STANDARDS. 



18,480. NOAH WALKER, La Fayette, 



Ind. Plows. Oct. 20, 1857. 



Claim. The double-faced plow-stock, con- 

 structed, arranged and operating substantially 

 as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth. 



46,418. WILLIAM B. YOUNG, Chic- 

 ago, 111. Plows. Feb. 14. 1865. 

 This invention consists in forming the plow 

 standard of a single piece of sheet iron or steel, 

 bent or curved into the proper form, for the 

 purpose of combining cheapness of manufac- 

 ture with strength and lightness. 



Claim. A plow standard made of sheet iron 

 or steel with upper part bent or curved, con- 

 structed and operating substantially as above 

 described. 



58,119. F. W. McMEEKIN, Morrison's 

 Mill, Fla. Plows. Sep. 18, 1866. 

 Claim. The standard C, constructed of a 

 single metal bar doubled and bent so as to have 

 two diverging arms a a! and an inclined loop b 

 in combination with the land-side and mold- 

 board, all arranged to form a new and improved 

 plow, as set forth. 



71,968. T. E. C. BRINKLEY, Louisville 



Ky. Plows. Dec. 10, 1867. 



Claim. 1. The mode of attaching the beam 

 D to the plows by a socket C, connected with 

 the land-side by braces B B substantially as set 

 forth. 



2. The combination of socket C constructed 

 with diagonal flanges C the handles, and the 

 beam, substantially as set forth. 



78,203. GEORGE D. HART, Muncy, 



Pa. Cultivators. May 26, 1868. Antedated 



May 11, 1868. 



This is designed as an improvement on 

 the cultivator described in letters patent No. 

 63,384, dated April 2, 1867, and special refer- 

 ence to the method of connecting the plow 

 standard to the frame. 



Claim. The above as set forth, whether 

 used in combination with this machine or sepa- 

 rate in any other reference being had to let- 

 ters patent above referred to. 



104,964. JOHN LANE, Chicago, 111., 



assignor to himself, Charles H. Hapgood, 



William B. Young, and G. H. Laughton, 



same place. Plows. July 5, 1870. 



Claim. 1. A plow-standard, which consists 



of a flat bar, stiffened and strengthened by a 



projecting angle-piece or rib, when made in 



one piece and arranged substantially as shown. 



2. The upright A and bar B or lug C, wel- 

 ded together above the mold-board, substan- 

 tially as shown, and for the purpose set forth. 



3. The crooked coupling bar B, welded to 

 the upright of a plow-standard, and bolted to 

 the mold-board and share, substantially as 

 shown. 



105,843. SAMUEL W. POPE, Louis- 

 vile, Ky. Plows. July 26, 1870. 

 Claim. The combination of the slotted ad- 

 justing plate, notched standard, and beam, as 

 described, for the purpose set forth. 



131,596. FRANCIS B. BRANNAN, 



Richmond, Va. Plows Sep. 24, 1872. 



The plow-standard is secured to the beam by 

 means of a bolt and a slotted arm, by which the 

 desired adjustment is made. 



Claim. A plow-standard B, having flange 

 G, and vertical slot on rear arm, combined 

 with eccentric polygonal washer F, arranged 

 on the bolt E, that clamps standard to the beam, 

 as and for the purpose described. 



132,779. ABIA B. SMITH, Rochester, 



Pa. Plows. Nov. 5, 1872. Antedated 



Nov. 1, 1872. 



Claim. The combination of the slotted 

 wedge W embracing the standard S, and the 

 removable notched key K fitting into a slot of 

 the standard, as and for the purpose herein speci- 

 fied. 



140,053. PETER LOEB, Dayton, Ohio, 

 assignor of one half his right to Dayton Mal- 

 leable Iron Co., same place. Plows. June 

 17, 1874. Filed May 10, 1873. 

 The standard is hollow, eliptical in cross 

 section and provided with one or more inter- 

 nal strengthening plates. Upon its external 

 lower portion there are formed seats for the 

 land-side, share, and mold-board. 



Claim. 1. The plow-standard constructed 

 of the eliptical tube as shown, and having open- 

 ing B, boss b 1 and swell a 1 said standard chang- 

 ing gradually in its lower portion to an angular 

 shape, and forming the mold-board wing A' 

 and the recess a 2 for the land-side, substantially 

 as specified. 



2. The tubular plow-standard having one or 

 more interior vertical cross-braces, B, substan- 

 tially as set forth. 



157,892. OHAUNCEY M. VAN 



EVERY, Bronson, Mich. Plows. Dec. 15 



1874. Filed Oct. 10, 1874. 



Plates with serrated joints are placed between 

 the plow-beam and standard, to change the 

 line of draft. 



Claim. The combination, with standard B, 

 having the cap C notched at H, the screw J, 

 and the apertured beam A, of the plate D, 

 notched and serrated at G, and having top 

 studs F F, as and for the purpose described. 



161,095. HENRY BORGER, Urbana, 



Ohio. Plow Standards. Mar. 23, 1875. 



Filed Oct. 28, 1874. 



Standard presssed to shape in dies ; the top 

 fitted in and welded. 



Claim. A plow standard composed of the 



