USRE2681E - Improvement in corn and cotton-seed planters - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES c. GARRETT, oF DAYTON, ALABAMA. f

IMPROVEMENT INV CORN AND COTTON-SEED PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 62,834, dated March l2, 1867 Reissue No. 2,681, dated July 16, 1867.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it knownv that I, CHARLES 0;'GARRETT, ofDayton, in the county of Marengo and State ot' Alabama, have invented a new and Improved Cotton and Corn Planter and Harrow; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description therof, reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in so combiuingor constructing a machine by which cotton and corn may he planted in drills or hills at any desirable distanceapart and at the same time.

lt also consists in combining a harrow with the cotton and corn planter.

In strong bottom lands in Alabama it is usual to plant corn among cotton at a distance of twelve or fifteen feet apart, and my machine is peculiarly adapted to this purpose of planting cotton and corn in this manner and at the same time. This I accomplish by an attachment to the cotton-planter, in the bottom ofthe hopper of the planter, to plant corn. The distance between the hills is governed by the number of pintles in the side .of the Wheel, which is located at the side of the machine, which operates on a rod, one endlof which acts on a bell-crank lever, the other end of which is attached to the slide in the cornplanter, so that two, three, or more hills of corn will be dropped at every revolution of the wheel on which the machine runs.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure l, is a top plan View of my improved cotton and corn planter. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional elevation of the same from the line .r a'. Fig. 3 is a plan view from the bottom of the machine.

.Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the flgures.

A represents a rectangular frame, made of Wood, and of any suitable and convenient dimensions, mounted on wheels B B', which are of ordinary or common construction, and run on an axle, C, the wheel B being fast to the shaft or axle C, while the wheel B is allowed Y to run loose upon the said axle or shaft.

D is a gear-wheel located and secured upon provided with cells, the size of which can be varied for the purpose of regulating the amount of seeddesired to be deposited in a hill. This cylinder revolves with the shaft E.

H is the seed-hopper, mounted on the top of the frame A, and supported in its position by the braces JJ. Upon the under side of the seed-hopper H is located a box, K, in which Workstheslide-valve L. (Shownindottedlines, Fig. 2.) This slide-valve L is Worked back and forth by means of the pintles t', located in the gearwheel E, Fig. 2, engagingwith the lever M, that extends from end to end of the frame, and the rear end of the lever is attached or connected to the elbow-lever N, which connects with and Works the slide-valve L in the box K. i

O is a leverconnected to the hanger G, which extends back through a loop in one of the handles l?, where it may be secured by a lug. This leveris for the purpose of throwing the gear-wheel E into and out of gear with the wheel D, so as to govern and control the action of the cylinder Q.

R is a stirrup-lever, the outer end of which is outside and at the rear end of the hopper. This lever B is hinged on pivot-bolts -S S, about midway of the arms of the lever, uponv the inside of the hopper I, while to that portion of the lever outside of the hopper is attached an elevator-screw, T. The front ends of these arms vof the lever R are connected to pendants U U,

that are attached to side plates, Ait, to increase or diminish the amount of cotton-seed to be planted.

On the axle C is a band-wheel, V, around which a band passes, and extends and works over the band-wheel W, which is located and secured upon the shaft a, upon which is also the seed-cylinder l), the shaft of which runs in bearings fastened to the frame A.

c is a caster-wheelV located underneath the pole,just in front of the frame. This is hung in brackets in such a manner that its height may be adjusted toany desired position.

d is a plow or furrowing-tooth secured to the front cross-piece of the frame.

e is a hopper at the front end of the hopper 1 and over the cylinder b. y

A2 is a roller, which runs on journals 'that have bearings in the pendent stirrup B2.. This roller is for the purpose of rolling down the ground upon the seed after it has been plant-ed by the machine, and at the same time or at the same operation. C2 is a barrow attached to the springs D2 D2 by means of a long bolt, E2, and cross-head F2. These springs extend forward and are secured to the front cross-piece of the frame by bolts a", which pass through slots in the ends of the springs D2, and admit of the latter being adjusted higher orlower to regulate their pressure on the teeth, as may be desired. This harrow can be easily detached from the machine, when its use is not required, by simply removing the long bolt E2.

When it is desired to plant cotton and crop it with corn the corn-planter, that is now on the bottom of the machine, is removed by withdrawing the pin G2, Fig. 3, when it may be removed at once. The pintles are then removed from the side ofthe gearwhcel E, and the cylinder is then lowered, by means of the screw T, to the bottom ot' thehopper, at the same time leaving any number of the cells open in the cylinder b, so that corn may be planted as often as desired. l

It will be observed that there is a slot in the ends of the springs d2, so that the springs may be stiifened by drawing them down in the bolts,

as circumstances may require.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The stirrup-lever R, connected to the side plates, A", so that they may be raised and lowered, substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

2. The stirrup'lever It and its connections with the side plates, AX, in combination-with the lever O, for the purposes and substantially as described.

3. The harrow G2 and its means of attach- V' ment to the springs D2 D2, in connection with the seed-planter, when constructed in the manner and for the purposes and substantially as described.

4. The box K, provided withY the slide-valve L, operated by the pintles t' in the gear-wheel E, and the levers M N, all arranged substantially as set forth.

5. The seed-hopper e and cylinder b, when applied to and used in connection with a cotton-seed planter, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. The attaching of the bearer-springs D2 to the frame of the device inthe manner described, or in an equivalent way, to admit of the adjustment of said springs, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ctms. c. GARRETT.

Witnesses: y

GEO. O. GARRETT, S. H. BARTLETT.

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