Improvements in or connected with Agricultural Hoes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Agricultural Hoes.
I, JOHN THOMAS BENNETT, of Waggs House, Levens, Milnthorpe, in the County
of Westmorland, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to improvements in or connected with apparatus for
hoeing land or crops.
The object of my invention is to provide a double side hoe which can be attached
to any make of double drill, hoe any kind of crop sown in rows, cut off the sides
of the rows to any depth, width, and slope required, cut up the greater part of the
row bottoms and completely bury the weeds.
My said apparatus being provided with sliding shoulder pieces will fit any length
of rollers on the drill, and the fitting on is thereby facilitated.
In carrying out my invention 1 employ a main frame, made of iron and steel, to
which the hoes are fixed by means of swords or projections upon them at the front
engaging into a slot or slots at or about the centre of or upon the main frame, and
at the back or tail end by means of cranks running through holes in the main
frame, and secured by bolts and nuts. Secured to the main frame are shoulders or
arms provided with slot holes by which they can be adjusted to fit the different
sizes of rollers, they are also joined to the drill by means of an open end.
A handle bar for steadying the hoes is fastened on to the main frame.
The said hoes turn in towards the centre at the front, and turn out in the
opposite direction at the tail end both top and bottom.
My said invention can be fixed on to a double turnip drill, the main frame
spanning the dished or fluted rollers (which are always on double drills) and by
this means keeps to the centre of the rows.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.
Improvements in or connected with Agricultural Hoes.
I, JOHN THOMAS BENNETT, of Waggs House, Levens, Milnthorpe, in the County
of Westmoreland, 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 :—
My invention has reference to improvements in or connected with apparatus for
hoeing land or crops.
The object of my invention is to provide a double side hoe which can be attached
to any make of double drill, hoe any kind of crop sown in rows, cut off the sides
of the rows to any depth, width, and slope required, cut off the greater part of the
row bottoms and completely bury the weeds. My said apparatus being provided
with sliding shoulder pieces will fit any length of rollers on the drill, and the fitting
on is thereby facilitated.

page_text: Fig. 1, is a side elevation and
Fig. 2, a plan of my invention.
In carrying out my invention I employ a main frame A made of steel and iron
or other suitable material, to which the hoes B B are fixed by means of swords or
projections upon them at the front engaging into a slot or slots D at or about
the centre of or upon the main frame A and at the back or tail end by means of
bolts G and nuts. Secured to the main frame A are shoulders or arms H provided
with slot holes J, bolts K and nuts L by which they can be adjusted to fit the
different sizes of rollers, they are also joined to the drill by means of an open
end M.
A bandle bar N for steadying the hoes B is fastened onto the main frame A.
The said hoes turn in towards the centre at the front, and turn out in the opposite
direction at the tail end, both top and bottom.
My said invention can be fixed onto a double turnip drill, the main frame spanning
the dished or fluted rollers (which are always on double drills) and by this means
keeps to the centre of the rows.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An agricultural hoe having double side hoes, turned in at the front cutting
part and turned out at the back cutting part, substantially as and for the purposes
shown and described.
2. The combination with the frame A of side hoes B B, arranged and operating,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 20th day of Ancil 1806
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.