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to the lateral strain of the rope in drawing the 

 tilling instruments. 



Claim. Mounting an anchoring carriage on 

 discs or wheels sufficiently thin at the periphery 

 to cut or sink into the land, substantially as 

 described. 



32,912. JOHN FOWLER, Jr., Cornhill, 

 County of Middlesex, ROBERT BUR- 

 TON, Kingsland, DAVID GREIG, New 

 Cross, and JEREMIAH HEAD, New- 

 castle-on-Tyne, Eng., assignors to W. P. 

 Tatham, Philadelphia, Pa. Drums or Pulleys 

 to Prevent Ropes from Slipping in Machinery 

 for Plowing and Tilling Land by Steam. 

 July 23, 1861. Patented in Eng. Jan. 24, 

 1859. 



This invention consists in the employment 

 of a winding drum, so constructed as to hold the 

 rope firmly and draw the plow steadily forward, 

 notwithstanding the rope only passes partially 

 around the drum. On the periphery of the 

 drum is mounted a series of levers turning on 

 centres, and so placed that, as the rope comes 

 up to the drum, it rests on the ends of the levers, 

 and the pressure of the rope causes their ends 

 to move in towards the center of the drum. 

 Immediately beyond the ends of the levers a 

 flange is formed on the drum, and the axes on 

 which the levers turn* being nearer the centre 

 of the drum than the point at which the rope 

 enters on the drum, causes the rope to become 

 jammed between the ends of the levers and the 

 flange on the drum. 



Claim. The mounting on a hauling or wind- 

 ing drum a series of levers or instruments on 

 axes or centres, in such a manner that the 

 motion of the levers or instruments caused by 

 the strain or pressure of the rope will nip the 

 rope, substantially as described. 



33,882. J. W. FAWKES, Decatur, 111. 



Steam Plows. Dec. 10, 1861. 



Claim. 1. The combination for- the purpose 

 of plowing, ditching, &c, by steam, of a station- 

 ary and traction engine, windlass attachment 

 and plow frames, substantially as set forth. 



2. The peculiar arrangement of the geared 

 drum B, shifting wheels R R, and geared rol- 

 lers Z' Z", which form a windlass, substantialy 

 as shown and described, for the purpose of 

 readily changing the engine from a traction to 

 a stationary one, and vice versa, when said 

 windlass and engine are used in combination 

 with plows, for the purpose specified. 



3. The adjustable draught bar C of the 

 frame B', arranged substantially as shown, to 

 admit of the adjusting of the frame B', for the 

 purpose specified. 



34,049. G. W. BONHAM, Henry, 111. 



Pulverizers and Seeding Machines. Jan. 7, 



1862. 



Claim. 1. The pulverizers v, arranged on 

 the shaft d, in respect to each other, when 

 constructed and operating in the manner and 

 for the purpose specified. 



2. Arranging the seed box c, in the frame a, 



on pivots k, so that the driver can throw the 

 feeder in and out of gear by the screw /, ar- 

 ranged at the side of his seat, as set forth. 



3. Attaching the front truck to the front 

 part of the frame a, and arranging it in rela- 

 tion thereto, so that the dip of the pulverizers 

 can be regulated by the screw g and handle h, 

 in front of the driver's seat, as set forth. 



35,261. S. G. REYNOLDS, Bristol, R. 



1. Power Spading Machines. May 13, 1862. 

 Claim. 1. The combination of the series of 



cranks m, set in a curved or spiral line, and 

 the shackle bars /, or their equivalents, with 

 the spade-carriers O, for the purpose of giving 

 the required motion to the spades, as shown, 

 to enter the ground, pulverize the soil, and 

 clear themselves, as described. 



2. The yielding spade-carriers, operating as 

 set forth, for the purpose specified. 



3. In combination with a power spading 

 machine, the pivot K 2 , placed within the axis 

 of the bearing wheels and operating as set 

 forth. 



4. The combination of a mechanical spading 

 machine with a harrow, when the harrow 

 follows the machine, and is operated by cranks, 

 in the manner substantially as set forth and for 

 the purpose specified. 



38,260. A. W. HALL, St. Louis, Mo. 



Steam Plows. Apr. 21, 1863. 



Claim. The employment of a steam engine 

 or its equivalent motive power, in combination 

 with a series of two or more traction pulleys / 

 /', to be used in connection with a rope ex- 

 tened across and properly secured at each end 

 of the field ; all being constructed and arranged 

 to operate in such manner that the said motive 

 power may be made to draw itself and the gang 

 of plows attached across the field, substantially 

 as herein described and represented. 



40,403. N. H. GRAY, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Steam Plows. Oct. 27, 1863. 



Claim. 1. The arms H' and blades K and 

 M, when constructed and arranged substantially 

 as specified. 



2. The combination of the arms H', as con- 

 structed with the compound crank figure 5, as 

 and for the purpose herein set forth. 



3. Attaching the arms H to the crank wrist 

 by means of the stationary stud I, removable 

 cutter K, and wedge L, or their evuivalents, 

 substantially as shown. 



4. The drag V V, constructed and operating 

 substantially as specified. 



40,717. ANSON P. THAYER, Syracuse, 

 N. Y. Steam Plows. Nov. 24, 1863. 

 Claim. 1. The spades, constructed and 

 operating in the manner set forth. 



2. The couplings G G and I I, operating in 

 combination with the wheels E E and L L and 

 shafts F F, the screws S S and slotted posts r 

 r, for the purpose of raising and lowering the 

 cylinder / and spades a in a vertical line, and 

 admitting the gearings E E and L L to be in 

 a working position at all points as described. 



