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ROTARY. 



6. Such a location on the handles or cranks 

 on the fork-bars, in reference to the main 

 wheels, that when the main wheels are keyed 

 in place shall secure the forks in position, 

 herein named. 



7. Driving the keys which secure the main 

 wheels to the axles towards the center of the 

 machine, so that the hubs of the cams bearing 

 against the heads of the keys will prevent the 

 keys from loosening or coming out. 



8. The arrangement of the collars and sock- 

 ets set forth, for excluding the dirt from the 

 interior of the cam hubs. 



9. Alternating the tines, as and for the pur- 

 poses set forth. 



10. The spring on or near the back part of 

 the cam, for the purposes recited. 



11. Making that portion of the central part 

 of the cam which governs the action of the forks 

 in the ground a seperate piece, so that the same 

 may be replaced as herein stated. 



12. The construction and arrangement of 

 the links and levers for actuating the mova- 

 ble section of the cam, and permitting the 

 same to be self-actuating, as herein described. 



47,005. LEMUEL S. FITHIAN, Rail- 

 way, N. J. Rotary Plows. Mar. 28, 1865. 

 Claim. 1. A traction wheel or drum which is 



provided with bevelled slats or bars extending 



obliquely across it, and operating substantially 



as described. 



2. Securing the slats of a ground propeller 

 to the radial spokes of three or more wheels, 

 which are constructed and braced substantially 

 as described. 



3. The employment of metal face plates e e 

 in combination with the bevelled and obliquely 

 arranged slats g, substantially as described. 



47,996. HENRY STANLEY, Troy, N. 



Y. Rotary Diggers. May 30, 1865. 



Claim. 1. The combination of the H-form- 

 ed links g with the tooth-links/, provided with 

 lugs h, all being constructed as specified. 



2. Having the ends of the teeth made of 

 conical form when fitting into corresponding- 

 shaped sockets in the links, substantially as de- 

 sribed. 



3. The lips k to prevent the turning of the 

 teeth, substantially as described. 



4. The employment of one or more inter- 

 mediate shaft-supporters, H, in combination 

 with the chain-rollers, substantially as herein 

 described. 



5. The employment of the toothed segment 

 O, in combination with the wheels L, substan- 

 tially as described. 



6. The combination of the lever by which 

 the digging-teeth are raised and lowered with 

 the driver's seat, substantially as described. 



7. The pawls S, T, in combination with the 

 lever R and ratchet Q, substantially as de- 

 scribed. 



8. The employment of a locking device, V, 

 or its equivalent, in combination with the rais- 

 ing mechanism, substantially as and for the 

 purpose described. 



9. The employment of an adjustable driver's 

 seat, in combination with one or more endless 

 chains of digging-teeth, substantially as de- 

 cribed. 



10. The combination of the cranks N Nwith 

 rear roller, substantially as described. 



11. The employment of the raising-lever in 

 combination with the segment or its equiva- 

 lent, substantially in the manner herein shown 

 and described. 



12. The adjustable handle of the raising- 

 lever, in combination with the raising-lever 

 and the adjustable driver's seat. 



49,642. WM. R. MEARS, Grafton, 111. 



Spading Machines. Aug. 29, 1865. 



Claim. 1. The combination of a series of 

 pivoted revolving spade shafts or rollers b, and 

 attached spades d, with a pair of supporting 

 wheels g g, when the journals of said rollers b, 

 are confined in fixed and stationary bearings 

 formed in said wheels, substantially in the man- 

 ner and for the purpose herein set forth. 



2. In combination with the spade shafts or 

 rollers b, rocking in stationary bearings, as de- 

 scribed, the outer segmental levers c c, cam B, 

 and guide plate n, all arranged and operating 

 substantially in the manner and for the purpose 

 herein set forth. 



3. The combination of a series of spades dd 

 with a bent axle D, and the supporting wheels 

 g g, substantially in the manner and for the pur- 

 pose herein described. 



50,438. EDWARD BADLAM, Og- 



densburg, N. Y. Cultivators. Oct. 17, 



1865. 



Claim. The combining and arranging of 

 the cutter wheels C C, on shaft B, with the 

 cultivator teeth as arranged on bars F F, with 

 the drill teeth G G, seed boxes I and O, and 

 roller P, and conducting tubes H H, with the 

 quadrangular frame A, and wheels M M, all 

 combined and arranged in the manner and for 

 the purpose herein set forth. 



51,757. CHARLES SHABLEY, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. Pulverizing and Furrowing De- 

 vices. Dec. 26, 1865. 



Claim. 1. The furrow openers or shares /, 

 attached to a frame mounted on wheels in com- 

 bination with reciprocating toothed plates G 

 G, arranged and applied to the machine, to 

 operate in the manner substantially as and for 

 for the purposes herein set forth. 



2. The attaching of the plates G G to the 

 machine by means of arms E, two or more 

 fitted on a bar F, and arranged substantially 

 as shown, to admit of the raising and lowering 

 of said plates as described. 

 • 3. The operating of the plates G G from the 

 driving wheels through the medium of crank 

 shafts and pinions I J, and connecting rods /, 

 the shafts I having their bearings in sliding or 

 adjustable rods or shafts H H, connected to 

 a lever K, by which the plates G G may be 

 readily rendered operative or inoperative as 

 desired. 



