AN IMPLEMENT FOR. PADING LAND ADDLICARLY ALSO TO THE REMOVING OF TURE
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Woofe, of Weston Birt, in the County of
Gloucester, Agriculturalist, for the Invention of "AN IMPLEMENT FOR.
PADING LAND ADDLICARLY ALSO TO THE REMOVING OF TURE"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Woofe at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th November 1856.
I, WILLIAN Woore, of Weston Birt, in the County of Gloucester,.
Agriculturalist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPLEMENT FOR PARING LAND, APPLICABLE ALSO TO THE REMOVING OF TURP," to be
as follows:-
In its general construction my implement resembles a plough. To the fore
part of the beam I connect, through uprights carrying axes, two wheels, one
on each side; at the back of the beam I fit a standard, which carries the axis
of a wheel; the axis is prolonged beyond the wheel on each side, and has
forged or affixed to it two cranks; just before the hind wheel I fit a curved
bearer, which terminates at bottom in a share or parer, and to the support I
affix a mould board; to each of the cranks on the axis of the hind wheel
I connect rods, the other ends of which are fixed to a scraper or clearer,
which, on the rotation of the wheels, travels to and fro and clears and scrapes
the share and mould board. When the implement is required for the

page_text: removing of turf, I fit to a standard, descending from the beam just in the
rear of the fore wheels, two cutters, one for cutting off the turf longitudinally,
or in a line with that in which the implement is drawn, and the other for
cutting it transversely, or in a line at right angles, or nearly so, with that in
which the implement advances. At bottom the cutter standard terminates in
a bow, which carries an axle, upon one end of. which is keyed a circular disc.
On the axle and between the bow is affixed a cutter for making the cross cut.
Upon the implement going forward, the circular disc revolves, makes a con-
tinuous cut, and, carrying round the other cutter with it, causes it to cut once
with every revolution of the disc.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Woofe in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
27th May 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
WOOFE, of Weston Birt, in the County of Gloucester, Agriculturalist, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Woofe, Her special licence that I, the said William Woofe, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Woofe, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPLEMENT FOR
PARING LAND, APPLICABLE ALSO TO THE REMOVING OF TURF," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Wliliam Woofe, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner 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 William Woofe, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,

page_text: to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, that is to
say:
In its general construction my implement resembles a plough. To the fore
part of the beam 1 connect, through upright carrying axes, two wheels, one
on each side; at tho back of the beam I fit a standard, which carries the axis
of a wheel; the axis is prolonged beyond the wheel on each side, and has
forged or affixed to it two cranks; just before the hind wheel I fit a curved
bearer, which terminates at bottom in a share or parer, and to the support I
affix a mould board; to each of tho cranks on the axis of the hind wheel
I connect rods, the other ends of which are fixed to a scraper or clearer,
which, on the rotation of the wheels, travels to and fro and clears and scrapes
the share and mould board. When the implement is required for the
removing of turf, I fit to a standard, descending from the beam just in the
rear of the fore wheels, two cutters, one for cutting off the turf longitudinally,
or in a line with that in which the implement is drawn, and the other for
cutting it transversely, or in a line at right angles, or nearly so, with that in
which the implement advances. At bottom the cutter standard terminates in
a bow, which carries an axle, upon one end of which is keyed a circular disc.
On the axle and between the bow is affixed a cutter for making the cross cut.
Upon the implement going forward, the circular disc revolves, makes a con-
tinuous cut, and, carrying round the other cutter with it, causes it to cut once
with every revolution of the disc.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of an implement constructed according to my
Invention; Figure 2 is a plan, and Figure 3 is a side elevation, on an enlarged
scale, of part of the implement, taken on the opposite side to the view shewn
in Figure 1; Figures 4, 5, 6, and 7 are detached views of parts of the
implement. Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout.
A is the beam; B, B, fore wheels, revolving upon axes C, C, carried by
standards D, D. Passing through the fore part of the beam E is a bind
wheel, the axis of which revolves in a bearing in the standard F. a, a, a, are
scrapers, for keeping the wheels clean; G is a curved support, for carrying the
mould board H and the paring share I; K is a clearer or scraper, connected
through the rod L to a crank M on the axis of the hind wheel, and moving to
and fro over the paring share to keep it clear when the implement is at work;
N, is a lever, which supports a ball of sufficient weight to keep the clearer
constantly upon the share when in motion; O is a link, which guards the lever
that carries the pressure ball.
Figure 4 is a plan of the paring share, used for paring stubble; Figure 5

page_text: is a plan of the share. I use for the removing of turf, and when the implement
is required for removing turf I then add to it the cutters O'. and P, shewn
detached in front and side elevations, Figures 6 and 7. These cutters are for
the purpose of cutting an even longitudinal line and for dividing the turf
transversely, but the longitudinal line only may be cut, and then the transverse
. cutter will have to be removed. Q is a standard, passing through the fore
part of the beam and terminating at bottom in a bow R; S is an axle,
turning in eyes at the bottom of the bow; O' is a circular cutter for giving
the longitudinal cut, fixed on the axle S and revolving with it; P is tho cutter
for making the transverse cut, secured to the axle, and being carried round
with it severs the turf at every complete revolution.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner, the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim the general con-
struction of implement, in so far as regards the parer, mould board, and
clearer or scraper for clearing the parer, with the addition thereto of the
. cutters, herein-before described, for cutting and removing turf.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Woofe, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of May, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-soven.
WILLIAM WOOFE. (L.S.)