IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PREPARING TURNIPS, CARROTS, PARSNIPS, POTATOES, AND ALL OTHER BULBOUS ROOTS AS FOOD FOR ANIMALS
Year: 1839

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDMUND
MOODY, of Maiden Bradley, in the County of Wilts, Yeoman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Seventh day of November, in the third year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Edmund Moody, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority,
that I, the said Edmund Moody, my exors, adiñors, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Edmund Moody, my exors, adñiors, 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 mentioned, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
PREPARING TURNIPS, CARROTS, PARSNIPS, POTATOES, AND ALL OTHER BULBOUS ROOTS
AS FOOD FOR ANIMALS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso
that I, the said Edmund Moody, shall cause a particular description of the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's 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
Edmund Moody, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and

page_text: 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) :-
The Invention relates to a peculiar constructed machine for grinding turnips
and other bulbous roots suitable for the food of animals; and in order to give
the best information in my power, I will proceed to describe the Drawing
hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents an external view of a machine constructed according to
my Invention. Figure 2 is a plan thereof. Figure 3, a section of the
external frame; and Figure 4 is an elevation of the internal frame or appa-
ratus which gives motion to the roots which are placed between the two
frames, and by the movement of one, motion is communicated to the roots
between them, and thereby caused forceably to press against cutters which
remove portions of the surfaces of the roots until the whole is ground into
a state of pulp or small pieces, and in which state I have found it most beneficial
to feed animals. The machinery shown in the Drawing is so arranged that the
external frame A, A, is fixed and stationary, and is to be secured in any suitably
strong framing, which it has not been thought necessary to show in the Draw-
ing. In order that the machine itself may be more clearly shown and readily
understood, a is the lower plate, which has openings at b, through which any
portion of the roots which are being ground, and which may pass into the
inner frame, may fall through the bottom plate a; and the bottom plate has
a series of holes or mortices formed therein, into which the ends of the various
bars which compose the sides or circumference of the external frame enter,
and at the upper ends the bars c are affixed by screws and nuts, as is shown
in the Drawing, to the top ring d; by this means a strong conical shaped frame
is constructed, each bar c being placed at a short distance apart, and have
slits or openings formed through them, as is shown at c', in addition to the
spaces left between the bars c. To each of the bars c is affixed, by screws or
otherwise, a blade, either with a straight edge or serrated edge, as is shewn in
the Drawing. c, e, are bolts which keep the lower plate and upper ring
tightly together. f is a frame to receive the axis or shaft g on which the
inner frame B is constructed; this frame f is securely affixed to the upper
ring, as is clearly shown. On the axis or shaft g are affixed by suitable end
frames h, h, what may be called four arms i, i, which at the upper part proceed
cross the external frame A, and are of such a length from the centre as
simply to have room to turn in the outer frame A; on the lower end of the

page_text: axis or shaft g, a circular frame is fixed, so that the arms i from the top
downwards gradually diminish till they merge into a cone; and the arms are
cased over with cast iron or other suitable material, so that between the inner
surface of the external frame A and the outside of the inner frame B, there will
be four spaces, into which the roots to be ground are to be placed; and on the
inner frame B receiving rotatory motion by any suitable power the roots will
be forcibly driven against the cutting edges, which are serrated and straight,
as indicated at j, k, and by this means will quickly be ground or cut into small
pieces, which will pass through the various openings; 7, 1, are inclined raised
surfaces fixed on the projecting arms, which aid in causing the roots to descend
in the machine; and m, m, are openings by which parts of the ground roots
may pass through the inner frame B and fall through at the bottom; n is a
socket which is affixed in the upper end of the axis or shaft g, in order to
receive a lever to drive the mill or machine by horse power when on a large
scale, and by manual power when on a smaller scale. I would remark, that
although I have been thus particular in describing and showing the peculiar
construction of every part of the machine in the form I believe best suited for
carrying out my Invention, I would wish it to be understood that I do not
confine myself to the precise construction so long as the Invention is retained,
which I declare to consist of the mode of combining the inner and outer
frames A, B, the one moving and forcing the roots against suitable cutting
surfaces, and having slits or openings through which the portions ground or cut
off may fall as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edmund Moody, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this 6th day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand night hundred and forter