US744779A - Seed-planter. - Google Patents

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i No. 744,779. PATENTBD NOV. 24, 1903.

s. M'.'MERRIGK.

SEED PLANTEBHU APPLICATION FILED-JUNE 24, 1903.

.170 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES fatented Nbve'mber 24, 1903.

PATENT OFF CE.

SAMUEL M. MERRIOK, OF FLOYDADA, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T OF FLOYDADA, TEXAS.

SEEDQ-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 74.4,779, dated November 24, 1903.

Application filed June 24, 1903.

2?) 00M whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. MERRICK, a I citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Floydada,in thecountyof Floyd'and State of Texas, i have invented a new and useful Seed-Planter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of seedplanters which are equipped with such plow attachments as are necessary for the purpose of opening the furrow, fending the seeds while being dropped, and for covering the seed; and it has for its object to provide a device of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency.

With these ends in view the invention con-v sists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described,and particularly pointed out in the claims. Y

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a seed-planterconstructed in accordance with the principles of my invention, the near wheel having been removed.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 isarear elevation. Fig. 4: is a transverse'sectional View taken on the line -14 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view of one of the side pieces connected with the beam and constituting the rocking frame of the device.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated by similar numerals of reference.

1 designates the combined tongue and main frame-beam ofthe machine, to which is suitably attached the doubletree 2 for the attach- I ment of the draft. Pivotally connected with the sides of the frame-beam are a pair of side pieces 3, each consisting of a plate having an incision extending upwardly from its lower edge, thereby forming a lug 4 and a shelf 5, which is bent upwardly at right angles to the. body of the plate 3. The pivotal bolt 6, which connects the sidepieces 3 with the side of the beam 1, is extended through the upper front corners of said plate, and it also serves to connect with said plates the lever membets 7, the lower ends of which are connected by means of a cross-bolt 8, extending through the lugs 4. The upper ends of the lever members 7 are connected to form ahandle 8. It

; to the wishes of the operator.

Serial No. 162,919. (No model.)

will be seen that by operating the said lever the bodies of the plates 3, carrying the shelves or flanges 5, may be rocked upon the pivotal bolt-or fulcrum 6, so as to raise or lower the rear ends of the said flanged'plates according Means for retaining the lever composed of the side members 7 in any position to which it may be adjusted is provided in the shape of a toothed 6o quadrant 9, mounted upon the beam and adapted to be engaged by an ordinary springactuated dog or pawl 10, mounted between the lever members 7 and capable of being actuated in the ordinary manner by means of a handle 11.

The flangesor shelves 5 have secured on their under sides the boxes or bearings 11 for the axle 12, which carries the transporting ortraction wheels 13 and 1-1, the latter of .70 which is mounted upon and connected with'a sleeve or hub 15, revoluble upon the axle and carrying a spur-wheel16,which thus revolves with the wheel 14.

'21 designates'the seedbox, which is suit-' ably supported upon :the beam l and from whicha seed-spout 22 extends downwardly through the beam, which may be provided with a slot for the passage thereof. The seeding mechanism within the seedbox is 'opera-ted by means of a transverse shaft 23, having a spur-wheel 24, capable of meshing with the spur-wheel 16 upon-the sleeve 15.

-' At the rear end of the beam 1 is a bar or upright25, carrying the seat 26. t

The front plow-standard 27, which'carries at its lower end the listing or double-moldboard plow 28, which in this case constitutes the furrow-opener, is secured to the beam 1 by means of transverse bolts 29, adjacent to the upper andlower sides of said beam. This plow-standard is of the ordinarybifurcated pattern, and between the sides thereof and near its lower end is a pivotal pin or bolt 30, adjustable in any one of several perfora- 5 tions 31, and which serves for the connection with the plow-beam of a rearwardl-y-extending frame 32, having rearwardly-diverging side pieces 33, connected at their'rear ends by a cross-piece 34. The sides of this frame rco carry the fenders 35, which converge at their front ends between the sides 33 of the frame.

