SIDE-HILL. 



(Drawing Lost.) 



JAMES Y. HUNT, Tunbridge, Vt. Plows. 



Dec. 24, 1824. No Claim. 



The plow, except one handle, may be made 

 as usual, meaning the wood part ; the colter, 

 wrought - iron, eighteen inches long, with a 

 swell in the hind part sufficiently large for a 

 gudgeon to be put in three-fourths of an inch 

 and also a gudgeon hole in the post behind on 

 the land-side, of said dimension. There is to 

 be one land-side made of cast or wrought iron, 

 said land-side to be one and a half inch square, 

 with two shims and mold-boards, made of wood 

 or iron, attached to the same by welding, screw- 

 ing, or casting. She land-side, with its appenT 

 dages, is to be connected with the colter and 

 said post on the land-side by gudgeons three- 

 fourths of an inch diameter, and so construct- 

 ed that by turning said plow over the shims 

 may be shifted in such a manner by drawing a 

 bolt, which is run through the hind post and 

 supports the shims either way. You may 

 plow, turning the earth all one way, by plac- 

 ing the nigh ox in the furrow going, and the 

 off ox in the furrow returning. The plow may 

 be constructed on a greater or smaller scale, 

 the main principle contended for is the turn- 

 ing the plow on the gudgeons. 



PHILIP and BENJAMIN ALTENDER- 

 FER, Richmond, Penn. Side Hill Plows. 

 June 11, 1829. No Claim. 

 . Beam with double mold - board pointing 

 both ways, but both falling on the same side ; 

 two shares and two colters also pointing in 

 opposite directions, the space between the 

 shares being closed, and also the mold-board 

 being closed on the land-side. To the above 

 mentioned beam there is another beam which 

 runs or rather revolves upon a pivot in the 

 centre of the first mentioned beam. To the 

 latter beam the handles are attached and when 

 it is desired to turn the horses it can be done 

 at pleasure. The upper beam is secured upon 

 the lower by a screw upon the pivot and by an 

 iron pin at the end to which the handles are at- 

 tached ; which pin can be drawn out at pleas- 

 ure whenever it may be desirous to change the 

 the direction of the plow. 



cyrus h. Mccormick, Rockbridge 



Co. Va. Hill Side Plows. June 13, 1831. 



Claim. The combination and arrangement 

 of the different parts of the described plow so 

 as to effect the turning and securing the mold- 

 board and other parts of the plow to the share 

 but particularly in making the mold-board to 

 turn whilst the share remains stationary and af- 

 terwards locking it to the share, together with 

 an improvement in the construction of the 

 share. 



JOHN WEAVER, Brownsville, Pa. Plows 

 Aug. 17, 1832. 



Claim. 1. The moving beam as applied to 

 single and hillside plows. 



2. The double sheth. 



3. The shoe. 



4. The pivot passing through the shoe on 

 which the irons turns. 



5. The manner in which the colter is at- 

 tached to the sheth. 



6. The plate on the under side of the beam, 

 which takes the stress off the bolt which comes 

 up through the beam, and on which the beam, 

 moves. 



7. The regulating cap or cam. 



8. The joint or hinge with two tempering- 

 screws, one for regulating the band and the 

 other for altering the projection of the mold- 

 board to suit the different grades of hills. 



9. The rod or brace which extends from the 

 sheth, to the hind end of the mold-board. 



10. The bolt on the foot of the hind sheth, 

 on which the supporting rod or brace turns. 



(Drawing Lost.) 



CALVIN DELANO, Livermore, Me. Side 

 Hill Plows. July 5, 1833. No Claim. 



There are two shares, each eighteen inches 

 long and sixteen inches wide, with sockets 

 made in the hind ends to receive the chips. 

 The chips are two feet long each, the ends of 

 which must be put six inches into the sockets 

 prepared in the shares. The chips and shares 

 are opposite each other. There is one colter, 

 one end put into one share and the other end 

 into the other share. The wings of the shares 

 are facing each other, and are placed sixteen 

 inches apart. The chips are put two feet apart 

 at the hindermost ends, and are connected to- 

 gether by two posts, one at the hind end and 

 the other near the sockets of the shares. A 

 stay or square piece of timber is put about 

 twelve inches behind the wings of said shares 

 and about fifteen inches from the hind post, 

 supported by two rounds put into said stay and 

 post. One end of the mold or furrow board is 

 made fast to the forward post and fitted to each 

 share. The other end is made fast to the stay, 

 the center of said mold-board running by the 

 stay six or eight inches. It commences and 

 continues swelling from the stay to the end 

 sufficient to turn the furrow. The said mold- 

 board may be made in one or more pieces. 

 The beam is about five feet long and four inches 

 square at the center or middle, is straight on 

 the inside, and diminishes on the other sides 

 to the ends. The said beam is put on the 

 landside of the plow, one end hung at the cen- 

 ter of the hind post on a bolt put through the 

 beam-post and handle, secured by a nut and 

 also by a knee made fast to the beam, which 

 goes on the forward post so as to slip. There 

 is a clasp made fast to the beam and made to 



