US829802A - Cultivating-plow. - Google Patents

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No. 829,802. PATENTBD AUG. 28

F. M. RIVERS. GULTIVATING PLOW. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18, 190B.

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CULTlVATlNG-PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 28, 1 906.

Application filed June 18,1906. Serial No. 322,335.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. RIvERs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lake Butler, in the county of Bradford and State of Florida, have invented an Improvement in Cultivating-Flows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to the construction and form of the footor standard of the plow or cultivator and to the arrange-.

ment of braces in connection with such standard and the beam.

The details of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts are as hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a side view of a cultivating-plow embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the foot or standard and landside.

I show two feet or standards A, attached to a beam B, one in front of the other, the two being bent laterally in opposite directions, so that the shovels or shares O do not track.

The standard is constructed of a flat bar which is bent twice at an obtuse angle at the points a a, as shown in Fig. 2, the first bend being just below the beam B and the second a short distance above the share 0. Thus the end portions of the standard are in different but parallel vertical planes, and the lower portion is set laterally from the beam to the required extent. The standard being placed edgewise to the line of draft, it is apparent that it has great strength and capacity for resistance in that direction. The standard is braced in two directionsnamely, by a side brace D and by a rear brace E. The side brace is connected with the standard at (1 just below the lower obtuse angle a and the upper end is secured to the upper portion of the beam B by a bolt a which also passes through a horizontal slot (1 formed in the upper enlarged end of the standard A. The rear brace E is secured to the beam by two bolts, and its lower forwardly-projecting end is secured to the standard A by the same bolt (1 that secures the side brace D. Thus the two braces D and E are pivotally connected with the standard A at the same point and by the same means and permit the standard to be adjusted at its upper end forward or back, according to the depth at which it is desired the share C shall work in the soil. By this simple arrangement of braces-the standard is supported with due rigidity laterally and in the longitudinal direction of the beam. In brief, by the arrangement of braces and the construction of the standard I attain maximum lightness, strength, and rigidity. I

As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the standard A and the landside or heel F are constructed integrally, and the standard is further provided with an integral part A, which is bent upward from the landside and is riveted to the body of the standard at a In other words, the part A is integral with the parts A F at its lower end, its free end being secured by a separate means. It is spaced from the standard A at intermediate points to provide for reception and vertical adjustment of the bolt G, by which the share C is secured to the foot or standard. In other words, by adjusting the bolt G up or down the share or shovel C may be adjusted correspondingly in order to vary the depth at which it shall work in the soil.

By the above-described construction, arrangement, and combination of parts I produce a durable and highly-eflicient cultivating implement and at comparatively small cost.

What I claim is 1. In a cultivating-plow of the class indicated the combination, with the beam, of a standard, or foot, which is bent twice at an obtuse angle at points between the beam and share and thus set laterally from the beam, its lower portion and the landside being constructed integrally and also provided with an upwardly-extended integral piece which is arranged to form a loop for reception of the share-bolt, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a beam, of a standard which is bent laterally therefrom at an obtuse angle and constructed in its lower portion with a seat and guide to provide for attachment of a share, and lateral and rear braces whose lower ends are pivoted to the standard at the same point, the upper end of the standard being provided with a horizon- 'tal slot, and a fastening-bolt passing through the same and the beam, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the beam, of a flat standard having a lateral bend and arranged edgewise to the lateral draft, a lateral brace secured to the beam on the opposite I side from the standard and extended doWn- Ward in line therewith, and a rear brace ati tached to the beam on the same side as the 5 standard, its lower end projecting forward, Witnesses:

a pivot-bolt secured at the lower ends of both 1 T. P. FOWLER,

braces to the middle portion of the standard 1 FRED TALLMAN.

and at one and the same point, and means for securing the upper end of the standard to the beam adjustably, substantially as described.

FRANCIS M. RIVERS.

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