Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Feb., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 19th Apr., 1887.
I MICHAEL WAINZ of Karolyfalva, Hungary Landed Proprietor 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 subject of the present invention is a combination with a plough of appliances
for sowing, harrowing and seed covering, by means of which combination these
operations can be effected simultaneously without greatly increasing the required
draught.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a top view of a machine constructed in
accordance with this invention, Figure 2 is a front view of the fore part of the
machine, Figure 3 is a sectional view showing a front view of a portion of the back of
the machine, and Figures 4-8 shew details of the subject of my said invention.
The construction consists of three main parts (1) the plough, (2) the sowing
apparatus, and (3) the harrow teeth, in conjunction with which is arranged the seed
covering plate.
The said parts are constructed and combined as follows.
The left hand end (looking at the machine from the front) of the axle of the wheels
of the plough frame is lengthened and a small cog wheel a is fastened on to the outer
nave of the plough wheel which revolves on the axle and is held by a screw b instead
of by the usual spindle bolt.
To the lengthened end of the axle the sowing apparatus is attached by two iron
bands c which run vertically down on each side of the apparatus and are, at their lower
ends, each formed into a socket fitting on to the axle and fastened thereto by a screw.

page_text: The sowing apparatus consists of a box E. rounded at the bottom, in the centre of
which a seed holder e is inserted standing out a little above the box E. This seed
holder is divided into two compartments by a partition f. The bottom of this seed
holder is narrowed as shown in Figure 6. On each side of this seed holder is an
oblong opening. Through the insertion of the seed holder into the box E the inner
space of the latter is divided into two side boxes e² to the bottom of each of which and
corresponding to its curve, a plate g is soldered, this plate is raised to about of the
height of the hinder part of the box and the under surface of the double bottom thus
formed is provided with a hole surrounded by a projecting pipe 7. Above this hole a
plate figure 7, is inserted.
An axle goes through the whole length of the box E which axle has on the end
nearest the plough a cog wheel a¹ which gears into the
wheel a.
cog
Inside each of
the boxes e a lifting wheel i. is fixed to the axle h. To the two outsides of the sced
holders e regulating plates & furnished with marks and figures are connected and the
lower ends of the same regulate the openings in the seed holders. By raising or
lowering these plates the openings in the holders may be widened or narrowed as may
be required. To the hinder part of the box E. a regulating arrangement is attached
for the purpose of closing the openings to the double bottom of the side boxes e².
This arrangement consists of two plates l., within the interior of the box E., which
plates are at their upper ends hung on to, or suspended from, two horizontal bars m. n.
placed below one another. Below the bar n. a slanting arm o. is fixed to the box E.
A flat iron bar p., which is fitted with an eye encircling both the rod n. and arm o.,
is secured movably to the side of the box E. and by moving this flat bar to the right
or left, the lower ends of the plates 1. are pressed against the plate g. or against the
hinder parts of the side boxes e² whereby the openings to the double bottoms are shut
or opened respectively. If the bar p. be moved to the right, the arm o. jutting out at
an angle, will draw the rod n., and consequently the upper part of the plates l.,
outwards, and as the latter turn on the fixed rod m., the lower parts of the plates l.
move in the opposite direction and close the boxes. The said boxes are opened by the
reverse movement of the bar p.
Funnels s. for the purpose of letting out the seed are attached to the axle t. by the
sockets and fixed by means of screws s². On the front part of the funnel a furrow
divider is fixed by means of the sockets s¹ and to the hinder side a weight s* is
attached.
On the back part of the plough beam, an iron bar u. is fixed through an opening
strengthened by iron plates; to this iron bar three harrow teeth v. v. v decreasing in
size as shewn in Figure 3 are attached by means of screws. To the same iron bar
arms a. are attached, which hold the seed covering plate y. in an oblique direction.
Experiments have shewn that the operations of ploughing, sowing, harrowing and
seed covering can by the use of machines constructed as herein before described, be
carried on simultaneously without requiring any great amount of increase in the
required draught.
The plough does the ploughing and by means of the harrowing teeth, the harrowing,
the sowing is affected by the revolution of the cog wheels a. a setting the lifting
wheels in motion thereby drawing the seed (wheat, maize, oats &c.) into the
boxes e through the openings in the holders e¹ and carry it so as to fall through the
funnels s. to the earth, where it is covered at once by the seed coverer y.
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 what I claim is.
First The combination of appliances for ploughing and sowing consisting of the
following:
A box E attached to the lengthened axle t of a plough frame on wheels which box
is divided into a middle box e¹ (seed holder) and two side boxes e² the seed being
supplied to the latter through openings in the sides of the former which openings can
be regulated by means of plates k. "A lifting wheel is arranged in each of the two

page_text: boxes e² and is set in motion by the cog wheels a a¹ through the moveable axle h., the
cog wheels a. a being driven by the wheel of the plough. The said lifting wheels
carry the seed through the double bottom of the side boxes subject to the regulating
and shutting off arrangements l. m. n. o. p. through the funnels to its destination,
substantially as herein before described.
Secondly. The harrowing teeth v. attached to an iron bar u. fixed to the plough
beam, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Thirdly. The seed coverer y. attached to the iron bar u., substantially as hereinbefore
described.
And fourthly. In machines for ploughing, sowing, harrowing and seed covering,―
the combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Data this Wifth dow of Fabsoner 1987
VAUGHAN & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.