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In the embodiment of the invention shown
there is an absence of many and complicated
parts, the machine being one which may be
readily constructed and at a low cost.
5 What I claim as new, and desire to secure
by Letters Patent, is-
1. In a rotary cotton-chopper, a swinging
hanger, a chopper-shaft carried thereby and
which swings lengthwise therewith, and hav-
'0 ing a clutch part at one end, a drive-shaft hav-
ing the other clutch part, and means to swing
the hanger to engage or disengage the clutch.
2. In a cotton-chopper, in combination, a
wheeled frame, a drive-shaft carried thereon,
15 means to transmit motion to the shaft from
the wheels, alengthwise-swinging driven shaft
in longitudinal alinement with said drive-
shaft, said shafts having a 'clutch at their
meeting ends, chopping-blades carried by said
driven shaft, a swinging hanger connected to 20
the frame and carrying said driven shaft, and
means to swing the hanger, to engage or dis-
engage the clutch.
In testimony whereof I have signed my name
to this specification in the presence of two sub- 25
scribing witnesses.
GEORGE ZOLL.
Witnesses:
ADOLF ZOLL,
F. J. RIWETZ.