IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING ARTIFICIAL MANURES AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS, ALSO APPLICABLE FOR DUSTING TURNIPS AND SOWING GRAIN."
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Fred Robinson, of Bradley, in the county of York,
Farmer, for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING
ARTIFICIAL MANURES AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS, ALSO APPLICABLE FOR
DUSTING TURNIPS AND SOWING GRAIN."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Fred Robinson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th February 1882.
FRED ROBINSON of Bradley in the county of York Farmer "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING ARTIFICIAL MANURES AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS
ALSO APPLICABLE FOR DUSTING TURNIPS AND SOWING GRAIN."
The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive machine
which will distribute equally, artificial manures and other loose materials either
rows or broad cast which machine is also applicable for dusting turnips for the
purpose of destroying insects, and for sowing grain and is equally useful in
distributing gravel, sand, small pebbles or other materials used in road making or
asphalting, and will also be found invaluable for sanding streets and pavements
when in a slippery state.
I construct my apparatus preferably in the form of a hopper or other receptacle
mounted on suitable wheels and shafts, in the hopper is an adjustable screen, at the
bottom of the hopper is an endless apron carried on rollers, the apron may be made
of any suitable material such as canvas, leather, wooden or metal lags, the apron
works towards the hind part of the machine, an adjustable opening or exit is
formed by means of a regulating slide so that the quantity of material allowed to
be carried out can be regulated to any nicety, the rollers are driven by suitable
gearing from the axle of the distributer, the axle passing through the hopper in
about a central position can have arms or spikes upon it so as to agitate (or keep
in a loose state) the material within it; the apron delivers the material to a spout
or trough having adjustable inclines arranged so as to be easily altered either for
sowing broad cast or in rows. I keep the apron in position by means of projections
and recesses either in the apron or roller.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent & of
an Order of the Lord Chancellor filed by the said Fred Robinson in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 25th August 1882.
FRED ROBINSON of Bradley in the county of York IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING ARTIFICIAL MANURES AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIAL
ALSO APPLICABLE FOR DUSTING TURNIPS AND SOWING GRAIN.
The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive machine
which will distribute equally, artificial manures, and other loose material either in
rows or broad cast, which machine is also applicable for dusting turnips for the
purpose of destroying insects, and for sowing grain, and is equally useful in
distributing gravel, sand, and small pebbles, or other material used in road making
or asphalting, and will also be found invaluable for sanding streets and pavements
when in a slippery state.
I construct my apparatus preferably in the form of a hopper or other receptacle
mounted on suitable wheels and shafts; in the hopper is an adjustable screen, at
the bottom of the hopper is an endless apron, or rollers, the apron can be carried
on rollers and may be made of any suitable material such as canvas, leather,
wooden or metal lags, the apron works towards the hind part of the machine, an
adjustable opening or exit is formed and regulated by means of a regulating slide
so that the quantity of material allowed to be carried out can be regulated to any
nicety, the rollers are driven by suitable gearing from the axle of the distributer,
the axle passing through the hopper in about a central position, can have arms or
spikes upon it so as to agitate (or keep in a loose state) the material within it; tho
apron delivers the material to a spout or trough having adjustable inclines
arranged so as to be easily altered either for sowing broadcast or in rows.
I keep
the apron in position by means of projections and recesses either in the apron or
rollers.
Such being the nature and object of this my said invention in order that the
same may be fully understood I have hereunto annexed a sheet of drawings
illustrative thereof and marked the same with figures and letters of reference the
same letter referring to the same parts throughout the various views.
Fig. 1 is an end elevation of apparatus with shafts shown broken off,
Fig. 2. is a front elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. is an elevation in section.
Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of distributing box shewing position of plates or
guides for sowing or distributing in rows, dotted lines shewing the position when
distributing or sowing broad cast.
Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4.
A is the hopper mounted on wheels B. B. and shafts C. C. in the hopper is an
adjustable screen D, at the bottom of the hopper is an endless apron E carried on
rollers FF, which are adjustable to enable the apron to be tightened at will, the
apron E may be of any suitable material such as metal, canvas, leather, wooden
lags, and the like; or one or more rollers may be used in lieu of the apron; the
apron works towards the hind part of the machine and an opening or exit G is left
at the bottom of the hopper, this is adjustable by means of the slide H and
screws J. J. so that the quantity of material to be carried out can be regulated to
any nicety, the rollers K. K. are driven by suitable wheels L. M. N. O from the

page_text: axle P of the distributer the axle passes through the hopper and has fixed upon it
at intervals, agitators S. S. to keep the material to be sown or distributed in a
loose state; the apron delivers the material to a spout or trough T, having suitable
adjustable inclines or plates R. R. so as to be easily altered for sowing either
broadcast or in rows; the trough may be swivelled or fixed, as required.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of this my said invention
and the manner in which the same may be carried into practical effect I would
have it understood that what I desire to be secured to me by the hereinbefore in
part recited Letters Patent is.
The arrangement for sowing or distributing grain, sand artificial manures and
the like; constructed and operating as shewn and described.
In witness whereof I the said Fred Robinson have hereunto set my hand
and seal this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty two.
Witness
JOHN E. WALSH Patent Agent and
Consulting Engineer, Halifax,
Leeds, and Bradford.
FRED. ROBINSON. (Ls.)