US1113047A - Plow. - Google Patents

Description

Z. PORTER.

PLOW.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 10, 1913.

1,1 1 3,047. Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

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THE NORRIS FETERS CO. PHOWLITHQ, WASHINGTON. n. C.

Z. PORTER.

PLOW. APPLIOATIO] FILED IUIB 10, 1813.

Patented 0013.6, 1914.

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' ZENOS PORTER, or HOLLIDAY,'UTAH.

PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914;.

Application filed June 10, 1913. Serial No. 772,809.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, Znxos PORTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Holliday, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented new and useful Improvements in .Plows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to plows, and it has particular reference to walking plows of the reversible type.

One object of the invention a reversible walking plow wherein a base constituting a land side bar supports an up-- right about which a sleeve constituting standard rotates, said sleeve or standard be-' ing associated with the beam, the handles and with a locking lever.

A further object of the invention is to produce a plow of the type described wherein the right and left hand mold boards are provided with hingedly supported wings and with means for reversing the position of said wings when the beam and the handles are reversed.

Further objects of the invention are to simplify and improve the construction and assembling of the parts of the device.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a top plan view of a plow constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with parts broken away. Fig. 3 is a top plan view, showing the device in theactof being reversed. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the base portion of the device. Fig. 5 is a detail view in side elevation showing the sleeve or standard carrying beam, detached. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 7 is ahorizontal sectional detail view taken on the line 77 in Fig. 2.

is to produce Fi 8 is a detail view showing the mold board wings detached.

Corresponding parts in the several fig- I ures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The base bar 10 is formed with frogs, 11

adjacent to the ends thereof upon which the .mold boards 12 are bolted or otherwise secured. The base plate 10 may in itself coustitute the landside bar, or a wear plate 13' constituting the landside proper may be secured thereon by means of bolts 14.- which also serve to secure in position adjacent to the furrow side of the base member 10 a tubular upright 15 which is provided with flanges 16 for the passage of the connectmg bolts. The upright 15 has an ofl'setl? on whichv a sleeve or standard 18 is stepped for rotationabout the upright; the latter belng threadedat its upper end, as shown, for the reception of a cap member 20 which, after the parts are assembled may be secured by one or more keys 21. The plow beam 22 is associated with the sleeve or standard 18 from which it extends in what maybe regarded as a forward direction, said sleeve or standard being provided on its rear side with lugs 23 to support a lever 24 which is fulcrumed between said lugs on a pin or pivot member 25. The sleeve 18 is also provided with rearwardly extending divergent arms or brackets 28 upon which the handles 27 are secured. Beneath the arms 26, the sleeve 18 is provided with a rearwardly extending arm 27 having an upwardly extending lug or cross piece 28 and a transverse notch 29, the purposes of which willbe hereinafter explained. The lever 24 is formed with a crank member or extension 30 which constitutes a, locking member and which is adapted to engage either one of two oppositely disposed slots 31 formed in the cap plate 20, thereby serving to secure the sleeve or standard carrying the plow bers 34, 35 which are extended to form hinge member-s36, 37, the lower hingemember "being considerably longer than the :upper mold boards 12.

dated between the first mentioned wing and;

the other mold board in an out-'of-the-wa'y -'and"unobstructing position.

1Av comblne'd brace and devlce for the-w lngs 1s provided, the same;

look or securing including a cap member 41 having anup-= wardly' extending eye 42 and provided at;

, one end with a downwardly extending slot-1 ted-orbifurcated bracket 43 wherein a lever 44 is mounted on a pivot member 45.;

One end of the lever member 44' is loosely pivoted in the notch 29 of the arm 27 by a pivot member 46; the other end of the leverl member44 is bifurcatedfor the reception of;

one end of a brace member 47. The other: end is pivotally connected" with the wings 33;; at the juncture of the top edges of the lat-i ter, said brace memberbeing pivot'ally'con. nected with the lever member 44 by a pivot;

. member 48. The parts, of course, are so pro-;v

portioned that when assembled the combined length of the lever member 44 and the brace member 47 will be exactly rightto hold the wings in position, as clearly indicated in, Fig. 1;, The eye 42 of'the cap member 41 is connectedwith the lever 24 by means of a link 49 which is of such'length that whenthe locking member 30 of the lever 24 is in engagement with one of the slots 31, the? cap member 41 will be seated u v on the crossbar 28 of the arm or bracket 2 thus serving to lock the wings in adjusted position.

