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. UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
CALVIN E. SMITH, OF COLEMAN, TEXAS.
COTTON-CHOPPER.
No. 883,580. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented March 31, 1908.
Application filed September 4, 1907. Serial No. 391,307.
To all whom it may concern: thereof. The rear end of the shaft 13 is 55
Be it known that I, CALVIN EWING SMITH, supported in a bracket 16 provided with a
a citizen of the United States, residing at rounded bearing in which is fitted a rounded
Coleman, in the county' of Coleman and portion of said square shaft 13. The
5 State of Texas, have invented new and useful bracket 16 is connected by bolts 17 to a
Improvements in Cotton-Choppers, of which frame 18, the front ends of which are. bolted 60
the following is a specification. at 19 to a cross bar 20 connected by bolts 21
This invention relates to cotton choppers to the frame 1. The rear end of the shaft 13
and one of the principal objects of the same is provided with a bevel gear 22 which
10 is to provide a machine in which the hoes or meshes with a similar gear 23 on the axle 3.
choppers are mounted upon a square shaft Brackets 24 through which the axle 3 passes 65
provided with means for rotation and with are secured to the side bars of the frame 18.
means for moving the hoes or choppers longi- A seat 25 is secured upon a bar 26 bolted at
tudinally of the shaft. 27 to the.rear cross bar of the frame 18.
15 Another object of the ivention is to pro- Suitable furrow shovels 28 are secured to
vide means for forming a furrow for the I standards 29 mounted in keepers 30 on the 70
wheels so that the wheels will always run cross bar 20, said shovels being disposed in
level and thus locate the hoes or choppers at line with the wheels 2 in front thereof and
the required distance from the surface of the the purpose of these shovels is to make a uni-
20 ground. form furrow for the wheels 2 so that the hoes
Still another object of the invention is to or choppers will always occupy the same 75
simplify the construction and at the same relative position to the surface of the ground.
time render more efficient machines of this The hoes or choppers are mounted upon a
character. hub 31 provided with a squared bore which
25 These and other objects may be attained fits the shaft 13 and is permitted to slide
by means of the construction illustrated in thereon. Connected to the hub 31 is a series s0
the accompanying drawing, in which.:- of tubular spokes 32 and fitted in these
Figue 1 is a perspective view of a cotton spokes are the shanks 33 of the hoes or chop-
chopper made in accordance with my inven- pers 34, said shanks 33 being adjustably held
30 tion. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the in the tubular spokes 32 by means of set
line 2-2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a plan view of screws 35. The hub 31 and the hoes or 85
the chopper. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation and choppers 34 are rotated with the shaft 13.
partial section of the same. The hub 31 is provided with an extended
Referring to the drawing for a more spe- portion 36 having an annular groove therein
35 cific description of my invention, the numeral and fitted into said groove is the fork end 37
1 designates a metal frame mounted on of a connecting rod 38, said connecting rod 90
wheels 2, the axle 3 of which extends through being pivoted at its rear end upon a bolt 39
a hanger 4 at opposite sides of the frame 1, passing through the lower end of a lever 40,
said hanger being bolted to the frame. The said lever being pivoted at 41 upon a bar 42
40 frame 1 is provided with forwardly extending secured to a brace 43, the rear end of which
members 5 suitably spaced apart, said mem- is connected to the bar 26 and the forward 95
bers 5 being provided with integral vertical end of which is connected to the cross bar 20.
portions 6 between which a lever 7 is pivoted Supported upon the upper end of the bar 42
upon the bolt 8. The draft tongue 9 is is a sector rack 44 designed to engage the
45 pivoted upon the bolt 10 and at the rear end spring pawl 45 of the lever 40.
of said tongue or pole bracket members 11 The bevel gear 23 is mounted to slide upon 100
are secured, said bracket members being the axle 3 and is held in mesh with the bevel
pivotally connected as at 12 to the lever 7. gear 22 by means of a spring 46. Connected
A square shaft 13 is provided with a rounded to the hub of the bevel gear 23 is a bar 47,
50 front end journaled in a bearing 14 supported the upper end of which is connected to a foot
upon a bracket 15 secured at its opposite lever 48 pivoted at 49 to a bracket secured to 105
ends to the portions 5 of the frame. The the frame 18. Suitable shovels 50 mounted
shaft 13 extends longitudinally of the frame upon standards -51 are utilized for throwing
1 and is disposed substantially in the center fresh dirt up to the plants, said standards
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Smith, Calvin Ewing. Cotton-Chopper., patent, March 31, 1908; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513337/m1/3/?q=%22Science+and+Technology%22: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.