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Patented January 17, 1905.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN A. NELSON, OF ROUNDROCK, TEXAS.
INSECT-DESTROYER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,123, dated January 17, 1905.
Application filed May 31, 1904. Serial No. 210,569,To all whoim it imay concern:
Be it known that I, JOHN A. NELSON, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Round-
rock, in the county of Williamson and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful Insect-
Destroyer, of which the following is a specifi-
cation.
This invention relates to devices for detach-
ing insects, worms, and parasites of various
10 kinds from growing plants, and has for its ob-
ject to produce a simply-constructed, easily-
operated, and efficient implement of this char-
acter by means of which the injurious insects,
worms, and other forms of parasites may be
15 removed from the plants and destroyed with-
out injury to the plants.
With these and other objects in view, which
will appear as the nature of the invention is
better understood, the same consists in certain
20 novel features of construction, as hereinafter
fully described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawings, forming a
part of this specification, and in which corre-
sponding parts are denoted by like designat-
25 ing characters, is illustrated the preferred
form of the embodiment of the invention ca-
pable of carrying the same into practical opera-
tion, it being understood that the invention is
not necessarily limited thereto, as various
30 changes in the shape, proportions, and general
assemblage of the parts may be resorted to
without departing from the principle of the
invention or sacrificing any of its advantages,
and the right is therefore reserved of making
35 all the changes and modifications which fairly
fall within the scope of the invention and the
claims made therefor.
In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is
a side elevation, partially in section. Fig. 2 is
40 a plan view, and Fig. 3 is a rear elevation.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse section of the
combined receivers and straps.
The device herein described is designed for
attachment to the franie of an ordinary culti-
45 vator or similar implement having a support-
ing-frame, draft-tongue, and bearing-wheels
and may be readily adapted for attachment to
any of the various forms of such implements
manufactured by making slight and immate-rial modifications in the coupling means and 50
for the purpose of illustration is shown at-
tached to a conventional structure of this char-
acter in which the supporting-frame 10 is pro-
vided with the draft-tongue 11 and stub-axle
brackets 12 13 for the bearing-wheels 14 15. 55
Suspended beneath the frame 10 are two re-
ceptacles 16 17 for containing a supply of in-
sect-destroying liquid, such as kerosene-oil
floating on water or the like.
Attached to the receptacle is an arch-frame 6o
18, having spaced apertures 19 in its united
upper part, by means of which it may be piv-
otally united to a lever-ara 20, as by a bolt
19', one end of the lever pivoted by clip 21 to
the rear of the tongue 11 and the other end 65
for adjustable engagement with a notched bar
22, supported from the rear portion of the
frame 10. By this means it is obvious that
the receptacle may be adjusted vertically to
any required extent. 70
The receptacle will be spaced apart for move-
ment upon opposite sides of the plants from
which the insects are to be removed and will
be provided with inwardly-projecting inclined
flexible members 23 24, of rubber, leather, or 75
the like, to closely engage the stalks of the
plants without injury to the same, and thus
insure the catching of all falling insects and
their deposit in the receptacles. The recep-
tacles are also provided with outwardly-ex- 8o
tending inclined gather-wings 25 26 to extend
the area of the receptacles and insure the
gathering .of all the insects which may be
shaken from the plants.
A transverse shaft 27 is supported for ro- 85
station in bearings 28 29, suspended by clips
30 31 from beneath the frame member 10 and
having at one end a chain-pinion 32 for en-
gagement by a chain 33, leading from a chain-
wheel 34 on the bearing-wheel 14, by which 90
means the shaft is rotated by the movement
of the bearing-wheels over the ground.
Suspended, as by hangers 35 36, from the
bearings 28 29 is a plate 37, having a plurality
of spaced apertures 39 40, by means of which 95
bearings 41 42 may be adjustably secured, as
by bolts, to the plate. The bearings support
shafts 45 46 for rotation in a vertical positionNo. 780,123.
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Nelson, John A. Insect Destroyer, patent, January 17, 1905; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510319/m1/3/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.