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SHOVEL. 



154,315. ROBERT W. BANKS, Dade- 

 ville, Ala. Plows. Aug. 25, 1874. Filed 

 May 16, 1874. 



Claim. The combination of the wheel A, 

 constructed and arranged as described, with 

 the hoop-shaped plow-standard C, adjustable 

 around the periphery of the same substantially 

 as and for the purpose herein specified. 



156,396. H. B. WHITTEMORE, Maine, 



N. Y Plows. Oct. 27, 1874. Filed Sep. 



7, 1874. 



Claim, z. The two plow-beams A A, hav- 

 ing their front ends adjustably connected in 

 the slotted draft-bar D by means of a bolt h, or 

 its equivalent, as and for the purpose described. 



2. The combination of the double beams A 

 A, handles G, and screw-rods K K, construct- 

 ed as described, and adapted to receive the 

 hilling-plow or the pair of covering-plows, as 

 and for the purpose herein described. 



157,006. AUGUST IHRINGER, Cal- 

 vert, Tex. Plows. Nov. 17, 1874. Filed 

 July 6, 1874. 



Claim. The combination of beam A, pivot- 

 ed standard B, let thereinto, pivoted yoke or 

 straps D D, superposed ratchet G, and pawl E, 

 having arms e' e' , all constructed and applied 

 together as and for the purpose specified. 



157,681. JAS. R. GROVER, Sallady- 

 burg, Pa. Shovel Plows. Dec. 15, 1874. 

 Filed Sep. 7, 1874. 



Claim. The combination of the shovel A, 

 having a vertical center groove and ribs, the 

 adjustable cutter-blade B, having holes slotted 

 to the rear edge, and the bolts C C, substan- 

 tially as described, and for the purposes speci- 

 fied. 



160,385. WILLIAM BRADFORD, 



Valdosta, Ga. Plows. Mar. 2, 1875. Filed 



Dec. 7, 1874. 



Claim. The brace/", combined with the 

 bent foot-bar a, the heel-bar e, and the beam, 

 with the three points of attachment gm /of 

 these parts arranged above the plowshare, as 

 described, whereby the pivots of the heel-bar 

 e and the land-side b are relieved from the 

 strain upon the foot-bar and its brace. 



165,877. OLIVER P. SANFORD, Dade- 



ville, Ala., assignor to himself and Jacob 



Henry, same place. Plows. July 20, 1875. 



Filed May 28, 1875. 



Claim. 1. The combination of the beam A, 

 having its rear end curved downward, the U- 

 shaped adjustable standard B, and the adjusta- 

 ble handles C, with each other, substantially as 

 herein shown and described. 



2. The combination of the washer G, pro- 

 vided with a tongue and cross head, g , with 

 the notched U-shaped standard B, the plow- 

 plate E, and its bolt F, substantially as herein 

 shown and described. 



166,333. ANTON BINDER, Lehigh, 

 Tannery, Pa. Corn-Plows. Aug. 3, 1875. 

 Filed May 17, 1875. 



Claim. 1. In a plow, the combination of the 

 pivoted mold-boards E, their adjusting links 



F, screw I, traveler b, guide-braces i j, and 

 depth-regulating wheel H, constructed and ar- 

 ranged as shown and described. 



2. The combination of the guide-braces if 

 with the adjusting links and mold-boards, sub- 

 stantially as shown and described. 



167,494. MANFRED CALL, Richmond, 

 Va. Cotton Sweeps. Sep. 7, 1875. Filed 

 Oct. 19, 1874. 



Claim. The center piece or sole D, provided 

 with shovel-point A, overlapping nose-piece N, 

 and side flange C, as shown and described, to 

 adapt it to be applied to the skeleton of a turn- 

 plow in connection with the two wings, as speci- 

 fied. 



171,435. JOHN SEWELL, Bowden, Ga. 



Plows. Dec. 21, 1875. Filed Sep. 18, 1875. 



Claim. The curved beveled bar E, provided 

 with land-side bar F, pins b d, hole e, and pro- 

 jection a, in combination with the slotted plow 

 foot D, having perforated toe, the mold-board 



G, with holes x y, and the bolt h, with nut i, 

 all substantially as and for the purposes herein 

 set forth. 



173,014. WILLIAM A. JENNINGS, 

 Nevada, Ky. Plows. Feb. 1, 1876. Filed 



Nov. 5, 1875. 



Claim. The plow-beam A, curved standard 

 B, and the bar C, extended to the rear of the 

 curved standard, and provided with the point 

 D, projecting lip a, and rib b, all formed of 

 one piece of metal, in combination with the 

 plow-share, having the swell d and connected 

 to the standard at its top by a bolt and nut h i, 

 as set forth. 



174,185. JOSEPH G. BLOUNT and 

 ELIAS HATMAN, Columbus, Ga. Plow- 

 Shoulders. Feb. 29, 1876. Filed Nov. 6, 



1875- • 



Claim. The combination of the slotted 



standard B B, the plate D, having flanges 4'd', 

 the bolt E, having its head countersunk in plate 

 D, and the nut /with a plow-plate, C, secured 

 by its own bolt, as and for the purpose speci- 

 fied. 



174,293. ASA H. PILAND, Margaretts- 

 ville, N. C. Plows. Feb. 29, 1876. Filed 

 Jan. 7, 1876. 



Claim. The combined mold-board and 

 sweep or bat -wing, consisting of the mold-board 

 portion F, provided with the extension c, cast 

 in one and the same piece, substantially as de- 

 scribed. 



174,295. WM. R. POOL, Havana, Ala. 



Plows. Feb. 29, 1876. Filed Nov. 6, 1875. 



Claim. 1. The attachment C, forked and 

 combined with the standard, as and for the pur- 

 pose described. 



2. The blocks g g, arranged one on each side 

 of the standard, as and for the purpose specified. 



