Improvements in Vehicles for Carrying and Distributing Manure or other Pulverulent Material.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 28th Feb., 1891
WELLING
FTC ET
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Vehicles for Carrying and Distributing Manure or
other Pulverulent Material.
I, GUSTAVE HENRI BOISRENOULT fils, of 1, Boulevard St. Denis, Paris,
France, Mechanical Engineer, 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 vehicles for carrying and distributing manure or
other pulverulent material and an important feature is the combination with a
reservoir or box containing the manure or material to be distributed and having a
longitudinal opening to allow of the regular passage of the material, of a movable
bottom which conducts the material on to an inclined plane from which it is
projected over the ground in a continuous manner by a revolving wheel or other
equivalent device placed outside the reservoir.
The improved vehicle is of very simple construction and offers great facility for
distributing manure. It allows of a comparatively large weight being carried at
one time and it distributes the manure over a very large surface; being also of
little height it can be easily loaded by one man.
The accompanying drawings represent a vehicle constructed according to my
invention.
Figure 1 is a back elevation of the vehicle which is shown as divided in the
centre by way of indicating that it may be of any length.
Figure 2 is a view of the right hand side and
Figure 3 of the left hand side, the wheels being removed.
The vehicle is composed of a reservoir or box A of hopper form mounted either
on a single axle or on two separate axles B C to which the wheels B' Care
attached. The bottom of the reservoir instead of being fixed is movable; it is
formed of two perforated bands of metal or endless chains D₁ to which are fixed
laths D which are preferably of wood but can be made of any other suitable
material which will not be seriously affected by the substances to be distributed.
Motion is given to this bottom by means of a screw wheel F and an endless
screw E receiving its movement through the intermediation of the shaft E' and
beveled pinions E" from the axle B on which is mounted a beveled pinion El
gearing with E". The wheel F is mounted on the same shaft as the pinions /
which drive the endless chains D' these chains being supported at the other end
of their travel by the pinions ; the wheel F consequently communicates its
motion to this shaft, to the pinions, to the endless chains and then to the laths which
they carry.
In order to allow of the descent of the manure or other material to be distributed
placed in the reservoir A to the movable bottom the reservoir has at back a slide
board or door L the height of which in relation to the movable bottom can be
regulated as required by means of hooks M which take into notches of graduated
heights. The manure or other material when it has reached the movable bottom
is carried by the latter to a small inclined plane N above which turns a wheel O
which taking up the material from the inclined plane N throws it to a distance and
distributes it, not simply allowing it to fall upon the ground. The movement of
the wheel O is produced by suitable means such for example as the toothed
gearing P P P as shown or by pulleys, chains &c. The first wheel P is
mounted loosely on the axle C. It is important to be able to stop the distribution
at any desired moment while the vehicle continues to advance. For this purpose
I mount upon the shaft E¹ a clutch or engaging apparatus e which allows of readily
stopping the movement of the movable bottom; this clutch is worked by a lever f

page_text: which can control at the same time by means of a rod f¹ passing along the
front of the apparatus a second clutch or engaging apparatus el which allows of
putting the wheel P into movement and fixing it to the axle C on which it is
loosely mounted. is a spring for returning these parts to their first position
when they are no longer acted upon. Thus by a single movement of the lever F
the movement of the movable bottom and of the distributing wheel can be
instantaneously stopped thereby stopping the distribution. X represents the shafts
of the vehicle.
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
1. In a vehicle for carrying and distributing manure or other pulverulent
material a reservoir or box for containing the material to be distributed and
having a longitudinal opening for the regular passage of the said material in
combination with a movable bottom which conducts the material to an inclined
plane from which it is thrown in a continuous manner by a revolving wheel or
similar device situated outside the box, the movable bottom and distributing
device receiving their motion from the driving axle by means of suitable
transmitting devices, substantially as hereinbefore described and represented in the
accompanying drawings.
2. In a vehicle constructed in the manner set forth in Claim 1, clutch- or
engaging-apparatus whereby the movement of the movable bottom and distributing
device can be arrested so as to stop the distribution without however stopping the
travel of the vehicle, substantially as hereinbefore described and represented in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of January 1891
J. C. MEWBURN,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agent.