US1093928A - Fertilizer-distributer. - Google Patents

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J. T. HAGBMAN. FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTEB.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.11, 1913.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

JT/MGEMAN UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN '1. HAGEMAII, OF OTTAWA, OHIO.

FERTILIZER-DIS'I'BIBUTER.

I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A1) 21 191 .1 Application filed August 11, 1913. Serial No. 784,139. I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN T. HAonMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ottawa, in the county of Putnam and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fertilizer-Distributers, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and'useful improvements in fertilizer distributers and has for its primary object to provide an improved device of this character which is provided with means for feeding the material to t'ne distributing cylinder without possibility of the material choking at the latter point. a i

A further object of the-invention resides in providing an endless elevator for conveying the material upwardly to the distributing cylinder and a still further object resides in providing a device which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very efiicient and useful in operation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel'features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out. the specification and claims. 1 v v In the accompanying drawing fo'rmingia' part of this application, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through the device. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation'thereof showing the operating means for my improved device; and Fig. 3 is asection as seen on line 3--3, Fig. 1.

In describing my invention, I shall'refer to the drawing in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which- 1 indicates the body of the device which is suitably mounted I on the supporting wheels 2, certain of said supporting wheels acting as drivers for my improved feeding and distributing mechanism, at the rear end of the device. This device is provided with the usual horizontally feeding drag and follower, for forcing the material in the body 1 toward the rear end thereof, as the device is propelled, whereby said material may be distributed therefrom.

Mounted for rotation in the rear end of the body 1, adjacent the up or portion thereof, is a distributing cylin er 3, which may be of the usual or any preferred type and driven by the usual or any preferred means connected to the adjacent wheels 2. This cylinder being disposed at a point adjacent the upper portion of the bed or body of the device, has the greater portion thereof above the load of material and my invention primanly contemplates the provision of a means for feeding the material to said cylinder so that a predetermined amount thereof may be distributed therefrom. To this end, I provide the endless elevator 4 which is suitably mounted in the rear end of the body 1, below the cylinder :3. This elevator is arranged on a slightly inclined plane rearwardly and the usual or any suitable means for operating the same froin'theadjacent wheels is provided. Thus as the device is propelled andthe material in the body is fed rearwardly by the drag and follower, said material is also fed upwardly by means of the endless elevator 4 to the cylinder 3 from which point the same is distributed. It-will be seen,. however, that inasmuch as the cylinder 3 is, for the greater portion of its circumference, above theload of material, and the material fed thereto by means of the endless elevator, all choking at the point of the cylinder will be obviated.

From" the foregoing description of the construction of my improved device, the foperation thereof will be readily understood and it will be seen that I haveprovided a device which is simple and durable-in construction, inexpensive "to manufacture and onewhich will be very efficient and useful in operation. I 7 While I have particularly described the elements best adapted toperform the func- "tions' set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion and in the minor details ofconstruc'tion may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention. For example, if desired, the inven tion may be used without the distributing cylinder 3, the endless elevator 4 serving as a distributer instead of the cylinder.

While it is to be understood that any desired mechanism may be used for driving the different parts, I have in the present instance shown an arrangement for this purpose which I shall now describe but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto. For instance, the endless apron or feeding drag, which I have designated 5,

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has onits rear shaft 6, a spur-gear 7, whichmeshes with a corresponding gear-.8 on a shaft 9. The shaft 9 has a sprocket wheel secured to it and a drive chain 10 extends around this sprocket wheel and around on the sprocket wheel 11, operable by the rear ground wheel. Another sprocket wheel is secured to the shaft 9 and around this last named sprocket wheel is an endless drive chain 12 which extends around the sprocket 13 on the shaft 14 of the distributing heater 3 to drive the latter. In order to drive the elevator 4, its lower shaft'15 has a spur gear 16 mounted thereon and this spur gear or pinion 16 meshes with the pinion 8 hereinbefore referred to.

Having thus described this invention, what is claimed is:

1. In a fertilizer distributor, the combination with a body for holding fertilizing material, and means for advancing the material therein toward one end of the same; of a distributing cylinder mounted for rotation in the last mentioned end of the body at the upper portion thereof, and an endless eonveyer arranged in the last mentioned end of the body below said cylinder and-beyond the same for conveying material upward l y in said cylinder to be distributed therefrom.

2. tion with a body for holding fertilizing material, and means for advancing the material therein toward one end of the same; of a distributing cylinder mounted 'for rotation in the last mentioned end of the body at the upper portion thereof, and an endless conveyer arranged on an inclination in the last mentioned end of the body, the lower end of said conveyer terminating in the plane of the advancing means for the material in the body and the upper end of said conveyer terminating in planes beyond and below said cylinder whereby the material advanced in the body may be conveyed to said cylinder to be distributed therefrom.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN T. HAGEMAN.

In a fertilizer distributcr, the colnbina-

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