Processes and instruments for inserting in the ground seed,
fertilizer, poison, plants, or other material or objects handled
in a similar manner. Instruments for planting therefore include
means for conveying, dropping, or directing material or objects
to or upon the ground, combined with means for preparing the ground, as
by furrowing, dribbling, or otherwise loosening or forming cavities
therein for the reception of said material or objects, or with means
for ridging, hilling, or other wise placing earth over said material
or objects, or with both said means.
(1)
Note. This class includes, in addition to means for planting
or burying certain specificallynamed materials or objects (1) broadcast-planting,
comprising means for depositing and spreading material in general
uniformly over the surface, together with means operating on the
surface (as plows, rollers, harrows) to prepare the surface to receive
such uniformly spread material or to cover it or mix it with earth;
(2) drilling and dribbling, comprising means having earth-working
tools or elements, (as furrow-opener, furrow-closer, hill-marker, cavity-former,
etc.), together with means for depositing the material and in most instances
means for separating the material from bulk.
(2)
Note. The terms "pipe or strand" and "liquid
or gas" are used in the titles of subclasses herein as
typical of a class of materials rather than as limitations. The term "planter
element" as used herein includes devices peculiar or necessary
to a complete planting operation, the usual elements being an earth-worker,
a seed-depositor, and a covering device.
SECTION II - LINES WITH OTHER CLASSES AND WITHIN THIS CLASS
Mechanisms per se for dispensing or retailing material from
bulk are classified in appropriate dispensing or material or article
handling classes, as for example, Class 221, Article Dispensing,
or Class 222, Dispensing; but mechanisms comprising a valved chute
to accumulate charges or otherwise peculiarly adapted to insure depositing
at intervals, when specialized for use in a planter, are deemed
to be planting devices and are classified in this class.
This subclass is indented under subclass 7.1. Devices having material supply means integral with the implement
or directly supported by and carried with the implement.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Processes of planting comprising both drilling and broadcasting
operations or implements which by an interchange or shift of parts may
be used at will to plant in drill or to broadcast or implements
which by a combination of parts drill material and broadcast other
material simultaneously.
This subclass is indented under subclass 8. Instruments embodying a main supporting-frame-section and
an auxiliary frame-section, the latter usually composed of or carrying
the earth-working tools and other elements and movable relative
to the main frame-section.
This subclass is indented under subclass 130. Broadcasting implements having a device, such as a spreader,
deflecting-board, blower, centrifugal blade, or the like, adapted
to distribute the material over a more extended area than the normal
discharge of the apparatus would otherwise effect.
This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Implements embodying also a main supporting-frame section
and an auxiliary frame section, the latter usually composed of or
carrying the earth-working elements and movably relatively to the
main frame-section.
This subclass is indented under subclass 130. Implements embodying a main supporting-frame and an auxiliary
frame, the latter carrying or unitary with the earth-working elements.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Processes or instruments for placing material in the ground,
accompanied by the forming of a furrow to receive the material or the
closing of a furrow containing such material or by the forming of
a ridge over the deposited material.
Tool Driving or Impacting, appropriate subclass for a means to drive or impact a tool
or the like, and particularly
subclasses 184+ for such means mounted on a supporting vehicle.
Hydraulic and Earth Engineering,
subclasses 174+ for a process or apparatus for laying pipe or cable
into a submerged or subterranean location, and including a device
for laying a cable which is nominally recited as a seed tape.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Drilling machines embodying means for accumulating charges
of material for deposit at spaced points or means to insure the
depositing of material at spaced points or to aline the points of
material deposit in a plurality or substantially parallel lines.
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Devices embodying instrumentalities for effecting a change
in the relationship of machine parts for the purpose of starting
or maintaining the transverse alinement of points of material deposit
in successively-drilled lines.
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Devices comprising an alinement-maintaining means responding
to movements of the planter over uneven portions of traversed ground.
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. The general organization of hill-planting machines, comprising
the construction and arrangement of the supporting and operating frames
and the relations of the hill-planting elements thereto and to each
other.
This subclass is indented under subclass 18. Devices comprising and endless belt actuated by contact
with the ground traversed for effecting the operation of the means
for controlling or causing the delivery of the seed or other material
from the hopper or other container.
This subclass is indented under subclass 18. The frame being in a plurality of sections adjoining in
the supporting of the total load placed upon the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 20. Devices comprising forward and rearward sections connected
by a transverse pivot and capable of a buckling action to lift certain
parts of the planter from contact with the ground.
(1)
Note. In the usual type the forward frame carries the seed-dispensing
elements and furrow-opener, which are lifted from the ground by
a buckling or breaking of the joint between the frame sections through means
generally located upon the rearward frame-section and comprising
a lever mechanism.
