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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
BENJMIN JOSEPH BIGLER, OF OCKER, TEXAS.
WHEEL-CULTIVATOR AND PLANTER ATTACHMENT THEREFOR.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,010, dated December 31, 1901.
Application filed June 29, 1901. Serial No. 66,552. (ITo model.)To all whoim it mtay concern:
Be it known that I, BENJMIN JOSEPH BIG-
LER, a citizen of the United States, residing
at Ocker, in the county of Bell and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful Wheel-
Cultivator and Planter Attachment Therefor,
of which the following is a specification.
My invention is an improved wheel-culti-
vator and planter attachment therefor; and
1o it consists in the peculiar construction and
combination of devices hereinafter fully set
forth and claimed.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
a perspective view of my improved wheel-
r5 cultivator and the planter attachment there-
for. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view
of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the
same, partly in section. Fig. 4 is a detail per-
spective view of the link which connects the
20 cultivator-beams together.
A pair of axles 1, each of which comprises
a spindle 2 and a forwardly-extending cranked
portion 3, are connected together by an arch
4.. The said axles at the inner ends of their
25 spindles pass through blocks 5, which bear
against the vertical portions 6 of the arch 4.
Bars 7, which, together with the arch 4, form
the frame of the cultivator, are provided at
their rear portions with the outwardly and
30 downwardly bent extensions 8, which are dis-
posed on the front side of the arch 4 and are
bolted thereto, the blocks 5 being thereby se-
cured between the vertical portions 6 and the
vertical extensions 8 of the arch and the bars 7,
35 respectively. The front portions of the bars
7 extend toward each other, as at 9, and then
forwardly to form arms 10, which are dis-
posed on opposite sides of the tongue 11, at
the rear end of the latter. Metallic bars 12
46 are disposed on opposite sides of the rear por-
tion of the tongue and within the arms 10.
The rear ends of said bars 12 project rear-
wardly from the tongue to form arms 13, be-
tVeen which is secured a rack-segment 14.
45 The bolts 15, which serve to connect the
tongue to the arms 10, also pass through the
bars 12, as shown.
The cranks 3 of the axles 1 are bolted or
otherwise secured to hanger - brackets 16,
56 which are bolted to and depend from the
bars 7. Laterally -disposed braces 17 are
bolted to the said hangers 15 and connected attheir outer ends to the cranked axles. From
the foregoing it will be understood that the
cranked axles are firmly retained in place 5-
and supported. Wheels 1S have their bear-
ings on the spindles of the said axles, and a
sprocket-wheel 19 rotates with one of said
wheels 18. On the upper side of the tongue,
at the rear end thereof, is pivotally mounted 6o
a yoke 20. Depending links 21 have their up-
per ends connected to the ends of said yoke.
The lower ends of said links 21 are connected
to the cranks of the axle by a rod 22. The
said links 21 are provided with series of ad- 65
justing- openings 23 for the attachment of
the singletrees thereto at any desired adjust-
ment on the said links. The said links and
the said yoke 20 serve to equalize the draft
on both sides of the machine. 7c
The standard 24 for the furrow-opening
point 25 comprises a pair of bars 26 and a bar
27, which is disposed between them. The
upper portions of the bars 26 are diverged for-
wardly and pivotally connected to the arms 75
10 of the bars 7 by one of the bolts 15. There-
by the lower end of the standard 24 is adapted
to be swung forwardly and to be raised by
swinging it rearwardly. A hand-lever 28 is
fulcrnmed to the arms 13 of the bars 12 and 8o
is connected to the forwardly-extended upper
end of the bar 27, which forms the central
portion of the standard 24, by links 29, as
shown. By means of this lever and said links
the said standard 24 may be raised and low- 85
ered, as will be understood. The furrow-
opening point or shovel 25 is secured to the
front portion of a pair of rearwardly-extend-
ing bars 30. The same pass on opposite sides
of the standard 24 and are clamped thereto 90
by bolts 31. A sole bar 32 connects the front
portions of the bars 30 to the lower end of the
standard 24, as shown. The forwardly ex-
tending and diverging portions of the bars 26
are connected together by the saddle-plate 33, 95
to which are attached a pair of draft-links 34.
The said draft-links may be used for the at-
tachmnent thereto of a doubletree in cases
where it is not desirable to attach the single-
trees to the links 21, as hereinbefore de- ico
scribed.
The seat-bar 35 is substantially U-shaped,
as shown, and has the front ends of its arms
pivotally connected to the bars 7, as at 36.
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Bigler, B. J. Wheel Cultivator and Planter Attachment Therefor., patent, December 31, 1901; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511381/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.