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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN R. INGRAM, OF WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS.
PLOW.SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,984, dated February 15, 1898.
Application filed May 26,1896. Serial No, 593,164. (No model.).To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JoHN R. INGRAM, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Waxa-
hachie, in the county of Ellis and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful Plow,
of which the following is a specification.
This invention aims to provide a plow which
by slight alterations, shifting, and leaving off
of some of the parts can be made to break
.o ground, bed the land, list, or perform any re-
quired work, according to the nature of the
soil and the seed to be sown or the plants to
be cultivated.
For a full understanding of the merits and
15 advantages of the invention reference is to
be had to the accompanying drawings and the
following description.
The improvement is susceptible of various
changes in the form, proportion, and the mi-
20 nor details of construction without departing
from the principle or sacrificing any of the
advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of
the invention an adaptation thereof is shown
in the accompanying drawings, in which-
25 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plow con-
structed in accordance with the principles of
this invention. Fig. 2 is a front view thereof.
Fig. 3 is a view of the implement inverted.
Fig. 4 is a detail view of a plow-standard hav-
30 ing oppositely-inclining wings. Fig. 5 is a de-
tail section showing a plow-disk bearing. Fig.
6 is a detail view of an end portion of the
arched axle. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the ad-
jacent ends of the arms supporting the rear
35 wheel, showing the means for positively se-
curing them together in an adjusted position.
Corresponding and like parts are referred
to in the following description and indicated
in the several views of the accompanying
4o drawings by the same reference characters.
The frame 1, to which the plowing-disks are
attached, is supported at its rear end by
means of a caster-wheel 2 and at its front end
upon an arched axle 3, having ground-wheels
45 4 at its ends. The draft is applied to the im-
plement by being hitched to a pole or tongue
5, secured to the front end of the frame in
any convenient way.
Standards 6 are provided at the ends of the
5o axle 3 and are in line with the pendent ter-
minal portions thereof and form in effect pro-
longations of the pendent parts 7. The up-per ends of the standards 6 are expanded and
curved, forming heads 8, which are toothed,
to be engaged by a hand-latch 9, carried by 55
an operating-lever 10, having pivotal connec-
tion with each of the heads 8. A keeper 11
is secured to a side of each operating-lever 10
and engages with the edge portion of the head,
so as to prevent outward displacement of the 6o
lever. Brackets 12 are slidably mounted upon
the pendent parts 7 and standards 6 of the
arched axle and have spindles upon which
are mounted the ground - wheels 4. These
brackets 12 are guided in their vertical move- 65
ments by the parts 6 and 7. A link 13 con-
nects the brackets 12 with the short arm of
the respective operating -levers 10, so that
upon turning the levers upon their fulcra
the brackets and the ground-wheels carried 70
thereby will be adjusted vertically, the latches
engaging with the toothed portion of the heads
and holding the parts in an adjusted position.
Stays 14 connect the outer ends of the arched
axle with the frame and brace and strengthen 75
the parts.
The caster-wheel 2 is journaled upon a hori-
zontal arm 15, which is adapted to swing hori-
zontally to adapt the wheel 2 to the line of
draft. A second arm 16 is secured to the rear 8o
end of the frame 1 in such a manner as to be
moved horizontally, to the end that the wheel
2 may be moved laterally to any required po-
sition, and the meeting ends of the arms 15
and 16 are connected by means of a bolt 17 85
and have their opposing faces roughened or
corrugated, so that upon tightening the bolt
17 the arms will be held positively in the ad-
justed position. When it is required to ad-
just the wheel 2 laterally for any purpose, the 90
fastening employed for securing the arm 16
to the frame is loosened and the arm 16 is
swung laterally to the desired position and is
fixed by retightening the fastening previously
loosened. This adjustment will throw the 95
wheel 2 at an angle to the line of draft, and
to bring it into proper position it is necessary
to loosen the bolt 17, and after the wheel 2 is
properly adjusted the position thereof is fixed
by again tightening the bolt 17. 1oo
The plow-standard 18 is secured to the
frame 1 in any convenient way and is ex-
panded at its upper end, forming wings 19,
which are apertured to receive the bolts or
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Ingram, John R. Plow., patent, February 15, 1898; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508701/m1/3/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.