US2818036A

US2818036A - Band seeding device and hanger bracket therefor

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Publication number: US2818036A
Application number: US433933A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles S Phillips
Original assignee: Thermoid Co
Current assignee: Thermoid Co
Priority date: 1954-06-02
Filing date: 1954-06-02
Publication date: 1957-12-31
Anticipated expiration: 1974-12-31

Description

Dec. 31, 1957 c. s PHILLIPS 2,818,036

BAND SEEDING DEVICE AND HANGER BRACKET THEREFOR Filed June 2, 1954 INVNI'OE y C HA ELL-5,5. PH/LL 1P5.

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United States Patent BAND SEEDING DEVICE AND HANGER BRACKET THEREFOR Charles S. Phillips, East Lansing, Mich., assignor t0 Thermoid Company, Trenton, N. J., a corporation of Delaware Application June 2, 1954, Serial No. 433,933

Claims. (Cl. 111-80) This invention relates to the band seeding devices and to a hanger bracket for use therein.

Heretofore conventional grain drills have been converted to band seeding by constructing built-up structural frames from parts cut to fit and assembled on the job. Band seeding as such is accomplished by opening a furrow with a disc or hoe set to a predetermined depth and depositing therein a measured amount of fertilizer, whereupon the earth closes and covers the said fertilizer. Seeds are then, in unison with this operation, fed through a separate conduit atop the earth and directly above the fertilizer band at a point free of disturbance due to closure of the furrow. This required fitting and bolting together the structural members for each unit and securing each unit to its cooperating seed-feeding hose. Since in each such device there are upwards of about twelve or more units, each comprising a ground-turning member (such as a disc) a fertilizer boot and hose for feeding seed, and since the various different devices required different adjustments of the structural frames, it required upwards of one-half day to make such a conversion.

The present invention avoids the foregoing difficulties and provides a sturdy dependable means adapted to fit all such devices and requiring less adjustments in use.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will more fully appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, by way of example, the present preferred embodiment of the invention.

The invention consists of the novel features and arrangement of parts embodied, by way of example, in the structure hereinafter described as illustrating a present preferred form of the invention, and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring more particularly to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a band seeding device showing such parts thereof as are necessary for an understanding of the invention, with the remaining parts omitted for purposes of simplicity;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the hanger bracket forming a part of said device; and

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the device shown in Fig. 2 looking from the rear.

Referring to the drawings and more particularly to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the band seeding device comprises a plurality of units such as designated in general as A1 and A2: there being usually about twelve or fourteen of such units in a device. The units are duplicates one of the other and therefore it will be unnecessary to describe more than one unit. Each unit comprises a ground-turning member such as the disc 2 which is floatingly supported by suitable means comprising an arm 3, rod 4, etc. Rigidly secured to the end of the arm 3 is the bracket 5 which is an integral part of a fertilizer feed shoe or boot 5 in which is loosely supported the lower end of a fertilizer feed tube 6 whose upper end is operatively connected to a fertilizer box F common to all of the units. The seed box S is also common to all of the units. The seed box is provided with a rubber hose such as 7 whose lower end is securely held in a desired position by means of a hanger bracket designated in general as 8 and which will be more particularly described below.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be noted that the hanger 8 is formed from a unitary rodlike member bent upon itself at an intermediate point so as to provide

arms

9 and 10 which lie in the same general plane and are spaced apart so as to define an angle a. The intermediate portion is in the form of a loop 11 forming exterior of the angle a an eye 12. The arm 9 is provided with a hook portion 13 formed as a continuation thereof and disposed a fixed distance from the eye 12, said distance being of sufiicient length to fit between said eye and the top opening of the longest boots, while the free end of the hook portion extends a sufiicient length to firmly grip a boot having a relatively shorter length between said eye and the top opening of the boot. The hook portion 13 is disposed exteriorally of the angle a and preferably in the same general plane in which the

arms

9 and 10 are disposed. The hook 13 is also preferably formed so that its lower end lies closely to the adjacent surface of the arm 9, so as to provide for clamping engagement with the supporting boot 5. The other arm 10 is provided at its outer end with a helical sleeve 14 comprising a plurality of coils for frictionally engaging a rubber tube 7 so as to position and tightly hold it in the desired location.

