Improvements in Apparatus for the Distribution of Liquid or Semi Liquid Manure or the like.
Year: 1888

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for the Distribution of Liquid or
Semi Liquid Manure or the like.
I, DONALD MCPHERSON, of Mains of Coltness, Wishaw, in the county of Lanark
Farmer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention consists of a revolving disc on which are fitted, blades or feathers.
The Liquid or Semi Liquid Manure or the like is conducted from a portable tank and
delivered on to the said revolving disc and is distributed thereby in the form of a
heavy shower. The said disc may be fitted on to any portable tank and may be
driven by hand or by suitable gearing connected to the wheel or wheels of the said
portable tank.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for the Distribution of Liquid or
Semi-liquid Manure or the like.
I, DONALD MCPHERSON of Mains of Coltness, Wishaw in the County of Lanark
North Britain, Farmer 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 :-
The Invention consists of a revolving disc on which are fitted blades or feathers.
The liquid or semi Liquid Manure or the like is conducted from a portable tank and
delivered on to the said revolving disc and is distributed thereby in the form of a
heavy shower. The said disc may be fitted on to any portable tank and may be
driven by hand or by suitable gearing connected to the wheel or wheels of said
portable tank.
In order that my said Invention may be most fully understood and readily carried
into effect, I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
Fig. 1. is a side elevation of the apparatus for distributing liquid manure or the
like constructed according to my present Invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of
the same a portion of the tank and carriage being removed to show the revolving disc
more clearly.
My present improvements consist in arranging the revolving disc A, which is fitted
with, several distributing blades B on the rear end of a longitudinal shaft C, the said
shaft being rapidly rotated from the carriage wheel N, on the fixed axle D by chain
and bevel gearing. The driving chain wheel E is keyed or otherwise secured to the
inner end of the hub or nave of the wheel N, and drives, by the chain F, the wheel G
situated on one end of the transverse or counter shaft H, on whose opposite end a
bevel wheel I is secured and geared with a wheel K on the fore-end of the
longitudinal shaft G.
The liquid or semi liquid Manure or the like is conducted from the portable tank L
and delivered by the shoot or gutter M on to the revolving disc A and distributed
thereby in the form of a heavy shower.
At Fig. 2. of the accompanying drawings the blades B are shown radial to the axis
of the shaft C but it is to be understood that they may be arranged on the disc A in
any other suitable manner such.as-tangents-to.a-circle like the vanes of a fan the said
circle being made larger or smaller as desired.
Instead of having these distributing blades B projecting at right angles from the
disc A as represented at Fig. 1, they may be fixed to it at any other angle but pre-
ferably at a more acute angle, that is, the working or distributing side of the blades B
should form less than a right angle with the plane of the disc A.

page_text: It can easily be seen that the disc A may be employed on tanks for use in gardens
where little space is available the said disc A being driven by hand. This can be
accomplished through the introduction of a cranked handle to the end of the counter
shaft and dispensing with the chain gearing or the said handle may be attached
directly to the longitudinal shaft C in which case no other gearing is required.
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 :-
The revolving disc A with its distributing blades B substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore set forth with reference to the annexed drawings.
D. DRYSDALE AUSTIN,
Applicant's Agent.