improvements in Plougns.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1895-Accepted. 1st June, 1895
improvements in Plougns.
We, ROBERT HENRY FOWLER, Engineer, of The Steam Plough Works, Leeds
in the County of York, and GEORGE TURNER, Engineer, of Central Bahnhof
Magdeburg, Prussia, 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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Our invention relates to improvements in ploughs used for steam cultivation and.
more particularly to ploughs used for deep ploughing.
The plough is constructed on the balance principle resembling the ploughs,
previously made for steam cultivation being adapted for being drawn to and fro
over the land by ropes lead to it from ploughing or winding engines on the double.
or single engine system.
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We vary the width of the furrow formed by the share and mould-board so that
the furrow may be made wide or narrower to suit the work required. This is done
by a horizontal screw working in a nut carried by a suitable fork from the bottom
stretcher of the plough middle. The action of the screw causing the frame of the
plough to move laterally to or from the furrow wheel so as to adjust the width
of the furrow.
The skife or plough body is constructed so that when the nose or leading portion
of the skife is worn away by its work it may be renewed without interfering with
the body of the skife. This is done by a steel projecting nose which fits on a
digging bar and is secured to the share and skife body thus forming a renewable
skife nose and slade. This improvement avoids the rejection of the entire skife
when worn away at the point.
The discs or revolving coulters used for deep ploughing are mounted on a suitable
axle having conical bushes which are adjustable laterally by screw and nut. Upon
these bushes revolve bearings to which the steel plate is secured. These bearings
having conical surfaces corresponding to the bushes. This provides such adjustment
that as wear takes place the bushes may be set up and the disc always runs true
to its work.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a plough constructed according to this invention.
Figure 2 is a plan and Figure 3 a sectional end elevation of the same.
Figure 4 is a part horizontal section on the line 4. 4 Figure 3.
In these views some of the parts are omitted for the sake of clearness.
A is the frame of the plough. B the furrow wheel and CC the land wheels.
The two side plates of the frame A are connected by a bolt D (see Figures 3
and 4) on which a screw thread is cut. E is the bottom stretcher to which is fixed
a fork F embracing a nut G on the screw D. By turning the nut G the frame A
is caused to slide along the bar E and its distance from the wheel B is varied thus
altering the width of the furrow.
Figure 5 is a side elevation, Figure 6 an end elevation and Figure 7 a plan all
to a larger scale of the removable nose H to the skife (shown also in Figures 1
and 2).
Figure 8 is a perspective side elevation of the plough body with the mould
board and share 1' (Figures 1 and 2) removed.

page_text: The nose H has holes H' in it to receive bolts on the side of the slade and
underside of the share support. It also has a square hole H³ in it to receive the
digging bar J.
Figure 9 is a side elevation and Figure 10 a sectional end elevation of the
The disc K is connected by
revolving coulter K and the parts carrying it.
rivets K to the bearings L L which revolve on the conical bushes M M secured
by a nut N' to the bar N which is held in a socket O (Figure 2).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
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1. Connecting the frame of the plough and the furrow wheel by a horizontal
transverse screw whereby the width of the furrow can be adjusted substantially as
described.
2. The arrangement for adjusting the width of the furrow substantially as
described and shown at Figures 3 and 4.
3. Forming the skife or plough body with a removable nose substantially as
described.
4. The removable skife nose substantially as described and shown at Figures 5,
6 and 7.
5. Mounting a revolving coulter upon conical surfaces substantially as described.
6. The method of mounting a revolving coulter substantially as described and
shown at Figures 9 and 10.
7. Ploughs substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
Dated this Ohth day of March 1895.
R. H. FOWLER.
G. TURNER.