US517487A - Hand corn-planter - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

P. SCHBNDZELOS.

HAND CORN PLANTER.

No. 517,487. Patented Apr. s, 1894.

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PATENT PAUL SCHENDZELOS, OF DUELM, MINNESOTA.

HANDlcoRN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,48 '7, dated April 3, 1894.

Application filed June 12, 1893. Serial No. 477,273'. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, PAUL ScHnNDZnLos, a citizen of the United States, residing at D uelin, in the county of Benton, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Corn-Planters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to hand corn planters, and the objects of my improvement are to simplify their construction, cheapen their cost, and improve their operation; and also to provide improved means to readily adjust the depth of the pocket in the seed disk or dropper; means to readily adjust the dirt guard, and a self closing cover to the hopper. I accomplish these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompaning drawings in which- Figure l is a perspective View of my improved planter with one side broken away to show a portion of the interior. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the seed disk of the machine on line .fr a; of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the machine on line y y of Fig. 2, the upper part of the machine being shown broken away. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the pocket adjusting bottom and its frame. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the guide-plate for said frame and its retaining spring.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A is the front, A the rear or back and B B the sides of arectangular upright box which forms the frame of the machine. In the upper part of this structure, is a seed-hopper or reservoir, of which a partition a, forms the bottom, and said reservoir is provided with a cover O. This cover iits between the sides B B', it is hinged to the back A and when closed its outer end rests on top of the front A. A spring c is coiled around the pintle of the hinge, and one of its ends bears against the back piece A while the other end bears against the cover C, whereby said cover is kept normally closed and permanently secured to the device. The bottom a of the hopper is cut away to accommodate a seed dropping disk D, which is mounted on ashaft d journaled in the sides B B and in a bearing block B2 secured to the rear side A. The

disk D is thicker than the side B, but its outer `face is flush with the outer surface of the side B. Said disk extends suiiiciently far inside to permit its seed pocket to register with an opening formed in the bottom a of the hopper. The shaft d extends beyond the side B and has at its outer end a crank arm d to which is connected one end 6c of a pitman or link e, which, at its opposite end, is mounted on a stud e2 projecting from one end of a block E secured on the face of a slide F. This slide or plunger is iitted between the sides B B', and rests against the 65 back A of the hopper. It is provided near its upper end withahandlef, and at its lower end with a metal tip f properly secured thereto by rivets as shown in Fig. 3. The slideway for the plunger is completed, and its dis- 7o placement at the top prevented, by a metal strap H passing across its face near its top, said strap being bent at each end to partly embrace the sides B B', and is secured by a bolt h passing through its ends, through the two sides B B and the back A', thereby also firmly securing together the parts of the frame of the machine. A board I secured to the edges of the sides B B near the bottom, forms the outside of the plunger slide-way. Said 8o board at its lower end has a metal face 11 on one side, and a block J on its outer face as usual.

A block la is secured to the inner face of the front board A. Said block has secured to its 8 5 lower portion a brush K which bears against the periphery of the diskD and prevents the seed cup therein from being overfilled. The outer face of the disk D is hollowed out,leav ing a ring D2 in whichis formed a seed pocket 9o d the bottom of which is a plug M, secured to a rectangular metal frame M2, the sides of which are toothed as at m. These sides can be made to slide between lugs n n2 projecting from a plate N which is secured to the rimed out face of the disk. Said plate has another lug o, which supports one end of a spring P while the lug n has a notch to receive the other end of the spring. The bottom of the seed-pocket is adj usted to vary the Ioo capacity of the pocket by raising the spring P out of the notches fm, moving the frame Mii in or out, and replacing the spring P in Some of the other notches.

At the bottom of the frame of the machine is secured an inclined board Q, from which projects outwardly a screw-bolt q which passes through a vertically arranged slot in a seed retainer and dirt-guard R whose upper end R2 is bent outwardly to form a handle to facilitate adjustment, and whose lower end bears against the plunger F. It is held in position with its lower end in close contact with the plunger by a thumb-nut r upon the bolt q, and an elongated washerR under said nut. The front of the plunger adjacent toits upper end, is faced with a metal plate S to wear against the metal strap Ill and the lower end s of this plate is turned outward to limit the movement upward of the plunger.

The seed being placed in the hopper, and the plunger being in its lowest position, the operator, grasping the handle, places his toe upon the block J, and with foot and hand presses the metal tip of the plunger into the ground thus making a hole into which to drop the seed. The seed pocket is now upward and is filled with seed. Tith his toe still on the block .I to hold the device down the operator draws the plunger up, the dirt guard closes the opening through which the plunger is raised; the seed disk is turned to its lower position dropping the seed from its pocket and permitting it to fall to the bottom of the space between the dirt guard and the plunger. The plunger is now depressed forcing the discharged seed into the hole previously made, and turning the disk to bring the seed pocket again to its upper position to be again lled.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that the hopper is kept automatically closed at the top; the capacity of the seed pocket is readily regulated from the outside without the need of a screw-driver or the trouble of taking the machine apart. The

dirt guard bears closely against the plunger and promptly closes the opening through which the plunger is raised and can be readily adjusted or removed and repaired; and all the rubbing parts of the machine are carefully protected against wear.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The seed-disk havinga cup or hollow 1n its outer face, the seed pocket in the ring around such hollow, and the bottom for the seed pocket extending into such cup, in eombnation with the double ratchet frame upon which the pocket bottom is mounted, and the spring pawl for engagement with the double ratchet frame and securing the ratchet frame in its different adjustments, as set forth.

2. In combination, the hollow disk having the seed pocket, the adjustable bottom for the pocket, the rectangular ratchet frame carrying said bottom, the plate secured to the face of the disk having guiding lugs for the ratchet frame, and the spring pawl secured to the plate and engaging the teeth on the two arms of the ratchet frame as set forth.

3. In combination with the inclined bottom and the front of the machine, the slotted dust guard having an outwardly bent upper end, the screw projecting from the inclined bottom, the elongated washer across the dust guard and the thumb nut, substantially as described.

4. In combination, the front of the machine, the sides projecting slightly beyond the front, the plunger located between said sides, the metal strap S secured to the face of the plunger and having outwardly turned end, the metal strap embracing the plunger and having its ends turned against the sides, and the bolt h passing through these ends, the sides, and the back of the hopper, as set forth.

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

PAUL SCI-IENDZELOS.

Witnesses:

ANDREW C. ROBERTSON, HENRY PUFE.

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