Year: 1886

page_text: I, DESIDERIUS NAGY of Budapest Hungary, Professor, 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:-
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The object of this invention is a steam plough consisting essentially of
transverse plough frame arranged on a traction engine of usual construction the
said frame being at its extremities provided with pulleys round which is slung.an
endless band, chain or rope, to which band are fastened the shares and other
operating devices,
As the engine moves on, it also sets in motion the endless bands of the
transverse frame and through these the shares, so that furrows are ploughed
in the field in a direction corresponding to the resultant of the forces so set in
motion.
According to the number of shares, the furrows are ploughed at the desired
distances from each other, and the field is ploughed in strips the breadth of which
is determined by the length of the transverse frame.
The shares with their colters and molders, are set on suitable frames guided
between rails fixed to the side walls of the transverse frame and the depth of the
furrow is regulated by setting the transverse higher or lower.
The accompanying drawings show a plough constructed according to my
invention.
Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of the engine with transverse frame.
Fig. 2 a plan thereof with transverse frame in section.
Fig. 3 a detail view of one of the supporting wheels showing means for raising
or lowering the frame.
Fig. 4 a front elevation of the whole with part of the cover plate of the transverse
frame removed to show the interior mechanism.
The transverse frame may be constructed of sheet iron and angle iron. A¹ B¹
A B are shafts journalled therein with corresponding chain wheels, round which.
are slung the endless chains C¹ D¹, C³ D-The chain wheel E¹ is actuated from
the traction engine, and drives, through the bevel wheels F¹ F and tooth
gear GG, the chain wheel C, D' in contrary directions, so that the ploughs I'
II III IV V VI¹ and I.II III' IV* V* VI fixed to these chains, also move in
a contrary direction, so that they dig into the soil at the ends of the transverse
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page_text: frame at A¹ A and move in the direction of B¹ B' where they leave the soil.
These contrary movements of the two sets of shares balance each other so that the
equilibrium of the engine is maintained.
With light soil where the lateral strain is less owing to the lesser resistance to
the shares, the weight of the engine may be sufficient to hold it in a straight course
even where the shares all move in one direction.-
The transverse frame is connected with the engine at HH- J' are running
or supporting wheels and serve to fix the height of the transverse frame above the
soil and thereby the depth of the furrows. To the walls of the frame are rivetted
the angle irons a b c d e f g h which form rails for the share-frames.
The frames of the shares are fastened to the endless chains by intermediate
hooks or other means, at suitable intervals. A crane 01 0¹ is arranged on both
sides of the rear part of the engine, on which crane the transverse frame is
suspended through chains P P. guided over pulleys, by means of cross beams QQ
and rods R R so that the frame can be adjusted by the driver without alighting,
or fully drawn up out of action.
The engine travels, preferably, in the direction indicated by an arrow in Fig. 1
and leaves the ploughed part behind it.
To allow the machine to travel on narrow roads, the transverse frame is adapted
to be detached and drawn along endwise on two pairs of wheels which may be
fixed at any convenient point.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1.) A steam plough, consisting in the combination of the transverse frame
carrying ploughing, devices, with a traction engine of suitable construction sub-
stantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2.) In a transverse frame, the combination of chain wheels A¹ B¹ A$ B'
chains C¹ D', C3 D³, ploughing frames I II III IV¹ V¹ VI¹, I' II* III* IV* V* VI³,
and rails a b c d e f g h, arranged and operated substantially as set forth.
3.) In steam ploughs having a transverse frame substantially as described, the
crane o¹ with chain P for raising or lowering said transverse frame, substantially
'as and for the purpose set forth..
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