Said sides 33 are provided near their rear ends with perforations 36 for adjustable connection with the standards 37 of the covering-plows 38. The upper ends of said standards are connected pivotally and adjustably with the front ends of the arms of a yoke 39, which latter is connected pivotally with brackets 40, extending rearwardly from the sides of the beam 1. Firmly attached to one side of the yoke 39 is an operating lever or handle 41, which is conveniently accessible to the driver and which is adapted to engage a stop or bracket 42,extending laterally from the seat-standard.

It will be seen that by manipulating the lever 41 the yoke 3 may be rocked upon the bolt 43, whereby it is connected pivotally with the bracket 40, thus raising or lowering the rear end of the frame 32, and thereby raising and lowering the coverers, the standards of which are connected with the sides of said frame and yoke. By the same movement the fenders connected with the frame 32 will be raised or lowered, and said fenders and coverers may be maintained in a raised position by throwing the lever 41 into engagementwith the stop 42, extending from the seat-standard. By manipulating the lever consisting of the side members 7 the side plates 3 may be rocked upon their fulcra, thereby raising or lowering the frame-beam with its related parts, and consequently adjusting the furrow-opener and related parts carried by said frame-beam. When the framebeam is elevated to throw the furrow-opener out of the ground, the same operation will serve to throw the spur-wheels 16 and 24 out of gear, thereby stopping the operation of the seed-dropping mechanism. Asingle move of the lever consisting of the side members 7 will instantly restore the machine to working condition.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a machine of the class described, a beam, side plates 'pivotally connected with said beam and having downwardly-extending lugs and laterally-extending flanges, an axle revolubly connected with said flanges, transporting-wheels upon said axle, lever members mounted upon the fulcra of the side plates and connected rigidly with the downward-extending lugs of said side plates, connecting means for said lever members, and means for retaining the lever composed by said members and the wheel-carrying side plates connected therewith in adjusted position.

2. In a machine of the class described, a beam, side plates pivotally connected with said beam and having laterally-extending flanges, an axle journaled to the under sides of said flanges, wheels upon said axle, one of said wheels having a sleeve carrying a spurwheel, a seedbox mounted upon the beam, an operatingshaft extending transversely through said seedbox, a pinion upon said shaft meshing with the spur-wheel upon the hub of the adjacent transporting-wheel, and lever means connected with the pivoted side plates.

3. In a device of the class described, a beam, side plates pivotally mounted upon the sides of said beam, a wheel-carrying axle connected revolubly with said side plates, lever members fulcrumed upon the pivotal bolt of said side plates and having rigid connection at their lower ends with said side plates, connecting means for the upper ends of said lever members, a toothed quadrant mounted upon the upper side of the beam and extending between the lever members, and a dog mounted between said lever members and engaging said toothed quadrant.

4. In a machine of the class described, a beam, at standard secured to said beam and having a furrow-opener, a frame connected pivotally with said standard and having rearwardly-diverging side pieces, a yoke mounted pivota'lly at the rear end of the beam, coverer-carrying standards connecting said yoke with the diverging side members of the frame below, and an operating-lever connected rigidly with the yoke.

5. In a machine of the class described, a beam,a standard connected therewith,a frame having rearWardly-diverging side pieces, the converging front ends of said side pieces being connected pivotally and adjustably with the standard, fenders connected with the side pieces of said frame, brackets extending rearwardly from the beam, a yoke connected pivotally with said brackets, coverer-carrying standards connecting the arms of said yoke with the diverging side pieces of the fendercarrying frame, an operating-lever connected securely with the yoke, a seat-standard upon the rear end of the frame, and a stop extending from said seatstandard for engagement with the operating-lever of the yoke.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL M. MERRIOK.

Witnesses:

SAM HOUSTON ADAMS, GRIFFITH A. MERRICK.

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