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of said rack to lock the lever in adjusted.po-
sition. The hand lever 31 is connected with
the rear ends of the lazy- tongs 29 by the
links 33.
5 The portion of the beam 26 whih extends .
forwardly. of the cross rail 2 carries a rack
bar 34, the ends of which are slidably mount-
ed through, .the frame of.- the vehicle and
which is reliably held against, movement
i relative to the beam 26 by the braces 35.
The teeth of the rack bar 34 are located. ad-
jacent the center thereof and are adapted to
cooperate with a pinion 36 fixed to the steer-
ing shaft 11. The lower horizontal portions
is of the arch members '2$ are slidably received'
within the braces 37 depending from the
side .rails 1 of the frame of the vehicle, and
are reliably supported thereby.
Brackets 38 are fixed to''one of the rear
20. cross beams 2 and have upstanding segmen-
tal racks 39 to which are pivoted adjustable
hand levers 40.. The hand levers 40 are
mounted in pairs upon opposite sides of the
steering wheel 13, -and the outer lever of
25 each pair is fixed to the shaft 41 which ex-
tends longitudinally of the cross beam 2 and
is mounted at the outer .end in a bracket
bearing 42.. The crank arms 43 are fixed to
the shafts 41,' adjacent the outer ends there-
30 of and are pivotally connected with links 43a
adapted to be suitably fixed to a gang 44 of
plows, or any , other farming implement
which may be attached to the vehicle. The
inner hand levers 40 are. also provided with
35 links 45 which are similarly connected with
the inside gangs 44. The gang heads 46 are
suitably connected with the lower horizon-
tal'portions of the arch members 28. '
In operation, the machine is driven by the
40 engines 14 by connecting the' crank shaft 15
thereof. with. the sprocket wheels 16 by
proper manipulation of the hand lever 18,
as will be understood. For steering the ve-
hicle, the front wheels 8 thereof may be
45 turned either by the manual operation of the
hand wheel 13 or by the -actuation of the
proper pedal 24, which as previously de-
scribed, engages one of the friction disks 23
against the disk 22 and consequently rotates
50 the latter disk together with the shaft 11 in
the desired .direction. As the vehicle is
steered from a straight course, the rotation
of the shaft 11 is imparted to the beam 26
by means of the pinion 36 and rack 34,
55 causing the beam to be shifted upon its pivot
and consequently shifting the lazy tongs 29
together with the links 30 and arch members
28 outwardly from the course taken by the
vehicle. Movement of the arch members 28
60 obviously is imparted to the gangs 44. To
manually separate the implements carried by
the arch members 28, the hand lever 31 ismoved forwardly, while a reverse movement
of said lever draws the implement carried by
65 the separate arch members together.In the modification of my invention illus-
trated in Fig.. 5, a frame of similar con-
struction as that illustrated in. Figs. 1. to 5
is employed, however, in said modification,
the engines 50 are arranged longitudinally 70
of the frame and centrally thereof. To ac-
commodate this arrangement of the power
plant, the steering shaft 51 is formed in two
parts, each being provided with, sprocket
wheels over which extends a sprocket chain 75
52 for connecting the parts. of said shaft and
causing them to rotate in unison.
The crank shaft 53 of the engine is pro-
vided with a pair. of spaced bevel gears 54
which are adapted to be meshed with a gear so
55 carried by the transversely extending
shaft 56. The gears 54 are preferably fixed
on a sleeve 56a. which is keyed on the crank
shaft 53 anid adapted to be moved longitudi-
nally thereon by a voted lever 57, link 58 85
and hand lever 59. It will be understood
that by alternately .engaging the front and
rear bevel gears 54 with the gear 55, the
shaft 56 will be rotated in the desired direc-
tion to drive the vehicle forwardly or rear- $o
wardly. When the gears 54 are moved to
an intermediate position, they are both out
of mesh with the gear 55 and the engines 50
may be consequently driven free. A second
shaft 60 located rearwardly of the shaft 56 95
is adapted to be rotated by the latter through
the medium of a sprocket chain 61 extending
over suitable sprocket wheels fixed to said
shafts. The rear shaft 60 carries a sleeve 62
to which is fixed a pair of friction disks 63 100
adapted for alternate engagement upon op-
posite sides of a friction disk 64 fixed to the
steering shaft 51, The sleeve 62 is connect-
ed with a pivoted lever 65 by means of
which the friction disks 63 are shifted in the 105
proper direction to rotate the shaft 51 in the
desired direction.
What I claim is:
1. In a motor propelled vehicle, a frame,
cross bars for said frame, drive wheels de- 110
pending from said frame, a front steering
wheel positioned forwardly of said drive
wheels, a beam pivoted to one of said cross
bars, a bracket secured to the other of said
cross bars for slidably supporting said beam, 11.5
arch members slidably mounted on the sec-
ond of said cross bars, means for grouping
or separating said arch members associated
with said beam, a transversely slidable rack
bar supported by said frame and connected 120
to said beam, a steering shaft connecting
with said front steering wheel, a hand wheel
for said shaft, a pinion carried by said shaft
and meshing with said rack bar so that
manual operation of said hand wheel will 125
swing said front steering wheel to change
the course of said vehicle. and to simulta-neously shift said pivoted beam so that said
arch members are given a turning curve of
larger radius than the vehicle. '1301,167,621
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Hodges, Eugene C. Cultivator., patent, April 27, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859790/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.