US413211A - Seed-planter - Google Patents

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O. S. TITSHAW.

SEED PLANTER.

No. 413,211. Patented Oct. 22, 1889 u. PETERS. "Mo-Dimmer. Wuhlngwn. m;

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SEED PLANTBR.

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CICERO S. TITSHAVV, OF-WALNUT GROVE, GEORGIA.

ISEED-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,211, dated October 22, 1889.-

Application filed April19,18i9. Serial No. 307,779- No modal.) A i To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CIOERO S. TIrsHAW, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Wal nu't Grove, in the county of Walton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Seed-Planter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to seed-planters, the objectv being to provide a machine that can be used to distribute either seed or guano or. both together, and also to regulate the distribution. 1

To these ends my invention consists in the several details of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side View of the machine as used to distribute both seed and guano. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a side view with the grainhopper removed. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the bottom of the guano-hopper. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 are detached details.

A A are two frame-bars, having at their front ends a block ainterposed between them,

the bars and the block being securely bolted together, as shown.

B B are the handles, and b is a block in terposed between them at their lower ends.

0 is the furrow-opener. metal. bar bent to form a loop 0, to which a plow of ordinary construction may be at tached. The ends 0 are firmly secured to the lower ends of the handles B, and are interposed between the rear ends of the bars A A, a bolt 0 securing the handles and bars together.

D is a brace formed of a metal bar bent or doubled midway of its length. The lower or loop end (1 fits within the loop a, and is pivoted thereto by means of the bolt d, and the two ends which form the upper portions of the brace are pivotally secured to the bars A A by the bolt d.

E is a wheel rigidly mounted on the axle E, having bearings in the boxes E secured to the bars A. These boxes may be reversed, soas to bring the axle above the bars A instead of below, in which case a wheel of It consists of a greater diameter may be used. The axle E extends outwardly at eachend beyond the boxes E and is provided with cranks e.

F is the guano-hopper, resting on and secured to the bolsters or supports F. These bolsters consist of metal bars bent, as shown, and their ends f rest on the plates f, which in turn rest on the bars A. The ends f and plates f are perforated for the reception of the bolts f which pass through them, and

the plates f on the under side of the bars A. \Vhen the nuts f are. screwed onto the bolts f, the plates f and f will be clamped on the bars A, and the hopper F will be held securely in position. The bottom of the hopper is provided with an opening which communicates with the funnel-shaped mouth of the tube G. The tube is'secured' to the bottom in any suitable manner and leads downward, so as to discharge immediately in the rear of the foot 0. The sides of the hopper are provided with long narrow slots g, for a purpose to be hereinafter explained.

H is a metal plate resting on the bottom of the hopper F and adapted to slide between the guide-pins h. This plate is provided with two slots h 7L2, as shown, the smaller h being used when guano is distributed and the larger 712 when cotton-seed is distributed. The ends of the plate H enter the slots 9, and one or the other end will project beyond the side of the hopper according as it is being used to distribute guano or cotton, and it will be seen that the plate can easily be shifted, as desired, by simply pushingin the projecting end. In order to prevent the guano .caking on the plate H, I provide a knife H, which lies on the upper surface of the plate H. The end k of the knife is pivoted to the bottom of the hopper, and a lever k is attached to the other end and passes through one of the slots g to the outside of the hopper, where it is provided with a suitable handle to operate it. This end of the knife is held down in proper position by means of the screw 71. passing through the slotted enlargement h of the knife. The bottom of the hopper F is grooved, as shown at g, and within this groove a narrow metal gage-plate I is adapted to slide. One end of the plate I is under the plate H, and the plate I extends beyond the hopper rearwardly, and is pivotally secured at its other. end to the lever .I, the latter being pivoted between the handles B. The plate I is twisted in order to bring its fiat surface in a vertical plane, to enable it to be conveniently pivoted to the lever. The plate I is slotted at i, and a set-screw 2 passes through the slot into an extension of the bottom of the hopper. to limit the movement of the plate in either direction. The object of this gage-plate I is to regulate the discharge of the guano or cotton-seed, for it will be readily seen that as the gage-plate I is pushed forward by the lever I the communication between the hopper and the tube G through the slots in the plate H will be gradually reduced and finally shut off altogether. This arrangement of the lever-gage is very convenient, as it enables the attendant to regulate or shut off the discharge without leaving his position at the handles. In order that the gage may be set at any desired position without giving special attention to it, I pivot a bar J at one end to one of the handles, and by simply swinging this bar up or down the backward throw of the lever I is linked. The lower the bar J is moved the shorter will be the backward throw of the lever I, and vice versa.

