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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
SAML. P. SWEENY, OF COLUMBIA, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-SEED PLANTERS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 27,74S, dated April 3, 1860.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, S. P. SWEENY, of Co-
lumbia, in the county of Brazoria and State of
Texas, have invented a new and useful Im-
provement in Cotton-Seed Planters; and I do
hereby declare that the following is a full,
clear, and exact description of the same, ref-
erence being had to the annexed drawings,
forming a part of this specification, in the sev-
eral figures of which similar characters of refer-
ence denote the same part.
Figure 1 is a side view of the planter. Fig.
2 is a horizontal section on y y. Fig. 3 is a sec-
tion on x x. Fig. 4 is a view of loose stirrer.
Fig. 5 is a view of adjustable agitator.
In the drawings, H is the hopper, across
which is a screw rock-shaft, S, driven by con-
nections a with arms b and c, the former on the
shaft S, and the latter on the shaft of driving-
wheel W.
On the shaft S is the agitator A, in form as
shown in Fig. 5, and secured on shaft by be-
ing between nuts d d, and, by reason of slot
e, capable of vertical adjustment. If desired,
there may be two or more of these agitators on
the shaft operating in opposite or in the same
direction. The arm f of the agitator runs up
in the hopper, and has upon it a movable
self-adjusting stirrer, h, which rests on the
seed and forces it down to the bottom of the
hopper to be forced through the slotted bot-
tom by the agitator or discharging apparatus A.
O is the opener upon the long furrow-smoother P, from any portion of the sides of
which extend the cutters C C for cutting away
weeds and other trash that may be above the
surface of the ground.
D is the coverer, hung to bar F and with the
blades m, in form seen in Fig. 1, and approach-
ing each other at rear, so as to draw the earth
into the furrow.
W is the driving-wheel, which by rotation
operates the discharging apparatus A in the
hopper. The extent of the oscillations is gov-
erned by the holes in arms b and c.
The apparatus rests on a beam, and is gov-
erned by handles I. This construction admits
of the hopper and other planting parts being
removed, when the remainder can serve as a
plow.
What I claim, and desire to secure by Let-
ters Patent, is-
1. The adjustable oscillating planting appa-
tus A, constructed and operating as described.
2. The combination of the stirrer h and agi-
tator A, as described.
3. The arrangement of coverer D, driving-
wheel W, hopper H, cutters C C, stock P, and
opener O, as and for the purposes set forth.
In testimony whereofI have hereunto signed
my name before two subscribing witnesses.
SAM P. SWEENY.
Witnesses:
GEO. PATTEN,
F. G. MYEt.
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Sweeny, Samuel P. Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters., patent, April 3, 1860; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165099/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.