ELEVATING AND DEPRESSING SPRINGS. 



1585 



tbrEii, of the seod-box, Mie rockshall and plun- 

 gers, thcsecd-dischargiiigtubes,and the clieok- 

 springs which close the dischaige ends of th( 

 tubes. 



11. The combiimtiou, substantially as set 

 forth, of the seed-box, the rock-sliaft therein, 

 the plungei-s curried by the rock-shatl., the 

 open-faced grain -discharging tubes in which' 

 the plungers work, and means for vibrating 

 the rock -shaft. 



12. The couibinaliipii, substantially as set 

 fortli, of the seed-box. the rock-shaft, the plun- 

 gers carried by the rocksliaft, the gmin-dis- 

 charging tubes in which the pliiugcre work, 

 the upright rjd M on the rock -shaft, the pit- 

 man 31', and t'u- adjustable coupling N, be 

 tween the uin'ight roii and pitman, fortlie pur- 

 pose set forth. 



13. The iudcpeiidcjit gi-aiu - wheel fiunie 

 herein described, having agi-aiu-tulwor seed- 

 <!Onveyer, in exj ml li nation with a gmin-wlieel 

 mounted in beaiings in the fi-ame, the tube 

 terminating opposite the pcHphery of the 

 wheel. 



14. The combination, substantially as set 

 forth, of a seed-feeding tube in or on a seed 

 box or receptacle, a seed-conveying tu'be, 

 which delivei's the seed to the earth, rocking 

 or rising and falling on a hiDg<*connectioa or 

 pivot, and a flexible connection or joint be 

 tween the two tubes. 



15. The combination, substantially as set 

 forth, of the seed-box, a series of seed-tube? 

 therein, a series of seed-conveyingtnbes rock 

 ing on bearings, flexing joints between said se- 

 ries of tubes, and a seed-wheel for each seed 

 conveying tube moving therewith. 



16. Tlie combination, substantially as sel 

 fortli, of a frame, seed-feedifig devices, a series 

 of grain- wheels which press the seeti into the 

 eaiti, and mechanism for varying the weight 

 thrown upon said wheels, for the purpose set 

 forth. 



17. The combination, substantially as set 

 forth, of the main fi-ame. a series of fi-ames car- 

 rying grain-wheels pivoted ontheframe, ase- 

 ries of liearingsprings which tend to force the 

 graiu-wheels into the earth, and a lever foi 

 throwingmore or less weight upon said wheels 



18^. The combination, substantially as se; 

 forth, of the main fi-ame, aseriesof frames car 

 rj'ing grain-wheels pivoted on the frame, ami 

 a series of bearing-springs which tend to foret 

 the grain-wheels into the earth. 



19. The combination, substantially as sel 

 forth, of the seat supporting beam, the seal 

 having rollers which run on the beam, the 

 foot-rest pivoted in lugs depending from the 

 seat, and the clamping or locking end ^ of the 

 foot- rest. 

 284.376. GYRUS 0. CARTER, Neely- 



ville, Ills. Wheat-Sowing Macbine. Sept 



4, 1883. Filed April 20, 1883. 



1. The combination, in a wheat-sowing ma 

 chine, of a series of runners pivoted or hung 

 to tlie frame, a notehed heel-piece in which the 

 free endsof the runners rest, a hand-lever piv- 

 oted to a shaft journaled in the frame, and a 

 series of horizontal plate-springs projecting 

 from said shaft and connecting with the fret 

 ends of the runners, substantially a.s set forth. 



2. Ashaft journaled in the frame,andahand 

 lever pivoted thereto and adapted to be move*, 

 transversely on its pivot ot tne irame, ana 

 having a cat«h-plate, combined with a notched 

 segment, substantially as set forth. 



;J. A runner having its rear end cui-ved con- 

 centrically with its pivot and provided with 

 an opening for the seed-tube, combined with a 

 notched heel-piece, and a horizontal plate- 

 spring connecting the free end of the runner 

 with a transvei-se rotative shaft., substantially 

 as set forth. 



4. The combination, with iu« seed bos, o( 

 the sliding board i, provided with the inclined 

 plane (". and having flexible seed-tubes con 

 nected therewith, substantially as set forth. 

 284,378. JOSHUA O CENTER, Hayno^- 



viile, asRignor of ouc-Kiilf to L. Mayo 



Leavenworth, Kans, Seed Drill. Sept 



4. 1883. Filed Feb. 13, 18«3. 



1. In a tyed-drill, the feed shafts E e, eacb 

 made in two parts, placed in line with eael. 

 other, and independently connected with n 

 driving mechanism, sabstantially as herein 

 shown and described, whereby side draft, will 

 be prevent^'d, and both sides of the drill will 

 be made to work at the same depth in the soil, 

 as set fortli. 



