US531105A - Corn-planter and fertilizer-distributer - Google Patents

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JACOB W. DURYEA AND WILLIAM o. DURYEA,IOF BLAWENBURGLNEW JERSEY.

CORN-PLANTERAND FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,105, dated December 18 1894.

Application filed May 29, 1894.

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that we, JACOB W. DURYEA and VVILLIAM O. DURYEA, of Blawenburg, in

tween the two hills planted, enabling the operator to readily locate the checks.

A furtherobject of the invention is toprovide independent devices capable of being simultaneously Operated for dropping, .seed and distributing fertilizer with the seed, each of thesaid distributingdevices being provided with means whereby the amount dropped or distributed therefrom will be under the complete control of the operator, the shifting of the cut-off mechanism being accomplished in an exceedingly convenient and simple man- A further object of the invention is to provide a 'meanswhereby the seed will be received in pockets in the seed-distributing device, and means will be provided for insuring the seed to be dropped from the pocket at proper time, other means being employed for 'reniovingsurplus seed from the pockets as the seed distributing mechanism is being operated.

- :Another object of the-invention is to pro vide a marking device which will .be in the nature of an endless chain,the machine being made to travel upon the chain and the chain to mark the groundbetween the rows planted, the markers being located upon the chain-at predetermined intervals apart, said markers indicating the rows making an impression simultaneously with the discharge of the seed from the chutes connected with the distributing devices.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying Serial No. 512,839. (No model.)

drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding" parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 2 is vertical section taken through one side of the machine frame near one of the,

tribution or dropping of seed and fertilizing material. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section through the distributing mechanism, taken essentially on the line 55 of Fig. 4, the said section being taken substantially through the fertilizer distributing devices. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section through the distributing mechanism, taken practically on the line 66 of Fig. 4.,the said section being essentially through the seed dropping devices. Fig. 7 is a diametri'cal section through theseed' dropping cylinder. Fig. 8 is a section taken through said cylinder practically on the line 8-8 of Fig.7. Fig. 9 is an inner face view of one section of the cylinder. Fig. 10 is adiametrical section through amodified form of the cylinder, adapted especially for theplanting of corn; and Fig. llis an inner face view of one of the sections of the cornplanting cylinder shown in Fig. 10.

In carrying out the invention what may be termed the main frame of the machine consists of a front and rear bar and two side bars connecting the same, the front and rear bars being preferably arched upward while the sidebars are arched in a contrary direction. Short axles 10, are secured to the side bars of the main frame, each axle carrying a ground wheel 11. A swinging frame B, is carried by the main or wheel supported frame A, and

the said swinging frame consists usually of two platforms or tablesO and 0', each being provided with a longitudinal opening extending through from top to bottom, the tables or platforms being connected by rods or bars 12 and 14, passing through their forward and rear side portions, or the platforms may be attached to the bars, being simply supported thereon. Between these two connecting bars 12 and 14 a shaft 13 is made to extend from one platform to the other, the shafts being passed through the center of the openings in the platform from end to end thereof.

A forwardly and upwardly curved arm 15 is projected from each table or platform 0 and C, and the forward ends of these arms are loosely mounted upon a crank shaft 16, the crank arm 16 of which is located usually atthe center of the said shaft. The shaft at its ends is made to pass loosely through elongated boxes 17, as shown in'Fig. 2, and the said boxes are secured to the front bar of the main frame A, one at each side of the center of said bar, and each box is provided with an extension on its forward wall projecting beyond the outer side of the box, which extension is provided with teeth 18, forming a rack surface. The opening in the boxes through which the shaft extends is made nearly the length of the boxes, and at each end of the shaft a pinion 19 is secured, which engage with the rack surfaces of said boxes, as is shown in both Figs. 1 and 2.

A distributing chute 20, is located at the bottom of each platformor table 0 and 0', sur-,

rounding entirely the opening therein. The said distributing chutes are preferably given a slight forward inclination, and are made to taper downwardly, being made smaller at their bottom portions.

