US709403A - Check-row corn-planter. - Google Patents

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CHECK ROW CORN PLANTES.

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CHECK ROW CORN PLANTER'.

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No.- 7092403; Patenten spt. I6,v 1902( J. HILLERY.

CHECK BOW CORN PLANTER.

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JOHN HILLEEY, OE OOLOHESTER, ILLINOIS, lAssieNOR or ONE-THIRD 'ro i JOHN ROBERT ENNEss, or COLOHESTER, ILLiNOIs.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart'of Letters Patent No. 709,403, dated September 16, 1902. Applcationiiled October 1, 1901. Serial No. 77,226. (No model.)

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\ Beit known that l, JOHN HILLERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colchester, in

` the county of McDonough and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulCheckof which thefollowing is a specification. n

`My invention is an improved check-row corn-planter adapted for planting corn in check-rows. e

One object of my invention is to effect improvements in thedevices for throwing the seed-dropping mechanisms into and out of gear with the axle-shaft.

Another object of' my inventionis to effect improvements in the devices forraising and lowering the front end ofthe frontframe to raise and lower the furrowing-runners.

Y Another object of my invention is to effect improvements inthe devices for adjusting `the planting mechanism. Another object of my invention is to effect improvements in the devices for ascertaining i the location ofthe planted hills at lthe ends ofthe rows. i

A further object of mytinvention is to effect improvements in the construction of the furrow-openers. 1 i. VViththese objects infview my invention zo` consists in the peculiar construction and combination of deviceshereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out intheclaims. y

i In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1' is a top planview of a check-row corn-planting machine embodying myimprovements. Fig.2` is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same, taken on a plane indicated by the line rt a. of Fig. 1. Fig.` 3 is a vertical transverse sectional View ot' the saine, takenon a plane intersecting the axle-shaft.l .i Fig. LLis a detail 1 `perspective view of one ofthe hill finder-bars. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one ofthe i. furrow-openers. [1`ig.g is a detail sectional View takenon a plane indicated by the line b b of Fig. 1, Fig. 7 is a detail perspective View of the power-wheel clutch. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the `drum on the axle-shaft and otlthe` masterewheel clutch. Fig. 9 is a detail perspectiveview showing one of the space-boxes and the pivoted bar carried thereby. Fig. 10 is a detail edge elevation ot' the master-wheel, showing the re versely-nnmhered peripheral scales therein.

'lhe main frame 1l carries the seed-planting mechanism, which may be of any snitable construction, at its` front side, and is mounted and adapted to be tilted or inclined on theaxle-shaft 12, whereby theishoes or runners 13 may he be raised or lowered from the ground. The draft pole or tongue 14. is 6o e provided on its lower side at its rear end with a block 15, bolted or otherwise secured there to, which block hears upon a cylindrical drum 16, which is fast on thecentral portion `of the axle 12 and rotates therewith, whereby 65 a pivotal connection is formed between the axle-shaft and the rear end of thedraft pole or tongue. The frame 11 is provided on its front side with a vertically-disposed yoke 17, which isbolted thereto and forms a guide 7o through which the draft pole or tongue eX- tends. In a bearing-block 18, which is bolted to the under side ol" the tongue, is journaled a rock-shaft 19, which is provided with forward-extending rock-arms 20, the front ends of which are pivotally connected to bearings 21 on the front end of the machine-frame., The said rock-shaft is provided, further, with a crank-arm 22, which extends from the upper side thereof. e A hand-lever 23, the lower 8o end of which is fulcrumed on one side ofthe `block 15, isconnected to the crank-arm 22 by means of the hand-lever 23 and the connections hereinbefore described between' the same and the front side oli the frame ll the latter may be raised and lowered so as to raise and lower the fu'rrowingfshoes 13. i The rod 24 is connected to the crank-arm 22 hy a link 29. The said rod is adapted to play longitudinally in the said link, the latter bengro) provided with a slot 30 and the said rod being provided with a stop 31, which operates I in the said slot.

is placed on the said rod and bears between one-end of the said link and a stop 33, with which the said rod is provided. Thus lost motion is provided between the link and the rod 24.