2. In n seed drill, the hinges, made sub 

 stantially as herein shown and descril)ed,witli 

 bearing-boxes F upon the inner straps, C, and 

 nngular IngstJupon the prujectingendsof the 



" out«r strops, D, wherebi? a wide bearing in 

 formed for the hinging stiaft or pivot, and the 

 movements of the hinges are limited, as set 

 forth. 



3. In a seed drill, the combination, with the 

 frames A It, of the hinges C I> E, provided 

 with the angnlar lugs 0,substaiitially as herein 

 shown and described, whereby the forivard 

 frame is allowed to ^lay within fixed limits, 

 as set forth. 



4. In asecd ilrill,the combination, with the 

 angular lugs of the hinges I) E, of the set 

 screws H, suUstautially as herein shown and 

 described, whereby the movements of the said 

 hinges can be regulated, as set forth. 



5. The cutters I, inclined at an obtuse an- 

 gle to form the mold-board L, fitting a cor- 

 reapoudingly-shaped side of the standaixis K, 

 as shown and described. 



6. In a seed-drill, the combination, with the 

 rauners UK and the frame A, of the pairs 

 of straps M, having their forward ends bent 

 outward and provided with pivot-holes, and 

 the plates O, provided with pairs of lugs N, 

 substantially as herein shown and described) 

 whereby the said rnunei-s will have a free ver 

 tical movement on pivots at the front, as set 

 forth. 



7. In a seed-drill, the combination, with the 

 hinged runners UK and the frame A, of tl« 

 keepera Q and the springs P, having their fret 

 ends movable in said keepers, substantially 

 as herein shown and described, whereby the 

 said runnel's are held down to their work, as 

 set forth. 



8. Ina seed drill, the combination, with the 

 sleeve 6 and the loose press-wheels 9, of the 

 ratchet-wheels 11 and the pawls 10, substan- 

 tially as herein shown and described, whereby 

 the said wheels are made toactindependentlj 

 upon the said sleeve, as set forth. 

 284,379. JOHJN B. UURISTIAW, Ham- 

 burg, Iowa. Cultivator. $epL 4, 1883 

 Filed Aug. 1, 1882. 



1. The combination, with the axle-lrame, 

 bent fte described, of ilie split sleeve looselj 

 mounted on the wheel spindle, and having a 

 projecting ami connected with a bent lever 

 fulcmmed to an arm attrxhed to the frame, the 

 bifurcated iient link pivoted to the bent lever, 

 and the spiral spring connecting the link and 

 arm, substanti;dly as specified. 



2. In combination with the split sleeve 

 mounted ou the -spindle of the bent frame, the 

 movable clamp, its pins and clamping-screw, 

 and the drag-beam and its exUmslons, in which 

 the pins have bearings, substantially as and 

 for the purposes set fort.h. 



3. In combination with the lower bifurcated 

 extension of the drag-beam and the lower pin 

 of the clamp, the loose collar mounted on the 

 lower pin of the clami>, and the set-screw 

 adapted to bind the collar to the piu, sabstan 

 tially as specified. 



286,363. A. and M. RUNSTETLER, as- 

 signor to tlie Farmei-s' ^'riemJ Maiial'actur- 

 ing Co., JJa\ton, Ohio. Grain Drill. 

 Sept. 18, 1883 Filed May 2fj, 1883. 



1. In a grain-drill, the combination, wiin 

 the shifting bar or bars, of a rod coiinecting 

 said Ivar or bars with a crank pin upon a pin- 

 ion, said pinion being mounted upon a lever, 

 by which it is held out? of engagement "Nvith 

 the axle-gear, and having a peripheral flange 

 provided with notches which engage with a 

 locking-detent upon a rigid support for said 

 pinion, snbstanually as descril>ed. 



2. The Combination, with a gear rigid upon 

 the axle, of a levc" carrying a pinion having a 

 notched flange and a rigid support beneath 

 said flange, provided with a locking-detent, 

 upon which the notched flange rides when 

 meshed with the axle-gear, and wifh which it 

 automatically engages when thu notch reaches 

 the detent, thereby unmeshing the pinion and 

 gear, substantially as described. 



3. The combinatiou, with a series of hoet 

 attached to drag-bars, of a corresponding sc- 

 ries of drop -links or their equivalents piv- 

 oted to a rock-shaft, journaled in th*> frame, a 

 rod connecting an arm upon said shaft witJi a 

 crank-pin upon a pinion mounted npon a le- 

 ver, by which it is held out of eugagement 

 with the axle-gear, and a rigid support be- 

 neath said pinion, having a locking-detent 

 which engages with an oppositely- notched 

 flange on said pinion, substantially as de- 

 scribed. 



4. The combination, with the pinion mounl I 

 ed upon alever, and having a peripheial flangf ! 

 with opposite uotehew formed therein, of a j 

 rigid support mounted upon the drill-frame, ' 

 said supportbeinsprovided with a detent, sub ! 



siantialiy as described. 



