W. WADSWORTH, Sacre- 

 mento, Cal. Tilling the Soil. Aug. 9, 1864. 

 Claim. 1. The employment or use of a se- 

 ries of tines or teeth d attached to a suitable 

 rock shaft D, and having an oblique or inclined 

 position relatively with the surface of the soil 

 to be operated upon so that as said teeth or 

 tines are propelled or drawn along in the soil 

 the latter will be forced up, while weeds, straw, 

 and similar trash will pass over the teeth or 

 tines to the rear of the machine, substantially 

 as herein set forth. 



2. The combination of the teeth or tines d, 

 rotary toothed drum G, and roller C, all arranged 

 substantially as and for the purpose specified. 



43,913. JOHN HOADLEY, Zanesville, 

 Ohio. Rotating Plows. Aug. 23, 1864. 

 Claim. 1. In combination with the shaft / 

 and guide wheel r, the arm /, lever u and wheel 

 v, for elevating, lowering and regulating the 

 depth of the furrow, when constructed in the 

 manner as and for the purpose set forth. 



2. The guide wheel r, when arranged in the 

 manner set forth for supporting the plow when 

 operating or plowing. 



3. The combination of the wheels r and /, 

 arranged and operating substantially as set 

 forth, for regulating the depth of the furrows. 



4. The brace n, connecting the axle c / of 

 the walking wheel with the plow shaft i i and 



supporting the latter outside of the walking 

 wheel d' . 



5. The use of the rotating plows attached to 

 the shaft outside the walking wheel, when said 

 shaft is supported by a brace or other equiva- 

 lent device, attached to the outer end of the 

 axle of the walking wheel. 



45,249. JOHN JOHNSON, Mount 

 Washington, Ohio. Earth Pulverizers. 

 Nov. 29, 1864. 



Claim. In the construction of the imple- 

 ment herein described, the combination and 

 arrangement of the frame A, pulverizer C, fur- 

 nished with open teeth b, curved in the man- 

 ner described, traction wheels B, gearing c d e 

 f, and adjustable caster wheel D, substantially 

 as and for the purpose herein specified. 



46,048. LEMUEL S. FITHIAN, Abse- 

 cum, N. J,, assignor to himself and John 

 Young, Joliet, 111. Machines for Pulverizing 

 the Soil. Jan. 24, 1865. 

 Claim. 1. Constructing the rotary pulver- 

 izer in sections, the cutters M of which coin- 

 cide with frustums of a cone or cones, substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose specified. 



2. Giving the cutters M a raking position, 

 and also an oblique position on the heads L', 

 substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



46,768. JOHN B. ATWATER, Chi- 

 cago, 111. Plows. Mar. 14, 1865. 

 Claim. 1. The combination of one or more 

 rotating augers with one or more turn plows 

 and an adjustable swinging frame B, substan- 

 tially as described. 



2. The employment of rotating augers upon 

 a frame B, that carries the plow A A', and 

 which is hinged at its rear arched ends to the 

 rear supporting axle D, and suspended near its 

 front end from the beam C, substantially as 

 described. 



3. Arranging the augers in a line with and 

 over the points of the plows when both augers 

 and plows are sustained beneath and by a vi- 

 brating frame, substantially as described. 



46,995. CICER© COMSTOCK, Mil- 

 waukee, Wis. Rotary Spaders. Mar. 28. 

 1865. 



Claim. 1. The curved tine or tooth, widest 

 at the point, with notch on the concave side of 

 the head to embrace the fork-bar and stirrup, 

 or clamp, and sharpened at the point by being 

 beveled on the concave side substantially as 

 herein recited. 



'2. Securing the tooth or tine to the fork-bar 

 by the stirrup or clamp and key, as herein re- 

 cited. 



3. The combination of the fork-bar, clamp, 

 key, and tine or tooth, having the notch, as 

 and for the purpose herein set forth. 



4. Securing by casting the lugs on the ends 

 of the fork-bars, to which to hand the friction 

 roller or wheels. 



5. Casting the handles or cranks on the fork- 

 bars, as and for the purposes described. 



