IMPROVEMENTS IN HOES
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Hicks Chandler, of Aldbourn, in the
County of Wilts, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Hicks
Chandler at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 6th November 1852.
I, THOMAS HICKS CHANDLER, of Aldbourn, in the County of Wilts,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN HOES" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of combining winged cutters in pairs, so that
the plants are guarded by the wings, whilst the land on either side is
cut and moved. These improvements are peculiarly applicable for hand
hoes, as well as for hoes drawn by power.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Thomas Hicks Chandler in the Great Seal
Patent Oflice on the 5th May 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
THOMAS HICKS CHANDLER, of Aldbourn, in the County of Wilts, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, in the
sixteenth year of Iler reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and succes-
sors, give and grant unto me, the said Thomas Hicks Chandler, Her
special licence that I, the said Thomas Hicks Chandler, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas Hicks
Chandler, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during tho term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
usc, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN HOES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Thomas Hicks Chandler, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what inanner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Hicks Chandler, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof (that is to say):
This Invention consists of combining winged cutters in pairs, so that
the plants are guarded by the wings, whilst the land on either side is
cut and moved. These improvements are peculiarly applicable for
hand hoes, as well as for hoes drawn by power. And in order that my
Invention may be more fully understood I will proceed to describe the
Drawing hereunto annexed.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1, shows an edge view, and Figure 2, a plan of the same.
a, is the handle, having at its upper end a cross bar b, against which
the user presses in order to force the hoes through the surface of the
ground. At the lower end of the handle a, there is a socket c, through
the arms d, of the cutters e, pass, and are wedged tightly therein (when
adjusted to the proper distance apart) by means of the set screw f.
The socket is fixed to the handle by the strap and screws and nuts, as
shown. The cutters e, have wings e', as shewn. Ordinarily these hoes
are simply to be used by hand by one person in the manner above
described, but in heavy soil two persons may work a hoe such as above
described, in which case one person would be employed to press it
forward and to guide it, and another person would aid by drawing by a
cord affixed to the handle of the hoc.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
of performing the same, I would have it understood that what I claim
is, the combination of parts herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Hicks Chandler, have
hereunto set my hand and scal, this Third day of May, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
THOMAS HICKS CHANDLER. (L.S.)
Witness,
ELIZ MARY BROWN,
Aldbourne, Wilts.