A NEW OR ARLING MACHINE
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Thomas Turner, of the Firm of Murton and
Turner, of Guiltcross Iron Works, Kenninghall, in the County of Norfolk,
Agricultural Implement Manufacturer, for an Invention of "A NEW OR
ARLING MACHINE PART
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Thomas Turner
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd December 1880.
FREDERICK THOMAS TURNER, of the Firm of Murton and Turner, of Guiltcross
Iron Works, Kenninghall, in the County of Norfolk, Agricultural Implement
Manufacturer. "A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED GRAIN-BRUISING AND CHAFF-
CUTTING MACHINE, PART OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS BEING APPLICABLE TO OTHER
MACHINES."
My Invention has chiefly for object a novel combination of a grain bruising
machine with a chaff cutter, the combination being applicable also to grain grinders
or other similarly constructed machines.
In carrying out my improvements I apply to and combine with the periphery
or other part of the driving wheel of a chaff cutter, grain grinder, or other similar
machine, a second wheel smaller than the said driving wheel and carried in
suitable bearings formed in the frame of the machine which is adapted for the
purpose; the two wheels hereinbefore described are each provided with smooth
surfaces parallel one to the other, or otherwise, for the purpose of bruising the grain,
which may be fed to the machine by a suitably constructed hopper; the smaller
wheel is regulated to suit the pressure required for the various sizes of grain to be
fed to the machine by means of a hand screw or other similar contrivance.
By these improvements the grain as it is fed to the machine will be crushed
between the peripheral surfaces of the two hereinbefore described wheels, and
these being in contact with each other the smaller wheel is caused to revolve
without requiring any extra gear to be employed for that purpose.
It will be understood that the smaller wheel with its frame, bearings, and
adjusting mechanism may, if required, form an attachment to the chaff cutter or
other machine, being suitably fixed to the frame of the machine by screws or
otherwise, and may thus be detached from and applied to other suitable machines
at will.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frederick Thomas Turner in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
2nd June 1881.
FREDERICK THOMAS TURNER, of the Firm of Murton and Turner, of Guilteross
Iron Works, Kenninghall, in the County of Norfolk, Agricultural Implement
Manufacturer. "A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED GRAIN-BRUISING AND CHAFF-
CUTTING MACHINE, PART OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS BEING APPLICABLE TO OTHER
MACHINES."
My Invention has chiefly for object a novel combination of a grain bruising
machine with a chaff cutter, the combination being applicable also to grain grinders
or other similarly constructed machines.*
In carrying out my improvements I apply to and combine with the periphery or
other part of the driving wheel of a chaff cutter, grain grinder, or other similar
machine, a second wheel smaller than the said driving wheel and carried in suitable
bearings formed in the frame of the machine which is adapted for the purpose;
the two wheels hereinbefore described are each provided with smooth surfaces
parallel one to the other, or otherwise, for the purpose of bruising the grain, which
may be fed to the machine by a suitably constructed hopper; the smaller wheel is
regulated to suit the pressure required for the various sizes of grain to be fed to
the machine by means of a hand screw or other similar contrivance.
But to make my Invention better understood I will proceed to describe the
same by reference to the accompanying Drawing in which Figure 1 is a front
elevation partly in section shewing my improvements applied to a combined chaff
cutter and grain grinder, and Figure 2 is a plan of the same; similar letters in both
the Figures represent similar parts.
a is the driving wheel carrying the chaff cutting knives b and the grinding
plates c, the periphery of the said wheel a being formed with a smooth surface, and
broader than is usual; d is the second and smaller wheel or roller adapted so as to
be parallel with the periphery of the driving wheel a, and carried in the bearings e,
shewn in dotted lines, such bearings sliding backwards or forwards in the framing f
of the machine, which is formed with ways, as shewn for that purpose. The
peripheries of the wheels a and d are each turned up true, or provided with smooth
surfaces parallel one to the other, as shewn in dotted lines, Figure 2, for bruising
the grain or seed as it is fed to the machine by the hopper g; this hopper is
provided with slides and partitions, so that the hopper may be set to feed the grain
or seed either to be ground or bruised, as the case may be; h is a set screw carrying
springs which press against the bearings e of the wheel or roller d, and serve to
regulate the said wheel d to suit the pressure required, and the various sizes of
grain or seed to be bruised, the springs giving the necessary elasticity to the
bearings; jis a catch for holding the set screw in any desired position; k, shoot
for the discharge of the grain or seed after it has been bruised by the machine;
1 is an arrangement of gearing by which I am enabled to cut three different lengths
of feed in the chaff cutter; m is a lever handle for operating the same.
By these improvements motion being imparted to the driving wheel a, the grain
or seed as it is fed to the machine through the hopper g, will be crushed between
the peripheral surfaces of the driving wheel a and small wheel or roller d, and
these surfaces being in contact or nearly so with each other, the wheel d is caused
to revolve in sympathy without requiring any extra gear to be employed for that
purpose. The grain or seed as it is bruised passes out of the machine through, the
shoot k. Any two of the operations of chaff cutting, grain grinding, and grain
bruising may be carried on in combination, or each may be carried on singly,
according to requirements.

page_text: It will be understood that the small wheel or roller d with its frame, bearings,
adjusting mechanism, and springs may, if required, from an attachment to a chaff
cutter, or other machine being suitably fixed to the frame of the machine by screws
or otherwise, and may thus be detached from and applied to other suitable machines
at will, and any other suitable part of the driving wheel and small wheel, such as
the face thereof, may be used for the purpose herein before described.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the best means with
which I am acquainted for carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood
that I lay no claim to any of the hereinbefore described parts taken separately, but
what I do claim is,―
The combination with and application to a combined chaff cutter and grain
grinder, or other similarly constructed machine, having a fly wheel of an adjustable
supplementary wheel or roller arranged to move in sympathy with the fly wheel,
for the purpose of bruising grain and seeds, arranged and operating substantially as
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Thomas Turner, have hereto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
FREDERICK THOMAS TURNER. (L.S.)