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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
DAVID KENNEDY, OF WACO, TEXAS.
COTTON-SEED PLANTER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,350, dated July 29, 1890.
Application filed February 8, 1890. Serial No. 339,671. (No model.)To all whon it m y concern,:
Be it known that I, DAVID KENNEDY, of
Waco, in the county of McLennan and State
of Texas, have invented certain new and use-
5 ful Improvements in Cotton-Seed Planters;
and I do hereby declare the following to be a
full, clear, and exact description of the inven-
tion, such as will enable others skilled in the
art to which it pertains to make and use it,
mo reference being had to the accompanying
drawings, which form part of this specification.
My invention relates to an improvement in
cotton-seed planters; and it consists in, first,
a hopper having its rear side or board ex-
m5 tended downward so as to form the standard
or furrow-opener; second, the combination of
two endwise adjustable castings provided
with shoulders or offsets, and which are made
adjustable in relation to each other, and by
20 means of which the quantity dropped is regu-
lated, and, third, in the arrangement and com-
bination of parts which will be more fully de-
scribed hereinafter.
The objects of my invention are to extend
25 the rear side of the seed-boxdownward, so as
to form a furrow-opener or standard, to at-
tach the combined seed-box and standard to
the two iron beams, by which it is supported
by clamping-bolts which pass entirely through
30 them, and to produce a cheap and simple de-
vice by means of which the quantity of seed
planted can be readily regulated.
Figure 1 is a plan view of a planter which
embodies my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are
35 vertical sections of the same, taken at right
angles to each other. Fig. 4 is a detached
view of the slides W.
A represents the two beams, which are
.curved downward at their front ends, so as
40 to form bearings for the shaft of the wheel B.
Formed upon or secured to one end of this
shaft is the crank C, to which the connecting-
rod D' is fastened. The rear and outer end
of this rod C is connected to a longer crank
45 D, which is secured to one end of the shaft
E, which extends through the top of the seed-
box, and has the stirring device F secured
thereto. The revolutions of the wheel B
cause the cranks and the connecting-rod to
50 keep the seed-stirrer in motion for the pur-pose of preventing the seed from becoming
clogged. The handles G are rigidly secured
to the side of the seed-box, and have their
front ends bolted to the front ends of the
beams A by means of the eyebolts II, to which 55
the bent draft-rod I is attached.
The seed-box J has its rear side L to ex-
tend on down below the bottom of the seed-
box, where it is reduced in size, so as to form
a standard or furrow-opener N, and thus pre- 6o
vent the necessity of having to use separate
and distinct parts, as has heretofore been
done. By this construction the planter is
greatly simplified and cheapened in construc-
tion, for the extension of the lower end of the 65
board forms all of the standard necessary.
To the lower end of the standard N is se-
cured a shovel of any suitable construction.
Through the two beams A and this board
I is passed a bolt O, by means of which 70
the seed-box is partially secured in position.
The front end board P of the box also pro-
jects down below the bottom of the seed-box,
and is clamped in position by means of a
bolt Q, which passes through the lower end 75
of the board and the beams. The seed-box
is supported upon and secured to the beams,
and the beams are held in their relative ar-
rangement to each other by means of these
two clamping-bolts. As will be seen, this con- 8o
struction greatly simplifies and cheapensthe
cost of the planter.
Placed in between the two slanting por-
tions of the bottom are the two endwise-mov-
ing slides W, which are reduced in width at 85
their ends in such a manner as to form the
shoulders X, and the space between these
shoulders forms the opening through which
the seed drop. These slides are inserted into
position from opposite ends of the seed-box, 90o
and are made adjustable in relation to each
other, so as to regulate the size of the open-
ing, and thus regulate the amount of seed
dropped. After the two slides havebeen ad-
justed into their proper relation with each 95
other they are locked in position by means
of the set-screw Y, which is passed through
the end of the seed-box, as shown.
The seed drops into.the conductor Z, placed
underneath the bottom of the seed-box, and oo
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Kennedy, David. Cotton Seed Planter., patent, July 29, 1890; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172428/m1/2/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.