A NEW MACHINE FOR BORING HOLES TO FIX THE HOP POLES IN AND FOR DRAWING THE HOP POLES OUT OF THE GROUND IN THE HOP PICKING SEASON
Year: 1868

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Winder at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th October
1868.
I, RICHARD WINDER, of Farningham, near Dartford, in the County
of Kent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A
NEW MACHINE FOR BORING HOLES TO FIX THE HOP POLES IN AND FOR DRAWING
THE HOP POLES OUT OF THE GROUND IN THE HOP PICKING SEASON," to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists of a machine for boring the holes in the ground
in which to fix up the hop poles for the hops to grow upon; also for
drawing out of the ground and taking down the hop poles at the time of
picking.
The machine for boring, digging, or making the holes for the poles
consists of a frame resting upon wheels to make it portable. Upon
this frame is fixed a handle to be worked by the attendant, this handle
turns wheelwork or gearing (also attached to the frame) made of
different diameters to give power to the attendant. This wheelwork or
gearing has a grooved or spiked pulley fixed to it, which is connected to
other grooved or spiked pullies by an endless chain, strap, or rope.

page_text: These pullies being thus set in motion make the augurs or boring tools
revolve, and dig out or bore the required holes. Weights are attached
to the upper part of these augurs to press them into the ground. Long
feathers or keys are fixed upon these augurs for nearly the length of the
round or square parts of the augurs that pass through the pullies and
freely to ascend and descend through them while digging the holes or
in being taken up out of the holes after they have been dug. To pull
these augurs clear out of the holes when the machine is required to
advance to the next hill of hops or move from place to place a standard
is fixed upon the frame, having a cross head on the top branching out
three ways, with a grooved pulley at the end of each branch, around which
pullies ropes are passed and connected together so that the attendant
pulls all up at one and the same time, or, if preferred, the ropes can be
left unconnected so that one augur can be pulled up at a time. In the
same way, if desired, the grooved or spiked pullies may be made to work
separately instead of being connected by the endless chain, strap, or
rope. For drawing the poles in the picking season the same frame is
used as above mentioned, but the lower cog wheels, spiked or grooved
pullies, augurs, and weights that were used before are taken away and
replaced by another cog wheel and spiked or grooved pullies having a
screw thread or worm in the centre hole of each; screws are made to
work in these holes upwards and downwards according to which way
the pullies are turned. At the lower end of each screw is a clip
made to secure each pole required to be drawn up. To draw the poles
each pole is first secured by the clips, motion is then given to the
grooved or spiked pullies by the connecting endless chain, strap, or rope
before described for boring; the attendant turns the handle causing the
cog wheel gearing and the grooved or spiked pullies to revolve, and
as each pulley is provided with a screw in the centre which works
round the screwed clips, and as the gearing revolves and the clips do
not revolve, by turning one way the clips rise and the poles with. them,
and by turning the reverse way the clips fall or descend ready to raise
the poles of the next hill, and so on throughout the whole hop garden.