US445205A

US445205A - Seed-planter

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Publication number: US445205A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-01-27
Anticipated expiration: 1908-01-27

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J. J. SIMON. SEED PLANTER.

Patented Jan. 27, 1891.

(No Model.)

ATTORNEY.

JACOB J. SIMON, OF MCDONALDSVILLE, OHIO.

SEED-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,205, dated January 27, 1891.

Application filed October 9, 1890. Serial No. 367,496. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB J. SIM N, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of IcDonaldsville, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Seed-Planters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in seed-planters, and particularly to improvements on a seed-planter for which Letters Patent of the United States No. 370,564, dated September 27, 1887, were granted to Joseph Simon, of Sturzelbronn, near Bitsch,Irussia, Germany; and it consists in providingmeans by which said seed or potato planter may be converted into a grain-seed planter; also, in providing a shoe by which the depth of deposit of grain in the ground can be regulated.

lVith these ends in view i'nyinvention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a perspective of the Simons potato-planter with portions removed showing my attachment; Fig. 2, a view of the shoe complete; Fig. 3, a view of the removable cutter; Fig. 4, a view of the shoe-gage; Fig. 5, a perspective of the shceframe; Fig. (3, a side elevation of a potato-planter share removed from machine. Fig. 7 is a perspective of a cam-wheel by which the slide in the seedhopper is reciproeated; Fig. 8, a plan view of the top portion of the cam-wheel and lever.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all. of the figures of the drawings,

Calling attention to Fig. l of the drawings, in which is shown a Joseph Simon seedplanter with certain parts removed, I have shown my invention thereto attached, and that the parts are removable and interchangeable.

A represents the seed box or hopper, adapted for planting potatoes when dropped by a mechanism into tubes, by which they are conveyed down and into the ground. Said box is supported on an axle B and carrying wheels 0 and C.

To adapt the aforesaid machine for plantin g small grain, I have provided a series of removable hoppers D, situated at the rear por tion of the box A, at the bottom of which is provided an apertured slide E to be reciprocated over corresponding apertures in the bottom of the hoppers leading to the discharge-spouts F.

On the inner central portion of the wheel 0 is provided a peculiarly-constructed camwheel G, havingaseries of inwardly-projected cams a, between which is placed cogs, as Z), of a less height than the cams a. A lever H is pivotally secured to the top portion of the axle 13. (See the form of lever in Fig. 8.) One end of said lever is provided with a friction-roller c, the other end for a link engage ment with the slide E.

In operation the rollerand front end of the lever are moved inwardly to the left by the cam and the rear end outwardly, or to the right, by which movement the slide E is moved to carry the apertures of the slide over the corresponding apertures in the bottom of the hoppers, through which the grain will fall in the usual way. To move the slide in the opposite direction a coil-spring J is provided, having one of its ends secured to the hopper A, the other to the slide.

In operation as heretofore constructed the grain is liable to arch or lodge over the apertures in the slide, and as a result the aperture in the slide will not fill or receive the desired quantity of grain. To provide against such a result, I have placed between the slidelever-operating cams the small cogs b, which operate to move the lover a short distance, which serves to jar the slide and cause the grain to fall into and fill the apertures-in the slide, by which it will be drawn over the aperture in the bottom of the hopper and dropped into the tubes F.

To provide against depositing the grain at so great a depth below the surface of the ground as to interfere with its proper growth, I remove the potato-planting share shown in Fig. 0 and substitute the shoe K, (shown in Fig. 2,) which is secured to the body of the machine by the vertical standard (Z, which is held in the tube 6, secured to the frame-board f of the body and adapted to slide into and out of said tube as the shoe rises and falls with the undnlation of the ground. To hold said shoe upon the ground a coil-spring 72 is provided, one end of which rests on the shoe, the other to take under the frame-piece f, theenergy of the spring being exerted downward.

The shoe is composed of two rearwardly-diverging share-plates 70, secured together at their front ends, the lower front portion cut away so as to form shoulders m, between which is placed a removable cutter L, said cutter having at its upper front portion a wedge-shaped lug n to engage the sides of the share-plates to hold the cutter in position, and at its rear portion a lug to extend across the rear portion of the cutter to engage thesides of the shares.

At the sides of the shoe is provided an ad- 3' ustable gage M, pivotally secured to the front portion of the shoe, as shown, and having near its rear portion a slotted upwardly-projected arm 0, through which a bolt is passed into the share, by which the gage is secured to the side of the shoe in desired adjustment.

At the lower end of the standard (Z is provided a sleeve 17 to receive the lower end portion of the tube F, by which the end of the tube is held between the rear port-ionsof the shoe, at which point the grain is dropped into the groove or furrow formed by the shoe. To' cover the grain an arm (1 is pivotally secured to the rear portion. of the shoe to extend rearwardly, at the rear end of which is ad justably secured a scraper 0, by which the grain is covered with soil. 5

Having thus fully described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the hopper A, of a series of removable hoppers D, having an apertured seed-slide, a lever H, pivotally secured to the axle B, one end of which is provided with a friction-roller, the other end having a linked connection witlrthe slide E, and a cam-wheel G, having earns a, to give the seed-slide its full throw one way, and the small intermediate cogs b to settle the seed in the orifices of the slide, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a seed-planter, a shoe K, having di- 50 verging shares 7c, a removable cutter L, a rearwardly-projected arm q and scraper r, atubesupporting sleeve P, guiding-standard d, a tube 6 to receive said standard, by which the shoe is drawn over the ground, a coil-spring I h to hold the shoe down upon the ground, and 'an adjustable gage M, by which the depth of JACOB J. SIMON.

W itnesses W. K. MILLER, CHAs. B. MILLER.