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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN T. MeNORTON, OF BURNET, TEXAS.
CORN AND COTTON PLANTER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,389, dated July 13, 1886.
Application filed December 18, 1885. Serial No, 186,023. (No model.)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JOHN T. McNoRTON,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Burnet, in the county of Burnet and State
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and use-
ful Improvements in Corn and Cotton Plant-
ers; and I do hereby declare that the follow-
ing is a full, clear, and exact description of
the same, reference being had to the annexed
ro drawings, making a part of this specification,
and to the letters and figures of reference
marked thereon.
Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective
view of my invention, with the hopper partly
15 broken away to show the interior thereof; and
Fig. 2, a detail sectional view of the pockets,
disk, and brush.
The object of the present invention is to
provide a simple and practically-operating
20 corn and cotton planter; and it consists in the
several details of construction, substantially
as shown in the drawings, and hereinafter de-
scribed and claimed.
In the accompanying drawings, A repre-
25 sents the hopper, divided into two separate
compartments by the removable partition B,
said hopper being hinged at its rear side to a
platform, C, asshown at a. The platform C
forms the bottom of the hopper A, and is rab-
30 beted around its edge, as shown at b, to form
a seat for the lower rim of the hopper, and
insure a tight joint between it and the plat-
form. The hinging of the hopper A admits
of its being thrown back when the interior
35 thereof needs cleaning, and when down in
place it is held to the platform C by any fast-
ening device found most preferable.
To the p'atform C are attached the beams
c of suitable plows, D E, provided with han-
4o dles F, and forward of these is the plow or
shovel G for opening the furrow, these shovels
being of the usual form and construction.
The platform C, which forms the bottom of
the hopper A, has elongated slots therein,
45 through which project the periphery of disks
H I, said disks being keyed or otherwise rig-
idly secured to a revolving axle, upon the ends
of which are secured rimless wheels J, by
which the shaft is given a rotary motion.The disk H has pockets d to receive and dis- 50
charge the corn, the capacity of the pockets
being regulated by adjustable bottoms e.
To the upper side of the platform C, I con-
nect a brush, K, which is located directly over
the periphery of the disk, as shown more 55
clearly in Fig. 2. This brush is both remov-
able and vertically adjustable, so that it can
be replaced by a new one or adjusted to com-
pensate for wear, said adjustment being at-
tained by means of the regulating-nut f upon 6o
the screw-threaded end of the stationary bolt
g and the spring h. Any suitable means, how-
ever, may be employed for rendering the
brush both removable and adjustable.
The disk I is provided with pins i, which 65
are brought successively against arms k of an
agitator, L, said agitator having its bearing
at its lower end in a plate, 1,-secured to the
platform C, and its upper or opposite end in
a longitudinal brace, m, at the upper part of 70
the hopper A. The upper end of the agita-
tor L is permanently connected to the brace
m, but its lower end simply rests in a mortise
or hole in the bearing-plate 1. Thus when the
hopper A is thrown back the agitator is car- 75
ried with it. A laterally-adjustable gage-
plate, M, is connected to the platform C, to regu-
late the quantity of seed discharged.
When planting corn, the partition B is em-
ployed, and when planting cotton the parti- 8o
tion is removed, so as to have the entire ca-
pacity of the hopper, the cotton-seed being
such as not to pass through or be distributed
by the disk H.
The purpose of the brush K is to keep the 85
periphery of the disk H free from corn adhering
thereto, also to regulate the quantity carried
around by the pockets d by brushing the corn
level with the periphery.
Having now fully described my invention, 90
what I claim as new, and desire to secure by
Letters Patent, is-
1. In a corn and cotton planter, a hinged
hopper provided with a removable partition
and an agitator, in combination with a plat- 95
form to serve as a bottom to the hopper, and
two revolving disks, one provided with pins
for operating the agitator when cotton-seed is
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McNorton, John T. Corn and Cotton Planter., patent, July 13, 1886; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171298/m1/2/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.