A downwardly and rearwardly curved arm 21, is pivotally connected with each supporting arm 15 of the swinging frame B, the rearwardly curved arms 21 being provided with stops at their upper ends, engaging with the frame arms and limiting the forward movement-of said arms with which they are connected. A furrow opener 23, is located in front of each distributing chute, and each furrow opener is adjustably connected with one of the said arms 21, as shown in Fig. 2. Each furrow opener has likewise connected with it a furrow closer, or covering device 24, which is usually attached to the outer wing of the furrow opener, extending rearwardly therefrom to the back of the distributing chute, the furrow closer being substantially scroll shaped, or of somewhat spiral formation, as shown in both Figs. 1 and 3, whereby as the furrow is closed it will be ridged or built upward at the same time.

The distributing mechanism carried by each platform and table is the same, and this mechanism is clearly shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6. At the inner portion of the opening in the table 0', for example, the fertilizer distributing cylinder 25, is secured upon the shaft 13. This cylinder is provided with a series of longitudinal pockets 28, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, which extend from an enlarged section 26, provided with teeth 27 upon its inner face, or the face opposite the pockets, and a sliding section 29, provided with a bore adapted to the shape of the pocket section of the cylinder, and held to move longitudinally thereon, and the inner face of this sliding section is likewise preferably provided with teeth adapted to engage with the teeth of the fixed section26, and when the teeth so engage the pockets 28 of this cylinder will be made as small as may be found necessary; but the said pockets may be made as large as desired in order to receive and distribute a larger amount of .material by sliding the movable section 29 of the cylinder away from the fixed section, or in direction of the inner end of the table or platform, as the inner end of the sliding section 29, is usually provided with a recess 30, to receive a shifting rod 31, which extends through and has sliding move ment in the inner end portion of the said table 0'.

The pockets 28 in the fertilizer distributor 25 extend longitudinally thereof, and are preferably semi-circular in cross section, as is clearly shown in Fig. 5. The seed distributing or dropping cylinder 32, is mounted upon the shaft 13 to turn therewith alongside of one end of the fertilizer distributer 25, the seed distributing cylinder being located in the outer end portion ofthe opening contained in the said table'O. The seed distributing cylinder is made preferably in two sections 32 and 32", and the sections are hollow and closed at both ends. the two sections being placed upon the shaft and made to abut, the shaft being received in openings formed at the ends of the sections, surrounded by exteriorly threaded segmental collars 37; and by screwing a thumb nut or look nut over the abutting collars, and attaching the said nuts in any approved manner to the shaft, the sections of the cylinders are secured to place, making a complete cylinder, which may be removed and replaced by one of another character when found desirable.

In one form of the seed-dropping or distributing cylinder 32, each section is provided with alongitudinal row of pockets 33, the said pockets being usually of a circular shape, and each pocket being adapted-to receive one or more seeds. A plunger 34, is located within each pocket, having sliding movement therein, and the plunger of each series of pockets is attached to a cross bar or weight 35, provided with a shank 36, pivotally connected with the inner face of one section of the cylinder, as shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, whereby as the cylinder revolves, the sets of pockets being diametrically opposite, the plungers in the upper sets of pockets receiving the seed, will be drawn downward by their attached weight, as illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8, while the plungers in the lower set'of pockets, or those in position to discharge seed, will be forced in an outwardly direction by their attached weight, and will insure the depart- 'and the pockets are in communication with a space 40, located between two ribs 38 and 39 formed upon the interior circumferential face of each section, as shown in Fig. 11; and in the event the grain of corn, for example, should wedge itself, or stick in any manner in a pocket, it will surely be dislodged and discharged therefrom through the medium of an elongated discharging roller 41, mounted loosely in the cylinder and held to revolve freely therein as the cylinder isturned, the discharge roller being provided with a central annular rib or flange 42, which travels in the space between the ribs 38 and 39. This roller will necessarily always remain in the bottom portion of thecylinder, and will be always more or less in motion. Consequently the flange or rib 42 of the roller will tendto force any seed from the'lowermost pocketthat mayhave a tendency to cling therein. I A hopper 43, is locatedover the fertilizer distributing cylinder, in which hopper thefertilizing material is placed;. and the fertilizer "receivin g hoppers-on the two platforms or tables are connected by a shaft 44, provided between the hoppers preferably with asprocket wheel 45; and the ends of the shaft within the hoppers have secured thereon agitating wheels or drums 46, comprising usually a single hub and a double set of blades radiating therefrom,as shown in Fig. 4.

