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STEAM. 



106,441. JAMES T. WILSON, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. Rotary Steam-Plows. Aug. 16, 

 1870. 



Claim. 1. The arrangement of the series of 

 shares and mold-boards with or upon a rotary 

 shaft or cylinder in two or more parallel rows 

 so that the cutting edges of the shares shall 

 project therefrom radially and their points in 

 each row all be formed in a plane passing 

 through the axis of the shaft, substantially in 

 the manner and for the purpose herein set 

 forth. 



2. In combination with the sliding-boxes M 

 M, carrying the journals, of the shaft G of a 

 rotary plow, the chains P P and revolving shaft 

 L, for operating the same, substantially as and 

 for the purpose herein set forth. 



3. Curved slots N N, formed in supporting 

 frames J J, projecting from the carriage A, as 

 guides for the sliding journal-boxes M M of a 

 rotary plow, the curvature of each slot being such 

 as to describe in its length arcs of different radii, 

 for the purpose of loosening the chain when 

 the cylinder is elevated, substantially as herein 

 set forth. 



109,019. ALFRED LAFAYETTE 

 KENNEDY, Philadelphia, Pa. Digging 

 Machines for Agricultural Purposes. Nov. 8, 

 1870. Antedated Oct. 22, 1870. 

 Claim. 1. The attachment of a traction- 

 engine, or other vehicle, to a digging-device, 

 consisting of a spade, G, actuated by a recip- 

 rocating rod C, through the medium of the cam 

 H, lever I, rops .rand/, cord i, fly-wheel F, 

 and its pin s' or of other equivalent devices 

 which will produce a like effect. 



2. The cam H, carrying the spade or digger 

 G, and consisting of curved ways e and / 

 adapted to the rollers h and h' of the rod C, all 

 substantially as herein set forth. 



3. The combination of the cam H, its 

 digger G, reciprocating rod C, and lever I, the 

 later being operated substantially as described, 

 through the medium of the devices herein 

 described, or their equivalents. 



4. The hinging of the frame A, which car- 

 ries the digging mechanism to the traction- 

 engine or vehicle substantially as described. 



109,183. ROBERT CREUZBAUR, 



Williamsburg, N. Y. Steam Tillers. Nov. 



15, 1870. 



Claim. 1. The frame 2 constructed and ar- 

 ranged to revolve rigidly with the tools, at a 

 constant angle with its shaft/', substantially as 

 and for the purpose described. 



2. The sliding head 1, in combination with 

 the shaft f and frame 2, substantially as and 

 for the purpose described. 



3. The shaft/' and arms G, arranged, with 

 the frame carrying the tilling-tools, for vertical 

 adjustment without changing the angle of the 

 tilling tools and frame with respect to the shaft 



/', substantially as described. 



4. The combination of one or more frames, 

 each constructed to operate rigidly with its 



tools in a horizontal direction, at a constant 

 angle with its shaft/', with the mechanism for 

 regulating the depth of the entrance of the 

 tools into the soil, substantially as and for the 

 purpose described. 



5. The combination of the horizontally-rota- 

 ting frame, carrying tilling or crop-cultivating 

 tool, with one or more speed-varying gears or 

 mechanisms, operating upon the relative speed 

 of the carriage, and devices for adjusting said 

 gears or mechanism, substantially as and for 

 the purpose described. 



6. Laterally or radially adjustable land-till- 

 ing or crop-cultivating tools, applied to a hori- 

 zontally - rotating frame, substantially as des- 

 cribed. 



7. The adjustment of a set of cultivating- 

 tools or scrapers around their own pivots or 

 shanks g, independent of the adjustment of 

 their carrying-frames, substantially as and for 

 the purpose hereinbefore set forth. 



8. In a steam or other analogous land-tiller, 

 the arrangement of the horizontally-rotating 

 frames carrying tilling-tools, with seed-distri- 

 buting devices, substantially as herein described. 



9. The combination of the horizontally-rota- 

 ting frame or frames, carrying land-tilling or 

 crop -cultivating tools, with the transporting 

 wheels of the carriage, by means of a system 

 of driving and controlling mechanism, whether 

 the said system be for giving a uniform or both 

 a uniform and varying speed, substantially as 

 herein described. 



10. The arrangement of two or more hori- 

 zontally-rotating frames, carrying tilling or 

 cultivating-tools, operated simultaneously, and 

 at the same time are separately adjustable up 

 or down without being thrown out of gear, sub- 

 stantially as described. 



111,212. OLIVER HYDE, Oakland, Cal. 

 Operating Cutters for Steam Plows. Jan. 24, 

 1871. 

 Claim, x. In combination with the blocks 



E, the metal shoes L, provided with the pro- 

 jecting knife-edged keel m, substantially as and 

 for the purpose described. 



2. The colter-runner A', hinged to the shaft 

 A and cutter-shaft J, as and for the purpose set 

 forth. 



111,404. ISAAC P. TICE, New York, N. 



Y. Digging Machines. Jan. 31, 1871. 



Antedated Jan. 21, 1871. 



Claim. 1. The combination of the cranky 

 with the arm I and helve A, shaft D, and shaft 

 O, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



2. The arrangement of the axle C, frame B 

 B B, constructed as described, with the lever 



F, with friction-roller, substantially as des- 

 cribed, and for the purpose set forth. 



116,297. LUCIUS H. GIBBS, Brooklyn, 

 assignor to himself and Philo Remington, 

 Ilion, N. Y. Rotary Spading - Machines. 

 June 27, 1871. 

 Claim. 1. The rotary-propelling spade-drum, 



which is composed of pairs of rings having 



