Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Distributing Manure over Land.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 20th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 28th Oct.,
1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION...
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Distributing Manure
over Land.
....
I, CHRISTOPHER DOBSON, of Exchange Buildings, Central Drive, Blackpool, in
the County of Lancaster, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:
This invention has reference to machinery or apparatus for distributing dung
manure upon land in such a way as to obtain a more even spreading or distribu-
tion thereof than has hitherto been usual.
For this purpose the machine or apparatus comprises a receptacle adapted to
travel upon the ground and provided at the bottom with outlets formed by and
between knives which, or some of which, when the machine is in use, are caused
to move in such a way as to cut up the manure falling upon and between them
and so subdivide it that it will fall in an approximately uniform manner over the
ground over which the machine is drawn.
The receptacle may be made of hopper shape, mounted on wheels and be
provided with one or more sets of knives, that may somewhat resemble those of
a mowing machine and are adapted to receive a backward and forward or side-
ways motion through the intervention of lever or wheel gearing transmitting
motion from a wheel or wheels which carry a part of or the whole weight of the
machine. The machine, when in use, may be dragged at the tail of a cart con-
taining the manure to be distributed and from which cart the said manure is
transferred to the hopper of the distributing machine in any convenient manner,
as by hand shovelling, or automatically by rotary or travelling blades or buckets.
In this case the front portion of the hopper is adapted to follow under the tail
of the cart so that all manure thrown or falling therefrom may find its way to
the knives, the said front part of the hopper also serving to protect the forward
wheels of the machine (from which the knives may receive their motion) from
falling manure, the rear portion of the said hopper being raised to a sufficient
height to stop or deflect downwards any manure which may be thrown from the
cart too high in a rearward direction and also if desired being provided with
hooks or other fastenings to take the chain or other connection to the cart so
that the dragging leverage may tend to throw the greater weight of the machine
on to the front wheels from which the knives are or may be driven. If the
knives are actuated by the rear wheels the connection to the cart may conveniently
be fixed at a point low and forward on the machine in place of rearward and
high for the same reason, i.e. to throw the weight of the machine as far as
possible on to the driving wheels. The machine may be weighted if it be not
sufficiently heavy of itself to drive the knives.
1
December 1808

page_text: Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Distributing Manure
over Land.
I, CHRISTOPHER DOBSON, of Exchange Buildings, Central Drive, Blackpool, in
the County of Lancaster, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
This invention has reference to machinery or apparatus for distributing dung
manure upon land in such a way as to obtain a more even spreading or distribu-
tion thereof than has hitherto been usual.
For this purpose the machine or apparatus comprises a receptacle adapted to
travel upon the ground and provided at the bottom with outlets formed by and
between knives which, or some of which, when the machine is in use, are caused
to move in such a way as to cut up the manure falling upon and between them
and so subdivide it that it will fall in an approximately uniform manner over the
ground over which the machine is drawn.
Referring to the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2
a sectional plan of a machine according to this invention. The machine com-
prises a receptacle 1, which may be made of hopper shape, mounted on three
wheels 2; the receptacle has an outlet 3 provided with transverse bars 4 over
which work two sets of knives 5, that may somewhat resemble those of a mow-
ing machine. The knives 5 are fixed to bars 5ª which are coupled to a lever 5b
pivoted at 5° outside the receptacle 1. The free end of the rearward bar 5ª
extends through the end of the receptacle and is connected by a lever 6 to a
crank disc 7 fixed to a spindle 7 carrying a bevel wheel 8 which gears with a
bevel wheel 9 fixed to the axle 10 of the rear wheels of the machine. The
knives 5 may be actuated in any other convenient manner, if desired. The
machine, when in use, may be dragged at the tail of a cart 11 containing the
manure to be distributed and from which cart the said manure is transferred
to the hopper of the distributing machine in any convenient manner, as by
hand shovelling or by means of a long rake or hoe operated by a person occupying
a seat 12 provided in a convenient position at the rear of the machine. In some
instances, the manure may be distributed automatically by rotary or travelling
blades or buckets.
The front portion of the hopper is adapted to follow under the tail of the cart,
as shown, so that all manure raked, thrown or falling therefrom may find its
way to the knives 5, the said front part of the hopper also serving to protect the
forward wheels of the machine from falling manure; the rear portion of the
said hopper is of sufficient height to stop or deflect downwards any manure which
may be thrown from the cart too high in a rearward direction. On each side of
the receptacle 1 a chain 13 is provided for coupling the distributing machine
to the cart, as shown.
If desired, the knives 5 may be actuated from the front wheel or wheels, the
receptacle 1 then being provided with hooks or other fastenings to take the
chain or other connection to the cart so that the dragging leverage may tend to
throw the greater weight of the machine on to the front wheels. If the knives 5
are actuated by the rear wheels as in the example the connection to the cart
may conveniently be fixed at a point low and forward on the machine in place
of rearward and high so as to throw the weight of the machine as far as possible
on to the driving wheels. The machine may be weighted if it be not sufficiently

page_text: heavy of itself to cause the proper driving of the knives. In some cases only
one set of knives may be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:―
1. A machine or apparatus for distributing manure over land comprising a
receptacle suitably mounted on a carriage and formed at the bottom with an
outlet and with knives which are caused to move in such a way as to cut up the
manure falling upon and between them substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
2. A machine or apparatus for distributing manure over land constructed,
arranged and operating as described with reference to and shown in the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 20th day of September 1899.
For the Applicant,
W. LLOYD WISE.
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.