Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 14th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 29th July, 1887.
We JAMES HORNSBY, Agricultural Engineer ISAAC TROLLEY, Ploughman and
WILLIAM GRICE, Ploughman all of Spittlegate Ironworks Grantham in the County of
Lincolnshire do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our improvements is to enable the Ploughman without stopping his
team to steer the Plough so as to straighten the furrow. To do this we mount a slide
arrangement similar in construction to that patented by Hornsby & Phillips No. 2847
1870 but instead of making the stem of the Furrow Wheel Axle square we make it
round so that it may be turned in its support to cause the Wheel to travel towards
the unploughed land or away from it thus causing the plough to take a greater or less
breadth as may be desired to straighten the furrow. To alter the line of travel of the
Furrow Wheel we connect the stem of the Furrow Wheel by suitable means with the
lever by which the attendant steers the plough. By preference we use a lever
mounted on the Wheel stem & a link connecting this lever to the straightening
lever by which the attendant controls the plough. The arrangement is so mounted
that when it is desired to plough a greater breadth the ploughman by the straighten-
ing lever moves the furrow Wheel towards the Ploughed land & at the same time
alters the line of travel of the Wheel so as to cause it to run towards the unploughed
land. By moving the steering lever in the opposite direction it causes the Furrow
Wheel to travel away from the unploughed ground & a less breadth of land to be
ploughed. Other means than those described may be used to attain the same object.
The novelty of our invention is so mounting the Furrow Wheel that one lever shall
move the Wheel a greater or a less distance from the Plough & also alter the direction
of the travel of the Wheel.
Dated this Twenty sixth day of August 1886.

page_text: Improvements in Ploughs.
We JAMES HORNSBY, ISAAC TROLLEY and WILLIAM GRICE, all of Grantham in
the County of Lincoln England, 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 :-
Our invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 shows
a plan view of part of a plough, shewing our improvements. Fig. 2 is another plan
view. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same." Similar letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
The object of our improvements is to enable the ploughman, without stopping his
team, to steer the plough so as to straighten the furrow. To do this we use the
arrangement of sliding axle and front furrow wheel shown in the patent No. 6528,
May 15, 1886 granted to James Hornsby, Jeremiah Money, and William Grice, in
which case the furrow wheel axle is fixed in position, so that the wheel runs in line
with the plough. Our improvement consists in pivoting the front furrow wheel so
that it may be caused to run towards the side of the furrow or away from it, so as to
more quickly cause the plough next to the front furrow wheel to take a furrow of a
greater or less breadth as may be desired to straighten the work. To do this we
make the axle leg A free to turn in the slide B. the adjustable boss C, regulating the
depth it may be desired to plough. D is the steering handle which is jointed to the
bracket E which said bracket is pivoted to the stud F which is mounted on a fixed
part of the plough. The front part of the bracket E engages with a fixed part G
made fast with the socket H through which the slide B passes. The socket H is free
to vibrate to one side or the other and is held in position by the links K K which are
pivoted at L. L. L. L. The link M is pivoted at one end to the bracket E and at the
other end to the lever N which is made fast with the axle leg A. At Fig. 1 the
handle D is shown turned towards the land side of the plough the bracket E.
moving the bracket H with the slide B. towards the ploughed land thus allowing a
larger furrow to be taken, and at the same time by the link M and lever N alter the
furrow wheel P. so that the line of travel shall be towards the unploughed land, and
thus have a tendency to make the plough take a wider furrow.
At Fig. 2. the steering handle is shown toward the ploughed land pulling the slide B
inwards and altering the furrow wheel to travel towards the ploughed land thus
making a narrow furrow.
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 :-
On a plough, making one lever the medium for effecting two motions, one motion
to move the front furrow wheel a greater or less distance from the side of the furrow,
the other motion to alter the line of travel of the wheel, as shown and described with
reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings.
Dated this 13th day of June 1887.