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a bottom board, a, a slide, b, and an oscillating
stirrer, c, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. The bot-
tom board, a,.is provided centrally with a lon--
gitudinal slot, a', and alongside the said slot is
made a longitudinal groove, a'. The slide b is
provided with a central longitudinal slot, b',
and a depending stud, b', which enters the
groove a'. On the opposite side from the stud
b is a recess, b'. The said slide is also pro-
vided with a projecting arm adapted to be at-
tached to the front end of the pitman the same
as the corn-slide S. The stirrer ccomprisesa
rock-shaft, which isjournaledin openings made
in the side walls of the hopper, and is provided
with radial stirring-arms c', which extend up-
wardly from the rock-shaft in the bottom of
the hopper and downwardly from the said shaft
in the slot b'. An arm, c', also extends from
the rock-shaft and enters the recess b' of the
slide b, so as to impart an oscillating motion
to the rock-shaft when the said slide is recip-
rocated, as will be very readily understood.
The function of thestirring-arms is to force the
cotton-seeds downwardly through the slots b'
and a' when the machine is operated.
Having thus described my invention, I
claim-
1. The combination of the beams A, having
the furrow-opener secured between their front
ends and the covering-plows attached to therear ends of the beams, with the frame I, pivoted
between the beams A at its front end, and
having the supporting-wheel provided with
the crank M, the hopper secured to the frame
I, the reciprocating seed-slide in the bottom of 35
the hopper, and having the arm or pin project-
ing through a slot in the side thereof, the
pitman having one end pivoted to the said arm
or pin, and the other end attached to the crank
M, whereby the seed-slide is operated by the 40
supporting-wheel, and the reciprocating stirrer
c,journaled in the hopper,aund having the de-
pending arm engaging the slide, whereby the
said stirrer is operated by the slide, substan-
tially as described. 45
2. The combination, in a cotton-planter, of
the hopper having the bottom board, a, pro-
vided with the slot a' and the groove a', the
slide b, bearing on the bottom board, a, and
having the slot b', the depending stud b, en- ,o
gaging the groove a', and the oscillating stirrer
c above the slide b, and having the arm c' en-
gaging the slide, substantially as described.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 55
presence of two witnesses.
ESIR DAVID WHITEHURST.
Witnesses:
D. L. CaRMICHA EL,
J. A. KINCAID.
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Whitehurst, Esir David. Planter., patent, August 3, 1886; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171313/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.