The seed-receiving hopper 47, islocated over each of the seed distributing drums 32,

- as shown in Figs. 4 and-'6, each of the said hoppers being provided with a series of leveling dogs or pawls 48, the leveling dogs or pawls being pivoted in the hopper, and they are made to conform to the exterior of the cylinder, substantially resting thereon, and one of the said leveling pawls or dogs is located in such manner as to pass over acorrespondin g seed receiving pocket in each section of the seed dropping cylinder. Thus it will be observed, any excess of seed that may take place and be taken up by a pocket will be cut off by the pawl or dog beneath which that pocket must travel, and I any desired number of these pockets may be made to receive and discharge the seed through the rn'ediuin of a cut-off 49 in the nature of a slide, semi-circular in cross section and having guided movementin a longitudinal direction in the bottom of the hopper over the cylinder. Thus, as shown 'inFig. 4, by means of this slide any one or more of the seed receiving pockets may be prevented from taking seed.

The'hopper 47, located over the seed-dropping cylinder is preferably. hinged at one side so that itmay be conveniently thrown back to remove the seed-receiving cylinder'and re place it by another if so desired.

A gate 50, is adapted to normally close the bottom ofeach of the seed-distributing chutes, as shown in Figs. 3,5 and 6,and each gate is provided with an upwardly extending shank located at the rear of the chute it is intended to close, the said shank being securely attached to the ends of a rock shaft 51, extending from one chute to the other, and held to turn in bearings located upon the chute, the said rock shaft being provided with a trip arm 52, securely attached thereto and about centrally located. The gates are normally kept closed, and the trip arm maintained in a substantially vertical position through the medium of a spring 53, coiled around the rock shaft and having bearing for example against the arm 52 and one of the chutes.

The swinging frame B, is made to carry a longitudinal bar 54, which is secured in-any suitable or approved manner to the central portions of the cross bars 12 and 14 of said frame. a This longitudinal bar 54, is provided with a fork 55 at its forward end, and a second fork 55, usually smaller at its rear end. The bar 54 may be made ofany desired material. In the drawings it is illustrated as consisting of a socket integral with the forward fork, a tubular body connected to the socketand attached to the cross bars 12 and 14 by a'shoe 54, the metal socket 55 at the rear end of the bar being adjustably conneeted therewith. The bars extend rearwardly a predetermined distance beyond the rear end of the-main frame, but terminate short of the forward end.

A large wheel 56, is journaled inthe forward fork 55 of the central bar 54, and this wheel, as shown in Fig. 2", isprovided with a peripheral groove 57 and projections 58, formed at intervals in the centralportions of the groove. The rear wheel 59, or the wheel journaled in the rear socket 55 is much smaller than the forward wheel, and its pevided with a groove 59 only; The wheels 56 and 59 are adapted to carry an endless check row belt D. This belt is preferably a chain belt, being composedof a series of pivotally connected links 60, and the said links are provided at intervals with spurs 61, formed upon their outer faces, adapted to enter the ground and prevent the chain from slipping. The inner faces of the links are made semi-circularor dome-shaped, and the chain belt in passing over thelarge wheel 56 will therefore fit into the groove'57 thereon, and the domeshaped faces of sundry of the links are providedwith recesses 58, to receive the projections 58 on the said wheel, in order that the chain belt shall not slip in passing over this wheel; but in the small wheel 59 the projections 58 may be omitted, and preferably are omitted, the belt merely fitting to the grooved periphery thereof.

