US1001537A - Automobile plow. - Google Patents

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O. H. LINCOLN (in E. 0. PARKHURSTI AUTOMOBILE PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28, 1910.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

3 SKEETS"SHEBT 1.

0. H. LINCOLN & E. 0. PARKHURST.

AUTOMOBILE PLOW.

APPLICATION rum) APR. 28, 1910.

1,001,537, Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ATTORNEYS ATTORNEYS 0. H. LINCOLN,& E. O. PARKHURST.

AUTUMOBILE PLOW.

APPLIUATION1ILED.APR.28, 1010.

WI TIVESSES:

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torso tare-tit??? OLIVER HARRIS LINCOLN EDSON ORRIN PARKHUBST, OF BR OWNEL'L, KANSA.

AUTOMOBILE PLOW.

'Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Automobile Plow, of which the following is a fnll,.clear, and exact, description.

Our invention relates to automobile plows, and it has for its object to provide one, with traction wheels disposed near the front and at nil times in the same position, relatively to the engine, whether the plea: is beinp driven in a straight line or is being turned to one side or the other, the plowsharcs heing disposed'unde'r the engine and being held down to their work by the weight thereof.

Still other objects oi? the invention will appeal; insthe following complete descriplZiOIL In this specification we will describe the preferred term of our invention, it being understood that the scope of the invention is defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this spot-i tication, in which similar characters .ol. rol erence indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the invention: and Fig. 3 a sectional plan View oi the invention. l By referring to the drznvtngs, it will he soon that a frame is rnovided, consisting of a platform 5, to the underside of which, at the front. there is secured a holster member 6, this bolster member (3 having a horizontal opening 7 therethrough, in which projects the. forward end of an open Ill'ttlllt 5i. "lhis open; frame 8 has a transverse metnher it. having an orifice 10, through which is disposed a pin 11, the pin 11 heingr seated at.

its upper and lower tcrminalsin the bolster inel'nbei G. Secured to the holster.tpemher t') one at each side, are axles t2, on'which are mounted traction wheels 13 which support the forward end of the plow. t

The open frame 8, which is disposed helow the frame 5, has, near its rear end, a

Specification of Letters Patent. liflrtgnihed All? 22,

Application filed April 28. 1910.

Serial No. 558,281.

vertical bearing let, in which is journaied a post [5, the post 15, below the barring 1 1-, being bifurcated as at 16, the bifurcated portion 16 having hearings in which is journaled an axle 1'7, on which mounted a wheel 18, this Wheel '18 supporting the rear of the plow. .As shown in the drawings, we

prefer to journal the post 15 in the bearing l t at one side of the rear of the open frame 8; but it is, of course, understood that this post 15 may be jonrnaled in a bearing in any other portion oi the rear of the Frame 8 that may be desired. We prefer to mount the post '15, with the wheel 18, near one side of t to frame 8 in order that it: may follow one of the plowshares and travel in the fun row made by said plows-lune. In the sanitway one of the traction wheels [.23 may travel in a furrow made by one oi? the end plow-- shares, as the plow was previously driven across the lichl.

Bearing members It) are secured near the rear of the tframe 5. at its under side, rollers 22 being ionrnalt-d in these hcarin nuanhers It, the rollers 2t) lacing provided to travel on :1 transw-rse member :21 secured to the frame This transverse member Ql'has its l'olwvard lace Formed into the shape of the curved rack 22, which is engaged by a gear wheel 2 mounted on a post 2t journaied in a bearing in the Frame 5. this post Q-l extending); a distance above the frame 5 and having secured to it, at its upper cnd. a steering wheel :25. llacl: of the steering \vln-cl there is a scat so, which is sup ported Irv a spring member 27 secured to th upper side of the frame 5. A tiller member is provided in two sections. one of the se tions :lR lit-in rigidly stt'tll'td to the upper end ol the post 15 the other section 39 beingpivoted to the rcaiyo't' the l'ralnc 5, each of these sections .29 and E29 having guide n1cmhers 5K0 on their terminals, in which the companion sections are disposed respectively.

On thc platlornt f isinonntcd the engine .it. havin the usual tly-wheel 232 on the shaft 2525,:1 gear wheel ill being also mounted this pin 66, by which the moved to rotate the wheel with its mounted to rotate on a shaft 39, the gear wheel 38 carrying bevel gear wheels 11, the

bevel wheels 41 being pivoted to the' gear wheel 38, to rotate on axes substantially at right angles to the shaft 35). The bevel gear wheel 4:1 mesh with a bevel gear wheel 12, secured to the shaft 39, and a bevel gear wheel 13 mounted to rotate relatively to the shaft 39. To the bevel gear wheel d3 there is-secured a gear wheel 44, the gear wheel 44'; meshing with a gear wheel 15 secured to one of the traction wheels 13. A gear wheel 415 is secured to the other end of. the shaft this gear wheel 16 meshing with a gear wheel 41? secured to the other traction wheel 13.