This subclass is indented under subclass 18. Devices embodying a main supporting section and an auxiliary
section having movement with relation to each other, the main frame
being designed to support or carry the auxiliary frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 22. The auxiliary section consisting of or carrying a rotary
spot-marking device from which power is taken to actuate the means
for causing or controlling the delivery of seed or other material
from the hopper or other container.
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Dropping mechanism and mechanism for making a mark to locate
the dropped material, the actuation of which mechanisms has a fixed time
relationship.
This subclass is indented under subclass 25. Marking devices wherein accomplished by dropping upon the
ground traversed a distinctively colored powder.
Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing,
subclass 656 for a device comprising plural containers for nonfluid materials
and a scattering or strewing means, one of which materials may be a
colored indicating powder.
This subclass is indented under subclass 25. Depositing mechanism driven from the marking mechanism,
the driving power being produced by the engagement of the marking device
with the ground during the travel of the planter.
This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Wherein the marking device is a tool which is plunged into
the ground at intervals by a movement other than that of rotation,
as by reciprocating or vibrating to and from the ground.
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Device comprising means for intermittently impressing upon
the ground traversed guide marks or impressions to indicate the
points where the material should be planted to make aligned hills
or combinations of such means with means for marking an unbroken
line across a field as distinguished from a succession of spots.
Earth Working,
subclasses 126+ for an apparatus including a means for making a
continuous mark in the earth. Patents in which a planter is defined
by name only are classifiable in Class 172, subclasses 126+ if
the mark made is continuous.
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Dispensing or dropping devices particularly adapted for
use in hill-planting and characterized by means insuring discharge
at intervals, such as a line-wire actuating or controlling means
or a valved chute for checking or accumulating charges of material.
Article Dispensing, appropriate subclasses for article dispensing devices, per
se, and particularly
subclass 185 for ambulant article dispensing devices.
This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Mechanism wherein there is a primary and a secondary operating
train, the source of power for the primary train being always from
the axle of the traction wheels.
(1)
Note. In this type of machine the operation of the primary
train may be modified or supplemented by the secondary, as when
the primary serves to deliver seed from the hopper to the discharge chute
and the secondary actuates a valve to release the seed from the
chute. The secondary train may be actuated from the axle or other
source of power.
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. The mechanism in whole or in part subject to a periodic
control.
(1)
Note. The word "control" as herein used includes
the initiation of the actuation, as by effecting a connection or
disconnection of a driving-train, rather than the actuation itself
for the dispensing elements.
This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Devices wherein intermittent control is effected by a wire
having knots or equivalent, which engage suitable devices on the
machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Devices wherein the intermittent control extends to means
for the actuation of both the main dispensing device and an accumulating device.
This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Devices wherein the check-wire controls the actuation of
the main dispensing means and also actuates the accumulator.
This subclass is indented under subclass 36. Devices wherein the dispensing element is actuated from
the axle, while the check-wire actuates only the accumulator.
This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Devices wherein an endless belt having trip members engages
a tappet, fork, or equivalent upon a rock-shaft or the like connected
with the depositing devices.
This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Devices wherein actuation is effected solely by a wire or
cable, which is anchored at a point outside of the machine and engages
some relatively movable element of the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 43. Devices wherein the wire is wound upon a reel on the machine
and actuates the depositing mechanism by reason of the winding or unwinding
due to the draft of the wire during the traverse of the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 43. Devices wherein the line-wire carries knots and actuates
the depositing mechanism by tripping a forked device connected thereto.
This subclass is indented under subclass 43. Devices comprising a forked element or the like combined
with guiding devices for directing the knot into contact with the
forked element; also modifications of structure and means to accomplish
the attachment or detachment of the wire and the fork.
This subclass is indented under subclass 43. Devices for staking the ends of a line-wire, characterized
generally by the presence of means for shifting the attached end
laterally or providing additional length or wire, etc., as the planter
approaches that end of the line-wire.
(1)
Note. Compare Classes 104, Railways, subclass 124; 114, Ships,
subclasses 204+; 119, Animal Husbandry, subclasses 120
and 121; and 135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane, subclass 118.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Devices having general organization of the supporting and
operating frame of a drilling-machine other than hill-planters and
the relation of the planting elements thereto and to each other.
Land Vehicles,
subclasses 6.154+ for a land vehicle of general utility including
means, interposed between the vehicle body, chassis, or frame and
running gear thereof, for appropriately predisposing a load, load
carrier, or receptacle portion to accommodate sustained travel upon an
expansive inclined surface; subclasses 43+ for a land vehicle
of general utility having vertically adjustable wheels for altering
a dimension of the vehicle or a part thereof; or subclasses 400+ for
either (a) an articulated land vehicle of general utility or (b)
a plurality of interconnected land vehicles (i.e., vehicle train).
