US313219A - Self-dropping corn-planter - Google Patents

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SELF DROPPING CORN PLANTER.

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SELF DROPPING CORN PLANTER.

No. 313,219. Patented. Mar. 3, 1885.

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LUDWIG LIEDEL, OF GOLDEN CITY, MISSOURI.

SELF-DROPPING CORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,219, dated March 3, 1885.

Application filed September 19, 1883. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

easy, convenient, and rapid means of planting corn in perfect check-row both ways. These objects I attain by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view. Figs. 2, 3, l, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are detailed views.

A are drive-wheels attached to a revolving axle, B, by means of a pin, b, through a hub, a, and a nut, b, or other suitable device. The axle has j ournal-bearings in suitable boxes beneath the pieces O.

D D are cog-wheels of the same size, D being pinned or otherwise firmly attached to the axle B. D is similarly attached to a shaft, E, which has bearings in boxes 8 upon a movable frame, S. The revolving shaft E has an arm, 6, attached to the front end. Arm e has a rounded side, 6, so that in revolving it will move the feed-bar G back and forth by alternately striking the arms f f of the piece F. The piece F is attached to the feed-bar by a wooden pin, f, which serves as a safety-pin on rough, stumpy, or rocky ground,while on clear ground the bolt f is used, thus moving the feed-bar G back and forth at each revolution of the drive-wheels, and thereby dropping two hills, one at each end, at each half-revolution of the wheels. Therefore by adjusting the size of the drive-wheels or relative size of the cog-wheels the distance of the hills may be regulated. The width of the machine determines the width of the row as the corn or other grain is dropped directly in front of each drive-wheel.

T is a bar, preferably made of metal, with a square hole, i*,- through which the rocking shaft Q closely fits. The rocking shaft Q has suit able bearings at the ends q q, and a lever, g having a spring-ratchet, q q working upon a ratchet-wheel, g all for turning the rocking shaft Q, and thus forcing the back end of the attached bar T downward and the front end upward. On the back end of the bar T is a beveled piece, t, the front having a slot, tiwith bolt t.

S is a movable metallic frame having slots s, through which the bolts r pass to hold it to the woodwork R. a are metallic plates to prevent friction and wear as the frame moves back and forth. The end of the frame is turned up, 8 against which the beveled edge Works. Upon this frame S are the journal-boxes s s of the shaft E, and as the frame is moved back the wheel D is drawn back out of gear, as shown in Fig. 2.

Between the stay-pieces r and s is attached a spring or other suitable device, 8, for automatically throwing the machine back in gear, as in Fig. 1, then the lever g is put forward.

The cross-piece L rests upon two plows, I, and has two standards, P P, and a clevis, t", to which the back part of the machine is attached. This cross-piece and the feed-bar are on a level with the axle B when the machine is planting, and the lever q is forward, as in Fig. 1.

As the ratchet-lever is pulled back, as shown in Fig. 2, it raises the front end of the bar T, as above described, and thus lifts the entire front part, including the plows, from the ground, the piece If being so made that it will continue to drop corn above ground until the ratchet reaches thelast notch,and then throws the machine out of gear. This gives the advantage of acheck-row,as the two last hills of each row may thus be dropped above ground, and on turning the planter to return, the piece 6 may be placed against f ready to drop the first hills just in a line with the last hills of the other row, and therefore an irregular field may be planted in perfectly straight rows where wires and ropes of other machines could not be used.

The seat W is placed back a suitable distance to balance the front part, beingadjustable to the size and weight of the driver.

The front parts of the pieces 0 Ghave clevises O, with slots 0, which permit the free motion of the parts.

Fig. 3isavertical longitudinal section of one end of the feed-bar, showing the cap Z, for adjusting the size of the holes 9 of the feed-bar G.

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is a thumb-screw, by which they are increased or diminished by pushing out the parts 2, or drawing them back, as desired, and then by the thumb-spring g stayed there. Bythis construction the number of kernels to the hill may be regulated. The ends ofG may be taken ofi atjoints g.

The bridge Y, Figs. 3 and 4, in the bottom of the feed-box H, is to provide for rollers 11 and a spring, 3 which holds the rollers down, the bearings of the rollers being in slots 3 This construction is to prevent breaking and cutting of the kernels of grain.

The dropper x is the shape of Y inverted, A, and has the upper end attached to the feedbar between the two holes g, and the lower part by a pivot-pin, Thus as the feed-bar moves back and forth it alternately opens and closes the bottom of the conductor 43 and th rows the corn off. The part of the conductor below the dotted line (13 is closed, that above being open, so that the driver can see the corn as it falls, thus permitting him to know how the machine is working.

-M is the end of the tongue, Fig. '7.

R is a shoe, Fig. 5, which holds the woodwork R to the pieces 0 O. r are bolts to enter the wood-work; and o" is a slot having a bolt, T with a head to fit the teeth of the shoe, so that it may be raised or lowered, as desired, thus wheel D.

N isaclevis, Fig. 6, for the end of the tongue. It has holes a, so that the tongue m may be raised or lowered to suit the size of the team.

I am aware that self-dropping corn-planters and check-rowers are not new. I do not,thercfore, claim such construction broadly; but,

Having thus described the construction, use, and operation of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 18-.-

1. The combination of a rocking shaft, Q, having a ratchet-lever, q, and bar T, a piece 25, having a beveled edge, t and a frame, S, supporting the bearings of a shaft, E, substantially as shown and described.

2. A bar, T, having a slot, t and ahole, t. in combination witha clevis, t, rocking shaft Q, having a ratchet-lever, and a piece, t, all arranged so as to throw the machine out of gear when the front part of the machine is raised the desired height, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUDWIG LIEDEL.

permitting a larger or smaller cog- \Vitnesses:

G. A. MORROW, H. G. SCHNELLE.

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