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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN JOSHUA ARMSTRONG AND ANDREW STEPHEN LOWREY, OF WEIMAR,
TEXAS.
CORN OR COTTON PLANTER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,728, dated April 23, 1889.
Application filed August 2, 1888. Serial No. 281,762, (No model.)To all zwhoet it bay concern:
Be it known that we, JOHN JOSHUA ARM-
STRONG and ANDREW STEPHEN LOWREY, citi-
zens of the United States, resicting at Weimar,
5 in the county of Colorado and State of Texas,
have invented a new and useful Improvement
in Corn and Cotton Planters, of which the
following is a specification.
Our invention relates to an improvement in
ro corn and cotton planters; and it consists in
the peculiar construction and combination of
devices, that will be more fully set forth here-
inafter, and particularly pointed out in the
claims.
15 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
a side elevation of a planter embodying our
improvements, showing the same arranged
for planting cotton. Fig. ' is a horizontal
sectional view taken on the line x x of Fig. 1.
20 Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view
taken on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a
detail perspective view of the yoke and the
rectangular and cylindrical bearings therefor.
A represents a pair of forwardly-converging
25 beams, between the front ends of which is
bolted the block 1, which has a forwardly-ex-
tending beam, C, provided at its front end
with a clevis, D.
E represents a cross-bar, which connects the
30o beams A near their rear ends. A pair of arms,
F, extend downward and rearward from the
rear ends of the beams A, and have bearings
formed at their lower ends, in which is jour-
naled a shaft, G. A walking-wheel, H, is se-
35 cured to the said shaft, and to one end of the
shaft is attached a crank, I, or the same may
be formed by bending the shaft, if preferred.
K represents a hopper, which is secured on
the beams A at a suitable distance from the
40 front end thereof. The bottom of the hopper
may be inclined in opposite directions toward
the center, and is provided with a longitudi-
nal discharge-opening, L. On one side of the
said opening, in the center of the hopper, is
45 a discharge-opening, M.
N represents an adjusting-plate, which is
arranged on one of the sides of the bottom of
the hopper, is provided with transverse slots
O, and is secured at any desired adjustment
50 by means of set-screws P, which work in the
said slots and engage the bottom of the hop-per. The function of this plate is to enable
the opening L to be partly or entirely closed.
R represents a seed-slide, which is guided
and reciprocates in openings S in the front 55
and rear sides of the hopper, and extends
longitudinally through the same. The said
seed-slide is provided with openings S', which
are adapted to register with the opening M.
T represents a brush, which is arranged 60o
transversely in the bottom of the hopper, at
the center of the same, and bears upon the
upper side of the seed-slide at a point above
the opening N in the hopper.
Journaled transversely in the sides of the 65
hopper, at the center of the same, is a shaft,
U, which has a crank, V, at one end, and se-
cured to the shaft is an agitator-cylinder, W,
which is provided with a series of radial eject-
ing-arms, X, which are curved at their outer 70
ends and are adapted to sweep successively
through the opening L in the bottom of the
hopper, and said agitator is further provided
with stirring-arms Y, which prevent seeds
from becoming lodged in the hopper. 75
Z represents a rod, which connects the
cranks I and V. Secured on the outer side
of one of the beams A, at a suitable distance
from the rear end thereof, is an inclined arm,
A', which is provided at its upper end with a 8S
pair of horizontally-extending studs, 1' C',
the latter being lower than the former and ar-
ranged at a suitable distance therefrom.
Said stud and arm constitute a guide for the
rod Z, the latter passing between the studs, 85
and the same forming the fulcrum for the
said rod,whereby the latter is caused to trans-
mit the rotary motion of the crank I to the
crank V, so as to cause the agitator \V to ro-
tate in the hopper when the machine is in 90
motion.
D' represents an operating-yoke,which com-
prises a bar having its front ends bent at
right angles. The front portion of the said
bar is circular in cross-section, and the rear 95
portion thereof is rectangular in cross-sec-
tion, and from the center of the bar projects
a stud, E'.
F' and G' represent a pair of straps or
plates, which are attached to one side of the roo
hopper, near the front and rear ends thereof,
anid are provided at their lower ends, re-
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Armstrong, John Joshua & Lowrey, Andrew Stephen. Corn or Cotton Planter., patent, April 23, 1889; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172030/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.