IMPROVEMENTS IN MOVABLE ROOFS FOR USE AS HAY AND CORN SHELTERS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I HENRY LANDER of Shaftesbury Road Mere, in the County of Wiltshire
Yeoman do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
MOVABLE ROOFS FOR USE AS HAY AND CORN SHELTERS to be as follows:-
This Improvement is for stowing away Corn Hay or any other produce under
cover, raising and lowering roof to any required quantity, keeping the same dry,
and giving ventilation. This Roof is Circular, or any other shape required,
supported by Chains, or Ropes, and steadyed by Columns let in the ground, these
Columns are fitted together in a circle passing through the roof chains or ropes pass
over pulleys fixed to Columns, these Chains or Ropes are fixed to Roof, passing
down a trunk formed by Columns, round a pulleys then attached to a drum outside
with small and large teeth wheels, a lever attached when turned rises and lowers
the Roof.

page_text: I HENRY LANDER of Shaftesbury Road Mere in the County of Wiltshire
Yeoman do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENT IN
MOVEABLE ROOFING FOR HAY & CORN SHELTERS and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
The object of this Invention is for Stowing away Corn, Hay, or any other
produce, under Cover, raising or lowering the Roof to any Required Quantity,
keeping the same dry, and giving Ventilation to Corn Hay or any other produce
always when put there.
The Roof is Circular shaped, or any other shape required. This Roof is steadied
by six Columns more or less, according to size of Roof required, these Columns can
be made in pieces of different lengths to screw together, and can be made of hollow
Iron, or of any other metal, or of wood, these Columns is fastened at equal distances
round a Iron ring similar to a tyre of a wheel below the joints, where the pieces of
Columns are screwed together forming a trunk sufficiently large to give Ventilation,
there are several feet of these Columns let into the ground, the said bottom of
Columns being fixed to a flat piece of wood or Iron, this helps to keep these said
Columns in position, there are two large Iron rings or tyres there is a fillet formed
on the bottom edge of each of these said rings forming a rabbet, these said rings
or tyres rises up and down on the outside of the aforesaid Columns, by means of
Chains or ropes that is attached to these said rings or tyres, or to pieces of Iron or
wood that braces the two Iron rings or tyres at a distance apart, the top ring or
tyre of which the top of the Rafters is fitted and bolted to the aforesaid rabbet, and
to the bottom ring or tyre of which one end of the spur pieces is also bolted to the
rabbet, the other end of spur pieces is bolted or fastened to or about middle of
Rafters, at bottom ends of rafters is a continuous piece of metal or wood, fastened at
equal distances to rafters by Iron bolts or screws, this forms the Roof which can be
covered with zinc, Iron, Corrugated Iron, paper, felt, wood, or any other substance
required. In the raising or lowering of this Roof there is working hollow or plain
rollers fitted to the large Iron rings or tyres, these rollers work against the
beforementioned Columns, this allows the Roof to be raised and lowered more easily,
there is pulleys fixed at the top of Columns for Chains or Ropes, the ends of these
chains or ropes are fixed to the large Iron rings or tyres, then go over the pulleys
at the top of Columns from the outside down the trunk fastened to a Chains or
Ropes, these Chains or Ropes going round a large fixed pulleys in the trunk level
with the ground, at some distance from this pulley is a drum, to which these Chains
or Ropes is fastened, this said drum is fixed to a large toothed wheel, a much
smaller tooth wheel working in gear with this said large toothed Wheel. These
Wheels working in a frame fastened to the ground. On to the Center of small
Toothed wheel is attached a Lever, made of wood or Iron, which by moving round
tightens the Chains or ropes which raises or lowers the Roof from Top to bottom
or as required.
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood and carried
into practical Effect, I will now proceed to describe the same more particularly
with the aid of Explanatory drawings which accompanys this and to the figures
marked thereon.
Fig 1 is a front Elevation.
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page_text: Fig 4 is Lever attached to small toothed wheel for winding or raising and
lowering Roof Chains or ropes attached.
Fig 5 6 7 8 9 are portions of the details Fig 5 representing the way the Roof is
bolted together rafter Fig 6 represents support of rafter bolted at each end Fig 7
are the two iron rings or tyres attached by iron or wood bolted together to receive
tops of Rafters and spur pieces to support Rafters Fig 8 showing one pane of
covering for Roof, this pane is of Metal turned down at one edge the depth to form
a rafter, when this pane is in two pieces or more each overlaps the other sufficient
for spur piece Fig 6 to cover the lap inside making the bolting of these together as
firm as in one, the edges of these panes being one round the other hollow fitted
together prevents the rain or snow from getting in Fig 9 round ring or tyre for
fixing Columns to, the Columns are about five feet lengths for the convenience of
erecting or giving extra heigth when required. Ventilation is given to the Corn
Hay or other produce, by placing iron wood or clay Pipes on the ground, the ends
is placed between each of the Columns, the other ends extends to the outside of the
size of the Roof, the air passing through theso said pipes, up the trunk, and
escaping froin top part of the trunk, the whole of this Invention can be made of
metal or wood or both combined.
The novelty of this Invention is the simple and easy manner the Roof is raised
and lowered, the amount of Ventilation given in the Construction of the trunk and
pipes, and the way the trunk can be put together in lengths, and the Roof in paris,
so that one man can fix the whole of trunk, erect Roof, and finish without the
assistance of any person if required, in the raising and lowering of the roof to any
degree from the center support, this is done by means of ropes or chains running
through the center trunk round a pulley through ventilation pipe and attached to
a drum, outside of line of covering, this drum or windlass is drawn round by a Lever
attached to a small cog wheel working in a large one, which enables a man to raise
or lower any size roof that would be required, the ventilation is given the stack by
means of pipes, these pipes running from outside line of covering to center trunk,
the air passing through the pipes up the trunk and escaping at the top.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare what
I claim is
The novelty of this Invention is the construction of movable Roof supported
centrally upon a hollow trunk put together in lengths as described the said Roof
being raised or lowered by ropes or chains passing through the centre trunk to a
drum or windlass, and the hollow trunk being in connection with air pipes for
providing ventilation, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described
and set forth.
Dated this 4th day of September 1884.