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US856309A
US856309A US34197306A US1906341973A US856309A US 856309 A US856309 A US 856309A US 34197306 A US34197306 A US 34197306A US 1906341973 A US1906341973 A US 1906341973A US 856309 A US856309 A US 856309A
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  • My invention has for its object to provide simple, economical and effective means for driving the feed-conveyer of a potato-planter, said invention being particularly applicable to potato-planters such as patented by me January 31, 1905, No. 781,310; and said invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts as hereinafter fully set forth with reference to the accompanying drawing, and subsequently claimed.
  • the drawing illustrates an elevation of a portion of a potato-planter embodying the features of my invention, the view being partly broken away and in section to better show the details.
  • A indicates the side-beams of a frame, B crossbraces thereof, and O a tongue secured thereto.
  • a hopper D mounted upon the frame is a hopper D arranged to discharge seed potatoes upon a conveyer E, which conveyer is driven by chain-sprockets F secured to suitable shafts, and is provided for the purpose of delivering the potatoes to a boot or discharge pipe, which guides the same into the furrow.
  • the hopper in the present instance is forward of the wheels so as to more evenly balance the weight upon the pole, and also reverse the direction of drive of the conveyer, which conveyer is driven from the axle G of the machine.
  • the said axle has secured thereto a sprocket I, that carries an endless chain 2, which revolves over an idler sprocket 3, the return side of said chain being arranged to mesh with the teeth of a sprocket 4 secured to the shaft H of the conveyer.
  • the idle-sprocket 3 is mounted upon an arm 5 that is pivoted to one of the side beams A, and serves as a belt tightener in connection with a U-shaped bracket 6, which bracket is adjustably held to the side-beam by a bolt 7, and has one of its fingers in engagement with the arm 5, thus serving to hold said arm at an angle sufficient to give the proper tension to the chain-belt 2, and throw the same into mesh with the sprocket 4 of the conveyer.
  • a potato-planter comprising a hop per. having a conveyer located thereunder, splrockets for the conveyer, and shafts for t e sprockets
  • a conveyerdrive consisting of a sprocket secured to the wheel-axle of the potato-planter, and another s rocket secured to one of the conveyersliafts
  • an arm pivoted to the machineframe a sprocket carried by the arm at its free end, an endless chain-belt in connection with the sprocket carried by the arm and the wheel-axle sprocket, and means for adjusting said arm with relationto the aforesaid con veyer shaft sprocket, whereby the link-belt is thrown into engagement with said last named sprocket.
  • a potato-planter comprising a hopper having a conveyer located thereunder, sprockets for the conveyer, and shafts for the sprockets, the combination of a conveyerdrive consisting of a sprocket secured to the wheel-axle of the potato-planter, and another sprocket secured to one of the conveyershafts, an arm pivoted to the machine-frame, a sprocket carried by the arm at its free end, an endless-chain belt in connection with the sprocket carried by the arm and the wheelaxle sprocket, and a bracket for engagement with the arm, whereby the latter is adjusted to throw the link-belt into engagement with said last named sprocket.

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No. 856,309. :PATENTED- JUNE 11,1907.
J. R. STEITZ.
POTATO PLANTER. APPLICATION FILED nov. 5, 100a,
I jww JACOB R. STEITZ, OF LAKE, WISOONSIW.
POTATO-PLANTER.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented June 11, 1907.
Application filed November 5, 1906. Serial No. 341,973.
To all whom it may concern.-
Be it known that I, JAcoB R. STEITZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the town of Lake, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Potato-Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.
My invention has for its object to provide simple, economical and effective means for driving the feed-conveyer of a potato-planter, said invention being particularly applicable to potato-planters such as patented by me January 31, 1905, No. 781,310; and said invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts as hereinafter fully set forth with reference to the accompanying drawing, and subsequently claimed. v
The drawing illustrates an elevation of a portion of a potato-planter embodying the features of my invention, the view being partly broken away and in section to better show the details. w
Referring by letter to the drawing, A indicates the side-beams of a frame, B crossbraces thereof, and O a tongue secured thereto. Mounted upon the frame is a hopper D arranged to discharge seed potatoes upon a conveyer E, which conveyer is driven by chain-sprockets F secured to suitable shafts, and is provided for the purpose of delivering the potatoes to a boot or discharge pipe, which guides the same into the furrow.
The above described details are similar in construction to my patent referred to, with the exception that the hopper in the present instance is forward of the wheels so as to more evenly balance the weight upon the pole, and also reverse the direction of drive of the conveyer, which conveyer is driven from the axle G of the machine. The said axle has secured thereto a sprocket I, that carries an endless chain 2, which revolves over an idler sprocket 3, the return side of said chain being arranged to mesh with the teeth of a sprocket 4 secured to the shaft H of the conveyer. The idle-sprocket 3 is mounted upon an arm 5 that is pivoted to one of the side beams A, and serves as a belt tightener in connection with a U-shaped bracket 6, which bracket is adjustably held to the side-beam by a bolt 7, and has one of its fingers in engagement with the arm 5, thus serving to hold said arm at an angle sufficient to give the proper tension to the chain-belt 2, and throw the same into mesh with the sprocket 4 of the conveyer.
By the described drive-mechanism it will be seen that one side of the chain-belt 2 will impart motion to the conveyer in the desired direction, the slack in said belt being taken up by the bracket in a simple and effective manner, with the least possible parts, there being only two elements, namely the sprocket-arm and bracket necessary for a complete drive and chain tightener.
\ I claim:
1. In a potato-planter comprising a hop per. having a conveyer located thereunder, splrockets for the conveyer, and shafts for t e sprockets, the combination of a conveyerdrive consisting of a sprocket secured to the wheel-axle of the potato-planter, and another s rocket secured to one of the conveyersliafts, an arm pivoted to the machineframe, a sprocket carried by the arm at its free end, an endless chain-belt in connection with the sprocket carried by the arm and the wheel-axle sprocket, and means for adjusting said arm with relationto the aforesaid con veyer shaft sprocket, whereby the link-belt is thrown into engagement with said last named sprocket.
2. In a potato-planter comprising a hopper having a conveyer located thereunder, sprockets for the conveyer, and shafts for the sprockets, the combination of a conveyerdrive consisting of a sprocket secured to the wheel-axle of the potato-planter, and another sprocket secured to one of the conveyershafts, an arm pivoted to the machine-frame, a sprocket carried by the arm at its free end, an endless-chain belt in connection with the sprocket carried by the arm and the wheelaxle sprocket, and a bracket for engagement with the arm, whereby the latter is adjusted to throw the link-belt into engagement with said last named sprocket.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin in the presence of two Witnesses.
JACOB R. STEITZ. Witnesses:
GEO. W. YOUNG, Gnoaon FELBER.
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