US110341A - Improvement in corn-planters - Google Patents

Description

CARTER & WILLIAMSON.

Com Planter.

Patented Dec. 20, 18.70.

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To all w ho`m it may concernzit known-thatwe; JOHN T. G Amnn and Moens B. WmmMsoN, both of Xenia, in the, county f Clay and State f- Illinois, have'invente'd certain we do'hereby declare the following to .be a.full,1 clear,

'to the accompanying drawing making partof this specification, and Vin whichter;

Figure 2, a longitudinal vertical' section, taken at -theflinez zalig. 1; and Figure 3,a similar section through one of the seedhoppc'rs.

' To enable those skilled in theart to make and use referring byletterstothedrawing.

Similar letters denotinglike parts in the .different views.

A A and represent the'four sides of the frame. '15 B are two additional rails, arranged at proper Adistance from r the sides, for the purpose hereinafter explained. C is'a'stout rail, ,secured at a point equally distant 1 l from the side rails, npon which is erected a standard,

iD, and a seat,"E.

The standard D has a slot cut in itstop, andswiugs .tached by a link to the rear of the tongue F,- and the other is bent to form 4a handle and runs over a ratchetbaronthe inside of one of the rear seat supports. The tongue is secured between the hounds Gr G by a bolt, a, and is free to swivel thereon.

At the rear of themachine, and between the rails A and B," are hung, in .suitable bearings, two broad and serve as covers ofthe drill. I is a rotary drill, one arranged in the same plane with each ofthe covering wheels H, and in front .of 'the dropper; these drills .are arranged in brackets, `secured to the rails-A and B.-

K K are two seed-hoppers, one shown with lid closed, and the other with lid-broken off.

f Immediately -nnderneaththe lower exit of the hopper, and filling the same, is arranged a dropping-disk, or wheel, L, hung" von-an axis, or bar, M; said bar M extends from one 'side of the machine to the other, and is mounted insuitahle 4bearings on the underside of the hop'pers'.

The b'ar M is squared at the points upon which thedisks Ii-are secured, and at a point where 'a .ing 0 is attachedl.

hand-lever N 4is secured,'and also where the cog-gear# .new and nsefuliImprovements in Corn-Planters; and

and exact description thereof', reference beingfhad Figure 1 is a top view of ourvimproved corn-piani our cornqplanter, we willv proceedto describe the same,

Y therein by afpivot, a lever E, one end of which is at-v tread-wheels, H H, with their vfaces made concave Jona 'r,. cnn'rnn, Annnos'ns n: WILLIAMsoN.- 4or XENIA, ILLINOIS.

Lemm- Paant No. 110,341, aaaanaember 2o, 1870;

IMPROVEMENT IN CQRN-PL-ANTERS.

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The axis of thc'wheel Hon the same'side of machine is extended and 'mounted thereon. In a line with the gear-O is a similar gear,'P.

The ,hoppers arecnt 'away n their sides, and shoulders formedthere'on, which rest upon the top of the rails Aand B, the said hoppersA with the bar M being` free to move longitudinally upon the said rails.v

About tlie center ot'- the' machine, is secured in bearingsfon rails B andO, a rod, Q, having tw arms extending down even with thebarM; one .of these' arms is extended upward, and forms a` lever, It, which l operated, and when outof gear it ceases operation. The hand lever N is so made thatl it can be at.

tached or detached, and is always detached when the wheels `O and P are in gear, and is intended as an independent means of operating the seed-dropper, as

will be presently explained.y

The dropping-wheels L, as more clearly show-n in iig; 3, have segments cut-away at -proper distances, 'and are provided with .right-angled slides, c, in order that the amount of seed t0` be'dropped may be increased or diminished. The y'may be entirely closed, if necessary;

A chute, d, is arranged in rear of each ofthe droppers, which induces the seed to drop directly under the hopper.

vB ehind the wheelsH H are arranged Scrapers, e e,

t clean said wheels.

Having described the construction, .we will now proceed to describe the operation of our improved corn-planter.

'lhe hoppers being filled, and the team. attached,

`tary drills preparing the ground; the seed are dropped' therein andthe wheels H H cover them up. When it beomes necessary. toturn, the lever R is drawnback,

`throwing the wheels O and l out of. gear,and thus'.

stopping the operation of the dropping device.

-' 1he-leve'r`E is pressed down, depressing the front end of the tongue, and therefore lifting the front'end ofthe planter, raising the drills out of the ground,

allowing the machine to turn freely upon the wheels The object of the auxiliary or independent lever N, is' to operate the druppels, 'by moving the 'said lever back and forth by the hand, making aqimrter turn ofthe bm' M, and thus alternately filling und emptying theeavities in t-he dropping-wheels. Having now described the construe-tion and ope-mtion of'our improved corn-planter,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the hoppers having shoulders Witnesses:

J AMES O. `Wlnmsiirsorr, LEWIS C. lMehl EIL.

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