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UNITED STATES -PATENT OFFICE.
A. H. MORREL, OF MARLIN, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-SEED PLANTERS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 12,867, dated May 15, 1855.'To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, A. H. MORREL, of Mar-
lin, in the county of Falls and State of Texas,
have invented a new and useful Improvement
in Cotton-Seed Planters; and I do hereby de-
-clare that the following is a full, clear, and
exact description of the construction and oper-
ation of the same, reference being had to the
annexed drawings, forming part of this speci.
fication, in which-
Figure I is a top view of the planter. Fig.
2 is a vertical section on line x x, looking to-
ward cam G. Fig. 3 is a section perpendicu-
lar to main axle of dropping-wheel and hopper
on line y y.
Similar characters of reference in the several
figures denote the same parts of the planter.
The invention here considered refers to the
covering arrangement, which consists of a hoe
operating transversely by a combination of
eccentrics, cams, and slides from the rotation
of the main axle.
In the drawings, A is the main axle, and B
the wheels. Suspended between the sides of
the frame C is the hopper D, having an in-
clined bottom, a, running toward the dropping-
wheel w. This wheel is upon the main shaft,
arranged with any suitable clutch, so as to be
thrown into and out of gear at the will of the
operator. It has within its periphery a num-
ber of pockets, P, and passes up through the
front, of the hopper D, so that as the wheel re-
volves in the direction of the arrow the seed
will slide from. the bottom a into the pockets
and be carried upward and discharged by their
gravity into the furrow made by the opener F.
The pockets P may be close together, so that
the discharge will be nearly continuous; orthere may be a limited number, so that the seed
will be dropped at intervals.
In rear of the hopper is the coverer H, con-
sisting of blade e, handle ht, and gage g.
The handle rests on a cam, G, secured to an
eccentric shaft, I, and is attached by its ex-
tremity to the sliding bar J, to which a recip-
rocating motion is given by its connection with
the eccentric portions ofmof the shaft Ithrough
rods p. Motion is given the shaft I by the
bevel-gearR, so that as the main shaft revolves
the coverer has a reciprocating motion across
the furrow simultaneously with a vertical mo-
tion produced by the cam G, which causes the
blade e to enter the earth when the slide J is
in the position shown in Fig. 1, and, after cov-
ering the seed, maintain an elevated position
during its backward motion, the necessary ad-
justments depending on the eccentricity of
shaft, form of cam, and nature of gearing. The
gage g may be sliding, so as to regulate the
amount of earth collected at each stroke.
When not required to be in operation the cov-
erer can be lifted from the cam G by means of
lever L and loop 1, as shown in Fig. 2.
What I claim as my invention, and desire to
secure by Letters Patent, is-
The combination of sliding bar J, coverer H,
cam G, and eccentric shaft I, or their equiva-
lents, arranged and operating substantially as
hereinbefore set forth.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed
my name before two subscribing witnesses.
A. H. MORREL.
Witnesses:
JOHN L. SMITH,
JAS. D. CLARY.
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Morrel, A. H. Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters., patent, May 15, 1855; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165041/m1/2/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.