Improvements in the Distribution of Liquid Manure and other Fluid Fertilizers
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 1st Nov., 1893-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Distribution of Liquid Manure and other Fluid
Fertilizers."
I JAMES WENSLEY of Mark Highbridge Somerset Agricultural Implement
Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to improvements in the methods of distributing
liquids semi-solids or viscid material from moveable receptacles such as liquid
manure carts tanks or barrels and is especially applicable for agricultural purposes
for manuring the land, such moveable receptacles will be hereinafter referred to as
the tank.
I carry my invention into practice in manner as follows.
At the back, bottom or sides or any other convenient part of the tank is arranged
a series of holes or there may be only one hole through which the liquid semi-solids
or viscid material flows, these holes may be round or any other required shape &
may be of any required size. Covers are provided for these holes made of metal
or other suitable material and attached to the covers are levers these levers will be
hereinafter referred to as cover-levers and may be made of metal or other suitable
material which are pivoted either at their centre or other convenient part. The
cover levers are actuated at or near their extreme ends or other convenient part by
a connecting lever which connecting lever is moved by a screw or any other
suitable device and when so actuated will in conjunction with the levers hereinbefore
described close or partially close the holes thus when the levers are moved forward
by means of the screw or other equivalent arrangement the holes are uncovered
and when moved back they will be covered which will keep the contents of tank
secure.
I attach to the outside part of the tank where the holes are situated so as to
cover over the holes a moveable plate which may be composed of iron steel zinc or
other suitable material, this moveable plate is hinged to the cart and acts as a lid
or a director and tends to spread the stream of the contents by striking against the
moveable plate, when liberated from the tank.
The action is as follows.-
When the holes are uncovered by means of the levers before referred to the
contents of the tank will flow out and in its course will run against the lid which
will give it a tendency to spread out in a somewhat similar manner as the jet from
a hose is flattened by the director on the jet of the hose. The lid is actuated by a
quadrant or other mechanical equivalent for raising or lowering it so as to vary its
distance from the apertures from which the liquid manure is issuing. This quadrant
is placed either at the side or other convenient part of the tank.
The tank can be adjusted so as to keep level when going over uneven ground or
for other, purposes by means of wheel and screw or other suitable device. The
wheels may be placed either on the top or side or any other convenient part for
being worked preferably bevel wheels are employed thus by turning a handle it
will cause a screw to revolve this screw passes through a bar fixed to the shafts
of the tank and when worked either up or down will cause the tank to tilt upon
its axis.
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С T1 1002
W. M. LLEWELLIN, C.E.,
15, King Square, Bristol, Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: CUNT DEIE SPECIFICA ITON.
Improvements in the Distribution of Liquid Manure and other Fluid
Fertilizers.
I, JAMES WENSLEY of Mark Highbridge Somerset, Agricultural Implement
Maker, 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:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in the methods and means of
distributing liquid manures as is required for agricultural and horticultural purposes
for fertilizing the land. It has more particular reference to moveable receptacles
from which the liquid manure is distributed such receptacle will he hereinafter
referred to as the tank.
One of the difficulties in the distribution of liquid manures which my invention
is intended to obviate is that arising from the often times viscid or semi fluid state
of the manurial body which it is intended to apply to the soil and the difficulty
which presents itself of getting free flow of such manurial body and at the same
time sub-dividing it in such a manner that it may be equally and evenly distributed
over the soil. I carry my invention into practice in manner as follows, at the back
bottom or sides or any other convenient part of the tank is arranged a series of holes
or apertures or there may be only one hole or aperture through which the manurial
body (which manurial body will be hereinafter referred to as liquid manure) may
pass the flow through this or these hole or holes or aperture or apertures (such
hole or holes or aperture or apertures will be hereinafter referred to as ports) will
be controlled or checked by a moveable plate or series of plates such plate or plates
will be hereinafter referred to as shutter or shutters. Connected with the shutter
is an arm or lever hereinafter referred to as the shutter arm one portion of this
arm is pivoted leaving the other portion free to move-to one portion of the
shutter arm is attached a rod which is connected to a certain portion of the shutter
arm and by moving this rod in certain required directions the shutters by means
of the shutter levers can be moved in such positions in relation to the ports that
they can check or otherwise control the passage of the liquid manure through the
ports to effect the further sub-division of the liquid manure on the outside of the
tank immediately over the ports is hinged a moveable baffle plate which can by
means of a quadrant or other equivalent arrangement be made to approach more or
less the exit side of the ports when the tank is placed on wheels for animal
draught wheelwork and screw is provided at that end of the tank to which the
shafts are attached to enable the tank to be tipped or tilted upon its axis.
In order to better explain my invention I annex hereto one sheet of explanatory
drawings which are to bo read herewith and taken as part of these presents and I
have marked the same with letters of reference like letters of reference are for
corresponding parts in each of the figures.
Figure 1. is an elevation of the tank mounted on one pair of wheels fitted with
shafts and arranged for draught purposes.
Figure 2. is a cross section of the inside of the tank.
Figure 3. is the outside elevation of the end of the tank.
In Figures 1, 2, & 3, A. is the tank. B is the wheel attached to the connecting
rod D which is pivotted at F to the shutter levers. E. shutter levers moving on the
pins G. The connecting rod D is actuated by the screw C. H are the ports. I the
shutters. J. the baffle-plate. K the quadrant which regulates the movement of
the baffle plate. P the axis of the tank. M hand wheel for actuating the
gearing N and the screw O for tilting the tank, Q the shafts. R. the road wheels
of tank.
The method of working the apparatus is as follows,
The tank A being filled with liquid manure when it is proposed to discharge

page_text: same the wheel B is moved which actuates by means of the connecting rod D the
shutter levers E and thus pulls the shutters I from off the ports H the liquid manure
is now discharged against the baffle plate J and impacting upon it tends to spray it
or finely divide it. When it is required to tilt the tank the wheel M is revolved
and actuates the bevel wheel N which being attached to the screwed shaft Othe
shaft being supported during this operation the force thus applied through the
gearing M. N. O. tilts the tank on the axis P, and so changes its relative position
to that it previously occupied.
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. I claim the mode of passing liquid manure on to land from portable tanks
in a manner which obviates choking of the ports through which the manure
passes.
2. I claim the employment of large ports and the manner of controlling the
egress of liquid manure from them in the manner as herein before described.
3. I claim the sub-division of liquid manure by means of a baffle plate or plates
in the manner as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 30th day of October 1802
W. M. LLEWELLIN, C.E.,
15, King Square, Bristol, Agent for the Applicant.