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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN W. WILLIAMS, OF HUBBARD, TEXAS.
CORN AND COTTON PLANTER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,595, dated November 16, 1886.
Application filed September 15, 1886. Serial No. 213,618. (No model.)To all zvhom, it m7ay concern:
Be it known that I, JoHN W. WILLIAMS, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Hub-
bard, in the county of Hill and State of Texas,
5 have invented certain new and useful Improve-
ments in Corn and Cotton Planters; and I do
declare the following to be a full, clear, and ex-
act description of the invention, such as will
enable others skilled in the art to which it
to appertains to make and use the same, refer-
ence being had to the accompanying draw-
ings, and to the letters and figures of reference
marked thereon,which form apart of thisspeci-
fication.
15 The invention will first be described in con-
nection with the drawings, and then clearly
pointed out in the claims.
Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan view;
Fig. 2, a median longitudinal vertical section;
2c Fig. 3, a group of detail views.
In the drawings, A represents a front ground-
wheel, having its shaft a journaled in the bear-
ings b on the under side of the two parallel
beans C C, these being connected in front by
25 a curved metallic draft-bar, D, fastened at each
end to one of said beams, and provided in the
middle with a hole, d. At the rear end these
beams are connected by a board or plate, E,
which is apertured at e over the discharge-
30 spout F. The latter is formed of a sheet of
metal fastened at the tipper corners between
and to the inside of the beams C C, while the
lower corners overlap the sides of the stand-
ard G of the furrowing-plow. This construc-
35 tion causes the seed to drop into the furrow as
the latter is made by the plow.
G' G' are the usual covering-plow standards,
which may be provided with the bracesg, con-
necting with the beams C.
40 H is the seed - hopper, having the bottom
with a circular excision, h, in which fits and
I urns the horizontal feed-wheel I, notched at
i. This is fast to the agitator-shaft J, carry-
ing the arms j above the feed - wheel. This
45 shaft is bottom-pivoted in the board or plate
E, while at top it is journaled in the hopper
cross - bar h', above which it extends, and is
made fast to the equal-armed lever K. Eachof the arms is connected by a wire or rod, k,
with one of the pendent pivoted arms L,swing- 50
ing on the eyes or loops M of the cross-bar n
of the frame N, supported on the beams C C.
Each arm L swings on one side of and in close
proximity to the wheel, which is provided on
each side with the lateral studs a', the number 55
being determined by the distance apart at
which the seed is to be. planted. As the
ground-wheel revolves,thestuds strikethepiv-
oted arms L. which vibrate the agitator and
the feed-wheel, thus dropping the seed with 60
great regularity and.certainty.
My planter is adapted to drop corn, beans,
peas, broom-seed, or sorghum.
When planting cotton,the feed wheel ordisk
is correspondingly notched on each side, and 65
a pivoted plate, I', having the slotted arm i',
is arranged on each side of it, so that it may
be set by a screw, i, so as to regulate the feed
of the cotton seed.
Except the bolts and rods, my planter may ;o
be constructed entirely of wood. It is there-
fore economical in cost, while experiment has
proved it to do its work in a very satisfactory
planner.
Having thus described all that is necessary 75
to a full understanding of my invention, what
I claim as new, and desire to protect by Let-
ters Patent, is-
1. In a planter, the upright frame N, sup-
ported on the beams C C and carrying the two So
pivoted arms L L, in combination with the
wheel A, having studs on both sides, the wires
k k, and the lever middle fastened to the agi-
tator-shaft, as and for the purpose specified.
2. In a planter, the combiunation,with a hop- 85
per having the circular excision h in its bot-
tom, of the horizontal feed-wheel I and armsj,
fast to a vertical vibratory shaft, J, as shown
and described.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 90
presence of two witnesses.
JOHN W. WILLIAMS.
Witnesses:
W. W. WILLIAMS,
W. AUG. BASS.
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Williams, John W. Corn and Cotton Planter., patent, November 16, 1886; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171391/m1/2/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.