USRE3244E - Improvement in gang-plows - Google Patents

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H. BAXTER. Gang Plow.

Reissued Dec. 2 9, 1868.,

vprojecting out from it so as to increase the `'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT BAXTER, CF FRENCH CAMP, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN GANG-FLOWS.

Srefliiml forming' rmt of Lcfrfrs Parma No. emes, amd Aug-usf, c, im; Reime No. 3,244, ammi December 29, 18H3,

To all whom, 'it-may concern..- Itis obvious that the strength of the con- Be it known that I, ROBERT BAXTER, of nection is increased, as far as lateral strains French Camp, in the State of California, have are concerned, in proportion to the area of the invented a new and useful Improvement in head ofthe standard. Iliave made such head Gang-Flows, and I do hereby declare that the of sufficient extent to amplysuiiice for allordivfollowing is a full, clear, and exact descripnary purposes. tion of the same, reference being had to the The convenience of this form of connecting accompanying drawings and letters of referdevice is apparent from the most casual inence marked thereon, making a part of this l spection, but especially does it appear when specification, in which` it is compared with the systeln of bracing Figure l is al perspective view of my plow. which my invention was designed to super- Fig. 2is a side elevation of my standard. Fig. l cede and the place of which it is rapidly tak- 3 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. et is ing. Two or more braces are necessary to each an elevation of the other side of the standard. i standard not provided with my improved Fig. 5 is a plan of the head of the same; and l head, .running from points near the middle Fig. 6 is a similar view to Fig. 5, and exhibits thereof to the beam. These are objectionable the position ofthe head with reference to the l not only on account of the expense and the beam. l trouble of putting them on, but also because To enable those skilled in the art to make l they tend to collect weeds, thus clogging the and use my invention, I now proceed to del plow, and are liable to catch in rocks or the scribe its construction and operation. like, violently arresting the progress of the Similar letters in the drawings refer to like l team or breaking', and making it necessary to parts. repair damages. All such inconveniences are This invention consists in vimproving the avoided by the use of my enlarged head. common plow-standard by forming on its uprIhe species of plow-beam with which my per end a flange made in one piece with it,and improved standard may be used with special l advantage 1s seen atl?, it being a plank of,say, area of its top surface, in order that, when l three inches in thickness by nine in width, in l bolts are passed through said flange into the shape a parallelopiped. As I am enabled to plow-beam, the head of the standard may be dispense with all bracing, I need a beam of of suiiicient width and length to resist all latwidth sufficient to cover my standard-heads, eral strain to such a degree as to render the but of no greater thickness than may be necuse of braces for the support of the standard essary to receive the bolts used to connect it unnecessary. with thestan dard. To these needs aplank of In the drawings,Crepresents my ploW-standthe above described dimensions is entirely ard provided with ahead formed in one piece suiiicient. Soft woodis also found to fully an swer all the requirements of this beam,whicl1 jecting from it laterally on all sides, and eX- is not only lighter than hard wood, but also cheaper. I have found by actual computation by seven in length, the flange being about f three-fourths of an inch in thickness. These i dimensions are indicated as convenient for,

common use; but I do by no means restrict y My standards are all attached diagonally to myself to the shape as described. l the under side of the single plow-beam, as seen and beam by means of bolts, three or more in beam and parallel to the lines of direction oi' number, the main bolt passing through an eye the standards. This arrangement brings the at C, Fig. 4, a little above the middle and upon outer end ofthe draft-bar nearer 011e extremity the inside ofthe standard, and extending upof the plank B than the other, which fact I ward through the iiange and beam. take advantage of to effect what might be termed a condensation of the plow-frame.77 l By the employment of the flange A,instead Instead of -making it lozenge-shaped,which is of braces, and the plank of sott wood, instead the form naturally suggested by the inclinaof a 'hard wood beam, and the peculiar and tion of the bar H to the plank, l extend the economic construction of the frame-work, a side beam, G, from near one end of the plank, practical gang-plow is produced of extraordiout parallel with the draft-bar, and to about nary cheapness, and one inconnection with the same length, and connect the outer end of which a series of from ve to seven plows may the said beam with the other extremity of the be employed, with less expenditure of draftplank by means of the beam l, crossing the bar power than any other in use, to the best of my Hand bolted t-hereto. A short beam, N, exknowledge and belief.

tends a little distance out from the same end Having thus described myiuvention, what l of the plank that the beam I is bolted to, which claim as new, and desire to secure by `Letters beam N supports one of the gage-wheels, the Patent, is-

other being` attached to the outer side of the A standard for the support of the moldbeam G. Iron braces L H unite the ends of board or other like part of a plow, formed in the beams G and N with the end of the bar H, one piece,with a projecting head for the atthe brace M being` furnished with a doublel tachment of the beam, substantially asdeA purchase clevis for the attachment of the powl scribed. er. The short beam N and brace M answer the purpose in a much smaller space of abeam in place of N, similar in direction and extent l W'itnesses: to the side beam,G, and the cross-beam ll stays Y C. NVESSLES,

- i S'. FAHNnsroeK.

ROBERT BAXTER.

and strengthens the whole frame.

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