US228710A - Corn-planter - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

t* Fn S. WING.

Corn-Planter.

No. 228,710. Patented June 8,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN S. WING, OF ONARGA, ILLINOIS.

CORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,710, dated June 8, 1880.

Application tiled March 29, 1880.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, FRANKLIN S. WING, of Onarga, in the county of Iroquois and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuable Improvenlent in Corn-Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a vertical longitudinal section of my improved planter, and Fig. 21's a plan view thereof.

This invention has relation to improvements in combined corn planters and cultivators; and it consists in certain novel combinations of devices whereby the cultivating-shovels and furrow-openers are raised out of the ground and their penetration therein regulated; also, in certain other minor improvements, all as hereinafter fully shown and described.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates a strong rectangular wooden or metallic'frame; B, the rear axle secured thereto, and having the transporting-wheels C; and B', the front axle, having the usual fifth-wheel attachment to the frame and the front trans- The draft-pole D is attached in the usual way to the fore axle.

D D4 indicate the beams of the shovels, composed each of the diverging lateral beams a, extending back nearly to wheels O, and of the short central beam, a', rigidly secured together at their front ends, and pivoted by a hinge-joint, I), to lateral extensions b of the front bar, b, of the frame A. The beams a support the furrow-openers E, and beams a the cultivating-shovels Ef, which, if desired, may be arranged to throw the earth in upon the hills.

The threefold beams D D are connected together near their rear ends by the rigid brace F, by which means they are raised or lowered or adjusted for penetration together, the said bracepassing over and across the main frame A.

G indicates the dropper-base, secured at each end to the beams of the threefold beam-s D D", and having at each end the hoppers H, having the double bottom c, provided with the seed-holes o.

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H indicates the slide, the ends of which extend through the interval between the two bottoms, and are provided with seed-holes d, that are brought alternately in connection with holes c and lwith the hole c in the fixed bottom of the hoppers by the reciprocation of the slide. This movement is given by means of short levers I, extending up through slots in a board, J covering with its ends the said hoppers, and affording a seat between the said levers to a person workin g the slide. This slide may, however, be reciprocated automatically through suitable connections .with one of the rear wheels, C.

K indicates the seatsupport, pivoted or hinged to the middle of brace F and extending to the rear thereof, and provided on its end with a seat, K. The support is sustained by a vibrating prop, L, hinged to the main frame, and provided at its upper end with a projecting arm, e, and horizontal shoulders c. The arm e extends through a longitudinal slot, s, in the seat-support, the latter resting upon the transversely-rounded shoulders e'.

The seat-prop L vibrates freely in the length of the main frame, and when thrown to the front the bearing of the support K thereon is brought nearer to the hinged end thereof, and the weight of the driver becomes suficient to lift the beams Dl Dll upon their hinges and raise the shovels clear out of the ground. To hold it in this position a notched prop, M, vibratin g vertically on the main frame, is pushed forward until its upper notched end, j', engages the brace F, when the desired result, it is obvious, will be attained. To drop the shovels into the ground the prop M is pulled from under the brace and the prop L swung back to its original position.

N indicates an endwise-movable slide, arranged in guides g upon the main frame, and provided at its front ends with steps g on a level with each other upon opposite sides of the slide. This slide is adapted, when the beams D Dll are swung upward by the means aforesaid, to be thrust forward between its guides with its stepped end under the brace. If when the said beam is lowered it rests upon the lower steps, it is evident that the penetration of the shovels is lessened by the thickness of the step vertically; if upon the sec- IOO ond lowest set, the penetration of the shovels is still further lessened. There are as many different adjustments as there are steps.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure 5 by Letters Patent, is 4 l. The combination, with the frame A, having the lateral extensions at its front ends, the vertically-vibrating beams D D, and the brace F, connecting said beams, ofthe slotted 1o seat-support K, hinged to said brace F, the vibrating prop L, extending through said support and having the bearing-shoulders c', and the notched vibrating prop M, adapted to swing into and out of engagement with said 15 brace, substantially as specified.

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