US265165A - Cor-n-planter - Google Patents

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S. SMITH.

CORN PLANTER, CHECK ROWER AND DRILL. No. 265,165. A Patented Sept. 26, 188-9.

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SIMEON SMITH, OF GRAYMONT, ILLINOIS.

COR-N-PLANTER, CHECK-ROWER, AND DRILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,165, dated Septernber 26, 1882,

Application filed April 25, 1882. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMEON SMITH, of Graymont, in the county of Livingston and State of Illinois, have invented a newand Improved Corn-Planter, Oheck- Bower, and Drill, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description. 7 v I This invention relates to the construction and arrangement of the mechanism of acornbined corn-planter or drill and checlcrower, the object of which is to simplify the construclion and operation of such machines and improve their efficiency, the said improvements being as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the machine, taken on line w w of Fig.3. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig.4. represents side and sectional elevations of the clutchlever, and- Fig. 5 is a section of seedbox and drill or shovel. I make a truck having a pair of leadingwheels, A, provided with transverse cuttingedges on its periphery, which I employ for cutting weeds, stalks, and othertrash ahead of the shovels B, said truck also having main .wheels 0, which are broad and groovedon the face a, to roll along behind the shovels B to cover the corn and pack the earth down on the corn, and also to check-mark the transverse rows, for which they are provided with blocks G, to be detachably connected in the practical machine.

The side bars of the frame D are jointed at E on pivots F, so that the frame can be raised on said joints to lift the shovels 13 out of the ground at the sides of the field, which may be done by the driver shifting his weight back on the seat H sufficiently for balancing the front part of the frameupward or foot-levers may be attached to the axle and to the frame-say one to each side of the seatin a manner that will be readily understood, so that the driver can, by rising off the seat and transferring his weight to said levers, readily balance the to throw them ahead again to take the weight off the. horses necks in raisin the lows out .of the ground for turning around at the sides of thefield. The axle is connected to arm N of the rock-shaft M by rod 0, and the bolster J is also connected similarly to arms of said rock-shaft by rods P, so that the wheels can be swung back, as described, when desired, by the hand-lever Q, attached to rock-shaft M, and havinga rack, It, Figs. 1 and 2, to fasten it.

The pivot-rod L is fitted in slots S through the side beams, to allow the bolster J freedom to shift forward and backward a little, as may be required in the working of the machine over uneven ground, and the uprights Kof the bolster have a series of holes, T, by which to shift the wheels A up and down on the truck-frame to alter the shovels for working more or less deep. The frame is governed as to its height by the main wheels 0.

The tongue V is attached to the axle I in the usual way, by hooks and eye-studs or other approved means, at W, so that the axle and the tongue swing together on the king-bolt X; but as it is also desirable to connect the'tongue to the bolster J, which cannot swing as the axle does, the connection is made by means of a chain, Y, having its ends attached to the bolster, and passing around a pulley, Z, on the tongue. This enables the tongue to draw on the bolster as well as the axle, and at the same time allows the tongue to swingas it requires to do.

1) represents vibrating corn-dropper slides in the hoppers d, suitably arranged under a cover, 0, (see lower side of Fig. 8,) in said hopper, to receive the corn through a hole in the cover at one place and transfer it below the covers to another hole, through which it falls to the ground, as is common in such machines; but I propose, in order to lessen the move ments of the slides, to make them double-acting-that is to say, I fix them on the centers f with two dropping-holes,g, in them and also in the covers 6, so that when moving one way the slides will receive the corn through one of the holes 9 and drop it in the same movement, and, similarly, when going the other way, will receivethe corn from the other hole and drop it in like manner. By thisarrangement the cam-wheel h on the axle i of the truck-wheels only requires to make one throw of the dropper-slides for each drop, by which the cams j may be made less abrupt, and will thus work easier. The dropper-slides b are worked from this cam-wheel by the forked lever 7c and sliding bar l. When the frame is tilted upon the joints F, as before stated, it hits the forked lever off from the cam-wheel, so that its operations are stopped until the machine is ready to resume dropping. There is also a sliding (-lutch, m, on the axle 'i, and a fixed hub, 12., therefor, by which to connect and disconnect thecam, when desired, by a clutch-lever,p, said clutch-lever having a broad and concave notched end, to, as usual in such cases, to work in a groove in the hub of the clutch, and the handle being connected to end to by an articulated joint, z.

In order that the wheels 0 can be readily shifted at the starting-point to set the checkmarkers G to register with the check-rows, I providejacks consisting ofa short lever, q, and astandard, r, tolift the axle temporarily by the driver stepping on the lever while rising on but not dismounting from the seat, so as to enable him to shift the wheel by hand to turn the check-markerstotheproperposition. In practice a jack of this kind will be employed on each side of the machine. The short arm of the lever q extends from the pivot t under the axle, as shown in dotted lines at u, Fig. 2, and the standards 1' haveafoot that rests on the ground for use, and will have springs r to swing them up and hold them off the ground when the machine is at work.

The shovels B are to be constructed in any approved form suitable for use in corn-planters, and will, besides being attached to the side 1. The combination, with the shovels B, of

the wheels A, adapted to revolvein front thereof, and provided with transverse cutting-edges on its periphery, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The front axle, I, and cutting-wheels A, connected to the frame by a bolster, J K, arranged to swing back and elevate said Wheels A, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of rock-shaft M, handle Q, and rods 0 and P with the axle I and bolster J, pivoted to the frame, substantially as specified.

4:. The bolster-I and uprights K, having axle I attached, and being pivoted to the frame D by rod L, in slots S of the frame, substantially as specified.

5. The axle I, having cutter-wheels A, combined with bolster J and uprights K, and being vertically adjustable on the frame by pivotrod Land holes T, substantially as specified.

6. Thetongue connected with axleI,to swing with it in a vertical plane, and connected to bolster J by chain Y and pulley Z, substantially as specified.

7. The combination, with the frame D, the axle t", and the wheel 0, provided with checkmarker G, of the foot-jack q 'r w and springs 1*, whereby the check-markers can be adjusted without the driver dismounting from the machine, substantially as described.

SIMEON SMITH.

Witnesses:

WM. B. LYON, H. (l. GREENEBAUM.

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