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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
MARK D. WILLIAMS, OF. SIDNEY, TEXAS.
STALK-CUTTER.
SPECIFICATION foi'ming part of Letters Patent No. 705,183, dated July 22, 1902.
Application filed October 15, 1901. Serial No. 78,729. (No model.)b all whom, it may comcerm:
Be it known that I, MARK D. WILLIAMs, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Sid-
ney, in the county of Comanche and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Stalk-Cutters, of which the
following is a specification.
My invention relates to improvements in
"stalk-cutters," and pertains to a machine
io which is adapted to cut three rows of stalks
at one operation and is provided with simple
means for laterally extending the side cut-
ters to permit the adjustment of. the machine
to cut rows of different widths.
15 A further object consists in simple means
for detaching the side cutters when it is de-
sired to lighten the draft, in which case the
machine will cut only one row.
My invention relates to a construction and
20 combination of parts, all of which. will be
fully described hereinafter and particularly
pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
a top plan view of my invention. Fig..2 is a
25 longitudinal sectional view on the line 2 2 of
Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view
on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a rear ele-
vation. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional
view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a top
30 plan view of the central section detached and
reversed.
In the construction of my machine I em-
ploy three rectangular sections, in which the
numerals 1, 2, and 3 designate the longitudi-
35 nal side bars, the bars 2 of the central sec-
tion being united at their ends by transverse
bars 4 and 5, through which pass bolts 6, for
a purpose to be presently explained. The
bars 4 and 5 are mortised to receive the in-
40 ner end of the tongue 7, a vertical bolt serv-
ing to secure the tongue therein. An inter-
mediate cross-bar 8 serves to further brace
the central section and at the same time form
a weight receptacle or box 9, a bottom plate
45 10 being attached in any suitable manner.
Bolts 11, which pass through vertical. open-
ings in each end of the side bars 2, serve to
secure at one end upwardly-extending springs
12, which support a seat of any desired con-
50 struction, and at the opposite end hounds 13,-
which are bent to brace the tongue 7 and se-
cured thereto by means of a bolt 14. Fas-tened to the lower side of the bars 2 are bear-
ing-boxes 15, in which I journal a solid roller
16, having .a series of laterally - extending 55
arms 17, to which are rigidly attached lon-
gitudinal cutting-blades 18.. The outer sec-
tions are formed. by providing intermediate
transverse bars 18' and transverse bars 19,
which unite the ends of the side bars 1 and 3, 6o
respectively, and extend to the center of the
central section, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1.
The inner ends of the bars 19 are provided with
a series of transverse holes or openings 19',
adapted to register with the openings in the 65
bars 4 and 5 to receive the bolts 6 when it is
desired to laterally extend the outer sections
to cut rows of different widths, the central
portion of the three sections being connected
by bolts 21. Washers or blocks 22 are car- 70
Tied by the bolts 21, and when the outer sec-
tions are - extended the blocks or washers 22
are placed between the sections, as shown in
Fig. 3. Braces or rods 23 are bent to em-
brace the tongue 7 and, secured thereto by 75
the bolt 14 and have their outer ends con-
nected to the outer ends of the bars 19 by
bolts 14', a series of openings 30 being pro-
vided in the rods~25 to permit the lateral ad-
justment of the outer sections. 8c
The space between the transverse bars 18'
and 19 is closed at the bottom,forming weight-
boxes 24 and 25 in the front portion of the
outer sections. In the rear of the outer sec-
tions and attached to the under side of the 85
longitudinal bars 1 and 3 are bearing-boxes
26, in which are journaled rollers 27, having
laterally - extending arms 28, to which are
bolted the curved cutting-knives 29, which
are arranged spirally thereon. 90
In order that a machine of this character
may operate to cut stalks of a large growth,
it is necessary that it be heavy, and there-
fore when operating in stalks of light growth
the team is required to drag an unnecessary 95
load. It will be seen that my arrangement
of weight-boxes enables the operator to regu-
late the weight according-to the character of
the stalks and enables me to produce a com-
paratively light machine well adapted for the moo
purpose set forth.
In operating my invention to cut three
rows of stalks, as illustrated in Fig. 1,. the
cutters are regulated laterally to cut rows of
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Williams, Mark D. Stalk-Cutter, patent, July 22, 1902; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511784/m1/3/?q=%22Agriculture+-+Farm+Equipment%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.