Improvements in Seed Sowing Apparatus.
Year: 1897

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Date of Application, 10th Feb
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Complete Specification Left, 9th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 15th Jan., 1896
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in Seed Sowing Apparatus.
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I, ELIOT KIRKERDALL.. CLOVER, of Baton Rouge, County East Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, U.S.A., Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
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The apparatus' of this invention is carried on an axle and wheels. It comprises
al seed receptacle-supplied through a funnel with seed which may be of different
kinds if the receptacle is correspondingly partitioned. At the rear end the recep-
tacle has an outlet communicating" with a tube secured to and emptying into a
tapered tubular casing supported from the rear end of the receptacle. The casing
is arranged with its larger end rearmost and at its front end is provided with
bearing for a central spindle carring within the casing, blades serving to move the
seed-about; and at the outer ends these blades are formed with shovels which
project beyond the back end of the casing. The spindle carrying the blades is
rotated from a bevel wheel 'on the axle, gearing with a bevel pinion on the front
end of the spindle. The blades distribute the seed over the ground or so that it
wall fall thereon. and the shovels cover. it over. Between the backend of the
seed.receptacle and the casing there is a hopper and funnel connection; the former
having a number of partitions and at the bottom of each compartment thus formed
is a hole controlled by a slide for the passage of seed to the casing.
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Dated this 10th day of repruar,
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THOMAS R. SHILLITO, E.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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I, ELIOT KIRKERDALL CLOVER, of Baton Rouge, County East Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, USA., Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed;t to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement: -
This invention, relates to a seed sowing apparatus by which a variety of seeds
may be sown .and covered at the same time..
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In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus of
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page_text: the invention. Fig. 2 a vertical longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 a top view
of the hopper at the rear of the apparatus.
A is a wheel axle and B wheels thereon preferably made with a broad tread.
O is a bevel toothed wheel fixed on the axle A and engaging with the bevel
pinion D on the shaft E. F are connections or supports between the seed
holder G and the axle A. Upon one side and end of the holder G is provided a
platform H for the attendant, and at any suitable part with a closeable filling
aperture I. The holder may be divided by a longitudinal partition so as to
allow of two kinds of seed being carried therein. At the rear end upon the
under side the holder is provided with an outlet i communicating with the tube
or spout J secured to the tapered tubular casing K which is supported from the
rear end of the holder by the plate or hanger L. This casing is arranged with its
larger end rearmost, and at its front end it is provided with the end piece M and
the yoke N¹ in which the longitudinal shaft E has bearings. This shaft carries
within the casing the longitudinal blades Othat serve to move the seed about
therein, and at the outer ends these blades are formed with the shovels or coverers P
that may be bent to any desired shape and project any desired distance beyond
the wall of the casing. The arms or blades are suitably braced by the spider
arms P1 as shewn.
The machine is propelled by horse or other power, and as the axle revolves it:
turns the longitudinal shaft, and this turns the blades and coverers. Any desired
seed may be planted through the discharge spout.
At the end of the holder is detachably mounted the hopper Q retained in position
by means of a hook or the like R upon the side nearest the holder and engaging
in a loop or the liker on the end of the holder. The lower end of the hopper
is funnel shaped, and this funnel extends into the funnel S on the top of the
casing K. The upper portion of the hopper is provided with a number of
partitions T and in the bottom of each of the compartments thus formed is a
hole U through which the seed placed in the hopper may pass through the funnels
into the casing K. Each hole is controlled by a slide V having a hole which,
when coincident with the hole in the botton of the compartment, allows the seed
to pass through, but when otherwise the hole is closed by a solid portion of the
slide.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I a
claim is:
1. The combination with the holder, the main axle and the wheels, of the
casing at the rear of the holder, the revolving blades within the casing, the
means for revolving said blades, and the coverers on the rear ends of the blades,
substantially as described and shewn.
2. The combination with the holder and the casing at the rear thereof, of the
revolving blades within the casing, the coverers at the rear ends of the blades,
and the hopper at the rear of the holder and communicating with said casing,
substantially as described and shewn.
3. The combination with the axle and the wheels and the coverers, of the
bevel pinion on the axle, the casing, longitudinal shaft therein, the bevel pinion
on the end thereof, and the blades on the shaft within the casing, substantially
as described and shewn.
4. The combination with the holder, the axle and the wheels, of the bevel
pinion on the axle, the casing, the longitudinal shaft, the bevel pinion thereon,
the blades on the longitudinal shaft within the casing, and the coverers on the
rear ends of said blades, substantially as described and shewn.
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5. The combination of the holder, the casing supported from the rear end
thereof, the axle, the wheels and bevel pinion on said axle, the longitudinal shaft, the
bevel pinion thereon, the blades on said shaft, the coverers on the rear ends of 55
the blades, the divided hopper detachably mounted on the rear end of the holder,

page_text: the slides therefor, and the funnels between the hopper and the said casing, sub-
stantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 9th day of December 1897.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.