US372557A

US372557A - James h

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Publication number: US372557A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-11-01
Anticipated expiration: 1904-11-01

Description

(NoMoael.)

A PLOW.

No. 372,557. Patented Nov. 1, 1887.

Massachusetts,

ing a projecting point,

4o roller, w, is

in the frame.

5o part of the Ntra STATES ArrnNr Vrines.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 372,557.

dated November l, 1887.

Application filed April 11, 1887. -Serial No. 234,317. (No model To all wtom/ it iii/ty concern:

Be it known that l, JAMES H. MORLEY, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of have invented new and useful Improvements in Flows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to plows, the object being to provide a plow of improved construc- Io tion for turning the furrow-slice completely over or inverting it, and the invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangenient of the various parts of the plow, all as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in 15 the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specication, Figure l is a perspective view of a plow constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a 2C side elevation of the pivoted apron-frame.

ln the drawings,A is an oblong frame, which may be constructed either of metal or wood, having an elevated seat, K, thereon. The forward end of said frame has two arms thereon,

25 between which is secured the draftbar 12.and

outside of the frame and at the side of one of said arms is pivoted a cutting or eolter wheel, c, which wheel is adapted to rotate freely in a line with the landside of the plow. A colter- 3o wheel may be hung orf both sides of frame A,

if desired.

ln that part of the frame A beneath the aforesaid extending arms thereon is fixed the share b, of suitable metallic construction, havas shown, about centrally between its edges, which are attached to thefranie,and havingits upper surface rounded or beveled from a line drawn from said point upward. Just back of the share b an apronhung` to rotate freely between the sides of the frame A, and at the opposite end of said frame a second apron-roller, w', is hung in a higher positi-on therein than said roller w, and,lilie the latter,has a free rotary movement A flexible endless apron, 10, niade preferably of stout canvas or leather, is hung on said rollers 1o and w at each end of the plow-frame, one end of said apron being turned half over, thereby imparting to that apron which extends between said rollers a spiral or twisted form, as shown. The

apron 10 is constructed, preferably, with a series of cross strips or bars, 13, attached in any suitable lmanner to its surface, and a traction-roller,y,having a ribbed surface, as shown, is hung to rotate freely in the frame A near the forward end of the plow, and has such a surface engagement with the said apron 1() as to impart to the latter, when the plow is drawn over the ground, a longitudinal movement over the said rollers on which it is hung in the frame.

Two bearing-wheel levers, c and c, are fixed 0n a transverse shaft, 14, in the frame A, said levers extending toward the point of the share on the opposite sides of frame A, and having the bearing-rollers d hung on the ends thereof, as shown. One of saidlevers, e, has a handleextension, 2, projecting rearwardly, and a second handle, 3, extending upwardly within the reach of a person sitting upon the seat K. A stop-bar, 6, is attached to the inner side ot' the handle 3 by its lower end, so that it is permitted to have a longitudinal movement on said handle, and the lower end of said bar is adapted to engage in the notches 5 in the edge of the frame A, in order to retain the arms e, on which the rollers d are pivoted, in certain positions. The said bar 6 is given the said longitudinal movement to engage its end with said notches and to disengage it therefrom by the'elbow-lever 7, to which it is attached, as shown, said elbow-lever being pivoted to the said handle 3. A spring, 8, back of the elbowlever 7. so swings the latter as to keep the lower en'd of the stopbar 6 in engagement with either one of said notches 5.

Suitable handles, h, are bolted to the sides of the frame A, and serve the usual purpose' of guiding the plow.

An aprOnframe,H,(shown in side elevation in Fig. 3,) preferably ot' metallic construction, is pivoted at s between the sides of the frame A, and is capable of more or less vibratory movement therein. A supportingroller, z, is hung between the sides of the rear end of the frame H, and may be, if desired, made like the above-described traction-roller y in the frame A, whereby it will be given au engagement with an adj oining side of a second endless apron, 9, which is hung in the frame H, as below described. An apron-roller, o, is hung to rotate freely in each end of the frame described apron l0, which is hung in the framev lA, and apron 9 is, like the above-described apron 10, given a spiral position in the Aframe H corresponding to the position of the apron 10 by having one end thereofturned half over,

and thus arranged the said two aprons are brought side to side in spiral relation; but the frame H, on account of its said pivotal attaehment between the sides of the plow-frame A, is capable of more or less of a vibratory movement in the plow-frame. The apron-frameH is providedwith asaddlc, o, which hangs beneat-h it and extends across its lower side, which is arranged about in the plane of the under side of the plowshare b, and serves to support the aprons and prevent them from dragging on the ground when conveying the furrow-slice, as below described. A'hood, n, extends over and across the upper side of the apron-frame H, and serves to guard the upper side of the aprons and provide a strengthening-bridge for the frame H.

The operation of the above-described irnprovements inplows is as follows: In order to govern the dip of the plowshare b so that a furrow of the requisite depthonly shall be out, the supportingrollers d are set to the proper positions by the handles 2 or 3 and there fixed, as described. Upon starting the plow the furrow-slice mounts theshare b and enters between the ends of the aprons 9 and 10, and passes between said aprons as the plow moves along, the aprons meanwhile taking up the requisite longitudinal movement, and, by reasonof their above-described spiral positions, the said f arrow-slice, as it moves through between said aprons from one end of the plow to the other, is turned completely over or reversed and delivered at the rear end of the plow in that position, the said furrowslice being cut as the plow moves along by the cuttingwheel c, above described.

What I claim as my invention is.-

l. A furrow-slicercversing of a frame, as A., having a suitable share, substantially as described, fixed thereto, an endless apron, as l0, suspended on rollers in said frame in a longitudinal spiral position, an apron-frame, as H, hung pivotally in said frame A beneath said apron, having a second endless apron, as 9, suspended on rollers therein, having a spiral position corresponding to plow consisting said apron l0 and lying side to side with the latter, and suitable traction-rollers, substan. tially as described, hung in said frames and.

having engagement with said aprons, combined and operating substantially as set forth.

2. The'frame A, the cutter-wheel c, hung thereon, and the share b, fixed thereto, the arms e e', having a common pivotal connection with said frame, and the bearingwheels d thereon, combined with the handle 3, the stop-bar 6, having au engagement with the frame A, and the elbow-lever 7, connected to said bar, substantially as set forth.

3. A plow having a frame, substantially as described, between the sides of which are suspended on suitable rollers two endless aprons, substantially as described, lying side by side, having a longitudinallyspiral position and adapted to receive the furrow-slice between them as it passes over the share, and deliver said slice at the rear of the plow, substantially as set forth.

4. The frame A, having the traction-roller y hung therein and the share b lixed thereto, the eutterwheel hung on said frame, theapronrollers w and w', having a, free rotation in the latter, the endless apron 10, hung in a spiral position on said rollers, and the bearing-rollers d, hung on the arms e, having a pivotal connection with said frame, and the handle 3, projecting upward therefrom, combined with the apron-frame H, pivotally hung in frame A, the roller z, having a free rotation in frame H, the apron-rollers v c, hung to rotate freely in the latter, and the endless apron 9, hung on the latter-named rollers in said frame H, side to side with said apron 10, in a like spiral position to the lastnamed apron, substantially as set forth.

5. The frame A, having a suitable share, substantially as described, fixed thereto, an endless apron, as said frame in a longitudinal spiral position, combined with an apron-frame, as H, hung pivotallyin said frame A, having a second endless apron, as 9, suspended on rollers therein, having a spiral position corresponding to said apron 10and having the saddle 'o thereon extending under the central portion of said aprons, substantially as set forth.

JAMns H. MonLEY.

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