A master-wheel 34 is free to turn on the axle-shaft 12 and may be of any suitableconstruction. As here shown, the same comprises a pair of circular disks 3536, connected together by bolt-s 37, of which vany suitable number may beemployed, two being here f shown, at diametr-'icallyopposite points. An-

' tit'riction-sleeves 38are employed on the said site the member 34 bya seriesof rods 41,Which.

extend through openings in the drum 16, is

` adapted to engage and disengage the clutch member 38' to lock the master-wheel to the axle-shaft or permit it to remain idle thereon when the axle-shaft is in rotation. A spring 42 on thefaxle-shaft exerts its force against the inner side of the disk-head 40 'and tends to move the clutch member 39 of the masterwheel clutch out of engagement with the member382L thereof. A hand-wheel 43 is disposed and adapted to partly rotate on the axle-shaft.

Said hand-wheel is provided on one side with stops 44, whichr project laterally therefrom. The disk-head -is provided onv the side opposite the said hand-wheel with laterally-exlending flanges 45, which form cams, each of the said flanges terminating atfone end in an incline 46 and at the opposite end with a projectinfrl stop 47. This isshown in detail'in Fig. 8 of thedrawings. 'lhe ends of the said Y cam-flanges are spaced apart at points on diametrically opposite v.sides ofthe disk-head- 40 a suflicientvdista'nce toreceive the stops 44 between them. in one direction moves thedisk 40, and hence the clutch member 39, which is connected `thereto laterally, thereby engaging the said clutch member with the master-wheel. Henceg the master-wheel may be clutched to the axleshaft and bytnrning the hand-wheel in the reverse direction the master'- wheel may be unclutched from the axle-shaft, as will be under-stood. g

The loose wheel 27 is provided with a clutch member-49, which'is adapted to be engaged' and disengaged by a clutch member 50. The

latter is connected to a disk-head 51, that isv loose onthe axle-shaft, by bolt-rods 52,Which 4pass through openings in a centering-disk 53, which is fast to axle-shaft 12.

A spring 54 on the axle-shaft bears against the inner sido A coiled extensile spring 32V the loose wheel 27 to the axle-shaft..

By turning the hand-wheel of the disk-head 51 andy normallykeeps thev clutch member 49 in engagement with the clutch member 50, hencev normally locking vSaid hand-wheel 43 is provided with stops 55 on the side opposite the stops 44, and the said disk-head 5l is provided with cam-flanges 56 and stops 57, Figs. 2 and 7, which are of thel same construction as those of which the diskhead 40 is provided. By turning the hand- Wheel in one direction the loose wheel 27,.

which is the power-Wheel, may be clutched to the axle-shaft, and-by reversing the movement of the hand-Wheel the said power-wheel may be unclutched from the axle-shaft. The bolts 37which connect the disks of the inas- `ter-wheel together, form tappets which operate the seed-dropping mechanism hereinafter described. The said disks of the masterwheel are provided' with a series of coincident openings appropriately spaced apart and in which one or more of the said tappetbolts may be secured in order to cause the seeds to be dropped at any desired distance apart.

The seed-dropping mechanisms, which may be of any suitableconstruction, are actuated by a rock-shaft 58. The same is journaled in suitable bearings with which the frameis provided and has a rock-armf). A bell-crank lever 60 is fulcrumed to a bracket. 61, which is secured lo one of the bars or members of frame 11, the rearwardly-extending arm of said Abell-crank lever being interposed `in the path of the tappet lor tappets 37 ot' the master-wheel. A link 62 connects the upper arm y ofthe bell-crank lever with the rock-arm 59.

The said link comprises the two sections or members 63 64. and the member 64 is a rod which is movable lengthwise in one`direction independently of the yoke. A coiled extensile spring 65 bears between the head ofthe yoke and an enlargement, as at 66, with which the rod 64 is provided. It will be understood from the foregoing andby reference to the drawings that when the master-wheel rotates the tappet or tappets carried thereby by engagement with the bell-crank lever will turn the rock-shaft 58 in one direction. The said rock-shaft is provided with a rock-arm 67, which projects from the upper side thereof and is connected to a standard or bracket 68, with which the frame 11 isprovided, by a rod 69, which is pivotally connected to the upper end of rockarm 67 and passes through al1-opening in the standard and is provided at its'rear end with a head 70, which by coaction with the standard limits the forward movement or throw of s the rock-arm 67. A spring 71 exerts its tension on the said arm 67, and as the tappet clears the bell-crank lever 60 after having turned the rock-shaft 58' in one direction the spring 71 moves the said rock-shaft in the reverse direction, as will be understood. The

master-wheel may be turnedrmanually when unclutched from the axle-shaft to adjust its IOS IIO

The tappets carried by the master-wheel being appropriately disposed with reference' to the measuring-scales may be hence disposed whenstarting the machine `at the beginning of arow in such manner as to cause the irst hills of corn in the new rows to be planted in line with those previously l planted to secure theplanting of the hills in l checkfrows. j in connection with The said master-wheel is used pointer-bars, hereinafter described.

