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This inventlon ing corn by means. of a series otfidevices and combination of devices,; wh ercby ,th QI 'WhOiB Operation is il lfified inwfitl ali l .hfi f-fi li' ter fully explained -f the ecification and claims.

Figure 1 isa top or plan View. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 3 is a de' tail View.

A is the frame of the machine. B is the front ground-wheel; G G, the handles. The axle a of the wheel B carries a miter-wheel, h, on one end, which engages with a similar wheel, I), and longitudinal shaft 0. This shaft 0 connects the front ground-wheel and the revolving dropper in its rear, and has its end hearings in brackets which are secured to one side of the frame A, and it communicates rotary motion to the dropper D through the medium of the two miter-wheels d d. The wheel d is keyed on the horizontal axis e of the dropper. Shaft a has its hearings in boxes which are secured upon the frame A, and is located between two cross-pieces, f f. The dropper D is of circular form, having in its periphery a number of seed-cells, g, arranged at proper distances apart. There is also a groove in the periphery of the dropper, which intersects the axis of all the cells g, and above the plane of the frame A this groove receives a wire, h. One end of the wire h is secured to the cross-bar f, and the other end is secured to the upper end of a seed-tube, E, which is secured to the back of a tooth, F. At the point for discharging the seed into the tube E the wire it is set off from the periphery of the dropper, so as to insure the discharge of the grain from the cells as they successively move around. At all other points the wire it lies on the bottom of the cells. The dropper is applied between two arches, J J, which are slatesMal ch uesf rn a 1 YMILEER Q EOQNQMY. e t m s .2FRANKLIN.Bsuuurqo RICHMOND, ism-Am;

nstiructed withfinwardlyk-b eleds faces,- stem-11" direct the corn inthchopper T upon thedropper. This dropper is" of more a 1 am strdmhamaytqt I the aseedmells; m aybe-in 'the grain 'a tYthes'ame, ;,tim e, and. more than half thecircu'm ference of ww mmw t sex ed as i ""'ui Fig- Tilda construction of dropperfrflqiiiresthe ebqt bm th c d eu wline f i .order was large portionof. the dropper may remain exposed, and means of. the curved and, inclinlerli bottom of the hopperjthe grain is pressed i upon the dropper, whichtravelsa long distan cethroug h anagram before the kernels are discharged into the seed-tube, causing the cells to (ill with great certainty.

We are aware that vertical seed-droppers are not new; but such a dropper as we use has not heretofore been placed in our organization of machineviz., a seed-hopper supported upon a frame having a single groundwheel, and a tooth or colter and seed-tube arranged between said wheel, and coveringblades in the rear attached to said frame, in combination with a dropper revolving upon a horizontal axis, whereby the grain is discharged into the tube. The-small droppers heretofore used have not .been practically introduced, from the fact that their small exposed surface was not sufiicient to enable them to operate successfully.

Our large dropper has a seed-hopper with a bottom curving and extending down somewhat below the axis of the dropper.

Another advantagein our construction is, that it is cheaper to construct and much less liable to get out of order.

The horizontal dropper is very liable to clog by means of the chaff working in between the dropper and the plate below it, while our dropper extends up between the edges of the curved bottom, and the chafl'will readily pass down and out at the vertical sides of the dropper without the possibility of clogging.

The seed is prevented from crowding out of the hopper by means of two rubber wipers,j j, which are secured upon the cross-bars ff, so that their free edges press against the pe- .riphery of the dropper.

These wipers keep back'the grains, and at the same time prevent them from being broken.

K K are covering-blades attached to the rearv of the frame. 7 v

' What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is" r 1. A corn-planter having a seed-dropperwith cells in its periphery placed inrear of a single front wheel, and revolving upon a horizontal axis, andv driven from said wheel by means of a longitudinal shaft, substantially as setforth.

2. A revolving seed-drowper having cells in its periphery, in combination with a seed-hopper having a curved inclined bottom, whereby ;the 'grain is directed into the\cells,' substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with frame A, and a seed "hopper having a curved inclined bottom a re- 'volvingseed d'roppr and tube, E, substantial 1y as set forth. I

4. In combination with a seed hopper hav- -;.ing a curved" inclined bottom, the revolving *dropper and tube E, arranged'inrearof tooth ,F, substantially as set forth. y 7

"5.111 combination with a'seed-dropper hav- 'ing' a'groove and cells in its periphery, a seed 'hop'p'er having a. curved inclined bottom,

whereby the grain is directedv into the cells,

substantially as set forth. Y

'6. In combination with the frame and re volving seed-dropper, a hopper with acurved tially as set forth.

7. The seed-hopper attached to the frame A, in combination with a. revolving seed-dropper having a groove and cells in its periphery, grain-tube E, and covering-blades K, substantially as set forth.

8. In combination with the-frame A, tooth F, tube E, revolving dropper, and a seed-hopinclinedbottom tooth, F, andtube E, substaner havinga curved inclined bottom, coveringblades K, substantially as set forth.

9. A seed-dropper revolving upon a horizontal axis, and having cells in its periphery, incombination with frame A, v B, hopper with curved inclinedbottom tooth tially asset forth. v V

" SAMUEL J. MILLER. LUNA vWRIGHT.

Witnesses for S. J. Miller:

' W. W. ORR,

J. L. S1MMoNs. Witnesses for Luna Wright:

JOHN M.'WILLrAMs,

JOHN A. WRIGHT. r

F, tube E, andv coverin'gblades K, substangronnd-wheel

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