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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM 1R. BROWN, OF GEORGETOWI~, TEXAS.
ATTACHMENT FOR WHEEL-CULTIVATORS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,278, dated May 17, 1867.
Application filed January 94, 1887. Serial No. 225,286. (No model.)2b all whom, it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM I. BROWN, a
citizen of the United States,. and a resident of
Georgetown, in the county of Williamson and
5 State of Texas, have invented a certain new and
useful Improvement in Attachments for Wheel-
Cultivators; and I do hereby declare that the
following is a full, clear, and exact descrip-
tion of the invention, which will enable oth-
to ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to
make and use the same, reference being had
to the accompanying drawings, which form a
part of this specification, and in which-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cultiva-
15 tor provided with my improvement, showing
it used in planting. Fig. 2 is a. longitudinal
vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is
a perspective view of a cultivator provided
with my attachment, showing it used as a sim-
20 ple cultivator; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal ver-
tical sectional view of the same.
Similar numerals of reference indicate cor-
responding parts in all the figures.
My invention has relation to attachments for
25 wheeled cultivators having a seeding attach-
ment; and it consists in the improved construc-
tion and combination of parts of an attach-
ment in which an opening-shovel is attached
to the seed-spout when the seeding attach-
30 ment is used and in the space between the in-
ner pair of shovels when the seeding attach-
ment is not ilsed and the cultivator is simply
used for cultivating the ground, as hereinafter
more fully described and claimed.
35 In the accompanying drawings, the numeral
1 indicates the arched axle of the cultivator,
which may be of any desired construction, and
upon the ends of this axle are journaled the
wheels 2, while the tongue 3 is secured to the
40 middle of the axle, and the cultivator-beams
4 are supported below the frame in any suit-
able manner.
The attachment consists of a curved bar, 5,
having an eye, 6, or loop formed in its forward
45 end, which loop is preferably formed with a
narrow forward extension or slot, 7, in which
the nutted bolt 8 is adjusted, which secures the
shovel or plow 9, which may be of any suit-
able shape.
50 Two arms, 10, are pivoted with their lower
ends to the sides of the loop, and have theirupper ends pivoted to lugs 11 upon the bot-
tom of the seed-box 12 when the attachment
is used with theseeding attachment, or to the
sides of the tongue when the cultivator alone 55
is used, the two arms used with the seeding
attachment being shorter than the arms used
without the seeding attachment.
The upwardly-curved rear portion of the
curved bar is provided with a series of perfo- 60
rations, 13, and is pivoted upon a bolt, 14, in
the lowermost of the said perforations, between
the lower ends of two curved arms, 15, which
are pivoted with their upper ends to a lever,
16, pivoted with its forward end upon the axle. 65
A wooden break-pin, 17, is inserted into one
of the series of perforations in the upper end
of the curved bar or standard, and bears against
the rear edges of the curved arms supporting
the said bar or standard. 70
A curved strap, 18, is secured with its ends
to the inner sides of the lower portions of the
supporting-arms, having its curve projecting
forward, and has a bolt, 19, projecting with
its ends through the ends of the strap and 75
through the arms, and the spout 20, which is
open at its rear side, is placed with its lower
end in the loop in the standard and rests with
its closed forward side against the curved strap,
and has two notches, 21, in its rear edges, 8o
which fit upon the bolt passing through the
arms and through the ends of the curved strap,
so that the spout will be prevented from slid-
ing downward, and will be held securely in
place, swinging with the supporting arms. 81
The upper end of the spout is immediately
under the seed-aperture 22 in the seed-box,
and this box is provided with the usual trans-
verse seed-shaft, 23, having the seed-dish 24
and suitable gears, 25, by means of which the 90
shaft may receive rotary motion from the drive-
wheel.
When the attachment is used together with
the seeding attachment, the parts are sup-
ported as just described and the seed-box and 95
its shaft and gears are in place; but when the
cultivator is used as a simple cultivator the
seed-box and all its appurtenances areremoved,
and the long arms are attached to the tongue
and to the curved bar or standard in place of oo
the short arms and the spout, which parts are
detached, and the cultivator will now be pro.
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Brown, William R. Attachment for Wheel-Cultivators, patent, May 17, 1887; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171536/m1/3/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.