US2319047A

US2319047A - Plant fender

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Publication number: US2319047A
Application number: US353526A
Authority: US
Inventors: Fell James Richard
Original assignee: H C Hayes
Current assignee: H C HAYES
Priority date: 1940-08-21
Filing date: 1940-08-21
Publication date: 1943-05-11
Anticipated expiration: 1960-05-11

Description

J. R. F ELL PLANT FENDER May 11, 1943.

Filed Aug. 21, 1940 INVIENTOR all all

ATOR EY Patented May 11, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PLANT FENDER James Richard Fell, Haleyville, Ala., assignor of fifty per cent to H. C. Hayes, Haleyville, Ala.

Application August 21, 1940, Serial No. 353,526

4 Claims. (Cl. 97188) This invention relates to certain improvements in fenders and has relation more particularly to a device of this general character especially designed and adapted for use in connection with a spring tooth cultivator, single foot plows or other kindred earth working members, and it is the principal object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of this character which may be readily and conveniently supported in working position, and which may be readily adjusted in a manner to best meet the requirements of practice.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel arrangement and combination of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, where- Figure 1 shows in side elevation the fender and support mounted on a spring tooth cultivator.

' Figure 2 shows a plan view of the fender and support mounted on an adjustable bracket connected to stock of a single foot plow.

Figure 3 shows a front elevational view of the fender and support mounting as viewed on line 33, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing the improved fender comprises a flat plate iii of desired dimension, and which, when in applied position, has its fiat faces substantially vertically disposed. The plate I is substantially rectangular in form and has its lower forward edge disposed on an incline, as indicated at H. Provided in the fender H] are elongated slots l2, l3 and M for a purpose to be hereinafter described; the slot l2 being horizontal and positioned adjacent the upper forward corner of the plate, the slot i l being also horizontal and positioned adjacent the upper rearward corner of the plate, while the slot 13 is vertical and is positioned between the horizontal slots I2 and I4 and in close proximity to the forward slot i2.

Associated with the fender It is a primary supporting arm l5 and a secondary supporting arm l6 disposed one on each side of said fender. The arms and it are preferably formed of bar stock, rectangular in cross-section and may be of identical dimensions except for length, the primary supporting arm I5 being of greater length than the secondary supporting arm It. At its inner end, the primary supporting arm 15 is provided with a guide pin ii in the form of a rivet adapted to project through the intermediate slot l3, the end of the pin being riveted over a washer is in the manner well known whereby to retain said inner end of the primary supporting arm in permanent connected relation to said fender. In a like manner, a similar guide pin I9 is provided on an intermediate portion of the primary support arm I5 and adapted to project through the forward slot l2, there being mounted on said pin the inner end of the secondary support arm IS, the end of said pin being riveted over a washer 20 in the manner well known whereby to retain the intermediate portion of the primary supporting arm 15 and the inner end of the secondary supporting arm iii in permanent connected relation to said fender. The connection of both supporting arms i5 and It to the fender III is such that the pins H and it are slidable in their respective slots to permit relative adjustment between said fender and said supporting arms, as well as to permit downward or upward movement of the fender in relative to said supporting arms when passing over rocks or other obstacles.

The primary and secondary supporting arms i5 and it are connected at their forward ends to a support bracket 23 which preferably is l'ormed 'of heavy bar stock rectangular in crosssection. The support bracket 23 is normally held in a vertical position and is provided with a pair of superposed vertically spaced slots 2d and 25. A bolt 2i; extending through the slot 24 connects the forward end of the primary support arm it to the lower end of the support bracket 23. The forward end of the secondary support arm 16 is provided with a longitudinal slot 2?, and a bolt 28 extending through the

slots

27 and 25 connects said forward end to the upper portion of the support bracket 23. The support arms i5 and i6 engage opposite sides of the support bracket in the same manner as they engage opposite sides of the fender It so that in effect both the support bracket 23 and fender Hi lie in substantially the same vertical plane, the

bolts

26 and 28 serving to rigidly clamp the support arms to said support bracket in adjusted position thereon.

And its upper end the support bracket 23 is formed to provide a horizontal lateral closed loop 30 having an upper side 3| and a lower side 32. The lower side 32 is provided with an opening 33 of a size large enough to permit the insertion therethrough of the countersunk head of a bolt 34 which projects through an opening 35 provided in the upper side 31 in axial registry with the opening 33, see Figs. 1 and 3. The formation of the loop 39 is such as to permit the insertion therethrough of a spring tooth cultivator 3t provided with bolt receiving openings 3! countersunk at their lower ends to receive the countersunk bolt 34 whereby the support bracket 23 may be rigidly connected to said spring tooth cultivator 36, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. By turning the support bracket 180, or in other words reversing its connection to the support arms 55 and IS the mounting of the fender IS on the spring tooth cultivator 33 will be on the other side thereof from that shown in Fig. 1. As is apparent from the above description the ender 55 may be adjusted relative to the spring tooth cultivator both horizontally and vertically with respect thereto.

