US841794A

US841794A - Weed-cutting attachment.

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Publication number: US841794A
Application number: US33080906A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles H Line
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-08-16
Filing date: 1906-08-16
Publication date: 1907-01-22
Anticipated expiration: 1924-01-22

Description

PATENTED JAN. 22,1907. 0. H. LINE.

WEED-CUTTING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1906;

avwwwboz Charles Hlipe,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

wszo-currme ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22,1907.

Application filed August 16, 1906. Serial Ila. 330,209.

' mounted upon a railway hand-carer any other railway-car for the purpose of cutting weeds along a railway-track or otherwise operating upon the sides of the road-bed of the track.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical device of this character which may be readily attached to a hand-car or other railway-car and adjusted so that its cutters may be disposed at any distances from the track or rails to cut the Weeds, or build up or reduce the gravel, dirt, or other ballast of the road-bed.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view, partly in section, of the improved weed-cutting attachment, showing it mounted upon the side of a hand-car or the like. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section taken on the plane indicated by the line 2 2 in Fig. 1 and showing one of the couplings by means of which the device is applied to the car. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the par s shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one of the cutting devices. Fig.5 is a'front end elevation of the same. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the outermost cutting-disk and the ofiset outer end of the rod upon which it is mounted. Fig. 7 is a detail elevation, partly in section, of the coupling by means of. which one of the rods is connected to the'car; and Fig. 8 is a detail view showing the detachable connection for one of the rods of the device.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes a portion of one side of a hand-car or other railway-car, to which is attached the improved weed-cutting attachment. The latter consists, in part, of two tubular arms which have their inner ends pivotally connected to the and horizontally. The rear arm consists of tion 3, which telescopes into the section 2"and has at its outer end an offset portion 7, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6. section 3 is adjustably secured in the section 2 by a set-screw 8, provided in a collar or sleeve upon the outer end of said section 2. The inner end of the latter isapertured to receive a vertical pivot 9, which also extends through a U-shape plate or clip 10, which is in turn mounted upon a horizontal pivot 11, provided in lugs upon a brack/et-plate 12. This plate 'is adjustably mounted'upon the side of the car 1 by bolts or the like passed through vertical slots 13 formed in it, as seen in Fig. 2. The front arm of the device also comprises a tubular inner section 4, within which telesco es an outer section 15, adapted to be adjusta lysecured by a set-screw 16in the collar or sleeve upon the section 4. The outer end of the section 15 is formed with an enter an eye 18, formed in the elevated rearwardly-extending portion 7 of the rod. 3. The hook 17 and eye 18 provide a loose ivotal connection between the outer ends 0 the

sections

3 and 15 and permit them to be readil'y disconnected. The inner end of the section 4 is formed with an eye 19, which is engaged by an eye 20 upon the upper end of a pivot-bolt 21. gaged vs- 'ithalining apertures in'the ends of'a substantially 'U shaped bracket plate 22. This plate or bracket is disposed vertically and secured by screws, bolts, or the like upon the side of the car 1, as shown in Fig. 1.

of any description may be mounted u on I preferably adjustably secure upon the outer sectlon 3- of the rear section 2 one or more rotheir hubs rotatively mounted upon the said section is prevented by stop-collars 24, which are adjustably secured by means of setscrews 25.

The size, number, and arrangement of the disks may be varied according to the .work which'the device is to perform; but when a number of the disks are employed they are preferably graduated in size, a-s shown in Fig. 1'. In addition to the rotary disks I may em- The latter is detachably en-' \Veed-cutting and earth-working devices car 1, so that they may swingboth vertically an inner tubular section 2 and an outer sec-- The inner end of the offset portion or hook 17, which is adapted to either or both of the

sections

3 and 15; ut

tary disks or cutters 23. These disks have roo section 3, and their endwise movement on ploy the stationary cutter-blade27 (Shown 1n Figs. 1, 4, and 5'of-the drawings.) This blade is curved transversely with a rounded front edge and is secured by stra s28 in a kerf in. the lower end of a standard 29. The latter is adjustably secured by set-screws 30 in a tubular socket 31 provided upon a sleeve 32, which is adjustably mounted upon the section 3 of the rod 2 by'a set-screw 33.

In operation the innerends of the sections 2 and 4; are mounted upon the side of the car 1, as shown in Fig. 1. The cutting blades or devices are then secured in their proper position upon the section 3 according to the Work which it is desired the device to perform, and the sections 3 15 of the rods are secured in the tubular sections 2 and 4, so that said

sections

3 and 15 will be disposed at-the desired angle with respect to each other and the car 1. By varying the angle of the section 2 with 'res ectito the side of thecar it will be seen that t e cutters may be disposed at any desired an ie.

fiy reason of the various adjustments the 'gravel, dirt, or otherballast of the-track. 750.-

When not in use, it may be swung to a vertical position, or, if desired, detached from the side of the car: 'It will also be noted that by roperly-adjusting its parts it maybe used or cutting away the gravel or earth at the sides oi the track, throwing the same outwhen. 1

Various changes in the form, proportion;

and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the prin; 4's

ci'ple or sacrificingany of the advantages of this-invention as defined by the appended claims;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by-Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a car, of an extensible frame projecting from one side of said car, anda plurality of rotary cuttingdisks adjustably mounted upon said frame.

2. The combination with a car, of arms connected together at their outer ends and to said car at their inner ends to swing vertically, and cutters adjustably mounted upon one of said arms.

3. The combination with a car, of extensible arms loosely connected at their outer ends, couplings connecting the inner ends of said arms to said car, and a cutter upon one of said arms.v

4. The combination with a car, of arms each consisting of telescoping sections, the outer sections being loosely connected, universal couplings connecting the inner sections to said car, and scatter carried by the outer section of one of said arms.

5. An attachment of the character described comprising extensible arms loosely connected at their outer ends, couplings at their inner ends and a cutter upon one of the arm-sections.

6. An attachment of the character described comprising extensible arms each consisting of telescoping sections, the outer sections being loosely connected, couplingscarried .by the inner sections of the arms and a cutter adjustably mounted upon the outer section of one of the arms.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES H. LINE. Witnesses:

* Tnos. CBUIOKSHANK,

GHARLEs J. GU'NDERSON.