US385724A

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Publication number: US385724A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-07-10
Anticipated expiration: 1905-07-10

Description

(No Model.) 2. Sheets-Sheet 1.

A. N. NORRIS.

SEEDING MACHINE. No. 885,724. f Paternted July 10, 1888.

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Witnesses: 2 Inventor.

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' A. N. NORRIS.

SEEDING MACHINE.

,No. 385,724. PatentedJuly 10,1888.

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Attorney,

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ALBERT N. NORRTS, OF RUSHVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE STAR DRILL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

S'EEDlNG -MACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,724, dated July 10,1888.

Application tiled February 25, lF88. Serial No. 265,322. (No model.)

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Be it known that l, ALBERT N. NORRIS, of R-nshvillc, Rush county, Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seeding-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to improvements in that class of seeding-machines ordinarily spoken of as one'horse grain-drills, and the improvements relate to details of construction, as hereinafter pointed out in the claims.

My improvements will be readily understood from the following description, taken in eonnection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a graindrill, illustrating my improvements, the hoes being arranged in zigzag order; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same with many parts omitted; Fig. 3, a perspective view of portions of the machine, illustrating the arrangement of the hoes in a straight line; Fig. 4-, an end view ofa portion of the seed-box, showing in section one of the seed-conducting devices leading to the hoeshanks; Fig. 5, a front elevation of the seed-box; Fig. 6, a rear elevation of the frame parts, with hoes and rear wheels attached; and Fig. 7, a plan showing frame portions at the rear of the machine and the arrangement of seed-conducting devices.

In the drawings, A indicates the usual cen tral frame-piece employed in this class of machines; B, the cXpansible side wings articulated to the central frame-piece and arranged to operate in the usual manner; 0, the seedbox disposed across the machine and supported by the frame, but having its bottom extending the full limit of the width of the machine and having its top much shorter than its bottom, as seen in Fig. 5; D, the usual outside seed-hoes secn red at therear'emls of the wings; E, the central seed-hoe disposed in line with the hoes D and secured near the rear of the central frame-piece; F, in Figs. 1 and 2, themtermediate seed-hoes set forward of the hoes previously referred to and seen red to the wings; G, seed-conductors leading from the outer seed-cups, attached, as usual, below the seed-box to the shanks of the seed-hoes D; H, similarseedconductors leading from the usual intermediate seed-cups under the seed-box to the shanks of the intermediate hoes; J, a pair of wheels disposed under the rear end of the central frame; K, a skeleton lever pivoted to the under side of the rear end of the central frame-piece and projecting downward to and forming the axle-studs for the wheels J; L, a hand-lever pivoted at its lower end to the central frame-piece and linked to the lever K and projecting upward to the rear of the seedbox; M, a ratchet secured to one of the usual handles and adapted to be engaged by the handlever L, and serving in maintaining the,handlever in adjusted position; N, shankplates sc cured beneath the rear ends of the wings B and serving as the means for attaching the hoeshanks to the wings, these plates projecting outside and inside the wings and presenting the upper ends of the hoe shanks to the con ductors below the level ofthe top of the wings; 0, similar shank-plates for the intermediate hoes, these plates projecting inwardly, so as to present the upper ends of their hoe-shanks within the wings; P, the intermediate hoes when the same are arranged in line with the other hoes; Q, the seed-cups secured below the seed-box and having the usual seed-wheels an ranged to be driven in the usual manner from the forward wheel ofthe machine; and R, tubular elbows articulated to the intermediate seedcups and to the upper ends of the seed-conductors H, and forming the upper portions of these conductors.

The seed-box having a greater length at its base than at its top causes the center of gravity of the mass of seed within it to be disposed much lower down than usual, thus rendering the machine much more manageable and securing greater steadiness of action, and at the same time the bevcls at the ends permit the machine to pass more readily th rough cor n partly blown down.

The wheels J at the rear end of the machine serve to prevent the usual side tipping, by

which the machine works deeper upon one 9 side than upon the other, and they also serve in maintaining uniformly a proper depth of operation for the hoes. By manipulating the hand lever L the rear end of the frame-work may be raised or lowered with reference to the wheels J, whereby the depth at which the hoes act may be adjusted, and the adjusted position of the hand-lever is maintained by the ratchet M.

The intermediate hoes may be secured forward of the other hoes, as seen in Fig. 1, or they may be secured at the rear ends of the wings, and thus be brought into a straight.

ity for the articulate movement usually required in grain-drills with expanding wings, and hence these conductors may be constructed as usual. The intermediate conductors, however, require, in addition to the capacity for such articulate movement as is called for by the expansion movement of the wings, a capacity for connecting alternately with the intermediate hoeshanks, whether the same be set in zigzag position or in straight-line position. I secure the desired results by means of the tubular elbows R, which have a universal or ball-and-socket movement in their seed-cups. The lower ends of all the seedconductors are arranged to have a telescopic motion in the nozzles of the shank-plates forming the upper ends of the tubular hoeshanks, whereby the length of the seed-cod ductors will accommodate itself to the movements of the parts. The intermediate conductors, by means of the elbows It, accommodate themselves to all of the movements of the intermediate hoe-shanks as the wings are expanded, and as the hoe-shanks are moved to the forward or rear position upon the wings.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, substantially as set forth, of central frame-piece, A, side pieces, B, articulated thereto, skeleton lever K, pivoted to the under side ofthe rear of the cen tral fran'ie-piece and projecting downwardly at each side thereof and terminating in axlestuds, wheels J on said studs, hand-lever L, linked to said skeleton lever, and ratchet M, engaged by said hand-lever.

2. The combination, substantially as set forth, of central frame-piece, A, central seedhoe, E, at the rear thereof, expansible wingpieces B, articulated to the frame-piece and provided with outside seed hoes, P, in line with said central seedhoe, shank-plates N, attached to said wing-pieces and projecting to both sides thereof, shank-plates O, projecting inwardly from said wing-pieces forward of the plates N, pivoted seed-conductors H, adapted to engage alternately the plates N and O, and intermediate hoes adapted alternately for engagement at plates N and O.

ALBERT N. NORRIS.

Witnesses:

J. W. SEE, W. A. SEWARD.