IMPROVEMENTS Samen me mun Diemprar OR MANURE APPLICABLE TO ΤΗΣ DISTRIBUTION
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Osbourn, of Aldersgate Street, in
the City of London, Tailor, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
Samen me mun Diemprar OR MANURE"
Sealed the 13th April 1854, and dated the 9th December 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Osbourn
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 9th December 1858.
J, FREDERICK OSBOURN, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO ΤΗΣ DISTRIBUTION OF
MANURE" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain means of facilitating the distribution.
of manure. Instead of throwing farm yard and other like solid manure
on to the field to be dressed in heaps, and then distributing it by hand
I propose to mount in the tail of the dung cart a roller, fitted on its
periphery with tines, set at equal distances apart, and to apply to each
tine a spring, which springs as the roller revolves (by the transmission
of motion from the running wheels of the cart) will, as they come round

page_text: to the floor of the cart, be severally pressed against their respective
tines, and that at the moment the tine is taking up a portion of manure.
As soon as the springs are released from this pressure, their ends will
recede suddenly from the tines, and thereby throw off the manure that
might otherwise be carried upwards by the revolving tines. This
manure is fed to the tines from the body of the cart, by means of an
endless chain of rakes passing over rollers mounted in the cart.
One of these. rollers is lowered down a segment guide as the supply
of manure becomes exhausted.
I also propose to apply the revolving tine roller to a cart for dis-
tributing liquid manure, its use being in this instance to clear the
orifices of any sedimentary accumulations, which if left undisturbed
might stop the floor of the liquid. To this end I cause the tines as
they revolve to enter the orifices, and disturb or remove the solid
particles that may have a tendency to accumulate in the orifices.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Frederick Osbourn in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 9th June 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
FREDERICK OSBOURN, of Aldersgate Street, in the City of London,
Tailor, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
seventeenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Frederick Osbourn, Her
special licence that I, the said Frederick Osbourn, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Frederick Osbourn,
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

page_text: and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF MANURE," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Frederick Osbourn,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, 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 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 Frederick Osbourn, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawing here-
unto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to
say):
This Invention relates to certain means of facilitating the distribution
of manure. Instead of throwing farm yard and other like solid manure
on to the field to be dressed in heaps, and then distributing it by hand,
I propose to discharge it from the tail of the dung cart, by means of a
roller fitted on its periphery with tines set at equal distances apart,
each tine being provided with a spring, which as the roller revolves
(by the transmission of motion from the running wheels of the cart)
will throw off the manure that might otherwise be carried upwards, and
cause it to fall upon the ground.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 shews in sectional elevation,
and Fig. 2 in plan view, a cart fitted according to this Invention, and
intended for the distribution of solid manure. a, a, is the body of the
cart, and 6 one of the shafts. c, c, are rollers which turn in bearings
in the framing of the cart, and are intended to carry endless chains
d, d. These chains are connected together by cross bars e, e, which
are provided with tines, set at equal distances apart, and intended to
bring forward the manure within reach of the tines of a drum or roller
ff, mounted, in suitable bearings in the tail of the cart; affixed to this
roller are slotted springs g, g, which severally embrace one of the tines
on the roller, and are secured in position by being bolted thereto, as
shewn in the Drawing. Rotary motion is communicated, to this roller

page_text: by means of a chain h, which passes over a chain pulley h*, affixed to
one of the cart wheels, and thence over a pulley on the axle of the
roller f. The traverse of the endless chain of tines is effected by means
of a crossed band or strap i, which passes round a groove in the pulloy
h, and over a pulley on the axle of the roller c. It will now be
understood that as the cart is drawn forward over the field, the endless
chain of tines will move in the direction of the arrow, and carry the
manure under the roller f, the tines of which working between the
lines of tines carried by the endless chains, will force their way into
the manure, and by that act press back the springs g, g. But as the
tines in their rotation carry out from the cart the manure which they
have taken up, the springs will suddenly be released from the pressure
put upon them, and in recovering their natural position they will
scrape off the manure from the tines and discharge it on to the ground.
To facilitate the complete discharge of the mauure from the cart, the
frame of the cart is provided with a segment rack k, into which a
pinion (carried by the shafts) takes, by turning which any desired
elevation can be given to the cart, which elevation is retained by a
click m, falling into ratchet teeth formed on the segment rack.
Fig. 3 shews in sectional elevation, and Fig. 4 in plan view, a
modification of the above arrangement. In this case, instead of employ-
ing endless chains for traversing the manure towards the roller f
I substitute therefor tine bars n, connected severally at their hinder
end by means of a strap to an excentric o, keyed to a shaft P, which
has its bearings in the frame of the cart. These bars are carried at
their forward end by a cross piece q, and slide freely thereon. The
bottom of the cart is slotted to permit of free play to the tine bars »,
when acted upon by their excentrics. Motion is given to the excentric
shaft by a band or chain from a pulley on one of the running wheels.
As, therefore, the cart is drawn over the field, a sliding up and down
motion is imparted to the tine bars, the effect of which is to cause the
tines to draw the manure under the action of the roller f.
I also propose to apply the revolving tine roller to a cart for dis-
tributing liquid manure, its use being in this instance to clear the
orifices of any sedimentary accumulation, which, if left undisturbed,

page_text: might stop the flow of the liquid. To this end I cause the tines, as
they revolve, to enter the orifices and disturb or remove the solid par-
ticles that may have a tendency to accumulate in the orifices. Fig. 5
represents, in sectional elevation, an arrangement for effecting this
object. The hinder end of the cart is supposed to be furnished with
long narrow slots for the discharge of the liquid manure, and into these
slots their tines carried by the roller f, work, acting as a rake for
clearing away all matters that may collect in or near the orifices. A
similar provision to that above explained is provided for clearing the
tines, and also for giving motion to the roller.
Having now set forth the nature and object of my Invention, of
improvements applicable to the distribution of manure, and described
the manner of carrying the same into effect, I desire it to be understood
that under the above in part recited Letters Patent I claim,-
First, the application to manure carts of a drum or roller, provided
with tines, or their equivalent for taking up the solid manure contained
therein, as it is moved towards the discharging, opening, and scattering
it over the ground required to be manured.
And, secondly, I claim the arrangement above described for clearing
the discharging orifices of liquid manure carts.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Osbourn, have hereunto
set my hand and seal the Ninth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
25 Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
F. OSBOURN. (LS.)