An Improved Self-acting Sand or Grain Distributing Cart.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1890-Accepted, 9th Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Self-acting Sand or Grain Distributing Cart.
BENJAMIN HENRY HOLMES 8 Fulham Palace Road Hammersmith, W. by trade,
Butcher do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The body is formed as a hopper, in form of a square or rectangular cone, mounted
on wheels, fitted with an adjusting slide, worked by a screw and lever, or any suitable
gear, one wheel is keyed on end of the axle, which axle passes through the hopper
above described, the other wheel revolves loose on the other end of the axle, I make
use of the axle as agitator for disturbing the sand or grain in the hopper, I place central
of hopper a vertical shaft enclosed in tube projecting below the hopper and fitted
theron is a coned disc with curved vanes, the said disc is put in motion by any suitable
gearing driven from the loose wheel on the axle, the quantity of sand or grain is
adjusted by means of the sliding door, or slide, the sand or grain being in a state of
agitation by the axle revolving within the hopper drops on to the revolving cone disc
and so distributes the sand or grain by centrifugal force.
Dated this 5th day of Contoushan 1000
BENJAMIN HENRY HOLMES.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Self-acting Sand or Grain Distributing Cart.
I, BENJAMIN HENRY HOLMES, 8 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, W., by trade
Butcher, 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 :-
The body is formed as a hopper in form of a square or rectangular cone, mounted
on wheels, fitted with an adjusting slide worked by a screw and lever, or any suitable
gear, one wheel is keyed on end of the axle, which axle passes through the hopper
above described, the other wheel revolves loose on the other end of the axle, I make
use of the axle as an agitator for distributing the sand or grain in the hopper. I place
central of the hopper a vertical shaft enclosed in tube projecting below the hopper and
fitted thereon is a disc with vanes, the said disc is put in motion by any suitable
gearing driven from the loose wheel on the axle. The quantity of sand or grain is
adjusted by means of the sliding door or slide, the sand or grain being in a state of
agitation by the axle revolving within the hopper drops on to the revolving disc and
so distributes the sand or grain by centrifugal force.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cart constructed according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a back elevation partly in section and
Figure 3 is a plan.
A is the hopper at the bottom of which are four slides B which adjust the feed of
the material on to the distributor, these slides are operated by handles C, cross shafts U¹,
levers C2 and connecting rods (³.
The body of cart is mounted on wheels D with a revolving axle E passing through
body of cart, one wheel being keyed fast to cause it to revolve.
Across the top of the cart is a bridge F carrying a horizontal shaft G on which is a
friction clutch H adjusted by a hand wheel and fork I. Motion is given to the hori-
zontal shaft G by a sprocket wheel J keyed on the main axle, with a pitch chain K
working the sprocket wheel L on the friction clutch.

page_text: A vertical shaft M passes through the hopper and is shielded by a tube M'. On the
bottom of this shaft is a disc N fitted with angle webs N' which distribute the imaterial.
Motion is given to this disc and vertical shaft by a bevel wheel O and pinion P.
At the lower part of the hopper A are two horizontal shafts Q fitted with blades or
agitators Q¹.
At the front of the cart under the framework is an intermediate shaft R for giving
motion to the shafts Q by means of sprocket wheels S and pitch chains S¹. The
intermediate shaft R is driven from the horizontal shaft G by sprocket wheels T and a
pitch chain T¹.
U is a seat for the driver.
V is a guard for preventing the material from striking the horses legs.
W are adjustable guards for preventing sand falling on the pavement when working
near it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I would state that I do
not claim generally the use of a horizontal distributing disc but what I claim is :—
1. A horizontal distributing disc driven by a vertical axis on its upper side sub-
stantially as described.
2. The combination of a horizontal distributing disc, a vertical axis on its upper
side and a tube enclosing the axis and passing through the hopper substantially as
described.
3. Sand or grain distributing carts substantially as described.
Dated this 5th day of July 1890
BENJAMIN HENRY HOLMES.