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52,496. DAVID MYERS, assignor to 

 himself and William H. Kretsinger, Chicago, 

 111. Rotary Plows. Feb. 6, 1866. 

 Claim. The employment of a series of rings 

 in combination with the revolving cyilinder F, 

 and shovels a, arranged and operating sub- 

 as and for the purposes herein shown and de- 

 scribed. 



53,577. LEVI H. COLBORN, Chicago, 

 111. Potary Plows. Apr. 3, 1866. 

 Claim. 1. Giving the helical or screw plow 

 blades of a rotary plow, in addition to their 

 screw form, an additional curvature from the 

 periphary toward the center, beginning at or 

 near the entering edge, and gradually increas- 

 ing toward the leaving edge, the same being a 

 development of the mold board of the common 

 plow around an axis of revolution. 



2. Attaching to a rotary plow blade, at any 

 suitable place thereon, a horizontally project- 

 ing cutter, in order to give a horizontal slicing 

 undercut to the furrow, substantially as set 

 forth. 



3. Making rotary plow blades adjustable on 

 their propelling shaft, so that they may be set 

 to cut furrows of different widths by attaching 

 two. three, or more blades to the shaft, as set 

 forth. 



4. Connecting the plow blades to the plow 

 shaft, so that their delivery end shall project 

 in the rear of the shaft, and be left free and 

 unobstructed, substantially as described. 



5. Connecting the plow shaft to the axle of 

 the driving wheels by a loose journal D, so as 

 to allow the plow to vibrate in order to pass 

 small stones and other light obstructions, sub- 

 stantially as set forth. . 



57,242. SYLVESTER WOOD- 

 BRIDGE, Benicia, Cal. Machines for 

 Tiling the Soil, Aug. 14, 1866. 

 Claim. 1. The tiller frame B', tiller shaft G, 

 and guide plate of shaft K, in combination with 

 the crank on the tiller shaft G, and crank shaft 

 and F, connecting rods H, substantially as and 

 for the purpose set forth. 



2. The truck frame A, and driving wheel or 

 cylinder C, spur gear D, (whether internal or 

 external,) and pinion E, with or without inter- 

 mediate gearing, in combination with the means 

 hereinbefore described and set forth of oper- 

 ating agricultural implements by cranks, rods, 

 guide plates, or shafts, substantially as set forth. 



58,289. W. F. QUINBY and GEORGE 

 G. LOBDELL, Wilmington, Del. Rotary 

 Diggers. Sep. 25, 1866. Antedated Sep. 

 10, 1866. 

 Claim. 1. The use in rotary diggers of teeth 



bent to the curve described, for the purpose 



specified. 



2. The curved tooth a, having the sectional 

 form described, for the purpose set forth. 



3. The tooth a, adapted to a groove in the 

 cross-bar B and secured thereto by a plate D, 

 as and for the purpose herein specified. 



58,319. ANDREW THOMPSON, Ot- 



tumwa, Iowa. Rotary Cultivators. Sep. 25, 

 1866. 



Claim. 1. The pendant rods J J, provided 

 with bearings for the cylinder G, said bearings 

 being guided in slots in the frame E, for the 

 purposes and substantially as herein shown and 

 described. 



2. The revolving cylinder in combination 

 with the pendent rods J J and crowned braces 

 H H, substantially as and for the purpose here- 

 in shown. 



3. The frame E, provided with the slots 

 which guide the bearings of the pendent rods 

 J J and braces, substantially as herein shown. 



58,543. E. J. FRASER, Erie, Pa., as- 

 signor to himself and Orange Noble, same 

 place. Rotary Spading Machines. Oct. 2, 

 1866. 



Claim. I. The smooth-faced cylinder C, 

 set with rows of teeth or spades m, and hung 

 on the free shaft a a, in combination with the 

 shifting clutch d, and the vertical rack c, and 

 pinion b, for raising and lowering the cylinder, 

 constructed and operated substantially as and 

 for the purpose herein described. 



2. The rotating pulverising arms/, in combi- 

 nation with the spading cylinder C, and con- 

 nected therewith by the gear wheels h k /, op- 

 erated by the epicyclodial wheel F, on the 

 chine of the cylinder constructed and operated 

 substantially as and for the purposes herein 

 specified. 



3. The spring scrapers r, and the friction 

 roller or bearer E, in combination with the 

 spading cylinder C, constructed and operated 

 substantially as and for the purpose herein de- 

 scribed. 



60,164. JAMES 0. FITZGERALD, 



Willet, N. Y, Rotary Cultivators. Dec. 4, 

 1866. 



Claim. 1. The arrangement of the spirally 

 and inclined arm pulverizer H, resting in the 

 eccentric bearings k, when said parts are com- 

 bined with a vertically adjustable frame G, 

 suspended from the main frame and concen- 

 tric with the axle as set forth. 



2. In combination with the frames G and C, 

 the draft chains M, and the gage arms N, op- 

 erating substantially as and for the purpose 

 specified. 



61,262. JOHN P. TARNUTZER, Fond 

 du Lac, Wis. Cultivators. Apr. 30, 1867. 



Claim. 1. The shaft D, with pinion y and 

 pinion rack r, and capstan-head C, and mov- 

 able frame B. 



2. The rollers F F and sheave S, upon which 

 a chain passes. 



3. The hinges h h, upon which the frame E 

 is hung. 



4. The wings w w. 



5. The movable frame beam B. 



