IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE HOES, THE SAME BEING APPLICABLE TO DRILLS AND CULTIVATORS
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Onley Gooday, of Stanstead, in the
County of Essex, Engincer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE HOES, THE SAME BEING APPLICABLE TO DRILLS
AND CULTIVATORS."
Scaled the 24th November 1874, and dated the 28th May 1874.

page_text: :
The first portion of the present Invention is effected as follows:-
Each hoe is attached to the lower end of a bar which forms part of an
arrangement of levers similar to that known as the "parallel rule move-
ment," the transverse bars of which, being connected with vertical bars
by means of pivots upon which they are free to move, are actuated by
the upward and downward movements of the vertical arm to which the
hoe is attached, and which is pressed downwards towards the ground by
weights suitably placed.
The arrangements of levers herein-before mentioned are respectively
fixed on or attached to a bar or bars placed transversely across the
machine, and may be shifted either laterally or vertically. By means of
this portion of my said Invention a great advantage is obtained as
compared with the action of horse hoes as ordinarily constructed,
inasmuch as the hoes rise and fall with the inequalities of the land
although they enter the same sufficiently by reason of the action of the
before-mentioned weights.
By means of the second part of this Invention the pitch or inclination
of the hoe-bar is atered and regulated at pleasure with great facility.
A transverse shaft is fixed from one side of the machine to the other,
and thereon are placed jointed levers which carry the draught and hoe-
bars, and steering handles, such levers being capable of being shifted to
any position on the shaft. A worm wheel is fixed on the shaft, into
which wheel gears a worm thread formed on or attached to the end of a
longitudinal or vertical shaft mounted in suitable bearings and furnished
with a handle, by means of which it is placed within reach of and under
the control of the attendant. By actuating the last-mentioned shaft,
which is effected by turning the handle at the end thereof, the worm
wheel is partially rotated, and the motion being thereby communicated
to the hoe-bar the pitch of the same is thereby regulated.
In some cases the transverse shaft is formed in two parts, the ends
thereof working respectively in a central box or bearing. In such cases
two worm shafts are employed, either of which can be worked in-
dependently of the other.
It will be obvious that this Invention is equally applicable to drills
and cultivators as well as to horse-hoes.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Onley Gooday in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 27th November 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
ONLEY GOODAY, of Stanstead, in the County of Essex, Engineer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the
thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said George Onley Gooday, Her
special licence that I, the said George Onley Gooday, executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George
Onley Gooday, 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, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HORSE HOES, THE SAME
BEING APPLICABLE TO DRILLS AND CULTIVATORS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said George Onley Gooday, my executors or admini-
strators, 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 George Onley Gooday, 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, that is to say: -
My said Invention relates to certain improvements in the construction
and arrangement of mechanism applicable to horse hoes, and also to
drills and cultivators, whereby greater efficiency is attained in such
implements than has hitherto been practicable,

page_text: The first part of my said Invention consists in certain arrangements
of mechanism whereby each hoe is enabled to rise and fall independently
of the others. This object is effected in the following manner :-)
-Each
hoe is attached to the lower end of a bar which forms part of an arrange-
ment of levers similar to that known as the "parallel rule movement,"
the transverse bars of which, being connected with the verticals bars by
means of pivots upon which they are free to move, are actuated by the
upward and downward action of the vertical arm to which the hoe is
attached, and which is pressed downwards towards the ground by means
of weights suitably placed for that purpose.
The arrangements of levers herein-before mentioned are respectively
fixed on or attached to a bar or bars placed transversely across the
machine, and may be shifted either laterally or vertically. By means of
this portion of my said Invention a great advantage is obtained as com-
pared with the action of horse hoes as ordinarily constructed, inasmuch
as the hoes individually rise and fall with the inequalities of the land,
although they are enabled to enter the same to a sufficient depth by
reason of the action of the before-mentioned weights by which they are
depressed, whilst the "pitch" of the hoes, whether rising or falling, is
always the same.
The second part of my said Invention consists of certain arrangements
of mechanism by means of which the pitch or inclination of the hoe-bar
is altered and regulated at pleasure with great facility. A transverse
shaft is fixed in front of the wheel axle from one side of the machine to
the other, and thereon are placed jointed levers which carry the draught
and hoe-bars, and steering handles, such levers being capable of being
shifted to any desired position on the shaft. A worm wheel is fixed on
the shaft, into which wheel gears a worm thread formed on or attached
to the end of a longitudinal or vertical shaft mounted in suitable
bearings and furnished with a handle, by means of which it is placed
within reach of and under the control of the attendant. By actuating
the last-mentioned shaft, which operation is effected by turning the
handle at the end thereof, the worm wheel is partially rotated, and the
motion being thereby communicated to the hoe-bar the pitch of the
same is regulated.
In some cases the transverse shaft is formed in two parts, the ends
whereof work respectively in a central boss or bearing. In such cases

page_text: two worm shafts are employed, either of which can be worked in-
dependently of the other.
Although the application of my said Invention to horse hoes has been
herein-before described, it is also applicable to drills and cultivators, as
will be well understood by persons conversant with the construction and
manufacture of such implements.
Having thus declared the nature of my said Invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I would observe in conclusion that
what I consider novel and original and therefore claim as constituting
the Invention secured to me by the said herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent are,-
-
First. The construction, combination, and arrangement of mechanism
for effecting the objects of the first part of my said Invention, sub-
stantially as and for the purposes herein-before described and set forth,
or any mere modifications thereof.
And, Secondly. The construction, combination, and arrangement of
mechanism for attaining the objects of the second part of my said In-
vention, substantially as herein-before described and set forth, or any
mere modifications thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Onley Gooday, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of November,
in the year of our Lord One thousand cight hundred and seventy-
four.
5 Witness,
GEO. E. VAUghan,
54, Chancery Lane,
London.
G. O. GOODAY. (L.S.)