US1864691A - Automatic hill drop for planters and listers - Google Patents

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(-5," y-1-'- I June 28, 1932 1 R. HRONEK 1,864,691 I]. I AUTOMATIC HILL DROP FOR PLANTERS AND LISTERS Filed May 27, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Gum/A01 9.

June 28, 1932. 1,864,691

AUTOMATIC HILL DROP FOR PLANTERS AND LISTERS I R. HRONEK Filed May 27, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 proceeds, the invention resides in the com- Patented june 28, 1932 UNITED s'T ;'rEs; PATENT OFFICE RUDOLPH LHlRONEK, F DODGE, NEBRASKA AUTOMATIC HILL 13301 FOR PLANTERS AND' LISTERS Application filed May 27, 1929. Serial No. 366,436.

various distances apart, thereby adapting the drill for various uses.

A further object of the invention is to provide an attachment in the form of a'square shaft to be secured to the planter in prox- S imity to the main shaft of the drill so that the attachment will not in. any way interfere with the operation of the main shaft.

With the foregoing and other objects in .view which will appear as the description bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodim'ent of 3 the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawings: v 0 Figure 1 is a plan view of a drill equipped with an attachment constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is afront elevational view thereof.

5 by the reference character 5 and includes side rails connected by the cross bar 6 which has its ends extended at right angles and bolted to the side bars of the frame at 7. I

The frame is wheel supported-and'is pro vided with bearings 8 in which the axle 9 Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view' operates on' which axle the wheels 10 are mounted. The grain container of the-planter isindicate d by the reference character 11, a'ndis of the usual and well known constructi'on, the same being provided with the usual 55 accumulatornot shown, which is actuated by theshaft 12 which has its ends mounted in bearings positioned in the end bars 13 of the transversely disposed frame 14. This shaft 12 receives motion from the axle ,9, throughthe medium of the chain 15 that 0perates over the sprocket 16 mounted on the axle 9, as'well as over the sprocket 17 mount ed on theshaft 12. Y I 'A clutch member 18 is splined on the axle 9 and moves to engage the clutchmember 19 .of the sprocket 16 so that the sprocket 17 may be thrown into and out'of operation at the will of the attendant. Sprockets 20 and 21 are also mounted on the shaft 12 and as 7 shown are of various sizes so that by short ening the chain. 15, the speed of operation may be increased. Set screws 22 are provided on the hub 23 and clutch member 19, so that the hub 23 and clutch member may be -ad-' 75 j'usted ontheir supports- 7 The clutch member 18 is operated by means of'the bell crank lever 24 and rod 25,'the rod 25 being'operatedby the lever 26 l'ocated adjacent to'the drivers seat The reference character 27 designates the delivery spout of the planter leading from the grain container, and throughwhich grain is delivered 'to the furrow formed by the blade 28.- e

Mounted'within the delivery spout 27 are s5 pivoted valves 28' and 29 respectively, the valve 28 being mountedon the shaft 30, while the valve 29 is mounted on the shaft 31. One end of the shaft 30 extends laterally as at '32 at a point exteriorly of the delivery spout where it has connection with the link 33 that also connects'withfthe arm 34 formed at one end oft he shaft 31. An arm 35 also extends from the shaft-.131 and is disposed at right" angles to the arm' 34, the arm 35 being 'con- 9 nected with the arm 36 which in turn has pivotal connection with the arm 37 which ispivotally supported onthe frame of the machine.

5 As clearly shown by Figure 4 of'the draw-' ings the valves 28and 29 are so positioned on their shafts that when one blade is moved to its closed position, the other blade swings to its open position to the end that seeds dropped onto the upper valve 29, which occurs when the valve 29 is in its closed position, will be dropped onto the valve 28, which moves to its closed position when the valve 29 moves to its open position. The seed drops into the furrow formedby the blade 28, when the valve 28 moves to its open osition.

Disposed above the arm 3 is a shaft 38 on which the trip 39 is secured, the trip 39 extending downwardly from the shaft 38 to be engaged by the upper end of the arm 37 so that movement of the trip 39 will operate to move the arm 37 to indirectly operate the valves 28 and 29. I

A trip shown at 40 extends upwardly from the shaft 38, the trip 40 being disposed in the path of travel of the member 41 which is mounted on the shaft 12, and includes arms 42 that have curved extremities 43 adapted to contact with the roller 43 of the trip 40 to move the shaft 38 and trip 39.

A coiled spring 44 connects with the upper end'of the arm 37 and has connection with the side bar of the frame so that when the arm 37 and trips 39 and 40 have been moved by the member 41, the spring will act to return the arm 37 and trips 39 and 40 to their normal positions.

' In the operation of the machine, it will be seen that as the shaft 12 rotates and the curved ends of the arms 43 strike the trip 40, the shaft 38 and trip 39 will be operated. As the trip 39 moves, the arm 37 will be moved and the arm 36 will operate to swing the valve 29 to its closed position which action moves the valve 28 to its open position dropping the seeds resting on valve 28.

The coiled spring 44 will now act to return the valves to their initial positions whereupon the accumulator will operate to drop seed onto the valve 29, and the operation as described will be repeated, depositing seeds at predetermined intervals to insure an even planting.

While I have shown and described the invention as applied to a planter, it is to be understood that it is within the scope of the invention to employ the device forming the subject matter of this invention, in connection with listers.

I claim:

The combination with a planter having a discharge spout and having a rotary shaft mounted thereabove, of a grain delivering device including an upper swinging valve and a lower swinging valve mounted within the spout, arms connected with the swinging valves, a rod connected with the arms, a rod connected with one of the arms and extending forwardly therefrom, a pivoted arm mounted on the frame and to which the last mentioned rod is connected, a trip, mounted

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