USRE1E - Machine for sowing plaster - Google Patents

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J. HATcH.l

Grain Drill.

Reissued Jan'y 9, 1838.

i sylvania, have made an Improvement in the `ter,&c.,flying about, the driverls seat, and the Aened about the center of the slidiug rod or UNITED STATES JULIUS HATOH, OF GREAT BEND, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR SOWING PLASTER, ASHES, SEED, AND OTHER SEPARABLE SUBSTANCES.

WJ 4X Specilication forming part of Letters Patent dated August 17, 1835; Reissue No. l, dated January U, 1835.

'i'o all irhoml lit may concern:

Be it known thatLJULrUs l-IA'rornof Great Bend, Susquehannah county, State of .Penn- Machine for Sowi ngPlaster, Lime,Ashes, Seed, Grain, and other Separable Substances, which is described as follows:

This machine consists of two or four wheels, a common axle-tr'ce or axle-trees, and apair of shafts` for the purpose of moving the machine wherever wanted, a band or cog wheel fastecd on the inside of one ofthe wheels on its hub, a revolving shaft with a pinion or wheel working at one of its ends and a crank at the other, placed under the lorse-shafts, a longitudinal rod passing from the crank to an elbow formed of two sides of a right angle placed under one of the horse-shafts, a horizontal rod from the elbow, a arin fastened by a pin on the axle-tree, a sliding rod with its teeth atthe bottom of the angular box or hopper` the angular box or hopperitselfiits regulating-gages vi ith their screws on which the slidingI rod resls, a double apron for preventi'g the plasfenders on the sides of the shafts'. The wheels, he axle-tree, and the horse-shafts for moving the machine or apparatus are of the ordinary construction, as are also the band or cog wheel placed against or fastened to the hub of one of' the wheels, andits pinion or wheel and revolving slaft and theirposition common to various seed-machines. The revolving shaft is placed under the horse-shafts and is parallel to and a suitable distance from the axle-trce and behind the angular box. The first-nentioned rod, connected by a crank at the end of the re'volvingv shaft, runs nearly parallel to one of the horse-shafts. The elbow is formed of two sides, producing a right angle. The horizontal rod, connected with the inside arin of the elbow, runs to the vibrating arm. This arm is fastened at one end by a pin or screw to the axle-tree, which is its fulcrum. lts other end is secured bya staple or otherwise, andis fastagitator. Said vibratiug arm may be dispensed with and the agitator vibrated by the connecting-rod being attached immediately to the agitutor lor in any other similar mode known to mechanics. The angular box or hopper for the reception of the plaster, Sto., is formed of two sides, about twelve inches deep each, and are about fourteen inches apart at top. They are confined at theirends by angular pieces of wood and at suitable distanees. Inside are' angularpieces running partly down toward'the bottom o f the sides, not only to strengthen the box,but to pernit the plaster, &c.,to pass underneath them. The passage between the two sides of the angular box is regulated by the screws to suit the nature of the matter to be distributed. The box may have a cover for protection from the weather. It is suspended by the shafts in front of the driving-wheels. The sliding rod or agitator is placed beneath the sides of the box, leaving a space of onefourth of an inch between the upper side of the agitator and the bottom of the hopper for the passage of the substance to be sown, and has teeth at suitable distances apart to agitate the plaster,&c.,in the hopper to cause it to be discharged regularly. The regulating-gages are fastened by screws to the side ofthe box, and a screw to the ends of every couple of gages placed at suitable distances apart the whole length of 'the box, said gages being for the purpose of increasing or lessenin g the space at the lower sides of the box. The double apron for Preventing the fl yin g off of the plaster, &c., is suspended from the lower sides of the box to within a suitabledistance of the ground. In some cases the apron may be dispensed with. The driverls seat is placed on inclined arms fastened on the upper side of the axle- 4 tree, running back to preserve the equilibrium of the machine and for the driver7s convenience. The fenders are bent pieces of wood, which are fastened about the middle of the outer part of each shaft, and run to each end of the box or hopper, and their object is to protect the hop.- per from injury. This arrangement for a cartfixture can be adapted to a Wagon when the invention is wanted for extensive operations. By mixing clover or tinothy seed with plaster, lime, ashes, or earth the seed may be spread in a proper manner. The agitators may also be vibrated by an eccentric operation.

Operation: The horse or moving power being applied to the shafts and i set in motion, the supporting-w heels revolveu pon the ground one of which turns the cog or band wheel, se.- cured thereto by pins or screws.l Thisband or cog wheel turns the pinion or whirl, which is fastened securely at one end of the revolving axle. As the axle revolves it turns the crank at its end, which moves the cranlerod and the elbows, Which communicate the motion to the arm or agitatiugrod by the intervention of the connecting-rod. The arn or connecting-rod being secured to the sliding rod, an agitator novesit toand fro horizontally,which agitating the plaster, seed, &c.,suf['ers it to pass between the agitator and the bottom ofthe hopper, and fall to the ground regularly and evenly.

The invention claimed by me, the said JU LIUS HATCH, and which I desire to seeure by Letters Patent, consists in- 1. The combination of the slide or agitator 'and hopper, as before deseribed,for agitating the snhstanee in the same to be sown, so as to cause it to pass from the hopper regularly and evenly, whether constructed in the manner hefore described, and vihrated by means ot' the above combination of wheels, cog-wheels, axle, crank-rod, elbow, and arm, or in any other mode substantially the same.

2. The gages for regulating the before-described swinging parts of the hopper, whether constrneted. as herein set forth or in any other manner snbstantially the same in principle.

Great Bend, December 18, 1837.

JULIUS HATCH.

Witnesses:

THos. W ILLIAMS, SABIN BATCH.

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