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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
RICHARD L. McCLUNG, OF LA FAYETTE, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON SCRAPERS, CHOPPERS, AND CULTIVATORS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,462, dated November 2, 1875; application filed
April 3, 1875.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, RICHARD L. MCCLUNG,
of La Fayette, in the county of Upshur and
State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
full Improvement in Combined Cotton Scraper,
Chopper, and Cultivator, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification:
Figure 1 is a side view of my improved
machine. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.
Similar letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts.
The object of this invention is to furnish an
improved machine for scraping or barring off
cotton, chopping it to a stand, and cultivating
it, which shall be so constructed that it may
work at any desired closeness to the row of
plants, or at any desired depth in the ground,
or for use as an ordinary cultivator, and which
may be made by any ordinary mechanic.
The invention will first be fully described,
and then pointed out in the claim.
A are the plow-beams, to the rear ends of
which are attached the standards B, having
plows C attached to their lower ends. To the
beams A, near their forward ends, are attached
tihe standards D, to the lower ends of which
are bolted the scrapers E., said scrapers hav-
ing several holes formed through them to re-
ceive the said bolts so that they can be read-
ily adjusted nearer together or farther apart,
or to work deeper or shallower in the ground,
as may be desired. The forward ends of the
plow beams A are connected by a cross-bar,
F, and the rear standards B, just below the
rear ends of the beams A, are connected by a
cross-bar, G. The cross-bars F and C- have
long tenons formed upon one end, so that the
side parts of the machine can be readily ad-
justed wider apart or closer together, as may
be desired. The tenons of the cross-bars F G
have several holes formed through them to
receive the detachable pins H, by which they
are secured when adjusted. I are two wheels
rigidly attached to a shaft, J, the journals of
which revolve in the eyes of eyebolts K. The
eyebolts K are secured in place by wedge-
keys or other suitable means. It is designedto secure the eyebolts in place by nuts
screwed upon their upper ends, and by washers
placed upon their lower parts, between their
eyes and the beams A, so that by varying the
number of washers, and adjusting the nuts
accordingly, the machine may be adjusted to
work deeper or shallower in the ground, as
may be desired. L is a band, which passes
around the shaft J and around guide-pulleys
or rollers M pivoted to the cross-bar N, and
around the forward end of.the shaft O. The
cross-bar N is secured to the beams A, and is
strengthened by braces n'. The forward jour-
nal of the shaft O revolves in a hole in the
cross-bar N, and its rear journal revolves in
an angular groove in the cross-bar G. To the
shaft O are attached two arms, P, to the outer
ends of which is attached the hoe or cutter Q.
The outer ends of the arms P may be straight,
and have the chopper Q attached to them, or
they may be bent at an angle and have the
chopper bolted to them. The stand may be
regulated by varying the size of the wheel-
shaft J, or that of the forward end of the chop-
per-shaft O. By removing the chopping de-
vice, replacing the scrapers E with culti-
vating-plows, and adjusting the forward ends
of the beams A closer together than their rear
ends, the machine is adjusted for use as an
ordinary cultivator. One end of the cross-
bar N may be extended and have several holes
formed in it to receive the fastening-bolt, so
that the machine may also be widened or
closed up while being used as a cotton-chop-
per.
Having thus described my invention,I claim
as new and desire to secure by Letters- Pat-
elut-
The combination of the wheels I, shaft J,
band L. guide-pulleys M, cross-bar N, the
shaft and arms O P, and hoe or cutter Q, with
the frame, and the plow-standards B D, sub-
stantially as herein shown and described.
.RICHARD L. MoCLUNG.
Witnesses:
J. G. McGEE,
H. B. McGEE.
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McClung, Richard L. Improvement in Cotton Scrapers, Choppers, and Cultivators., patent, November 2, 1875; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166491/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.