US835610A - Cotton-planter. - Google Patents

Description

No. 885,610. 'PATENTED NOV. 1'3, 1906.

J. H. GOODWIN.

COTTON PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED APRLlO, 1906.

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STATES PATENT OFFICE. JAMES HENRY GOO DVVIN, OF SIMPSONVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

' COTTON PLANTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 10, 1906. Serial No. 310,994.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES HENRY Goon WIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Simpsonville, in the county of Greenville and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and useful Cotton-Planter, of which the following is a specification. 5

This invention relates to cotton-planters, and it has for its objects to simplify and im prove the construction and operation of class of machines, special features of the in+ vention residing in the improved construetion of the wheel-carrying brackets, in providin said brackets with shoulders to sup,-

port t e drags or coverers, in improved means I for"ass embling the wheel-holding brackets withthe ,.seedbox or hopper, and in an im I .provedi'gilanner of assembling the beam-arms .with the hopper.

will readily appear asthe nature of the inveng I tion is better understood, the same consists v With these and other ends in View, which "in the improved construction and novel anrangement. and combination of parts, which will be. hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the {accompanying drawings has been illustrated asimple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the prdcise structuraldetails therein exhibited, but

that changes, alterations, and modifications within the scope of the invention may be resortedto when desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevaf tion, partly in section, of a cotton-planter constructed in accordance with the prlnciples of the invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view showing the wheel-carrying brackets and the parts connected therewith de- V j t'ached.

. Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout'by similar characters of reference. g

The hopper or seedbox of the improved planter is of ordinary construction, including the side members 1 1 and front and rear en members 2 and 3, together with the bottom member' i, which latter is provided with a slot or aperture 5, adapted to be partly or wholly obstructed by means of a slide 6, supported by means of cleats 7. The parts of the hopparts of the box, if desired.

. per are partly assembled by means of transverse bolts or clamping members 8 and 9, the

former of which connects the side members" 1 1 in rear of the rear member 3, while the bolt 9 connects the side members 1 1 in front of the front member 2 of the seedboxor hopper, the side members being extended somewhat in front and in rear of the frontand rear members, as will be readily seen. Auxiliary fastening members, such as nails or screws, may be used in assembling the The side members 1 1 of the seedboxbr hopper are provided with bearings for a transverse shaft 10, which is provided within the seedbox with radially-extending fingers 11, constituting stirrers or agitators. Said shaft also carries a peripherally-toothed seed wheel or disk 12, which serves to expel the seed through the slot 5 in the bottom of the seedbox in the usual manner, the escape of seed being regulated by means of the slide 6.

The wheel-carrying braekets13 13"are provided with offsets or shoulders 14, adapted to engage the under edges of the side members of the seedbox, and with'upwardly-extending lugs or flanges 15, adapted to lie fiat against the outer sides or faces of the side members 1 1. The lugs or flanges 15 15 are provided with slots 16 for the passage of the extremities of the assembling-bolt or connecting-rod 9, upon which the brackets 13 will thus be partly supported. The lugs or flanges 15 are provided with additional slots 17' for the passage ofadditional bolts or fastening members 18. The drags or covering members 19 are secured upon the under sides of the shoulders or offset portions 14 ofthe wheel-carrying brackets by means ofbolts or rivets 20, and the shanks or upper portions of said drags or covering members contact directly with the outer sides or faces of the wheel-carrying brackets, whereby the said drags or covering membersare braced and reinforced and held very securely in position for operation. the brackets 13 are provided with apertures 21, constituting bearings for a shaft or axle Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

The lower forward ends of' versed end for end and transposed from one side to the other, so that the wheel-carrying extremities of said brackets may be disposed in a forward direction, as shown in full lines, or in a rearward direction, as shown in dotted lines, in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. The carrying-wheel may thus be disposed in a forward or in a rearward direction, as may be found preferable and desirable. Owing to the presence of slots 16 17 in the lugs or flanges 15, connected with the brackets 13, said brackets may be adjusted to take up slack in the link belt 25, as will be readily understood.

