US433438A - Poison-distributer - Google Patents

Description

G. L. BELLAMY.

POISON DISTRIBUTER.

(N0 Mode'l.)

No. 433,438. Patented Aug. 5, 1890.

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' fixed to the shaft as to give the'powder a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. BELLAMY, OF ARLINGTON, NEXV JERSEY.

POISON-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,438, dated August 5, 1890.

Application filed March 20, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES L. BELLAMY, a citizen of the United States residing, at Arlington, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Poison-Distributers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to devices employed for the distribution of poison in the shape of powder, for destroying bugs, &c., upon potato or other infested vines, and has for its object the provision of a distributer cheap and simple to construct and effective in operation.

To attainthe desired end, my invention consists, essentially, in a barrow provided with an adjustable supporting-frame, wherein is journaled a horizontal rotatable shaft bearing at each side of the supporting-frame an adjustable perforated powder-receptacle, so

sliding movement downward and forward. The horizontal shaft is provided with a band wheel or pulley, wherefrom passes a drivingband to a similar pulley mounted upon the shaft of the barrow-wheel, and means are provided for tightening or loosening the band at the pleasure of the operator; and myinvention also involves'certain other novel and useful combinations or arrangement of parts and peculiarities of construction and operation, all of which will be hereinafter first fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation. of my poison-distributer, and Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

A is the body of the barrow,B the supporting-wheel, and O the handles.

D are the legs, located in the usual manner.

E is the shaft of wheel 13, supporting at each extremity an adjustable arm F. Said arms are connected together by a shaft G, provided with a crank 11, and bearing an arm I, wherein is located a roller J. From arm 11 passes a cord K under a pulley L to a bell-crank M. The object of this arrangement vis to enable the operator to cause the poison-receptacles to rotate or not at will, for by raising the Serial No. 344,632. (No model.)

fcrank M the cord K will be tightened,throwing the roller J against the band T, tightening the same, and causing the shaft whereonthe receptacles are mounted to revolve. hen the cord K is slackened, the band T will be loosened, and the band will not have sufficient friction to cause the shaft to revolve. Thus the powder may be caused to drop at any point, in accordance with the distance apart of the plant-hills.

At the side of the barrow is fixed a standard N, to which is pivoted a notched bar P, arranged to engage with shaft G. As th estandards are pivoted at E, the parts supported therein may be tipped forward or backward. The bar P, pivoted to the standard N, is provided with notches which engage with shaft G, preventing the tipping forward or backward ofthe parts supported in standards F, except at the will of the operator, for if he desires to throw the receptacles forward and nearer to the plants he raises the bar P from engagement with shaft G and drops the said bar so that the desired notch will hold the parts in place.

R is a horizontal shaft journaled in the arm F and bearing a pulley S, over which a band T passes to a similar pulley U at the side of wheel B. I have shown cone-pulleys, as by their use the speed of the revolution of shaft B may be varied.

V are receptacles for holding the powder to be distributed. These receptacles are perforated and are adjustably mounted upon shaft R by means of a set-screw r. The shaft R passes diagonally through the receptacle,

as particularly shown in Fig. 2.

WV is a vertical bar pivoted on rod G and normally held against shaft R by a spring Y. At the bottom of this bar is a foot a,whioh is arranged to be struck bya pin or pins 1), fixed in the side of wheel U.

c is a jacket arranged to slip over a receptacleV when it is desired that but a portion of the perforations should be open for the escape of the powder. e are fillers for supplying the powder to receptacle V.

When constructed and arranged in accordance with the foregoing description, my invention will be found admirably adapted to the uses and purposes for which it is intended.

The position of the receptacles upon the shaft may be made to conform to the width between tate by reason of my peculiar method the rows of vines by moving the receptacles toward or away from the center of the supporting-shaft and setting the screw 0*, and by means of the adjustable standards F the height-of the receptacles from the ground may be adjusted to suit the requirements of the vines wherewith the device is employed. WVhen the rows are continuous, by tightening the band the powder will be continuously distributed, and when the distribution is to be upon hills motion maybe imparted to the receptacles periodically by means of the belttightener, or the shaking of the powder from the receptacles maybe accomplished through the medium of the bar NV and a pin 1), which will cause the bar to strike against shaft R with each revolution or portion of a revolution of wheel U.

When the receptacles V are caused to roof loeating them upon the shaft R, the inelosed powder will have two motions, it will slide along the receptacle in the-direction of movement of the barrow,while at the same timeit will slide away from the barrow at right angles to the direction of movement of the same,

thus insuring a thorough and continuous sifting from the receptacles.

Having now fully described my invention, whatI claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a poison-distributer of the character herein specified, the combination, with a horizontal rotatable shaft and means for imparting motion to the same, of a perforated powder-receptacle secured to said shaft, the outer wall of the receptacle being at an angle to the shaft,- substantially as and for the uses and purposes shown and described.

2. In a poison-distributer of the character herein specified, a barrow supporting a rotatable shaft bearing powder-receptacles, a belt or band passing from a pulley upon the shaft of the barrow-wheel to a pulley upon the shaft whereon the receptacles are mounted,

and a cord passing from the hand portion of the barrow-handle to a lever, whereby the operator may cause the receptacle-shaft to rotate or remain stationary, substantially as shown and described.

3. The eombinatiomwith the rotatable shaft and the powder-receptacles secured thereto, of the bar pivoted beneath said shaft, one end of said bar bearing thereagainst and the other arranged to be struck by pins in a wheel upon a barrow-axle, a coiled spring engaging with the bar and forcing it against the receptacle-shaft, the whole mounted upon a barrowframe, substantially as shown and described.

4. A poison-distributer in which is comprised a barrow-frame having a wheel at one extremity and handles at the other, adjustable bars supported at each side of the said wheel and connected together by a revoluble shaft bearing perforated powder-receptacles and a pulley, a pulley upon the shaft of the barrowwheel, a loose band connecting said pulleys, and a band-tightener mounted upon a shaft passing between the adjustable standards, said shaft'being provided with a crank, and a manipulating-cord passing therefrom to a bell-crank upon the barrow-handle, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a poison-distributer of the character ranged to engage with the connecting-rod, substantially as and for the uses and purposes shown and described.

CHARLES L. BELLAMY. WVitnesses:

A. M. PIERCE, GERTRUDE WARD.

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