Improved Seed-sower.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1897-Accepted, 28th Aug., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Seed-sower.
I, HERMAN BLAIMONT of Morialmé, Belgium, Farmer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The sower to which the present invention relates deposits the seeds in little heaps
in a furrow previously traced by it and which it afterwards closes.
It is composed of a small barrel, the greater diameter of which is provided with
openings in the shape of funnels. It turns on an axle on which wheels are keyed.
When standing still a movable cup closes the openings. In front of the barrel an
adjustable spike traces the furrow and, in the rear, there is a device, formed of two
oblique pieces of sheet iron, serving to draw back the earth into the furrow and to
cover the seed.
The next furrow is formed on the track of the wheel in the preceding furrow, for
the funnels are placed at 37 centimètres from each of the two wheels, which is the
usual space for fodder beetroot.
Dated thin 9.3 1 0 1000
L. DUVINAGE,
Agent for Applicant.
I, HERMAN BLAIMONT of Morialmé, Belgium, Farmer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The sowing machine which is the object of the present invention deposits the
seeds in small quantities at fixed and regular distances in a furrow which it first
makes, and which it afterwards closes when the seed is deposited.
This apparatus offers the following advantages:
The seed, instead of falling along the whole length of the furrow, falls only at
equal intervals, from which an economy of seed results; moreover the apparatus
doing 3 works at a time, it results from it a great economy of time at the same
time effectuating the work more easily.
In the annexed drawing Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my sowing machine and
Fig. 2 is a back view of the same.
The sowing machine is composed of a barrel A supplied at its greatest diameter
with one or several holes B in the form of a funnel and fixed on an axle C upon
which are wedged 2 wheels D.

page_text: The axle C moves in a frame E in wood or iron which forms the body of the
machine.
When the machine stops a movable shutter G moved by a cord 3 applied to the
barrel B prevents the seed from falling uselessly; this seed is introduced into the
barrel by an opening H closed by means of a sheet plate. In front of the centre of
the barrel and in the fore part of the frame E is fixed a coulter I whose height may
be regulated by means of a tightening screw 4, and which serves to form the
furrow; this is filled up when the seed is deposited in it, by an apparatus K, fixed
on the hind part of the frame in front of the pipe and composed of 2 oblique pieces
of sheet iron in such a way as to fill up the furrows.
The double apparatus represented in the drawing comprises 2 barrels put together
at their smallest base and the barrels are placed at 37 centimeters from the wheels
which is a normal distance for beetroot used as fodder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that
what I claim is :-
1. A sowing machine for beetroot or other seed, characterized by a barrel A
supplied with openings in the form of funnels B and a coulter I which can be
regulated and placed on the fore part to trace the furrows and an apparatus K
formed of two oblique pieces of sheet iron intended to cover over the seeds.
2. A sowing machine for beetroot or other seed substantially as described and
shown in the annexed drawings.
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