A shaft K is journaled in suitable boxes in the side of the hopper F, the portion of'the shaft within the hopper being square, and the projecting ends being bent to form cranks 7c. The square portion within the hopper is provided with projecting pins 70, which, when the axle is revolved, serve as agitators for the contents of the hopper. Motion is transmit- 7 ted to the shaft K by means of the connecting-rods K, which are attached to the cranks 7c and e.

L is a frame made of iron and removably secured at its lower end to the bars A in the same way as the supports or pillows F. In the lower portion of this frame is journaled a shaft L, provided at each end with a crank Z. The rods L connect the cranks Zwith the upper ends of the connectingrods K on either side of the machine. The shaft L will thus be revolved when the machine is in operation. The shaft L carries within the frame a pulley Z, which revolves with it. A shaft L mounted in the upper part of the frame L, receives its mot-ion from the shaft L through the medium of a belt Z passing over the pulley Z and the pulley Z The shaft L also carries a disk M, provided on its periphery with the cups in. This'disk revolves partially within the corn-hopper N, the front side of which is slotted atn for this purpose, and partially within the frame L and the semi-cylindrical chamber L immediately in front of the frame L. The distributingtube N communicates at its upper end with the lower end of the chamber L The hopper N is wedge-shaped and fits between one of the handles B and the frame L. One arm of an angle-iron n is bolted to the side of the This slot and screw serve hopper. The other arm n passes'in'front of the frame Land between it and the walls of the chamber L. A bolt 91 passes through the wall of the chamber L the arm n of the angle-iron, and the front side of the hopper, thus securing them firmly in position. 01 n are braces fastened to the frame L and to the hopper F.

The cups mon the disk M may be arranged at any desired distance apart to regulate the distance between the droppings, and they can be made of any suitable depth to carry any predetermined number of grains of corn.

The hopper N is provided with a sliding gate n at its bottom for the purpose of discharging its contents, when necessary; It is also provided with a sliding gate N which extends downwardly and obliquely from the top edge of the front side across the interior of the hopper, and is cut away at its lower end, as shown at n to permit the corn to pass through to the bottom of the hopper. This gate slides between the guide-pins 0, and a screw 0, passing through it to the front side of the hopper, secures it in position. Standards P are provided, to the lower end of which coverers of suitable constructionmay be attached.

It will of course be understood that the draft-bar is attached to the block a in any suitable manner.

The operation of the machine is as follows: As illustrated in Fig. 1, the machine will open the furrow, deposit guano, drop the corn, and cover. The discharge of the guano can be regulated by means of the gageplate I, con trolled by the lever I. As the wheel E re volves, the agitator K in the hopperF will also revolve and keep the guano loosened up. The disk M will also be revolved, and the cups will carry up the predetermined qnantity of grain and discharge it into the ChEtlIk ber L whence it passes through the tube N to the furrow.

As illustrated in Fig. 4, the machine is de signed to distribute cotton-seed or guano alone, the corn-hopper having been removed and the hopper F moved rearwardly. In order to remove the corn-hopper, the braces n are disconnected from the hopper F and the connecting-rods K and L are disengaged from each other, and the frame L is detached from the bars A A. The corn-hopper, the frame L, the chamber L, the braces 11 and the connecting-rods L can now be removed. The tube G, which is attached at its upper end to the bottom of the hopper F, can also be removed. This renders the machine much lighter, and consequently easier to operate. By simply loosening the nuts f on the bolts f the hopper F can be moved rearwardly, and the crank k will engage the connecting-rod K through the openings 00. V

In case it is desired to distribute grain only, the hopper F can be removed, the lever I being detached from the handles B. The cornhopper and its attachments can now be moved forward, the connecting-rods K in .this inthe transversely-adj ustable plate having slots" of different sizes fitted in the side slots of the hopper above the gage-slide, the knife pivoted in the bottom of the hopper and extending above said transversely-adjustable plate, and a handle pivoted to the free end of said knife and extending through the-slot in one side of the hopper, substantially-as setforth.

3. The combination, with a hopper having a discharge-opening in the bottom and long narrow slots in each side, ofa knife pivoted atone end to the bottom of the hopper and having at its other end a slotted enlargement. or projection, a screw passing through the slot in'the enlargement into the bottom of the hopper, and an operating-lever attached to the knife and extending through one of the slots in the side of the hopper, substantially as specified.

In testimony that'I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CIGERO S. TITSHAW. Witnesses:

THOMAS GILES, JOHN P. EDWARDS.

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