US107594A - Improvement in hand corn-planters - Google Patents

Description

G. BURSON.

Hand Planter.

N0.107.59A. Patented Sept. 20, 1870.

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Letters Patent No. 107,594, dated September at, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND CORN-PLANTERS.

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To all wlzom 'itmay-concern Be it known that I, GEORGE Bonsota'of East Palestine, in the county of Oolumbiana and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Corn-Planters; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and'exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, in which 7 Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my device, on the line x a; of fig. 2;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same with the operating lever removed;

I Figure 3 is a side elevation of one of the dropperirame blocks;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the dropper or slide;

Figure 5 is a cross-section of the same on the line yy] of fig. 4; and

Figure 6 is a side elevation of said slide.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures. i

My invention is an improvement upon a hand cornplanter, for which Letters Patent No. 88,607 were granted to 'me on the 6th day of April, 1869 and It consists, principally, in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the-hopper and of the casing for inclosing the dropping devices, by means of which great economy of material and space are secured and a more convenient machine produced.

It also consists in the construction and arrangement of the dropping devices and of the frame for inclosin'g the same, which'frame forms, also, the chutes for conducting the grain to the hills, as is hereinafter set forth.-

In the annexed drawing-- A and A represent the operating levers of my device, formed of two narrowstrips of board, each pro-- vided at its upper end with a suitable opening, a,.between which and said end is left a handle, B.

Secured to or upon the edges of the lever A are two strips of board, 0, which extend diagonally from the lower end of the same to a point immediately below the opening o,as shown in fig. 1, and furnish suitable protection for the dropping devices, and also sides for the hopper D, 'said hopper being completed by means of a back, E, corresponding in width to the space between said side pieces 0, and in length to the length of the same. Secured to the sides 0, near their lower ends are two blocks, F, having the general form shown in fig. 3, the upper halfof which, being provided with sloping edges f, corresponding to the angle of theback E,

extend through'the lever'A, and are attached to said back, while the front edge of said blocks extends downward in a line parallel withthe face of said lever.

The inner face of each block F'is removed vertically from its upper end downward toabout "its center,

lengthwise, so as'to form a. ledge, at, extending backward and slightly upward from, the front. a

Resting upon the ledge z, and secured to the blocks 1 is a strip, G, corresponding in width to the distance between said blocks, and having 'a length somewhat greater than the distance from their front'edges to the back E.

Corresponding in size with and resting upon the strip G is a slide, H, having within each edge near its center, lengthwise, a semicircular cavity or groove, h, which, commencing at a point near the lower side of said slide, widen and deepen as they extend upward, until at the'upper side of the slide said cavities spread inward and to the rear, as shown in figs. 4and (i.

A spiral spring, I, resting within and projecting from the rear end of the slide, bears against the back E,-and holds said slide in the position shown in fig. 1,

except when pressed inward by the means hereinafter described.

Secured within the rear of the blocks F, immediately above the slide H, is a thin strip of metal, K, which servesthe double purpose of a bottom for the hopper D and a shield'for said slide, keeping from the latter all pressure from the grain in said hopper, and also preventing said grain from passing in rear of said slide.

Above the shield K, in and through the lever A, is provided an opening, L,.for the escape of grain from the hopper, which opening is opened or closed, and the passage of said grain correspondingly varied by means of a slide, M, secured to and working upon the face of said lever A.

A crossbar, F, secured to the front edges of the blocks 13, immediately above-the slide H, holds the latter impositionvertically, and prevents the grain resting thereon from passing outward.

Secured to the center, transversely of the inner face of the lever A, at and extending upward from its lower end, is a block, N, having the form shown infig. 1, and'eorresponding'in thickness to the space between the blocks F. Being placed in position between said blocks, a pin, it, passing through the same, the sides 0 and said block N secures the latter in position and servesas a pivot for the lever A, upon which said lever turns when its upper end is moved to or,from the lever A.

'lwo bills, 0, of usual form, the sections of which are attached to and extend downward from the lower ends'of the levers, upon their inner faces, and at their edges, complete the device, which is operated as follows:

The hopper being charged with grain, and the position of the slide M adjusted so as to rcgulatc the flow of said grain, the levers are moved together, so as to press inward the dropper or slide H and allow said grain to fill the cavities h, after which, if said levers are moved outward, the spring I will force outward said dropper until its cavities are beyond the blocks F, when the grain contained within will drop downward into the bills. It now the bills are forced downward into the ground, and thelevers pressed together, said bills will be opened so as to allow their contents to drop out, and at the same time the droppet will be recharged with seed, which, upon spreading apart said levers, will be deposited within said bills for the next operation.

The principal advantage possessed by this device arises'from the peculiar construction and arrangement of the hopper and of the casing and frame of the dropping devices, as thereby bothspace and material are ecouomized.

Another advantage-arises from the construction of the dropping devices and of the frame within which they operate, the same being simple, durable, and not liable to get out ,of order.

Having thus fully. set forth the nature and merits of my invention,

What I claim as new, and ters Patent, is

The lever A, the side pieces 0, and the back E,when constructed and arranged as shown, so as to form ahopper, D, anda casing for the dropping devices, substandesire to secure by Lettially as and for the purpose specified.

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