US28930A - Improvement in plows - Google Patents

Description

R. S. WILLIAMS.

Shovel Plow.

Patented "June 26, 1860.

UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICEO R. S. WILLIAMS, OF BAIRDSTOWN, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 28,930, dated Juno 26, 1860,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, R. S. VILLIAMS, of Bairdstown, in the county ot` Greene and State of Georgia, have invented a new and Improved Plow; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side View of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same, taken in the line :v .'r, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan ofthe saine.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding part-s in the several figures.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class ot' plows which are generally known as shovel-plows, and are used in the cultivation of crops which are grown in hills or drills.

The object ot the invention is to obtain a simple, economical, and durable plow of light draft, and one that may be managed or manipulated with the greatest facility.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully un derstand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the beam of the plow, which beam may be constructed of inch and a quarter plank of taper forni, said beam being ten or twelve inches in depth at its back part, and about three inches in depth at its front end. On the back part ofthe beam Athere is secured a cross-piece, B, the ends ot' which are litted in the handles C C, and serve as a brace to the same.

D is the foot, which is ot' cast-iron of curved form, and forked at its upper end. The upper end ofthe back prong, a, of the foot is itted in the under side of the beam A, but the front prong, b, is provided with a socket, E, into which the beam A fits, a bolt, c, passing through the beam and the upper part ofthe socket. The socket E, at each side of the beam A, has a pocket or chamber, d. rllhese pockets or chambers, as well as the socket E, are cast with the foot D, and they are inclined so as to receive the ends ofthe handles O C. lhelower end of the foot D is curved forward, as shown clearly in Fig. 1, and there is a longitudinal dovetail slot, e, in the foot,into which projectionsf, at the under side of a share, I1`,it, the projections being ot` dovetail form and, in connection with the slot e, securing the share to the foot.

By this construction a very simple and etlicient plow is obtained. rlhe handles, by the arrangement described, are firmly retained in proper position, and the implement is rendered quite light as well as strong, as but few parts are used.

I do not claim the connecting ofthe share F to the foot D by means ot' the dovetail slot e and projections f; but

I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The casting ofthe i'ootD with a socket, E, and pockets d, substantially as shown, to receive the beam A and the lower ends of the handles C C, substantially as described.

2. In connection with the sockets Eand pockets d d, the brace or cross-piece B and taperbeam A, the former being attached to the beam and handles, as described.

J oHN MINES, T. GALLAHAN.

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