A NEW OR IMPROVED BEATER FOR THRASHING MACHINES."
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Victor Favier, of Perwez, in the Kingdom of
Belgium, Farmer, for the Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED BEATER
FOR THRASHING MACHINES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Victor Favier at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st September 1874.
I, VICTOR FAVIER, of Perwez, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Farmer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED BEATER FOR THRASHING MACHINES," to be as follows :-
The beater for thrashing machines, the subject of my Invention, is
illustrated on the accompanying Sheet of Drawing, and consists,―
Of two shafts A, A, placed the one above the other, and communicating
by means of two toothed wheels B, B, of equal diameter,

page_text: Each of these shaits carries two curved blades or beaters Û, Û, so
arranged that when those of the upper shaft are in a horizontal line,
those of the lowon shaft are in a vartioal line and reciprocally
Each of these shalts carries two curved blades or Deaters,
SO
arranged that when those of the upper shaft are in a horizontal line,
those of the lower shaft are in a vertical line and reciprocally.
The blades C are fixed to the wooden pieces d covered by the metal
pieces b.
Iron plates c are used for strengthening the sockets, and the beaters
carry wooden bars e and have a sheet metal covering f.
To work this beater one of the two shafts is driven at a speed of from
400 to 450 revolutions a minute (which movement it need scarcely be
observed is communicated to the other shaft by the toothed gearing B, B,)
the cercal to be thrashed is introduced by the ear or blade end at x, x,
and it is allowed to pass from 2 to 4 inches for cach revolution of the
beater, accordingly as the grain separates more or less casily from the
In passing through this beater the straw is submitted to a very
brisk shaking, sufficient to detach all the grain, even if very damp.
ear.
The advantages of this arrangement are, that it preserves the straw
intact, as presented to the machine, and performs an equal amount of
work with one-third of the power required with ordinary arrangements.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Victor Favier in the Great Seal Patent Office 2
on the 25th February 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, VICTOR
FAVIER, of Perwez, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Farmer, send greeting.
'
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-eighth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Victor Favier, Her special licence that I, the
said Victor Favier, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Victor Favier, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,

page_text: should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED BEATER FOR
THRASHING MACHINES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Victor Favier, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months.
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Victor Favier, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet
of Drawing, and to the figures and letters of reference placed thereon,
Figure 1 being an end elevation, and Figure 2 a front elevation of a
beating apparatus embodying my Invention, similar letters of reference
being placed upon and denoting similar parts in each of the Figures
respectively

page_text: shocks, subject to the condition that at the moment of receiving the
shock the commodity is free, that is to say, that it is not in contact with
any hard body other than the beating body, in order to avoid any
grinding or crushing of the straw, stalk, or blade: This idea I have
completely realized. Supposing my improved apparatus to be working
in the direction indicated by the arrows on the Drawing at a speed of
from 8 to 10 revolutions a second, if there be then presented to it a
certain quantity of unthrashed straw, the ear in front advancing, following
the line i, n, Fig. 1, at a speed of from 2 to 4 inches for each revolu-
tion of the beater, the elongated parts of the two drums will alternately
produce upon the commodity or matter presented to them shocks, the
number as well as the force of which is given in from 32 to 40 per second.
These shocks are quite sufficient to detach all the grain from the straw,
even when this latter is damp.
It will be readily seen from the Drawing that the requisite condition
for preventing grinding or crushing is also perfectly fulfilled, because.
whatever the position of the drums while working, the minimum free.
space between these two pieces is never less than 4 inches.
The results of this mode of beating are the following :-
1°. Straw intact and fit for every use.
2°. No grain ever crushed or broken.
3°. Expenditure of power reduced by one half as compared with
ordinary apparatuses.
In witness whereof, I, the said Victor Favier, have hereunto set