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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
EDWARD J. DODDS AND THOMAS A. JACKSON, OF PUTNAM, TEXAS.
SEEDER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,342, dated July 25, 1899.
Application filed Januaiy 11, 1899. Serial No. 701,867. (To model)To all whom i fit &/ ConbCe7'
Be it known that we, EDWARD J. DODDS and
THOMAS A. JACKSON, citizens of the United
States, residing at Putnam, in the county of
5 Callahan and State of Texas, have invented a
new and useful Seeder Attachment for Plows,
of which the following is a specification.
Our invention relates to seeders and plant-
ers, and particularly to a seeder attachment
1o for sulky and other plows; and the object in
view is to provide a simple, compact, and ef-
ficient construction and arrangement of parts
whereby the quantity of grain sowed may be
accurately regulated.
15 Further objects and advantages of this in-
vention will appear in the following descrip-
tion, and the novel features thereof will be
particularly pointed out in the appended
claims.
20 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
view of a seeder attachment constructed in ac-
cordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a cen-,
tral vertical section of the same, indicating
suitable means whereby rotary motion may
25 be imparted to the seed plate or disk. Fig. 3
is a plan view showing the seed-plate partly
broken away.
Similar reference characters indicate corre-
sponding parts in all the figures of the draw-
30 ings.
The device embodying our invention is
adapted particularly for use as an attach ment
for application to sulky and other plows, the
movable members of the attachment being
35 adapted to receive motion from the support-
ing wheel or axle of the plow by means of suit-
able connections, which, however, form no
part of our invention and may be modified to
suit the construction of the plow in connec-
40 tion with which the device may be used.
In the drawings, 1 designates a base pro-
vided with feed-openings 2, which are elon-
gated on lines approximately concentric with
a central spindle 3, mounted verticallyin the
45 base, said spindle in the construction illus-
trated being fitted below the plane of the base
with a gear 4, to which continuous rotary mo-
tion in a uniform direction may be communi-
cated.
50 Arranged upon the base or bed plate con-
centric with the spindle 3 (which is shoul-
dered, as at 5, to fit in the upper surface ofsaid base or bed plate) is a feed-regulator 7
of annular construction, having a central
opening 8 and a plurality of feed-openings 9, 35
adapted for registration with the feed-open-
ings 2 and also elongated upon lines concen-
tric with said spindle. In practice we pref-
erably construct the feed-openings 9 and 2 of
diamond shape, or tapered toward their ex- 6o
tremities,withi the major diameter thereof dis-
posed upon said lines concentric with the
spindle. The feed-regulator 7 is adapted for
rotary adjustment concentric with the spin-
dle, and it is held centered with relation to 65
said spindle by means of a journal boss or en-
largement 10, depending from a seed-plate 11,
mounted in a countersink or depression 12 in
the upper side of the feed-regulator, and ro-
tary motion may be communicated from the 70
spindle to the seed-plate by means of a squared
or angular portion 13 of said spindle, fitted in
a squared socket 14, formed centrally in the
seed-plate. Also the seed-plate is provided
upon its upper side with a conical enlarge- 75
ment forming a deflector 15, and the upper
end of the spindle projects above the apex of
said deflector and is fitted with an agitator-
arm 16 of any suitable construction, adapted
to traverse a circular path in the hopper 17 8o
to prevent the arching of the grain or the
choking of the feed-openings and insure a
steady and uniform feed of the material. The
disk portion of the seed-plate 11 is provided
with any suitable number of feed-openings 85
18, which by the rotation of the plate are
brought successively into registration with
the registering feed-openings 9 and 2, formed,
respectively, in the feed-regulator and base
or bed plate. - 90
The feed-regulator is provided with a ra-
dial arm or extension 19, resting upon the up-
per surface of the base or bed plate and pro-
vided with a slot 20, concentric with the spin-
dle and engaged by a set-screw 21, threaded 95
into the base, whereby said regulator may be
secured at the desired adjustment or with
the feed-openings 9 thereof either wholly or
partly in registration with the openings 2 in
the base. 'co
The disk portion of the feed-plate 11 is
countersunk in the upper surface of the feed-
regulator 7 sufficiently to arrange the up-
per surface of the former flush with that of
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Dodds, Edward J. & Jackson, Tomas A. Seeder., patent, July 25, 1899; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511238/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.