A New or Improved Apparatus for Distributing Manure and like Substances.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Apparatus for Distributing Manure and like
Substances.
I, HENRY LIVERSIDGE, Junior, of Driffield House, in the City and County of
York, Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention, is to construct apparatus whereby manure and other
substances may be distributed in a more even and efficient manner than hereto-
fore, over land which is required to be fertilized or otherwise treated.
According to my invention, I employ a cart or other vehicle for carrying the
manure to be distributed, and at the base of the cart body a hopper is provided,
which may be attached to the said cart body by brackets or by other suitable
means. Below the mouth of the hopper, a fluted roller is provided for the purpose
of delivering the material from the hopper, and an adjustable flap is attached
adjacent to the roller, for the purpose of regulating the feed. A rotary fan or
beater is mounted in the hopper frame below the fluted roller, in such a manner
that it breaks up the material and throws it downward onto a rocking plate which
is fitted with ribs or wings on its surface. A cover is provided over the beater.
and the rocking plate, so as to confine the material, and an apron may be used if
desired for the purpose of preventing the material as it is ejected from being blown
about by the wind.
The fluted roller and the beater are actuated by means of chain or other suit-
able gearing from a spur wheel situated on one of the wheels of the cart, and the
rocking plate may be rocked by means of an eccentric which is carried on one of
the rotating shafts of the apparatus.
Stationary or reciprocating brushes may be provided in contact with the fluted
roller, for the purpose of preventing it becoming clogged by the passing material.
Dated this 2nd day of July 1897
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.
A New or Improved Apparatus for Distributing Manure and like.
Substances.
I, HENRY LIVERSIDGE, Junior, of Driffield House, York, in the County of
York, Merchant, 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:
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The object of this invention is to construct apparatus whereby powdered manure
and other similar substances, may be distributed over land which is required to
be fertilized, in a more even and efficient manner than heretofore.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cart fitted with apparatus
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page_text: constructed according to my invention, and Figure 2 is a side section of the
apparatus. Fig. 3 is an end view of the apparatus fitted to the back of a cart.
A is the cart for carrying the manure to be distributed, and B is the frame of
the distributing apparatus. C is a hopper which is provided with a fluted roller D
at its lower end, and E is an adjustable flap which may be adjusted to or away
from the roller D by means of the set screw F, for the purpose of regulating the
flow of material. past the roller D. D₁ is a scraper for the purpose of preventing
the fluted roller D becoming clogged. G is a beater which is mounted on a shaft G
carried in bearings situated on the frame B below the roller D; and H is a rock-
ing plate which is provided with spouts formed by ribs J which diverge from
each other as they descend to the base of the plate H. The plate H is mounted
on a rocking bar K which is fulcrumed at L on a bracket M on the frame B, and N
is a cover plate which confines the material to the beater G and guides it to the
spouts between the ribs J. P is a toothed wheel which is attached to the spokes of
one of the wheels of the cart A by means of bolts P3, and R is a shaft carried' in
bearings R¹ situated on the frame B, and the shaft R carries a toothed pinion S
which is connected to the toothed wheel P by means of the chain P¹. On the
opposite end of the shaft R a spur wheel T is mounted, and the spur wheel T
gears with a pinion U which is carried on the shaft G₁. The opposite end of the
shaft G¹ carries a pinion G2 which gears with a pinion V on which is carried an
adjustable pin V1. W is a ratchet wheel which is carried on the end of the fluted
roller D, and X is a pawl which is carried on the ends of the connecting link X¹
and X2 By adjusting the pin V₁ the throw of the link X' may be adjusted to
any desired degree, thus enabling the speed of rotation of the fluted roller D to
be adjusted to any required extent. Y is an eccentric which is mounted on the
shaft R, and Y₁ is an eccentric rod which connects the rocking bar K with the
eccentric Y. Z is a bracket for connecting the apparatus to the back of the cart A,
and Z is a screw clamp for holding the apparatus firmly in position.
When it is required to distribute manure over land, the toothed wheel P is
attached in position on the cart wheel by means of the bolts P2, and the apparatus
is placed in the back of the cart between the side boards of same, the bracket .Z
being clamped to the cart frame by means of its screw, and the screw clamp Z
being attached and tightened to the axle. The chain P1 is then placed over the
spur wheel P. and the pinion S, with the result, that on the cart being drawn for-
ward, the shaft is rotated, thus communicating motion to the shaft G₁ through the
spur wheel. T and pinion. U. The beater is thus rotated and the pinion G2 com-
municating motion to the pinion V causes the adjustable pin V¹ to rotate and to
reciprocate the link X', thus actuating the pawl X and rotating the ratchet
wheel W and the fluted roller D). The rotation of the shaft R actuates the
eccentric Y, which thus rocks the bar K and gives a rocking motion to the plate H. 4
The manure which is carried in the cart, is fed into the hopper C by the
attendant, and the rotation of the fluted roller D feeds the material to the beater G,
which latter revolving at a high speed, disintegrates the material and blows it in
an open powder-like form into the spouts formed by the ribs J, down which it
passes and is distributed evenly on the surface of the ground, the reciprocation of 4
the plate H preventing the material from becoming clogged and keeping it even
and regular in its discharge.
An apron may be used if desired, for the purpose of preventing the material
from being blown about by the wind, as it is ejected from the rocking. spouts;
and stationary or reciprocating cleaning brushes may if desired be substituted for 5
the scraper before referred to.
my said
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
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1. In an apparatus for distributing manure over land. a honner having a fluted s

page_text: diverging spouts, the whole operated from a toothed wheel attached to the side of
the cart wheel, substantially as set forth.
2. An apparatus for attachment to a cart, consisting of a frame carrying a
hopper, a rotary beater, and a rocking plate provided with diverging spouts,
whereby manure may be disintegrated and fed evenly onto the surface of the
ground, substantially as set forth.
3. In an apparatus for distributing manure over land in which a hopper and
automatic feed are employed, the employment of a beater whereby the material
is broken and disintegrated and then blown down into a rocking spout, sub-
stantially as set forth.
4. The general arrangement, construction, and combination of the various
parts forming the new or improved apparatus for distributing manure and like
substances, substantially as set forth.
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BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.