US1480459A - Corn planter - Google Patents

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Jan. 8 1924- 4 H. N. NAUGLE CORN PLAN'IER FiledADril 27. 1922 I 57 as Patented Jan; 8,1924.

UNITED STATES TO DAVID It. WISHAR-D AND ONE-THIRD TO WAYNESBORO, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Application filed. April 27,1922. SeriaLNo. 556,978.

To aZZ whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD N. NAUGLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVaynesboro, in the county of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented cei' tain new and useful Improvements in Corn use of the ordinary check row wire is dispcnsed with. 7

Another object of the invention is to provide marking means for indicating the position of the hills transversely of thefield.

Still another object is to provide 1'eset ting means for adjusting the tripping mechanism to trip the seed dropping means at the proper time, should this be out of adjustment as frequentl ing a turn at the end of the field.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, t

Figure 1 is a plan of the corn planter with my improvement thereon,

In the drawings reference character 10 indicates a U-shaped main frame supported on an axle 11 carried by a pair of wheels 12.

At its forward end the Ufra1ne carries an auxiliary frame comprising a pair of transverse members 13 to which the shoes 1 are secured as well as various other conventional elements of the mechanism such as seed boxes 15. A shaft 16 extends transversely of the machine and this shaft has a pin 17 thereon which at each rotation of the shaft is adapted to strike a rounded part 18 on a member 19 (Figures 3 and 4:) pivoted on the forward member 13. The member 18 has at one end a reduced portion 20 on which is fixed a laterally projecting pin 21 and this pin at each oscillation trips the dropping mechanism which is of ordinary type. Spring 22 serves to return the mem ber 19 to upper position.

The shaft 16 also is connected by a sprocket 23 to a shaft 24 for stirring up and y happens in mak- V lever serving to turn the shaft 16 by its Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same,

Figures 3 and 4 detail views of the tripportioning out the grain in the seedboxes; -A beveled gear 25 on shaft 17 drives an other bevel gear (not'shown) for moving the hand 26 of anindicating device 27, the face of which bears a number of graduations equal to the distance in inches between two successive hills'of corn. Adjacent the indicato'ris a double ended clutch sleeve 28 loose on the shaft and adapted to engage either one of two clutch members 29 and 30 keyed tothe shaft for driving the same. A bent lever 31 pivoted at'32 engages a groove in the sleeve to shift the clutch, the bent lever being connected at one end to hand lever '33 pivoted at 34, the connection being i 'such'that' movement of the lever 33 lengthwise of the machine causes transverse movement of the lever 31 to actuate the clutch member. Beyond the double clutch is a ratchet 35 alsofixed'to'theshaf-t and a pawl V V carrying lever 36 pivoted on the shaft, the

pawl and ratchet connection; At the outer ends of shaft 16 there area pair of arms 37adaptedto engage withPbentend por-l tions of rods 38 proj ecting'throughbearings 39. At their lower ends these rods are connected to fiat tie rods or members 40 which may be fixed at the upper end but which are preferably pivoted at Llj-and normally forced downward by means of springs 42 the auxiliary frame and at the other .end to brackets 44 fixed to rods 38. By this construction the springs 42 normally force the parts 38 and 40 down carrying with them shoes 45 whiimay be in the form of shovels or scrapers of any desired type and which as will be understood from the drawing and description normally engage the ground at the sides of the planter and form parallel furrows between the rows. As the shaft 16 rotates the arm '37 will lift the markers 'each time a hill is planted so that MAUBIC EVHARBAUGH, BOTH OF I c5 attached at one end to brackets 43 fixed'on clutch 28 should be disconnected and the,

ratchet lever d6 actuated to turn the shaft 16 until the correct number appears on the dial after which the clutch is thrown in and the machine is ready for operation.

Owingto a variety of causes it may happen that the. mechanism gets out of line in traveling across the field or a slight deviation from the accuracy may not be noted until a. row has been started. In such a case the operator by a quick manipulation of the lever 33 then suddenly disengage the clutch member 28 from one of clutch members 29 and SO and slide it over into engagement with the other th reby permitting a slight change of relation between the tripping mechanism and the previously planted transverse rows. Minor conditions of transverse alinement of the hills may thus be corrected by moving the clutch member 28 back and forth once or twice without stopping the machine the advantage of which is apparent.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the machine of my invention may be modified in various ways without" departing from the spiriitbt the insention, the true scope or which is set forth in the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as'new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

in a wheel-supported corn planter having a pair of seed boxes and means for dropping predetermined amounts of seeds therefrom, a transverse shaft adjacent said seed boxes and driven from the supporting wheels of the machine, means on the shaft for operating the dropping mechanism, marking shoes normally contacting with the ground, a tie member associated with each of said shoes, each member being pivoted to the frame and extending downwardlyfor connection with each shoe, a vertically re cipnocable rod fastened toeach shoe and eX- tending through a bearing in the frame each. rod having a bent over upper end, arms mounted on the shaft adapted to contact with the bent over ends of the rods to reciprocate the rods to more the shoes, and springs secured to the frame and adapted to return the shoe-s to theirnormal position adjacent the ground, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I havehereunto set my hand and seal at WVaynesboro, Pennsylvania, this twenty-fifthday of April, A.- D nineteen hundred and twenty-twos HOWARD NAUGLE. [1.- 5.]v

\Vitnesses ALF. N. Rossetti, C. H. STITELY.

Certificate of Correction.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 1,480,459, granted January 8, 1924,

" upon the application of Howard N. Naugle, of Vaynesboro, Pennsylvania, for

an improvement in Corn Planters, were erroneously issued to the inventor, said Naugle, and one-fourth to David R. Wishard and one-third to Maurice Harbaugh, both of \Vaynesboro, Pennsylvania, whereas said Letters Patent should have been issued to the in'ventor, said Na-ugle, one-third to David R. lVz'sharcZ, and one-third to Maurice H ambau-gh, both of W 'ag nesboro, Pennsylvania, as shown by the records of assignments in this office; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this i2th day of February, A. D., 1924.

SEAL KARL FENNING,

Andng Gammissz'oner of Patents.

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