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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
J. C. WILSON, OF CEDAR HILL, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN GANG-PLOWS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 29,027, dated July 3, 1860.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, J. C. WILSON, of Cedar
Hill, in the county of Dallas and State of
Texas, have invented a new and useful Im-
proved Tier Wagon-Plow; and I do hereby de-
clare that the following is a full, clear, and ex-
act description thereof, reference being had to
the accompanying drawing, and to the let-
ters and marks thereon.
My invention can be used in plowing lands
of almost every character; but it is particu-
larly designed for plowing prairies or exten-
sive tracts of lands, and in countries where it
may be desirable to carry the tools and imple-
ments for cultivating the soil from one tract to
another.
As is shown by the drawing forming part
of this specification, I attach my tier of plows
to the axles a and wheels b of an ordinary
wagon. By doing this I save the expense
which is always incurred when these parts are
made permanent as a part of the plow, and any
individual having the usual running-gear of a
wagon will be enabled at asmall cost to fitmy
plow to it, and thus have the one gear answer
both for a plow and a wagon.
The one figure of the drawing shows the
plow in the two different positions of use and
at rest, the first being indicated by the red
lines and the second by the black lines.
When the team is hitched to the wagon in
the ordinary way the front plow, c, will make
that furrow which is in line with the off-horse,
that horse walking in the furrow and the team
taking the usual track. Then the plow d will
fill the furrow made by the plow c, and e that
of d, and f that of e, each plow filling the fur-
row of the plow immediately preceding it.
The plow-frame g is put on the wagon and se-
cured there by having three rods or bars of iron,
h i j, which are made fast to the wagon. One
of these rods, h, passes through the coupling-
hole in the front axle, and has a collar on it
that rests on the top of the sand-bolster. It
has also a screw and tap that screws on the
under side of the axle. The other rods, i and
j, are fastened in the same way to the hind axle
or to the hounds. The plow-frame can be
raised up and down on these vertical rods, they
servingasfulerums to the double-acting leverslik k', which are fastened to the main frame be-
fore and behind by loop-hinges I 1'. The le-
vers are attached to their fulcrums by a hole
in the top of the rods, into which the pivots m
im of the levers work. The hind and front parts
of the lever are connected at about the center
of the wagon by means of ear-hinges n, which
are placed in the hind lever, holding between
them a friction-roller, o, which works in a slot,
p, in the front lever. The hind lever, k', is long
enough to pass the driver's seat q on the front
part of the frame, so that when the plowman
wishes to raise the plows out of the ground for
any purpose he can put his hand on the front
part of the lever, and pressing it downward
can raise all the plows to the desired distance
above the ground.
The main frame has one beam, g', that goes
straight back, to which the front helve-piece,
r-, is fastened. The other beam, g, is attached
to the side of the beam g' at s, and stands off
obliquely, and is fastened to the first-named
beam, near the back part of the frame, by a
cross-piece, t. This oblique departure from
the straight beam leaves sufficient space for
all the plows desired to be used, and each plow,
when arranged on the oblique beam, will cut a
full furrow.
The plows are bolted to the helve-pieces, as
shown by the drawing. The bar a of the plows
is crooked in such manner that it can be se-
curely fastened to the helve-piece, more so than
if it were made straight, and the short crooked-
up part lessens the friction of the bars on the
ground. The helves s' arefastened to the main
frame by braces and bolts, the helve-pieces be-
ing cut so that they will stand square with the
main frame when bolted to the oblique beam.
The oblique beam is also shaped so that when
the helves are set at the proper angle forward
they will stand plane or square with the frame.
The shelves have a number of holes, v, through
tl-eir upper ends, and also at v', where the
braces w are fastened to them, so that by tak-
ing out the bolts the helve can be moved up
or down to suit the depth the ground is wanted
to be plowed. This, however, is necessary only
for extra-deep plowing, as the adjustment for
ordinary plowing can be effected by the levers.
As is shown by the drawing, the helves are
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Wilson, J. C. Improvement in Gang-Plows., patent, July 3, 1860; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165107/m1/2/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.