US408542A

US408542A - Broadcast seed-sower

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Publication number: US408542A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-08-06
Anticipated expiration: 1906-08-06

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(No Model.)

S. SMOKER. BROADCAST SEED SOWER.

No. 408,542. Patented Aug. 6, 1889.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC SAMUEL SMOKER, OF GOSHEN, INDIANA.

BIdOADCAST SEED-SOWER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 408,542, dated August 6, 1889.

Application filed April 11, 1889. Serial No. 306,781. (No model.)

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL SMOKER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broadcast Seed-Sow ers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the ac- I companying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a front view of my improved broadcast seed-sower, said view being partly in section. Fig. 2 is a bottom view showing the seed-distributing mechanism, the distributing-wheel being removed, but indicated thereon in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the means employed for regulating the seed-opening. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the stirrer. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of the supportingarm attached to the bottom of the seed-carrier.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in that class of broadcast seed-sowers which are operated by hand and it consists in the details of construction and novel arrangement of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

I11 the accompanying drawings, A refers to the grain-container, to which is secured near its top one end of a strap, the opposite end of which is secured by means of a hook to an eyebolt attached to the bottom board, to the periphery of which the lower edge of the bag or flexible holder is secured. This bottom B is made up of a disk of wood or other light material, and the lower surface thereof is perfectly plain, while the upper surface is cut away to provide a concave. The disk is provided centrally with an opening I), through which the seed passes to the distributingwheel, and this opening is circular.

To the concave of the disk B is secured a metallic cross bar 0, which has a central opening forming a bearing for the upper end of the pin 0, which extends from the hub of the distributing-wheel. Immediately below its upper end the pin 0, which passes through the cross-bar c, has formed thereon an enlargement O, one side of which has an inclined plane surface which gradually widens from its upper end downwardly. The opposite side of this enlargement is conical, and this device serves as an agitator for the seed or grain, so as t?) prevent it from clogging tbOW the opening To the rear side of the disk B is secured a depending metallic plate D, which will serve as a shield to keep the seed from being thrown against the body of the operator. The disk has also securely attached thereto an arm E, which extends downwardly from its point of connection with the disk and then parallel therewith, said arm having at its end an opening through which passes a screw 6, which enters the lower end of the hub F, carrying the distributing-wheel G. To the arm E, at a suitable point, is loosely pivoted a bow-guide E, the ends of said bow-guide being slightly raised and provided with openings 6, through which the bow passes. This pivoted arm E is also provided with lugs f f, which serve to hold the ends of the coiled springs f thereon, said springs contacting with the inner surfaces of the knobs attached to the ends of the bow. Around the hub F the cord 71. passes, and when the rod is reciprocated this cord will cause the distributingwheel secured to the hub to rotate alternately in opposite directions.

To the under side of the diskB are pivoted two castings or plates K and L, they being secured to the under side of the disk by apivot or wood-screw Z, which passes through the ends of the castings into the under side of the disk. One of these castings K is provided with an upwardly-projecting flange k, which will lie adjacent to the under side of the disk B, and provide a space within which the oppositelycurved portion of the other plate may lie. The casting K is provided opposite its pivoted end with a downu-ardlyproj ecting pin 7c, and the free end of the casting L has formed thereon a pin L, these pins being adapted to engage with slotsm and a, formed in a pivoted lever M, secured to the under side of the disk 13, and by moving this lever M upon its pivot the castings K and L may be separated to form a larger or smaller opening, as may be desired, below the central opening Z) in the disk B, thus regulating the supply of grain or seed upon the distributing-wheel.

N refers to aset-serew secured in a suitable bearing attached to the under side of the disk B, by means of which the movement of the lever M may be limited.

I am aware that prior to my invention it has been proposed to employ a rotary distributing-wheel, pivoted guide for an operating-bow, double seed-slides, and a bow having springs; and I do not, therefore, claim such construction, broadly, as my invention; but

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hand broadcast-seeder, constructed substantially as shown and provided with a dist-ributing-wheel and operating means, of a pin 0, which forms an upper bearing for the hub of the distributing-wheel, said pin having formed thereon above the seed-diseh arge opening an enlargement, one side of which is inclined,while the opposite side is rounded, and a transverse metal bearing secured to the upper face of the hopper-bottom and receiving the end of the pin above the enlargement, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, in a broadcast seedsower adapted to be operated by hand, substantially as shown, of the castings K and L, pivoted to the under side of the disk, said castings being provided with projecting pins 7c and L, one of said castings having a circular flange 70, and a pivoted operating-lever M, having slots m and n, with which the pins engage, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a hand broadcast-seeder, abow-guide pivoted to the supporting-arm E, said bowguid e having V-shaped openings e, with projecting lugs ff, and through which the bow passes, said lugs holding thereon the spiral springs f, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In combination with a hand seed-sewer of the class described, a flexible container A, disk D, having a centralzconcave and opening I), seed-regulating slides K and L, pivoted to the under side of the disk B,a hub carrying a seed-distributing wheel, said hub having an upwardly-projecting pin G, with an enlarged portion 0, an arm E, carrying a pivoted bowguide and forming a support for the lower portion of the hub, and a shield D, attached to the disk B, the parts being organized substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

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

SAMUEL SMOKER.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN F. 13. KAUFFMAN, JOHN P. BLOUGH.