A Machine for Use in Distributing Manure or Sowing Grain.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 6th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 26th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Machine for Use in Distributing Manure or Sowing Grain.
I, THOMAS EVANS, of Mount Pleasant, Porthcawl, Glamorgan, Farmer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in a machine for use in distributing manure or sowing
grain. The machine consists of a carriage or frame mounted on wheels for horse
traction, or for propulsion by other means. On the frame is carried a box or
chest for containing manure or grain for distribution. At one side of the frame
is a platform on which the attendant stands for the purpose of distributing the
contents of the box. A similar platform may be fitted at the opposite side of the
frame of the carriage. As the carriage travels over the ground, the attendant
As the machine
distributes by hand the manure or grain carried in the box.
carries both the distributor and the material to be distributed, economy in time and
labour is effected.
Dated this 5th day of March 1894.
NICHOLAS WALIS,
Bristol, Chartered Patent Agent.
A Machine for Use in Distributing Manure or Sowing Grain.
I, THOMAS EVANS, of Mount Pleasant, Porthcawl, Glamorgan, Farmer, 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 consists in a machine for use in distributing by hand pulverized
or reduced manure such as ground bones, super-phosphates and the like. The
machine is also adapted for use in sowing grain by hand. The machine consists
of a carriage frame mounted on wheels for horse or other traction. On the frame
is carried a chest or box for containing manure or grain for distribution. A
platform is fixed to the frame, either at one or both sides, or at the back. On
this platform an attendant stands and as the carriage travels over the ground,
the said attendant takes out from the box or chest, at intervals, a handful of the
manure or grain, as the case may be, and scatters it over the land in the usual
manner. As the machine carries both the distributor and the material for
distribution, time and labour are economised.
Referring to the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 represents a plan, Fig. 2 a side
view and Fig. 3 an end view of a machine constructed and arranged for use, in
accordance with this invention, in distributing reduced or pulverized manure such
as ground bones, super-phosphates and the like, and also for use in sowing grain.
The machine consists of a frame a mounted on wheels band carrying a chest or
box e for containing the manure or grain for distribution. The example illustrated
in the drawing is fitted with shafts d for horse traction, but, as will be readily
At the rear
understood, the machine may be adapted for other traction.
platform e is carried by the frame a. Upon this platform an attendant stands, and
a

page_text: as the machine travels over the land the said attendant takes out, at intervals,
from the box or chest c a handful of the manure or the grain (according to which
the box or chest is charged with) and distributes it by scattering it over
the land.
The platform for the distributor may, instead of being at the rear, be arranged
at either side.
As the machine carries both the distributor and the material for distribution,
economy in time and labour is effected in the operation of spreading manure or
sowing grain.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
A machine for use in sowing grain and in distributing pulverized or reduced
manure such as ground bones, super-phosphates and the like; said machine
consisting of a chest or box supported upon a carriage or trolley frame mounted
. on wheels, and adapted for horse or other traction, and fitted with a platform for
carrying an attendant to distribute the manure or sow the grain as the machine
travels, substantially as herein before described with reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings.
Dated this 30th day of December 1894.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol, Chartered Patent Agent.