US314609A

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Publication number: US314609A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-03-31
Anticipated expiration: 1902-03-31

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J. (1F. SOHENGK.

PLOW.

Patented Mar. 31, 1885.

the slice as'it passes over it; but in lighter JOHN G. F. S GHENOK, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 31%,609, dated March 31, 3.885.

Application filed November 10, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. F. SOHENOK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Flows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates more particularly t that class of attachments for plows known as pulverizers; and it consists, essentially, in the combination, with the mold-board of a plow, of a cutter arranged to rotate in a plane practically at right angles to the plane of motion of the plow, said cutter being applied to the under edge of the heel end of the moldboard, substantially as hereinafter fully described, and as shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a plow embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a like view showing a driving mechanism connected with the pulverizer, and a modified arrangement of pulverizer. Figs. 3 and 4 show modified constructions of pulverizers.

In the above drawings,B indicates the draftbar, H the handles, S the share, and M the mold-board, of an ordinary plow.

On the under edge, at the rear end or wing of the mold-board, are formed or secured two bearings, 13 B, in which are pivoted the journals of a pulverizer, which, as shown, is a spiral or twisted cutter, O, the edges of the spirals or the twist being made sharp, so that when the slice is brought in contact therewith said blade will cut it and break it up. It will be seen that when the slice passes over the rear portion of the mold-board and is turned it will come in contact with the cutter, and it will be cut or broken up, the cutter rotating at the same time to throw the broken slice off.

In heavy soil the cutter will be rotated by (No model.

soil it may be desirable to employ mechanism for rotating the cutter. In Fig. 2 I have shown such mechanism, which, as will be readily seen, may be applied to wheel-plows. W indicates the ground-wheel,that has its hearings in hangers secured to the handles H. The shaft of the wheel carries a pinion, 19, that meshes with a transmitting-pinion, p, the arbor of which carries a bevelpinion, P,.that meshes with a corresponding pinion, P,oin the cutterjournal.

In wheelplows the cutter may also be ro-V tated by connecting the same with one of the groundwheels by means of chain-and-sp rocket gearing or in any other desired manner.

I have above described a cutter, C,composed of a twisted or spiral blade. It is obvious, however, that good results may he obtained by means of a fluted roller, Figs. 2 and 3, the cutting-edges of which are preferably arranged spirally.

Instead of a fluted ioller, a roller, 0, Fig. 4, provided with barrow-teeth arranged in concentric circles or spirally around the roller, or a fluted roller, 0, Fig. 3, having such teeth applied in the grooves between the cuttingedges, may be employed.

The attachment is applicable to all kinds or styles of plows in which a mold-board is used, and the dimensions of such cutter will naturally vary with those of the plow to which such cutter is applied.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is The combination,substantially as described, with the mold-board M of a plow and agroundwheel, of the pulverizer O, of equal diameter throughout its length, journaled in bearings B B on the lower edge of the heel or wing of the moldboard, and carrying a pinion and intermediate gearing for rotating the pulverizer from the ground-wheel, for the purposes specified. V

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN G. F. SGHENOK.

Witnesses:

' FRANZ SoNNENscHMIDr,

HENRY