IMPROVEMENTS IN CUTTING VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES
Year: 1840

page_text: ALD
SWAIN WORTH, of Manchester, Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twenty-ninth day of July, in the fourth year of Her reign, did, for
Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said John Swain
Worth, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that 1,
the said John Swain Worth, my exors, adiñiors, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said John Swain Worth, my exors, adors, or assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the term
of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CUTTING VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES," cominu-
nicated to me by a certain Foreigner residing abroad; in which said Letters
Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said John Swain Worth, shall cause
a particular description of the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty
High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Swain Worth, do hereby declare that the nature of the said Invention,

page_text: and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described
and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had
to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon (that is to say).
Which represents two views of a machine for cutting hay and straw, &c.,
for the food of animals. Figure 1 is a front elevation. A, A, A, A, is part
of the frame. D is a roller of cast iron covered with a soft metal such as
block tin, zinc, or wood, or other similar soft material, or it may be wholly
constructed of wood. The roller C is grooved for the knives or cutters to be
placed in, and are secured by the washers o, o, and nuts g, g.
The knives will be best seen at Figure 2, which is an end view of the
cutting and surface rollers. D is the soft metal on the surface roller, and W
is the cast iron inside of it. S, S, Figure 1, are two bolts which secure the
cutting or surface roller firmly in contact. Motion is communicated to them
by applying the power to the crank E, which is secured to the shaft T, on
which is the balance wheel B, B. Motion is communicated to the cutting
rollers by the gears H, H, and from them to the surface roller by the con-
necting gears F, F.
Figure 3 is a side view of the machine, and the same letters of reference
represent similar parts as in Fig. 1. N is the feeding trough, in which the
hay, straw, &c., is placed, and is pressed in contact with the cutting roller on
the shaft R, and the knives pressed in contact with the surface roller, and
consequently cuts the hay and straw into the same lengths as the distance the
knives are from each other, therefore their distances must be regulated by the
length required to be cut.
The advantage to be derived from this machine is, that by the knives being
brought in contact with a firm surface, and the rotary motion given to the
cutting roller, enables the labourer to cut a much larger quantity with less
power than is required for the old machines.
What I claim is, the mode of combining the parts herein described for
cutting vegetable substances. But I do not claim any of the separate parts;
and the parts may be varied so long as the mode of cutting be retained.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Swain Worth, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of January, in the year of 3
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
JOHN (L.B.) S. WORTH.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-third day of January,
in the year of our Lord 1841, the aforesaid John Swain Worth came before
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specifi-
cation aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in
form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped accord-
ing to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-one.