The beam of the improved planter is composed of a pair of arms 27, which are provided with apertures whereby they are mounted upon the assembling bolt or rod 9 and upon the bolts or fastening members 18, whereby the wheel-carrying brackets are secured upon the hopper. The bolts 9 and 18 are provided at their outer extremities with nuts 28, whereby the parts are securely assembled.

The beam-arms 27 converge forwardly and are spaced apart at their front ends by a spacing-block 29, which latter is straddled by the U-shaped standard 30, said standard being secured in position adjustably by means of the transverse clamping-bolts 31. The standard carries a blade or furrow-opener 32, which is of ordinary construction. A link 33, connected with the spacing-block, serves for the attachment of the draft.

The machine is guided in operation by means of handles 34:, spaced apart by a rung 35 and connected with the hopper by means of the clamping bolt or rod 8 and by auxiliary fastening members.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood. The wheel-carrying brackets and the beam-arms are connected very securely with the hopper by means of the bolt or connecting-rod 9 and the auxiliary bolts 18, and said brackets also serve to securely support the drags or covering members. The general construction of the device is simple and'inexpensive, and it has been found to be thoroughly efficient in practical operation.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a cotton-planter, a hopper, wheelcarrying brackets having lugs or flanges bearing against the sides of the hopper, and an assembling member extending through the sides of the hopper and through the lugs or flanges of the wheel-carrying brackets.

2. A hopper having side members and end members clamped between the side members, wheel-carrying brackets having shoulders or offsets bearing against the lower edges of the side members, and lugs or flanges engaging the outer faces of the side members, an assembling member extending through the side members and through the lugs or flanges of the wheel-carrying brackets, and auxiliary fastenin members extending through the lugs or flanges and engaging the side members of the hopper.

3. A hopper having side members and end members clamped between the side members, wheel-carrying brackets having shoulders or offsets bearing against the lower edges of the side members and flanges engaging the outer faces of the side members, drags having shanks secured upon the under sides of the shoulders or offsets, contactingwith and reinforced by the wheel-carrying brackets, an assembling-rod extending through the side members of the hopper and through the flanges of the wheel carrying brackets, and auxiliary fastening members extending through said flanges and engaging the side members of the hopper.

4. A hopper having side members and end members clamped between the side members, Wheel-carrying brackets having shoulders or offsets bearing against the lower edges of the side members and flanges engaging the outer faces of the side members, an assemblingrod extending transversely through the side members of the hopper and through the flanges of the wheel-carrying brackets, beamarms mounted upon the extremities of the assembling rod, and auxiliary fastening members connecting the beam-arms and the lugs or flanges of the wheel-carrying brackets with the side members of the hopper.

5. A hopper having a transverse assembling-rod, wheel-carrying brackets having lugs or flanges engaging the extremities of the assembling-rod adjacent to the outer faces of the side members of the hopper, beam-arms engaging the extremities of the assembling-rod adjacent to the outer faces of the flanges of the wheel-carrying brackets, a spacing-block interposed between the forward ends of the beam-arms, a U-shaped standard straddling the spacing-block, and clamping-bolts connecting the beam-arms and extending through the spacing-block to secure the standard adjustably by clamping the limbs of said standard between the beamarms and the proximate faces of the spacingblock.

6. In a planter, a hopper, arcuate, end for end reversible wheel-carrying brackets having ends or flanges bearing against the sides of the hopper and provided with slots, and assembling members engaging the sides of the hopper through the slots in the lugs or flanges of the wheel-carrying brackets.

7. In a planter, a hopper, arcuate, end for end reversible wheel-carrying brackets having ends or flanges bearing against the sides of the hopper and provided with slots, assembling members engaging the sides of the hopper through the slots in the lugs 0r flanges of In testimony that I claim the foregoing as the Wheel-carrying brackets, in combination my own I have hereto affixed my signature with a wheel-carrying axle journaled in the in the presence of two witnesses. supportingbrackets, an agitator-shaft jour- JAB/[ES HENRY GOODWIN.

naled in the sides of the hopper, sprooket- Witnesses: Wheels upon the two shafts, and a link belt W. G. ABER ROMBIE, connecting the sprockets. S. T. MOORE

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