The check rowers 62 are formed at intervals upon the outer face of the marking or checking belt D. These markers, or check rowers, are usually made in the form of blocks, as illustrated, and they may be given any desired shape, and each marking or check section of the belt, as they will be hereinafter called, is provided with an arm 63, which extends beyond the inner face of the belt, as is likewise shown in Fig. 2. These arms 63, act as trips,

and when they engage with the arm 52 on the rock shaft, controlling the gates of the delivery chutes as shown in Fig. 3, they will cause the said gates to be opened, and the seed and fertilizing material will at that time be dropped in the furrow, forming a hill, and the location of the hills will be marked by the said marking or checking section to which the trip arm 63, is attached; and as soon as the arm 52 of the rock shaft 51 is released from the trip arm 63, the rock shaft will restore the gates to their normal or closed position.

A standard 64, is pivotally connected with one side of the forward portion of the forward fork 55 of the chaiusupporting bar 54, the said standard being adjustably connected with the said fork, and it is made to extend downwardly and forwardly, and curved slightly in advance of the forward chain-carrying wheel 56; and a shovel is secured to the lower end of the standard 6i, which will travel in advance of the said wheel 56, and will remove any stones, weeds, or other retarding material from the path of the marker chain. The said chain-supporting bar 54, near its lower end, is provided with an attached standard 66, which extends downward therefrom, and carries a grooved wheel 67, which travels upon the upper face of the lower stretch of the marking chain, serving to keep the same in place in the ground. The distributing, or seed and fertilizer dropping mechanism, is driven from the forward wheel 56, by locating upon the axle of said wheel a chain wheel 68, connected by a belt 69 with a spur wheel 70,1ocated upon the shaft 13 of said mechanism; and the same belt operates the shaft 14: that carries the agitators 46, through the medium of its pinion 45.

The tongue or pole 71, is secured upon the central portion of the main frame A at the back and at the front in any approved manner, a portion of the pole extending beyond the rear of the said frame. The pole near its rear end supports a standard 72, which carries the drivers seat 73; and near said drivers seat a hand lever 74: is located, carrying the usual thumb latch 75, adapted for engagement with a rack 7 6 located upon the tongue. The hand lever 74 is attached to the rock shaft 77, which is jourualed in the upper portion of the tongue, and the said rock shaft is provided at one end with a single crank arm 78, and at the opposite end with an angled or Lshaped arm 79. The crank arm 78, extends in a forwardly direction. Likewiseone member of the angled crank 79; and this latter member, together with the crank arm 78, are each connected by a link 80, usually with the forward cross bar 14 of the swinging frame 13, while thelower member of the angled crank arm 79, is connected by a link 81 with the crank arm 16 of the crank shaft 16. Thus when the hand lever 74 is drawn toward the driver, it through the medium of the links 80, will raise the rear portion of the swinging frame B, and thereby carry the rear and central portion of the marking belt from out of engagement with the ground, and likewise the furrow openers, while through the medium of the link 81 the hand lever will cause the rock shaft 16 to move in such direction that its pinions 19 will travel up the racked surface of the bearings 17 and elevate the forward portion of the said sliding frame.

At the rear end of the pole 71, a short shaft 82, is transversely journaled, provided with a rearwardly-extending arm 83 at each end, and one of the said arms is' provided with an upward extension 83, connected by a link 84.- with the downwardly-extending member of the angle crank 79. A marking rod or arm 85 is pivoted at its inner end at the extreme rear end of the pole, whereby it may be carried to the right or to the left hand side of the machine as may be desired; and the said arm terminates at its outer end in the usual shoe 86, The inner end of the marking arm will rest upon one of the rear arms 83 of the rear rock shaft 82; and when the hand lever is manipulated to raise the swinging frame, the marking bar 85 will be raised also.

