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UNITED .STATES. PATENT OFFICE.
JESSIE V. EDWARDS, OF BEEVILLE TEXAS.PLOW.
Specification-of Letters Patent. Patented May 26, 1914.
Application fled July 22, 1913. Serial No. 780,517.- -To aU wlwrm it layc oncern:
Be it known that I JESSIE. V. EDWARDS,
,citizen bf the United States, residing at Bee-
vile, in the "county . of Bee and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain -new and use-*
ful Improvements in Plows, of which the
following is a specification.
This invention relates to plows and has
for its object the provision of a. ridingplow
io which may be actuated by the operator
without the. necessity .of -employing .draft
horses or i.mechanical motor mounted upon
or connected with the plow frame.
A further object of the invention is to
16 provide novel means for guiding the plow
so that the furrow formed will be straight
notwithstanding ally lateral shifting of the
plow supporting frame whentraveling over
irregularities in. the. surface of the ground..
20. A further object of the invention 'is to
provide means to prevent vines and bushes
being caught in between the plow frameand
the ground wheels.V
The invention' is illustrated in the ac-
25 companying drawings and will be hereinaf-
ter fully described, its novel features being
subsequently more particularly pointed out
in the claims following the description.
In the annexed drawings, which fully.
so illustrate my invention, Figure. 1 is a side
elevation, with -one ground wheel removed
and parts in section, of a plow embodying
my improvements; Fig.2 is a view showing
the rear portion of the plow in plan view
35 and the front portion in horizontal section,
the. section being taken substantially on the
line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is -a- detail view
of the axle; Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of
the. pedal bars; Fig. .5 is -a horizontal sec-
40 tion on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1; Fig. -6 is a
detail view of a portion of the plow guiding
mechanism; Fig. 7 is a detail perspective
view of a portion of the frame.
In carrying out my invention,-.I employ
45 an axle.consisting of a central sleeve or hol-
low member 1, and solid end portions 2
which are fitted within the central sleeve
and are adjustably secured therein by bolts
3. inserted through -openings 4 in the end
50 members and suitable perforations formed
in the central member at the ends thereof.
It will thus be seen that the axle may be
extended or retracted so as to accommodate
rows of various widths in the use of. the
1nachine. Secured to the' ends of the end
pemnbers 2 are ground wheels 5 which havetheir spokes 6 extended through the rims or
fellies 7 so as to provide radial projections
8 which are adapted to take into the ground
as the axle and wheels are- rotated so as to 60
produce the traction necessary to propel the
plow. Hung upon the central sleevebr mem-
ber of the axle is the main frame 9 consisting
of two similitr portions or bars having up-
turned rear ends 10 provided at their upper 65
extremities with collars or rings 11 adapted'
to encircle the axle. The frame bars ex-
tend forwardly from the up-turned ends .10
to points slightly in advance of the trans-
verse plane of the most forward portions of 70
the ground wheels whence they are deflected
laterally so as tb extend outwardly in ad-
vance. of the wheels, as shown at 12 and.:
from, the outer ektremities of these laterally
extending portions the bars converge for- 75
wardly, as shown at 13;. and are then carried
forwardly in parallel planes, as shown at
14. The converging portions 13 of the
frame bars constitute fenders' or deflectors
whereby the vines or bushes. will be turned 80
aside .and prevented from becoming entan- -
gled with the ground wheels or lodged be-
tween the same and the rear portions of the
frame. The said rear portions of the frame
bars, are connected by a cross bar 15 and 85
this cross bar 15 is provided with sleeves or -
bearings 16 near its ends in which are
mounted vertically> movable ' pins 17.
These pins 17 are pivoted at their upper
ends to the levers or treadles 18 and springs g0
'19 are coiled around the rods 'between the
frame bar and. the treadles so that when the
operator relieves' a treadle of his weight the
spring below that treadle will expand and
return the treadle to its ,upper position. 95
The rear portions of the treadles are forked
or bifurcated,.' as shown at 20, and the said
forked or bifurcated portions extend to the .
axle and terminate in eyes or rings 21 which
encircle the 'central member of the axle. 10o.
Between the members of each fork or bifur-
cation I secure to the central sleeve 1 of the
axle a ratchet disk 22 and this ratchet disk
is engaged by a dog 23 pivotally.. mounted
within the fork or bifurcation .of the adja- 105
cent treadle or lever. The upper ends .of
the dogs are turned forwa-dly and weight-
ed,- as shown at 24, whereby.-they overhang
the treadles and -swing- the lower pointed
ends of the dogs toward the ratchets so that 110
they will be in consta engagement.
Theparallel portions 14 of the frame bars1,097,920.
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Edwards, Jessie V. Plow., patent, May 26, 1914; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859122/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.