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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
RUTUS SARLLS AND ALEXANDER KELMIAN, OF NAVASOTA, TEXAS; SAID
SARLLS ASSIGNOR TO ALEXANDER KELMAN.
IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED PLANTER, CULTIVATOR, AND COTTON-CHOPPER.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,765, dated June 11, 1878; application filed
March 27, 1878.
To all whom it may concern: so that its face may form the bottom of the
Be it known that we, RUTUS SARLLS and said hopper. In the face of the wheel I are
ALEXANDER KELMAN, of Navasota, in the formed anumberof cavitiesor cups, toreceive
county of Grimes and State of Texas, have the seed and drop it to the ground when plant-
invented a new and useful Improvement in ing corn and other smooth seed.
Combined Seed-Planter, Cultivator, and Cot- To the face of the wheel I are detachably
ton-Chopper, of which the following is a speci- attached radial pins J, to take hold of cotton-
fication: seeds and draw them out through a slot in the
Figure 1 is a top view of the machine, parts lower part of the forward side of the hopper.
being broken away to show the construction. The amount of cotton-seed planted depends
Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the upon the number of pins J used and the size
same, taken through the line x x, Fig. 1. Fig. of the discharge-opening in the front of the
3 is a side view of the same, one of the wheels hopper. The size of the discharge-opening is
being removed. regulated by an adjustable slide, K, secured
The object of this invention is to furnish adjustably to the forward side of the hopper.
an improved machine which shall be so con- L are the rear plows, which are attached to
structed that it may be readily adjusted for thelowerendsofthestandards M. Thestand-
use in planting seed, cultivating plants, and yards IVI are bolted to the sides of the rear ends
chopping cotton to a stand, and which shall of the bars E, and are brought to the proper
be simple in construction, convenient in use, distance apart by means of blocks interposed
and effective and reliable in operation in either between them and the said bars.
capacity. N are the forward plows, which are attached
Theinventionconsistsinthedropping-wheel, to the lower ends of the standards O. The
provided with cavities to drop smooth seeds, standards O are bolted to the forward ends of
with face-pins to drop cotton-seeds, and with the bars E, and their distance apart is rego-
side pins to operate the chopper. lated by blocks interposed between them and
Similar letters of reference indicate corre- the said bars E.
spondingparts. Several holes are formed in the standards
A are the wheels, which are placed upon the It O, to receive the bolts and enable the said
journals of the axle B, and are made to carry standards to be raised and lowered to cause
the said axle with them in their revolution by the plows to work shallower or deeper in the
the clutches C, placed upon the said axle B, ground, as maybe desired. The standards M
and held out against the hubs of the said O upon each side are connected by a rod, P,
wheels by springs D. The teeth of the clutches so that the rear standards M may be raised
C and the hubs of the wheels A are so formed and lowered by raising and lowering the
tlhatsthe said wheels will carry the said axle forward standards O. The forward stand-
w a them when turned forward, but not when ards O are arranged the one a little in ad-
turned backward. vance of the other, and their upper ends are
T'. axle B revolves in bearings attached to attached the one to the forward side and the
the bars E, which form the frame of the ma- other to the rear side of the opposite ends of
chine, and which are placed with theirforward the cross-bar Q. To the middle part of the
ends inclined toward each other. The inner cross-bar Q is rigidly attached a lever, R,
sides of the forward ends of the bars E are which projects into such a position that it may
beveled off, and to and between them is bolted be readily reached and operated by the driver
the rear end of the tongue F. G is the seed- from his seat H.
hopper, which is attached to the bars E di- To the lower end of the lever R is attached
rectly over the axle B, and to the top of its a guide or keeper, S, to receive the pin T, the
forward part is attached a board, H, to serve lower end of which enters a hole in the rear
as a seat for the driver. To the axle B, directly part of the tongue F to lock the plow-stand-
beneath the hopper G, is attached a wheel, I, ards in place when in a working position. To
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Sarlls, Rutus & Kelman, Alexander. Improvement in Combined Planter, Cultivator, and Cotton-Chopper., patent, June 11, 1878; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169745/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.