US74006A - Andrew runstetlter and albert windeck - Google Patents

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IMPROVEMENT TN GOTTONSCRAPER AND GUTTER.-

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Be' it known that we, ANDREW RUNSTETLER and ALBERT WI'NDECK, of the city and county of Peoria, in the State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful' mchine for cultivating cotton, called a Cotton-Scraper and Cutter; aud we do hereby declare that the following is .a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the'annexed drawings, making a eport of this specification, innvhi'chv Figure l is a perspective view,

Figure 2, a. plsn.-

Figure 3, perspective view of e .pair of the ,scrapers," and Figure 4 side elevation of Scrapers.

Figure 5, underneath view of regulator,v and Figure 6 side View of gearing to wheels.

This machine consists of a. square frame, four feet by twofeet two inches in length, and constructed of six pieces of wood, BC D, two by three inches square each piece. This frame is supported on wheels, the axle of which is between the two hindmost Abars v:D E. l The 'wheels are wood-spoked. On this axle of iron is fastened themcogged hevelled wheel J, about seven and a. half inches in diameter, which turns the cogged bevelled iron pinion G, situated on therear'end of anotheriro-n axle, F, running lengthwise oi' frame, or from 'front to back, as far as former axle. On this axle Fare situated thogrevolving hoes H H H H, which are e.,

theurms of hocs)provided with slots a allowing ofthe adjustmei't' the separate pairs farther apart ou axle,

` and ofthe adjustment or shortening and lengthening of the; distance of the hoes from axle. The hoes are threeinches deep, and present a.' length'of nine inches toithesurface of the soil,'(z`. e., three by nine inches.) The arms of hoes are twelve inches in length abone the hoe, end about two and a. half inches wide, with a half-inch slot, d, running down towardfhoe, about halfthelengthcf crm, all made of quarter-inch steel. There can be `one or two pairs of hoes to' this axle', asmay befound most convenient for cultivatiomnnd our-machines are constructed either way. Thehoesare fastened to the ironaxle F, at its flattened part, by means of a washer and bolt through the slotsand axle, allowing oi' the shortening or lengthening of the cut, as before intimated.

The hoes are slightly turned upat the cutting-edge, so'as' `to facilitate the cutting out the superiuous cottonplants in the rowsl .i v

On the -front part of machine are the Scrapers o b, situated between the two front bars B C.' They are two uprightA pieces of wood, two'feet four inches high each,vby inches square, and are hung about four or five inches aphrt 'on two iron pins, m fm, passing through both the bars BU and the scraper-handles a and connected on their tops, c c, with the curved irons it L, by screws.' These irons i, L are Yone inch wide by eight inches long, (7L iig. 5,) having a common-pivot or fastening, j, on the under side of the regulator I, at its forward end, at or near Athe further end, or near handle'ofregulator, which is about three feet four inches long, und on its under sid'e arecogs or teeth n, by means'ot which the scrapers are held in position. The regu= later, by its forward or backward motion, increases or diminishes the distance between the Scrapers, and the' teeth n hold the same at the required position, by means of the catch or baron the upright stay iu front of driver-s seat. The. regulator, at its forward end, has an iron pin, say, half :tn-inch in diameter, projecting from .the wood far enough to admit of its sliding buck and forth in the bracep of iron on the forward bar B. Thev Vscrnpers, of thin steel, at the lower end of the scraper-arms a are upright plates, square, or nearly so, about six inches high by nine inches wide, slightly turned forward at their lwer edges. The outer side of each sei-aper'is turned backwards, about fifteen degrees from the front line of machine, and being intended to scrape the sloping sides of the cotton-ridge, (one on each sidc,) they have (e1-e., the cutting-edges) an inclination from 4the space between them to each of their outward angles. Thus these Scrapers remove the superiiuous plants and weeds to any extent on euch side of the sloping ridges simultaneously, leving n growth of cotton-plants,r say, from two and a half to three inches wide, on the ridge between the scrapers. The running-gear can bc thrown out of operation, when required, by means of the levers L M on each side, and next wheels, by ,pressl ing them down agaiust'the hubs ,of spoked wheels, as may he seen by drawings. A diagram of lover is seen .at iig. ti.

The operation ofthe machine is as follows: The driver ridesupon the seat fixed upon the rear part of the frame, fromwhich he regulates the action of the machine. Thus, onstarting for the field, the lever M is pressed down, so throwing the cogs out of gear. When ready to hoe, the operation is reversed, and vthe -lever L is depressed, as shown in iig. '2. The scrapers, by means of `the pins m m, 'are kept at'the necessary height to avoid Istriking ground, and the arms c c of scrapers being pierced with holes, their heght'or depth is easily regulated, when ready to begin, and the distance between sc'rapers is regulated by the arxn or regulator I, which operates on the upper end of the Scrapers at c o.' a forward motonof same diminishing' their distance, and reverse motion extending same. I A

The machine is designed to supply the place of many Ihield-hands, doing the work expeditiously and neatly, the hoesfollowing the Scrapers, cutting away transversely, each revolution, ,a space of superiluous plants, say,

nine inches in lengtln'leavng a growth of plants three inches long between each cut, thus leaving room for a thrifty growth of the -tender plants. Two horses are suiiicient f o'r the draught.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by 'Letters Patent, is-f- `1. The mode, substantially as set forth, of adjusting the Scrapers o o, by ineens of curved irons la h con- 'Inec'ted with the regulator I.

2. The combination of u. 'drivers seat, the levers Maud L for controlling the action of the revolving hoes E H, and the regulator I for controlling-the' Scrapers, substantially as set forth.

' ANDREW RUNSTETLER,

ALBERT WINDECK.

Witnesses t EDMUND Tunnnow, N. BAKER.

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