Secured to the under side of the frame 8, are plates, to which are pivoted links 50, a frame, consisting of longitudinal rods 51 and transverse rods being disposed below the rods 49, the transverse rods 52 being pivoted to the links 50. Pivotcd 'to these transverse rods 52 are links transverse rods 5:: of the, bottom frame being pivoted to the links 53, the transverse rods 54 being connected by longitudinal rods The plow shares 57 are secured to the bot-tom frame. 52 are a lever 58 and a. link 59, the lever 58 having its lower arm pivoted to a member 60 of the lower frame hawing the transverse bars The link 59 is secured to a pin 61 journaled in bearings 62 secured to plates 63, which are secured to the under side of frame 8, gear wheel 6 1- being secured to the link 59, so that the rotation of the gear wheel 64- will swing the link 59 relatively to the plate 63.

Secured to the frame 8 and disposed upwardly therefrom, are bearing members 65, in which is journaled a pin 66, a toothed sector 67 being secured to this pin 66, the sector being disposed through an opening in the frame 8, with its teeth engaging the gear wheel ti l, a lever 68 being also secured to sector 67 may be link 59. A quadrant 69 is provided, to be engaged by means on the lever 68, so that the lever may be secured in a predetermined posit-ion relatively to the frame 8.

In using the invention, the operator, by means of the rod 70 having the handle 71, may govern the engine 31, and as the engine is driven and the traction wheels 13 are rotated, the plow isdriven across thefield. the plowshares 57 being drawn thereby. When the operator desires to turn the plow to the right or to the left, he may do so by rotating the steering wheel 25, which causes the frame 8 to'be thrown laterally relatively to the frameb, so that the plowshares 57 and the rear wheel 18 are moved to the side to which the operator desires to drive the plow,

Pivotcd to the rear transverse rod roe-1,5 3?

the traction wheels 13 maintaining, at all times, their position relatively to the engine 31. The frame 8 is thrown laterally as the post 21 is rotated by the steering wheel 25, the gear wheel 23,011 the post, engaging the curved rack 22, which causes the post 24 and the frame 5 to move laterally relatively to the. transverse member 21, which is secured to the frame 8. As the frame 8 is moved to the right or to the left, it carries with it the post 15 and the wheel 18, but as the section 28 of the tiller is secured firmly to the post 15, the post 15 is rotated, inasmuch as the section 29 of the tiller is pivoted to the rear of the frame 5. It will therefore be seen that, as the frame 8 is thrown to the right by the action of the gear Wheel 23 on the rack 22 of the transverse member 21, the tiller moves to the left relatively to the frame 8. The wheel 18, at the rear of the plow, is thereby throwa well to the right and is, at the same time, turned to travel. toward the left relatively to the frame 8, so

that it is possible for the plow to turn quickly.- In the same way, the plow may be turned in the opposite direction.

In operating the plow, the lever 58 turned on its fulcrum, therebythrowing its lower arm from a perpendicular to an oblique position as may be desired, by which means the lower frame having the transverse bar 54- is disposed at a predetermined distance from the frame having the transverse bars 52, to one of which the lever 58 is fulcrumed. By the movement of this lever 58, the plowshares 57 may be moved up or down to a position where they will engage the earth and will do the general work desired, these plowshares 57 being secured to the lower "frame having the transverse members 54, as has been described. Then the lower frame, having the transverse rods 54, has been adjusted in what is substantially the proper position to do the work, the op erator may obtain any furtheradjustment byline-ans of the levers 68,'secured to the toothed sector 67. By moving this lever 68, the sector 67 will rotate the gear wheel 6% and inasmuch as the link 59 is secured to this gear wheel 64, the link 59 will cause the frame having the transverse rods 52 to move forwardly and backwardly from a vertical to an obliqueposition, thereby raising the frame having the transverse rods 52 from the ground, as may be desired.

The plow shares 57 are connected with the lower frame by means of the curved. bars 57*.

Having thus described our invention, we claim new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In an automobile plow a frame, axles secured thereto at its forward end, traction wheels mounted onthe axles, an hglne mounted on the frame. means by whieh the engine is ad: pted for rotating the traetion wheels, at seoond frame disposed below and pivotallv eonnerted with the forward end of the tirst onentioned frame. a supporting 'wluml apared from the trartion wheels and mounted on the serond-uu-ntion d frame. means for saipporting the rear of the [hash mentioned frame on the t-ZH'tllltl-lllt'lill()i!t'tl frame, and llttftlltf-v for moving one of the frames relatively to the other.

55. lo au automobile plow, a frame. axles mounted thereon, wheels mounted on the axles, a seeond frame disposed under and pivoted to the first-menlioilttl frame, a post journaled in a hearing in the seeoml-mentioned frame, an axle mounted on the post, a wheel mounted on the axle and resting on the ground, and a tiller secured to the post and pivoted to the first-mentioned frame.

