US279141A - eatheetof - Google Patents

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

H. H. EATEERTON.

TILE DITGHBR.

No. 279,141. tented-June 12,1883.

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v WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

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H.H.EATHERT0N.

TILE DITGHBR.

No. 279,141. Patented June 12,1883.

TTomweZL UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY II. EATHEETON, O'E OISOO, ILLINOIS, ASSIG-NOEJ OE ONE-HALE TO ASA c. THOMPSON, OE' SAME PLACE.

TILE-DITCHER.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,141, dated June 12, 1883.

' I i Application filed March Q4, 1883. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. EATIIERTON,

of Cisco, in the county of Piatt and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful 5 Improvements in Tile-Ditchers; and I do here by declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference i o being had to the accompanying drawings, which i5 the cutter and shoe; and Fig. 4 is a similar view of the anchor.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to machines for 2O cutting ditches for laying t-iles, and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts ofthe same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A 2 5 represents a rectangular frame mounted upon Wheels, and having uprights B, upon which a similar frame, C, is mounted. In the center of these frames is formed an upright square frame, by uprights D, between the frames, and

3o by cross-pieces E, between the side pieces ofthe frames, in which slides a rectangular cage, F, in which the cutter and capstan are journaled This cage may be raised and lowered at will by means of a windlass, G, journaled in bearings 3 5 upon two cross-pieces, H, fastened betweenthe uprights D, upon which windlass two ropes or chai-ns, I, fastened to the top and bottom ofthe cage, are woundvhile it is operated by means of a crank at one end and held fast at any point O b f means of a stra i J bassine over andbear- 7 a l :n

ing against the fiat rim of a wheel, K, upon the axle of the windlass, acting as a brake. V

rIhe machine is propelled by means ot' a rope or chain, L, fastened to the front end of the 4. 5 machine, passed over a pulley, M, upon a portable anchor, N, and fastened at its other end to acapstan, O, journaled verticallyin the center of the cage and operated by a sweep, l),

fastened to its upper end, which projects up through the top of the cage, and to which sweep one or more draft-animals are hitched.

An inwardly-beveled cog-wheel, Q, is fastened upon the upper end of the eapstan, above the top ofthe frame and below the sweep, and intermeshes with a beveled pinion, R, fastened upon the upper end ofthe shaft S ofthe cutter T, rotating it while winding the rope.

rlhe cutterT consists of two or more spirallyaround the upper portion of the shoe, and held in place by two bars or rods, Z, fastened to the lower front edge of the cage, and serves to throw the dirt, as it is screwed up by the cutter, be-

, tween the latter and the shoe, to both sides of the ditch thus formed.

Upon one of the side pieces of the upper frame, C, is fastened a plumbdeveha, consisting of a loaded pendulum, Z, pointing upon a segmental scale, c, which is divided and numbered in such a manner as to indicate the'rise in a certain distance-as, for instance, the rise` in feet to therod-anda finger, d, projecting from the side piece of the frame C, points upon ascale, c, upon the adjoining upright, f,of the cage, indicating at what depth 'the cutter is working, so that the cage, and with it the cutter, may be raised or lowered by means of the windlass, according to the indications of the pendulum.

A fiat board or bridge, g, is hinged to the rear of the bridge by means of chains or hooked rods h., and is dragged along withthemaehine,

serving as a crossing for the draftanimals over the ditch.

The propelling rope or chain Lis, as before mentioned, fastened to the front end of the ma chine, preferably to the forward-turned hounds 'i of the swiveled front truck, and passes over the pulley M upon the anchorN. This anchor -consists of a frame, j, mounted upon rollers or wheels k in the front part, and having two pointed armshinged to its sides, adapted to enter the ground obliquely and rearwardly, being prevented from turning under the frame by two bails, Z, fastened to the frame and passing around the arms, which thus hold the anchor iirmly upon its plaee. In returning from the pulley`M the rope passes through an eye or pulley, m, upon the hounds of the front truck and around the eapstau. It will thus be seen that as the sweep is rotated by the draft-animals the machine is drawn toward the anehor,whieh previously has been plaeed at the vend of the line to be ditched, cutting the dit-eh and throw ing the dirt up on both sides of the diteh, and that by the niaehine being provided with the swinging pendulum, the gage upon the side of the eage, and means for raising and lowering the Gutter, the depth ofthe diteh may be regulated aeeording to the rise and l'all ofthe sur! face by a person standing upon the machine operating the windlass.

Having thus described niy invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot' the United States- 1. In a ditching-machine, the combination oi' the eapstan O, having inwardly-beveled cogwheel Q., eutter S T, having beveled pinion R, shoe V, and winged eurved plate X Y, all jour naled in and fastened to the cage F, having means for raising and lowering it, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. In a ditching-machine, the Combination of the Cage F, sliding in upright frame D E,wind lass G, having ropes or chains I, capstan O, having inwardly-beveled cog-wheel Q, cutter S T, having beveled pinion R, shoe V, and winged curved plate X Y, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

3. The combination, in a ditching-machine, ofthe Cage F, forming bearings for the propelling-eapstan and the cutter, and having seale e upon one ot' its uprights,with the frame A B C I) E I-I, having plumb-level a and in, ger d, and the windlass G, having ehains I, 'flat-rimmed wheel K, and brake-strap J, as andfor the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I elainil the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presenee of two witnesses.

. HENRY H. EATHERTON.

\Vitnesses:

VILLIAM T. ATER, DANIEL T. PAUL,

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