A New or Improved Machine or Apparatus for Spreading Sand or its Equivalent upon Roads and Foot Paths or the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th July, 1995
Complete. Specification Left, 16th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 6th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Machine or Apparatus for Spreading Sand or
its Equivalent upon Roads and Foot Paths or the like.
We, ARTHUR HEATON, of the Firm of Hearl Heaton & Sons, of Liversedge,
in the County of York, Machine Makers, WILLIAM BRYDEN, of High Street,
Morley, in the said County, Overlooker and HARRY STANSFIELD, of Britannia
Mills, Morley aforesaid Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:--
This invention relates to a new or improved machine or apparatus for spreading
sand, ashes or their equivalent particularly in frosty weather upon roads, foot paths
or the like, and its object is to provide a cheap, light-easy-running machine
particularly adapted to be operated by hand for sanding foot paths.
For this purpose we employ a light framework mounted preferably on two
wheels and supporting a hopper of suitable capacity at the top. This hopper is
made with an opening or openings along the bottom and a roller is fitted
longitudinally below this opening or openings and closes it or them. This roller
is made with a number of longitudinal flutes or pockets and as it is arranged to
revolve when the machine is in operation each flute or pocket is filled from the
hopper as it passes beneath said opening or openings and the contents of the flutes
or pockets are discharged as the roller rotates. A rotary winged distributer may
be mounted beneath the said roller to uniformly distribute the sand as it leaves the
roller but when the roller is driven at a suitable speed and the said flutes or pockets
are small the distribution is fairly uniform.
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The said roller is fixed or formed on the axle carrying the wheels of the machine.
or it may be driven by means of a chain or toothed gearing therefrom.
case provision may be made for throwing the said roller out of operation and it
may also be arranged so that when the machine is drawn backwards it is not
operated. The wheels may be so mounted on the axle that they tend to drive the
axle but the wheels on either side may over run that on the other side to facilitate
guiding or turning the machine. A suitable handle or handles or shafts are
provided on the machine.
Two axles and more than two wheels may be used. In the case of two axles
they may be geared or otherwise connected together and only one may be provided
with a roller.
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DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.

page_text: A New or Improved Machine or Apparatus for Spreading Sand or
its Equivalent upon Roads and Foot Paths or the like.
We, ARTHUR HEATON, of the Firm of Hearl Heaton & Sons, of Liversedge,
in the County of York, Machine Makers, WILLIAM BRYDEN, of High Street,
Morley, in said County, Overlooker, and-HARRY STANSFIELD, of Britannia Mills,
Morley, aforesaid, Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to a new or improved machine or apparatus for spreading
sand, ashes or their equivalent particularly in frosty weather upon roads, foot-paths
or the like, and its object is to provide a cheap, light-easy-running machine
particularly adapted to be operated by hand for sanding foot-paths.
To fully describe our invention reference is made to the accompanying sheet of
drawings forming a part of this Specification, in which similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures.
Figure 1, represents a side view of our improved spreader with the side plate of
the wheel removed so as to show the internal parts.
Figure 2, represents a front view of the same partly in section.
Figure 3, represents a sectional view of the spreader on the broken line a, b
Figure 2.
Figure 4, represents a view of a portion of the spreading roller on a larger
scale.
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The hopper A is secured to the bearings B, B mounted on the axle C on which
the spreading roller D is rigidly fixed. The hopper A is open along the bottom
and the roller D is fitted close to this opening so that the upper part of the
periphery of the roller forms the bottom of the hopper. Longitudinal flutes e are
made along the periphery of the roller and preferably also annular flutes or grooves i
are made round it. These flutes form pockets which are filled from the hopper as
they pass beneath and their contents are discharged as the roller rotates.
inclined distributing plate F is preferably fixed in front of the roller D and is
provided with teeth which project into the annular grooves i aud remove the
contents of the pockets as the roller D revolves. The contents of the pockets then
slide down the inclined plate and are uniformly distributed below. A curved guide
or rib G may be fixed to the plate F close to each end so as to guide or spread the
sand or its equivalent more or less beyond the ends of the plate F.
The lower front edge of the hopper A consists of a door E hinged to the front
of the hopper and kept closed by the springs H. A screw J is provided at each
end (fitted in lugs K on the ends of the hopper) which screws bear against the said
door and regulate the position of the lower edge in relation to the roller D, which
position may be adjusted according to the size and quantity of the material being
spread. The springs H allow the door to give and enable exceptionally large
pieces to be discharged. The false front L or guide piece is secured along inside
the front of the hopper and prevents the contents of the hopper from pressing upon
the door E.
The wheels M, M are loosely mounted on the axle C and each contain a ratchet
wheel N rigidly secured on the axle. A spring pawl O is mounted on each wheel
to engage the ratchet wheels and turn the roller D when the spreader is moved
forwards; but the roller D is not operated when the spreader is moved in the
reverse direction. A plate P is secured to each wheel by the screws S and
encloses the ratchet wheel and pawl.

page_text: Suitable shafts or handles R are secured to the spreader and it is also provided
with a leg or foot T.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A machine for spreading sand, ashes or their equivalent having a hopper
fitted with a fluted or pocketed spreading roller, substantially as herein shown and
described.
2. The improved machine for spreading sand or its equivalent, substantially as
herein shown and described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 15th day of April 1896.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Patent Agents.