US732687A - Corn-planter. - Google Patents

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No. 732,687. PATENTED JUNE 30, 1903. A. B. PRBNIER.

CORN PLANTER.

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ALBERT B. FRE NIER, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

CORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,687, dated June 30, 1903. Application filed September 6, 1902. Serial No. 122,311. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT B. FRENIER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Davenport, Scott county, Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Corn-Planters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to corn-planters in Wheels.

It is also an object to provide certain de-:

a plan of the corn-planter involving the principles of my invention; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail section on line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

The forward runner-frame A can be of any suitable construction. This frame can be provided with the usual runners or furrowopeners a and also with the hoppers or seedboxes at. It will be understood that the dropping mechanism, which is not shown or described, and also the check-rowing devices can be of any suitable known or approved construction. The usual tongue or can be secured to the said runner-frame. As a matter of special improvement, however, the transversely-extending rotary member 13 of the said runner-frame is preferably cylindric and connected with the boxes and runners by means of bearings b. Thisrear portion of the runner-frame is ordinarily known as the box-rail,'and heretofore has been rigidly connected with the balance of the runnering any of the parts.

frame structure-that is to say, has not been mounted for rotation and is served merely as t a strengthening portion of the runner-frame; but, as stated, with my improved construction and with a view to simplifying the organization and method of connecting the front and rear frames the said box-rail is mounted so as to also serve as a crank-axle for the ground-Wheels O. Preferably these Wheels are mounted on the crank-arms b, which may either be integral with the said combined axle and box-rail or which may be secured to the latter in any suitable manner.

In this Way the inemberB has a double function, as it forms a part of both the runnerframe and the wheel-frame, thus reducing the weight and number of parts and at the same time insuring more than the usual degree of strength and rigidity.

The arrangement for raising and lowering the runner-frame can be of any suitable character. For example, the crank-arms b can be connected by an arch D, adapted to support the seat-bars cl, which latter are pivotally connected at their forward ends with the tonguea The drivers seat E, positioned, as shown, upon the rear ends of these bars, permits the drivers weight to be utilized for counterbalancingtherunner-frame. Ahandlever F, having an arm fconnected with the rear end of the tongue by means of a rod or bolt f, can be pivoted between the seat-bars and arranged in position to be readily grasped by the driver. A rack f can be secured to one of the seat-bars, and the lever can be provided with the usual catch or looking device adapted to engage said rack. In this way the driver cari 'raise the runners from the ground by grasping and pulling back the said lever. When the lever is thus manipulated, the combined axle and box-rail B turns freely in its bearings, allowing the wheelframe to swing relatively to the runner-frame. Even when the lever is looked, as shown in Fig. 2, the two frames are preferably capable of a slight relative movement, so'as to allow the runners to rise over stones without break- This can be accomplished by placing a spring on the rod f between the rear end of the tongue and the lever-arm f. Thus it will be seen that I provide a construction which permits a part of the runner-frame to be utilized as a part of the Wheel-frame.

The planter thus constructed is very light and strong and at the same time very rigid. Furthermore, the parts, which are comparatively few in number, can be readily assembled and can be easily taken apart.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A planting-machine comprising a runner-frame and a pair of ground-wheels connected by a combined axle and box-rail.

2. A planting-machine comprising a runner-frame provided With a rotary box-rail, a pair of crank-arms on said rail, and a pair of ground-Wheels on said arms.

3. A planting-machine comprising a runner-frame provided with a rotary rear bar, a pair of crank-arms on said bar, and a pair of ground-wheels on said arms.

4. A planting-machine comprising a runner-frame having a rotary box-rail, a pair of crank-arms secured rigidly upon said rail, and a pair of ground-Wheels on said arms.

5. A planting-machine comprising an axle, a pair of crank-arms on said axle, a runnerframe having axle-bearings located outside of said arms, and a pair of ground-wheels on said arms.

6. A planting-machine comprising a runher-frame provided With a combined axle and box-rail, a pair of crank-arms on said rail, a pair of ground-wheels on said arms, an arch connecting said arms, a tongue extending forward from the runner-frame, seat-bars connecting said arch with said tongue, a seat on said bars, and a lever pivoted to the seat-bars and connected with the said tongue.

7. A planting-machine comprising aipair of runners, a pair of ground-Wheels and a combined axle and box-rail and a pair of seatbars serving as medium of connection between said wheels and runners.

8. A corn-planter comprising a pair of runners, a pair of ground-wheels, a combined axle and box-rail, a pair of crank-arms, on said axle, the ground-wheels being mounted on said arms, a tongue, a pair of seat-bars connecting the tongue with said arms and a lever for raising and lowering the said runners.

9. In a plantingmachine, the combination of runners, ground-wheels, seedboxes, and a combined axle and box-rail.

Signed by me at Davenport, Scott county, Iowa, this 26th day of August, 1902.

ALBERT B. FRENIER.

W'itnesses:

'1. A. MURPHY, F. O. DAVIS.

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