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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE LAFAYETTE iMUCKLEROY, OF NACOGDOCIIES, TEXAS.
COTTON-SCRAPER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,875, dated December 13, 1898.
Application filed December 2, 1897. Serial No, 660,519, (No model.)To all witom tt may concern
Be it known that I, GEORGE LAFAYETTE
MUCKLEROY, a citizen of the United States,
residing at Nacogdoches, in the county of
5 Nacogdoches and State of Texas, have in-
vented a new and useful Cotton-Scraper, of
which the following is a specification.
This invention provides a cotton-scraper
which can be applied to a shovel or other plow
So generally employed for cultivating cotton and
which will admit of the scraper-blade being
susceptible of a variety of adjustments-=-ver-
tically, laterally, and angularly with respect
to the line of motion-thereby adapting the
o5 attachment to the condition and nature of
the soil, so as to secure the best results pos-
sible.
For a full understanding of the merits and
advantages of the invention reference is to
co be had to the accompanying drawings and the
following description.
The improvement is susceptible of various
changes in the form, proportion, and the mi-
nor details of construction without departing
25 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--
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plow,
30 showing the attachment in position. Fig. 2
is a top plan view of the scraper-blade, parts
being broken away, showing the standard,
the wedge, and the washer in section. Fig. 3
is a detail view of the lower rear portion of
35 the standard. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the
wedge.
Corresponding and like parts are referred
to in the following description and indicated
in the several views of the drawings by the
40 same reference characters.
The plow 1 is of ordinary construction, such
as generally employed for cultivating cotton.
The standard or beam 2, bearing the scraper-
blade 3 at its lower rear end, has adjustable
45 connection with the plow-beam, its front end
being expanded and provided with a vertical
series of openings 4 to receive the fastening-
bolt, by means of which the standard or beam
2 is secured in an adjusted position when
-o turned upon the bolt 5. The portion of the
standard or beam in the rear of the bolt 5 is
deflected away from the plow-beam at an an-gle, so as to cause the end portions of the
scraper-blade to project upon opposite sides
of a plane passing vertically through the 55
plow-beam. The lower rear end of the stand-
ard or beam 2 is given a partial twist and has
a vertical slot 6, in which is adjustable ver-
tically the bolt 7, by means of which the
scraper-blade 3 is held in place. 6o
The scraper-blade is of rhomboidal form,
with an approximately flat body, and has a
longitudinal slot 8 near its upper edge,
through which passes the bolt 7, thereby pro-
viding for the lateral adjustment of the blade, 65
and the inner or forward end of the blade is
curved or deflected forwardly, so as to en-
gage with the weeds, grass, soil, and other
matter and deflect the same away from the
plants toward the middle of the space be- 70
tween the rows. A flat - faced wedge 9 is
mounted upon the bolt 7 so as to turn there-
on to vary the pitch and angular adjustment
of the blade with reference to the line of mo-
tion. A washer 10 is placed upon the rear 75
end of the bolt 7 and is confined between the
rear end of the standard 2 and the nut 11.
The attachment is secured to the plow-beam
by a bolt 5, upon which the standard or beam
2 is adapted to turn, and is held in an ad- 8o
justed position by a bolt 12 passing through
one of the series of openings 4 and a corre-
sponding opening in the plow-beam. The
scraper-blade can be adjusted vertically by
moving the bolt 7 in the slot 6 and laterally 85
by shifting the blade to one side or the other,
the slot 8 providing for such adjustment.
The pitch of the blade and its angular ad-
justment with reference to the line of motion
can be regulated by moving the wedge 9 into 90
the desired position.
Having thus described the invention, what
is claimed as new is--
In a cotton-scraper, the combination with a
plow-carrying beam, of a scraper-standard fit- 95
ted to the beam in advance of the plow and
provided in its lower end portion with a lon-
gitudinally - disposed slot, an obliquely - ar-
ranged scraper - blade having an approxi-
mately flat body and provided therein with a xioo
longitudinally-disposed slot crossing that in
the standard, a bolt passing through the in-
tersecting slots of the blade and standard and
permitting the blade to have an axial, verti-
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Muckleroy, George Lafayette. Cotton-Scraper., patent, December 13, 1898; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512036/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.