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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
SAMUEL TIMOTHY LEWIS AND JOHN HENDRICK BABB, OF MIDWAY, TEXAS.
CORN AND COTTON SWEEP.
-SPECIIICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,725, dated September 28, 1886.
Application filed May 20, 1886. Serial No. 202,786. (No model.)To all whon, it n-cay concern:
,Be it known that we, SAMUEL TIMOTHY
LEWIS and JOHN HENDRICIKBABB, citizens of
the United States, residing at Midway, in the
5 county of Madison and State of Texas, have
invented a new and useful Improvement in
Corn and Cotton Sweeps, of which the follow-
ing is a specification.
Our invention relates to improvements in
o10 sweeps for the cultivation of corn and cotton;
and it consists of the peculiar and novel con-
struction and arrangement of the various parts
for service, substantially as hereinafter fully
set forth, and particularly pointed out in the
15 claim.
The object of our invention is to provide an
improved sweep for the cultivation of corn,
cane, and cotton plants while they are young,
which shall be capable of adjustment to plow-
20 stocks of any class; to provide removable wings
which can be applied or detached when it is de-
sired to throw the dirt or soil to either the
right or left; and to provide a removable point
which can be replaced when it is worn out
25 with another point of similar construction, and
thus render the sweep as good as new and save-
the farmer-the coit of a new sweep.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
a perspective view of our improved cotton-
30 sweep. Fig. 2 is a'vertical longitudinal sec-
tional view thereof on the line x x of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a detail view of the sweep proper
with the point and the wings thereof removed.
Fig. 4 is a detail view of the point. Fig. 5 is
35 a like view of the removable wings, and Fig.
6 is a rear elevation of the sweep having the
removable wings and point applied thereto.
Fig. 7 is a cross-section on the line y y of Fig. 2.
Referring to the drawings, in which like let-
4C ters of reference denote corresponding parts in
all the figures, A designates the sweep, which
is made of metal and tapering in form from its
upper edge toward the point C. The sweep is
also curved in cross-section, so that the middle
45 thereof is bulged outwardly, and the side edges
lie in a line below the plane of the middle, and
the side edges of the sweep are bent at an an-
gle to form the lateral flanges b.
B designates one of the removable wings,
So which is arranged at the upper edge of the
sweep, and to one side of the longitudinal axisthereof, and this wing is detachably secured to
the sweep in a manner presently described, and
it is curved on its side edges, so that the outer
free end terminates in a point, as at b'. 55
The lower edge of the sweep is terminated
abruptly and in a straight line, and between
the side edges the lower end of the sweep is
notched or recessed, as at a. The upper edge
of the point C is provided with a lug, c, that 60
conforms in shape to the notch a and fits there-
in, so that its edges lie flush with the edges of
the notch and the outer face of the sweep,
thereby presenting a smooth unbroken surface
to the action of the soil. The lower edge of 65
the sweep is further provided with a project-
ing tongue or plate, E, that lies beneath the
plane of the outer surface thereof, and this
tongue or plate is formed in one piece with or
secured to the sweep in any suitable manner. 70
The plate or tongue of the sweep bears against
the rear face of the point, and it is curved to
conform to the shape of said point at the point
where it bears thereon, and the tongue is se-
cured detachably to the point by means of bolts 75
F, the heads of which are countersunk in the
outer face of the point, while the threaded
I ends pass through the removable point and the
tongue of the sweep and receive nuts f, that
bear against the rear face of the tongue and 8o
bind the latter to the point, so that the point
is very firmly and rigidly secured thereto, the
lug thereof fitting the notch in the lower edge
of the sweep serving to assist in retaining the
devicein place. It will be seen that by remov- 85
ing the nuts the point can be readily removed
from the sweep and another point substituted
therefor, thus effecting an economy in the cost
of implement-supplies to the farmer.
G designates the other removable or detach- 90o
able wing, which is arranged on the other side
of the longitudinal axis of the sweep to the fel-
low sweep, and the upper edge of the sweep,
to which the removable wings are fitted, is pro-
vided with countersunk or depressed seats g, 95
and in these sockets fit the tongues or lugs h of
the wings G and B, the lugs being arranged at
the middle of the lower edges of the wings, to
provide the lateral shoulders h', which bear
against the upper edge of the sweep when the too
wings are adjusted thereto. Therear wall, g',
of the socket or seat g of the sweep is provided
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Lewis, Samuel Timothy & Babb, John Hendrick. Corn and Cotton Sweep., patent, September 28, 1886; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171351/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.