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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
MASTON TIMOTHY WHITE, OF WASHBURN, TEXAS.
SOD-CUTTER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,224, dated July 29, 1890.
Application filed May 3, 1890. Serial No. 350,496, (No model.)To all wlhonen it 7nay7 concern:
Be it known that I, MASTON TIMOTHY
WHITE, a citizen of the United States, resid-
ing at Washburn, in tile county of Armstrong
5 and State of Texas, have invented certain new
and useful hnprovements in Sod-Cutters; and
I do hereby declare the following to be a full,
clear, and exact description of tile invention,
such as will enable others skilled in the art to
co which it appertains to make and use the
same.
This invention relates to plows used for
cutting the sod on prairie lands; and it con-
sists in the novel construction and combina-
15 tion of the parts hereinafter fully described
and claimed, whereby the cut sod is divided
longitudinally into separate portions and
turned over clear of the plow.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of
20 the sod-cutter, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the
same from above.
A is the frame of the plow provided with
the beam a for drawing it along and thehan-
dle-bars b, secured to the said frame forguid-
25 ing it.
B is a horizontal blade secured to the front
of the frame, and b' is a vertical blade se-
cured to one side of the horizontal blade for
cutting the sod. All these parts may be of
30 any approved form commonly used for cut-
ting sod in the usual manner, and may be va-
ried in many ways.
C are curved rods secured at their f:ont
ends to the rear of blade, B and extending
35 upwardly and outwardly away from the beam,
having their rear ends secured to one of the
handle-bars, if desired, to relieve the strain
upon them.
D are curved cutting-blades secured to the
40 handle-bars at one end and having their mid-
dle parts secured to the rods C by eyebolts d.
The said eyebolts may be slid upon the bars
to adjust the exact position of the blades, and
the said blades are curved upwardly and out-
45 wardly, and are arranged at substantially a
right angle to the said bars.
E is a fender formed of a plate of metal
and secured to the frame and to the bar orbrace e, which extends diagonally between
the beam and the outer handle-bar. The 50
fender is arranged nearly vertical and sub-
stantiallyin line with the diagonal brace-rod,
and is provided with the forwardly-bent
flange e' at its top edge.
The sod which is cut by the horizontalblade 55
slides up the curved guide-bars, and is di-
vided longitudinally into separate portions
by contact with the curved blades D. The
flanged fender prevents the sod from rising
too high up the guide-rods, and throws over 60o
all the loose soil and rubbish clear of the han-
dle-bars, and the guide-bars, blades, and
fender together turn over the separate por-
tions into which the sod is divided and throw
them to one side, thus dispensing with the 65
subsequent use of a disk-harrow.
What I claim is-
1. The combination, with a sod-cutter pro-
vided with a horizontal blade, of a series of
upwardly and outwardly curved guide-rods 70
secured behind the said blade, the cutting-
blades secured to said rods for dividing the
cut sod into separate portions, and the fender
secured above and behind the said blades,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 75
2. The combination, with a sod-cutter com-
prising the frame, the horizontal blade, the
beam, the handle-bars, and the brace-rod con-
necting the said beam with the outer handle-
bar, substantially as set forth, of the up- 8o
wardly and outwardly curved guide-rods se-
cured to the rear of the said blades, the curved
cutting-blades secured to said rods for divid-
ing the cut sod into separate portions, and
the fender provided with a forwardly-bent 85
flange at its upper edge and secured to the
said brace-rod diagonally of the machine and
behind and above the said blades, substan-
tially as shown and described.
In testimonywhereof I afix my signature in 90
presence of two witnesses.
MASTON TIMOTHY WHITE.
Witnesses:
G. L. POOL,
C. E. PUCKETT.
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White, Maston Timothy. Sod Cutter., patent, July 29, 1890; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172424/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.