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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ALBERT J. ROSS, OF HOLLIS, TEXAS.
PLOW.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,100, dated February 1, 1887,
Application filed November 4,1886. Serial No. 21t992. (No model.)
To all whom, it may concern: distance above the plow-beam, in order to pro-
Be it known that I, ALBERT J. Ross, a vide sufficient leverage for the spring N.
citizen of the United States, and a resident of A perforated plate or bar of metal, P, is con-
Hollis, in the county of Madison and State of nected to the lower end of the spring N, and
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful this plate P is retained in a bifurcation or re- 55
Improvements in Plows; and I do declare the cess, Q, in the rear end of the plow-beam by a
following tobe a full, clear, and exact descrip- transverse rod, R, which is' inserted into
tion of the invention, such as will enable others aligned holes S in the rear end of the plow-
skilled in the art to which it appertains to make beam, and is passed through either one of the
zo and use the same, reference-being had to the holes in the plate P, as may be necessary to 60
accompanying drawings, and to letters or fig- regulate the tension of the spring. The
ures of reference marked thereon, which form strength of the spring should be regulated in
a part of this specification, accordance with the size of the plow and the
Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation strength of the team employed to draw the
f5 of a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a transverse ver- plow. 65
tical section on line x x, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a As a modification, I may and do pivot the
rear elevation. Fig. 4 is a portion of a plan plow-standard to the outer face of the plow-
view, and Fig. 5 is a portion of a bottom view beam instead of within the recess F, in which
of the beam. case the plow-standard is pivoted to a single-
20 My invention relates to plows; and it con- crank instead of to a double-crank rod. The 70
sists in the construction and novel combina- plow-beam is provided with a gage-wheel, T,
tion of parts, as hereinafter described and near its front end. A slotted plate, U, is se-
claimed. cured upon the plow-beam so that the slot in
Referring by letter to the accompanying the plate will be aligned with the recess or
25 drawings, A designates the plow-beam,which throat in the beam, its object being to serve as 75
is preferably made in two longitudinal parts a wear-plate to protect the plow-beam at this
or sections, B C, which are rabbeted in the point and prevent it from being worn away by
vertical inner faces at D E, to form athroat or the action of the piuoted or hinged plow-
recess, F, when the two parts are joined, said standard.
30 parts B C being secured together by bolts G. Having described this invention, what I 8o
H I are the plow-handles, which are se- claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,
cured to the plow-beam, near the rear end of is-
the latter, by bolts, and are preferably let into 1. The combination, with the plow-beam,of
recesses J in the outer faces of the plow-beams. the plow-standard hinged to a crank-rod jour-
35 The plow-standard K is hinged or pivoted naled in the plow-beam, the tension-spring 85
on a double - crank rod, L, the journals of connected to the plow-standard and provided
which rod havetheir bearingsin the plow-beam with the adjusting-plate, and the key or rod
near the front end of the throat or recess F. for securing the adjusting-plate in place, sub-
The front wall of the recess F inclines from stantially as specified.
40 above downwardly and rearwardly, while the 2. The combination,with the recessed plow- 90
rear wall of said recess F is parallel with said beam, of the double-crank rod, the plow-
front wall. The recess F is slightly enlarged standard thereon, the tensiou-spring, the ad-
along the track of the double crank to permit justing-plate, and its securing rod or key, sub-
the latter to move through its are when the stantially as specified.
45 plow-point M strikes or meets with an ob- In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein 95
struction, and also after the plow-point passes presence of two witnesses.
over the obstruction and is being returned to A. J. ROSS.
its normal position by the spring N. Theup- Witnesses:
per end of the spring N is connected with the M. Y. RANDOLPH,
5c plow-standard K, which latter extends some F. S. WILCOX.
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Ross, Albert J. Plow., patent, February 1, 1887; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171457/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.