Year: 1896

page_text: We, ALFRED SHUTTLEWORTH, and FRANK SHUTTLEWORTH, both of Stamp End
Works, Lincoln, Agricultural Engineers, and ROBERT GAMBLE, of Stamp End
Works, aforesaid, machine Foreman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
In order to enable "tail" or unmarketable small corn to be ground into coarse
meal suitable for horse, cattle and pig food immediately such corn is thrashed,
instead of its having as is now usual, to be taken away to some mill where a
charge is made for grinding. According to this invention a thrasher and a
grinding mill are combined on a common frame with common driving mechanism
thus forming a compound portable machine.
In one arrangement of this kind, the shaft of the mill is mounted to run in
bearings in a bracket which is hinged to a casting bolted to the sill of the frame
of the thrasher so that the bracket can be moved in a vertical plane transverse to
the length of the machine. The bracket is supported in the working position at
right angles to and projecting from the side of the machine by a forked rod
hinged or otherwise connected to the upper part of the machine frame and having,
at its lower forked ends, eyes which pass over horizontal bolts on the bracket so
as to suspend the mill in position for use. A stay rod adapted to be secured at one
end to the machine frame and at the other end to the bracket is provided for
resisting the pull of the driving belt, which drives the pulley of the mill from a
pulley on the transverse drum shaft of the machine.
To prepare for travelling on the road, the hopper of the mill is removed, also
the stay rod; and the forked ends of the hinged rod are sprung off the bolts on the
bracket with which they are engaged when the mill is supported in the working
position. The bracket carrying the mill is then turned on its pivot in a
downward and inward direction so as to bring it below the end of the machine,
and between the sides thereof in which position it is supported by a bar that may
be of wood, and be pivoted on the hind axle bed of the machine, and which is
now brought under the end of the mill and supported at its free
end by a suspension rod that is suitably fastened, as by a bolt, to the upper
part of the machine frame. When the mill is in position for use, ..e suspension
rod may rest on the said pivoted bar, which is then swung to one side, so as to be
clear of the sacks to be suspended at the end of the thrasher.
In some cases it may be more convenient to adapt the parts so that the mill
can be moved into its inoperative position by turning it upward and inward
instead of downward and inward; or it may be adapted to be turned sideways and
inwards

page_text: "In some cases we similarly combine other food preparing machines, such, for
instance, as an oil cake breaker, with a portable thrashing machine."
Dated this 4th day of November 1896.
For the Applicants,
W. LLOYD WISE,
46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered l'atent Agent.
We, ALFRED SHUTTLEWORTII, and FRANK SHUTTLEWORTII, both of Stamp End
Works, Lincoln, Agricultural Engineers, and ROBERT GAMBLE, of Stamp End
Works, aforesaid, Machine Forman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
In order to enable "tail" or unmarketable small corn to be ground into coarse
meal suitable for horse, cattle and pig food immediately such corn is thrashed,
instead of its having, as is now usual, to be taken away to some mill where a
charge is made for grinding. According to this invention a thrasher and a
grinding mill are combined on a common frame with common driving mechanism
thus forming a compound portable machine.
Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings show in side and end elevation
respectively one arrangement of combined thrasher and grinding mill according to
this invention.
In this arrangement, 1 is the driving shaft of a grinding mill 2 mounted to
run in bearings 3 in a bracket 4 which is hinged at 5 to a casting 6 bolted to the
sill 7 of the frame of the thrasher 8 so that the bracket can be moved in a vertical
plane transverse to the length of the machine. The bracket 4 is supported in the
working position at right angles to and projecting from the side of the machine,
by a forked rod 9 that is hinged, or it may be otherwise connected, to the upper
part of the machine frame at 10 and has at its lower forked ends, eyes 9" which
pass over horizontal bolts 11 on the bracket so as to suspend the mill in position
for use, as shown in full lines in the drawings. 12 is a stay rod secured at one
end 12 to the machine frame and adapted at the other end to be secured to the
bracket 4 so as to resist the pull of the driving belt 13 which drives the pulley 14
of the mill 2 from a pulley 15 on the transverse drum shaft 16 of the thrashing
machine.
To prepare for travelling on the road, the hopper 2 of the mill 2 is removed,
also the stay rod 12, and the forked ends of the hinged rod 9 are sprung off the
bolts 11 on the bracket 4 with which they are engaged when the mill 2 is
supported in the working position. The bracket 4 is then turned on its pivot 5
in a downward and inward direction so as to bring it below the end of the machine,
and between the sides thereof, in which position, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2
it is supported by a bar 17 that may be of wood, and be pivoted on the hind axle
bed 18 of the machine so as to turn about a vertical axis, and which is now
brought under the end 2b of the mill 2 and supported at its free end by a suspen-
sion rod 19 that is suitably fastened, as by a bolt 19, to the upper part of the
machine frame. When the mill 2 is in position for use, the suspension rod 19
may rest, as shown in Fig. 1, on the pivoted bar 17, which is then swung to one
side so as to be clear of the sacks to be suspended at that end of the thrasher.
In some cases it may be more convenient to adapt the parts so that the mill can
be moved into its operative position by turning it upward and inward instead of

page_text: downward and inward; or it may be adapted to be turned sideways and inwards,
in a manner that will now be readily understood.
In some cases we similarly combine other food preparing machines, such, for
instance, as an oil cake breaker, with a portable thrashing machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
1. A compound portable machine comprising a thrasher and a food preparing
machine, the latter being adapted to be driven from the former and so combined
with or mounted thereon that it can be moved into and held in a convenient position
for use and can afterwards be moved into a position between the sides of the
thrasher when the latter is to travel on the road, substantially as described with
reference to the drawings.
2. The combined machinery for thrashing and other purposes comprising a
thrashing machine, a grinding, breaking or other machine hinged or jointed
thereto so that it can be turned outward for use and inward for travelling, and
means for supporting and driving the latter machine when turned into its outward
and operative position, and for supporting it when turned into its inward and
inoperative position, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and
shown in the drawings annexed.
ted this 20th tray July
For the Applicants,
W. LLOYD WISE,
46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.