Improvements in or applicable to Ploughs.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 7th July, 1900-Accepted, 25th Aug., 1900
Improvements in or applicable to Ploughs.
I, WILLIAM DALE, of Sandle Bridge, near Alderley Edge, in the County of
Chester, Agricultural Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improved means for mounting and adjusting the
wheels of what are known as one way" ploughs.
According to my invention I attach to the beam of the plough near the front
end a cross bar which may be either round in section or may be formed with
rounded ends.
Upon this cross bar are mounted two brackets one at each side of the beam,
and these brackets are adjustable as to their distance apart and are made with
round horizontal holes and so mounted that they can rock on the said bar
independently of each other.
Each bracket is also formed with a vertical hole (preferably square) through
which passes one of the two standards the lower ends of which carry the two
running wheels, the brackets being provided with set screws or other means for
adjusting the height of the standards and fixing the same when adjusted.
The upper ends of the two standards project above the brackets and each one
has hinged to it a long rod extending backwards to the rear end of the plough
and terminating near the handles.
These rods slide through brackets attached to the handles and each rod is made
with a notch and provided with an adjustable stop.
The rods pass through slots in the brackets and are so arranged that each rod
can be pushed forward or pulled backward and then fixed in the required position
by means of the notch, or a tooth or catch or other equivalent means may be
employed.
When the attendant releases the catch of either rod the action of the plough
drawing itself into the earth will cause the corresponding wheel to be raised up
until the rod comes against the stop, and upon his pulling back the handle, the
wheel will be drawn down and fixed in its lowest position again; and thus when
the plough. arrives at either end of a furrow the attendant raises the plough out
of the furrow, he then adjusts the wheel which has been running on the land
and fixes it by the notch aforesaid. He next turns the plough round, and before
the plough enters the next furrow he releases the catch on the other rod and
allows the corresponding wheel to rise onto the “land" until the stop comes
against the bracket.
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page_text: Improvements in or applicable to Ploughs.
I, WILLIAM DALE, of Sandle Bridge, near Alderley Edge, in the County of
Chester, Agricultural Engineer, 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 relates to improved means for mounting and adjusting the
wheels of what are known as "one-way" ploughs and more especially to that
class of one way" plough in general use which is worked with an under-swivel
and a twin breast, but it is applicable also to other ploughs provided with wheels.
The manner in which my said invention is to be performed or carried into
practical effect will be readily understood on reference to the annexed sheet of
drawings and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 on the drawings is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan view of a one-
way plough with a twin breast, a being the beam of the plough, b the twin
breast and the share supported and worked in the ordinary manner by the
under-swivel c, and d d are the two wheels, one of which as usual runs upon
the "land" and the other in the furrow, alternately.
According to my invention I attach to the beam a of the plough near to the
front end a cross bar e which may be either round in section, or square with or
without rounded ends.
Upon this cross-bar e are mounted two brackets f and f* one on each side of
the beam a, and these two brackets are adjustable, as to their distance apart, and
are made with round horizontal holes and so mounted between adjustable
collars g that they can rock on the said bar e independently of each other.
The width of the ploughing is regulated by moving the collars and the brackets
on the cross bar, and set screws on the collars or other means are provided for
fixing the same when adjusted:
Each bracket f and fx is also formed with a vertical hole (preferably square)
through which passes one of the two standards hh, the lower ends of which
carry the two running wheels dd, the brackets f and f* being provided with set
screws or other means for adjusting the height of the standards hh, and fixing
the same when adjusted.
It will be evident that if preferred, the central part of the cross-bar e which
passes through the beam may be square in section and the ends only rounded, or,
the whole bar e may be square from end to end (see detached views Figs. 3 and 4)
the brackets f and f being each made of two pieces hinged together, one of
which is adjustable horizontally on the cross bar e, and the other one carries
the wheel standard or h³ which is adjustable therein vertically.
The upper ends of the two standards h h project above the brackets f f*,
and cach one has hinged to it a long rod i, extending backwards to the rear end
of the plough and terminating near the handles a*.
These rods slide through brackets kk attached near to the handles (see
also detached view Fig. 1) and each rod is made with a notch and provided
with an adjustable stop m m³.
The rods pass through slots in the brackets kk, and are so arranged that
each rod can be pushed forwards or pulled backwards and then fixed in the
required position by means of the notch or 1, or a tooth or catch, or other
equivalent simple means may be employed for this purpose.
When the attendant releases one of the notches or catches of either rod i or **
the action of the plough drawing itself into the earth will cause the correspond-
ing wheel d or to be raised up and its rod to be drawn forwards until its

page_text: adjustable stop m or m³ comes against the bracket kork which is the working
position of the plough and thus when the plough arrives at either end of the
furrow the attendant raises the plough out of the furrow, and the wheel that has
been running on the land lowers itself automatically by pivotting on the cross
bar because there is nothing to hold it up, the stop on the rod i being only to
prevent the plough from going to a greater depth than is required, and does not
hold the wheel up to any particular depth, so that when the plough is taken up
out of the earth this wheel falls by its own weight and in falling pushes the
rod i through the bracket k until it arrives at the notch into which it falls, and
is then ready to act as the furrow wheel until it is released, when it will again
form a land wheel. In ploughing the furrows all one way each wheel is required
to form a land wheel and a furrow wheel alternately as the case may be.
He next turns the plough round throwing the twin-breast band share under
to the right or left, as the case may be, in the usual manner, and before the
plough enters the furrow he releases the catch on the other rod, which allows
the corresponding wheel to rise onto the "land" until the stop m or m³ comes
against the bracket kor k again.
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I may here remark that it will be evident that this improved arrangement for
adjusting and fixing the running wheels in the desired position is also equally
applicable to one-way ploughs made with separate right and left hand breasts.
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. A one-way plough provided with a twin-breast mounted upon an under-
swivel, and means (substantially as herein before described and represented on
the annexed drawings) for mounting and adjusting the running wheels in the
required position at the end of each furrow.
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2. In a one-way" plough the combination of a cross bar e provided with two
adjustable brackets f and f* mounted loosely thereon and carrying two adjust-
able standards h h (one attached to each wheel) with long rods jointed to
the upper ends of the said standards, the rear ends of such rods being provided
with notches and adjustable stops for adjusting and fixing the running wheels
alternately in the required position, substantially as shown on the annexed
drawings and herein before described.
Dated this 6th day of July 1900.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.