A Machine for Distributing Sand and other Material on Footpaths, Roads, Ice, or the like
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 1st Nov., 1897-Accepted, 1st Jan.,
1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
"A Machine for Distributing Sand and other Material on Footpaths,
Roads, Ice, or the like."
I, MOSES GAGE, of Scarbro' Road, Great Driffield, in the county of York, Builder,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a machine for distributing sand, sawdust, slug, grit,
salt or other material on footpaths, roads, ice, etc, the suid machine, however, being
moro especially applicable for distributing sand or other suitable material on
slippery pavements or roads or on ice to prevent persons slipping thereon.
According to my invention I provide a hopper or other suitable container for the
sand or other material to be distributed and I mount the said hopper or container
on wheels whereby it can be pushed or pulled over the surface to be covered with
the sand or the like.
A valve or other suitable device is employed in connection with the discharge
outlet from the hopper or container to enable the distribution of the sand or other
material to be regulated as desired.
It will be obvious that my machine is also suitable for the distribution of, and
for applying, any required material on newly made or tarred roads or footpaths.
Dated this 2nd day of Kabının 1907
G. F. REDFERN & Co.
4, South Street, Finsbury, London. Agents for the Applicant.
"A Machine for Distributing Sand and other Material on Footpaths,
Roads, Ice, or the like."
I, MOSES GAGE, of Scarbro' Road, Great Driffield, in the county of York, Builder,
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:-
This invention relates to a machine for distributing sand, sawdust, slag, grit,
salt or other material on footpaths, ronds, ice, etc, the said machine, however, being
more especially applicable for distributing sand or other suitable material on
slippery pavements or roads or on ice to prevent persons slipping thereon.
According to my invention I provide a hopper or other suitable container for the
sand or other material to be distributed and I mount the said hopper or container
on wheels whereby it can be pushed or pulled over the surface to be covered with
the sand or the like, the axle of the wheels passing through the lower end of the
houder.

page_text: A valve or other suitable device is employed in connection with the discharge
outlet from the hopper or container to enable the distribution of the sand or other
material to be regulated as desired.
It will be obvious that my machine is also suitable for the distribution of, and
for applying, any required material on newly made or tarred roads or footpaths.
To enable my invention to be fully understood 1 will describe it by referenco
to the accompanying drawing, in which:-
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Figure 1 is a side elevation of a distributing machine made according to my
invention:
Figure 2 is a plan; and,
Figure 3 is a front elevation thereof:
Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 figure 3 drawn to a larger scale; and,
Figure 5 is a plan of the roller for distributing the material also drawn to a
larger scale.
is the hopper or container for the sand or other material to be distributed, the
said hopper being preferably made of galvanized steel, and b, bare the wheels,
preferably of wrought iron, upon which the said hopper or container a is supported.
The wheels b, b aro mounted upon an axle c which passes through the lower end
of the hopper and rotates with the said wheels when the hopper is pushed or pulled
over the surface upon which sand or other material is to be distributed.
The open bottom of the hopper, is closed by the wheel axle which is fluted.
In practice I use a roller d which is provided with longitudinal recesses or flutes e, e
and which is keyed upon the axle c so that it is rotated with the wheels when the
machine is in motion. With this arrangement it will be obvious that, as the
machine is moved over the surface upon which sand or other material is to be
distributed, the said material, which is contained in the hopper, is distributed as
the said roller rotates with the wheels.
f is a slide forming the lower end of the rear part of the hopper the said slide
being provided with slots through which pass screw-threaded studs attached
to the hopper, the said studs being provided with thumb nuts i. With this
arrangement by raising or lowering the slide f and tightening the thumb nuts i
the said slide can be adjusted so as to vary the amount of material distributed
from the hopper.
The hopper a is provided with handles a and with legs a projecting rearwardly
and designed to support the machine when it is not required for use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim
i8:-
1. A machine for distributing sand and other material on footpaths, roads, ice
or the like and consisting of a hopper or other suitable container mounted on
wheels having a fluted axle and provided at its lower end with a discharge outlet
from which the distribution of the material is suitably controlled, substantially
as described and illustrated.
2. The combination and arrangement of parts forming the machine for dis-
tributing sand and other material on footpaths, roads, ice or the like herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 1st day of November 1897.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.