In connectionwith the measuring-scales of the-master-wheel I employ a pair of hill -1 finder-bars 73, whichare longitudinally disu f. posed on the sides of frame 1l and are adapted to be drawn lengthwise rearwardly therefrom `to any suitable extent, the said hill finderhars bcingprovided eachW on two`sides with measuring-scales 74 75, the numbers of the latter running consecntivelywith those of the former. The front sides of eyes or yokes 77,

. which support and guide the said hill finder- `scales 75 of the hill finder-bars.

bars and are disposed at the rear sides of the frame ll, form `pointers which coact with the able means may be employed for guiding and supporting the `hill finder-bars. In the form of my invention herel shown I provide the `hill inder-bars at their front ends with downl turned pointers 78, through openings in the "pss l frame l1. A

upper ends of which pass longitudinally-disposed rods 79 on the outer sides of the frame l1, by which ,rods and the eyesoriyokes 77 j the said` hill finder-bars are supported and gnided. I When thehill finder-bars are not in use, they are moved forwardly to their entire. extent and are held in position by pivoted lock-arms 80, which engage the catches 8l, that are secured on `the rear side of the The frame l1 iseprovided at its front end on opposite sides with lateral extensions 82, on` Vwhich stake-boxes 83 are secured. Pointerbars S-L are pivotally connected to the said exl `ltensions,asat85,andareadaptedtobelowered l The said pointer-barshave rock-armsS, by-

which they may bethusraised or lowered.`

nearly to the grou ndor to be raised therefrom.

Operating-cords 87 are attached to the said j l rockarms and pass through guides S8 on the tongue. The rear ends ofthe said operatingl cords areattached to aring or other suitable device89, by means of which the cords mayy be readily and simultaneously operated by thedriver `on the seat 90. When the said pointer-bars are raised to inoperative position, said ring 89 .may bev secured on a pin j j 9,1, whichprojects from the upperside of the j tongue, at the rear endthereof.

Springs 92,

f with which thepointe1barsare provided, are

compressed againstlthe `outer sides ofthe 1 stake-boxes when the said pointer-bars are j raised, and said springs when the said cords Any snit-A said pointer-bars are employed in connection` with stakes driven at the ends of the rows to.

adjust the machine when starting a new row. The rear ends of the pointer-bars are in line with the heels of the seed-spouts, and the said pointer-bars project forwardly, are of suitable length, and are provided with measuring-scales 93, which correspond with the scales on the master-wheel and on the hill finder-bars.

The check-row corn-planter is provided with the usual marker-bar, which is adapted to `be swung to eitheir side thereof to lnark the next furrow or row and which is indicated at 94 in Figs. l and 2.

Scrapers 94a are carried by a rock-shaft 95, jonrnaled in bearings near the rear side of the frame ll. Said rock-shaft has an arm 96I A foot-lever 97 is fulcrumed to a support 98, that projects rearwardly from the rear crossbar of the frame. A rod 99 connects said footlever to the said arm 96. Hence the driver by depressing the foot-lever may readily ap'- ply the scrapers to the wheels 27 28 to clea them of adhering earth. l

I provide the runners or furrow-openers, which operate in advance of said wheels, with laterally-extending wings 100, which incline downwardly, rearwardly, and serve t'o clear large clods out of the way of said wheels 27 j 2S, saidwings operating in some instances to move the clods out of th'e way and in. other instances to break up the clods, according to the nature of the latter. Hence smooth tracks are by the said Wings prepared for the said wheels and the operation of the machine is facilitated. a j

The measuring-scales on the master-wheel and on the pointer-bar enable the masterwheel to be so adjusted, hence adjusting the i tappets carried thereby, as to enable the inachine when it has been turned at the end of a row to correctly check thehills in the rows about to be planted.

The pointer-bar, in connection with the driven stake, enables the eX- IIO act location of the heels of the runners where `the seeds are dropped to be ascertained with reference to the last-planted hills, and the scaleson the master-wheel, in connection with the pointer 72, enable theV master-wheel to be readily and appropriately set. It will be understood that after the master-wheel has been thus set it must be clutched to the axleshaft before starting the team on the new.