When it is desired to reverse the plow, the

lever 24 is manipulated to disengage the locking member 30 from the slot 31 with which it is engaged, at the same time lifting and unseating the cap member 41 from the cross bar 28. The standard or sleeve is now' free to rotate about the upright 15, being swung around by the beam while the operator walks along with the handle. Owing to the different length of the hinge members 36, 37, the mold board wings, when in position for'operation, will gravitate to a slightly tilted position from which, when the device is reversed, they will be displaced by the action of the jointed brace 44, 47, the joint of said brace breaking so as to pass clear of obstructing parts, and the pull on the braceserving to strengthenthe latter when the partshave"been'reversed; The? lever 24 is. then manipulated to cause the locking member 30 to engage a slot 31', and

by the same operation the cap member 41 is replaced on the cross .bar 24, thus locking i the mold board'wings securely in position.

' Twill beseen froni' the "foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawingshereto annexed, I have produced a verysimple reversible walking plow which may be quickly and conveniently operated, whichis not excessively heavy,--thereby ,im-

posing unnecessary load on the team',fand v V, .75

which'may be manufactured and marketed at a moderate expense. I 7 I Having thus described the invention,what is claimed ashnew, is

1. In a device of the class described, @a

base member having terminal frogs, an upright rising from the base platefand inter-ff mediate the frogs and having an offset at its lower end, the upperend of said upright being threaded, a sleeve-stepped on the olfset, said sleeve being revoluble about the 18.5 upright, a plow beam and handles associated with the sleeve, acap member'threaded on 1 the upper end of the upright, and means for Y locking said cap member against rotation. 1'" I 12. In a device of the class "described," a base member having frogs, mold'board members secured thereon, an upright rising from the base, a sleeve-revolubleabout-the upright-and having a plow "beam 'and'handles, a pair of wings hingedly connected with the mold boards, a bracket; extending 1 rearwardly from the sleeve, and a jointed brace connecting the bracket with the wings.

3. In a device of the class described,

base member having frogs, mold board members mounted thereon, an upright rising from the-base, a, sleeve revoluble about the upright and having a. forwardly extending beam, a cap member threaded upon the upright and having oppositelydisposed slots,

and a locking lever fulcrumed on the sleeve and having alocking member to engage a slot in the .cap member. f

4. In a'device of the class described, a base memberhaving frogs, mold board members secured thereon, an upright rising from the base, a sleeve revolubleon the upright and having a forwardly extending beam, handles connected with .and extendingrearwardly from the sleeve, alocln'ng lever fulcrumed on the sleeve, a cap member fixed on the upright and having slots engaged by the locking lever, an arm extending rearwardly from the sleeve and having an upwardly extending cross piece, a cap member engaging member with the locking; lever, a pair of mold board wings joined together anolhing-v I edl'y' connected with the mold boards, a

jointed brace connecting the wings with the armextending rearwardly from the sleeve,

T and a pivot member .connecting one' member 1 of the jointed brace with thecap member.

I 5.,In a reversible plow, a base me eaf right and left hand 'mold board members 126 the cross, piece, a link connecting the cap f' supported thereon, extension wings for the ing the revoluble member with the mold 10 mold board members, said wings being board wings, and means for securing said joined together and hingedly connected with jointed brace in adjusted position.

said mold board members, a member sup In testimony whereof I afiix my signature ported revolubly with respect to the base in presence of two witnesses.

member and including a forwardly extend- ZENOS PORTER. ing beam and rearwardly extending handles, Witnesses:

means for locking the revoluble member in WM. H. ROBINSON,

adjusted position, a jointed brace connect- J. A. HARTER.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

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