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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
JOHN L. SKIDMORE, OF GRAPELAND, TEXAS.
PLOW-FENDER.No. 868,714.
Specification of Letters Patent.
pplication filed June 12, 1907. Berial lNo. 378,686.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, Joun C. SimroE, a citizen of
the United States, residing at Grapeland, in the county
of Houston and State of Texas, have invented a new
5 and useful Plow-Fender, of which the following is a
specification.
This invention relates to plow fenders and its object
is to provide a simple and efficient device of this char-
acter which can be readily connected to an ordinary
10 plow and which is designed to control the movement
of the overturned soil so as to enable a plow to be
moved close to a row of plants without danger of injur-
ing them.
A still further object is to provide a fender which
15 can be easily adjusted to permit a desired quantity of
soil to pass thereunder and which will serve to deflect
large lumps, stones, etc. back into the furrow formed
by the plow to which it is attached.
Another object is to provide a fender capable of rid-
20 ing over any obstructions in the path thereof and hav-
ing means whereby it will be automatically returned
to its initial position.
With these and other objects in view the invention
consists of certain novel features of construction and
25 combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more
fully described and pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings is shown the pre-
ferred form of the invention.
In said drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a
30 plow having the present improvements applied there-
to. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on line x-x, Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form of fender.I
Fig. 4 is a view partly in section and partly in eleva-
tion of the upper portion of said modified form.
35 Referring to the figures by characters of reference,
1-designates a plow beam to which a plow 2 is connect-
ed in the usual manner. Disposed upon one face of
the beam is a plate 3 constituting the base of an up-
waidly extending angular bracket 4 and this base is
40 fastened upon the beam in any preferred manner as
by means of bolts 5 extending above and below the
beam and engaging a holding plate or strap 6 upon the
opposite face of the beam. Both the base 3 and the
plate 6 are formed with a plurality of apertures so that
45 the same can be fastened to beams of different sizes.
The upwardly projecting portion or tongue 6 of the
bracket is provided with one or more openings 7 de-
signed to register with similar openings 8 formed with-
in a hanger 9 and said hanger is designed to be fas-
50 tened to the tongue 6 by means of bolt 10 extending
through any one of the openings therein. The lower
portion of the hanger is formed with a longitudinal slot
11 in which is arranged a coiled spring 12. This spring
is designed to bear upon a saddle 13 adapted to strad-Patented Oct. 22, 1907.
dle and bear upon the upper edge of a blade 14 consti- 55
tuting the body of the fender. A guide bolt or pin 15
extends through the blade 14 and is designed to travel
within the slot 11. This guide pin is insertible into
any one of a series of openings formed adjacent the
upper edge of the blade. As shown in Fig. 1 this blade 60
is formed with an integral stem 17 pivotally connected
as at 18 to the beam 1 and the blade is so proportioned
that the broad portion thereof is disposed at one side
of the plow 2, the lower edge of said broad portio be-
ing preferably straight so as to properly lie upon the 65
ground.
In using the fender herein described it is first nec-
essary to adjust the hanger 9 so as to cause the blade 14
to normally rest upon or at a desired distance from the
ground. When the plow is drawn forward the fender 70
blade will serve to deflect the overturned soil and pre-
vent it from falling upon rows of plants close to the
fender. Should the fender strike an obstruction it will
ride thereover, this action resulting in the raising of the
guide pin 15 and the contraction of spring 12. Said 75
spring will return the blade to its initial position as
soon as the obstruction is passed. The entire blade is
preferably formed of spring metal so that the same can,
to a certain extent, yield when subjected to more than
a predetermined lateral pressure. 80
As shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the fender can be construct-
ed as an attachment to be placed upon a spring tooth of
a harrow or cultivator. This modified construction
comprises a tooth 19 having a plate 20 secured thereto
and provided with an ear 21 to which the blade 22 is 85
pivoted and said blade is connected to a hanger 23 by
means of a pin 24 in the same manner as shown in Fig.
2. Spring 25 is located within the hanger and con-
stantly bears upon a saddle 26 engaging the fender
blade 22. The upper portion of the hanger 23 is ad- 90
justably connected. to a tongue 27 extending from an
angular bracket 28 designed to extend under the tooth
19 and to lap opposite faces of a beam. This bracket
may be clamped upon the tooth by means of a bolt 29
extending from the side portions thereof and through 95
the beam.
It will be seen that a fender constructed in the man-
ner herein described is very simple, durable, and ef-
ficient and can not only be placed upon the market as
a part of a plow but can be sold as a complete article 100
designed to be secured to the beam of a plow, harrow,
or the like.
What is claimed is:
1.. The combination with a supporting bracket ; of a
hanger pivotally connected thereto, a pivotally supported 105
fender blade slidably mounted within the hanger, a spring
pressed saddle within the hanger and upon the blade, and
an adjustable connection between the blade and hanger.
2. The combination with a supporting bracket ; of a
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Skidmore, John C. Plow-Fender., patent, October 22, 1907; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508774/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.