Combined Cotton and Corn Planter. Page: 4 of 4
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of the guard to the adjacent wall of the hop- hopper, of a feed-shaft and means for rotat- 65
per and is provided with a series of notches 33 ing the same, a corn-feeding wheel mounted
beyond said wall, into which there is adapted on the shaft and provided with grain-receiv-
to be projected a latch 34, so that the guard ing recesses, an imperforate guard mounted
5 may be locked in any of its adjusted posi- in guides adapted for lateral movement over
tions, and in this manner each notch of the the wheel and provided with a handle or bar 70
wheel adapted to receive one or a greater projecting beyond the wall of the hopper and
number of kernels. provided with a series of notches, and a latch
An inverted-V-shaped hood 35 is mounted adapted to be swung down into one of said
to upon a bifurcated handle 35", passed longi- notches and thereby adjust the guard over
tudinally through the hopper and lying upon the wheel, substantially as specified. 75
the bottom of the same, a bifurcation of the 3. In a planter of the class described, the
handle lying at each side of the wheel for combination, with the hopper and the feed-
feeding the cotton seed. By operating the shaft having the cotton and corn planting
15 handle it is apparent that more or less of the wheels, of the handle passing longitudinally
periphery of the wheel will be exposed, and through the hopper, the set-screw for adjust- So
thus a greater or less quantity of cotton-seed ing the same, the inverted-V-shaped guard
carried by the radiating arms and delivered flanged at its inner end and mounted on the
into the feed-spout secured to the central bi- handle, and the removable sliding cap fitting
20 furcated plow-standard. A binding-screw 38 the flanges, and the laterally-movable guard
passes through the bifurcations of the han- mounted over the corn-feeding wheel and 85
dle and through the bottom of the hopper, having the notched handle -bar projecting
and may be manipulated so as to bind the through the hopper, and the latch secured to
handle inanyof the adjusted positions. The the wall of the hopper and adapted to take
25 inner edges of the inverted-V-shaped guards into the notches, substantially as specified.
are flanged, as at 39, and adapted to fit over 4. In a planter of the class described, the 90
the same is a sliding cap 40. This cap is combination, with the feed-shaft, of the feed-
merely used when the cotton-feeding device wheel mounted fixedly upon the shaft, and
is not to be employed, and serves merely to a second feed-wheel movably mounted on the
30 complete the covering of the cotton-feeding shaft and interlocking with the fixed feed-
wheel. wheel, substantially as specified. 95
The axle 41, upon which is mounted the 5. In a machine of the class described, the
wheel 5, has one of its ends cranked, as at combination, with the feed-shaft provided
42, and is connected to the crank of the feed- with a fixed feed-wheel, of a removable feed-
35 shaft by a pitman 43, which is supported in- wheel, the adjacent faces of the wheels being
termediate its connections by a guide 44, de- provided with alternating recesses and lugs roc
pending from one of the side bars or beams 1. and adapted to interlock with each other, sub-
The operation of the invention is as fol- stantially as specified.
lows: The cotton-seed or corn to be planted, 6. In a planter of the class described, the
40 as the case may be, is placed in the hopper combination, with the side -beams and the
and either of the guards of the wheels cov- hopper, of a feed-shaft and means for rotat- 105
ered and the other one graduated or adjusted ing the same, a corn-feeding wheel having
over the proper wheel. The machine being grain-receiving recesses mounted on the shaft,
started, the wheel through the pitman ro- an imperforate guard mounted in guides
45 tates the feed-shaft, which in turn through adapted for lateral movement over the wheel,
the connecting-link imparts motion to the and means for locking the guard over the tio
agitator-shaft. By reason of the difference wheel, substantially as specified.
in length between the cranks of the feed and 7. In a planter of the class described, the
agitator shafts, what will rotate the feed-shaft combination, with the hopper and the feed-
50 will serve to but partially rotate the agitator- shaft having the cotton and corn planting
shaft, and thus the latter shaft is merely os- wheels, of the handle passing longitudinally I15
cillated back and forth within the hopper. through the hopper, the set-screw for adjust-
Having thus described my invention and ing the same, the inverted-V-shaped guard,
its operation, what I claim is-- flanged at its inner end and mounted on the
55 1. In a planter of the class described, the handle, and the removable sliding cap fitting
combination, with a hopper, of a feed-shaft the flanges, substantially as specified. 120
and means for operating the same, and a In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
wheel provided with a series of radiating my own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in
spokes, a bifurcated handle embracing the presence of two witnesses.
6c wheel, a set-screw for adjusting the same, and EDVARD D. CARTER.
an inverted-V-shaped hood mounted over the
wheel, substantially as specified. Witnesses:
2. In a planter of the class described, the D. C. KENNEDY,
combination, with the side beams and the J. M. HOARD.
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Carter, Edward D. Combined Cotton and Corn Planter., patent, February 3, 1891; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172591/m1/4/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.