Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 14th Sept., 188
HENRY LANDER Shaftesbury Road Mere, in the County of Wiltshire, Yeoman and
EDGAR GEORGE LANDER Barrow Street Farm, Mere, in the County of Wiltshire,
Farmer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
These Improvements are for the better Cultivation of the soil.
This Machine consists of a revolving Cylinder or Cylinders, travelling on the soil
when in work, the Cylinder or Cylinders revolve on an Axle, the Axle being attached
to a frame to which the Cylinder or Cylinders are centred.
Around the face of the Cylinder, or Cylinders, are attached, or fixed, points or
tines, which project from the face of the said Cylinders or Cylinders, at certain
distances apart, the said points or tines entering the soil as the said Cylinder or
Cylinders travel on the soil.
Attached to the aforesaid frame, are placed Cutters which cut through the soil
behind the aforesaid Cylinder or Cylinders.
Attached to the aforesaid frame, and above the aforesaid Cutters, are placed Bars
which point in an angular direction towards the Cylinder or Cylinders, releiving the
soil from the points or tines of the aforesaid Cylinder or Cylinders.
This Machine can be made of Wood Iron Steel or any other suitable metal.
This said Machine to be worked by Steam power, Horses, or any other power.
Travelling wheels will be placed on the frame for the purpose of conveying it from
one place to another.
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page_text: HENRY LANDER Shaftesbury Road Mere in the County of Wiltshire, Yeoman and
EDGAR GEORGE LANDER Barrow Street Farm Mere, in the County of Wiltshire,
Farmer, 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 :-
These Improvements are for the better Cultivation of the Soil.
This Machine consists of a revolving Cylinder, or Cylinders, travelling on the Soil
when in work, the Cylinder or Cylinders revolve on an axle, the axle being attached
to a frame to which the Cylinder or Cylinders are centred.
Around the face of the Cylinder or Cylinders, are attached or fixed, points or
tines, which project from tlie face of the said Cylinder or Cylinders at certain distances
apart, the said points or tines entering the soil, as the said Cylinder or Cylinders travel
on the Soil.
Attached to the aforesaid frame are placed cutters, which cut through the Soil
behind the aforesaid Cylinder or Cylinders.
Attached to aforesaid frame, and above the aforesaid cutters, aro placed bars, which
point in an angular direction toward the Cylinder or Cylinders, releiving the soil from
the points or tines, of the aforesaid Cylinder or Cylinders.
The aforesaid Cylinder or Cylinders, can be formed of sectional plates from which
the aforesaid points or tines project.
These sectional plates are fixed to Wheels or rollers. These said Wheels or rollers
together with the sectional plates, forms a Complete Cylinder or Cylinders.
The aforesaid cutters are fixed to a moveable bar which is kept to the required
depth in soil by leverage.
These Levers are centred nearly at end of Frame and likewise on the bar which the
cutters are fixed, there being a hinge joint on these said levers about six inches below
the frame by pushing these levers down it drives the cutters into the Soil, if levers
are pulled up it lifts the cutters out of work.
The bar on which the cutters are fixed is turned or bent at each end, forming a
frame, this said frame is centred. to each end of the Axle, allowing the bar or frame to
rise up or down by the aforesaid levers.
These cutters travel through the Soil when in work, leaving a level bottom to the
Soil cultivated.
This Machine can be made of Wood, Iron, Steel, or any other suitable metal, or of
wood and metal combined.
This said Machine can be worked by Steam power, Horses, or any other power.
Travelling wheels can be placed on the Machine, for the purpose of conveying it
from one place to another.

page_text: And in order that our said Invention may be properly understood, and carried into
practical effect, we will now proceed to describe the same more particularly, with the
aid of explanatory drawings which accompany this, and to the figures marked
thereon.
Fig. 1. Side View, representing sectional plates as fixed on Cylinders or fixed on
wheels to form Cylinders. Fig. 2. Frame. Fig. 3. Plates. Sections to be fixed on
Cylinder, or Cylinders. Fig. 4. Tines, or Teeth for cutting and moving the soil.
Fig. 5. Bars set and fixed on an angle, for taking away the earth from the tines and
Cylinders. Fig. 6. Cutters for cutting the Soil to pass over the bar. Fig. 7. Levers
for keeping the cutters in work, and raizing the same. Fig. 8. Frame to which
Cutters are bolted, or fastened, and for raizing the same.
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 what we
claim is
The Novelty of this Machine consists in raizing the soil over the aforesaid cutters
by the aforesaid points or tines, the soil falls behind the cutters to the earth again, the
Soil being left in a light and pulverized condition. This said Machine, of smaller
sizes will hoe and clean the land from weeds in any kind of Corn, or Roots, by simply
keeping the Cylinders apart on the Axle to any required width, leaving the drill rows
protected from the cutters, cutting the soil to any required depth, leaving the weeds
loosend on the top of the Soil, by fixing duplicate parts in front the same as at back
part of Machine, as Figs. 4. 5. 6. 7. and 8. it will do the same sort of work without
turning the Machine to travel back.