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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
PETER KLING, OF HAYES, TEXAS.
WHEEL-PLANTER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,521, dated August 7, 1888
Application filed November 20, 1887. Serial No. 156,274. (No model.)To all w7tho7 it 7may concern:
Be it known that I, PETER KLING, a citizen of
the United States, and a resident of Hayes, in
the county of Robertson and State of Texas,
5 have invented certain new and useful Im-
provements in Wheel-Planters; and I do de-
clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact
description of the invention, such as will en-
able others skilled in the art to which it apper-
o tains to make and use the same, reference be-
ing had to the accompanying drawings, and to
letters or figures of reference marked thereon,
which form a part of this specification.
Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation,
15 partly in section, of my improved planter.
Fig. 2 is a top or plan view. Fig. 3 is a bot-
tom view of the revolving disk. Fig. 4 shows
the handles having the harrow and scraping-
plate thereon, and Fig. 5 shows the covering-
20 roller and standard.
The invention relates to wheel-planters, be-
ing an improvement on a patent granted to me
on the 4th day of October, 1870, and num-
bered 108,032; and it consists in the construc-
25 tion and novel combination of parts hereinaf-
ter described, and pointed out in the appended
claims.
Referring to the drawings by letter, A des-
ignates the frame of the machine, consist-
30 ing of the hopper-platform B and tongue C,
which has engaged to its ends the clevis c.
The hopper D, provided with the inwardly-
standing stirring-arms d, the central vertical
shaft, E,having the bevel-gear e upon it below
35 the -hopper-platform, the drum F, secured to
the shaft E within the hopper and carrying
the stirring-arms f, the plate G at the base of
the hopper and provided with discharge-open-
ing g and cam-pin g', the rotatory disk H,hav-
40 ing the recess or concavity in its lower side
and provided with the projections h, dis-
charge-opening h', pivoted arms h, and springs
1h, and the detachable retaining-foot or cut-off
I for said disk are all of identical construe-
45 tion to those shown in my patent hereinbefore
referred to.
J is a standard passing through a slot in the
tongue near its forward end and rendered
vertically adjustable by means of the pin j,
go which passes through openings in the stand-
ard and through the tongue. The lower endof the standard is bifurcated, and in the arms
k k of the bifurcation is journaled the shaft of
the guide-wheel K.
L is the main axle of the machine,journaled 55
in bearings in the ends of hangers 11, secured
to the opposite side edges of the hopper-plat-
form, and M is a bevel-gear secured to said
axle and meshing with the bevel-gear e, so
that the rotation of the wheels in on the main 6o
axle rotates the shaft E, causing the stirring-
arms f to revolve, and also rotates the disk H.
N is the seed tube or drill secured to the
lower surface of the hopper-platform and hav-
ing the forwardly-projecting portion i, as in 65
my above-mentioned patent.
O is a furrow-opener or shoe bifurcated at
its lower end, so as to embrace the foot of the
seed-tube and be secured thereon by a bolt, o,
which passes through openings in the arms of 70
the bifurcation in rear of the said tube, and is
secured by a suitable nut, as shown. The up-
per front end of the furrow-opener is bolted
to the lower surface of the tongue,and the up-
per orifice of the seed tube registers with the 75
discharge-opening g of the plate G.
P is a covering-roller similar to that shown
in my above-mentioned patent and journaled
in the arms - r of the bifurcated lower end of
the standard R. The said standard passes So
through an opening in a bearing-block, S, se-
cured to the rear surface of the seed-tube, and
its end, when in its highest position, abuts
against the lower surface of the hopper-plat-
form, which serves as a stop to prevent it be- 85
ing set too high. The covering-roller is ad-
justed vertically by the set-screw s, which en-
gages in a tapped opening in the rear surface
of the bearing-block and impinges on the
standard R, as shown. 90
T T are the handles, connected near their
bends by the cross-bar t,and provided at their
lower ends with the inwardly-standing arms
v, having the hooks g' at their ends to engage
over the main shaftL, so that the handles can 95
be raised and lowered at will on said shaft.
V is a harrow and scraper-plate,connecting
and preferably made integral with the arms v,
and having the harrow-teeth v' v' and the in-
wardly-beveled scrapers W on its lower edge. ioo
The said scraper's edges W lie against the
covering-roller and remove the adhering soil
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Kling, Peter. Wheel-Planter, patent, August 7, 1888; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171818/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.