This subclass is indented under subclass 52. Devices wherein the frame being in a plurality of sections
joining in the support of the total load placed upon the machine.
This subclass is indented under subclass 54. Devices comprising also a frame designed to be supported
or carried by the hinged sections of the main frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 54. Devices comprising forward and rearward sections connected
by a transverse pivot and capable of a buckling action to lift certain
parts of the planter from contact with the ground.
(1)
Note. In the usual type the forward frame carries the seed-dispensing
elements and furrow-opener, which are lifted from the ground by
a buckling or breaking of the joint between the frame sections through means
generally located upon the rearward frame section and comprising
a lever mechanism.
This subclass is indented under subclass 53. Devices wherein the sections of the main frame having capacity
of movement to each other resulting in an enlargement of frame to
cover increased area of ground.
This subclass is indented under subclass 57. Devices wherein the sections of the extensible frame mounted
to move upon vertical pivots and movable toward and from each other
at one end only of the frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 52. Devices embodying a main supporting section and a secondary
section having movement with relation to each other, the main frame-section being
designed to support or carry the secondary frame.
This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Devices wherein a plurality of secondary frames are associated
with a main frame.
(1)
Note. Where the several auxiliaries are identical in structure
and function, and therefore constitute a mere duplication of a single
auxiliary of that type, they are classified as if only a single
auxiliary were present.
This subclass is indented under subclass 60. Devices wherein movement of the auxiliaries is controlled
by a single means, usually such as a lever mechanism, for elevating
or depressing the earth-working elements from or toward the ground.
This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Devices in operative position the auxiliary being free to
trail or move with relation to the main frame to accommodate itself
to the unevenness or inequalities of the ground traversed.
This subclass is indented under subclass 63. Devices wherein the hopper-carrying auxiliary having the
general form of planter or distributer attachable and detachable
with respect to an otherwise complete machine, as a wagon, cultivator,
or the like.
This subclass is indented under subclass 64. The machine and its attached planter or distributer constituting
a complete planting instrumentality of the single row or drill type.
This subclass is indented under subclass 62. Device wherein the floating or trailing auxiliary frame
comprising one or more drags or push-bars by which the earth-working
elements or tools are carried.
This subclass is indented under subclass 66. Devices provided with means for lifting the tool-bars from
contact with the ground and at the same time disconnecting the driving devices
of the depositing mechanism.
This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Devices wherein the auxiliary frame elevated and depressed
by means of a cranked ground-wheel axle forming part of or mounted
upon the main or supporting frame of the planter.
Earth Working,
subclasses 395+ for earth-working apparatus having ground wheels
mounted on crank axles which are vertically adjustable relative
to the frame of the apparatus.
This subclass is indented under subclass 52. Devices having provision in the construction of the frame
for the adjustment of planter elements individually thereon, vertically,
as to elevate or depress them; laterally, as to vary the distance
between drilled rows, or longitudinally, as to change the relative
spacing of elements acting in a single row.
This subclass is indented under subclass 70. Devices carrying planter elements for drilling one row during
one traverse, as distinguished from those implements that drill
a plurality of rows during one traverse.
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Devices wherein the material is dispensed from a hopper
that has a movement of rotation always in the same direction when
the planter is moving in one direction.
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Devices wherein the material is dispensed from a hopper
that has a back-and-forth movement, either oscillating or reciprocating.
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Devices wherein the material is dropped upon a vibrating
chute, from which it is discharged to the ground.
This subclass is indented under subclass 71. Devices wherein the material is dispensed from a hopper
by means of an element revolving in such manner as to intermittingly
discharge or control the discharge from a nonrotatable and nonvibrating
hopper.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Devices wherein organized planting implements are peculiarly
adapted to single-row drilling not involving specified relation
to frame arrangement.
This subclass is indented under subclass 79. Devices wherein the invention alleged lies in the arrangement
of material depositing and earth-working elements with relation
to each other only.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Planting elements comprising a plow for forming a wide trench
and means for drilling material in a relatively narrow drill in
the bottom thereof.
This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Devices wherein bars are with planting elements thereon
designed to be dragged over the earth.
(1)
Note. The drag-bar unit may be considered as a special type
of auxiliary frame carrying a furrow-opening and other planter elements
of the single-row planter.
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Processes of and instruments for placing material in general
in the ground, comprising the forming of a cavity other than a furrow therein
to receive the material and the depositing of the material in said
cavity.
(1)
Note. The cavity may be formed by removing earth or by displacing
it, as by a piercing-tool.
This subclass is indented under subclass 89. Devices comprising a rotating material-dispensing receptacle,
which usually also carries the tools for forming the cavity.
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