US Patent: 442,538
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| Soil Pulverizer
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Patentee:
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| John P. Parker (exact or similar names) - Ripley, Brown County, OH |
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Patent Dates:
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Aug. 07, 1890 |
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Dec. 09, 1890 |
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Description: |
| John P. Parker was a former slave who owned the Phoenix Foundry in Ripley, OH.
Abstract:
The object of the invention is to provide a simple and economical apparatus of the above description which will effectually and rapidly crush clods, cut up cornstalks and other like objects, and pulverize the soil so as to leave it in the best possible condition for agricultural purposes.
Claim:
In an apparatus for crushing and pulverizing soil and cutting cornstalks and other obstacles, the combination, with a frame and a revolving shaft or axle, of a series of disks or wheels mounted upon the shaft, the outer edges of which form cutters, and the laterally-extending ogee-shaped projections having outwardly-extending blade and peripheral projections or teeth. |
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