US640862A - Cotton-thinner. - Google Patents

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of Texas,

tare embodied features WILLIAM BILLI' NeisLnr,v

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COTTON-THINNER.

SPECIFCATIOYN; forming part of Letters Patent 110.640,862, dated J' anual-y 9, 190i).r v

n Applitin filed September 12,1899 Serial No. 730.2481 (No model-J I .To a/ZZ whom it .may concern: 1 :.Be it known that I, WILLIAM BILLINGSLEY, acitizen of theUnited-States, residing at Mc` London, in the county ofl Rockwall and State haveinventeda new and useful Cotton-Thinner,of which the following is a specification. p A

This invention relates to machines for thinning cotton; and-the object of the present con struction is to provide a simple, effective, and compact machine of this character wherein of adjustment for regulating the depression of a gang of hoes and fenders, and also to replace the ordinary wheelA devices. for propelling such machines over the ground-surfacebyr nnnerswhich are long enough to span the hills, and also to distribute the draft over a greater portion of the machine.

With these and other objects in view the invention Kconsists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a perspective View of a machine embodying the features of theinvention. Fig. 2 is a lon-` gitudinal vertical section considered relatively to the position of the gang of hoes and fenders and in advance of the latter. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, looking in the-direction of the arrow, the beam being shown adjusted to bring the fenders and hoes in vertical position.

Similar numerals of lreference are employed to indicate corresponding vparts in the views. The numeral 5 designates the frame of the machine, which is composed in the main of front and rearbars 6 and 7, bolted or otherwise attached to end bars 8. Extending from the bar 6 rearward to the bar 7 are a pair of spaced supports 9 and 1Q, the latter having a seat-arm 11 thereon, arranged at an'angle of inclination, and having on its rear extremity a seat12, the position of this seat being such as to afford convenient means for operating adjusting devices, which will be presently set forth, and for the purpose of regulating the depression of the thinning attachments. To the end bars 8 runners 13 are connected by front and rear and intermediate irons 14, the front ends of the rods being upturned for obvious reasons, and the front andrear irons and the runners as an entirety are counterbraced by brace-rods 15, connected thereto and to adjacent under portions of the bars 6 and 7,.

The tongue 16 is movably connected to the center of the bar 6 through the medium of an .eye 17, fast on the rear end` of the tongue,

with which the front reduced bend portion of a substantially V- haped yoke 18 has mov# able engagement, the terminals of the yoke being attached to said bars 6 between thev Vfront ends of the supports 9 and 10. Outside of the front ends of the supports 9 and 10 draft-links 19 are applied and pivoted at their l central-pcmtions;i tleopposite' terminalsv or extremities of-the said links being formed with eyes 2O toreceive the front and rear hooked -ends of draft rods or braces 2l and 22, re-v spectively fastened at theirv opposite ends to the upper rear portions of the end bars 8 and the opposite side edges of the tongue 16. The rear terminals of the rods 21 are in the form of horizontally-disposed eyes 23,movably connected to the bars 8 by vertically-disposed pivotpins'or studs 24. By this arrangement of draft devices it will be observed that the draft is more uniformly distributed plied to a greater portion of the machineframe and capable also of responding to a slight give or variation in the draft power or force to -therebyT avoidl the concentration of the draft strain on the front portion of the frame and make the said frame much more durable by preventing the parts thereof breaking loose. ,This mode of applying the draft devices is also highly beneficial in directing the coursev of travel or movement of the machine and also makes the latter sensitively responsive to turning movements. Furthermore, through the rods 21 the draft force is applied to theframe in rear of thelocaticn of the gang of hoes and fenders, and the entire machine is thereby braced against the strain emanating from the resistance of said hoes and is less liable to 'swing when the latter opposite ends of a plow-beam 26 are movably and api IOO bearing-loops 25 the.

.and adjustably mounted, theseid ends being reduced and rounded to provide bearings 27 and having attached to the inner termination thereof suspending lin-ks 28, which are pivotally attached, in advance, to the adjacent inner edge portions of the bars'S. The beam l26 is accordeda swinging movement through the medium ol., the links 28 and is adapted to be elevated or depressed, as well as turned,

lthrough the -uedium of edges standing at en angle to a horizontal plane. Theouter stocks 3l are not bifurceted and thereto,r are attached single fen-f ders 3e for the reason Athat for a practical operation a fender isnecessery on eacheide of a hoe, and there being outer side of the end fenders ,the latter are used et this point in single form. The hoes 32- have dat bottoms 35, andeach hoe is'so shaped as to loosen and throw up the cottonplants on opposite sides against the fenders, with an obvious result.- protect or shield the 'rows of plants between the hoes to prevent covering of the same by stocks SO'and 3l are yso as to prevent turning,

the soil and loosened plants thrown up, and thus facilitate the thinning operation. 'The held in the beam 26 by clips 36, which are preferably of U-shaped form, and in View of the sent provided in each instance for the stock through the medium of the mortises 29 only one of the clips is necessary to firmlyand properly hold a stock in position, and with such firmness as to resist accidental loosening. vAs a further benecial adjunct to this simple mode of fastening the stocks the latter are angular in cross-section and the mortises r29ers of a similar contour,

insure a proper direction or position of the hoes and fenders-- .C As convenient means of controlling the augle of the hoes and fenders and for rotating the beam 26 an arm 37 is secured to the front side thereof andY projects above the Ysame' ad'- jaeent the outer edge of the support ,9. -To the upper end of the said arm e link-'rod 38 is movably attached, and also at its rear terminal to a shifting lever 39, carrying a sliding locking-dog 40, cooperating with a toothed segment fil, the said lever being pivoted to the face of the segment and movable closely against one side of the latter, as in ordina devices of this character. arm 37 and prevent it 'from being pulled loose, a strap or analogous brace 42 is secured thereto and also to the rear edge of the beam 26, and it will be seen that provision is thus "justed no Ahoes on the."

