Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Distributing Manure and other Granular Material.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 26th Feb., 1994-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Distributing Manure
and other Granular Material.
We, ALEXANDER MACDONALD and JAMES MACDONALD, of the Firm of
Macdonald Brothers, Agricultural Implement Makers, Portsoy, in the County of
Banff, do hereby declare the nature of invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to and comprises a new or improved construction or
arrangement and combination of the parts of a machine or mechanism for use in
distributing manure over land, or for distributing other granular materials, and
which will perform these functions in a more convenient and efficient manner than
heretofore.
The improvements essentially consist in carrying the manure in a box chamber
on a vehicle, and stirring same up by means of a rotating spindle or roller fitted
with a series of radial arms or spikes and distributing same on to the land through
a sliding or oscillating bottom plate which regulates the quantity of outflow.
Under one arrangement the improvements would be carried into practice by
forming the manure carrying box preferably of a hopper shape, and bolting or
fixing it on the end of tram frames drawn by a horse. This hopper chamber
would be mounted between the two travelling wheels of the vehicle, and have a
roller spindle passing longitudinally along its lower part and which has its end
journals secured to the stud axles of the two wheels, so as to rotate by and in
unison with these wheels.
The bottom of the hopper shaped chamber is fitted with a series of holes or
apertures at suitable distances apart along its length, and below same is fitted a
sliding or oscillating plate. This plate would be formed with a series of holes or
apertures corresponding to those in the fixed bottom of hopper chamber, and would
be attached by a protecting arm or link to the lower end of a hand operated lever.
This lever would be fulcrated on a stud pin projecting from the side of hopper
chamber, and as it was moved to the one side or the other, would slide or oscillate
the movable plate to cover or uncover the holes in the bottom of hopper chamber,
the sliding plate being preferably guided through a recess in end plates bolted to
to bottom of hopper chamber. The roller mounted within the hopper chamber
would be formed or fitted with a series of radial arms or projecting spikes
distributed at suitable distances apart, and as the roller rotated by the travel of the
machine, the one set of arms would pull down and deliver or distribute the manure
out through the recesses in the fixed bottom and sliding plates; while another set
of arms would be mounted on the roller intermediate between those in line with
the recesses so as to stir or break up and liberate the manure or granular material,
and the solid parts of hopper bottom opposite these latter arms, would preferably
be of a concave or dished shape to leave space for the arms to pass.
Under a modified arrangement the improved appliances instead of being mounted
on a wheeled vehicle, may be fitted to a machine used for rolling land, and in this
case the spiked feed roller would be driven or rotated from the land roller by
means of toothed pinions and wheels, so that this machine will serve the two fold
purpose of distributing the manure and rolling the land.
Den M1000
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Distributing Manure
and other Granular Material.
We, ALEXANDER MACDONALD, and JAMES MACDONALD, of the Firm of
Macdonald Brothers, Agricultural Implement Makers, Portsov, in the County of
Banff, do hereby declare the nature of our invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement in writing that is to say :-
This invention has reference to and comprises a new or improved construction,
or arrangement and combination of the parts of a machine or mechanism for use in
distributing manure over land or for distributing other granular material, and which
will perform these functions in a more convenient and efficient manner than
heretofore.
The improvements essentially consist in carrying the manure in a box chamber
on a vehicle, and stirring same up by means of a rotating spindle or roller fitted
with a series of radial arms or spikes, and distributing same on to the land through
a sliding or oscillating bottom plate which regulates the quantity of outflow.
And in order that our said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into effect or practice may be properly understood, we have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in which the same reference letters are
used to indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where shown.
Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation, and Figure 2 a corresponding end section
broken away, of a hopper chamber as carried on tram frames on a two wheeled
vehicle.
Figures 3 and 4 are transverse and longitudinal sections respectively broken
away, through the box or hopper chamber and its agitating spiked roller; and
Figure 5 is a detached view broken away of the adjustable sliding plate on lower
end of hopper.