It will be seen from the foregoing that in constructing the device above described it is only necessary to secure one of the hanger brackets above described to the corresponding boot 5 of each unit and insert the tube within the sleeve 14. It will likewise be seen that this is readily accomplished by snapping the hook 13 over the upper edge of the wall of boot 5, rigidly securing the bracket by means of a bolt such as 15 passing through the eye 12 and through a cooperating lug 16 formed integrally with the boot 5. If it is found necessary to make any fine adjustment as to the position of the outlet end of the said tube 7 this may be readily accomplished by slightly twisting or bending the arm 10 of the hanger bracket 8. From the foregoing it will be seen that the time required for assembling and adjusting the parts to the desired positions may be remarkably shortened by the use of my novel bracket; and that when the parts have been assembled they will be held firmly; but somewhat yieldably in their cooperative positions. In addition to the tremendous saving in time and universal adaptability, there is a corresponding economy.

Having thus described by invention with particularity with reference to a presently preferred form of the same, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art after understanding the invention, that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention, and it is my intention to cover in the appended claims such changes as come within the scope of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a band seeding device having a plurality of floatingly mounted laterally spaced ground turning members, a plurality of fertilizer feed boots mounted for floating movement with said members, respectively, and a plurality of flexible hose extending downwardly from a seed box for feeding seed, the combination with said boots and flexible hose of a plurality of hanger brackets each comprising a unitary rod-like member having two arms extending outwardly in the same general plane so as to define an angle at whose apex an eye is provided, means securing said eye to a corresponding one of said boots adjacent its lower end, one of said two arms of each bracket at its outer end extending outwardly being provided at its outer end with a hook engaged over the upper edge of its said corresponding boot, the other of said arms at its outer end being provided with a sleeve in gripping engagement with the lower end of a corresponding one of said such feeding hose and serving to hold the samein position rearwardly of a corresponding one of said ground-turning members and feed boot.

2. In a band seeding device having a plurality of floatingly mounted laterally spaced discs, a plurality of fertilizer feed boots mounted for floating movement with said members, respectively, and a plurality of flexible hose extending downwardly from a seed box for feeding seed, the combination with said boots and flexible hose of a plurality of hanger brackets each comprising a unitary rod-like member having two arms extending outwardly in the same general plane so as to define an angle at whose apex a loop is formed as an inter-connecting continuation of said arms, means securing said loop to a corresponding one of said boots adjacent its lower end, one of said two arms of each bracket at its outer end extending outwardly being provided at its outer end with a hook engaged over the upper edge of its said corresponding boot, the other of said arms at its outer end being provided with a helical coil formed as a continuation of said arm, said coil encircling the lower end of a corresponding one of said such feeding hose with the turns of said coil in frictional gripping engagement with said last mentioned hose and each of said brackets serving to hold its associated hose in position rearwardly of 2. corresponding one of said disc members and feed boots.

3. A hanger bracket for use in a band seeding device comprising a unitary rod-like member having two arms extending outwardly in substantially the same plane so as to define an angle at the apex of which an eye is provided for receiving a bolt or the like fastening member, one of said arms being provided at its outer end with a hook and the other of said arms being provided adjacent its outer end with a sleeve for receiving a seed feeding hose, said sleeve being disposed with its axis substantially paral- 4 lel to said plane and substantially perpendicular to said other arm.

4. A hanger bracket for use in a band seeding device comprising a unitary rod-like member having two arms extending outwardly in substantially the same plane so as to define an angle at the apex of which an eye is provided for receiving a bolt or the like fastening member, said eye being substantially in said plane, one of said arms being provided at its outer end with a hook disposed ex teriorly of said angle at a fixed distance from said eye and lying substantially in said plane and the other of said arms being provided adjacent its outer end with a sleeve disposed a fixed distance from said eye for receiving a seed feeding hose the axis of said sleeve extending substantially parallel to said plane and perpendicular to said other arm.

5. A hanger bracket for use in a band seeding device comprising a unitary rod-like member, bent sharply upon itself intermediate its ends to thereby provide a pair of arms interconnected by a loop and extending outwardly therefrom at an angle whose apex is at said loop, one of said arms being provided with a supporting hook at its outer end formed as a continuation of said member and disposed exteriorly of said angle and lying substantially in the plane of said loop, and the other of said arms being provided with a helical coil whose axis extends substantially parallel to said plane and perpendicular to said other arm.

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