USRE8614E - Improvement in convertible corn-planters - Google Patents

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A. RUNSTBTLER, I Assignor, b'y'mesne assignments, to DEERE & MANSUR COMPANY.

Convertible Corn-Planter.

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MPEIERS, VHMmLITHOGRAPHER, WABHINGYON. Duo.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW -RUNSTETLER, OF, MOLINE,-ILLINOIS, ASSIGNQR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO DEERE MANSUR COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CONVERTIBLE CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part'of Letters Patent No. 116,493, dated June 27, 1871 Reissue No. 8,614, dated- March 11, 1879; application filed February 4, 1879.

To all whom-it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW RUNsTnTLnR,

of Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain new 3 and useful Improvements in Convertible Corn- Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull,clear,and exact description of theinvention, that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had t-o-the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, in which Figure 1-is a side elevation of acorn-planter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isatop-plan view, partly broken away. Fig: 3is a side elevation of corn;stalk cutter, as combined with the frame of planter. Fig. 4 is a plan view of same.

This invention relates to corn-planters; and consists, first, in the combination, with a corn-planter having a rear frame carried on wheels, with side bars extended forward and hinged or journaled to the forward end of a frame carrying the cutters and seed-boxes, of a draft-pole adjustably attached to said rear frame, for the purpose of regulating the depth of planting second, in a shoe cast or formed with projections for supporting the drivers seat, and other projections which have bearings for the fulcrums of the lever for raising and lowering the forward frame.

The invention further consists in improvements in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and set forth in the claims hereto annexed.

Referring to the drawings by letters, the same letter indicating the same part in the different views, A A are the side beams of the planter-frame, which are strengthened by connecting cross-pieces O D E. B is the axle. The cross-piece D is a short distance back of the front of the planter, and has projecting from its front side clevises or plates 61 d, each plate d having a perpendicular slot, d. The

heel or rear end of the tongue K rests between the plates d, and by means of a bolt, is, which passes through the slots d, the tongue may be adjusted higher or lower at its front and rear ends, its central portion resting on the bar E, as shown in the drawings.

E is a movable-bar across the forward end of the frame, and bolted'to the latter; and to the bar E the clevises t t are attached to -which clevises the forward ends of the runners I I are hinged. F is a lever for raising the runners, and is pivoted at g to the box-bar G, and. passing to the rear, terminates in a cross foot-board, f The lever F is pivoted at its mid-length by studs f in two arms, w, of a cast-iron shoe, WV,- which is bolted to the axle B, and, in addition to the two arms to, for supporting the lever F, has also arms w", which support the bar Z, on which the drivers seat is carried. H is the corn or dropper box; I, the chute or tube of the runners; I, the runners; K, the tongue adjusted to clevis d, as above described L, the wheels; M, the upper plate of the sliding part of the cut-off, a a being the cut-offs proper, whose front ends are rounded, so as not to cut or damage the corn, and hollowed out beneath for a similar purpose. I) b are'the projecting elbows of the plate, which follow their respective cut-offs aa, pushing the corn in the proper holes 0 e in the stationary plate N; M, the lower plate of the slid ing part of the cut-off, called the slide, of similar size, and fastened to the upper plate, M, by means of screws at the sides, and steadied by means of the dogs or clamps 1) at the corners. This plate has two holes pierced in it at m m, where the dotted lines indicate them. They are in a line with those in the stationary plate N. The sliding dropperplates M M M are united from either side of the machine by a bar, and operated by a lever, (1, in the ordinary manner. The seedcups or holes in the plate N are adjustable in size by means of the slide P. Y is an adjust able-roller scraper-rod, carrying at either end a scraper for cleaning the wheels. 2 z are adjustable foot-rests attached to the bar Z, and can be set to any height by means of bolts and slots.

It will be seen from the drawings that adjusting the forward end of the tongue higher will cause the planter to run deeper when the 2 swim forward end of said tongue is brought down 'to rtihe chests of the draft-animals, and areverse adjustment will have a reverse effect; and, further, that when the tongue is adjusted to effect deeper planting, it will exert a force downward on the runners, and at the same time permit .the runners to lower at their rear ends to effect :un-iibrm depth :of planting in passing over low places.

The machine is combined with a stalk-cutter, v as follows Remove the boxes H, lever F, and

bar E, with the attached runners I, and attach the corn-stalk cutter by substituting the short beam E for the beam E. The :bar E has clcvises t t, in which the forward ends of the two curved and. parallel stalk-cutter framebars Q Q are hinged or journaled. The bars Q Qaure furthersteadied by the standards 0' r on the bar 1). T iszan ordinary cylinder of .stallk cntters, theshasft of which is journaled in the rea-rends of the bars Q. R Rare levers pivotediat their :i'rontends :to the axle of the andiby means of which the work :of the cuttemnay be regulated. Thelevers andiS may fhdth vberoperated by the driver with his feet.

What 1 claim .as '-new,-and desire to sBQGWI'iQ by LettersPatent, is

The combination, in a icornaplantiarg m achine, vof a rear frame carried on wheels, with side bars projecting forward, and a forward frame carrying the seeding devices, pivoted at its forward end to the forward endsot: said side bars, witha tongue or draft-pole ad ustable vertically upon the rear frame, for the purpose of forcing the runners deeper rn tothe soih'andcontrollingtheir depth -of:penetra t1on, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a corn-planter, the shoe WV, having lugs adapted to actas a support for the bar which carries the drivers seat, and for the fulcrums of the levers to raise and lower the forward trame, substantially as and. for the purpose specified.

3. The convertible corn-planter consistlng of beams A A, removablebeam E, stationary beam D,'provided with theuprights r ran'dzslotted rclev'isd, icanrying the heeliof the tongue K, axle 33, provided withthezguides u u, -seat=bars Z Z, 'wisthshoesW, construeted soasto afforda hearing forthe pi-votof box lever F, all arranged andadapted to receive the parallel levers Rand foot-deans S,=and removable beam E,carry1ng the rotary eornestalk cutter, su'bstant iall'yas and for the purpose specified.

testimony that Lc'laim the foregoing I have hereunto set my ihandth'is 43th lay ;of January, 1879. I

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