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one-half or a little more than one-half of that
of the said bar-like extension, and the secur-
ing-bolts f fmust be arranged each at the
same distance from the adjacent end of the
5 landside D, so that said landside may be
turned end for end and the said bolts always
match or register with the perforations in the
bar-like extension a of the frog.
Of course the sizes and proportions of the
io several parts so far described, as well as the
relative sizes of the share or point and the
mold-board of the plow, may be varied more
or less as may be deemed expedient.
The share-bar or point-bar is of the same
15 thickness, it will be observed, (see Fig. 2,) as
the landside D, and the rearmost portion or
edge of said bar lies in a line at right angles
to the base-line of the combined share and
landside, so that a simple butt-joint in a ver-
20 tical plane is formed between the forward
end of the landside D and the rear end of the
share-bar. Hence if the landside D be re-
versed in position, so as to bring its rear end
to the place occupied by its forward end, the
25 said rear end will make the same perfect butt-
joint with the rear end of the share-bar as is
made by the present relationship between the
two parts mentioned.
It will be observed that the frog A, with its
30 bar-like extension, comprises, simply, a verti-
cal and horizontal portion, on which latter
rests and are supported the share and the
lower portion of the mold-board, and that the
vertical portion of the frog extending well
35 forward beyond the butt-joint between the
share-bar and the forward end of the landside
D, all as shown, an exceedingly simple and
at the same time a strong and durable union
is effected between the share, the landside,
40 and the frog of the plow.
It will be observed that the frog or, so to
speak, "metallic frame" to which are secured
and which carries the share, the landside,
and the lower portion of the mold-board has
45 no offsets or intricate conformations of any
sort, so that it is easy and economic of manu-
facture, while at the same time the share, the
landside, and the frog or frame of the plow
all go together in a simple manner and yet
50 so as to properly reinforce each other and
render the combined structure exceedingly
strong and durable.
In the use of my improved implement
whenever the lower outer and rearmost por-
55 tion of the landside D shall have become ma-
terially worn, so as so affect the perfect work-
ing of the plow, the implement may be re-
stored to a perfect working condition by sim-
ply loosening and removing the nuts ii, turn-
60 ing or shifting the landside D end for end,
and then resecuring it in place by the said
nuts, all in a manner which will be easily
understood and that can be practiced by the
most inexperienced user of agricultural in-
65 plements.
As will be observed by reference to Fig.
5, each of the perforations in the landside DIis countersunk at the opposite surface of the
bar, so that countersunk heads of the bolts
f f will fit flush into either surface of the 70
bar, and by means of this known expedient
I am enabled, it will be seen,not only to turn
the bar or the landside D end for end, as
above explained, to bring the fresh corner
or edge of the bar at the locality of the heel 75
of the landside, but can also turn the bar
"inside out," so to speak, or reverse it with
either of its ends at the heel portion of the
plow, and by thus reversing the bar D it will
be seen I bring to the lower edge what was 8o
the fresh and unworn upper edge of the rear
portion of said bar. Hence by this easy
shifting or adjusting of the landside D, I am
enabled with the use of the simple steel bar
which constitutes the landside to produce 85
four separate or new portions at the locality
of the greatest or most rapid wear of the
landside and at the same time maintain a
perfect or the original base-line practically of
the entire landside and share-bar. 90
It will be understood, of course, that that
part or feature of my invention which relates
to the novel form of frog or frame combined
with a share, landside, and mold-bar sus-
tained thereby may be used separately from 95
or independently of the other features or
parts of my invention, which relates solely
to the simple and economic manufacture of
the landside proper and its combination with
the supporting-frog or its bar-like extension ioo
in such manner as to permit of the various
and easy changes by which the worn-away
heel of the plow may be frequently renewed,
and that therefore I wish it to be understood
that I design my claim to cover separately 105
these separable combinations or features of
invention, although I deem it preferable and
desirable in carrying my invention into ef-
fect to make the plow so as to embrace both
of them. IIo
Having now so fully explained my inven-
tion that those skilled in the art can make
and use plows containing either in whole or
in part my said improvements, either in the
precise forms herein set forth or under some 115
modifications thereof, what I claim as new,
and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
In combination with the share or point of
the plow and the supporting or sustaining
frog A, formed or provided with a rearward 120
bar-like extension and having no offsets or
projections, the reversible landside D, each
end of which is adapted when variously ad-
justed to make a perfect butt-joint with the
rear edge of the said share or point bar, all 125
substantially in the manner and for the pur-
poses hereinbefore set forth.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand this 27th day of July, 1891.
LOUIS S. FLATAU.
In presence of-
IR. L. ANDERSON,
"W. P. BRUCE.
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Flatau, Louis S. Plow., patent, March 15, 1892; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172971/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.