US113960A - Improvement jn plows - Google Patents

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UNiTs Sterns linterna? ritosa CHARLES A. BEARD AND EZRA E. EVANS, OF ZANESVILLE, OHIO.

iwiPsovEMen-r 1N PLows.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. ll 3,960, dated April lf3', 1871.

To 5M whom it may concern.-

Beit )known that we, CHARLES A. Bnl-inn and'EZnA E. EVANS, of Zanesville, Muskinguin county, and State of Ohio, have invented a new `(and useful Improvement in Plows, of which the following` is a clear, full7 and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingb drawings, makin g a parto'f this specifrcation, in whichu Figure l is a perspective view of thc plow. Fig. 2 is a plan or top View.

Our invention relates more j iarticularly to the class of plows used in the cultivation ol' corn; and it consists in so inultiplyiiug` and dia tributing the mold-boards and securing their adj ustability that the surface between two rows of corn or other vegetable matter can be thoroughly plowed by passinsI over it but once, thus securing a great saving in time and labor.

In order that others skilled in the art may understand and use our invention, we will proceed to describe the manner in which we have carried it out.

In the annexed drawings, A represents an iron beam with a downward curve at its rear end, where it is bifurcated or split, and to the forked shank a a is secured by proper bolts the double mold-board B or shovel-plow7 of any desired size. Through the iron beam A, and at a proper distance in advance ol" the top of the curve, is a vertical hole, tofadmit abolt which secures to the beam the arms C U. These arms are placed on the beam with their fiat sides down, and theyT are perforated with the adj ustingholes c c, and are placed the one on the top of the other to be fastened to the beam, the bolt passing through cach and then through the beam, where it is properly secured with a nut. The arms G C extend horizontally and at right angles to the beam A a proper distance, and then turn down, each one forming an elbow and shank, to which are attached the 1nold-boards D D, wither without a share, as may be required, and so arranged that they will throw the earth outward or toward the two rows between which the plow is being Worked. Through the beam A,l :and at a proper distance in advance of the arms CC, is another vertical hole, at which are secured another similar pair oi' arms, E E, and another pair of mold-boards, 'F F. The arms E E ex- Y tend farther on each side of the beam A than those in the rear. The mold-boards F F are so arranged that they will turn the earth toward each other or away lrozn the rows; or they may be reversed and made to turn the earth toward the rows. lhese horizontal arms are secured by the braces e e e c, fastened at one end in front of the arms by bolts passing horizontally through the beam A, and allowing,l the braces alittle play at these points; and at the opposite ends these braces are per- 'lbrated with adjusting-holes7 through which the bolts pass to secure them to the shanks at a proper distance below the elbows to afford the necessary strength and support to the Shanks.

lt is evident 'from this desti pi-ion ol' our iinproved plow that while we have a suicient number of mold-boards attached to do all the required work by once passing over the ground. we have secured an adj ustability which will enable a person using our plow to accommodate it to any width oi' row by simply lengtheningel or shortennmA the horizontal arms and adjusting the side braces. By the arrangement ol our incid-boards the front pair turns the earth from the young corn, while the rear ones throw it back toward, but not on the corn, thus saving the usual expense of an extra hand to uncover it. -When the corn is el' su'liicient size to require the earth to be thrown around it, the 'l'ront and rear moldboards ma.)r be reversed to accomplish the desired end. The rear arms may be lei't off and the plow be readily used as a three-shoveled plow, the n'lold-boards throwing the earth to or from the rows, as may be desired. By re moving-tho iront arms and sul'istituting the rear ones, n. plow is formed for plowing be tween very narrow rows,

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Le ters Patent, isr A plow crmsisting of the beam A, arms C C and if] ll, braces e c c e, and mold-boards B, D7 and F, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JHARLES A; BEARD. E. E. ENNS. Vitncsses:

M. Sonrirnnn, Amener ALLEN.

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