US1077158A - Plow. - Google Patents

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A. S. POEV PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1912.

1,077,158. Patented 001;.28, 1913.

TED ST as re. nnr orrion.

ALBERT S. POE, OF GOLDWATER, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR TO A. G. PERRY PLOW COMPANY, OF COLDWATEB', MISSISSIPPI, A CORPORATION OF MISSISSIPPI.

PLOW.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ct.28,1913.

Application filed September is, "1912; Serial No. 720,663.

plows, and it consists in an improvement in the connection between the beam and fender or guard. This connection is of simple and inexpensive nature and secures the fender with certainty and rigidity, yet at the same time admits of a ready adjustment, removal or replacement thereof.

The features of improvement are illustrated in preferred embodiments in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plow showing the beam thereof equipped with the two connections mentioned. Fig. 2 is a detail cross sectional view showing the connection between the beam and the fender. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the stirrup which forms a part of the connectionshown in Fig. 2.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The plow comprehends the beam A which carries at its rear end the handles B. The beam shown is of double bar construction, consisting of a bar of steel which is bent centrally upon itself to provide two parallel beam bars a, which are so spaced as to define a slot C which extends the length of the beam. The rear portion of the beam, of course, carries the plow shares, as shown.

The fender is shown at 4, and may be of any approved construction, being provided at the front end with a downwardly and rearwardly inclined bar 5. The connection between the bar 5 and the beam A and which forms the subject of the present invention is designated generally by the char acter D, and includes, inter alz'a, the stirrup 6, which is shown in detail in Fig. 3, and which is generally of U-shape, comprehending top and bottom plates 7 and 8 which extend wholly across the beam and lie against the upper and lower faces thereof, and a side plate 9 which is located adjacent and in spaced relation to that side of the beam adjacent which the fender 4 is arranged. The plate 7 has at its side edge one or more down-turned lips 10 which engage frictionally against the side of the beam opposite to the side which adjoins the plate 9. To facilitate the assemblage and disassemblage of the stirrup 6, the lips are omitted from the plate 8. Consequently, said stirrup may be removed from or replaced upon the beam by a cant-ing movement. The stirrup is held upon the beam by a bolt and nut fastening 11. The head of the bolt and the nut engage against the plates 7 and 8, and the bolt passes through openings in these plates and, with the type of beam shown, through the slot C which intervenes between the bars of the beam.

As already stated, the plate 9 is spaced from the adjacentbeam bar a. The object of this relation is to enable one leg of a U- shaped clip 12, as also the head of a fastening bolt 13, to be engaged under said plate. The plate 9 has, it will be observed, a T- shaped slot which opens from one edge thereof. The bow portion of the clip 12 en-" gages in the outer vertical portion of the slot 14, and the bolt 13 engages in the horizontally extended portion of said slot and passes through both legs of the clip 12 and through an opening in the forward end portion of the bar 5, the forward end of the said bar being confined between the outer leg of the clip 12 and the plate 9. A nut 15 is arranged upon the outer end of the bolt 13. and by tightening this nut the parts are securely bound together. the clip 12 being held against any turning movement by virtue of the engagement of its bow portion in the vertical part of the slot 14. It will be apparent that by loosening the nut 15 (without, however, completely removing the same), the clip 12, and therewith the bolt 13 and the hanger 5 secured by said bolt. may be moved in a forward direction and completely disengaged from the stirrup 6. In like manner. by centering the bolt 13 with relation to the slot 14 and moving said bolt rearwardlv into the horizontal part of the slot 14, said bolt, the clip 13 and the hanger 5, may be engaged with said stirrup 6, as is obvious. In case it is desired to adjust the angle of the bar 5, all that is required is to move the bar with the hand or foot to the position desired. no wrench being required since the frictional engagement of the parts holds the bar in the position at which it has been set. It will be noted that the opera tions of adjusting, removing or replacing the bar 5 entail no dissociation of the stirrup 6. This latter element may be thus left, in effect, as a permanent part of the beam.

Having fully described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination with a plow beam, of a connection comprising a stirrup which is formed with upper and lower plates, lyin against the upper and lower surfaces of said beam, and a side plate lying adjacent a side face of said beam, a bolt to connect the stirrups and the beam and having its head and nut bearing against said upper and lower plates, and a clip associated with the side plate for the detachable connection of a plow adjunct thereto.

2. The combination with a plow beam, of a connection comprising a stirrup which is formed with upper and lower plates, lying against the upper and lower surfaces of said beam, and a side plate lying adjacent and in spaced relation to a side face of said beam, the side plate having a slot which extends from an edge thereof, a bolt to connect the stirrups and the beam and 11c ring its head and nut bearing against said upper and lower plates, a clip which embraces said side plate, and a belt which is disposed in the slot and binds the clip on said side plate.

3. The combination with a plow beam, of

connection comprising a stirrup which is formed with upper and lower plates, lying against the upper and lower surfaces of said beam, and a side plate lying adjacent and in spaced relation to a side face of said beam,

the side plate having a T-shaped slot which extends from an edge thereof, a bolt to connect the stirrups and the beam and having its head and nut bearing against said upper and lower plates. a clip which embraces said side plate and has its bow portion disposed in the vertical portion of said slot, and a horizontal portion of said bolt which is disposed in the slot and binds the clip on said side plate.

4. The combination with a plow beam, of a connection comprising" a stirrup which is clamped thereon and has its side portion in spaced relation to the adjacent side of the beam and provided with a T-shaped slot extending: from its edge, a clip which embraces said side portion and has its bow portion disposed in the vertical portion of said slot, and a bolt which is disposed in the horizontal portion of said slot anl binds the clip upon the side portion of the stirrup.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT S. POE. \Vitnesses J. D. TURLEY, W. F. GATE.

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