500 



SHOVEL. 



247,989. MARK COOPER, Spartan- 

 burg, S. C. Plows. Oct. 4, 1 88 1. Filed 

 July 27, 1881. 



Claim. The plow-standard constructed of 

 the pieces a a', the piece a being bent at right 

 angles above the beam, and passing through 

 the perforation in the upper end of piece a', 

 in combination with and clasping the beam A 

 and the bolt //, all constructed and operated as 

 and for the purpose set forth. 



10,007. MARK COOPER, Spartanburg, 

 S. C. Plows. Original No. 247,989. Dated 

 Oct. 4, 1881. Reissued Jan. 10, 1882. Filed 

 Dec. 22, 1881. 



Claim. 1. The plow-standard constructed of 

 the pieces a a', the piece a being bent at right an- 

 gles above the beam and passing through the 

 perforation in the upper end of piece a' in 

 combination with and clasping the beam A and 

 the bolt h, all constructed and operated as and 

 for the purpose set forth. 



2. The double rear brace C, adapted to re- 

 ceive a movable grass-cutter or other attachment 

 N, secured by bolt and nut/, and its lower por- 

 tion bent to form the land-side, in combination 

 with and pivoted to the lower end of the front 

 double standard B, at hole h, all constructed 

 arranged and operating substantially as set 

 forth. 



248,773. THOMAS F. McNAIR, Daw- 

 son, Ga. Plows. Oct. 25, 1881. Filed 

 Apr. 6, 1881. 



Claim. In combination with the standard 

 and the brace, pivoted to the plow beam and 

 slotted at their lower ends, the plow-shovel and 

 root-cutter, constructed as described, and ad- 

 justably secured to the standard by the lower 

 bolt, which secures the standard and brace, 

 substantially as and for the purposes specified. 



249,079. ISAAC V. NEWSOM, Mount 



Meigs, Ala. Plows. Nov. 1. 1881. Filed 



July 7, 1881. 



Claim. The combination, with the plow- 

 beam carrying a lower block, D, and an upper 

 notched block, G of the bifurcated standard B 

 straddling said beam, hinged at. C to said block 

 D, slotted near the top, and held by bolt and 

 nut to any of the notches in block G, as and 

 and for the purpose specified. 



250,151. JOHN LANE, Hyde Park, as- 

 signor to the Hapgood Plow Co. Alton, 

 111. Plows. Nov. 29, 1 88 1. Filed July 

 12, 1881. 



Claim. 1. The combination, with a bent 

 plow-beam, A, having a thinned and widened 

 perpendicular foot B,of the extension or toe a 

 constructed to extend forward from the foot of 

 the beam and provided a seat on which the 

 share is supported, substantially as and for the 

 purpose set forth. 



2. The combination, with a bent plow beam 

 having a foot B, with a toe a of the heel b, 

 constructed and arranged substantially as and 

 for the purpose set forth. 



3. The bent plow-beam A, having the wid- 

 ened foot B, and having the heel b formed on 

 the rear edge of the foot B, as shown, in com- 

 bination with the tooth C, the eyebolts k k, 

 and the bar e, substantially as and for the pur- 

 pose set forth. 



250,152. JOHN LANE, Hyde Park, as- 

 signor to the Hapgood Plow Co. Alton, 111. 

 Listing Plows. Nov. 29, 1881, Filed July 

 12, 1881. 



Claim. In a listing plow, the combination 

 of the bent plate A, forming flanges a and b, 

 perforated, as shown, with the center bar, B, 

 bent plow-beam A', share S, having wings y 

 and z and the mold -boards ;;/ and n, substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose set forth. 



253,331. GEORGE S. AGEE, Mint 



Hill, Mo. Shovel - Plows. Feb. 7, 1882. 



Filed Sep. 24, 1881. 



Claim. 1. In a shovel-plow, the curved 

 plow-beam A, formed, as described, with a 

 slotted lower end and with the inclined lug E, 

 substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



2. In a shovel-plow, the combination, with 



the beam A, having its lower end slotted and 

 provided with the inclined lug E, of the shovel 

 D, secured at its upper part to the said lug and 

 welded along the center line to the beveled for- 

 ward end of the bar B, secured in the slotted 

 end of the beam, substantially as and for the 

 purpose set forth. 



225,283. MILTON T. HANCOCK, 



Thomasville, Ga. Plows. Mar. 21, 1882. 

 Filed Feb. 25, 1882. 



Claim. 1. The combination, with the 

 curved beam-standard and the adjustable mold- 

 board a, of the open box-plate c, the adjustable 

 land-bar b, the screw-bolts, and their confin- 

 ing-nuts, the said box-plate and land-bar being 

 secured to the opposite sides of the standard 

 by the screw-bolts by which the land-bar is se- 

 cured, substantially as herein set forth. 



2. The combination, with the plow -beam, 

 of the handles /, provided with slots r r, the 

 bent screw-threaded rod /, bound and tired to 

 the beam and passed through said handle-slots, 

 the right-and-left-screw nut s, and the shoulder- 

 ed cross-brace /, arranged within the said hand- 

 les lots, where the handles are adapted for verti- 

 cal adjustment, and braced and supported ver- 

 tically and laterally, .substantially as herein set 

 forth. 



3. The combination, with the beam, of the 

 handles having the slots rr, the screw-threaded 

 rod /, the clasp or link n, and the right-and- 

 left-screw nut s, the said rod being passed 

 through the handle-slots and having the inner 

 and outer bengs, V i 2 , on opposite sides of said 

 handles, and united above the latter by the 

 said screw-nut, whereby the handles are adapt- 

 ed to be set high or low, and to vary the dis- 

 tance between the handles to suit a high or 

 low position thereof, substantially as described. 



