Potato Planter (Patent No: 211734)

Inventor: Brykowicz, John

Location: Edmonton

Comments: N/A

Description: John Brykowicz, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 24th May, 1921; 6 years. Filed 29th October, 1920. Receipt No. 337,690.

Claim.—1. In a potato planter, a depending potato conveying tube and intermittent furrow forming means including a pivotally mounted channel-shaped digging member positioned to close the delivery end of said tube when forming a furrow and movable to uncover the delivery end of said tube after the furrow has been formed.

2. In a potato planter, a pair of crank shafts having channel-shaped furrow forming members and furrow filling scoops pivoted on the cranks thereof, a third crank shaft above said pair of crank shafts, links connecting the cranks of the last-named shaft to the forward ends of said furrow forming members and to the rear end's of said furrow filling scoops, and means to simultaneously rotate said crank shafts for causing said furrow forming members to intermittently form furrows and to deliver earth to said scoops and to tilt the scoops to deliver earth into the furrows.

3. In a potato planter, a pair of crank shafts having channel-shaped furrow forming members and furrow filling scoops pivoted on the cranks thereof, a third crank shafts above said pair of crank shafts, links connecting the cranks of the last-named shaft to the forward ends of said furrow forming members and to the rear ends of said furrow filling scoops, means to simultaneously rotate said crank shafts for causing said furrow forming members to intermittently form furrows and to deliver earth to said scoops and to tilt the scoops to deliver earth into the furrows, a pair of vertically movable frames in which said shafts are journalled, and manually operable means to vertically move said frames for regulating the depth of furrows formed by said furrow forming member.

Claims allowed, 3.