USRE7943E - Improvement in sulky-plows - Google Patents

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' 3 Shets-Sheet 1. W. L. OASADAY.

Su1ky-Pl0w. No. 7,943. Reissued Now 13,1877.

ATTOR N EYS a Sheets-Sheet a.

- w. L. CASADVAYM Sulky-Plow,

N0. [9143. Rei ssued Nov. 13,1877.

- wn'uesss v I proper or cutters.

Haitians OW j VVIL IAM'LQcAs DAY, on NEW cAn LIsLE, mamilMPRbVEMENT llN SULKY-PLOWS.

ispecitlcation forming part of Letwrsrmt No. 176,836, dated May 2, l 8 76 Reissue No. 7,943, dated.

November 13, 18 27,, application filed August 29, 1877,-

To all whom it may concern:

. 'Beit known that LWrLLrAn Ii. OASADAY, of

NewUarlisle, in the. county'of St. Joseph and Stateof Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sulky-Plows, of which the following is aspecification:

' My invention relates to plows and consists of a sulky-plow provided with two wheels, the

axletree of which is composed of a skeleton frame which spans'the plowbeams, to which, at their rear ends, arefattached the plows The drivers seat is fixed upon the skeleton frame, and the depth and character of the furrow to be cutis regulated by a hand-lever or other device placed conveniently near the drivers seat.

In the drz'twin'gs, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a plow embodying my invention. Fig.2 is a front, elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a plan view of thesame; Fig. 4, a view of adetached plow and single beam, to be used singly in place of the two plows and beams attached to the plow in the preceding figures.

A A are the beams of .the plow. B is its Tongue G, the skeleton axle-tree, terminating at one end in a vertical rod, which I call the axle, a. D is anordinary'wheel, and l) awheel attached to awheel-spindle, d having tsaxle inclineddownwardly from the hori zontal, which inclination consequently gives;

said wheel a corresponding inclination from the vertical. It can, however, be adjusted to the vertical or'to, any degree of angularity therefrom, at pleasure, by means of the block d ratchet-disks d d, and set-screws s. The rim of the wheel D instead of having an ordinary flat tire, may be provided with an angular pointed rim, 1', which shall. afford a traveling surface to the tire while in its inclined or turned position.

E E are the plows proper or cutters, attachedby suitable standards, preferably slotted stand,-

ards, to the rear ends of the beams A A.

The axle-tree O is braced by two rod-braces, c c, which serve as guides for the slotted plates 0 c, to which are bolted the beams A A. To the top of the axle O is secured, in suitable bearings, a shaft, Gr, extended through a sector,Gl To the shaft G is secured a handlever, -H,providcd with a springcIutch, h, or its equivalent, whi operates to hold the lever on the circumference of the sector- G nected, by rods'or links 1 1, to eyes in the. bolts b b,'which clamp; 'the slotted plates c e It can now be readily seen thatby the' trav-" erse of the lever. H the beams A A will be" either elevated or depressed, thus regulating the depth of the furrows. to be but by the plows E E. If desired, any suitable style of.

mold-board or cutter may be attached to the beams A A, although the style shown in the drawings, having no land-side, is'preferable.

Likewise. there may be employed one, two, or more-plows, as desired. v v v Another object in giving an an gularshape to the rim 4" of the wheel I) is in order that the said wheel, as it runs in the furrow, may

present a square surface to the land-side or wall of the furrow. The angle at which the wheel 1) is set opposes the plows angular determination to cut,'and also diminishes the friction of said plows E against the earth on the landside. The resultant force between these opposing forces causes the plow, when drawn, to cut a furrow in a straight line for-- ward.

The object in making the plow-standards ff slotted is in order to allow the plows or moldboards E'E to be set at difierent angles on the beams A A, such changes being desirable for plowing different kinds of soil. For plowing sod-grounds, the points of the plow shouldbe more nearly in line with the centers of the beams A A than when plowing through mellow ground. In the latter case the point of the plow should be farther out from the center of said beams.

In order to convert this doubleplow into a single one, the two beams A A are removed, and also the tongue B, and the single plow shown in Fig. 4 is substituted for the double beams A A. Said plow 'is secured by the same bolts used for the double plows, one bolt passing through the single beam, and the other through its brace, as shown in the drawing. The tongue 13 is then secured to the single beam.

My entire machine is light and simple in construction, and the skeleton axletree, se

H at any desired point by meshingfinto teeth Two arms, 1 g,-on the ends of the shaft G are com cnrely braced as it is, binds the whole machine together, forming a durable, light, efl'eetive,

and strong combination of parts.

What I claim is- 1. A sulky-plow, one of the wheels of which is adjustable to an inclined position from the I vertical, substantially as and for the purposes described;

2. The skeleton axle G, to the frame or axle proper by the posts 0 c, and having a 3 fixedwheel-spindle at one end and at the otherend aspindle capable of oblique adjustment, whereby-the wheel is adjusted to stand vertical met an inclined angle from the other, 'su'bstantially as'shownandfiescribed. 4

3. The skeleton axletree 0, provided with described. a

4. The combination of the beamgor beams A A, plates 0 e, axle-tree G, links 'l,'shaft G with arms g, and lever H, whereby the said plow is operated, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

5. The block d, swiveled upon the axle a,

andheld at any point of adjustment thereon by set-screws s, in combination with the wheelspindle d, placed at right angles therewith, the two adjustably connected by ratchet-disks, whereby the wheel D" may be adjusted to va .rious angles to the axle, substantially as shown and described.

I 6. In a sulky-plow, the wheel D provided s with an'angular pointed rim,'r,in combination with the frame 0, having'the adjustable spindle and axle'a, and the wheel-spindle (1!, sub stantially as shown anddeseribed.

Witnesses:

L. PIERCE, M. P,' CHAPIN.

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