5. The combination, with two independent 

 axle-gears, of two pinions, each mounted upon 

 a pivoted lever and pormally held out of ipesh 

 with said axle-gears, one of sriid jduions actu- 

 ating the bar or bars to shift the hoes, and the 

 other a rock-shaft to raise and lower then\ 

 said mechanisms being wholly separate and 

 capable of- independent or of ^ simultaneous 

 opcmtion, substantially as described. 



6. The combination, with the rqck - bars 

 geared together and journaled in the drlll- 

 frame^ of drag-bars i)iyoted alternately to each 

 of said hoes, a rod connecting an arm upon one 

 of said bar.* with a pinion, and a lever carry- 

 ing said pinion and holding it normally out 

 of mesh with the axle-gear, substantially as 

 described. 



7. A locking-pinion foe shifting or raising 

 the hoes of a grain-drill, said pinion being 

 provided with a flange having notches at suit- 

 able iTotervals adapted to engage with a lock- 

 ing-detent mounted on the drill-frame, sab- 

 stantially as described. 



S, The combination, in a grain-drill, with 

 the drag-bars and the rock shaft or shafts by 

 which they are carried, of mechanism, sub- 

 stantially aa described, intermediate l)etween 

 said rock-shailand the revolving axle, where- 

 by the hoes are shifted bj' the power of the 

 team, and automatic locking, mechanisjtn en- 

 gaging at intervals with the shifting devices 

 and holding the hoes in or out of rank, sub- 

 stantially as described. 



9. In a grain-drill, the combination, with 

 the hoes and their drag-bars, of drop-links 

 pivoted to a rock-shaft, mechanism, substau- 



j tially as described, com ecting the rock-shaft 



I with the revolving as!t, and automatic iock- 



I ing devices engaging at intervals with said 



mechanism, whereby the hoes are raised bj 



the power of the team and automatically 



locked in position, substantially as described. 



10. The combination, iii a giain-driii, with 

 the drag-bai-s and the ^fting bar or bars by 

 which they are carried, of meciianism far 

 shifting the hoes into double or single rank 

 or for reciprocating them continuously by the 

 po%ver of the team, and of mechanism for au- 

 tomatically locking them in or out of rank, 

 substantially as described. 



11. In a grain-drill, the combination of 

 the hoes and their drag-bars connected by 

 chains or links to a rock-shaft, and mechan- 

 ism connecting the rock-shaft with the revolv- 

 ing axle, whereby the hoes are raised by the 

 power of the team and automatically locked 

 in position, substantially as descril)ed. 



12. The combination, with the bar carrying 

 the. seat, and having laterally -extending plates 

 in rear and in front, which engage 'withthe 

 parallel seat supports, of a central vertical 

 bolt projecting between said supports, a per- 

 forated plate engaging with said bolt, and a 

 thumb-nut eng;iging with the threaded end ol 

 the. latter, substantially as described. 



13. A seat having adjustment between hori- 

 zontal parallel ftnpp(trts, in c^nubination with 

 a locking-plate providet'/ with lateral exten- 

 sions adapt-ed to serve as foot-rests for the 

 driver, substantially .xs described. 



14. The combinatiou, with the drop-bear- 

 ings for the pivoted levers, of angle-platea 

 partlj" embiacing a cross-beam of the drill- 

 frame, and a rigid support having an angular 

 attaching portion occupying the angle between 

 one of the drop-bearings and its attaching- 

 plate, registering perforations being formed in 

 each to receive the lever-pivot and attaching 

 sciew, substanOially as described. 



15. The combinatiou, with the parallel cen- 

 tral supporting-beams, of a .seat carried by an 

 inclined bar liaving supporting transverse 

 plates attached to its lower end and resting 

 upon the jjarallel beams, and adjost-ible there- 

 on, with a clamping-bolt and nut carried by 

 one of said transverse plates, substantially as 

 described. 



285,797. LEBEUS O- OHAPIN, Kala- 

 nuiEoo, Mich. Wheel-Cultivator. Oct. 2, 

 1883. Filed Jun« 2, 1883. 



1. Tne combination, with Independently 

 hinged tootli-bai-s, a spring on each of said 

 Irais, a cross-bar connecting said springs, and 

 a chunecting lifting-lever, of a spring-metal 

 pressu re ba r h.ayi ug the i-earwardly -extend ing 

 free end pro. ided witli the sliding hook, sub- 

 staJilially as set forth. 



2. The eond>ination of vertically -playing 

 hinged tootli-lteaii's the tootli-l>eaiu spiirgs, 

 ;i lifting-lever and means connecting it with 

 sjiid springs, the spring -metal pi-essnre-bar 

 having thi' S-sha'ped slottetl end, a enrve<I 

 .seat therefor, and means for ronn(H'ting the 



