IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BEATERS AND DRUMS USED IN THRASHING MACHINES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Goucher, of Worksop, in the County of
Nottingham, Ironfounder, Engineer, and Machinist, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BEATERS AND DRUMS USED IN THRASHING
MACHINES."
Sealed the 16th April 1862, and dated the 18th October 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Goucher at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th October
1861.
I, JOHN GOUCHER, of Worksop, in the County of Nottingham, Ironfounder,
Engineer, and Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BEATERS AND DRUMS USED IN THRASHING MACHINES,"
to be as follows:-
My Invention consists, first, in forming the working side of the uprights
between which the grooves are formed in the beaters, for which Letters Patent
were granted to me the 31st July 1860, No. 1856, with teeth or notches.
Second, in forming the drum ends of cast malleable iron or steel, with facings
round the edges to give strength and lightness, and in forming the drum
beaters of cast or wrought iron or steel, with beds and projections for the
beater plates to fit in.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Goucher in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
17th April 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
GOUCHER, of Worksop, in the County of Nottingham, Ironfounder, Engineer,
and Machinist, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John Goucher, Her special licence that I, the said John Goucher,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
John Goucher, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE BEATERS AND DRUMS USED IN THRASHING MACHINES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said John Goucher, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Goucher, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, that is to say:-
My Invention consists in forming teeth or notches in the working side of the
ribs or ridges of the uprights between which the grooves are formed in the
beaters of thrashing machines, for which Letters Patent were granted to me
31st July 1860, No. 1856.
Second, in forming bars for beaters of thrashing machines of cast or wrought
iron or steel, or other suitable material, with projections or recesses forming
beds for the beater plates to fit into.
And, third, in forming the drum ends of cast malleable or alloyed iron or

page_text: steel, with facings or projections round the edges to give greater strength and
lightness to them..
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing is a plan, and Figure 2 a side view
of a portion of a beater plate made with teeth or notches according to my
Invention. a, a, are the teeth or notches on the working side of the ridges
or grooves of the beater plates.
Figure 3 is an end view of a drum end made as before described, with
facings or projections round the edges; and Figure 4 is a section of a portion
of a drum beater with a beater plate screwed to it. a, a, are the beater plates
fitting into recesses b, b, formed round the drum, in which they are supported
by projections c, c, and secured by bolts d, d.
Fig. 5 is an end view, with flanges & ribs at top & under side of beater
bar, with a beater plate screwed to it; Fig. 6 shows a drum end with facings
round the edges, and suitable for wood beaters of ordinary construction;
Fig. 7 shows a drum end with facings or projections round the edges suitable
for iron beaters, which are screwed on with bolts, as shown.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim as my
improvements in the beaters and drums used in thrashing machines,-
First, forming the working side of the ridges of the grooves with teeth or
notches, substantially in manner herein-before described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawings.
Second, forming bars for beaters of thrashing machines of cast or wrought
iron, steel, or other material, with projections or recesses for the beater plates
to rest in, substantially as herein-before described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawings.
Third, constructing the drum ends of thrashing machines with facings or
projections round the edges of the same, substantially as herein-before described
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Goucher, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of April, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two.
JOHN GOUCHER. (L.S.)