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UNITED STATESPATEINT OFFICE.
EDGAR CARUTHERS, OF HAMSHIRE, TEXAS.
1OWING-MACHINE.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 25, 1914.
Application filed December 22, 1913. Serial No. 808,234.To all ihoim it may concern:
Be it known that I, EDGAR GARUTHERS, a
citizen of the United States, residing at
Hamshire, in the county of Jefferson and
5 State of Texas, have invented certain new
and useful Improvements in Mowing-Ma-
chines, of which the following is a specifi-
cation, reference being had to the accom-
panying drawings.
10 This invention relates to certain improve-
ments in mowing machines and the object of
the invention is to provide a device of this
general character having novel and im-
proved means whereby the same may be
15 employed with convenience for hillside
work.
The invention consists in the details of
construction and in the combination and ar-
rangement of the several parts of my im-
20 proved mowing machine, whereby certain
important advantages are attained and the
device is rendered simpler, less expensive
and otherwise more convenient and advan-
tageous for use, all as will be hereinafter
25 more fully set forth.
The novel features of the invention will
be carefully defined in the appended claim.
In order that my invention may be the
better understood, I will now proceed to
30 describe the same with reference to the ac-
companying drawings, wherein-
Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, with
parts in section, of a mower constructed in
accordance with an embodiment of my in-
35 vention; and Fig. 2 is a top plan view of
the device as illustrated in Fig. 1, with cer-
tain of the parts being indicated in section.
As disclosed in the accompanying draw-
ings, the frame of the machine comprises
40 the elongated side bars 1-1 and the end
bars 2, the forward end bar 2 being pro-
vided with a clevis 3 whereby suitable draft
rigging 4 may be attached, for a purpose
which is believed to be self-evident.
45 Suitably supported by the side bars 1 at
substantially the center thereof is the trans-
verse shaft 5, on which is mounted the trac-
tion wheel 6. Operatively connected with
the traction wheel 6 is the sprocket wheel
50 8 of predetermined diameter and around
which is directed the chain 9 also passing
around a similar sprocket 10 fixed to the
shaft 11 suitably supported by the side bars
1 adjacent the rear ends thereof and dis-
55 posed transversely of the frame. One end
portion of the shaft 11 projects beyond aside of the frame, as indicated at 12, such
projected portion 12 being operatively con-
nected, as at 14, to the longitudinally di-
rected shaft 15 projecting through the tubu- 60
lar member 16 fixedly connected adjacent
its upper extremity to the adjacent side bar
1, the opposite or lower extremity of the
tubular member 16 being projected through
the lower extremity of an arm 19 depending 65
from the forward end of the frame 1.
Pivotally connected, as at 17, to the for-
ward or lower end of the tubular member
16 is the mower frame 18 disposed trans-
versely of the frame and projecting a pre- 70
determined distance beyond the opposite
side thereof and including the conventional
cutter bar 20, reciprocal movement being im-
parted to the cutter bar 20 through the me-
dium of the pitman 21 driven by the crank 75
disk 22 fixed to the lower end of the shaft 15.
The pivotal connection between the
mower frame 18 and the tubular member
16 is such as to permit such mower frame
being adjusted either above or below the 80
horizontal whereby my improved mowing
machine may be employed with facility on
hill work either from above or below.
In order to impart movement to the
mower frame in one direction, namely, up- 85
wardly, I employ the flexible member 23
disposed longitudinally of the frame and
passing over an idler 24 suitably supported
adjacent the forward end of the frame, the
forward extremity of such flexible member 90
23 being suitably secured, as at 25, to the
mower frame, while the opposite extremity
of such flexible member is suitably con-
nected, as at 26, to the lever member 27
pivotally carried by an adjacent side bar 95
1 of the frame and adapted to be maintained
in its different positions through the me-
dium of the segmental rack 28 coperating
with the latch 29 carried by the lever. As
is believed to be obvious, the downward 100
movement of the mower frame will be had
by gravity.
In order to maintain the frame 1 against
any undue lateral or rocking movement, I
have depending from the tubular member 105
16 adjacent the lower end thereof the post
30 having rotatably supported at its lower
end the auxiliary traction wheel 31 whereby
it will be readily perceived that my im-
proved mowing machine may be main- 110
tamed with convenience and facility in op-
erative position.1,108,132.
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Caruthers, Edgar. Mowing Machine, patent, August 25, 1914; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858772/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.