A New OR IMPROVED MACHINE FOR DISTRIBUTING SAND OR OTHER MATTERS IN PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Ephraim Burton, of Upper Olapton, in the
County of Middlesex, Engineer and Contractor, for the Invention
of "A New OR IMPROVED MACHINE FOR DISTRIBUTING SAND OR OTHER
MATTERS IN PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES."
Sealed the 13th July 1869, and dated the 20th January 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Ephraim Burton at the
Offico of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th January 1869.
I, EPHRAIM BURTON, of Upper Clapton, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer and Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE FOR DISTRIBUTING SAND
OR OTHER MATTERS IN PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of a portable machine for distributing sand,
gravel, or other matters in public thoroughfares. I place a hopper of
suitable size in a frame mounted on wheels to render it portable, said
hopper serving to contain the sand or other material. A fluted roller is

page_text: mounted in bearings transversely in the framing at the bottom of the
hopper so as to close the same. This roller, on being rotated by means
of suitable gearing driven by one of the wheels of the machine, distributes
the sand or other matters with which the hopper is filled evenly over the
surface of the ground. I also provide a gate composed of a number of
independent flaps hinged to the hopper and kept up against the fluted
roller by springs or other means so as to allow of stones or other sub-
stances mixed with the sand passing through, and at same time prevent
the too rapid delivery of the sand. The position of this gate may bo
adjusted for regulating the delivery of the sand by means of a hand
lever communicating by chains or rods with a shaft mounted near the
gate and provided with levers projections taking into and raising each
flap of which the gate is composed. The supply of sand may also be
otherwise regulated. A suitable shoot is further provided beneath the
roller upon which the sand falls on escaping from the flutes of said roller,
by which the sand is spread evenly over the ground. When it is not
required to distribute the sand the fluted roller is thrown out of gear
by means of a suitable clutch.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Ephraim Burton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 20th July 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EPHRAIM
BURTON, of Upper Clapton, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer and
Contractor, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of January in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Ephraim Burton, Her special licence
that I, the said Ephraim Burton, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Ephraim Burton, 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

page_text: Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED
MACHINE FOR DISTRIBUTING SAND OR OTHER MATTERS IN PUBLIC THOROUGH-
PARES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Ephraim
Burton, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the sune
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
noxt and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Ephraim Burton, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the samo
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
ly the following statement, reference being had to tho Sheet of
Drawings hereunto annoxed, and to the letters and figures marked
thercon (that is to say):
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My Invention consists of a portable machine for distributing sand,
gravel, or other matters in public thoroughfares. I place a hopper of
suitable size in a frame mounted on wheels to render it portable, said
hopper serving to contain the sand or other material. A flated roller
is mounted in bearings transversly in the framing at the bottom of the
hopper so as to close the same. This roller, on being rotated by means
of suitable gearing driven by one of the wheels of the machine, dis-
tributes the sand or other matters with which the hopper is filled ovenly
over the surface of the ground. I also provide a gate composed of
a number of independent flaps hinged to the hopper and kept up
against the fluted roller by springs or other means, so as to allow of
stones or other substances mixed with the sand passing through, and at
same time prevent the too rapid delivery of the sand. The position of
this gato may be adjusted for regulating the delivery of the sand
by means of a hand lover communicating by chains or rods with a
shaft mounted near the gate and provided with lover projections taking
into and raising each flap of which the gato is composed. The supply
of sand may also be otherwise regulated. A suitable shoot may be
provided beneath the roller for the sand to fall upon on escaping from
the flutes of said roller, by which the sand is spread evenly over the
ground. When it is not required to distributo the sand the fluted roller
is thrown out of gear by means of a suitable clutch.

page_text: My Invention is illustrated in the Drawing annexed, which shows a
side elevation of a sanding machine provided with a hopper A carried
on a framing or carriage B mounted on four wheels to be drawn by
animal or other power; it may however be carried on two wheels only, 5
if desired. C is a fluted roller mounted transversely in bearings in the.
framework, and rotating in an opening at the bottom of the hopper so
as nearly to close the same. Rotary motion is communicated to this
roller C (in the direction of the harrow) on the machine being put in
motion by the aid of chain gearing connecting the axis of said roller 1
with one of the wheels of the machine, as seen. In this manner a
portion of the sand or other matters with which the hopper A is filled
(which sand is in direct contact with the fluted surface of roller O
as it rotates partly within the hopper A) will be carried round there.
with, and distributed evenly and continuously over the surface of the
ground. In order to regulate the flow of the sand or other matters I
provide a gate composed of a suitable number of independent flaps,
of which a is one. These flaps a are similar and are placed in line, being
hung on a common hinge 6 carried at the lower part of the hopper A.
Each of the flaps a is caused to bear against the roller C by the action of
à spring or springs d' upon the extremity of a lever arm or arms e
forming part of flap a from which said arm projects. These flaps a of
which the gate is composed may be adjusted at any required distance
from the roller O, so as to regulate the delivery of the sand as required
by means of a hand lever f, communicating with a shaft mounted near
the gate, and provided with lover projections taking into and raising
each flap a. Or preferably two hand levers fare provided one at either
side of the machine, each being mounted on a fulcrum carried on the
framing B, and is connected at its lower end with one end of a
transverse rod. g. To the rear of each flap a is hinged a slotted bar or
link h, through which passes rod g, so that the whole of the flaps a
will be moved together by levers f to regulate the passage of the sand,
each flap at same time being capable of opening or assuming the
position shown in red lines independently of the others, so as to permit
stones or other substances accidentally mixed with the sand passing
through without allowing a large quantity of sand to pass therewith.
is an inclined surface or shoot which may be carried beneath the

page_text: roller C to receive the sand therefrom if desired, whence it is distributed
evenly over the ground, or the sand may be allowed to fall direct from
the roller C, as shown. When it is required to move the machine
without distributing the sand, the roller O is thrown out of gear by means
of a suitable clutch, not shown in the Drawing, so as to prevent its
rotation as before described when the machine is in motion.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, a now
or improved machine for distributing sand or other matters in public
thoroughfares, arranged and operating substantially in the manner
shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Ephraim Burton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.