US249234A - peters - Google Patents

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PLOW.

Patented Nov. 8, 1881.

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PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming 'partof LettersfPa'tent No. 249,234, dated November 8, 1881,

Application filed October 11,1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE S. FELT, of Greenwood, in the-county of Oxford and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flows; and I do herebydeclare that the following is afull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I

The} object of my inventioni's to producea plow which will enable the user to plow furrows side by side without going around the land, and which will always throw thefurrow .on the sameside, so as to prevent dead-furrows and ridges.

My invention consists in the combination,

2 o -in areversible plow, of two rotary mold-boards,

two two-faced hinged mold-boards, the pivot g, and the long bearing 8, projecting through therotary mold-boards, and the button it; also, in the combination of a standard, b, foot a, havinga point, to, with two IHOIG-bOHJ'dS H; pivotshares to take more or less land 5 also, in the combination of two rotary mold hoards, the bevel-disks, a landside, c b, an extensible and vertically-adj ustable hook, andthetwo hinged mold-boards, as will be hereinafter described; also, in the combination of two rotary moldboards, a slot, and button with the landside a b and the pivot-bolt f, so as to adaptthe plow to be used with or without the hinged moldboards.

The plow has the foot a, standard I), the rotary points and mold-boards c c d d, the twofaced hinged mold-boards c e, the main bolt f, and the locking device 9 h 2' My plow maybe used either as a side-hill or a level-land plow.

Figure lis a side elevation of myplow with double rotary share and mold-board and hin ged mold-board. Fig, 2 is a side elevation of the opposite side of my plow, showing the standard and landside. Fig. 3 is a side elevation with one rotary point or share andthe rotary mold-board removed, and having the hinged mold-board and the other rotary mold-board and point on, and showing the plow when used as a common landside-plow. Fig. 4. is a side elevation of my plow with thestandard, the two rotary points, and mold-boards on, butwith the hinged mold-hoard removed. Fig. 5 is a front view of my plow withthe hinged moldboard removed, and with the left-hand point placed side by side with the right-hand point, so as to form a plow with a share and mold-hoard on'both-sides. Fig. 6 is an inside view of the landside, showing the two wheels with the wedge-shaped edges and the main bolton which the plow swings. Fig. 7 is a detail side view of the two-faced hinged mold-board. Fig. 8 shows views of the wheels to regulate thedanding of the plow.

Sameletters show like parts.

I willnow proceed to describe the structure and operation of the ditterentpartsot' 'my invention.

l is the beam of the plow. mare the handles.

Passing downthrough the beam at the proper point, through the block-head it, through a socket or sockets, 0, on the inside of the landside, and through the foot (t of the standard, is the main bolt f. Upon this the rotary moldboards and points turn when they are reversed or turned from side to side of the beam. These rotary mold-boards are made of two parts or halves of the same size and shape, as seen in Figs. 1 and 4. 'By rotary mold-boards and shares or points I mean mold-boards turning, in a horizontal planeand on the main boltf.

In Fig. 4 the hinged mold-boardeis .removed. At thejuncture of the two parts of the moldboards is made a slot or opening, 11. This is to permit of the swinging of the hinged twofaced mold-board c. This mold-board is provided with pivots q, upon which it is swung when it is desired. These pivots are set or stepped into sockets r on the inside of the rotary mold-boards. The two parts of the rotary mold-boards are held together, when arranged relatively to each other as shown in Fig. 1, by overlapping pieces on the inside of the land sides and the mold-boards, and by screws or bots passing through such overlapping pieces and into the metal of said landsides and moldboards. I do not limit myself to this exact method of uniting the two parts, for this may be done in any well-known way and by any known and familiar mechanical means.

The hinged two-faced mold-board has a pro- .the bolt h. course, no need for the hook gto swing entirely jecting part or end, 8, which penetrates into the space behind the rotary mold-boards and strikes and rests against the inside of one or the other of the rotary mold-boards, accordingly as the hinged mold-board is swung to one or the other side. This gives it a bearing on the inside. Then placed in position the outer end is held in place by the locking device g h 07 Of this device the hook g is set into one of the holes tt, accordingly as the hinged moldboard is turned. The other end of the hookg is screwed into the end ,of the socket-piece The socket-piece j is rigidly fastened to the upright sliding bolt h, which lifts and drops through the two eyes These eyes are set on the rear edge of the standard I). I do not desire to limit myself to this exact locking device. Instead of the holes t t, a kind of toothed rack may be seton theil'iterior twofacesofthe hinged mold-board, and two hooks, g, may be used instead of one, without the vertical motion of If two are used, then there is, of

around, as in the form shown in the drawings. As shown in the drawings, the hook gfits into one of the holestt and holds the hinged moldboard in the desired position firmly, with the projecting piece .9 fitting closely up against the inside of one of the rotary mold-boards, d or d, whichever is in front at the time.

The hinged mold-board can be removed, if desired. This is done by turning the button a up into a horizontal position, as seen in Fig. 4. This uncovers a small slot, out of which the pivot q can he slipped, and thus the moldboard removed. A screw serves to tighten the button when so placed as to hold the pivot q in place. This removal is desirable when,

for. instance, only a narrow furrow is to be made. Farmers now, in some cases, have an extra small plow for such work. This serves for that purpose and saves that expense. It is also desirable when the two points are to be used side by side, as shown in Fig. 5, where a wide furrow is desired and the earth to be thrown over on both sides.

On the inside of the landsides are seen two small wheels set on screws. These are indicated by 70. These have a' raised side or edge, one part of which is thicker than the other, growing gradually thicker as the edge runs around the wheel. The object of this is to furnish a bearing for the point to of the foot a. These wheels are intended to be turned as desired, so as to throw the point of the foot or more or less away from the inside of the landside, and thus, by acting as a wedgebetween the point to of the foot to and the inside of the landside, turn the front point of the plow so as to make it land more, and thus produce a wider furrow.

The points or share of the plow are held to the mold-boards in the usual way.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a reversible plow, the combination, with the rotary mold-boards d d, of the twot'aeed hinged mold boards 0 6, provided with pivots q, the long bearing 8, projecting through the rotary mold boards, and the button a, as set forth.

2. The combination of the standard 1), feet to, having point w, mold-boards d d, pivot-bolt f, and bey el-disks lt,'formin g an adjustable stop for the point to to cause the plowshares to take more or less land.

3. The combination of the rotary mold-boards d d, beveled disks k, landside a b, the extensible hook g, vertically adjustable, and the hinged mold-boards c e, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination of the rotary mold-boards d cl, slot 1), and button a with the landside a b and pivot-boltf, and adapted to be used with or without the hinged mold-boards, as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JESSE S. FELT.

WVitnesses CLAYTON J. FARRING'ION, FRED. A. DYER.

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