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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
CHARLES W. LOE AND THOMAS L. MITCHELL, OF GOREE, TEXAS.
COTTON-SEED PLANTER.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Apr.1,1913.
Application filed October 19, 1912. Serial No. 726,751.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that we, CHARLES W. LoE and
THOMAS L. MITCHELL, citizens of the United
States, residing at Goree, in the county of
5 Knox and State of Texas, have invented a
new and useful Cotton-Seed Planter; and
we do hereby declare the following to. be a
full, clear, and exact description of the in-
vention, such as will enable others skilled in
10 the art to which it appertains to make and
use the same.
This invention relates generally to the art
of seeders and planters, and particularly to
a new and useful edge drop feeder or seeder,
15 adapted particularly for dropping or plant-
ing cotton seed in hills, at any distance
apart, as may be desired, thereby saving con-
siderable seed, as well as saving substantially
one-half the labor of thinning the cotton
20 after it has reached a proper growth.
Another object of the invention is the pro-
vision of agitator arms carried by the disk,
for wiping the inner circumference of the
seed receptacle, so as to thoroughly under-
25 mine and agitate the seed in the receptacle.
There are disclosed in the drawing certain
features of construction, but in practical
fields these features may necessitate altera-
tions, to which the patentees are entitled,
30 provided the alterations are comprehended
within the scope of what is claimed.
The invention comprises further features
and combination of parts,. as hereinafter set
forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.
35 In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a sectional
view through a portion of the seed box,
showing the improved edge drop feeder or
seed planting mechanism as applied. Fig. 2
is a horizontal sectional view through the
40 seed box, showing parts broken away and
parts in elevation. Fig. 3 is an enlarged
fragmentary detail sectional view of the
seed box, showing the toothed member 8 and
the. fingers 6. Fig. 4 is an enlarged frag-
45 mentary detail sectional view of the disk 1,
showing one of the groups of fingers 6, the
number. of which may be increased or de-
creased, or interchanged or replaced.
Referring more particularly to the draw-
50 ings 1 designates a disk, which is mounted
on and operated by the shaft 2, which in
turn is operated by any suitable means, such
as that indicated at 4. At this point of the
specification it is well to mention that themechanism for operating the disk, forms no 55
part of the present invention, therefore, any
suitable means or conventional form of
mechanism may be employed, for imparting
motion to the disk. This disk 1 is provided
with a plurality of threaded recesses 5, ar- 60
ranged in series on the periphery of the disk,
adapted to receive the threaded pins or fin-
gers 6, the number of which to each series
may be increased or decreased, and are
adapted to engage the teeth 7 of the toothed 65
member 8, which knocks the seed from the
seed receptacle 9. These series or groups of
pins or fingers are designed particularly for
the purpose of dropping or planting cotton
seed or other seed in hills, at various dis- 70
tances apart, thereby saving considerable
seed, heretofore unnecessarily used, as well as
saving approximately one-half of the labor
in planting. The toothed member 8 is inter-
mittently rotated, and if the pins are in- 75
creased in rAmber, the toothed member 8
will be further rotated, thereby increasing
the feeding of the seed, but if the pins are
decreased in number, the amount of seed fed
is decreased. The toothed member is held 80
in place on the shaft 10, by the spring 11
and collar 12, which is held in adjusted posi-
tions by the thumb screw 13.
The disk 1 is provided with a pair of
agitator arms 14, which are U-shaped in 85
cross section, 'the yieldable free portions 15
of which are adapted to wipe against the
inner circumference of the seed receptacle,
so as to thoroughly agitate and undermine
the seeds. Each agitator is secured to the 90
disk by passing its lower portion 16 through
the aperture 17, and re-insert the same in the
recess 18 of the under-side of the disk, so as
to prevent displacement of the agitator
arms.. S5
From the foregoing it will be noted that
there has been provided a simple, efficient
and desirable edge drop feeder,, for cotton
seed planters, comprising- a disk having re-
placeable fingers arranged in series, whereby 100
the feeding of the seeds may be increased or
decreased, and one which has been found
practical in its adaptation, to planters.
The invention having been set forth, what
is claimed as new and useful is:- 105
In combination with a seed receptacle hav-
ing an edge drop feed mechanism including
a disk member, of a pair of agitator arms1,057,487.
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C. W. Loe; Loe, C. W & Mitchell, T. L.; T. L. Mitchell. Cotton Seed Planter., patent, April 1, 1913; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth854011/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.