Planting Attachment For Cultivators. Page: 3 of 3
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is secured to the band 20, and an inwardly-
extending member a', the latter member be-
ing inclined and the inclination being such
that as the machine advances the longer edges
5 of the ascending operating-plates will face to
the front. The inclined members a' of the op-
erating-plates 30 are adapted to engage with
the member of the angle-lever 27 that is out
of engagement with the right-hand seed-drop
to slide 17, as shown in Fig. 1, and as the ma-
chine advances the plates will one after the
other operate the angle-lever in such manner
as to press the connected seed-drop slide in-
ward and cause the openings 18 and 19 to reg-
15 ister and the seed to drop, also compressing
the spring 24. As the lever 27 is released
from engagement with a plate 30 the spring
24 returns the lever and slides to their nor-
mal position.
20 In order that only the amount of seed con-
tained in the openings 18 of the drop-slides
shall be delivered to the chutes or spouts 20,
a wiper or -cut-off 32 is provided, preferably
made of leather, and which rests upon the
25 upper face of each drop-slide over the outlets
of the seedboxes, as shown best in Fig. 4.
These wipers or cut-offs are attached to cross-
bars 31, that are placed transversely in the
seedboxes, being secured to the body plate
30 or board C, and a bolt 33 has its head por-
tion countersunk in each cross-bar 31. A pin
or nut carried by each of said bolts engages
with the upper face of each wiper.
The distance between the hills will be regu-
35 lated by the distance between the plates 30,
and the said plates are adapted to be adjust-
ably placed on the band 29, so that they maybe many or but few in number, according to
the distance required between hills.
Having thus described my invention, I 40
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent-
A planting attachment for cultivators, con-
sisting of a board or plate adapted to be se-
cured to a cultivator - frame and having a 45
groove or channel produced in each end, and
an outlet-opening leading from the bottom of
each groove through the plate or board, a
chute secured to the under side of the board
or plate, a seedbox on each end of the plate 50
or board over the grooves thereof, the said
plate or board forming the bottom of the end
boxes, apertured seed-slides in the grooves of
the board or plate, one of the said slides be-
ing provided with a flange at its outer end, a 55
rod connecting the said slides and working in
guides on the board or plate, a spring coiled
on the rod between one of the guides and a
stop on the rod, a bell-crank lever pivoted on
one end of the board or plate and having one 6o
member engaging the flange of the said slide,
and a band adapted to be secured to the in-
ner face of one of the ground-wheels of the
cultivator, and provided with a series of op-
erating-plates projecting outwardly and in- 65
wardly therefrom, the inwardly - projecting
members of the plates being inclined so as to
engage the member of the bell-crank lever
which is out of engagement with the seed-
slide, substantially as described.
SAMUEL W. NELSON.
Witnesses:
Tnos. A. BEDFORD,
GEORGE N. LANDRUM.
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Nelson, Samuel W. Planting Attachment For Cultivators., patent, March 13, 1900; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509117/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.