US375647A - Garden-plow - Google Patents

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B. MGHATITON.

GARDEN PLOW.

Patented Dec. 27, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BOWDREY MOHATTON, OF ODESSA, MISSOURI.

GARDEN-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,647, date-d December 27, 1887.

(No model.)

T0 or whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BowDREY McHATToN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Odessa, in the county of Lafayette and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garden-Flows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is aperspectiveviewofmy improved garden-plow. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, partly in section; and Fig. 3 is a top plan View.

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention consists of an improved adjustable garden-plow, which is adapted to be propelled by hand, and in which the height of the handles and also the depth of the plow can be adjusted as required, and inyinvention will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the several parts by letter, Aindicates thelarge frontsupporting-wheel of my improved garden-plow, the said wheel being preferably twenty-eight inches in diameter.

B indicates the plow standard, which is formed with the integral top piece or head, 0, so that the standard with its head is practically T-shaped, as shown, and the forward end of this top piece, 0, is formed with the slotted transverse forward end or head, D, while the rear end of the top piece or beam-as it may be called G, is formed with a transverse aperture, D The standard B is preferably fifteen and one-half inches long, and the beam 0 eight inches, while the longitudinal slot D in the forward end or head, D, is three inches in length.

E indicates the parallel braces, which are about twenty-three inches long. and between the forward ends of which the large wheel A is journaled or mounted, and the parallel side pieces, E E, are inclined or bent inward at F F at a point back of the said wheel, and their rear ends are pivotally secured or bolted to the beam D immediately in front of the forward line of the standard at G. The standard is thus pivotally secured between the rear ends of the parallel side pieces, E E, and the said side pieces are formed at points registering with the slot in the forward head, D, of the beam with the transverse apertures H H, and

a bolt, I, passes through these registeringapertnres and through the longitudinal slot of the forward beam-head, D, having a nut upon its threaded end, by means of which the said beam-head may be secured at its adjusted position, as hereinafter described.

J J indicate the handles, which are connected at their upper outer ends by the crossbar J, and the inner ends of the said handles are pivotally bolted to the outer sides of the side pieces or main braces, E E, as shown, at a point about midway between the forward ends of the said side pieces and the apertures H H. These handles J are formed at about the center of their length with the series of transverse apertures J J the series extending in the direction of their length. The rear end of the beam 0 is formed with the trans verse aperture D", as stated, and this rear end of the beam is connected to the handles J by means of the adjustable braces K K, the lower enlarged ends of which are pivoted on each side of the rear end of the beam by means of the pivot-bolt L, which passes through the said ends and the rear apertured end of the beam, while the upper ends of the said beams. which incline outward, are adj ustably secured to the inner sides of the handles by means of the removable pivot-bolts M M, which pass through the enlarged apertured upper ends of the said braces and through the apertures H H in the handles, as shown. The handles are usually three feet ten inches long, and the braces K K fifteen inches long.

To the lower end of the standard B is secured the shovel-blade S, or a turning-plow of any ordinary construction may be substituted for the said blade when required.

In operation the upper outer end of the handles is first adjusted to suit the height of the person using the plow by moving the upper ends of the braces K K forward or back, as required, and securing them in their adjusted position by means of the pivot-bolts M M, moving the upper ends of the said braces back toward the upper rear ends of the handles, lowering the said end of the handles, while, as the upper ends of the braces K are moved forward and secured in their adjusted position, the rear outer end of the handles is raised, as will be readily understood; and it will be seen that bymeans of this construction the height of the cross-bar at the rear outer ends of the handles may be raised and lowered, and thus adjusted to suit the height of the operator, so that a boy or man can use my improved plow with equal convenience.

To regulate the depth of plow-the depth to which the shovel-blade enters the ground-all that is necessary is to raise or lower the slotted forward end of the beam 0, and secure the said end in its adjusted position by tightening the pivot-bolt I, and it will be seen that by means of this simple adjustment the depth of the furrowthe depth to which the shovelblade or turning-plow enters the ground-can be altered or adjusted most accurately and in a moment.

By employing the large supporting-wheel and the light strong construction shown and described I greatly lighten the draft and cause the plow to run lightly and easily, while at the same time it does better work. The plow is operated by pushing it in front of the operator, and is guided by pressureupon the handles, and can be very easily managed, as the draft is very light.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

the construction, operation, and advantages of my invention will be readily understood.

It will be seen that my improved garden plow is simple and strong in construction, can 55 be manufactured at a small cost, and is very efficient in operation. Its handle can be adjusted, as described, to suit the operator, so that it can be used with equal convenience either by a boy or man of any height, and the depth to which the shovel-blade or turning-plow enters the soil can be readily and easily adjusted. Either a shovelblade or turning-plow may be employed, as required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The combination of the large supportingwheel, the parallel side braces, the standard, the beam having the slotted head at its forward end and having the apertured rear end, the handles formed with the series of transverse apertures, the rear adjustable braces, and the pivot-bolts, all substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BOWVDREY MGHATTON.

\Vitnesses:

M. M. RoBINsoN, RoBT. T. RUssELL.

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