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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
JOHN W. CLAYTON, OF YANTIS, TEXAS.
COTTON-CHOPPER.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Aug. 19,1913.
Application fled November 30, 1912. Serial No. 734.268.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JOHN W. CLAYTON,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Yantis, in the county of Wood and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Cotton-Choppers, of which
the following is a specification.
My invention relates to improvements in
cotton choppers, and the objects are the pro-
10 vision of an implement of this character
which will perform its work in a thorough
and practical manner; which will be of sim-
ple and inexpensive construction; which will
be strong and durable and thoroughly effi-
15 cient in every particular.
With these objects in view, my invention
consists of a cotton chopper embodying
novel features of construction and combina-
tion of parts substantially as disclosed
20 herein.
In order that the detailed construction and
the operation of my cotton chopper may be
fully understood and its advantages be fully
appreciated, I have illustrated in the ac-
25 companying drawings an implement con-
structed in accordance with and embodying
my invention.
Figure 1 is a top plan view of the com-
plete cotton chopper. Fig. 2 is a side eleva-
30 tion of the implement. Fig. 3 is a section
on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a section
on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.
Referring by numerals to the drawings in
which similar characters denote correspond-
35 ing parts in all the views of the drawings:
the numeral 1 designates a pair of parallel
bars which constitutes the frame of the im-
plement, to the forward end of which frame
is connected the draft adjustment 2, and
40 upon the rear of the frame is secured a pair
of handles 3, it being understood that a
draft device for one or two animals may be
used. In the forward portion of the frame
is mounted the axle 4, upon which is ar-
45 ranged a pair of ground wheels 5, contigu-
ous with one of which and on the axle is
placed a driving bevel gear wheel 6, which
meshes with the bevel gear wheel 7, on one
end of the shaft S. This shaft is secured
50 upon the pivoted transverse bar 9, which
permits of a proper play or movement of
the shaft upon which is mounted the series
of radial arms 10, each carrying a chopper
or hoe 11. From this construction it will
55 be observed that as the machine is drawn
over the ground upon the ground wheels,that rotation is transmitted to the shaft
which carries the series of chopping hoes
and. the inner or other end of the shaft is
fitted in a cross piece or bar 12, centrally 6o
thereon and this cross piece has a vertical
movement with reference to the frame upon
the pair of depending studs 13, and is made
yielding or given an elastic action through
the medium of the pair of coil springs 14, e
surrounding the studs and bearing upon the
cross piece to the pair of frame bars or mem-
bers. This enables the shaft through the
medium of the cross piece to have a yielding
action to prevent the chopping hoes from 7o
being injured by getting in contact with a
log or hard substance, which construction
forms the most important feature of my in-
vention. To operate the spring cross piece
and adjust the shaft which carries the chop- 75
ping devices, I provide the hand lever 15,
having the spring dog 16, which engages the
rack 17, the lever being connected with the
cross piece by means of the link 18, and the
lever thus can be operated to move shaft 8 8o
and tilt bar 9 to throw the gears 6 and 7 out
of mesh when the hoes are raised to inoper-
ative position, but should an obstruction be
met with the springs would yield and permit
a movement of the shaft and allow the chop- 85
ping hoes to clear such obstruction.
To the pair of frame bars near their end
and upon their inner side slightly in ad-
vance of the spring support for the shaft
is secured the pair of plows or plowers 19, 90
whose function is to lift the soil and loosen
it after the chopper has performed its op-
eration.
The advantages of my cotton chopper will
be readily understood and appreciated 'by 95
persons acquainted with implements of this
character, and it will be at once apparent
that the machine is simple, strong and du-
rable in construction, can be sold at a price
to bring it within reach of all requiring 100
such an implement, that it will effectively
operate upon the plants and the ground, and
that the most important feature is the ad-
justment of the chopping means and their
spring support which prevents damage to 105
the chopping means, and also allows instant
adjustment according to the character of the
work.
I claim:
The cotton chopper herein described, con-- 11
sisting of the frame, the axle mounted in
the frame and carrying ground wheels, a1,0 7 0,S73.
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Clayton, John W. Cotton Chopper, patent, August 19, 1913; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853948/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.