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(No Model J. J. MOTLEY.

GULTIVATOR. 1 No. 264,957 Patented Sept. 26; 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFIQE.

JOHN J. MOTLEY, OF SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA.

CULTIVATO RL SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 264,957, dated September 26, 1882.

Application filed March 4; 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN JEFFERSON Morr- LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salisbury, in the county ofRowan and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shovel-Flows or Cultivators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which view of the plow. Fig. 2 is a section showing dinary manner.

the method of securing the crossbar tothe standard. Fig.3 is the cross-bar to which the plow-teeth are to be attached.

The handles a are made of wood in the or- The brace-rod is shown at I). These handles are attached to the beam by the bolt and not a. V

The beam at c is constructed of square or round iron, the upper rod, 61, being straight and having the clevis or dralt-hook attached to its forward end. The lower rod, 0, of the beam is bent upward, somewhat in the form of a bow, as shown in the drawings, and is firmly secured to the upper rod at its forward end by a bolt or any suitable device. The rear end may be welded to the upper rod, or the two rods may be made of one piece of iron bent at the rear.

beam, and the bolts h and i also pass through these arms and above and below the upper rod, keeping the standard in position.

The double cross-bar It, also constructed of three-quarter by halfinch iron, is attached to the standard by means of the bolt 1. This cross-bar is provided with an oblique notch or groove, m, fitting to one of the arms of the standard, so as to give it the proper angle and bring the outer teeth into an advanced position. I t has also slots a passing through both parts, through which the shanks of the teeth 0 are passed. These shanks terminate in screws, and are held in the bar by means of nuts. The slots nare elongated, so as to allow of such adjustment of the teeth as the workman may find desirable. The teeth are made in the usual manner, of steel or iron.

I claim as of my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The double beanid 0, formed of the straight upper rod, d, and the lower arched rod, 0, in combination with the bent and curved standardf, pivoted on the lower rod, 6, of the beam by the bolt g, and provided with the bolts h and i, the one passing under and the other above the upper rod, d, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

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

JOHN JEFFERSON MOTLEY.

Witnesses:

J ESSE W. EARNHARDT, BENJAMIN'F. Porln'r.

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