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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
HENRY A. HARRIS, OF ATTOYAC, TEXAS.
CULTIVATOR.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Feb. 27, 1917.
Application filed October 19, 1915. Serial No. 56,753.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, HENRY A. -IARRIS, a
citizen of the United States, residing at At-
toyac, in the county of Nacogdoches and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and
useful Cultivator, of which the following is
a specification.
The present invention appertains to cul-
tivators, and aims to provide a tongueless
10 walking cultivator, the frame of which is
mounted upon casters, so that the frame can
be shifted sidewise conveniently by the op-
erator when the rows of plants are uneven
or irregular.
15 With the foregoing and other objects in
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
20 and claimed, it being understood that
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.
25 The invention is illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings, wherein:-
Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved
cultivator.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof
30 taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a sectional detail of an adjusting
means for the lever.
Fig. 4 is a sectional detail, portions being
broken away and others being illustrated in
35 elevation, illustrating the means for piv-
otally connecting one of the caster forks to
the front corner of the frame.
In carrying out the invention, there is
employed a metallic or other suitable frame
40 1 embodying parallel longitudinal side
members 2 having their forward ends con-
nected by a cross piece 3. The side mem-
bers 2 are connected between their ends by
an intermediate cross piece 4, and the rear
45 ends of the side members 2 are curved down-
wardly and are connected by a rear cross
piee 5 parallel with the cross piece 4. The
frame has a longitudinal angular bar 6 ter-
minally attached to the front and rear cross
50 pieces 3 and 5, respectively, and having its
bend secured upon the intermediate cross
piece 4. A U-shaped member 7 has its ter-
minals secured to the angle of the bar 6, and
a U-shaped member 8 has its terminals se-
55 cured to the forward end of the bar 6. A
longitudinal bqr pr strip 9 is secured to thebends of the members 7 and 8 and has its
rear end attached to the cross piece 5. The
bar 9 braces the members 7 and 8.
The frame 1 is carried by a pair of casters 60
embodying forks 10 pivotally connected
with the front corners of the frame and cas-
ter wheels 11 are'mounted for rotation with-
in the forks and adapted to swing under
the side members 2 of the frame. It will 65
be noted that the rear portion of the frame
is curved downwardly in rear of the wheels
11, and. that. the forward portion of the
frame is raised to allow the wheels to swing
thereunder in guiding the frame to one side 70
or the other.
The frame also has oblique braces 12 be-
tween the remote ends of the cross piece 4
and the intermediate portion of the cross
piece 3. 75
In order to hitch the draft animal or ani-
mals to the frame, a lever 13 is fulcrumed
within the member 8 by means of a pin or
other pivot element 14, said member S pref-
erably having a series of apertures for the 80
reception of the pin 14 whereby the ful-
crum of the lever 13 may be adjusted. The
lever has a short forwardly projecting arm,
and a relatively long rearwardly projecting
arm. The free end of the long arm is slot- 85
ted, as at 15, and works vertically within
the member 7, said member 7 having a ver-
tical series of apertures for the reception of
a bolt or element 16 extending through the
slot 15. By removing the bolt 16, the lever 90
13 may be adjusted. and the bolt 16 may
then be reapplied, the same being passed
through the slot 15 and a pair of apertures
of the member 7 to hold the lever 13 in
place. A clevis 17 is pivoted to the short 95
forward arm of the lever 13 and is adapted
for the attachment thereto of a single or
double tree. The clevis having a transverse
series of apertures enables the draft animal
or animals to be hitched to the frame at the 100
center line thereof or at either side of the
center line; and the lever 13 may be adjusted
so that the draft is properly transmitted to
the frame.
A pair of cultivator beams 18 are carried 105
by the frame, the rear portions of said
beams extending rearwardly under the cross
piece 5, and the forward portions 19 of said
beams being offset upwardly so as to extend
to the cross piece 4. The rear or lower por- 110
tions of the beams 18 have upstanding arms
20. U-shaped clips.21 straddle and embrace11,217,172,
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Harris, Henry A. Cultivator, patent, February 27, 1917; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858518/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.