US72799A - Castle churchill - Google Patents

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CASTLE CHURCHILL,v OF NEW HARTFORD,.IOWA.

Lettere Peeeeee'lve. 72,799, ezeeeez Deeemtee a1, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED CULTIVATOB. AND SEEDING-MACHINE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, CASTLE CHURCHILL, of New Hartford, in the county of Butler, and State of Iowa,have' invented a new and improved Combined Cultivator and Seeding-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable'others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to anew and improved cultivator and seedingmachine combined; and consists in a novel construction and arrangement oi' parta-'hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby several advantages are obtained overthe ordinary implements' of the kind ineuse. In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line z x, tig. 2.

Figure 2, a plan or top view of the same.

Figure 8, a rear elevation of the same.

Y Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents the main frame of the machine, which is mounted on two wheels, B B', the latter being iitted on axles, C C, which are attached to a crossbar, a', ofthe frameA.l On the inner part ofthe hub of the wheel B there is atoothed wheel, D, into which a pinion, E, on a shaft, F, gears, the latter having the seed-distributing device placed upon it. This seed-distributing device is composcdof two heads, a al, one ot` which, a, is firmly keyed on the shaft F, 'and the other, ai, is allowed to slide freely thereon, and is moved or adjusted by a lever, G, which extends upwcrd'by the side of the hopper H. Between the two heads a a* there are placed radial metal plates, b, which are secured, at one end, in the head a, the opposite ends being fitted loosely in radial slots in the head ai, These plates b form chambers to receive the seed, and said chambers maybe expanded or con- 'tracted, as desired, by moving the lever G, and consequently the head This seed-distributing device is rotated with shaft F, which receives its motion by the gearing described, from the hub of the wheel B, as the machine is drawn along. The seed is discharged from the hopper H into an inclined trough, H, which conveys it into a cylindrical hopper, I, the latter being placed on the lower part of au upright shaft, J, which has a. wheel, K, on its lower end, underneath hopper I, said wheel having a corrugated or notched ,upper surface. The shaft J is rotated by means of gears c, from the shaft F, and the wheel K serves as ascatterer, and insures the seed being sown broadcast upon the ground. L represents cnltivator-teeth, which are attached -to standards M, the latter being sccuredto beams N, the front ends of which are 4connected by pivot-bolts, ci', to pendent bars, O O, at the front part of frame A. There are tive beams, N, represented in the drawings, and two are attached to cach pendentbar O, a central beam being forked at its front part, and pivoted to the pendent bars O C. To this central beam there is attached a cross-bar, P, the ends of which rest upon the innermost beams N. The two beams at cach side ofthe machine, which are connected by the same pivot-bolt t0 the pendent bars O, have upright bars, Q, attached to them, one to each, and the upperends of these'ba'rs are attached to cranks B. R, on a shaft, S, the bearings of which are at the rear side ot' the cross-bar a. The shaft S has an upright lever, T, attached to it, whicl1 lever is provided with acatch, c, to engage with holes in a plate, W, on the crossbar a to hold the lever, and consequently the ealtivator teeth L, so that the latter may pcnetratointo the earth a greater or less distance, or held upward, out ot the ground entirely, when desired'. The central beam N is raised with the others, in consequence of the cross-bar P of the former resting upon the latter. Any desired number of cultivator-tceth may be used, as well as a plurality ot' scattering-wheels. The centre-beam, with its cultivator-tooth, will be only used when the seeding-attachment is applied, it being removed when the device is used as a cultivator. The drivers seat, X, is placed on the rear part of the frame A, and it is designed that one end of the seat be temporarily secured by a suitable catch or fastening, which will admit of said end being released, to allow thc driver to descendwith facility, whenever necessary.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The seed-distributing device, composed ot' the plates b, fitted between the fixed andthe movable heads a a* on shaft F, in combination with the hopper I and the scattering-wheelv K, on shaft J, and the spout or trough H', all arranged for joint operation, substantially in the manner as and for the purpose set forth.

CASTLE CHURCHILL.

Witnesses:

J. A. SMITH, DAVID G. BAKER,

E. Bonnema.

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