Improvements in or connected with Ploughs.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Apr., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 1st Aug., 1896-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1896
Improvements in or connected with Ploughs.
We, JAMES HORNSBY, JEREMIAH MONEY, and WILLIAM GRICE, all of
Spittlegate Iron Works, Grantham, in the County of Lincoln, Engineers, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention-to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in ploughs and has for its object to
provide means for retaining the share more rigidly than heretofore with relation to
the plough breast and adjacent parts.
According to our invention we form on the neck of the frame or on the lever-
neck a lug or projection preferably of diamond shape and in the share and breast
or mould-board we form corresponding recesses which will fit upon the said
projection which thus serves as an abutment against which the adjacent parts can
bear, or instead of forming the projection directly upon the neck the said projection
may be formed upon the share or mould-board and enter a corresponding recess in
the mould-board or share.
When our invention is applied to what are known as digging ploughs provided
with a shin piece or coulter, a projection or recess may be formed on the front of
the shin piece with which a recess or projection on the share will engage.
In some cases we may use two or more projections which may be made round,
rectangular, or of any other suitable shape.
Dated this 29th day of April 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in or connected with Ploughs.
We, JAMES HORNSBY, JEREMIAH MONEY, and WILLIAM GRICE, all of
Spittlegate Iron Works, Grantham, in the County of Lincoln, Engineers, 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 relates to improvements in ploughs and has for its object to
provide means for retaining the share more rigidly than heretofore with relation to
the plough breast and adjacent parts.
According to our invention we form on the neck of the frame or on the lever-
neck a lug or projection preferably of diamond shape and in the share and breast
or mould-board we form corresponding recesses which will fit upon the said
projection which thus serves as an abutinent against which the adjacent parts can
bear, or instead of forming the projection directly upon the neck the said projection
may be formed upon the share or mould-board and enter a corresponding recess in
the mould-board or share.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe it by reference to
the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figures 1 and 2 are a plan and longitudinal section respectively illustrating the

page_text: application of our invention to a plough wherein the nose or neck for carrying the
share is formed in one with the plough frame.
Figures 3 and 4 are views similar to Figures 1 and 2 respectively showing the
application of our invention to a plough having a lever-neck.
Figures 5 and 6 are plan views illustrating the application of our invention to a
digging plough.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
a is the plough frame, 6 the nose or neck for the share, c the lug or projection
arranged in accordance with our invention, d the plough share and e the plough
breast.
In the arrangement of our invention shown in Figures 1 and 2, the projection c
is formed upon the plough frame a adjacent to the nose b and the shared and
breast e are notched so as to fit against the said projection as clearly shown in the
said figures.
In the arrangement of our invention shown in Figures 3 and 4 the projection c is
represented as being formed upon the lever-neck b, the arrangement in other
respects being the same as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
When our invention is applied to digging ploughs the shin piece or coulter fis
formed with a recess into which a projection 9 on the share enters as shown in
Figure 5, or the projection may be formed upon the shin piece, and the share
correspondingly recessed as shown in Figure 6. In some cases the nose of the
plough frame may be provided with a lug as indicated by the dotted lines in
Figures 5 and 6 or two or more of such lugs or projections may be used.
It will be understood that we can use more than one lug on ploughs of the kind
indicated in Figures 1 and 2 or Figures 3 and 4. It will also be understood that
instead of forming the lugs or projections hereinbefore described upon the nose or
neck of the plough frame they may be formed upon the share and adapted to fit
corresponding recesses in the breast; or the breast may have a projection designed
to fit a recess in the share.
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 :-
1. The improvement connected with ploughs consisting in forming on the neck
or nose which carries the share a lug or projection, and forming in the breast and
share corresponding recesses adapted to fit against the said lug or projection,
substantially as described.
2. The modification of our invention wherein projections or recesses on or in the
shares are designed to fit into or receive recesses or projections in or on the plough
breasts or shin pieces, substantially as described.
3. The manufacture and use of plough parts or fittings constructed with lugs or
projections and recesses substantially in the manner hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing for the purpose specified.
Dated this 1st day of August 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.