AN IMPROVEMENT UPON AN INVEN- TION FOR WHICH THE SAID PETITIONER JAMES RAMSOME NOW HATH A PATENT, BEARING DATE THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE, WHICH WAS IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, ENTITLED, 'AN INVENTION FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON PLOUGHS
Year: 1820

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JAMES
RANSOME, of Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk, Iron Founder, and ROBERT
RANSOME, of Colchester, in the County of Essex, Iron Founder, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of that part of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland called England, bearing date at Westminster,
the Twenty-eighth day of November, in the first year of His reign, give and
grant unto us, the said James Ransome and Robert Ransome, our exors,
adors, and assigns, His especial licence, full power, sole privilege and
authority, that we, the said James Ransome and Robert Ransome, our exors,
admors, and assigns, during the term of years therein mentioned, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and also in all His Majesty's Colonies
and Plantations. abroad, our Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT UPON AN INVEN-
TION FOR WHICH THE SAID PETITIONER JAMES RAMSOME NOW HATH A PATENT,
BEARING DATE THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE, WHICH WAS IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, ENTITLED, 'AN INVENTION FOR
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON PLOUGHS;"" in which said Letters Patent there is
contained a proviso that if we, the said James Ransome and Robert Ransome,
or one of us, shall not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of our:
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an
instrument in writing under our hands and seals, or under the hand and seal
of one of us, and cause the same to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court
of Chancery within two calendar months next and immediately after the date

page_text: of the said Letters Patent, that then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties
and advantages whatsoever thereby granted, shall utterly cease, determine, and
become void, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, will more
fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Ransome, do hereby declare that the nature of our said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly
described and ascertained in and by the Drawings hereunto annexed, and the
following description thereof (that is to say) :-
The share remains the same as described in the Specification of the said
Patent of the First of June, One thousand eight hundred and sixteen. Upper
and lower chaps, which serve to hold and confine the share in its proper place,
are also described in the Specification of the same Patent; but in the present
instance we adopt and use upper and lower chaps for the same purpose of
holding the share, but of a different form or construction; and they are fixed
in a different manner, by which the parts are less liable to be out of order, and
are removed and replaced with greater facility to the ploughman; and it is for
these improvements that this Patent is bad and obtained. The manner in
which they are effected will fully appear from the following description,
reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed :-
Figure 1 shews two views of the upper chap, which may be made a separate,
piece, as shewn in the Drawing, or may be cast or made with and form part of
the breastplate or mould-board of the plough, or be a part or continuation of
the ground head or frame of the plough, as may be most convenient or may.
best suit the views of the manufacturer. a in this Figure shews the under side
of the upper chap. 6 shews the upper side of the same chap. c shews a
loop, through which a wedge bolt passes to draw or nip the share between
this chap and the lower chap herein-after described. This loop may be of
either wrought or cast iron or steel, or any other fit material, and can either
be made separate from and affixed to the chap, or may be cast or made in one
piece with it.
Fig. 2 shews a share which, being similar in every respect to the share
described in the Specification of the aforesaid Patent of the First of June,
One thousand eight hundred and sixteen, granted to James Ransome, need
not be described in this place further than to say, that d in this Figure shews
the under side of the share, and e shews its upper side.
Fig. 3 shews the two views of the lower chap, with a loop for receiving the
wedge bolt for fastening the share. This chap may either form part of the
ground frame, bottom piece or slade, as shewn in Figure 6, where it fornis part

page_text: of the bottom piece or slade of the plough, or may be made separate, and
fastened thereto at pleasure. f shews the under side of this lower chap;
9. shews its upper side, and h shews the loop through which the wedge bolt
passes to draw the two chaps together for the purpose of holding or nipping
the share between them. This loop may be either of wrought or cast iron or
steel, or any other fit material, and can either be made separate from and
affixed to the chap, or may be cast or made in one piece with the same.
Fig. 4 shews a view and section of a keeping plate, with a groove on one
side of it through which the wedge-bolt passes; this plate is bolted or otherwise
fastened to the frame or body of the plough, and serves to keep the wedge
bolt steady, and in its proper direction for entering the loop or loops of the
chaps. This keeping plate covers an oblong hole or slit in the frame of the
plough, through which hole or slit a joggle or hooked end of the wedge bolt
passes, and by striking which the bolt is forced into or withdrawn from the
loop or loops. It may be observed that no exclusive right is claimed for the
particular form or position of the keeping plate, as that must be regulated by
the kind of plough made use of, and the position in which the wedge bolt may
be placed. is a view of the keeping plate, with its sunk groove for the
wedge bolt; and k a section of the same.
Figure 5, 7, shews the wedge-bolt, and m the joggle which passes through
the hole or slit in the side or frame of the plough, as seen in Figure 8. This
wedge bolt is not confined to any particular form or length, nor to the position
particularly described in the Drawing, its only use being to draw the chaps
together, as before described, and that it be placed in such position and
situation as may be most convenient for the particular plough on which it is
used, and of any convenient shape or length to admit of its being forced into
or withdrawn from the loop or loops in the chap or chaps, as occasion may
require.
Figure 6 shews the lower chap when made in one piece, with the slade or
bottom piece of the plough. n, the land side view of the above; o, plan of the
above; p, the loop; q, section at the loop, or upon the dotted lines t, t, t;
r, section at the other end of the slade or bottom piece at the dotted
lines u, u, u.
Fig. 7 shews a view of the body or frame of the plough without the mould-
board or breastplate, and with the upper and lower chaps and share detached,
but drawn to a smaller scale. The same letters of reference apply as in the
above description of the separate parts. s shews a mortice in the nose of the
frame for the reception of the loop or loops c and h of the upper and lower
chaps through which the wedge-bolt 7 passes.
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page_text: Figure 8 is a view of the land side of the frame or body of the plough, with
the chaps and share affixed, the forms of which, together with the positions of
the loops and wedge bolt, are shewn by dotted lines. The same letters of
reference apply as in the separate descriptions above. It should be observed,
that when either of the chaps are made to form 'a part of the main frame head,
ground, bottom, or slade of the plough, the loop need only be made to that
chap which is moveable.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Ransome, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and twenty-one.
Inrolled, the Twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and twenty-one.