Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 14th July, 1887
Complete Left, 13th Apr., 1888
Complete Accepted, 14th July, 1888
I FRANZ SCHLÖR of Barth Germany Manufacturer of Agricultural Machines do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
The present machine has been constructed in order to prevent stoppages in the
regulating mechanism and unequal distribution of manure and differs in principle
from other known machines for distributing manure in that the manure to be thrown
out by a revolving rake or spreader is contained in a box or receptacle which is
automatically pushed up towards said spreader or vice-versa the revolving spreader
travels automatically downwards and towards the manure. The raising of the inanure
to the spreader or the lowering of the revolving spreader against the manure is
effected slowly and automatically by the machine so that only thin layers of artificial
manure can be transferred to the ground by means of the aforesaid revolving rake or
spreader.
According to one modification which is preferred, the front side with the bottom of
the box is capable of sliding up and down, by means of racks and pinions, towards
the spreader revolving in fixed bearings on the ends whilst the back and ends of the
box remain fixed. When the machine is to be put in use the front side and bottom
are slided downwards by turning a crank handle until the bottom is level with the
lower edge of the back side. The box or receptacle is then filled with the artificial
or other manure. When the machine travels, only the upper layer of manure is
caught and thrown out by the revolving spreader, the bottom of the box being
gradually raised upwards. For the purpose of gradually raising the manure box as
it becomes gradually discharged I provide suitable gear actuated from a tooth wheel on
the boss of one of the travelling wheels. This tooth wheel (which also serves to
transmit motion to the revolving rake or spreader) gears with a tooth wheel on the
spindle of the aforesaid pinions that actuate the racks for lowering and raising the
manure box. The same spindle also gears by wormwheel and worm with a spindle
provided with handles for operating the gear by hand.

page_text: When it is desired to lower the box after the contents thereof have been emptied it
will be understood that this may be accomplished by merely throwing a tooth wheel
of this mechanism out of gear with the travelling wheel.
The shaft of the spreader is mounted in the ends of a lid or cover covering the
whole of the box. The revolution of the spreader is effected by means of gear wheels
from the aforesaid tooth wheel on the travelling wheel nave.
According to the other modification the bottom of the box is fixed to the front
side and the spreader is moved with the back side and a back part of the ends. The
axles of the travelling wheels are here secured further in front in the end walls which
are firmly united with the box and the movable ends for the bearings of the spreader
are slided along the said fixed ends said movable ends being secured together by
means of the back side. The racks are fixed to the movable ends whilst the pinion
shaft is driven by suitable worm and wheel gearing and is mounted in the ends
secured to the front side. The revolution of the spreader which at the same time is
moved vertically in the manner described is effected by a chain and sprocket wheel
on the spreader shaft. The latter however only gears with the back part of the chain
in order to allow for the vertical motion. Thus when the spreader shaft is lowered
the sprocket wheel runs slowly down that side of the chain. This chain goes down
over a sprocket wheel mounted on a shaft on the movable end and over another
sprocket wheel which is revolvable on a fixed shaft or stud on a support or bracket
on the fixed front side, whilst a second sprocket wheel is turned on said shaft by
means of another chain gearing with a sprocket wheel on the nave of the travelling
wheel.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Distributing Artificial and other
Manure.
I, FRANZ SCHLÖR of Barth Germany Manufacturer of Agricultural Machines 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:
The present machine has been constructed in order to prevent stoppages in the spread-
ing mechanism and unequal distribution of manure and differs in principle from other
known machines for distributing manure in that the manure to be thrown out by a
revolving rake or spreader is contained in a box or receptacle which is automatically
pushed up towards said spreader or vice versa the revolving spreader travels auto-
matically downwards and towards the manure. The raising of the manure to the
spreader or the lowering of the revolving spreader against the manure is effected
slowly and automatically by the machine so that only thin layers of artificial manure
can be transferred to the ground by means of the aforesaid revolving rake or
spreader.
