Improvement in seed Dri
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 19th Mar., 1898
Improvement in seed Dri
I, THOMAS JOEL KING, Manufacturer, of 12, Goddin Hall, Corner 11th, and Bank,
Richmond, in the County of Henrico, and State of Virginia, United States of America,
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:
My invention relates to a seed drill. The object of the invention is to provide a
device of this character that may be easily pushed along by the operator, and which
is furnished with means for varying the seed discharge so as to regulate the
quantity of seed dropped.
With this object in view, the invention consists in certain features of construction
and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawing,-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved seed drill; and
Figure 2 is a cross sectional view through the lower end of the handle, the supporting
wheel, and seed cup.
In said drawing, 1 denotes the operating handle, 2 the supporting wheel journaled to
its lower end, 3 the seed cup carried by the supporting wheel, 4 the furrow opener
secured to the handle in advance of the supporting wheel, and 5 the furrow closer
secured to the handle and projecting downwardly at the rear of said wheel.
supporting wheel lies in a recess 6 formed at the lower end of the handle, and a bolt 7
passes through the wheel and serves as an axis upon which it turns.
The
The seed cup is preferably annular in form, and its side is provided with a series of
triangular seed openings 8. The cap or cover 8¹ of the seed cup is provided with a
corresponding number of registering triangular seed openings 82, the apices of which
project reversely to those in the side of the cup.
In operation, the seeds are placed in the cup and the cap or cover secured in place,
and by turning the same, the seed openings may be varied to suit the character and
amount of seed to be drilled. It will thus be seen that the seed openings are enlarged
or diminished without extending the cup laterally. By pushing the drill along, a
furrow will be opened, the seed dropped, and the furrow closed.
From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying
drawing, the operation and advantages of the invention will be readily understood and
appreciated without requiring further explanation.
The device is simple of construction, durable in use, and being comparatively
inexpensive of production, may be placed upon the market at such a small cost as to
be within reach of all.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
In a seed drill, the combination with a handle, of a supporting wheel or disk
journaled to the lower end thereof, a furrow opener secured to said handle in
advance of the supporting wheel, a furrow closer secured to said handle and
projecting downwardly at the rear of the wheel, a seed cup secured to the side of said

page_text: wheel and provided with a series of triangular openings, and a removable rotatably
adjustable cap or cover having a corresponding number of registering triangular
openings in its side, the apices of which are reversed to those of the cup, whereby in
the rotary adjustment of the cup the seed openings will be enlarged or diminished
without the necessity of extending said cup laterally, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 4th day of January 1898.