AN IMPROVED IMPLEMENT FOR HARROWING AND SMOOTHING LAND
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Haseltine, of the "International Patent
Office," No. 12, Southampton "Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
IMPLEMENT FOR HARROWING AND SMOOTHING LAND."-A communication
from abroad by John Kelsey, of Yardbyville, Pennsylvania, United States
of America.
Sealed the 15th January 1864, and dated the 21st July 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Haseltine at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
July 1868.
I, GEORGE HASELTINE, of the "International Patent Office," No. 12,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Ax
IMPROVED IMPLEMENT FOR HARROWING AND SMOOTHING LAND," a communication,
to be as follows:-
Said improvements relate to a peculiar construction and arrangement of
parts, and to the combination of a scraper with a harrow for the purpose of
obtaining an implement for effectually securing the indicated objects.
The harrow part is double V-shaped. One side of the outer frame extends
in front a short distance beyond the other side. In this extension is fixed a
tooth, which prevents the clogging of the harrow. The sides of the inner

page_text: frame are parallel to the outer one, and the two frames are so connected as to
form a diamond-shaped front. The draft bar is attached to the implement
near the intersection of the two sides of the inner frame by means of a hook
and eye. In the outer frame near the intersection of the two sides is fixed
the bearing of the draft bar. This bearing is a curved piece of iron, and
contains an aperture for the purpose of securing a handle thereto when it is
desired to reverse the implement for cultivating corn, this handle extending
back to a cross bar sustained by supports fixed in the rear part of the inner
frame. From the centre of this cross bar a connecting rod extends forward
to the intersection of the sides of the inner frame, and is suitably secured at
this point. A bail secured to the inner frame is arranged to admit the
application of power below this cross bar when the implement is reversed. If
found desirable, a tongue may be secured to the draft bar, the hook-and-eye
connection of this bar permitting the implement to follow any inequalitics of
the ground. The scraper is attached in the rear by means of books and
eyes, so that it may be readily raised up by a handle, or removed when not
required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Haseltine in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th January 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HASELTINE, of the "International Patent Office," No. 12, Southampton
Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Iler Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said George Haseltine, Her special license that I, the said George Haseltine,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George
Haseltine, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED IMPLEMENT FOR
HARROWING AND SMOOTHING LAND," a communication, upon the condition

page_text: passes through a slot in the tongue, preventing the latter from moving side-
wise, while the hook-and-eye joint permits the harrow to readily adapt itself to
any inequalities in the ground. As a substitute for this arrangement a hinged
joint may be employed with a straight piece of metal instead of the curved
piece c. When it is desired to remove the tongue thus secured to the harrow,
the bolt is drawn from the hinge, and the tongue raised over the top of the
said straight piece of metal. In place of the ordinary shaped harrow tooth,
shown in Figure 1, a cultivator tooth d, Figures 3 and 4, may be for many
purposes advantageously employed. The tooth d forms, however, no part of
this Invention.
With the harrow above described is combined a scraper G, Figures 1 and 5,
but so constructed that it is easily attached or detached as may be desired.
This scraper and its frame may be constructed of any suitable material, and in
any convenient form. Each of the two pieces e to which the scraper G is
fixed has a hook upon its end, which fits into the eye f, as clearly shown in
Figure 2. This mode of attachment is not only convenient for detaching the
scraper,
but permits the latter to be easily raised and lowered as the nature of
the surface may render desirable. The handle g connects the side picces e,
and is designed for convenience in tending the scraper. The braces h, Figures
1 and 2, are made of any suitable form. The object of the scraper is to
smooth the surface of the ground after the harrow, which is especially
advantageous when reaping and mowing machines are employed for gathering
crops.
Figure 5 is a rake which may be used with a similar frame in place of the
scraper; or the part H may be constructed separately, and so attached to the
scraper by means of bolts that it may be readily removed.
In Figure 6 is shown the harrow with the draft tongue attached to the rear
for reversing the implement when it to be employed for harrowing or
cultivating crops planted in rows or drills.
When used for this purpose three
of the front teeth are removed, as shown in Figure 6. In this form the
handle I, shown detached in Figure 7, is employed. This handle is connected
to the bar D by a hook-and-eye joint at one end, and is attached in any con-
venient manner to the harrow or cultivator at the other end. The method
shown in the Drawing is, making a slit in the upright i, Figure 7, through
which the curved piece c passes, the two being fastened together with a pin or
screw bolt. When a straight piece is employed, it passes direct into a slit or
mortise in the handle I, and is secured by a bolt. The draft tongue is con-
nected to the rear of the implement by means of hook-and-eye joints, as shown
in Figure 6. A simple draft bar may be used instead of the draft tongue F,

page_text: but the unyielding tongue is preferable, as it keeps the implement in the
direct line of the draft, and thereby performs the work in a more uniform and
perfect manner.
Having thus described the nature of the said improvements, and shown
how they may be conveniently carried into effect, I wish it understood that
I do not confine myself to the exact details described; but I claim as my
Invention,-
First, the double V-shaped harrow frame, substantially as specified.
Second, placing the front tooth a in the position set forth for the purpose
of preventing the clogging of the harrow.
Third, the draft tongue F when attached to the harrow, substantially in the
manner and for the purpose herein specified.
Fourth, the combination of a scraper with a harrow, substantially as
described.
Fifth, the use of the rake H behind the harrow, either alone or in con-
nection with the scraper, substantially as described.
Sixth, the handle I when used in connection with the harrow, substantially
in the manner and for the purpose set forth.
Seventh, the arrangement of the parts of the implement, substantially as
shown in Figure 6, for the purposes set forth.
Eighth, the rod E connecting the handle D with the point of draft,
substantially as specified.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
Fifteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
GEORGE HASELTINE.
(L.S.)