3. in an automohile plow, a frame, axles neeured thereto, wheels mounted on the axles, a seeond frame pivoted to the first-men: tioued frame. a. post, journaled in a bearing, in one of the frames, gearing eonneeting the poet with the other frame. a post journaled in a barring in the seeond-menthmetI frame, an axle uuulnted on the post, a wheel mount ed on the axle and resting on the ground, and a tiller seemed to the post and pivoted to the tirst-mentioned frame.

lfln an autonu'rhilo plow, a frame, axles mounted thereon, wheels mmlnted on the axles, a set-end frame pivoted to the firstmentioned frame. a. post journaled in a hearing in the seeond'n'ientioned frame, an axle mounted on the post, a wheel mounted on the axle and resting" on the ground, a tiller secured to the postand pivoted to the first.- mentioned frame. a second post journaled in a hearing in the tirst-mentioned frame, a

gear wheel secured to the post, and a rack on the serond-mentioned frame with which the gear wheel meshes.

5. in an automobile plow a frame, axles secured thereto, wheels mounted on the axles, a second frame disposed in the same vertical plane as the tirstauentioned frame, and pivoted its forward end to the forward end of the first-mentioned frilime, a post jourualed in a hearing in thMsheOnd-meIr tioned frame, alt-axle mounted on the post, a wheel mounted on the axle, and resting, on the ground, and a tiller seeuredto the post and pivoted to the first-mentioned frame.

6. In an automobile plow, a frame, axles secured thereto, wheels mounted on the axles, a second frame pivoted at its forward end to the forward end of the first-mew tioned frame, a post journaled in a bearing in the secoml-mentioned frame, an axle mounted on 'the post, a wheel mounted on the axle and resting on the ground, a tiller secured to the post at one end, the other end of the tiller being pivoted to the first-mentioned frame. a serond post journaled in a hearing in the tirstanentioned frame, and ,e'eariug eonnerting the post with the secondmenlioned frame.

7. in an automobile plow, a frame, axles set-tired to the frame. wheels mounted on the axles, a serond frame pivoted to the lirst- HttHtlUIIt'll frame. rollers journaled in bearlogs in the lirsl-mentioned frame, which are adapted for traveling on the serond-mentioned frame, a post journaled in a bearing, in the lirst-menlioned frame, a gear wheel seeured to the post, a rarl; on the serondmentioned frame, with which the gear wheel meshes, a seeond post j urnaled in aloearing in the seroud-mentioned frame, a wheel journaled in a bearing in the post, and a tiller in two sertions. earh seetion having a guide in \\lllt'll the other seetion may travel. one section being seeured to the serond-mentioned post and the other section being pivoted to the first-mentioned frame.

8. in an automobile plow, a frame, axles seeured thereto, wheels mounted on the axles, a seeond frame pivoted to the first-mentioned frauur, a post journaled in a bearing in the seeond-mentioned frame, an axle mounted on the post, a wheel mounted on the axle and resting on the ground. and a tiller in two seetions, each sertion having], a guide in whieh the other section may travel, one section of the tiller being seeured to the post and the other section being pivoted to the first-mentioned frame.

9. In an automobile two frames one pivoted to and disposed above the other. a post journaled in a bearing in one of the frames, a wheel mounted on the post, wheels supporting the other frame, and a tiller eonneetiim the post with the last-mentioned frame.

10. In an automobile two frames, one piv ot'ed to and disposed above the other. fol' ward wheels for supporting the frames, mleaus for supporting the rear of one of the frames on the other f ante, a. post journaled in a hearing in the rear of one of the frames, :1. wheel mounted on the post, and a tiller oonneetingr the post journaled in the said frame with the other frame.

11. In an automobile plow two frames, one disposed under the other, axles secured to one of the frames, wheels mounted on the axles, a post journaled in a bearing in the other frame, an axle mounted on the post, a wheel mounted on the axle and resting on the groundpa tiller secured to the post and pivoted to the frame on which the axles are mounted, and gearing connecting the two frames.

12. In an automobile plow a frame member, 21 bolster member having a horizontal openin secured to the frame member, axles secure to the bolster member, wheels mounted on the axles respectively, a second In testimony whereof We have signed our 10 frame (he-posed in the openmg and plvoted names to H115 speclficatwn 1n the presence of to the bolster member, a supportlng Wheel two subscrlblng wltnesses.

I i spaced from the first mentioned wheels and i OLIVER HARRIS LINCOLN A n .1 V 1 e lllOuLtfld 011 i116 Smond lllQhtlJnQQ 1341118 l i means for supporting the rem. oi the first mentioned frame on the second mentioned Witnesses:

frame, and means for moving one of the JOHN B. SGHABEN, frames relativelyto the othelz ADAM MEHL R.

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