TRIPLICATE CULTIVATOR FOR CULTIVATING, ROLLING AND HARROWING LAND BY ONE OPERATION
Year: 1885

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Land by One Operation.
I, JOHN EDWARD BROWN of Saxilby in the County of Lincoln Contractor
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for THE TRIPLICATE CULTIVATOR
FOR CULTIVATING, ROLLING AND HARROWING LAND BY ONE OPERATION to be as
follows:-
That the frame is carried in front on a single wheel that can be steered by chains
working to the man on the box in the centre the chief weight being carried on a
land roller farther back, fixed there by means of brackets and stays. The Draft is
taken by means of a forked Lever from a stud as shown the end of the Lever
extending behind and connected by a chain to the lifting segment on a cross shaft,
the shaft being fitted at each end with two lifting arms, the arms are connected to
the implements under the frame called respectively a Cultivator and a Harrow by
means of chains passing over groved pulleys; so that as the Draft Lever is pulled
round the extreme end sweeps round drawing up the chain and pulling over the
segment on the cross shaft thus causing the arms on the shaft also to turn over
sufficiently to lift the Cultivator and the Harrow at once out of and clear of the
ground, a catch Lever falls into the teeth in the segment and so holds until drawn
back by the man in charge.
The features of novelty for which protection is asked are these;
Firstly. The Invention of the Cultivator first the Land-Roller second and the
Harrow third under one frame..
Secondly. The Invention of a parallel Lift as applied to this or other Machines, it
being the first parallel lifting machine on this principle.

page_text: A Triplicate Cultivator for Cultivating, Rolling, and Harrowing
Land by One Operation.
I, JOHN EDWARD BROWN of Saxilby in the County of Lincoln Contractor do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention has for its object a triplicate cultivator for cultivating rolling and
harrowing land by one operation.
The frame of the implement is supported upon a roller and it has a steering
wheel in front.
The implement is provided with two drag frames one in front and the other in
rear of the roller. The front drag frame is provided with cultivating tines whilst
the rear frame is provided with smaller and more numerous harrow tines or teeth.
The draft ropes are attached to a forked lever mounted on a pivot on the frame
and in turning this forked draft lever gives motion to an axis on which are arms
connected by chains with the drag frames-thus the drag frames are lifted from
the ground at both ends simultaneously and they are held suspended whilst the
implement turns.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an elevation and Figure 2 is a plan of the implement.
a a is the
main frame, it is provided with brackets a¹ a¹ in which are bearings receiving the
axle of the roller b. The roller may be constructed in any convenient manner and
scraping gear 6 is provided in connection with it. c is the steering wheel, its axle
is received into bearings on a ring frame upon which the fore part of the main
frame a rests. d is the hand wheel used in steering the implement, there is a
pinion on its upright axis and this receives a pitch chain e which by other
chains is connected with the ring frame so that this frame together with the
wheel c may be turned in any direction the driver may require in order to guide
the implement. f is the driver's seat-g is the forked draft lever, its pivot is
at gh is the draft rope at present in use-¹ is the return rope is the front
drag frame in it are the cultivating tines ¹
are drag chains attached to
the frame i and connecting it with the main frame. are chains and links for
lifting and lowering the frame i; they are connected with arms k² k¹ on the axis k.
The chains passing to the fore end of the frame i are led over guide pulleys as the
drawing shows. is the harrow frame. ¹are the harrow tines. drag
chains connecting the harrow frame with the main frame and ³ ³ are lifting chains
for lifting and lowering the frame -The chains 13 la pass as will be seen over
guide pulleys on the main frame and they are coupled up by other chains with
arins on the axis k. It will thus be seen that by rotating the axis the frames i
and may be simultaneously raised so as to clear all the tines from the ground.
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page_text: This motion is given to the axis when prior to turning the implement the strain
comes upon the rope; the draft lever g is then pulled over to one side and its
tail g pulls upon a chain connecting it with a quadrant k³ fixed on the axis k.
In this way the axis is rotated and the frames i and are raised; they are then
retained by a pawl dropping into teeth upon the quadrant.
When the driver has guided the implement round and is ready to recommence
work he withdraws the pawl by means of the hand lever m.
In the operation of the implement the cultivating tines raise the clods, which
are then broken down by the roller and finally are further disintegrated by the
harrow tines or teeth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
(1.) An implement consisting of a frame supported by a roller and with a
steering wheel in front and also provided with cultivating tines in front of the
roller and harrow tines behind the roller and with a draft lever operating to lift
the tines simultaneously substantially as described.
(2.) A triplicate cultivator with a roller and drag frames in front and in rear of
the ruller and lifting gear in connection with a draft lever raising such drag frames
prior to turning substantially as described.
Dated this 21st day of December 1885