Manure, Soot, Slag, or Lime Distributor.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Feb., 1899-Accepted 22nd Apr
1800
Manure, Soot, Slag, or Lime Distributor.
THOMAS ALBERT POWELL, Farmer, Upton Court, Upton Bishop, Ross on Wye,
Herefordshire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An implement for distributing on the land artificial manures such as bones,
phosphates, soot, slag, lime or other manures. Consists of a perforated revolving or
shaking barrel or drum, moving and stopping action, with perforated plates to
slide made of wood or metal, in two or more compartments which ever may be
most suitable. A hopper to receive the article to be distributed divided into two
or more compartments, mounted on wheels, to be worked by horse or other power.
Dated this 2nd day of May 1898.
Ding, of Lime Distributor.
I, THOMAS ALBErt Powell, of Upton Court, Upton Bishop, Ross on Wye,
Herefordshire, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
My invention has for its object a manure, soot slag or lime distributor by which
the quantity of manure or other material distributed can be regulated to suit the
requirements and nature of the ground being so treated. The regulation of the
quantity distributed is so conveniently arranged that it can be effected while
the distributor is on the move. My invention is simple in construction and can be
cheaply manufactured.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise, I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawing upon which I have
illustrated one form of distributor.
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a distributor suitable for horse power.
Figure 2 is a back elevation of same.
Figure 3 is an enlarged view of part of the barrel or drum.
Figure 4 is a plan of the rack fastening to lever.
In carrying my invention into effect I mount the barrel or drum A so as to
revolve freely upon the axle B of the wheels C and this drum A is provided with
a number of perforations a¹ and over these perforations the plates D having similar
shaped perforations d' are made to slide so that the perforations a¹ can be totally
covered by the plates D or the perforations d' in the said plates can be brought

page_text: more or less opposite the perforations a¹ as may be required by a greater or lesser
distribution or by a variation in the class of material required to be distributed
by the same machine at different times. The ends of the sliding plates Dare
attached at d² to the disc E which is also mounted upon the central axle and which
is also capable of a longitudinal movement upon the said axle. Projections e¹ are
formed upon the disc E with corresponding projections on the boss 2 of the
wheel such projections e¹ and c¹ being clear of each other when the distributor
is not required to revolve. The handle F is provided and pivoted at f' to the
frame H. the end 2 engaging with the flange or other suitable plate e by which
means the disc E can be brought into engagement with the wheel C by means
of the projections el and c¹ thus revolving the drum and opening the perfora-
tions a more or less as may be required. As it will be found convenient to lock
the handle in certain desired positions this may be affected by means of a rack k
having noches k¹, a corresponding stud h² being provided on the handle to engage
with same, the natural spring of the lever being used to retain the stud in the
slot. Sliding doors a³ for feeding purposes are formed in the barrel over which
suitable hoppers M may be provided for conveying the material into the door
which may be divided into two or more compartments with sliding doors so as to
allow the required quantity of manure to enter, at one time. The drum may the
divided into two or more compartments while the general arrangement and the
means for operating the sliding perforated plates may be varied to suit the different
requirements to be met with as for instance the cover plates may be formed into
one perforated cover. Any artificial manure such as bones phosphates, soot, slag
or lime may be effectively and economicaly distributed by these means.
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: -
1st. In a distributor for artificial manure a perforated drum. A having perforated
sliding plates D operated substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and
illustrated.
2nd. In a distributor for artificial manures a drum having perforations in com-
bination with a movable perforated cover for regulating the quantity distributed
substantially as herein set forth and illustrated.
Dated this 2nd day of Wah 1900
LEWIS WM. GOOLD,
Agent for Applicant, 5, Corporation Street, Birmingham.