Improvements in or connected with Horse Hoes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 26th May, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 26th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 26th Mar.. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Horse Hoes.
, HERBERT HAILEY, of Great Wymondley, Stevenage, in the County of
Hertford, Farmer and Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to implements or machines for hoeing beans, turnips and
other roots or vegetables, by horse power.
Hoeing implements of this class as heretofore constructed have been provided
with two or more sets of hoes fixed relatively to each other, and in order to
provide for any unevenness in the distance between the rows, the hoes of each
set are usually placed at a considerable distance apart so as to prevent the hoeing
out of a row in case two rows are too near together or too far apart.
result of this arrangement is that a considerable width of scil usually remains
unhoed upon each side of a row and has to be finished by manual labour."
The
The object of my invention is to provide means whereby the hoes may be set
close up to the rows so as to render after hoeing unnecessary; and to this end
it consists in constructing a horse hoe with two or more sets of hoes each set
of which is in an independent frame and is connected to a fore carriage or beam
common to all the sets in such a manner that it may be steered independently
of the other sets of hocs.
Each frame is connected to the fore carriage or beam at one point only, and
this point of connection is capable of being varied according to the width between
the rows.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Horse Hoes.
I, HERBERT HAILEY, of Great Wymondley, Stevenage, in the County of
Hertford, Farmer and Machinist, 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 relates to implements or machines for hoeing beans, turnips and
other roots or vegetables, by horse-power.
Hoeing implements of this class as heretofore constructed have been provided
with two or more sets of hoes fixed relatively to each other, and in order to provide
for any unevenness in the distance between the rows, the hoes of each set are
usually placed at a considerable distance apart so as to prevent the hoeing out of a
row in case two rows are too near together or too far apart.
The result of this
arrangement is that a considerable width of soil usually remains unhoed upon each
side of a row and has to be finished by manual labour.
The object of my invention is to provide means whereby the hoes may be set
close up to the rows so as to render after hoeing unnecessary; and to this end it
consists in constructing a horse-hoc with two or more sets of hoes, each set of which
is in an independent frame and is connected to a fore-carriage or beam common to
all the sets in such a manner that it may be steered independently of the other sets
of hoes.

page_text: Each frame is connected to the fore-carriage or beam at one point only, and this
point of connection is capable of being varied according to the width between
the rows.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a horse-hoc having two sets of hocs arranged
according to my invention, the hoes being shewn in position for work; and,
Figure 2 is also a perspective view shewing the hoes turned up for travelling.
indicates the axle of the carriage, and the travelling wheels thereon, the
said axle being made in two parts connected by clips c, e to permit of varying the
width between the travelling wheels as required.
, d are brackets which at their upper ends carry the shafts e and at their lower
ends are formed with sockets to receive the axle, the said sockets being
provided with set-screws to hold the axle in position.
is a beam or cross-bar carried by the brackets d, d, the said brackets being
provided with several sets of holes, as shewn, so that the said beam may be raised
or lowered according to the depth at which the hoes are to work.
hh indicate the hoe-frames in which the standards for the hoes are secured
in a well known manner. Each of these frames has projecting from its front end
a bar i terminating in a hook j, and in the beam y are formed holes k, into which
the hooks, are designed to enter, the said hooks forming the only connection
between the hoe-frames and the carriage. Each of the hoe-frames is provided
with a pair of handles so that it may be guided independently of the other when
the implement is at work.
In order to provide for placing the hoe-frames at a greater distance apart than
is allowed for by the holes in the cross-bar I arrange upon the axle outside
the wheels, uprights or brackets 1, having upon them sockets m, m carrying
eyes with which the hooks j, j can engage, the said sockets being adjustable upon
the said uprights to suit the depth at which the hoes are to work. To prevent
the axle from being strained when the hoes are connected to the two ends
thereof I employ chains n, n attached to the sockets m, m and to the shafts e, e.
In order to facilitate the movement of my improved hoe from place to place
I provide for turning up the hoes to the position shewn in, Figure 2, the hoe-
frames being engaged with the hooked ends of a bar o and held in this position
by pins P, P.
Although have only described and shewn two sets of hoes it is to be
understood that a greater number may be used if the carriage is made of sufficient
width.
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 :-
1. In a horse-hoe, the combination with the carriage of two or more sets of hoes,
each of which is connected with the carriage at one point only and adapted to be
guided independently of the other set or sets, substantially as described.
2. The improvements in the construction of horse-hoes hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 26th day of Wahr 1902
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.