US436598A - Combined guano-distributer and pea-planter - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

J. G. FLETCHER. COMBINED GUANO DISTRIBUTBR AND PEA PLANTBR.

No. 436,598. Patented Sept; 16, 1890.

fiffak'rrey UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN CECIL FLETCHER, OF ADAMSVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES S. MOOALL, OF BENNETTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

COMBINED GUANO-DISTRIBUTER AND PEA-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,598, dated. September 16,1890.

Application filed June 3, 1890. Serial No. 354,099. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN C. FLETCHER, a citizen of the United States, residing atAdams- Ville, in the county of Marlborough and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Combined Guano- Distributers and Pea-Planters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable "others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in an implement adapted for the purpose of distributing guano, and also with slight change to be equally adapted for the purpose of planting peas.

The object of my invention is to provide a construction whereby the small lumps of guano are thoroughly comminuted or ground up and directed from the bottom of the hop per to the soil in a continuous stream.

A further object is to provide a construction whereby the machine may be readily converted into a pea-planter.

With the above objects and others in View the invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter more fully pointed out and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 2 is a cross'section on the line a; 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail of the guano-roller. Fig. 4': is a detail View of the pea-roller. Fig. 5 is a crosssectional view of the pea-roller on the line y y, Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 is a cross-section of the guano-roller with the annular band secured thereto, and Fig. 7 is a detail view of the annular band.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the several views.

plates D D serving to hold the same firmly in place upon the lower section 0 when ad justed to the same.

Depending from opposite sides of the frame of the machine are hangers E E, in which the axle F is journaled. axle are the driving-wheels G G, and intermediate these wheels, preferably integral therewith, is the guano feeding roller II. This roller is of the peculiar form shown in the drawings, and has the opposite ends of its periphery perfectly fiat or smooth, as indi cated at h h, while intermediate these smooth surfaces is an annular depression having formed therein a series of oblique ridges or projections h, which are in the form of aspiral bend or fiexure. This peculiar form of the ridges-that is, oblique and spiral formis an important feature of my invention, inasmuch as it serves not only to finely grind and crush the guano before its discharge from the hopper, but at the same time discharges the same in a continuous and uninterrupted stream, thus providing for an equal distribu tion of the fertilizer over the soil.

It will be noticed that the sides of the hopper are concaved at c 0 so as to fit neatly over the outer smooth surface of the roller with as little space intervening as possible, but not close enough to the roller as to contact and interfere with its free rotation.

An adjustable feed-plate I is arranged in the forward portion of the lower section 0 of the hopper, and is provided with a set-screw J, which passes through an elongated slot c in the forward end, by means of which the amount of guano discharged from the hopper may be conveniently regulated.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have illustrated a form of roller (designated by the letter K) which may be employed when it is desired to plant peas. This, like the guano-roller, is arranged between the driving wheels and integral therewith, but is smooth throughout the entire surface of its periphery, except at diametrically-opposite points, where it is provided with depressions 7.; it. In order to adjust this roller to the machine all that is nec essary to be done is simply to remove the guano-roller and its driving-wheels and re- Mounted fast upon this in construction, inexpensive of production,-

place the same by the pea-roller. The adjusting-plate is then adjusted close enough to the roller to prevent the peas from escaping at the forward end.

As the above construction, however, comprehends interchangeable sets of feed-cylinders, I have provided a construction which will entirely dispense with this necessity of using an extra roller. This consists of an annular band L, which is wide enough and of such circumference as to completely close the central depression of the guano-roller. This band of course is provided with the depressions, and its edges are secured together in any desirable manner.

As the same necessity for a large hopperin the case of distributing guano does not exist when planting peas, the upper section of said hopper may be dispensed with, which can be done by simply releasing the springs, as here-' inbefore described. As the roller revolves, the depressions in the same are alternately filled by the peas, and consequently a like quantity is discharged after the roller has turned such a distance as to bring one of the depressions outside of the hopper.

From the above description the construction, operation, and advantages of my invention will be readily understood.

Besides the advantages already pointed out it will be seen. that it is exceedingly simple and little liable to derangement, there being no chains, gearing, or other parts liable to get out of order.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination of a frame and hopper, a shaft or axle, driving-wheels fast thereon and having an intermediate feed-roller integral therewith, said feed-rollerhavingthe ends of its periphery smooth, with an annular depression intermediate, said depression having formed therein a series of spiral ridges, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination. of a frame, a shaft or axle, driving-wheels fast thereon and having an intermediate feed-roller integral therewith, said feed-roller having the ends of its periphery smooth with an annular depression intermediate, said depression having formed therein a series of spiral ridges, a hopper hav: ing the lower ends of its sides concaved to fit over the smooth edges of the roller, and also provided at its forward end with an elongated slot, and an adjustable plate provided with a set-screw passingjthrough said elongated slot, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a frame, a shaft or axle having driving wheels mounted fast thereon, said Wheels having an intermediate feed-roller, which is provided with an annular depression having formed therein a series of spiral ridges, and adapted to receive an annular band surrounding the roller or feed cylinder, said band provided with diametricallyopposite seed-depressions, whereby the machine may be converted into a pea-planter, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN CECIL FLETCHER.

Witnesses:

R0121. CHAFFIN, P. S. PARHAM.

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