AN IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL AND GARDEN IMPLEMENT
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert McHardy, of Edinburgh, in the County
of Mid Lothian, North Britain, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
AGRICULTURAL AND GARDEN IMPLEMENT."
Sealed the 27th August 1869, and dated the 15th June 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert McHardy at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 15th June 1869.
I, ROBERT M'HARDY, of Edinburgh, in the County of Mid Lothian,
North Britain, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of
"AN IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL AND GARDEN IMPLEMENT," to be as follows, that
is to say:
This Invention, which relates to an improved implement to be
employed for hoeing or raking the surface of land and removing
weeds therefrom, consists, under one modification, of a shaft or bar
mounted on one wheel, and provided at the other end with a handle
by which the operator actuates the implement. At a short distance

page_text: behind the wheel an adjustable hoeing tool or a rake is placed, and
it is attached to the shaft or bar.
Under a second modification the hoeing tool or rake is placed in
front in place of at the back of the wheel.
Under a third modification the wheel is dispensed with and the
implement is carried upon a roller placed either behind or before the
hoeing tool or rake, so that the ground may be rolled simultaneously
with the operations herein-before referred to.
Under a fourth modification the implement arranged in either
manner herein-before referred to is provided with a rake and hoeing
tool in combination.
Under a fifth modification the implement is carried upon a pair of
wheels or rollers placed one in front of the other, and with either a
hoeing tool or rake or both situated between the two wheels.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Robert M Hardy in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 8th December 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ROBERT
MCHARDY, of Edinburgh, in the County of Mid Lothian, North Britain,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the 33rd
year of Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Robert M'Hardy, Her special license
that I, the said Robert McHardy, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Robert McHardy, my executors,
administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and 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 IMPROVED
AGRICULTURAL AND GARDEN IMPLEMENT," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Robert M.Hardy, by an instrument in writing,

page_text: under my hand and seal, 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 Robert McHardy, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference, being had to the accompanying
Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to
say:―
My said Invention, which relates to an improved implement to bo
employed for hoeing, or raking. the surface of land and removing weeds
therefrom, consists, under one modification, of a shaft or bar mounted
on one wheel, and provided at the other end with the handle by which
the operator actuates the implement. At a short distance behind the
wheel an adjustable hoeing tool or a rake is placed, and it is attached
to the shaft or bar.
Under a second modification the hoeing tool or rake is placed in front
in place of at the back of the wheel.
Under a third modification the wheel is dispensed with and the
implement is carried upon a roller placed either behind or before the
hoeing tool or rake, so that the ground may be rolled simultaneously
with the operations herein-before referred to..
Under a fourth modification the implement arranged in eitler-manner
herein-before referred to or arranged with two wheels on the same
axis as in the Drawings of Letters Patent granted to me Number 8897,.
dated Ninth November Eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, is provided
with a rake and hoeing tool in combination.
Under a fifth modification the implement is carried upon a pair of
wheels or rollers placed one in front of the other, and with either a
hoeing tool or rake or both situated between the two wheels.
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood, I
now proceed more particularly to set forth the system, mode, or manner
in or under which the same is or may be used or practically carried into
effect, that is to say,-

page_text: On the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, Figure 1' is a side elevation
of one modification of my present Invention. The implement consists
of a shaft or bar A supported by a wheel B, to the axle of which it is
attached by means of the cheeks C, which are bolted or otherwise
secured to one end of the shaft or bar A. At the other end of the
shaft A a handle D is fixed by which the implement is actuated.
Behind the wheel B a rake or hoeing tool is attached to the shaft A,
by means of the bracket F, (on the Drawings a hoeing tool marked E
is shown so attached,) the bracket F is made adjustable, so that its
position on the shaft or bar A may be regulated according to the nature
of the work to be performed, or the kind of weeds to be removed, and
it is held firmly to the side of the shaft or bar A by means of the
pinching screws I, I.
At Figure 2 is shown a second modification of my present Invention,
which is constructed substantially similar to the implement shown at
Figure 1 excepting that the rake or hoeing tool (in the Drawings shown
as a hoeing tool and marked E) is placed in front of the wheel B instead
of behind it, as herein-before set forth.
Figure 3 is a side elevation, and Figure 4 a plan of the third modifi-
cation of my Invention, in this instance the wheel herein-before
mentioned is dispensed with, and the roller marked A is employed to
support the implement, which roller A may be placed either in front or
behind the hoeing tool or rake, by this arrangement the ground is
rolled simultaneously with the operations of weeding or hoeing herein-
before referred to.
Under a fourth modification (not shown in the Drawings) the imple-
ment is arranged in any of the manners herein-before set forth, that is
to say, with either a wheel as shown at Figures 1 and 2 or roller
as shown at Figures 3 and 4, but having a rake and hoeing tool in
combination.
At Figure 5 is shown a fifth modification of my present Invention, in
this instance a pair of wheels .B, B, set one before the other as shown
in the Drawing are employed instead of a single wheel as in the
preceding modifications. The wheels B, B, are connected by framing
bars C, C, between which bars the shaft A for actuating the implement
is attached in any suitable manner. To the side of the bar C an
adjustable rake or hoeing tool is fixed in the manner herein-before de-
scribed in reference to Figure 1, or a hoeing tool E and adjustable

page_text: rake F may be used in combination as shown on the accompanying
Drawings. The rake F is provided with a slatted link
which being
moved up or down on the stud a attached to the side of the bar C
enables the position of the rake to be set as required, or the position of
the rake F may be adjusted in any other suitable manner.
using a pair of wheels as shown a pair of rollers may be employed.
Instead of
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the
system, mode, or manner in or under which the same is or may be used
or practically carried into effect, I would observe in conclusion that what
I consider novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention
secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,―
First. The arrangement of implements as herein-before set forth
provided with either a rake or hoeing tool, or with both a rake and a
hoeing tool, and supported on one wheel as shown at Figure 1 of the
annexed Drawings.
Second. The implements as herein-before set forth, having a hoeing
tool or rake placed in front of the supporting wheel.
Third. The implements as herein-before set forth, having a roller in
combination with either a rake or hoeing tool, or both a rake and hoeing
tool.
Fourth. The implement carried upon wheels, arranged with one wheel
in front of the other, and with either or both a rake or hoeing tool
combined therewith, as herein-before described and shown at Figure 5
of the annexed Drawings.
Fifth, The implement carried upon two wheels placed on the same
axis as in the Drawings of Letters Patent granted to me No. 3397,
1868, but having both a rake and hoeing tool combined therewith in
lieu of a rake only, as herein-before set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert M.Hardy, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of December Eighteen
hundred and sixty-nine.