STKAM. 



EDMUND C BELLINGER, Barnwell, S. 

 C. Steam Plows. Nov. 19, 1833. 



Claim. The peculiar construction of the 

 described agricultural steam apparatus with the 

 arrangement of the several parts, particularly 

 the mode of carrying the machine by a revolv- 

 ing band working over pulleys &c, placed on 

 carriages parallel to each other on opposite sides 

 of the field, for plowing, harrowing, planting, 

 mowing, &c, by the agency of steam. 



7,415. JOSEPH D. HOPE, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. Steam Plows. June 4, 1850. 



Claim. 1. The spur-wheel s, so constructed 

 and arranged within the pheriphery of the driv- 

 ing-wheel that it may be made at pleasure to 

 pass its trowels through the holes or notches in 

 the tire into the surface of the ground when 

 under compression, and thereby grapple and 

 gain adhesion to the ground, substantially in 

 the manner herein set forth. 



2. The combination of parallel bars P P' to 

 regulate the breadth of each separate furrow 

 with the adjusting curve a! for determining the 

 horizontal direction of the draft, so as to adapt 

 the amount of work done by a single traverse 

 of the engine to the adhesive power of the 

 wheels when applied to the particular kind of 

 land under cultivation, substantially as herein 

 set forth. 



3. Preventing the choking of the plow by 

 means of the recurved point E of the mold- 

 board acting to turn aside and guide backward 

 the choking material, as herein set forth. 



4. The manner of attaching the harrow to 

 the locomotive =0 that the conductor may at 

 pleasure, by turning a crank, reverse its advanc- 

 ing sides for the purpose of freeing the harrow- 

 teeth from choking materials, in the manner 

 substantially as herein set forth. - 



7,795. HENRY COWING, New Orleans, 

 La. Steam Plows. Nov. 26, 1850. 

 Claim. 1. The inclined colters so arranged 

 as to throw out the plows without breaking 

 when they meet with an obstruction, in the 

 manner and for the purpose set forth. 



2. The apparatus shown at n-m, Fig. 5, for 

 setting the frames for hilling in the manner 

 above specified. 



1,041. H. COWING, New Orleans, La. 



Steam Plows. No. 7,795. Nov. 26, 1850. 



Reissued Sep. 11, i860. 



Claim. 1. The combination of the driving 

 shaft d, and pinions e, the countershaft/ 1 , and 

 pinions/, the short shafts g, and the pinions /', 

 with the internally geared spur wheels h, when 

 arranged and operating with plows, substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose set forth. 



2. Raising and lowering the plows, substan- 

 tially in the manner described, by an apparatus 

 operated by the power of the engine when the 



said adparatus is under the control of the 

 engineer. 



3. A projecting frame at the rear of the 

 engine, when the same is arranged to overhang 

 the plows and is sufficiently elevated to permit 

 them to be raised above the axle of the sup- 

 porting wheels, or the lowest position of the 

 frame, whereby the engine is enabled to pass 

 over obstructions with facility. 



4. The combination, in a steam plow, of a 

 hoisting apparatus, operated by the power of 

 the engine, with an overhanging frame, sub- 

 stantially as described, for the purposes set 

 forth. 



5. The steering apparatus, arranged and 

 operating as described, in combination with 

 the frame gearing and plows herein described, 

 for the purpose set forth. 



6. The combination of the steering wheel c, 

 driving wheels b, overhanging frame r, and 

 gangs of plows I, II, III, when arranged and 

 operating substantially as described for the 

 purpose of cultivating between the rows of 

 standing crops. 



7. The combination of the straining frame 

 n, and adjusting screws n z , with the hinged 

 side pieces m 2 , of the plow frame, substantially 

 as described for the purpose set forth. 



8. The ratoon or stubble cutter C, Fig. 5, 

 applied substantially in the manner set forth, 

 in combination with a gang of plows. 



9. The plate Y, applied at the lower part of 

 subsoil plows, substantially as explained, for 

 the purpose of elevating the subsoil previous to 

 turning. 



10,646. PHILANDER SHAW, Abing- 

 ton, Mass. Steam Plows. Mar. 14, 1854. 

 Claim. The aboye-described method of 

 hanging and operating the spades D D, &c, 

 they being applied in one or more vibrating 

 sets to a rotary frame, C, each spade being 

 hinged to the frame and made to turn through 

 the sector of a circle, and provided with stops 

 g h and a stud, N, to act against a stationary 

 cam, O, as described, the whole being applied 

 together and to a carriage or frame, A, and 

 made to operate so as not only to dig into and 

 raise earth, but to perform the office of impell- 

 ing along on the ground the whole machine, 

 substantially as specified. 



12,447. ROBERT ROMAINE, Mon- 

 treal, Canada. Steam Plows. Feb. 27, 1855. 

 Claim. The rotary toothed cylinder (or 



digger) followed immediately by the seed-sower 



and roller, as described. 



16,476. RICHARD J. GATLING, In- 

 dianapolis, Ind. Steam Plows. Jan. 27, 



l8 57- 



Claim. A series of spades having a combined 



vertical reciprocation and spiral twist through 



the agency of a system of cams and levers ar- 



