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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
MARTIN VAfNDVER SUMMERS AND HENRY TRACY PASSMORE, OF KIRBYVILLE, TEXAS.
COTTON-SQUARE-GATHERING DEVICE.Specification of Letters Patent, Patented Nov. 13, 1917.
Application filed lanuary.2, 1917. Serial No. 140,204.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that we, MArIN VANDVER
SUMMERs and HENRY TRACY PAssMoRE, citi-
zens of the United States, residing at Kir-
5 byville, in the county of Jasper, State of,
Texas, have invented a new and useful Cot-
ton-Square-Gathering Device, of which the
following is a specification.
This invention relates to a device for
10 gathering punctured cotton squares.
It is well known to those skilled in the art
that after a cotton square has become punc-
tured by a boll weevil it will fall to the
ground and the only way in which to keep in
15 check the boll weevil pest is by carefully col-
lecting these fallen squares and burning or
otherwise destroying them. This .operation
under ordinary conditions is slow and tire-
some.
20 One of the objects of the present inven-
tion is to provide a gatherer by means of
which the punctured squares can be quickly
collected off of the ground without com-
pelling the user to bend, as ordinarily, with
25 the result that a . much 'smaller number of
people can gather the punctured squares in
a given area than has been possible hereto-
fore in a given length of time.
With the foregoing and other objects in
80 view which will appear as the description
proceeds, the invention resides in the combi-
nation and arrangement of parts and in the
details of construction hereinafter described
and claimed, it being understood that
35 changes in the precise embodiment of the
invention herein disclosed, can be made
within the scope of what is claimed, without
departing from the spirit of the invention.
In the accompanying drawings the pre-
40 ferred form of the invention has been shown.
In said drawings:-
Figure 1 is an elevation of a gatherer em-
bodying the present improvements.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged central longitudinal
45 section therethrough, a portion of the device
being removed.
Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a bottom 'plan view of the de-
vice.
50 Referring to the figures by characters of
reference 1 designates an elongated tubular
shank provided at one end with oppositelyextending ears 2 riveted or otherwise se-
cured.to the backing disk 3 of the head of
the device. A holding disk 4 is fastened to 55
the backing disk 3 by rivets 5 or the like
and 'interposed between these two disks 3
and 4 are the heads 6 of spikes 7 having
sharpened points as indicated at 8.
Slidably mounted within the shank 1 is a 60
stem 9 one end of which projects beyond
the shank and has a handle 10 secured there-
to. A pin 11 is extended radially from the
stem and is adapted to slide within a longi-
tudinal slot 12 formed within the shank, 65
this pin bearing against one end of a coiled
spring 13 which is mounted on the shank
and is secured at its other end to said shank.
That end of the stem 9 which is remote
from the handle 10 is secured to a stripping 70
disk 14 which is slidably mounted on the
spikes 7 and is normally held by spring 13
close to the disk 4 as shown in Fig. 2.
The device herein described is to be used
in the same manner as a cane, the prongs or 75
spikes 7 to be driven downwardly into the
punctured squares lying on the ground.
Each time the prongs or spikes are pressed
downwardly the pin 11 will press against
spring 13 so as thus to allow the handle 10 to 80
yield to a slight extent and cushion the
hand. After the prongs or spikes have be-
come filled with the punctured squares, the
tubular shank 1 is grasped .near the disk 3
and is pulled longitudinally of the stem 9 85
until the disk 14 is pressed close to the points
of the spikes or prongs 7, thus stripping
the punctured squares from said spikes or
prongs. The punctured squares can then be
destroyed by burning or otherwise. As soon 90
as the tubular shank 1 is released, the spring
will return it to its normal position rela-
tive to the stem 9.
What is claimed is:-
A gathering device including spaced con- 95
nected disks, parallel spikes extending from
one of the disks, heads on the spikes inter-
posed between the disks and constituting
spacing means, a tubular shank fixedly
mounted on the head and having a longitu- 100
dinal slot, a stem slidably mounted in the
shank, a stripping disk upon one end of the
stem and slidably mounted on the spikes, a
coil spring mounted on the shank and se-1,246,487.
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Summers, Martin Vandver & Passmore, Henry Tracy. Cotton-Square-Gathering Device, patent, November 13, 1917; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853647/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.