Planter Attachment for Wheel-Cultivators. Page: 3 of 4
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24. That portion of the shaft 23 which is
embraced by the tubular shaft 24 is flattened
on one side, as at 25, and a corresponding slot
26 is formed in one side of the tubular shaft
5 24. A U-shaped clip 27 embraces the tubu-
lar shaft, and over its threaded ends is ar-
ranged a plate 28, that fits the slotted portion
of the shaft 24 and engages the flat side of
the shaft 23. Said plate is held in place by
To nuts 29, screwed over the ends of the clip
By tightening up the nuts the plate is drawn
through the slot 26 in the tubular shaft and
tightly engages the flattened portion 25 of the
shaft 23, thus causing the parts 23 and 24 of
15 the shaft to rotate together. On the end of
the shaft 23is fixed a sprocket-wheel 30,which
is adapted to be connected to a sprocket-
wheel 31, fixed to the ground-wheel 2 in any
suitable manner, by a sprocket-chain 32, and
20 on the opposite end of the tubular shaft 24 is
fixed a sprocket-wheel 33, which is connected
by a sprocket - chain 34 with the sprocket-
wheels 20 and 21 on the stirrer and feed
shafts, whereby the latter are rotated. By
25 means of the clip 27 the telescopic shaft 23
24 may be lengthened and shortened to adapt
the driving mechanism to cultivators having
varying gage of wheels.
The numeral 35 indicates the seed-dropping
30 foot, consisting of a metallic tube having rig-
idly attached to its lower end a furrow-open-
ing plow 36, which travels in advance of the
foot shown Firmly fitted around the up-
per end of the foot 35 is a yoke 37, between
35 the opposite ends of R hich are pivoted the
inner ends of two arms 38. The outer ends
of the arms 38 are journaled in bearings 39,
which are swiveled in split collars 40, clamped
by bolts 41 about the cultivator-beams. A
40 split collar 42 is also clamped by a bolt 43
about the lower end of the foot 35, and be-
tween the split ends thereof are fastened by
a break-pin 44 the rear ends of two metallic
straps 45 or chains 45", the forward ends of
45 which are fixed to collars 45, fastened to the
cultivator-beams by bolts 45c.
Attached to the under side of the hopper, be-
neath the seed-discharge, is a boot 46, formed
of leather, canvas, orsimilar strong and flexi-
50 ble material and attached at its lower end
to the upper end of a discharge-tube 47. The
lower end of the discharge-tube 47 is loosely
disposed in the foot 35, whereby the seed dis-
charged from the hopper passes through the
55 boot and discharge-tube into the foot and by
the latter is dropped to the ground.
The operation of my improved planter at-
tachment is as follows: To apply the attach-
ment to a cultivator, it is merely necessary to
6o clip the shaft 23 24 to the axle of the culti-
vator, attach the hopper to the seat-supports,
and connect the foot to the cultivator-beams
in the manner described. Then by gearing the
sprocket-wheels together by the sprocket-
65 chains the cultivator is converted into a
planter without alteration to the latter. As
the machine is drawn over the field the for-ward shovels 9 operate to throw the earth
up into a hill or ridge and the plow 36 opens
the same. The seed discharged by the hop- 70
per is dropped by the foot 35 immediately
behind the plow 36 into the furrow opened
by the latter and is covered over by earth
thrown over into the furrow by the shovels
10. The operator rests his feet in the foot- 75
rest 11, and is thereby enabled to shift the
cultivator-beams to the right or left, as occa-
sion may require, to form a perfectly straight
furrow. The cultivator-beams are held spread
apart by the arms 38 and yoke 37, and by 8o
swiveling the bearings 30 of the arms in the
collars 40 the cultivator-beams are permitted
to be freely oscillated laterally in the manner
described. The lower end of the foot 35 being
held fixed by thestraps 45 or chains 45, it will 85
be manifest that by adjusting the collars 40
longitudinally on the cultivator-beams the
inclination of the foot may be altered as de
sired, and in the same manner by adjustably
connecting the straps 45 or chains 45' to the 90
collars 45b the foot may be adjusted rela-
tively to the cultivator-shovels without alter-
ing its inclination. By connecting the rear
ends of the straps or chains to the foot by a
break-pin should the opening-plow encoun- 95
ter an obstruction the pin will break, thus
permitting the foot and its plow to swing rear-
wardly and free of the obstruction without
damage to any of the parts. The discharge-
tube 47 fitting loosely in the foot and being ioo
flexibly connected to the discharge-hopper
by the boot 46 the cultivator-beams may be
freely raised and lowered and oscillated from
right to left and the various adjustments of
the foot described are also rendered possible. 105
To permit of a wider adjustment of the foot
both horizontally and vertically, the hopper
is adjustably supported on the seat-supports,
as described, whereby the hopper may be
raised and lowered or moved forward or 110
rearward to permit of an extreme adjust-
ment of the foot not ordinarily permitted by
the boot. After the planting has been accom-
plished the attachment may be quickly re-
moved therefrom, when the cultivator will 115
again be in proper condition for performing
its normal functions.
I have shown the hopper supported beneath
the seat-beams by straps 15; but in those cul-
tivators where the seat-beams are quite low 12o
it will be manifest that the straps may be re-
versed and the hopper supported above the
beams. It will also be evident that various
details of construction may be altered or
varied without departing from the spirit of 125
my invention, and I therefore wish it to be
understood that I do not confine myself to the
details shown excepting as pointed out in the
claims.
Having described my invention, what I 130
claim is-
1. The combination with a wheeled cultiva-
tor and its oscillating beams carrying shovels,
of collars adjustably arranged on said beams,C)
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Homesley, James Mosses. Planter Attachment for Wheel-Cultivators., patent, November 8, 1898; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514476/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.