The fenders Will-also' and thereby alwaysv To strengthen the` made for shifting the 'leverl 39 either for-V Wardl y or backwardly without danger of loos-` ening or breaking said arm 37. The beam -26 is also adapted to have a, vertical adjustment` imparted thereto Yto vary `the depth of peneL tretion'of the hoes 32,:and for: this 'purposel- ,a toothed segment 43 is secured tothe inner edge of the 'support 10 directly above" the ,beam, and theretois pivotally attached a hell-v crank shifting lever 44, carrying a lockingg4 dog l to engage theteeth 4of the said segfV ment end having connected t0-the .lower short arm thereof a link 46, which' is ahoattached to the top edge of the said beani 26. By push ing'the loyer 44 forwardly the ,beam26 will be raised Vto en y elevation desired end the sdf' position sustained by the dog 45 look-4 ing between two of the teeth of the segment 43. A rearward movement ofthe will depress the beam 26, and'sfter justmen't of the beam in a vertical elevation mfay remain undisturbed and the lever 39 shifted either forwardly cr reen Wardly over of the hoes the same. The manner of. attaching the sus# pendinglinks 28 to the opposite extremities this adof the beam 26 is shown by Fig. 1 and is oit such a nature that the opposite bearings 27 of the beamare free to turn in the terminalsof the links 28'engaging the same; prevent-the beam from moving rearwardly beyond a predetermined point and maintain its adjustment in the arc of a circle.v This is particularly advantageous in view 'of the fact that the points of the hoes 32 are caused -to lirst penetrate the ground and the flat bot-V toms 35 afterward brought squarely down in the soil and Work in ing horizontal plane at e preferred depth helow the ground surface and until the vertical adjustment of the beam is changed.

In operating the machine it is slid transversely of the lines of 13, as before indicated, span the said hills, thus keeping the machine in I of travel while the hoes 32 are uproot-ing and cleaning out the superfluous growth of cottonplane its'` its segment to change the angle and fen-ders or to entirely clear but said links' uniformity and unvsry-l Vlever 442 lob hills, and the runners a regular plane plants, the plants left standing being shielded j by the fende rs passing thereover, and through the eliminating work carried on by the hoes said standing plants are relieved of the dan ger resultingrom .overgrowthnrlchokingv-v- The entire machine can be controlled by one operator, and the particular work to which it is adapted 'may be rapidly carried on. In

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time for the purpose of sharpening or other manipulation, and the feeders are normally adjusted at such an elevation that when the hoes are depressed to a Working position they will move close to the ground surface and regularly and distinctly define by their operation the lines of plants to remain standing.

Many other advantages and conveniences will become Aapparent in the use of the improved machine, and in certain applications it may be necessary to change the form, proportions, and minor details of construction. Such changes will be made in this direction as fully lie within the nature or spirit of the invention.

Having-thus described Athe invention, What is claimed as new is 1. In a device of the character set forth, the

i combination of a frame, a beam having independent vertical and rotary adjustments, a series of hoes carried by said beam, and fenders arranged intermediate of said hoes and also supported by the beam.

2. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a frame, having end bars, de-

pending bearing-loops secured to said end' bars, a vertically-adjustable beam having its opposite ends tted in said loops, suspendinglinks having their rear ends loosely fitted over the opposite terminals of the beam, a gang of hoespreultixrating devices enthebeam, vand separate adjusting mechanism for the beam adapted to independently control the vertical movement and the rotation of said beam.

3. -In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a frame having elongated runners at opposite ends, a beam supported by the said frame and having independent vertical and rotary adjustments, cultivating devices on the beam, a tongue movably attached to the front portion of the frame and adapted to have vertical movement, and draft devices in part rigidly connected to the tongue and all movably attached to the frame.

e. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a frame having runners at oppositeI ends, a beam adjustably mounted in the said frame and havinga gang of cultivating devices thereon, a tongue movably at'- tached to the front central portion frame, draft-links movably attached to the front portion of the frame on opposite sides of the point of attachment of Athe tongue,

of the v draft-rods movadly attached to the rear of lthe j opposite end portions of the frame and to the rear terminals of the said draft-links, and other draft-rods iixed to the tongue at their front terminals and having their rear terminals in engagement with the front ends of the said draft-links.

5. In a device of the character set forth, ythe combination of a frame having runners at ep- -posite ends, cultivating devices supported by Vthe frame, a tongue movably attached tc the front central portion of the frame,`and draft devices inv part rigidly secured to opposite portions of the tongue in advance of the attachment of the latter to the frame, another portion of said draft devices being connected to the frame in rear of the position of the cultivating-v devices 'i and alll the draft devices movably attached to the frame.

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

WILLIAM BILLINGSLEY.

Witnesses:

E. D. FOREE, G. A. TRUITT.

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