SHOVEL. 



2,399. M. and S. J. MEMS, Starkville, 

 Miss. Shovel Plows. Dec. 23, 1841. 

 Claim. 1. The particular manner in which 

 we have arranged and combined the helve, 

 brace, and mold-board, so as to adjust the po- 

 sition of the latter by means of the adjustable 

 brace D and the bolt 0, and thus to determine 

 the depth of the furrow in the manner describ- 

 ed, whether applied to a single or a double plow, 

 as set forth. 



2. The adapting to the Same plow any of the 

 various kinds of hoes, shovels, or other instru- 

 ments analogous in character and occasionally 

 used in the place of mold-boards, such adapta- 

 tion being effected by means of the adjustable 

 brace and helve herein described. 



2,689. B. LANGDON, Troy, N. Y. 



Plows. June 22, 1842. 



Claim. The standard with its wings, as 

 above described, and in combination therewith 

 the angular double share or weed-cutter and 

 the portable mold-boards, and also the upright 

 cutters with the plates to which they belong, all 

 as above described. 



2,818. WM. 0. PAGETT, Green Coun- 

 ty, Ohio. Shovel Plows. Oct. 17, 1842. 

 Claim. The application of the guard, and 



the combination therewith of the mold-board, 



as the same are herein fully described, together 



with their operation. 



4,500. MOSES D. WELLS, Monon- 

 galia Co., Va. Shovel Plows. May 9, 1846. 

 Claim. The constructing the shovel plow 

 with a rudder, D, arranged in the manner de- 

 scribed. 



5,130. R. J. GATLING, Murfreesbor- 

 ough, N. C. Shovel Plows. May 29, 1847. 

 Claim. . 1. Making the cultivator with ad- 

 justable sliding wings E, of a rhomboidal form 

 in their cross-sections, arranged and operating 

 in the manner and for the purpose described. 



2. Extending the rear or wide portions of 

 the double share A back in the form of two flat 

 curved wings, forming the curved spaces C, and 

 to which the side bars or braces F, are attached, 

 and upon which the adjustable wings or mold- 

 boards E are placed, in the manner and for the 

 purpose set forth. 



3. Making the point in the form of a double 

 wedge, with wings or shoulders B 2 , to fit into 

 corresponding mortises in the share, for secur- 

 ing the same, being reversible at pleasure as the 

 point wears, susceptible of four changes. 



7,141. ROBERT J. KING, Lancaster, 



Pa. Plows. Mar. 5, 1850. 



Claim. The movable expanding wings com- 

 bined and moved substantially in the manner 

 and for the purpose herein described, by means 



of right and left screws on a cranked shaft that 

 can be turned while the plow is in motion. 



8,170. B. GIGER, Springfield, Ohio. 



Plows. June 24, 185 1. 



Claim. The peculiar form and construction 

 of the standard, with its sockets at the upper 

 extremity and flanges at the lower, and the 

 method of uniting them so as to form a double 

 machine, capable also of being used for culti- 

 vation in its separate parts, as set forth. 



8,721. JAMES H. FOREMAN, Sharon, 



Ala. Plows. Feb. 10, 1851. 



Claim. The use of the fulcrum-pin d and 

 adjusting arrangement of the pin e 2 , in combi- 

 nation with the beam and stock of a plow, for 

 the purpose of regulating the dip of the plow- 

 share, substantially as set forth. 



8,842. W. F. PAGETT, White Post, Va. 



Shovel Plows. Mar. 30, 1852. 



Claim. The construction of the handles and 

 the principle or mode of shifting the same, as 

 the same are herein fully described, with their 

 operation. The invention of the common 

 shovel plow is of course disclaimed. 



9,433. F. E. RICHARDSON, Hicks- 

 ford, Va. Shovel Plows. Nov. 30, 1852. 

 Claim. Mounting the double pointed share 

 D upon the central shoulder-piece, C, and fast- 

 ening the same by a link-piece K, as described. 



10,505. J. S. HALL, Manchester, Pa. 



Shovel Plows. Feb. 7, 1854. 



Claim. The hinges i, constructed in such a 

 way that the edge of the front part of the mold- 

 board may lap over the edge of the back part 

 or wing of the mold-board to prevent clogging. 



11,456. JOHN S. HALL, Manchester, 



Pa. Plows. Aug. 1, 1854. 



Claim. 1. Dissimilar sized hangers x x, 

 causing the wings of the mold-board c c 1 to 

 raise in proportion to their expansion, in con- 

 nection with the curved hinged braces E E 1 , 

 sustaining said wings c c x when expanded, and 

 admitting of extreme contraction without de- 

 stroying the requisite form of the mold-board 

 under all its changes, (a requisite hitherto not 

 attained,) for the purpose of adapting the plow 

 to a variety of work or uses. 



2. The effectual securing of an iron beam to 

 an iron standard by means of the inclined. seg- 

 mental slot S, and bolt and nut, or their equiv- 

 alent, operating in the manner described. 



11,616. WHITMAN PRICE, Goldsbo- 

 rough, N. C. Shovel Plows. Aug. 29, 1854. 

 Claim. The particular form of skimmer 



plate a, in combination with mold-boards b, 



tree e, and shovel c, substantially as set forth, 



and shown in Fig. 1. 



