US858290A - Gage-wheel. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907,

A. w. HOWELL. GAGE WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED AIEJZ, 1906.

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AUSTIN W. HOWELL, OF HANOVER TOWNSHIP, LIOKING COUNTY, OHIO.

GAGE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Application filed April 12,1906. Serial No. 311,204.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUSTIN W. HOWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Hanover township, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gage- Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to age wheels for breaking plows, and one the rincipal objects of the invention is toprovid whereby the gage wheel may be adjusted vertically during the plowing operation to permit the plow 1point to enter the ground at more or less dept and to avoid obstructions.

Another object of the invention is to provide means within the reach of the plowman, to raise or lower the gage wheel, to carry the plow point under or over an obstruction or rough piece of ground whenever deemed necessary by the plowman.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for adjusting the gage wheel at an angle to the beam.

These and other objects may beattained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fi ure 1 is a side elevation of a plow to which my improved gage wheel is connected, and shown in operative position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the gage wheel and showing its manner of attachment to the beam of the plow, the beam being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view showing the manner of adjustingFthe gage wheel at an angle to the beam. ig. 4 is a perspective view of the upper portion of the adjusting lever. Fig. 5 is a detail lan view.

Referring to t e drawing for a more particular description of my invention, the numeral l designates the beam of a low, 2 is the standard, 3 is the mold boar 4 is the handle, 5 is the plow point, and 6 is the clevis, these parts being of the usual or any suitable construction.

Connected to the beam 1 is a plate 7, said plate bein attached to the beam by means of four bo ts 8 extending through the plate 7, and provided with nuts 9 and washers 10 for holding said plate in adjusted posit-ion upon the beam. A stud 11 rojects outward from the plate 7 and pivotally connected upon said stud is a vertical bar 12 provided with adjusting perforations 13 by means of which said bar may be adjusted to holdthe gage wheel 14 at any required e means height relatively to the beam. The age wheel 14 is j ournaled in the lower end 0% the bar 12 and in the forward end of an angular brace 15 upon a suitable axle 16. The operating lever 17 at its lower end is provided with a hinged section 18 and the front end of the angular brace 15 is also provided with a hinged section 19, and at the rear end of said angular brace a slot 20 is provided for adjustment of said brace bar relatively to the operating lever 17 by means of bolts 21. The lever 17 extends upwardly to one side of the beam 1 and is provided with a stop plate 22 which is adjustable on the lever 17 by means of a slot 23 and a bolt 24 to engage a notch 25 in a bar 26 extending parallel with the beam and provided at its front end with a hinged section 27 through which the stud 11 passes. is spaced from the-beam 1 by means of a bolt 28 which serves as a stop to engage any of the notches 29 in the operating lever 17. Connected to the upper end of the operating lever is a handled portion 30 provided at its upper end with a handle 31, said handled portion being connected at its lower end to the lower section of said operating lever by means of a bolt 33 passing through a slot 32,

shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. Said handled portion is provided with a cross slot 34 and a bolt 35 which permits the handle 31 to be raised and lowered.

Whenever it is required to set the gage wheel at an angle to the beam 1 a beveled washer'36, Fig. 3, is interposed between the beam and the plate 7. v

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a gage Wheel constructed and attached to a beam as described, can be immediately swung upward to pass a stone or obstruction in sight of the plowman, and may be immediately adjusted by lowering the same after the obstruction has been passed.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A gage wheel, a bar to which said gage wheel is journaled, said bar being pivoted near its upper end at the side of the beam, and an operating lever connected to the axle of the gage wheel and extending up between the handles of the plow, and provided with a hand hold for raising and lowering said wheel, and means for holding said lever in adjusted position, substantially as described.

2. A gage wheel .for plows comprising a bar pivoted at the side of the beam upon a The rear end of the bar 26 stud projecting outward from a plate bolted tothe beam, a gage wheel journaled to the lower end of said bar, an operating lever connected to the axle of said gage wheel, an angular brace connected to said operating lever and to said axle, said operating lever being provided with a series of notches, a bolt extending laterally from the beam to engage said notches, and a pivoted handle portion provided with a handle, substantially as described.

3. A gage wheel for plows com rising a bar, a plate secured at the side of t e beam and provided with an outwardly extending stud, said bar having adjusting perforations therein, and being pivotally mounted upon said stud, a gage wheel j ournaled in the lower end of said bar, an operating lever connected to the axle of said gage wheel and extending up within reach of the plowman, means for holding said adjusting lever in adjusted position to raise and lower the gage wheel, and means for adjusting said gage wheel at an angle to the beam, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUSTIN W. HOWELL. Witnesses WV. E. ANDERSON, ADEN S. HOWELL.

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