US620559A - Bog-cutter - Google Patents

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No. 620,559. Patented Mar. 7, I899. A. ANDERSON.

BOG CUTTER.

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No. 620,559. Patented Mar. 7, 1 99. A. ANDERSON.

BOG CUTTER.

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ASHLEY ANDERSON, OF W'OODSTOOK, ILLINOIS.

BOG-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,559, dated March 7, 1899.

Application filed January 7, 1397- To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that 1, ASHLEY ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woodstock, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bog-Cutters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,olear, 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.

This invention relates to improvements in bog-cutters.

The object of the invention is to provide a cutter of the character mentioned which is adapted to efiectually out up and prepare rough and boggy ground, so that the same may be rendered fit for cultivation, and to so construct the cutter as to enable the same to completely operate upon the entire surface of the ground over which the cutter passes.

A further object of the invention is to provide in the construction of the cutter eflicient means for regulating the depth to whiohthe cutters enter, and thereby adapting the device for use upon the ground under various conditions.

With these objects in view the invention consists, substantially, in the construction, combination, and arrangement'of parts, as will be herein after fully illustrated described, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cutter constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view looking at the bottom of the cutter. Fig. 3isalongitudinal sectional View thereof. Fig. 4 is an end elevation.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the frame of,the herein-described bo -cuttencomprising a series of transverse bars 2, having their ends seated in longitudinal bars 3, and it will be noted that the longitudinal bars 3 at each end of the frame 1 are parallel and spaced from each other, so as to enable the ends of the transverse bars 2 to be seated therebetween. For securing the transverse bars 2 in the longitudinal bars 3 bolts 4 are Serial No. 618,298. (No model.)

employed; butit will of course be understood that any other equivalent means may be used.

Mounted upon the transverse bars is a plurality of cutter-bars 5, said cutter-bars being preferably bolted to the transverse bars 2, and it will be noted thatsaid cutter-bars are arranged in two transverse series; but, if desired, a greater number of series may be employed, and the bars of each series are so arranged that their contiguous ends lie be tween the bars of the adjacent series for a more perfect operation of the cutter. Mounted at each end of each of the bars 5 is a rearwardly-inclined cutter 6, said cutters being provided in each of their ends with an opening 7 through which bolts 8 are adapted to pass for securing the cutters 6 to the bars 5, and by reason of the openings 7 being formed in the ends of the cutters 6 it is obvious that said cutters are reversible, so that when one edge thereof has become dull through use by releasing the bolts 8 the cutters 6 may be reversed and a new edge presented to the surface of the ground for action thereon. It is further to be noted that the cutters 6 of each bar 5 are arranged at opposite sides of said bar, and the edge of each of said cutters which is opposite to the edge thereof exposed for action on the ground is adapted to be seated in a groove 9, formed in the under side of the transverse bars 2, thus firmly holding the cutters 6 and always maintaining the same at a proper angle for an effective operation of the same.

The cutters 6 are adapted for loosening the ground, and in order that the shreds formed during such looseningoperation may be effectually acted upon a series of shreddingblades 10 is formed on each of the transverse bars 2 in rear of the cutters 6, said shreddingblades being reversely inclined to the cutters 6 and spaced at intervals throughout the length of the bars 2, and it will be noted that the series of shredding-blades on each of the transverse bars 2 is arranged out of alinement with the series of blades on the transverse bar immediately in front of the same, and by reason of this construction every one of the shredding-blades 10 is adapted to act upon the ground at different points, so that the entire portion of the latter over which the cutter passes shall receive its proper proportion of action by the cutters 6 and the shredding-blades 10, so as to thoroughly loosen the ground and prepare the same for cultivation.

For leveling the ground after the same has been acted upon by the cutters 6 and shredding-blades 10 a vertically-disposed scraper 11 is arranged upon the transverse bar 2 at the rear end of the frame 1, said scrapingblade extending throughout the entire length of said bar and being bolted thereto, so as to allow vertical adjustment of the blade, and by means of this vertical adjustment the depth to which the cutters 6 enter the ground may be regulated, the vertical adjustment of the scraper 11 being effected by adjusting the bolts which secure the same to the trans verse bar 2 at the rear end of the frame 1.

The machine is designed to be drawn bya suitable team, and for hitching said team-to the frame 1 clips 12 are pivotally secured to the forward end of the frame 1, and mounted upon the latter at substantially its central point is a seat 13, upon which the operator of the machine may sit when using the latter.

