USRE855E - Improvement in machines for plowing - Google Patents

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' UNITED STATES" PATENT Ormea JOSEPH W.'FAWK n-s, on CHRISTIAN@ PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINESJOR PLOWING."

Specification forming part of Lettcrs'IatJeut No.19,189, dated January 26,2185@ leissneNo. S55, dated November ea'ieso.

To all whom it may concern.- f

Be it'known that I, JOSEPH W. Fairnes, of Qhristianoq'- in the. county. of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, haveihvented a newy and useful Improvement-in Locomotive or Steam Plows y and'I do her'ehydeclarev that the foland` exact description of the same, reference'bein-g had tothe annexed drawings, making a par-t of this specification,- inwhich` Figure 1 is a side view. Fig. 2 is atop view, eihibiting the fonn of thcdriving-roller or main wheel and the ldevice for guiding the front Fig. Bris a sectionshowing the gear Figs. 4 and 5 are sections showin gthe device for Vprotruding the spnds'of'the driving-wheel.;

By myimprovements in locomotiveor steam employ a large barrel-shaped or hilged driving-wheel for l the ypropulsion of the machine, I avoid the sinking in the earth of, the wheels hitherto employed, and amtheref by enabled to employ the locomotiye inthe culture of soft Ian dor where it is desirable to passthe loeoniotire over plowed iafnd in'harrowingr or seeding, &c. This driring-wheel may be furnished with spnds or spears, admitting of being projected or withdrawn and retracted.A By this means agreater hold to the wheel on the earth can he given where the land is. hard, t-hns securing Ithe full tracti on of the machine. In av majority of cases, how; ever, a smooth driving-wheel or roller, conas hereinafter described, will be fully are secured in anadj nstable frame attached 'to the rearV of theflocomotive, so as to admit of plowing and of'bein g readil51 rai scdwlien requisite. `In the guidance of the front wheelsl employ a windlass and handoperating a screw which meshes into cogs of a segmental rack projecting'from" the rear ot' the axle 'of said front wheel.

To enable vthose andusemyinvention, I will proceed its construction and operation. v

Arepresen-tsthe boiler; B, the water-tank placed-on thc same frame as the boiler and en. alzare hounds, on which is secured thesegmental rack b. The

to describe skilled in the art to malte front' axle is furnished with a circular-plaie forgiving steadiness of movement.

D. is ascrewjon a shafn-prm'ided with a pnl'- ley, d, on the end. ot' its axle.A c is a larger drum or pulley on tive, being' furnished with handles for turning'. A band orv strap passes around the pulleys, thns moving the screw and the rack attached to the frontI wheels either. to the right lor letta.

whileV thelarge harrelshaped d riving-wheel E facilitates the turning of the locomoiiv.

fis the, pitmainrod, attached to a loosel crank 'turning von the axle g E. This wheel together, with screw-nuts.

of theinain wheel is made np of stares ciainp'ed heads of metal'. and rods'and It i'orms a Ibarrel-shaped wheel `in lwhich is a'"diapiira1grn,'i (see Fig.y 4,) haring `vsuitable grooves for. the reception oi' sliding' spnds or spears k le. Three ot' these sp'iids are showndn the lower part ot Fig. It, and aside view of the spnd as `enlarged is seen in Fig. 6, with its notch for the recept-ion. of 1a har, m,

. projecting from the n'nder sidc'of a movable cesses ofthe Spud by supposing' the plate-ring ring. (Shown-hyFigz.)` This iig'nrepresenis an inverted View ot' the ring. In Fig. 4 the vbars m m are Shown in their position inthe re- ;.to have been removed.

.When it is requisite to #L isa pix'oted lever moving on -a center-pin, w. It informed with coge which mosh into a segmental rack, 0, secured to the diaphragm.

in plowing hard earth, the end of spnds k, as the lever nis drawn to the side of mereces-s,

thusmoving the ringh and its liars Im m, saidl hars operating upon the them ont orwith'drawing moved to the right or left. The device for throwing with the main drivingvwheel Eis :hns described. fp ishandle, q, (seeFig. 3,)

spnrs and projecting secured on aireeccnlric shaft, which is conlined in journalq blocks r, attached to the frame oi' the loeomotive. The shaftq is enlarged and lms'npon it the wheel s and pinion t, attached thereto. `This wheel and' pinion torn on a slome on. shai'tq.

`yu is a wheel, secured hy screws `to the head 'of' thc'whrel E, and turning therewith.- K

both sleeved Vis a pinion, and W acrank,

the frame of'v the `locomoproject the spurs or them, as the lever is the crank into gear L'im' and turning freely on the shaft or axle .gy of 3 plates 5 5, &c., in the slots 4 4, The plows are the main driving-wheel E. `drawnhy a chain attaching their beams to pro- To throw'the crank into genr with th'ewheel jectng pieces connectedwith the front cross A E, raise the handle p, which will throw the' piece ofthe frame. A-ch`ain,11,serves as the wheels .s and t into mesh with thewheelsu' and draft-line of the plowsand theirframe, and by V, thus uniting in movement the crank w and means of guides 1212, entering staples on the wheel u. Y Whenv not in gearl the crank and under side of thelocovmotiveLframe, the plows wheel Vfmox'e freelyl on the axle g, thewheels are properly guided.y s and t having been removedfrom` mesh by the {.The engine is of the ordinary construction in droppingof the handle p. fitsarrangenientfoif'hoilegyclinder,&g M One of the advantages gained by the use of ',By means of acord and .windlass-l; upon the bal-rel shaped driving-wheel is that ot" snpthe tank the plow-frame may be raisedntirely porting the'water-tnnk and a large portion of from the earth. Y, ythv engine upon its broad surface.v Y t Having thnsdescribed my invention, what I The mow-frame consists of side timbers, 2 2, claim as new, and desire to secure vby Letters and diagonallyplaced cross-girts-3 3. The girts Patent, is- A if, ere made with vertical slots` 4 4 for the pur-i 1. The employment, in combination withlthe nose of allow-ing the bolts confining the plowlocomotive, lot' a bilge-shaped driving-wheel, brain and its trame to be adjusted to, eachsubstantially asset i'orth.l L- other. I 2. I d o not claim broadly-the' invention of 5' 5 are slotted plates,.through which the movablcspurs; butI claim the combination of clampingbolts pass, and through which the the sliding spurs 7c la with the bilge-shapcd nnrights do, rising from the plow-beam 7, also drivingwheeLE, as herein shown and depass. scribed.v f Y f 8 is one of the plows, and 9l is a gage-wheel,y 3. Thevarrangementof the adjustable frame, which admits of' being raised or lowered-asthe plows, gage wheel, driving wheel. engine, frame requires change. l i boiler, andguiding-Wheels, alsy herein Ashown To. adjust the plows to their work-say, to.' anddescribed. Agire them'pt-)int-the front standard, 6, is loug'- ered and the rear one is raised. In ,this way the l views may be made to enter the soil more or- Witnesses; l 1 inss; The relative position'they nia'yreqnirer--- if =JPItIDL'IiEN"^f '1, to esci; nher. can be obtained by moving the,Y l', '.vIfAYR-ES.

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