US85383A - Improvement in seed-sower - Google Patents

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' No. 85,383. I Patented Dec. 29,1868.

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JAMVES HOUSE, OF

TURIN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 85,383, dated December 29, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-SOWER.

The Schedule referred to these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To whom it may concern- Be it known that'I, JAMES House, of Turin, Lewis county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Machine for Sowing or Scattering Various Kinds of Seeds or Grain upon Landfdnd I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front perspective view, the top lid being raised, to show interior of hopper. W

Figure 2 is a rear perspective view, showing the seed trough upon the ground.

Figure 3 is a-transversc vertical section.

Figure 4 is a vertical section, longitudinally.

In these drawings, A represents 'a hopper, mounted by its front edge upon the axle-tree V,'being stiffened in its attachment by the rear braces 4 4, and extending forward, from which axle-tree are the shafts X X, in.which travels the animal. At either end of the axletree are the wheels W W.

Inside, and near the bottom of the hopper, is the shaft B, having its left-end bearing permanent in the end of A, while its opposite bearing is in the lever B.

Upon the periphery of the shaft B is secured a wormcoil, and the shaft is furnished with a frictional Wheel, K, upon the outside of the hopper, which is kept in contact with the hub of the right-hand wheel by-Ineans of an elastic cord, T, at the end of the lever B, said cordbeing made fast to the bottom of the back of the hopper by a button.

O D is a movable perforated false bottom, made of two sliding strips, so constructed and arranged that, by the prongs E 1 projecting through corresponding slots in the front of the hopper, the'apeltures may becompletely regulated and adjusted, or closed entirely.

G is the permanent bottom of the hopper, and has a line of openings, H H, corresponding with those in the slides O D, a larger opening alternating with a smaller on the same line.

Below the permanent bottom G is a second pair of slides, I J, also-perforated like G, and which can be adjusted to suit the varying sizes of seeds to be sown, by a set-screw, Z, and resting upon cross-pieces at each end, underneath the hopper.

This compound slide I J receives a vibrating motion endwise by a pitman, N, attached to one end of the loop M, connecting the same with one arm of the cam Qflvhich has its bearing on a stud made fast to the back of the hopper. The opposite arm of the cam Q is furnished with a frictional pulley, 2.

O is a rod, attached to the opposite end of the loop M, and connecting it with the lower end of the steel spring L, said spring having its bearing-point and attachment on a stud, 3, on the. back of the hopper.

The outer arm of Q is'made to turn upon a pin in a mortise in the body of the cam, and is kept in its normal position by a small spring at the end opposite the frictional pulley, at which point it is also provided with a stout'cord, P, running to the drivers seat or top.

. Operation. The compound vibrating slide I J being adjusted to 1 the kind of seed or grain to be sown, and the slides O D slides .O D are adjusted, to allow the proper amount of seed or grain to pass through, the cord P released, and the animal started.

A spoke of the wheel coming in contact with the pulley of the arm 2, causes a partial rotation of the cam Q, and in so doing draws the rod N outward, and

with it the slides I J, thus bringing the o'penings'in the same opposite those in the bottom, G, and allowing the seed to drop through.

But as thespoke passes'the arm 2, and it is relieved, the slides I J are returned to their normal position by the action of the springs L, and as each spoke of the wheel passes the arm 2, the action is repeated, and a constant vibratory motion thus imparted to the slides.

The periphery of K pressing upon the hub of the opposite motive-wheel, receives motion therefrom, and in turn causes the worm-shaft B to revolve, thus thoroughly stirring the grain in the hopper, and supplying the openings through the bottom with seed.

When it is desired to change from one seed to an,- other, or clean the machine, the trough S is made fast to the under side, by slipping it onto the pegs 5 5, and as the seeds drop through they are caught therein.

In the construction of my machine, I think I have reason to believe that there are several devices consti tuting real improvements upon any seeding-machines heretofore invented, viz, the use of the double sliding false bottom, regulating the supply of the grain, the adjustable vibrating slides, and the worm cylinder within the hopper.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my invention,

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is this- 1. The use of the adjustable false bottom, consisting of the perforated slides O D.

2. The use of the adjustable slide I J connectingrod N, and can] Q, as herein constructed and shown.

3. The construction and arrangement of the several parts, as herein set forth.

JAMES HOUSE.

'Witnesses:

MARTIN KIND,

J. 0. House.

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