In operation, a team having been hitched to the cutter, the latter is drawn over the wound to be treated for cultivation, and during the passage of the cutter thereover the blades 6 enter said ground and cut the same, thus loosening the sod. During the continued travel of the frame 1 the shredding-blades 10 in rear of the cutters 6 contact with the out sod, which has been previously treated by the cutters 6, and any shreds in said sod will be thoroughly torn, thus insuring a more complete preparation of the ground. The scraper 11 will gather the sod which has been thus loosened, and any inequalities in the latter will be filled by said scraper, thus leveling the entire ground and leaving the same in a state for seeding orother purposes. As before stated, the shredding-blades 10 are inclined forwardly and thereby reversely to the cutting-knives 6, and hence the shreds of the sod formed through the cutting of the same by the cutters 6 will be efiectually loosened by said shredding blades, and since the latter are arranged out of alinement it will also be seen that each one of the cutters 6 and shredding-blades 11 is so positioned upon the frame 1 that the same has a portion of the ground to act upon which is not touched by any one of the other blades, the whole surface of the ground beneath the frame 1 receiving a due proportion of treatment by the several blades.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a cutter which pro vides for thoroughly treating bogg ground.

The machine is especially adapted for pasture land over which the stock have trarnped fora considerable period of time and rendered the same rough and boggy; but immediately upon drawing the herein-described cutter thereover the ground is so prepared that the same is fit for culture, and thus in such a state is equal to that before the stock had trampled the same. Furthermore, the machine is adapted for use on all kinds of ground where the same is not too moist for the team, and the device will not clog, thus adapting the same for use as a pulverizer on newlybroken ground or other conditions of the soil where such a machine is desired for use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cutter of the class described, th combination with a suitable frame, of a series of cutters mounted upon said frame and adapted for loosening the soil, a series of shredding blades also mounted upon said frame and adapted for loosening the shreds in the soil formed by the passage of the cutters, and a vertically-disposed scraper also carried by said frame and adapted for leveling the soil, said scraper being further adapted to regulate the depth to which the cutter-blades enter the soil, substantially as set forth.

2. In a cutter of the class described, the combination with a suitable frame, of a series of inclined reversible cutters mounted on said frame, a series of shredding blades also mounted upon said frame and adapted for loosening the shreds in the soil formed by the passage of the cutter-blades, and a scraper also carried by the frame and vertically adjustable thereon so as to regulate the depth to which the cutters are adapted to enter the soil, substantially as set forth.

3. In a cutter of the class described, the

combination with a frame formed of a series of spaced transverse bars having their ends connected, of a series of cutter-bars arranged in series on said transverse bars, the cutter bars of each series having one of their ends lying between the adjacent ends of the bars of the adjacent series, a series of cutters mounted on said cutter-bars and adapted to loosen the soil,- a series of shredding-blades mounted upon the transverse bars in rear of the cutters and adapted to loosen the shreds in the soil formed by the passage of said outters, and a vertically-disposed scraper mounted upon the frame and extending through out the Width thereof, said scraper being adapted to regulate the depth to which the cutters enter the soil, substantially as set forth. I

4:. In a cutter of the class described, the combination with a frame formed of the series of spaced transverse bars having their ends connected, of a series of cutter-bars arranged in series upon said transverse bars, one end of the bars of one series lying between the adjacent ends of the bars of the adjacent series, cutters mounted on said cutter-bars, the cutters on each of said cutter-bars being arversible thereon, a series of shredcling blades fig mounted upon the transverse bars of the frame in rear of said cutters, said shreddingblades being arranged out of alinement with each other and the cutters, whereby the entire surface of the soil beneath the frame is adapted to be acted upon, and a scraper mounted upon the frame in rear of the shredding-blades and extending throughout the width of said frame, said scraper being adjustable on the frame so as to regulate the depth to which the cutters enter the soil, substantially as set forth.

5. In a cutter of the class described, the combination with a frame formed of the series of spaced transverse bars having their ends connected, of a series of cutter-bars arranged in series upon said transverse bars, one end of the bars of one series lying between the adjacent ends of the bars of the adjacent series, cutters mounted on said cutter-bars, the cutters on each of said cutter-bars being arranged at opposite sides of the latter and re versible thereon, a series of shredding-blades mounted upon the transverse bars of the frame in rear of said cutters, said shreddingblades being arranged out ofvalinement with each other and the cutters, whereby the en tire surface of the soil beneath the frame is adapted to be acted upon, a scraper mounted upon the frame in rear of the shreddingblades and extending throughout the width of said frame, said scraper being adjustable on the frame so as to regulate the depth to which the cutters enter the soil, and a seat mounted upon the frame, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ASHLEY ANDERSON.

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