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In Figures 1 to 5 of the accompanying drawings is shewn the first modification of a
manure distributor constructed according to this invention whilst Figure 6 shews the
second modification. According to the one modification which is preferred the front
side with the bottom h of the box, Figures 2 and 3 forming respectively plan section
and vertical cross section is capable of sliding up and down by means of the racks r
and pinions u and u¹ towards the spreader i revolving in fixed bearings on the ends
whilst the back e and the ends of the box remain fixed. When the machine is to be
put in use the front side and bottom hare slided downwards by turning the crank
handle Figures 2 and 4 (which latter Figure is an end view Figure 5 being another
end view) until the bottom is level with the lower edge of the back side e. The box
or receptacle is then filled with the artificial or other manure. When the machine
travels, only the upper layer of manure is caught and thrown out by the revolving
spreader i shewn in the sectional elevation Figure 1 and in Figure 3, the bottom / of
the box being gradually raised upwards.
For the purpose of gradually raising the manure box as it becomes gradually
discharged I provide suitable gear actuated from a tooth wheel on the boss of one of
the travelling wheels. This tooth wheel (which also serves to transmit motion to the
revolving rake or spreader) gears with a tooth wheel on the spindle of the aforesaid
pinions that actuate the racks for lowering and raising the manure box. The same
spindle also gears by worm wheel and worm with a spindle provided with handles for
operating the gear by hand.
.
For this purpose the aforesaid pinions u u¹ mounted on a shaft z each gear into the
aforesaid box lifting racks r one of which is placed at each of the front ends of the
box as shewn in Figures 2 and 3. The worms which is mounted on a shaft x running
in bearings on an end of the box gears with the tooth wheel 4 of the pinion shaft z.
The wormwheel shaft is provided with a handle for lowering the box.
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page_text: This shaft is turned by means of the gear wheel 1 (Figures 2 and 5) on the nave
of a travelling wheel R, as this gear wheel 1 by means of tooth wheel 7 turns the tooth
wheel 6 of a shaft w mounted on the back side e of the box, of which shaft a
worm gears with a corresponding wheel 5 (as shewn in Figure 4) on the worm
wheel shaft .
When it is desired to lower the box h after the contents thereof has been emptied
it will be understood that this may be accomplished by merely throwing a tooth
wheel of this mechanism out of gear with the travelling wheel, (for instance the
tooth wheel 7 out of gear with the wheel 6 by means of the lever L) when the
handle and spindle can be revolved, the worm d' and worm wheel 5 being for
this purpose made with such a pitch of thread and angle of teeth respectively as to
permit one or the other to be the driver.
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The shaft of the spreader i is mounted in the ends of a lid or cover D covering the
whole of the box. The revolution of the spreader is effected by means of gear wheels
from the aforesaid tooth wheel 1 on the travelling wheel in any known manner such for
instance as wheels 2 and 3 Figure 5.
According to the other modification as shown in Figure 6, the bottom of the
box is fixed to the front side h and the spreader is moved with the back side e
and a back part of the ends. The axles y of the travelling wheels are here secured
further in front in the end walls which are firmly united with the box ¹, and the
movable ends for the bearings of the spreader i are slided along the said fixed
ends said movable ends being secured together by means of the back side e. The
racks rare fixed to the movable ends whilst the pinion shaft w is driven by
suitable worm and wheel gearing and is mounted in the fixed ends secured to the
front side of the box. The revolution of the spreader i, which at the same time is
moved vertically in the manner described, is effected by a chain K and a sprocket
wheel W on the spreader shaft i. The latter wheel gears with the back part of the
chain K as it were tangentially in order to allow for the vertical motion. Thus when
the spreader shaft is lowered the sprocket wheel W runs slowly down that side of the
chain. The driving chain K' passes round a sprocket wheel X mounted on a road
wheel nave, y being the axle of same and round another sprocket wheel V which can
rotate on a fixed shaft or stud o on a support or bracket on the fixed front side, whilst
a second sprocket wheel fixed to the sprocket wheel V turns on said stud o and by
means of the chain K gears with a sprocket wheel U on a spindle y¹ having its bearings
on the fixed part h¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. In manure distributing apparatus the application of a manure box which is
caused to travel slowly up against the spreader or the spreader caused to travel slowly
down against the manure box such motion being imparted automatically from one of
the travelling wheels of the apparatus for the purpose of preventing stoppages in
the spreading mechanism and unequal distribution of the manure substantially as
set forth.
Second. The constructions of manure distributing machine described with reference
to the accompanying drawings.