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GULTIVATOR. No. 400.389.

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GUL'TIVATOR.

Patented Mar. 26, 1889.

Y, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD B. BERRIEN, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AVERY PLANTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,389, dated March 26, 1889. v Application led August 8,1888. Serial No. 282,238. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD B. BERRIEN, residing at Peoria, in thecounty of Peoria and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oultivators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Fignre 1 is a plan.l Fig. 2 is a section at line 2 2 of Fig. l, looking to the left. Fig. 3 is a detail, being a section at line 3 of Fig. 2, showing the evener. Fig. 4 is a detail, being anenlarged elevation of the fender. Fig. 5 is a section at line 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is the same as Fig. 5, except that the long lugs are shown straight instead of being bent over lthe rods.

The objects of my invention are to provide improved devices by means of which the frame and caster-wheels of a cultivator move to the right or left when the shovels are moved either to the right or left, to provide an improved evener, and to provide an improved fender, all of which I accomplish as illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter fully described. Those things which I claim as new will be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, A A represent the-main portion of what may be termed an arched axle, which,as shown, is divided at the center, so that the two parts may be adjusted laterally. The wheels are not attached directly to these parts A A', and they also form, in effect, a part of the main frame.

vB is the tongue.

C is a caster-wheel supported on a short axle secured to the bar a, which extends forward, and the forward end of which is pivoted to an arm, lb, which is rigidly connected with the outer end of the part A of the axle. The joint which connects the two parts c b is shown at c, Fig. 2. The other wheel, D, is also a caster-wheel, and is supported in the same manner as the wheel O.

E represents one of the shovel-beams, which, as shown, is made in two parts, one ot' which carries a handle, F. G represents the other shovelebeam, which is also, as shown, made of two parts, one of which carries a handle, H. The forward ends of the shovel-beams are connected with the horizontal portions of the two parts A A of the main axle by means of a sleeve, d, and other connections, which permit of vertical and lateral movement oi' the beams in the usual manner.

I is an arm rigidly connected with the forward end of the shovel-beam G, which arm, as shown, is curved toward the wheel C, and its outer end is enlarged and provided with a slot, e.

.I is an arm rigidly secured to the bar ct, the free end of which arm is provided with a curved pin which passes through the slot e. If the shovel-beam G be moved to the right, the forward part of the wheel C will be turned in the same directionv through the arms I J, causing such wheel and the frame to change the line of travel and move to the right, the other wheel also naturally moving in the same direction. If the shovel-beam G be moved to the left, a reverse action will take place. I thus provide devices by the use of which when the shovels are moved to the right or left the forward part of the wheels will be turned to the right or left, and the frame will loe moved in the same direc tion as the shovels,

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fis a metal bar which is firmly secured to the upper side of the tongue, the ends of the bar being bent downward, as shown.

g is another metal bar secured to the under side of the tongue.- The ends of this bar g are bent downward a little, and are riveted or otherwise secured near the ends of the bar j'.

h h are two metal bars or levers, and with. the chain they constitute the evener.

t' is a pulley connected to the tongue.

j is a short chain which passes around the pulley i, and its ends are connected with the upper ends of the bars h h. The lower ends of these bars 7?, h are provided with holes, and the whiftletrees are to be connected to or near the lower ends of these bars.

K K are draft-rods, one end of each being connected with the axle, the other ends of which, as shown, are bent and pass through the ends of the bar f.

L L are two brace-bars, one end of each being secured to the tongue, and, as shown,

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their forward ends have holes through which the bent ends of the rods K K pass. As shown, the bars h h are pivoted on the turnedup ends of the rods K K.

M is a casting secured to the tongue and passing over the pulley i. It is so formed that it also serves the purpose of guides for the chain j. These two bars h 71,', supported as described, together with the short chain j, form, in effect, the evener. Ithus provide an cvener which has a low-down hitch, and which has a suiciently long and free swing. I also thus secure a low draft with a high arch.

N represents the fender, which consists of a malleable casting, 7o, and rods I., secured thereto in a peculiar manner.

fm, m are short lugs cast upon and with the plate 7i'. As shown, there are three of these lugs, fm, 011 one side and two, m', on the other side of each rod I, and the lugs m mf are sui'iiciently far apart to permit the rod l to be placed between them, as shown in Fig. 4,

n are other lugs, longer than the lugs m, and cast upon and with the plate 7c. Each of these lugs n is in line with the two lugs m.

The rods l are eectually and easily secured in place by placing one end of each rod between one set, m m', of the lugs, as shown in Figs. l and (5, and then bending the long lugs n over the rod, as shown in Fig. 5. The upper end of the casting 7c, is provided with an extension, l), which, as shown, is riveted to an arm, q, which is adjustably connected with the shovel-beam, so that the position of the fender can be changed, if desired. The ends r of the rods Z are iiattened to aid in preventing them from slipping out.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

l. In a cultivator, the combination of an arched axle, two caster-wheels, each supported by a bar, as ct, pivoted at its forward end to an arm, as b, secured to the main part of the axle, plow-beams connected with the horizontal parts of the main axle and having vertical and lateral movement, and connections between one of the plow-beams and the support for one of the caster-wheels, whereby, when the plow-beam is moved to the right or left, the wheels and frame will be correspondingly moved, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a cultivator, the combination of a frame, a tongue, B, bar f, secured to the tongue, bars or levers h h', pivoted to the bar f, pulley z', chainj, and brace-rods L L', substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In a cultivator, a fender, M, consisting of a casting, 7c, provided with short lugs mm and longer lugs, n, in combination with rods l, held in place between the lugs fm, m by bending the longer lugs 'n over the rods, substantially as specified.

LEONARD B. BERRIEN.

Witnesses:

A. KEITHLEY, ROBERT H. AVERY.

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