In the operation of the machine, as it is drawn forward, the marking chain will enter the ground between the two rows being planted and will leave a decided trail, and instead of the chain moving the machine will travel upon the chain, the chain never leaving the ground while the swinging frame B is lowered. The gearing of the machine is so calculated that for every one revolution of the ground wheels two checks will have been produced, and the seed distributing cylinder will have made one revolution during that time, dropping seed twice, and the machine traveling forward at each half revolution of the ground wheels will have been brought in such position that the operative mechanism of the gates closing the distributing chutes will be in position to be operated upon by the trip arm of one marker, dropping the seed in transverse alignment with that marking section of the chain; and at the next half revolution of the ground wheels, the check of the second marker or marking section of the chain will be engaged by the operative mechanism of the gates, and the gates will be opened, and two more hills will have been planted. The revolution of the seed-dropping cylinder is such that the seed and fertilizer will be dropped upon the gates some time IIO prior to the gates being opened, since the dropping action of the cylinder takes place only a shorttime after the gates are closed.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters -Patent 1.- In a planter, v an endless check row belt provided-with spurs located at intervals there on and adapted to enter the ground, and

markers located upon thebelt and projecting from the outer face thereof, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a planter, an endless-check-row'belt, provided with spurs located at intervals thereon and adapted to enter the ground, and markers located upon the outside of the belt and adapted to make an impression on the ground, and means for supporting the belt,

mechanism of the seed discharge chutes of 3,

the planter, the planter being adapted to travel upon and over the said belt, as and for the purposespecified.

4. In a planter, the combination with an endlesscheck row belt comprising a series of pivotally connected links, provided at intervals with spurs upon their outer faces, and having their upper or inner faces semi-circular or dome shaped, the said links being provided at intervals .with recesses formed in their dome shaped faces, of wheels carried by the planter and over which the endless belt passes, the said wheels being provided with peripheral grooves in which the inner or dome shaped surface of the belt is adapted to fit andone of said wheels being provided with projections formed at intervals in the central portions of the peripheral groove, the said projections being adaptedto be received in the recesses 'in the links, as and for, the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with a planter, its seed boxes, distributing chutes, gates'located in the seed boxes, and a mechanism, -substantially as shown and described, for opening the 6. In a planter, the combination, with a wheel supported frame, a swinging frame adj ustably connected with the wheel supported frame, seed boxes and distributing chutes carried by the swinging frame, and a bar extending forwardly and rearwardly, attached to said swinging frame, provided with aforward large chain wheel and a rear smaller wheel of like character, of an endless chain check rower carried by said. wheels, provided with spurs upon its outer face adapted to enter the ground and maintain the chain from moving in a forward direction, marking blocks lo- 'cated upon the outersurface of the belt at predetermined intervals apart, a trip mechanism carried by each marking block, and extending beyond the inner face of the belt and a release mechanism connected with the distributing chutes and adapted to be operated from the trip mechanism of the marking blocks, substantially as shown and described.

7. In a planter, the combination, with a wheel-supported frame, a swinging and adjustable frame supported from the main frame, seed boxes and distributing devices carried by the swinging frame, distributing chutes leading downward fromthe boxes,

furrow openers located in front of the chutes, A

and coverers located at the rear thereof, of chain wheels carried by the said swinging frame, one in-advance of the other, an endless chain marking beltcarried by the said wheels, having spurs upon its outer face whereby the chain may not move in a forward direction when in engagement with the ground, markers carried by the said chain, gates located in the delivery chutes, means, substantially as described, for opening said gates from the markers, andaclearance share located in advance of the marking chain, substantially as shown and described.

8.,In'a planter, the combination with the wheel supported frame, of the swinging frame carried thereby, the said swinging frame sup- 7 porting at its rear end the seed and fertilizer boxes, and having forwardly extending arms, a crank shaft upon which the front ends of said arms are loosely mounted, elongated boxes secured to the main frame, and through which pass loosely the ends of the crank shaft, a pinion secured to each end of the crank shaft and a rack surface engaged by the said pinions, a longitudinal bar secured to said swinging frame, wheels journaled at each end of the bar, an endless check row belt carried on'said wheels, and means, substantially as described, for raising and lowerin g the said swinging frame and the parts carried thereby, as and for the purpose specified.

