Improvements in Silos with Moveable Roof for use as Ensilage or any other fodder
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 17th Nov., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 1st Mar., 1887.
I HENRY LANDER of Shaftesbury Road, Mere in the County of Wiltshire, Yeoman
do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
Improvements in Silos with Moveable Roof for use as Ensilage or any other
fodder As a Silo this is Circular shaped, in staves, same sise in circumference from
Top to Bottom, planked inside at bottom to keep staves circular, a rib of iron round
top edge to keep top circular, hoops round barrell or silo with flange screw and nut, to
tighten or draw together if the staves shrinks, four more or less pieces of iron fastened
between staves, or fastened to Posts between staves at equal distances, there is a Lever
working from each posts, and moveable by a pin, and drilled holes in the aforesaid
pieces of iron, so that ensilage can be pressed different heights on part of covering of
ensilage weights on the other end of levers of sufficient weight as required, thus
pressing outside circumference of ensilage in Silo, in Centre of this Barrell or Silo is a
stem, hollow or solid, of which a Screw is cut out in wood, or cast in iron mallable and
fixed on in sections, so that a Roof made like my Patent Sliding Roof (4510) a bent
and fixed bar to fit the screw in stem. Turn the Roof one way it rises, turn the
reverse it lowers, the levers being of long lengths and crossing each other by the side
of stem the weights put on can be adjusted to put on any amount of pressure on any
amount of Ensilage Hay or fodder of any description from Ten to five hundred Tons-
This Barrell or Silo can be let into ground level, halfway, or stand on ground, the
posts being let sufficiently into ground to prevent levers from raising the said posts-
by taking away the staves and leaving posts, there can be any amount of Ensilage or
fodder pressed on top of ground, and always Covered and in the dry by the aforesaid
Roof, of which one person can easily raise or lower.

page_text: I HENRY LANDER of Shaftesbury Road Mere in the County of Wiltshire Yeoman
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:
Improvements in Silos with moveable Roof, for use as Ensilage or any other fodder.
As a Silo this is Circular shaped in staves, Circular planked inside at bottom to keep
staves Circular. A Rib of Iron round top edge to keep top of staves Circular.-Hoops
round Barrel or Silo, with flange screw and nut to tighten or draw together if the
staves shrinks. Four more or less pieces of Iron fastened between staves, or fastened
to Posts between staves, at equal distances-There is a Lever working from each
Posts, and moveable by a Iron pin, and drilled holes in the aforesaid pieces of Iron that
is fixed between the staves or the said Posts, so that Ensilage can be pressed at
different heigths. on parts of covering of Ensilage weights at the other end of levers
of sufficient weights as required thus pressing outside circumference of Ensilage
in Silo.
In Centre of this Barrel or Silo, is a stem hollow, or solid or in sections, of which
a screw is cut out in wood cast Iron Mallable or any other metal, or in sections-That
is hoops of Iron so many according to heigth required and number of standards
according to size of Roof. These standards are bolied to the said Iron hoops, and a
pillar is formed and a screw cut on the outside of this said pillar, or trunk, or of the
said standards, a bent and fixed bar to fit the screw of the said standards, or pillar, or
stem Turn the Roof one way it Raises it turn the reverse it lowers.
The Levers being of long lengths and crossing each other by the side of stem or
pillar, these Levers being the length of diameter inside of Silo, or according to
Circumference of Roofs, and crossing each other by the side of stem or pillar, can be
adjusted to put any amount of pressure on any amount of Ensilage, Hay or any kind
of fodder from Ten to five Hundred Tons. This Barrel or Silo can be let into ground,
half way, or stand on or fixed on ground, the posts being sufficiently let into ground
to prevent Levers from raising the said posts. By taking away the staves and leaving
posts, there can be any amount of Ensilage or fodder pressed on top of ground. This
Hoof is made like my Patent sliding Roof No. 1510 the screw part being the
Improvement of the Roof part of this said Silo; always Covered and in the dry.
The accompanying drawings will serve to illustrate a convenient mode of performing
the Improvements.
Fig. 1 is a Front Elavation. Fig. 2 a plan View. Fig. 3 Roof lowered down on
barrel holding Ensilave. Fio 4 Trunk with screw ent for raising or lowering Roof.

page_text: Fig. 5 Posts let into ground what Levers work from. Fig. 6 Roof raised. Fig. 7
bent or shaped Levers. Fig. 8 straight Levers to work under bent or shaped Levers.
Fig. 9 covers for Ensilage. Fig. 10 Ensilage. Fig. 11 End view of Trunk or Centre
support.
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
By the aforesaid Roof of which one person can easily Raise or lower.
The novelty in this Silo is amount of leverage from the whole length of diameter
and the leverage that can be kept on the parts while one part or parts
taken away,
and the Roof can be easily raised by one person to any heigth required. Ensilage or
fodder always in the dry, and that of keeping of the said Ensilage Air tight.
HENRY LANDER.