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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE
WILLIAM R. 1VATHIS, OF:NEW BOSTON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO MVATHIS SUBSOILER
ATTACHMENT COMPANY, OF NEW BOSTON, TEXAS.
-SUBSOIL ATTACHMENT FOR PFOWS.1,075,585.
Specification.of.Letters.Patent.
Patented Oct. 14,1913.
Application filed-March. Ii, 1913. Serial No. 753,512.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. MATHIS,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
New Boston, in the county of Bowie and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
ful Subsoil Attachment for Plows, of which
the following is a specification.
This invention relates to a subsoiling at-
tachment for plows, one of its objects being
10 to provide a simple, durable and efficient at-
tachment which can be placed readily in po-
sition on a plow and will operate efficiently
to loosen the subsoil.
Another object is to provide means where-
15 by the attachment is held fixedly relative to
the plow so as to be maintained constantly
at the desired depth without pushing up-
wardly under the resistance offered by the
soil.
20 A further object is to provide an attach-
ment which can be adjusted easily to plow to
desired depths.
With the foregoing and other objects in
view which will appear as the description
25 proceeds, the invention resides in the combi-
nation and arrangement of parts and in the
details of construction hereinafter described
and claimed, it being understood that
changes in the precise embodiment of the in-
30 vention herein disclosed, can be made within
the scope of what is claimed, without depart-
ing from the spirit of the invention.
In the accompanying drawings the pre-
ferred form of the invention has been
35 shown.
In said drawings :-Figure 1 is a perspec-
tive view of a plow having the present im-
provements combined therewith. Fig. 2 is a
perspective view of the attachment.
40 Referring to the figures by characters of
reference A designates a plow beam merging
at its rear end into a standard B to which
is connected the plows C. Handles D di-
verge rearwardly from the standard B and
45 the moldboard of the plow and braces E con-
nect the handles to the beam A.
The attachment constituting the present
invention is preferably formed of a metal
strip folded at its center to provide an elon-
50 gated loop 1. From this loop the opposed
portions of the strip extend along parallel
lines and in contact, they being spaced apart
at one point to form an eye 2 and at their
free ends to form a fork 3. The contactingportions of the strip are also so shaped as to 55
form a standard 4 in which the eye 2 and
the loop 1 are produced and to form a for-
wardly extending arm 5 offset at an interme-
diate point, as shown at 6. The opposed
portions of the metal strip can be held to- 60
gether at desired points by means of rivets 7
or the like.
The fork 3 is adapted to embrace the
beam A and is held in place by a bolt 8
which also serves to connect the braces E to 65
the beam A. The eye 2 receives the flattened
end 9 of a brace rod 10, this end 9 being pro-
vided with a longitudinal series of apertures
11 any one of which is adapted to receive a
bolt 12 which extends through the eye 2. 70
The forward or lower end of the brace 10 is
preferably flattened and has an opening 13.
This end portion is adapted to rest at one
side of the lower end of standard B and is
secured in place by a bolt 14 which also 75
serves to connect the standard B to the land-
side of the plow C.
The loop 1 receives a bolt 15 whereby the
subsoiling plow 16 is secured upon the front
face of the loop. It will be apparent that 80
by removing the bolt 12, the standard 4 can
be swung upwardly or downwardly relative
to the brace 10 so as to bring the point of the
subsoiling plow to any desired elevation rel-
ative to the plow C. After the subsoiling 85
plow has been brought to the desired posi-
tion, bolt 12 can be reinserted into the eye 2
and also into the opening 11 alining there-
with. After the brace 10 has thus been se-
cured to the standard 4 it will be seen that 90
the standard will be held positively against
movement relative to the beam A, this being
due to the fact that said standard has its f or-
wardly extending arm 5 bolted to the beam
at 8. As the brace rod 10 is extended up- 95
wardly and rearwardly, it will be seen that
it is subjected solely to a longitudinal strain
while the subsoiling plow 16 is in use and
there is thus no danger of the brace becom-
ing distorted as the result of the severe 100
strains to which it is subjected.
What is claimed is:
A subsoiling attachment for plows, in-
cluding a standard formed in a single length
of metal folded at its center to produce an 105
elongated loop and an eye spaced from and
above the loop, there being a forwardly ex-
tending arm integral with the standard and
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Mathis, William R. Subsoil Attachment for Plows., patent, October 14, 1913; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853518/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.