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Patented February 7, 1905.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
JOHN BELL WOODS, OF MINEOLA, TEXAS.
COTTON-CHOPPER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 782,095, dated February 7, 1905.
Application filed September 9, 1904. Serial No. 223,898.
To ((7 (('71. /ii m yI'0!1 i Co i: and provided at its end between the handles
Beit known that IJotix Bi r iWooos.a citi- with a head B. This head is provided with a
zen of the United States, residing at Mineola, series of sockets adapted to receive either the
in the county of WoodState of Iexas, have in- chopper -spikes B' (shown in Fig. 1) or the
5 vented certain new and useful lniprovemtents hoes B", (shown in Fig.. 5,) as may be found 55
in Cotton-Choppers, of which the following is desirable, either of these devices being insert-
a speciication, reference being had therein to ed in a suitable socket within the head and
the accompanying drawings. there secured by a set-screw B" or other de-
This invention relates to a cotton-chopper, sired tmeans. The spikes and hoes are thus
10 and particularly to a construction embodying capable of rotative a(justLent within their 6o
plow - blades in connection with a rotating sockets, so as to eng'ae either the broad or
chopping device operating in a plane at an narrow side thereof with the earth in the
an-(le to the direction of travel of the blades. rotation of the head.
The invention has for all object to provide At the front of the fra mle of the machine a
15 an improved constr auction of the means for threaded shaft C is pivotally mIiiunted , for 65
mtountinog and adjusting the 1)low-blaides and instance, in bearings (', carried by the under
for operating the same under tension when in face of the frame, and upon this shaft plow-
operative position. blades C are llounted, these blades having a
A further object of the invention is to iun- curved or deflected portion C" at their free
20 prove the details of construction for illoulnt- ends, so as to throw the earth to one side in 70
ing and operating the chopper - blades and their travel and also to cut or sever any vines
supporting-springs for the rear of the frame or similar objects engaged thereby. The
carrying said blades. supporting-arm C' of this plow-blade is dis-
Other and further objects and advantages posed at an acute angle to the plow-blade (C
25 of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and at its upper end provided with a slot C, 75
and the novel features thereof clefined by the adapted to embrace the threaded shaft C to
appended claims. which it is secured by lock-iuts (" disposed
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective Upon op posite sides of the anti Cand adjusted
of the chopper with parts broken away; Fig. into contact therewithi. By a proper adjust-
'o 2, a detail elevation of the chopper-head; Fig. mient of these nuts upon the shaft the blades So
3, a plan of one of the plow-blades; Fig'. 4, a may be adjusted laterally thereof into any
side elevation thereof; Fig. 5, a detail per- desired position for use. The shaft C is also
spective of a chopper-hoe, and Fi. 6 a detail provided with an arm n extending upward
elevation of the means for mounting the sup- therefrom and connected by a coil -spring' C
35 porting-springs. i within aixed post C" by which the blades are 85
Like letters of reference refer to like parts held in contact with the ground under ayield-
in the several figures of the drawings. ing tension, so as to throw the same below
The letter A designates the frame of the the level of travel of the carrier-wheels A.
machine, which may e of any desired chat- When it is desired to support the blades out
40 actet and provided at its front and ear with of such operative contact with the earth, the 90
cross-bars A', while upon the side lars thereof lever C' may be engageci with the spring-latch
the usual construction of handles A) is mount- C", carried by the inner face of one side of
ed. Upon these side bars an axle A is jour- the frame, and the blades thus held out of
naled and provided at its opposite ends with operation.
45 supporting-wheels A', secured thereto so as At the rear of the plow-blades just describled 95
to drive said axle in their rotation. This supporting-springs 1) are attached to the op-
axle also is provided with a gear-iwheel A posite side frame of the machine for the pir-
within the frame which is adapted to mesh with pose of supporting the same under a spring
a pinion A", carried by a shaft A1, pivotally I tension, the lower ends )' of which have a
50 Mounted upon a cross-bar A" of the frame I wiping contact upon the ground, thus per- 'IooNo. 782,095.
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Woods, John Bell. Cotton Chopper, patent, February 7, 1905; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514264/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.