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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ABNER R. HILL, OF ATLANTA, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-SCRAPERS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,905, dated December 23, 1879; application filed
November 14, 1879.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ABNER R. HILL, of At-
lanta, in the county of Cass and State ofTexas,
have invented certain new and useful Improve-
ments in Cotton-Scrapers; and I do hereby de-
clare thefollowing tobe a full, clear, and exact
description of the invention, such as will ena-
ble others skilled in the art to which it per-
tains to make and use it, reference being had
to the accompanying drawings, which form
part of this specification.
My invention relates to an improvement in
cotton-scrapers; and it consists in the peculiar
construction of the scraper, which is secured
to the stock or standard so as to project out
to one side of the cultivator-shovel, as will be
more fully described hereinafter.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention.
Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same.
Fig. 3 is a perspective of the scraper alone.
a represents a common cultivator, such as
is in general use. The scraper c is formed
from a single piece of metal, and consists of
the shank d, which is secured directly to the
standard e by the same bolt that fastens on
the shovel h, and the long extension or wing q,
which is curved overin front of the standard, as
shown. The outerlower corner ofthis scraper
is bent forward, as shown, so as to catch all
of the weeds and grass that are loosened, and
start them upward upon the bent portion of
the scraper, and thus have them thrown clearover on the other side of the standard. The
lower straight edge of this scraper, which cuts
or scrapes away the weeds, comes just about
on a level with the lower end of the standard,
while the extension g, as it passes over in
front of the standard, is braced in position by
means of the beam and the bolt i, which
passes down through both beam and standard.
This extension being so thoroughly braced
upon its rear side, it can never be bent or bro-
ken by any ordinary work. While this scraper
cuts to the right it carries everything to the
left, so as to deposit it in the middle of the
row.
Although the common form of cultivator is
here shown, this scraper can be used in con-
neetion with other forms of plows.
Having thus described my invention, I
claim-
The scraper c, formed substantially as de-
scribed, and having the shank d secured di-
rectly to the standard, and the extension or
wing g extending across the front of the plow-
standard, substantially as shown.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing I
have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of
October, 1879.
ABNER R. HILL.
Witnesses:
A. J. NEWTON,
W. A. How.
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Hill, Abner R. Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers., patent, December 23, 1879; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169938/m1/2/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.