If desired the fender m and its support bracket 23 may be mounted on the stock of a single foot plow through the medium of a connecting bracket ll], see Figs, 2 and 3. The connecting bracket 40 is formed of bar stock rectangular in crosssection and is of right angle formation comprising a horizontal leg 4! and a vertical leg 42. Provided in the horizontal leg 4| is a longitudinal row of bolt receiving openings 43, and in the vertical leg 42 there is provided two vertically spaced

bolt receiving openings

44 and 45 adopted respectively to receive the support

bracket clamp bolts

26 and 28. Preferably there is provided on the bolt 28 a spacer sleeve 56 between the support bracket 23 and vertical leg 452, see Fig. 3. The horizontal leg 4| is adopted to engage the upper side of the single foot plow stock 41 and is rigidly clamped thereto through the medium of the clamp bar 48 and spaced

clamp bolts

49 and 50, which latter project through the bolt openings 43. The longitudinal row of bolt openings 43 provides for lateral adjustment of the connecting bracket 40 whereby to bring the fender ll] close to plow foot or farther away according to size of plow being used.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, what is claimed is:

1. A combined fender and support for use with a ground working implement comprising a vertical support bracket, an elongated fiat fender plate, a primary support arm, a secondary support arm, means adjustably connecting the forward ends of said support arms in vertical spaced relation to said support bracket and means movably connecting the rear ends of said support arms to said fender at longitudinally spaced points thereon, said adjustable connecting means providing for the raising or lowering of said fender relative to the support bracket and said movable connecting means permitting free up or down movement of the fender on said support arms as said fender meets with a ground obstruction, said support arms being so constructed and arranged as to constitute the sole supporting means for said fender.

2. A combined fender and support for use with a ground working implement comprising a vertical support bracket, an elongated flat fender plate, a primary support arm, a secondary support arm, means adjustably connecting the forward ends of said support arms in vertical spaced relation to said support bracket and means movably connecting the rear ends of said support arms to said tender at longitudinally spaced points thereon, said adjustable connecting means providing for the raising or lowering of said fender relative to the support bracket and said movable connecting means permitting free up or down movement of the fender on the support arms as said fender meets with a ground obstruction, said support bracket being provided at its upper end with a lateral loop adapted to receive therein a spring cultivator tooth and bolt means carried by said loop for rigidly connecting the same to said spring cultivator tooth, a connecting bracket, means mounting said connecting bracket on a part of said ground working implement, said adjustable connectin means including a clamping bolt for each support arm, and said clamping bolts connecting said support bracket to said connecting bracket.

3. A combined fender and support for use with a ground working implement comprising a vertical support bracket, an elongated fiat fender plate, a primary support arm, a secondary support arm, means including clamping bolts adjustably connecting the forward ends of said support arms in vertical spaced relation to said support bracket and means movably connecting the rear ends of said support arms to said fender at longitudinally spaced points thereon, said adjustable connecting means providing for the raising or lowering of said fender relative to the support bracket and said movable connecting means permitting free up or down movement of the fender on said support arms as said fender meets with a ground obstruction, a right angle connecting bracket comprising a horizontal leg and a vertical leg, said support bracket being connected to said vertical leg by said clamping bolts, and adjustable clamp means for connecting said horizontal leg to a stock of a single foot plow.

4. A combined fender and support for use with a ground Working implement comprising a vertical support bracket, an elongated fiat fender plate, a primary support arm, a secondary support arm, means adjustably connecting the forward ends of said support arms in vertical spaced relation to said support bracket and means movably connecting said fender to said support arms, said adjustable connecting means comprising upper and lower vertically spaced slots in said support bracket, bolt means carried by the forward end of the primary support arm and extending through thelower vertical slot, bolt means carried by the forward end of the secondary support arm seated in a longitudinal slot formed therein and extending through the upper vertical slot, said movable means comprising a horizontal slot provided in the forward end of said fender, a vertical slot provided in an intermediate portion of said fender, guide pin means slidable in said fender horizontal slot connecting. together an intermediate portion of said primary support arm and the rear end of the secondary support arm, and guide pin means slidable in said fender vertical slot and connected to the rear end of said primary support arm, said support bracket and said fender being located between said support arms.

JAMES RICHARD FEIL.