US1012577A - Gang-plow. - Google Patents

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APPLICATION I'XLED MAY 23. 1910.

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ALBERT A. ALLEMAND, OF GILROY, CALIFORNIA.

GANG-PLOW.

Specificetion of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1911.

Application filed May 23, 1910. Seztial No. 562,812.

To all wlwm 'it may concern;

Be it known that I, ALBnn'r A. ALLEMAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gilroy, in the onnty of Santa Clara and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gang- Plows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of gangplows of relatively large and heavy construction intended to be drawn by engines.

The object of my invention is to provide a plow of this class especially adapted for breaking up or dry-plowing hard soils, and to this end t consists in the novel heavy construction of the frame, and the arrangenient 'and location of its wheels, as I shall now fully describe by reference to the accompanying drawings in which- Fignre 1 is a plan of my plow. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the same. Fig. 3 s a detail of the Steering wheel and its connections.

The beams 1 which may be in any number according to the size of the plow, are here shown as eight, and each beam is conposed of two parallcl bars of steel set up odgewise, the bars of said beams receiving between them the standards '2 of the plow-bodies 3, thus making a heavy rigid beam. The beams are braced and held in position at the required distance apart by heavy cast steel connecting braces 4 of I-shape, boltcd to the beams, there being two braces be-` tween each beam, those braces at the rear being opposite the plow standards 2, and their bolts serving to hold said standards in the beams. This makes a strong frame, and said frame is further stitl'ened and reinforced by three trnss-braccs 5 each trnssbrace being conposed of parallel separated steel bars, which receive between them the bolts 6 passing down between the beam members, whereby said' braces and bearns are secnred together. One of these trnss braces 5 is placed at the rear of the plow; another is located just in front of the standards 2 -and the third is located 'at the for- Ward ends of the second and seventh bcams. These beans as will be seen, do not reach the head of the plow. 7 are the wheels.

The head of the plow frame is conposed of two stecl bars 8, laid flat, one on top and one under'the ends of the beams, said head bars being secured to the beams by the yokes 9. The wheels 7 are in pairs, the

members of each pair being nounted on an axle 10, which is centrally connected by a forked casting 11, with a vertical s indle 12, which is swiveled and slidable in t e frame, through the bearings 13. The draft bar 14 by which the low is drawn is -connected with the outer eams by means of irons15 depending from said beams and b'aced back by arms 16, and from these irons, chains 17 extend to the ulling bar. The draft bar is also connecte with the wheels 7, by means of short, poles 18 preferably made of fiat bars extending from the axles of said wheels. The connection of these poles With the draft bar is a sliding one, formed by slots 18' and bolts, so that there will be no cramping in the Steering operation. Said connection is also a yielding one, formcd by the spring 7' and its connecting rods.

As will be seen, the wheels 7 are placed within the frame borders, one pair ahead of the second beam and the other pair ahead of the seventh hean, and by the pivoted noanting of said wheels the plow may be turned with faeility in either direction without danger of breaking the wheels or npsetting the plow. This featnre of being able to trn in either dircction is a great .advantage in plowing land which is cut ug by drainage ditches, as one can always bac frrow and throw the land away from the diteh, thereby raising the land between the ditches and facilitating the drainage. The advantage of having the wheels within the borders of the plow frame is that both sets rnn on the hard, relatively smooth land, rather than in the fnrrow into which the clods or large lnmps always fall back and raise the plow ont of the gronnd;`bnt with the whcelsas shown, the plow runs along snoothly and at the same depth always leaving the sub-soil perfectly smooth, which is one of the greatest advantagcs in the matter of drainage. By having the wheels in pairs a better bearing on the gronnd and a better support for the frame are afforded.

The standards of the plows are made heavy and tall, to give the plow plenty of clearanec which is a great necessity in dry 'plowing land which breaks np in large chnks. The plow is raised and lowered by two levers 19, which are connccted by links 20 to the front of the plow frame, and which flcrn directly on the tops of the Wheel spidles 12. These levers engage racks 21 in the usual manner.

Having ths described my invention, what, I clain as new and desire to secnre by Letters Patent is- 1. A gnng-plow comprising a 'frame having elongated oppositeiy disposed side borders extending snhstnntinlly n 'zdtet to the line of druft, a series of ptnw bndies carried by the. frame :it its rear portion, thse plow-hodies tnrning the ter ninnls of the series being in line with the side hm'ders of sid frame, sp mrting; wheels for the front of the. phw t'rnne hented near 'neh side hnt within said side liinits of the pton hodies :it the side hnrders of the frane n draft bar extenditransre'setr to the line of drntt :nd snhstnntizdly from side tu Side of the naehine and 'enrwardly prnjeeting poles one ndjzn-ent eneh end of the, drft hn' conneet'ed nt their renr ends one to the axte of each wheet.

2. A ;rg-ptow conprising a frmne cumposed of ph'alit of pzraitei sepnrnted hezns extending st'stzntinlly nrsltet with the line of drnft, triss hrnces secnred to and extending digunultr across said beuns at the renr end therenf dingonntly disposed hezd plzites nne disposed above and one he,- lnw the hentns :nd see'ed it) the forwrd ends of the benns; dingonntty dispused truss Imrs extendig across the hemns inte'nedite the ends thereof :nd ennected to eneh: phw-hodies :r'nnged in diagunul series and seonred hy Stldnl'ds to said henns one ;flow-body being' under the rear end of each hezn with the side thereof in snbstzntid ntinenent with said beam, and supporting wheets; er'ied by the diagonat head phtes of the frame near each end thereof, at oints within the side limits of the plow-bot ies at the side hordcrs of the frame, said wheels being positioned between adjacent plowbodies.

3. A gang-plan' conprising a frame in- (finding, a trunsrerset, extending draft bar, phrnlity of etongzted plow benns extend ing snhstnntiztty pnrnlh-t to the line of drnft. the plnw hemns at the sides constituting the side borders nf the frame, trnss i hrac-es Secred to und extending diagcnmlty across. said benns and :i diagonntty disposed hend ptte secired to the forward ends of the benns; ptow-hodies arrnnged in dingonn] series ;nd secnred by standards to said heans. nne phw-hody being under the 'enr end of eneh beam, supporting' wheeis :irrnged in pni's :nd having :i swiveied (tonnection with the hezd plnte, (me pair adjacent the frnrwzrd end of said plnte and another pai' ndgineent the 'er end of snid phte. the said wheets being positioned within the Side hm'ders of the frame and out of line with the cnttinp; edgcs of the phiws; a dr'zft har extending trnnsrersely to the line of draft', and pntes prnjeeting renrn'rdly une :djzeet' eeh end of the drnt't hnr :nd having a yieldnhle eoneetinn (nie tu eeh :xte of the supporting wheets.

In testimony whereof T have signed ny nnne to this speeitieztion in the presence. of two suhscrihing witnesses.

ALBERT A. ;UJLEMAND \Vitnesses z v B. F. COLsuN, EUGEXE F. Romans.

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