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spectively, with curved and rectangular
guides FP and G2, for the curved and rectan-
gular portions of the yoke D'. The front end
of the said yoke is turned down at right an-
5 gles to form a pin, H',which engages an open-
ing in the front end of the seed-slide.
From the foregoing description it will be
understood that when the yoke is caused to
reciprocate similar motion is imparted to the
io seed-slide. Whenthe yoke is moved forward
until its stud E' comes in contact with the
bearing at the lower end of plate F', the rear
end of the yoke clears the bearing G', so as to
disengage the rectangular portion of the yoke,
15 and the same may be then turned in thebear-
ing F', so as to cause the pin H' to disengage
the seed-slide and permit the latter to be re-
moved and another having a larger or smaller
opening to be substituted in its stead, so as
20 to adapt the machine for planting different
kinds of grain.
When the rod Z is connected to the crank
V, so that the agitator W is rotated, the ma-
chine is adapted for use in planting cotton-
25 seeds. In order to plant corn, peas, or simi-
lar seeds, the rod Z is disengaged from the
crank V and is connected to the stud E', so
as to cause the rotary motion of the walking-
wheel to impart reciprocating motion to the
30 yoke and to the seed-slide.
A furrow-opener, I', depends from the block
B, and covering-shovels K' are secured to
curved standards L', that are bolted to the
beams A. M' represents handles, which are
35 similar to plow-handles, have their front ends
secured on the outer sides of the beams A by
means of a bolt, and are supported at any
desired inclination by means of inclined arms
N', that project upward from the rear ends of
40 the beams A.
We are aware that it has been heretofore
proposed to provide a planter with a yoke
connected to the seed-slide to reciprocate the
latter, and to provide a driving-shaft having
15 a crallnk and a pitman to connect the latter to
the yoke, the said pitman l:eing d(taielhbleltherefrom at will; hence we make no claim,
broadly, to such construction.
Having thus described our invention, we
claim- 50
1. The combination, in a planter, of the
hopper having the plates' F' G' on one side
at its front and rear ends, respectively, said
plates being provided, respectively, with cyl-
indrical and rectangular guides or bearings 55
F2 GI, the seed-slide arranged in the hop-
per and extending longitudinally through
openings in the front and rear sides thereof,
the reciprocating yoke having its front por-
tion circular in cross-section and its rear por- 6o
tion rectangular in cross-section, said front
and rear portions being arranged, respectively,
in the cylindrical and rectangular guides or
bearings, and said yoke being further pro-
vided at its front ends with the arm to engage 65
the seed-slide and provided at its center with
the stud E', the driving-shaft havingthe crank,
and the rod Z, connected to the crank and de-
tachably connected to the stud E', substan-
tially as described. 7o
2. In a planter, the combination, with the
hopper and the seed-slide therein having one
end projecting from one end of the hopper,
of the reciprocating yoke D', having its rear
portion angular in cross-section and its front 75
portion cylinCr:cal in cross-section and hav-
ing an arm at one end to engage the opening
in the projecting end of the seed-slide, the
angular and cylindrical bearings G' F', for
the respective parts of the yoke, whereby the So
latter may be unshipped from or attached to
the seed-slide, and the mechanism to recipro-
cate the yoke, substantially as described.
In testimony that we claim the foregoing as
our own we have hereto affixed our signatures 85
in presence of two witnesses.
JOHN JOSI UAA RMSTRONG.
ANDREW STEPHEN LOWREY.
Witnesses:
A. B. RoGERs,
WV. J. THORNTON.
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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/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.