Having thus described my invention, I

clailnl. In a check-row corn-planter, the combination of a seed-dropping mechanism, an axle` shaft, a master-wheel loose thereon, having tappets to operate said seed-dropping mechanism,` and said masterwheel having reversely-disposed peripheral measuring-scales, a fixed pointer coacting with said measuringscales, and means to lock said master-wheel to the axle-shaft, substantially as described.

2. Ina check-row corn-planter, a pointerbar abreast of the seed-dropping mechanism and having a measuring-scale running for- Ward from the seed-spout, substantially as described.

3; In a check-row corn-planter, a fixed pointer, an adjustable master-Wheel having a measuring-scale coacting with said fixed pointer, seed-dropping mechanism, operated by said masterwheel,and a pointer-bar abreast of the seed-dropping mechanism having a measuring-scale running forward from the seed-spout, substantially as described.

Y 4. In a check-row corn-planter, in combiv natlon with a seed-dropping mechanism, a

shaft, a master-Wheel loose thereon, to actuate the seed-d ropping mechanism, a clutch to lock the master-wheel, a power-Wheel, loose on said shaft, a clutch to lock said power- Wheel and a hand-wheel, revoluble on saidand a scale by which to set the same, a longitudinally-movable hill finder-bar disposed to extend forwardly from the heel of the runner, and a pointer-bar having a measuring-scale, substantially as described.V

7. In a planter, the combination of an axle, a main frame, a tongue pivotally connected to the axle, an element to raise and lower the front end of the'frame, said element being carried by th'e tongue, a lever, and connections, includinga spring, between said tongue and said raising and lowering element, substantially as described.

8. In a planter, a fnrroWing-runner having` llaterally-projecting wings, adapted to bear on the surface of the soil and forming rearwardly-descending inclined planes, substantially as described.

9. In a check-row corn-planter, in combination with aseed-dropping mechanism, an axle-shaft, a master-Wheel loose thereon, to actuate the seed-dropping mechanism, supporting and traction Wheels, one` fast and the other loose on said shaft, aclutch to lock the Vmaster-Wheel to the shaft, a springl to nor mally unclutch the same, a spring-pressed, normally effective clutch to lock said loose traction-,wheel to the shaft, and a hand-wheel, fr ee to revolve on said shaft, 'and between said clutches, said hand-wheel having stops on opposite sides and said clutches having camscoacting with said stops, substantially as described. v

10. In a check-row corn-planter, in combi-` nation With a seed-dropping mechanism, an axle-shaft, a master-wheel loose thereon, to actuate the seed-dropping mechanism, supporting and traction wheels, one fast and the other loose on said shaft, a clutch to lock the master-Wheel to the shaft, a spring to normally unclutch the same, a spring-pressed, normally effective clutch to lock said loose traction-wheel to the shaft, and a hand-wheel, free to revolve on a threaded portion of said shaft and between said clutches, said hand- Wheel having stops on opposite sides, and said clutches having cams, coacting with said stops, substantially as described.

11; In a check-row planter, in combination with' a seed-dropping mechanism, an axleshaft, a master-wheel loose thereon, having a tappet to operate said seed-dropping mechanism, and provided with reversely-disposed measuring-scales, a fixed pointer coacting with said measuring-scales, supporting and traction wheels on said shaft, one fast and the other loose, a clutch to lock said masterwheel to said shaft, a disk free to travel longitudinally of the shaft, rods connecting said disk to said clutch, a drum fast to the shaft IOC and through which said rods pass, a clutch to lock saidloose traction-wheel to said shaft, said Wheel having a disk, and a hand-Wheel between said disks and free to revolve on said axle-shaft, said hand-wheel and said disks having coacting cams, substantially as described.

12; In a check-row corn-planter, in combination with a seed-dropping mechanism, an

axle-shaft, a master-wheel, loose on said shaft,

and having a tappet-to operate the seeddropping mechanism and reversely-disposed measuring-scales, a fixed pointer coacting with said measuring-scales, supporting and traction wheels on said shaft, one fast and one loose, clutches to lock said master-wheel land loose traction-wheel to said shaft, and a hand-wheel, free to revolve on said shaft, said hand-wheel and-clutches having coactingy Ivo 5 IIO one loose, clutches to lock said master-wheel my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOI-IN HILLERY.`

Witnesses:

JAMES WINSHIP SCOTT, FRANK KIPLING.

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