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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM BUSCH, OF SCHULENBURG, TEXAS.
COTTON-CHOPPER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,879, dated 1Yay 25, 1880.
Application filed March 6, n180. (No modeL)To all whor, it m ay concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM BuSCH, of
Schulenburg, in the county of Fayette and
State of Texas, have invented certain new and
5 useful Improvements in Cotton-Choppers; 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 pertains to make and use it, refer-
1o ence being had to the accompanying draw-
ings, which form part of this specification.
My invention relates to an improvement in
cotton choppers and cultivators; and it con-
sists, first, in having one or more sets of knives
15 or cutters, which revolve at the same time in
opposite directions, and which can be thrown
out of gear at the will of the driver, so as not
to revolve when the machine is moving for-
ward.
o20 It further consists in the arrangement and
combination of parts, which will be more fully
described hereinafter, whereby the cotton can
be cultivated and chopped at the same time.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention
25 with the near driving-wheel removed. Fig. 2
is an inverted view of the same. Figs. 3, 4, 5
are detail views of the same.
A represents the axle, which is supported
upon a driving-wheel, B, at each end. This
30 axle is bent upward at its center and forms the
central support for the tongue C, just below
the driver's seat D. This seat is made longi-
tudinally adjustable upon the tongue for the
purpose of shifting the driver's weight back
35 and forth. Secured to this axle at each end,
a suitable distance inside of the driving-wheel,
is the frame E, which is rigidly secured to-
gether at each end by means of a bent brace
or support, F, the upper portions of which
40 braces are secured to the under side of the
tongue. Thistongue,being rigidly secured upon
the top of the axle and these two braces, forms,
as it were, a part of the frame itself. Upon
the top of the tongue is pivoted the double-
45 tree G, which is provided with the perforated
draft-bars H, which bars have their lower ends
fastened to the front ends of the frame.
Fastened upon the horizontal parts of the
front brace, F, are the cultivator-beams I,
5o which may be provided with two standards
each, and each standard has its shovel at-tached to it in such a manner that the shovel
can be adjusted so as to throw the dirt either
in or out. These cultivators can be raised from
or lowered to the ground at the will of the 55
driver by means of the cranked shaft J, which
is provided with the operating-lever K. Each
one of the beams is provided witha loop upon
its top rear end, so that tihe driver can insert
his feet into them, and thus control their move- 60
rnects.
The cultivator-beams extend back beyond
where the two standards are attached to them,
and are provided with means for the attach-
ment of either a scraper, a single plow, or any 65
other implement that may be desired in culti-
vating the crop.
Secured to the inner end of each hub is a
spur-wheel, L, which meshes with another simi-
lar wheel, M, secured upon the end of the shaft 70
N, which extends entirely across the frame,
and which shaft has the large gear-wheel 0O
placed loosely upon it near its center. Both
of the wheels upon the ends of this shaft are
provided with spring-ratchets, so that the shaft 75
will not be operated when the machine is back-
ing. Upon one side of this large wheel O are
formed teeth, into which the clutch P, feath-
ered on the shaft, is made to catch for the pur-
pose of causing the wheel to revolve with the 8S
shaft, and thus operate the choppers. This
clutch is thrown in and out of gear by means
of the bent lever Q, which is operated by the
hand-lever R and shaft S, which shaft has a
loop, T, projecting out from it for the purpose 85
of catching hold of the bent lever and moving
the clutch. This shaft S, to which the hand-
lever R is attached, has a crank upon each
end, and to these cranked ends are secured the
connecting-rods U, which have their rear ends 90
fastened to the rocking levers V, which levers
are pivoted upon the side pieces of the frame.
Fastened to these rocking levers V, above and
below their centers, are the two connecting-
rods W, which have their outer ends fastened 95
to the clutch-bars X, which extend entirely
across the frame and move back and forth
thereon for the purpose of preventing the chop-
pers from operating while the machine is mov-
ing to and from the field, and for the purpose oo
of holding the cutters in a horizontal position
across the frame and raised above the ground.
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Busch, William. Cotton-Chopper., patent, May 25, 1880; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169993/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.