US71794A - Improvement in cultivatoeg - Google Patents

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TO ALLWHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Bc it known that I, JAnED W. SANIOnmot' Byron, in tho countyof Ogle, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Gultivator; and I do hereby declare that the' following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled 'in the art to make andrusc the same, reference being had i to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a new and improved cultivator, designed for Vgeneral purposes, so as to be capable ol' performing all the various kinds of work now donc by oultivators.

The invention consists in a peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully shown andVv described, whereby the endv above specified, with a strong, economical', and durable implement, is obtained. In the accompanying sheet of drawingsi Figure 1 is a side view of my invention adjusted or arranged as a double'cultivator. l

Figure 2, a plan or top View of the same.

Figure 3, a side view of the same adjusted or arranged as a singleihorse eultivator.

Figures and 5, detached views of parts pertaining to the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The frame of my improved-implement is composed of two beams, A A, theiront parts of which are parallel with each other, and secured a short distance apart by bolts a and washers b, which s'ccurc the plough-standards B to them. The rear parts of the beams A A. are bent or curved outward from'cach other, to form' handles, as shown in iig. 2t Y i i The plough-standards B are arranged as lfollows for a double or two-horse cultivator: The front standard is placed between the beams A A, at the rear of a block, which is secured between the beams, said standard being secured by a bolt, a, on which it is allowed to turn freely. This standard may be adjusted at a greater or less angle of inclination by 'means of a perforated bar, D, the front end of which is itted on a bolt, ax, which passes through the front ends of the beams, said bar being perforated with holes, d, and passing through a slot Iin'the standard, the latter resting against a wooden pin, c, insertedin any one of the perforations in D. This.

4will be fully understood by referring to iig; 1. Directly behind the front standard there are secured on a bolt,

a, two similar standards, which are in line with each other, Vand are at the outer sides of thc beams A A, the holte ot' said standards passing entirely through the two beams, and having washers b upon t, to secure the beams and the standards in position, as willl be fully understood by referring to iig. 42` At the rear o f these two standardsthere are secured, in ,a similar manner, two other standards, their bolt a being rather longer than that of the standards in front of them, so that the rear standards will be rather farther out from the beams than the ones in front of them, and the several plonghs E, which are applied to the standards, have a position inthe shape ot a V, as shown in iig. 2. Thcsestandards, like the front one, arebraced.andjsecuredin a more or less inclined position, by means of perforated bars D and wooden pins c. The bolts aiare braced by bars F. The shares or ploughs E are at the lower ends of cylindrical rods c, whicharo secured to thefront surfaces of the standards by means of staples, d, which admit of the ploughs being turned so as to throw the earth either to the right or left, as may be required. The depth of the penetration of the ploughs is regulated by varying the inclination of the standards, and 'adjusting the same higher or lower, and in` case the implement isdesigned to straddle the row of plants, as in ploughing corn,.thc front standard B is pulled down at-.its upper end, which elevates itslowcr end and plough above the surface of the ground, i

In order to convert the implement into a one-horse cultivator, thc two rear standards are removed, and the front standard detached and placed on the bolt a of the rear'staudards, lbetween the two beamsA A,.and on the bolt a of the front standard a wheel, G, is placed, and allowed to rotate freely. (See iig. 3.) The implement,- thus adjusted or arranged, may be shoved along by hand, a bodystrap, if necessary or desired, ybeing attached 'to the ends of the handlcsfor the body of the operator to bear against.

In cases where raking is necessary, a rake, A, may be fitted on the upper ends of .the rear standards, as' shown in figs. 1 and 2, and tho implement inverted when the rake is to be used; and when the ground requires to be r'olled,.the rods ff ota roller-frame I-I may be insertodin the place of the vrods c of the two standards at the rear of wheel G. A hoe, I, may also be applied to the rear standard whenever it may be necessary to use a boe. The application of the hoe and roller to the implement is shown in red in iig. 3, the implement being inverted, of course, when it is required to use the hoe or roller.

These tools may all be used without making any changes of parts when the implement is in operation o1' Vuse, all that is required being simply the turning over or inverting of the implement, which may be accomplis-hed in a moment of time.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The adjustable standards B, attached to the plough-beams A, and braced by bars D D', in the manner substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth. l

2. The attaching of the ploughs or shares E to the standards B, by having the former at the lower ends ci' cylindrical rods c, fitted in staples d, at the-front sides of the standards, substantially as and for the purpose specified. A

3. The combination of the hoe, rake, androller, with a cultivator, when all are constructed, arranged, and applied to admit of either the ploughs or the hoe, rake, or roller, beingl used by simply invertingthe implement, as set forth. 'i

JARED W. SANFORD.

' Witnesses ALFRED B. Sr/11TH, JOHN H. SANFORD.

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