US274195A - Combined corn and cotton-seed planter - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

J. J. HOLLAND.

COMBINED CORN AND GOTTON SEED PLANTER. No. 274.195.

Patilted Mar..20,1883.

1 mm H Mug UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH J. HOLLAND, 0F BRYAN, TEXAS.

COMBINED CORN AND 'co'rToN-sEEo ,PLANTER.

SPEGIFIQATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 274,195, dated March 20, 1883.

some of its parts will be readily converted into a plow or analogous implement.

Prior to, my invention the seeding-wheel has been provided with one or more recesses in its perimeter, the depth of which said recess or recesses has been rendered variable by means either of a false bottom adjusted toward or away fromthe bottom of the recess by means of a set-screw, or by means of overlapping disks adjustably secured within the recess; but in such seeding-wheels, while the depth of the recess is rendered variable the width thereof remains unchanged.

It is the object of my invention to simplify the means employed for providing at will recesses of different depths in the wheel, and also to provide means whereby a recess of both greater width and depth can be provided for cotton-seed than for corn, whereby the cotton-seed can be fed from the hopper in a more certain, free, and efficient manner than heretofore. In the instances mentioned the recesses are not concave 0r segmental-shaped,

but in the nature of cylindrical recesses, while in my seeding-wheel therecesses are segmental-shaped, or concave, as will be seen fartheron.

To attain the objects of my invention 1 form the seeding-wheel with a peripheral series of concave or segmental-shaped recesses, and for each recess provide a segmental block formed with a small recess for corn, the block being detachably secured in the concavity in the wheel by a screw passing through the bottom of the recess on the segmental block, the said block fitting in and filling the concavity in the wheel, and being formed so that its face shall be flush with the face of the wheel, whereby when the block is fitted in the concavity the recess shall be adapted for corn, and when detached the concavity will afford a deeper and a much wider recess for cotton-seed, as here Application filed February 6, 1882. (No model.)

'inafter more fully described, and illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figurel represents a plan view of a machine embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional view, and Fig. 3 a transverse sectional view, of the seeding-wheel on an enlarged scale.

The letters A A designate the two side beams, and B B the two end cross-beams, which constitute the main frame of my combined cotton-seed and corn planter. The two side beams are adapted to be set at a variable distance apart, since the end beams pass through mortises which are made through the side beams, holes a a being formed in the end beams, and pins b I) passed through the side beams into said holes;

0 indicates the axle, and D D the supporting-wheels, alongside of one of which wheels is a large cog-wheel, D, and alongside of the end of the axle which is opposite to the end upon which the small cog is mounted is secured a small plain-faced wheel, D which bears against the large plainJ'aced wheel D in order to steady the axle upon which these two small wheels are mounted. Upon this said axle E is secured the seeding-wheel F, which serves to agitate the seed withina hopper, G, and to convey the seed out from the said hopper and drop the same. This seedingwheel is peculiarly constructed. It has a series of segments, 9, set into a series'of circumferential concave recesses, f, and each segment has a hole, h, bored in it to a certain depth. The screws or bolts g, which secure these segments to the wheel, are passed down through the holes h, and then through the segments into the wheel. The screws are set far enough down to leave said holes open to receive corn, which drops into them and is car ried out of the hopper and dropped; but when cotton-seed is to be planted the segments are taken from the wheel, the number taken off depending upon the rapidity with which it is desired to efiect the seeding.

I1 designates the opener in advance of the seeding-wheel, and I I indicate the shovels for covering up the seed. These are detachably secured to the main frame, so that when the machine is to be employed as a subsoil-plow the standards of the shares can be readily connected with the machine in place of the opener and shovels which are used in connection with the seeding-wheel.

The hopper G is detachable from the machine in order that it can be detached when the machine is to be used for plowing, breaking land, or for other purposes. To this end the hopper is secured to abase, G, which is secured by bolts G to the end beams of the machine. The advantages .of removing ,the hopper will be apparent, since it relieves the machine of an unnecessary incumbrance; and, further, a chopper may be attached to the rear axle tor the purpose of chopping out cotton.

Mortises K K are made in the side beams to receive the standards of extra plow'shares. These plows can be arranged in a variety of ways, according to the uses of the machine,

such arrangements being a matter of judgment with the operator.

When the machine is used for dropping cotton-seed or corn two handles will be secured by braces L L at the rear end of the side beams; but when the machine is used -as a plow but one handle will be required.

M designates the clevis, secured so as to be adjusted either to the right or the left.

I propose providing suitable brace-rods for the standards of the shovels or openers, and

to so connectthem with the standards that they can be readily detached.

It will be understood thatl do not limit myself to the number of plows or shovels. I may so construct the beams that three openers and three shovels can be employed, and so that they can be properly arranged on the beams with relation to each other.

It will be seen that the segmental blocks can be fitted in the concave recesses in the wheel with common wood screws, which can be screwed down so that their heads will not occupy any material portion of the recess in the blocks; but in the other cases hereinbefore mentioned, where the recess has an adjustable false bottom, bearings must be provided for the screws, and the latter must-be in the ,nature of set or thumb screws, thus entailing expense and clogging up the recesses; also, while in such cases the depth of the recess can be varied its width will remain the same; but for cotton-seed a wider recess is desirable, and hence by my cheap and simple device I attain both features.

Heretol'ore acotto-n-seed planterhas been provided with a removable seed-droppin g cylinder having teeth which draw the seed from a hopper and drop the same into a spout. In using said machine for planting corn, beans, or the like, the toothed cylinder is removed, and a cylinder provided with a peripheral series of cup-shaped recesses substituted there for. A cup is secured in each one of said recesses, and for different kinds of grain cups having different-sized cavities are employed; but in such machines the recesses in the cylinder have straight walls, and are not segmental-shaped, as in mine, and they are not adapted to be used for planting cotton-seed, the toothed cylinder being used when cottonseed are to be planted.

\Vhat I claim isi In a combined corn and cotton-seed planter, the combination, with the hopper, the opener, and the coverers, of the seeding-wheel F, formed with a peripheral series of segmentalshaped recesses, f, and the segmental blocks {1. each formed with a recess, h, and detachably secured in a concavity in the wheel by a screw, g, passing through the bottom of the recess in the block, the said block fitting into and filling the concavity in the wheel, and being also formed so that its face shall be flush with the face of the wheel, whereby when the block is in place the recess in the same will be brought into use, and when detached the entire concave recess in the wheel will be used, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand in the presence of three subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH J. HOLLAND.

'Witnessesi O. B. BECK, H. FIELD, W. R. OAVI'IT.

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