Figures 6 and 7 are side and perspective elevations of a hopper shaped vehicle
corresponding to Figures 1 to 5, but with a modified arrangement of driving gear
for the agitating spiked roller. While
Figures 8 and 9 are similar views showing our improvements as applied to a land
roller vehicle or implement.
Referring to these drawings:-Under one arrangement as shown in Figures 1
to 5 the improvements would be carried into practice by forming the manure
carrying box A preferably of a hopper shape, and bolted or fixing it at A', on the
end of tram frames A drawn by a horse. This hopper chamber A would be
mounted between the two travelling wheels B of the vehicle, and have a roller b
passing longitudinally along its lower part, and which has its end journals b¹
preferably formed with a threaded screw and secured by a screw nut 2 to the stud
axles B' of the two wheels B, as shown in Figure 2, so as to rotate by and in
unison with these wheels B.
The bottom a of the hopper shaped chamber A is fitted with a series of holes or
apertures a¹ at suitable distances apart along its length, and below same is fitted a
sliding or oscillating plate a². This plate as is formed with a series of holes or
apertures a corresponding to those a' in the fixed bottom a of hopper chamber A,
and is attached by a riveted on projecting arm or link as to the lower end of a hand
operated lever c. This lever c is fulcrated on a stud pin c¹ projecting from the side
of hopper chamber A, and as it was moved to the one side or the other, would slide
or oscillate the movable plates a² to cover or uncover the holes a' in the bottom a
of hopper chamber A, the sliding plate a' being preferably guided through a recess
in end plates A² bolted to bottom a of hopper chamber A. The roller 6 mounted
within the hopper chamber A would be formed or fitted with a series of radial arms

page_text: or projecting spikes distributed at suitable distances apart, and as the roller />
rotated by the travel of the machine, the one set of arms 63 would pull down and
deliver or distribute the manure out through the recesses a¹, a¹, in the fixed bottom
and sliding plates a a²; while another set of arms would be mounted on the
roller intermediate between those in line with the recesses a' all so as to stir or
break up and liberate the manure or granular material, and the solid parts of
hopper bottom a opposite these latter arms & would preferably be of a concave or
dished shape at a to leave space for the arms & to pass.
In the arrangement shown in Figures 6 and 7, instead of connecting the end
journals of roller direct to the stud axles, a toothed pinion d is mounted on
each of said stud axles, and gears with a spur wheel d' mounted on each of the end
journals b' of roller b, and by this means said spiked roller b is made to rotate at a
slower speed than in the former case.
Under a modified arrangement the improved appliances instead of being mounted
on a wheeled vehicle, may, as shown in Figures 8 and 9, be fitted to a machine used
for rolling land, and in this case the spiked feed roller 6 would be driven or rotated
from the land roller C by means of toothed pinions d and wheels d', d', so that
this machine or implement will serve the two-fold purpose of distributing the
manure and rolling the land.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
First. In machinery for distributing manure and other granular material, the
mounting of a box or hopper chamber on a wheeled vehicle and stirring the
granular contents up by means of a rotating spiked roller operated from the wheels
of machine, and distributing the material on to the land through an adjustable
bottom plate, substantially as herein described in reference to and by way of
application shown in the accompanying drawings.
Second. The combination with a machine or implement for rolling land, of a box
or hopper chamber, having a rotating spiked roller operated through wheel gearing
from the land roller, and with an adjustable bottom plate through which the
material is distributed on to the land, substantially as herein described in reference
to and by way of application shown in the accompanying drawings.
Third. In machinery for distributing manure and other granular material, the
construction and use of a sliding or oscillating adjustable recessed plate mounted on
the lower recessed end or bottom of the box or chamber containing the material, and
operated by a hand lever or equivalent device to regulate the quantity of outflowing
material, substantially as herein described in reference to and by way of application
shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 24th February 1894.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.