IMPROVEMENTS IN MOWING MACHINERY
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Green, of Leeds, Mowing Machine Maker,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MOWING MACHINERY."
Sealed the 9th December 1856, and dated the 2nd August 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Green at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd
August 1856.
I, THOMAS GREEN, of Leeds, Mowing Machine Maker, do hereby declare
the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MOWING MACHINERY," to be
as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in mowing machines; and
the improvements consist in forming or fixing two arms or brackets to the
front of the machine, one to each side framing. At the front ends of these
arms or brackets are formed sockets to receive upright rods or bars, which at
their lower ends are formed suitable for receiving the end of an axle or shaft;
and the parts are arranged to admit of the height of axis or shaft being
adjusted to regulate the height of the cutters from the ground. On the axis
or shaft are two wheels or narrow rollers, which are capable of being set and
fixed at any desired distance apart on the axis, and to any part of the axis or

page_text: shaft, so that when mowing a verge they may come upon or on either side
thereof, and when mowing the whole width of the machine the wheels or
rollers may be fixed at the greatest distance apart, so as not to pass over the
grass to be cut.
The Invention also consists in placing the gearing wheels, by which the
cutters are driven, within the framing of the machine, in place of exterior
thereof, as heretofore..
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Green in the Great Seal Patent Office, on the 2nd
February 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
GREEN, of Leeds, Mowing Machine Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her reign, did, for
Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Thomas
Green, Her special licence, that I, the said Thomas Green, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas Green, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter, during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MOWING MACHINERY;" upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Green, my executors, or
administrators, by an instrument in writing, under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner, the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Green, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to. be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof, that is to say:
This Invention has for its object improvements in mowing machines; and
the improvements cousist in forming or fixing two arms or brackets to the

page_text: front of the machine, one to each. side framing. At the front ends of these
arms or brackets are formed sockets to receive upright rods or bars, which at
their lower ends are formed suitable for receiving the end of an axle: or shaft;
and the parts are arranged to admit of the height of axis,, a shaft being, adjusted
to regulate the height of the cutters from the ground. On .the axis, or shaft
are two wheels or narrow rollers, which are capable of being set and fixed at
any desired distance apart on the axis, and to any part of the axis or shaft, so
that when mowing a verge they may come upon or on either side thereof, and
when mowing the whole width of the machine the wheels or rollers may be
fixed at the greatest distance apart, so as not to pass over the grass to be cut.
The Invention also consists in placing the gearing wheels, by which the
cutters are driven, within the framing of the machine, in place of exterior
thereof, as heretofore.
And in order that my Invention may be most fully understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 shows a side elevation, and Figure 2 a plan, of a machine con-
structed according to my Invention. a, a, are arms or brackets, formed with
or fixed to the side framings of the machine. To the arms a, a, upright bars
or rods b, b, are fixed by screws b', which pass through slots in the bars b, b, so
as to be capable of adjustment; or the front ends of the brackets a, a, may be
formed with sockets to receive the bars b, b, the sockets being furnished with
set screws or other means of adjusting the position of the parts b, b, in order to
regulate the height of the cutters from the ground. c is an axis or shaft,
supported in suitable bearings at the lower ends of the bars 6, 6; and c', c', are
wheels or narrow rollers, which are capable of being set and fixed by collars
and set screws, as shown, at any desired distance apart, and to any part of the
axis or shaft c, so that when mowing a verge the rollers may come upon or on
either side thereof, and when mowing the whole width of the machine the
wheels or rollers c, c, may be fixed at the greatest distance apart on the axis c,
so as not to pass over the grass to be cut. The driving wheels 1, 2, 3, 4, for
giving motion to the revolving cutters, are all carried on axes, and work within
the framing of the machine, as clearly shown in the Drawing, by which
arrangement injury will be avoided when working near flower beds, shrub-
beries, &c. d, d, are handles for propelling the machine, which are capable of
adjustment to suit the height of the person mowing; and e is a handle in front
by which the machine may be drawn. f is a winch handle to turn the cutter

page_text: axis, to sharpen the cutters, when required; g, lever to throw the wheel 1 out
of gear with its axis, to stop the action of the cutters; h, is the box for re-
ceiving the grass, and is of the ordinary description.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Green, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
Witness to the signing, sealing, and delivery
hereof by the said Thomas Green,
EDWIN EDDISON, Solicitor, Leeds.
THOMAS GREEN. (L.S.)