ROTARY. 



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Claim. The hoe a, and its rock shaft and 

 links, in combination with the rotating rake I, 

 as and for the purpose set forth. 



142,094, CHARLES T. ELLISTON, 



Clinton, No. Rotary Plows. Aug. 26, 1873. 



Filed June 9, 1873. 



Claim. 1. The double set of picks, hav- 

 ing a forced rotation, arranged relatively to 

 each other in the rear of the colters and in ad- 

 vance of the driving wheels, substantially as 

 shown and described. 



2. The combination of the frame e I, pivo- 

 ted upon the gear shaft 2, with the pivoted 

 frame c, and connecting rods 6, and a suitable 

 lever for raising and lowering the picks and 

 and colters, substantially as specified. 



3. The combination of the frame d, having 

 the ratchet-bars secured to its rear and pivoted 

 frame c, with pivoted frame e I connecting 

 rods, and lever for raising and lowering the 

 picks and colters, substantially as shown. 



144,346. ALLAN S. McDONELL, 



Osgood Township, Canada. Cultivators. 



Nov. 4, 1873. Filed June 10, 1873. 



Claim. 1. A cultivator having its frame A 

 mounted centrally on two wheels, with an ad- 

 justable caster wheel, N, supporting its rear 

 end, and having the rotating toothed cylinder 

 J suspended in bearings from the rear end of 

 said frame in combination with the fixed teeth, 

 all constructed and arranged to operate sub- 

 stantially as described. 



2. In combination with the frame A having 

 the cylinder J and teeth arranged to operate 

 as described, the adjustable seat V, and the 

 tongue hinged to the frame at or near its cen- 

 ter, whereby more or less weight can be ap- 

 plied to the cylinder, and the frame with its 

 attachments be left free to follow the undu- 

 lations of the surface, as set forth. 



144,419. JOHN D. STARRITT, Chic- 

 ago, 111. Rotary Cultivators. Nov. 11, 

 1873. Filed May 17, 1873. 

 Claim. In a rotary cultivator, the rotary 

 knives F F, constructed and arranged substan- 

 tially as described, and each having a free, in- 

 dependent, vertically yielding movement with 

 relation to the other by reason of the attach- 

 ment of each to a corresponding rotary shaft 

 by means of a universal joint, and by reason 

 of the arrangement of the stems G Gin the 

 yokes H H, substantially as and for the pur- 

 poses specified. 



145,177. ANDREAS B. HOFF- 

 MEYER and JAMES SCHMIDT, Co- 

 penhagen, Denmark. Rotary Plows. Dec. 

 2, 1873. Filed Nov. 20, 1873. 

 Claim. The combination of the revolving 

 cutters E, revolving shares A, and stationary 

 shield or deflector D, all arranged and operat- 

 ing substantially as and for the purpose specified . 



145,737. JOHN G. JONES, Falmouth, 

 Mass. Spading Machines. Dec. 23, 1873. 

 Filed Apr. 7, 1873. 



Claim. 1. In a spading machine, the com- 

 bination of the vertically arranged spade a, 

 pivoted to- the crank C, having balance wheel 

 b, and operated by the pinion wheels p p gear- 

 ing in the driving or traction wheels B B, with 

 the braces d and thimble c, all arranged and 

 operating as hereinbefore set forth. 



2. The combination of catches upon the in- 

 side of the pinion wheels//, and of the spring 

 head linch pins .*• s, by the insertion or removal 

 of which the machine is put into or out of gear, 

 as hereinbefore set forth. 



147,992. LUCIEN SONIAT, Jefferson 



Parish, La. Cane Cultivators. Feb. 24, 



1874. Filed Aug. 12, 1873. 



Claim. 1. The longitudinal shafts K, hav- 

 ing hubs provided with spring teeth g, in com- 

 bination with the branched hanger L, journal 

 boxes /, pinion wheels N, and rotary shaft E', 

 substantially as and for the purpose described. 



2. The combination of the longitudinal 

 toothed shafts K, pinion wheels N, rotary cul- 

 tivators E F, bars D, standards H, yokes G, 

 and beam A, substantially as and for the pur- 

 pose described. 



148,060. ERIX M. HESSELBOM, 



Illawara, La. Cotton Cultivators. Mar. 3, 



1874. Filed June 7, 1873. 



Claim. The combination, in a cultivator, 

 of the band wheels C C, the movable frames 

 H H, and cutters N N, as herein shown and 

 for the purpose set forth. 



151,510. JULIAN H. PITKIN, Akron, 



Ohio. Rotary Plows. June 2, 1874. Filed 



Apr. 24, 1874. 



Claim. 1. The combination of the plow 

 cylinder and plows revolving around the shaft 

 or journals a, the cranks or cams C, turning 

 with said shaft or journals, and the journals c, 

 on which the main wheels are supported and 

 turn, eccentrically arranged on said cranks or 

 cams, as and for the purpose described and 

 represented. 



2. In combination with the pole or double- 

 tree, to which the team is hitched, and which 

 is movable longitudinally independent of the 

 main frame, and with the cranks or cams C, 

 the chains and pulley wheels for applying the 

 power of the team to the raising of the plows 

 from the ground, substantially as described. 



152,834. J. C. ELLIOTT, Simpson 

 County, Ky. Cultivators. July 7, 1874. 

 Filed May 12, 1874. 



Claim. The combination of parallel frames 

 A, revolving harrows B d x, connecting arch 

 rods a, and casing C, all constructed and op- 

 erating as and for the purpose specified. 



154,168. W. E. BLEECKER, Brooklyn, 

 assignor of part his interest to H. Bleecker, 

 Trustee, New York City, George M. Bleecker, 

 Coeymans, and E. Bleecker, Trustee, White- 

 stone, N. Y. Rotary Plows. Aug. 18, 1874. 

 Filed Apr. 11, 1873. 

 Claim. 1. The wheels ddczxrymg the plow- 