9. In a planter, the combination with the wheel supported frame, of the swinging frame carrying the seed and fertilizer boxes, alongitudinal bar secured to said frame, wheels journaled at each end of the bar and provided with peripheral grooves, a check row beltcomposed of a series of pivotally connected links provided with spurs upon their outer faces and semi-circular or dome shaped upon their inner faces to fit the peripheral grooves in the wheels, and a grooved wheel carried by the longitudinal bar and adapted to travel upon the upper or inner dome shaped or rounded face of the lower stretch of the marking chain, substantially as shown and de scribed.

10. In a planter, the combination with the wheel supported frame, the swinging frame, the endless check row belt, wheels carried by the swinging frame and over which the endless belt passes, the hand lever, and connections, substantially as described, between said hand lever and the swinging frame for raising and lowering the same, of the pivoted marking rod carried at the rear of the planter, the transverse rock shaft provided at each end with a rearwardly extending arm upon which the said marker rod is adapted to rest, and a connection between the said shaft and the hand lever, whereby the said marking rod is raised when the hand lever is operated to raise the swinging frame, as and for the purpose set forth.

11. In a planter, a fertilizer distributer, the same consisting of a cylinder having receiving pockets adjustable in size, a hopper located above the cylinder, an agitator located in the said hopper, means for rotating the said cylinder and agitator, a distributing chute arranged below the cylinder, a gate adapted to close the bottom of said chute, a shank connected with said gate and extending upwardly at the rear of the chute, a rock shaft to which said shank is secured, a trip arm carried by said rock shaft, a spring connected with said rock shaft and normally closing said gate, and means, substantially as shown and described, for engaging said trip arm and opening the gate, as and for the purpose set forth.

12. In a planter and seed distributing device, the same consisting of a hopper, a distributing chute located beneath the hopper, means, substantially as described, for controlling the outlet of the chute, and a seed dropping cylinder, held to revolve between the hopper and the said chute, the said cylinder being provided with series of pockets, and gravity plungers operating in said pockets, substantially as shown and described.

13. In a planter, a seed distributing device, the same consisting of a hopper, a distributing chute located below the hopper, and a seeddropping cylinder held to rotate between the hopper and chute, the said cylinder being provided with series of pockets, and gravityoperated plungers located within said pockets, and leveling dogs or pawls pivotally located in the hopper and arranged in corresponding order with the seed receiving pockets, whereby one pawl or dog will pass over each pocket located in the same circumferential plane and remove surplus seed therefrom, substantially as shown and described.

14. In a planter, a seed distributing mechanism, the same consisting of a hopper, a chute located below the hopper, and a seed dropping cylinder held to revolve between the hopper and the chute, the cylinder being provided with a series of pockets adapted to receive seed, gravity plungers operating in the said pockets leveling dogs or pawls pivoted in the hopper, and adapted, one for engagement with each circumferential series of pockets, and a slide located in the bottom of the hopper, capable of closing any predetermined number of pockets in the cylinder, as and for the purpose set forth.

15. In a planter, a seed distributing cylinder constructed in sections and prov-idedwith aseries of seed-receiving pockets, and gravity plungers operating in said pockets, substantially as shown and described.

16. In a planter, a seed distributing cylinder formed in sections and provided with seed receiving pockets produced in its outer face and leading into the interior, and a seed discharging device held in the said cylinder and adapted to extend into the said pockets when in their lowermost position for the purpose of dislodging seed therefrom, as and for the purpose specified.

17. Aseed distributing cylinder constructed in sections, provided with seed-receivin g pockets, plungers having movement in said pockets, and a gravity lever connected with the plungers of each series of pockets, as and for the purpose specified.

18. In a planter, a seed distributing cylinder constructed in two longitudinal sections and provided with a series of seed receiving pockets produced in its outer face and leading into the interior of the cylinder, plungers having movement in said pockets, a weighted cross bar arranged in the interior of the cylinder and connected with the inner ends of the plungers, the said cross bar being provided with a shank by which it is pivotally connected with the inner face of the cylinder, substantially as shown and described.

JACOB W. DURYEA. WILLIAM C. DURYEA.

Witnesses:

GARRET W. VOORHEES, JOHN H. TERHUNE.

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