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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM G. FELKNER AND JAMES T. BUTLER, OF SEBREE, TEXAS.
COTTON-CHOPPER.No. 808,078.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed June 3, 1905. Serial No. 263,674.To all Wahom it may concern:
Be it known that we, WILLIAM G. FELKNER
and JAMES T. BUTLER, citizens of the United
States,residing at Sebree,in the county of Jack
5 and State of Texas, have invented certain new
and useful Improvements in Cotton-Choppers,
of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates particularly to im-
provements in the chopping mechanism of cot-
[o ton-choppers of that type embodying a mov-
ing hoe-frame; and the essential feature of
the invention is to secure a special construc-
tion and arrangement of chopping - blades
which are adapted to be adjusted in such a
15 way as to leave a greater or less number of
the plants in a row as the chopper is operated,
according as desired by the user and depend-
ent upon the actual working conditions.
Specifically speaking, the invention is com-
20 prised in the special mounting of the blades,
and the construction thereof is very simple
and admits of convenient and quick adjust-
ment to such an extent as to give rise to much
practical advantage in agricultural imple-
25 ments of the type to which the invention ap-
pertains.
. For a full description of the invention and
the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowl-
edge of the details of construction of the
30 means for effecting the result reference is to
be had to the following description and accom-
panying drawings, in which-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cotton-
chopper of a conventional type having the in-
35 vention applied thereto, the body of the im-
plement being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2
is a perspective view showing one of the sup-
porting-standards of the hoe-frame and the
adjacent parts constituting this invention in
4-' spaced relation to bring out clearly the exact
construction thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical sec-
tion view through one of the cutters.
Corresponding and like parts are referred
to in the following description and indicated
45 in all the views of the drawings by the same
reference characters.
The body or general structure of the imple-
ment or chopper may be of any type at pres-
ent in use, including means for actuating the
50 movable hoe-frame which carries the cutters
designed to'chop the plants in the row as the
implement is advanced over the field.
The body or frame of the implement is in-
dicated at 1, and the hoe-frame is designated
55 2, being supported by a suitable frame 3 in
such a way as to permit free pivotal move-Patented Dec. 26, 1905.
ment of the hoe-frame 2 as the latter is actu-
ated by suitable means employed for the pur-
pose. The hoe-frame 2edmbodies spaced sup-
porting standards or members 4, which may 6o
have the lower sections 4 vertically adjust-
able, so as to permit of similar adjustment of
the cutters, which are carried by the said
lower sections 4' in a manner which is well
known. The lower extremities of the stand- 65
ards 4 support the cutters 5, and each cutter
may be described as composed of a support-
ing member 6, which is integrally formed
with the lower end of the adjacent standard
4 and which is of V shape in cross-section, 70
having downwardly and outwardly sloping
sides. (Shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3.)
Each supporting member 6 extends longitu-
dinally of the machine, and one is carried by
each standard 4, said members 6 being in lon- 75
gitudinal alinement and spaced from one an-
other. Attached to the supporting members
6 of each standard 4 are the blade-holders 7,
and these blade-holders are likewise of V form
in cross-section, preferably, and are of the 8o
same construction as the supporting members
6, to which they are attached, this latter not
being essential, however.
Each blade-holder 7 is preferably riveted at
its sides or secured in a similar manner, as 85
shown at 8, to the sides of the member 6, sup-
porting the same, the sides of the blade-hold-
ers 7 having longitudinal slots 9 therein, said
slots receiving fastening-bolts 10, by which
the blades 11 are attached to the outer sides 90
of the blade-holders. The upper portion of
each blade-holder 7 is arranged between the
sides of its supporting member 6 in such a
way that the sides of the supporting member
6 at the lower edges form projecting longitu- 95
dinal shoulders,(indicated at6a,)against which
the upper longitudinal edges of the hoe-blades
7 are adapted to abut. A single fastening-
bolt or like member 10 passes through an
opening 12 in each blade 11 and attaches the zoo
blade to the adjacent side of the blade-holder
7, and because of the provision of the abut-
ting shoulder 6", formed by the sides of the
supporting member 6, a single fastening-bolt
10 is sufficient to rigidly position each blade 105
as the shoulder 6" coacts therewith to prevent
any movement pivotally in a manner readily
apparent.
The mounting of the blades 11 is such that
the same may be longitudinally adjusted upon I Io
the member 6, and thus the blades of each
standard 4 may be separated a greater or less
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Felkner, William G. & Butler, James T. Cotton-Chopper, patent, December 26, 1905; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513271/m1/2/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.