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foot rest 50 having curved ends 51 for the'
operator's feet. On the upper end of the
rack bar 28 is a pin 52 whereon is mounted, a
fork 53 for the reception of the reins.
5 For the purpose of gripping the sprocket
chain 36 tight when the parts are adjusted.
there is provided an idler 54 which is car-
ried on arm 55 supported on pin 57 which
passes through slot 56 and on this pin 57
10 there is mounted a butterfly nut 58 for the
purpose of holding the idler 54 in adjusted
position.
It is to be noted that the seat standard is
provided with laterally projecting portions
15 59 which engage the upper and lower .sides
respectively of the center members and that
the action of the springs 48 locks-these lugs
against said sides and prevents sliding of
the standard.
20 In the operation of the device the driver
accomplishes the adjustment of the forward
end by moving the lever 23. At the same
time the spring 'ioves the rear - end -'of the.
support 33 down in unison 'with the move-
25 ment of the standard. When the machine
is driven through the field ,motion 'will be,
transmitted from the axle 'through the
sprockets and chain to the shaft and from
there through the gearing to the chopper
30 blades.
There has thus been provided a 'simple.
and efficient device of the kind 'described,'
and for the purpose specified.
It is obvious that many minor changes
35 may be made in the form and construction
of this invention without departing from
the material principles thereof, and it is
therefore not wished to confine the inven-
tion to the exact form herein shown and
40 described, but it is wished to include all such
as properly come within the scope claimed.,
Having thus'described the invention, what
is claimed as new, is:-
1. A cotton chopper comprising a sup-
45 porting frame, a rod movably connected
with said frame, a spring surrounding -said
rod, a standard movably connected with
said frame, a support connecting the lower
ends of said rod and standard, a hub rota-
50 tably mounted upon said support, chopper
blades carried by said hub, a gear plate car-
ried by said hub, a gear wheel carried by
said support and meshing with the teeth of
said plate, means for rotating said gearwheel, and means for raising and lowering 55
said standard.
2. A machine of the character described
comprising a supporting frame, a rod car-
ried'by said supporting frame, a support at
the.lower end of said rod, a spring engag- 60
ing said support to normally hold said rod
in a lowered position, a standard slidable
vertically through said frame, gear teeth
formed upon said standard, a shaft carried
by 'said frame, a toothed disk carried by 65
said shaft and engaging the teeth of said
standard, said standard having its lower
end connected with said support, whereby
rotation of said disk will vertically adjust
said standard and said support, a hub car- 70
trying a gear plate rotatably mounted upon
said support, chopper blades carried by
said 'hub,-a gear wheel carried by said sup-
port and meshing with the gear plate of
said hub, and means for 'rotating said gear 75
wheel.
3. In a machine of the character de-
'scribed, a supporting frame comprising in-
ner andl outer longitudinally extending bars,
brackets carried by said inner bars and sup- 80
porting the forward end portions of said
outer bars, a transversely 'extending bar
connecting said longitudinally extending
bars, a driving axle rotatably connected
with said outer 'bars, a rod carried by said 85
transversely extending bar, a support at the
lower end of said rod, a spring surrounding
said rod and positioned between said sup-
port and transversely extending bar, a
standard passing between said 'inner bars 90
and having its lower end connected with
said support, a transversely extending shaft
carried by said frame, a disk'carried by said
shaft and engaging said standard for verti-
cally adjusting the position of said stand- 95
ard, a hub rotatably mounted upon said
support, chopper blades carried 'by said hub,
i gear wheel carried by said support and
engaging said hub for rotating the same,.a
wheel mounted upon said axle, and means 100
connecting said wheel with said gear for
rotating said gear wheel.
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my
signature in presence of two witnesses.
GEORGE A. WOODROM.
Witnesses:
W. H. SiMmoNs,
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Woodrom, George A. Cotton-Chopper., patent, August 26, 1913; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853832/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.