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ROTARY. 



ing forks c c, in combination with levers j j and 

 catches k k, the whole constructed and opera- 

 ting substantially as hereinbefore set forth. 



2. The wheels d d, arranged as described, in 

 combination with the center disk a, as and for 

 the purposes described. 



3. The springs// in combination with the 

 frame i, tongue m, and wheels d d, carrying 

 plowing forks c c, substantially as hereinbefore 

 set forth. 



154,489. HEZEKIAH JONES and 



WILLIAM K. YARD, Rockford, 111. 



Rotary Plows. Aug. 25, 1874. Filed May 



18, 1874. 



Claim. 1. The combination, in a revolving 

 plow, of the hand bell crank lever D D", guide 

 block d'" , and circular groove -guide D', with 

 the revolving plow shaft C, carrying the plows 

 E, constructed and operating as and for the 

 purpose described. 



2. The combination of the cross girt or knife 

 bar F with knives/", links F', plow shaft C, 

 carrying plows E, and pivoted hand bell crank 

 lever D D", constructed as and for the purpose 

 described. 



156,268. A. F. BATCHELLER, Finch- 

 ford, Iowa. Corn Plows. Oct 27, 1874. 

 Filed July 18, 1874. 



Claim, i. The heads G G, vertically ad- 

 justable on the shafts F F, in combination with 

 rods J J and nuts h h, and yokes D D, as and 

 for the purposes described. 



2. Rods J, connected to handles K and com- 

 bined with vertically-adjustable heads G and 

 laterally-adjustable yokes D, as and for the 

 purpo ;es described. 



3. Supporting bar b, in combination with 

 yokes D and shovel carrying heads G, substan- 

 tially as described. 



4. The seat I, on rod I', in combination with 

 pendent k and eyebolt k', substantially as de- 

 scribed. 



157,893. HENRY VON PHUL, Jr., 



and JAMES MALLON, Hollywood, La. 



Sugar-Cane-Stubble Diggers and Cultivators. 



Dec. 15, 1874. Filed July 25, 1874. 



Claim. 1. In a sugar-cane-stubble digger, 

 the curved teeth E', the disks E, having en- 

 larged notches or slots in their periphery, and 

 the revolving shafts D, said disks being arrang- 

 ed alternating in position on the shafts, as 

 shown and described. 



2. The combination of the digging mechan- 

 ism formed of the teeth E', disks E, and shafts 

 D, the sliding blocks a, guides b, link d, crank 

 shaft e, lever/", and curved notched rack g, as 

 shown and described, whereby the digger can 

 be adjusted to and held at any desired height. 



168,482. WILLIAM H. FOYE, San 



Francisco, Cal. Rotary Plows. Jan. 5, 1875. 



Filed Dec. 22, 1874. 



Claim. 1. A rotary plow consisting of a se- 

 ries of concavo-convex cutting blades arranged 

 spirally around a supporting and driving shaft, 



substantially as described, for the purpose spe- 

 cified. 



2. The spiral cutting blades adapted for ad- 

 justment upon the shaft, for the purpose of reg- 

 ulating their cut, and the consequent width of 

 the furrows, substantially as described. 



3. The combination of the adjustable collars 

 and slotted wedges with the concavo-convex 

 cutting blades and the main supporting shaft, 

 substantially as described, for the purpose spe- 

 cified. 



4. A rotary plow having two sets of concavo- 

 convex blades arranged spirally around the 

 supporting shaft, so as to extend outward in 

 opposite directions from the center thereof to- 

 ward the ends, substantially as described, for 

 the purpose specified. 



5. The blades of a rotary plow, each made 

 with a spiral curve, and with a concavo-convex 

 form transversely, substantially as described, 

 for the purpose specified. 



158,663. N. S. WOOD, Boone County, 



Mo. Revolving Cultivators. Jan. 12, 1875. 



Filed July 16, 1874. 



Claim. 1. The combination of frames 1 1, 

 connected by yoke 2, shafts 8 8, universally 

 jointed hoe shafts 9 9, pivoted lever or handle 

 13, and adjustable rods 11 11, as and for the 

 purpose described. 



2. In combination with the driving wheels, 

 frames, and arched connecting bar, the geared 

 shafts 8 8, universally jointed to the rotary 

 shafts 9 9, as and for the pupose described. 



163,061. GEORGE W. FENLEY, Na- 

 cogdoches, Tex. Rotating Cultivators and 

 Choppers. May n, 1875. Filed Mar. 6, 



^75- 



Claim. 1. The combination of the sliding 



bars H, the gear wheels E F K L, and the plow 

 shaft M with the frame D and wheels A, sub- 

 stantially as herein shown and described. 



2. The combination of the rack bars I and 

 gear wheels J with the frame D and the sliding 

 bars H, that carry the gearing F K L and the 

 plow shaft M, substantially as herein shown 

 and described. 



163,346. E. C. WINTERS, Coleta, 111. 



Revolving Cultivators. May 18, 1875. 



Filed Feb. 3, 1875. 



Claim. In combination with the tilting 

 frame I, the colters K R, carried by said frame, 

 the frame S, revolving and spirally arranged 

 spades a' a', carried by the frame S, the driv- 

 ing gearing, and the adjusting mechanism, all 

 operating together substantially as described, 

 in the same implement. 



164,428. JAMES H. COON, Des 



Moines, Iowa. Rotary Cultivators. June 



15, 1875. Fi,ed Au g- 6 > l8 74- 



Claim. 1. The auxiliary frame E, carrying 

 the cog wheels Nos. 1 and 3, and the crank 

 wheels^-, in combination with the cogwheels 

 No. 2 and pinion /, substantially as described, 

 to suspend and operate a series of spades. 



