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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE
JAMES T. STEPLETON, OF FRANKLIN, TEXAS.
COTTON-CHOPPER.
947,690. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 25, 1910.
Application filed June 3, 1909. Serial No. 499,865.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JAMES T. STEPLETON,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Franklin, in the county of Robertson and
5 State of Texas, have invented certain new
and useful Improvements in Cotton-Chop-
pers, of which the following is a specifi-
cation.
My invention relates to a new and useful
10 improvement in a cotton chopper, and has
for its object the provision of means where-
by the chopper may be operated from either
wheel.
With these and other objects in view, my
15 invention consists of novel details of con-
struction and combinations of parts which
will be clearly understood from the follow-
ing specification and drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a plan view; Fig. 2 is a lon-
20 gitudina.l sectional view; Fig. 3 is a detail
of the chopper operating mechanism.
Referring to the drawings, the numeral
1 indicates an axle upon which is received
the wheels 2, 2, which are provided with the
25 beveled gears 3, 3. A standard 4 is mount-
ed on the axle as shown and secured to the
standard is the draft tongue 5. Secured to
the tongue is the doubletree 6, which in turn
has secured thereto the swingletrees 7.
30 Journaled in the standard is a shaft 8, which
has secured on one end the chopper knives
9, and the opposite end provided with a
beveled gear 10. The standard is provided
on either side of the shaft 8 with open-
35 ings 11, which are adapted to receive a
shaft 12 provided with a beveled gear 13.
This gear 13 is adapted to engage either of
the gears 3, 3 on the wheels 2, 2 and also the
gear 10 secured to the shaft 8 whereby thechopper knives 9 are revolved. If desired 4o
a support 14 may be suspended from the
tongue adapted to receive the shaft 8.
When motion is transmitted to the wheels
it is imparted to the shaft 8 through means
of the gears 3, 10 and 13, and when it is de- 45
sired to change the direction of the rotation
of the shaft 8 and the knives 9, it is only
necessary to remove the shaft 12 from the
opening on one side of the standard to the
opening on the opposite side. 50
It is evident that more or less slight
changes might be resorted to in the form
and arrangement of the several parts de-
scribed without departing from the spirit
and scope of my invention, and hence I do 55
not wish to be limited to the exact construc-
tion herein set forth, but:
Having fully described my invention,
what I claim as new and desire to secure by
Letters Patent, is: so
A cotton chopper comprising an axle,
wheels journaled on the axle, gears carried
by the wheels, a standard, a knife carrying
shaft rotatably mounted in the standard, a
gear carried by said shaft, a second shaft 65
carrying a gear adapted to engage the gear
on either wheel, and the first mentioned
shaft, and means for mounting the second
shaft on either side of the first shaft
whereby the same may be rotated in either 70
direction.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature,
in the presence of two witnesses.
JAMES T. STEPLETON.
Witnesses:
C. W. KINARD,
RHEA GILLAND.
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Stepleton, James T. Cotton-Chopper., patent, January 25, 1910; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510228/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.