Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Manure Distributor.
THOMAS CHARLES SARGEANT Cattle Market Road Northampton Engineer. I do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to machines used for the distribution of manure upon the
land, & the novelty consists chiefly in the construction of the delivery part of
the hopper or receptacle, & the main road wheels. I will now briefly describe my
invention which is as follows:-
Inside the hopper and near the bottom is a shaft, preferably of square section
running in suitable bearings in the hopper & hopper ends. The axis of
this shaft is parallel to the axis of the main road wheels, & derives its motion by
spur gearing from the said road wheels. Upon the said shaft are threaded a series of
stirrers, which consist of a boss having a corresponding square hole formed therein to
suit the shaft. Upon the boss are formed one or more arms or wings, the arms upon
the said boss being preferably arranged at opposite angles of inclination or alternately
right & left hand. Parallel to the above mentioned stirrer shaft & running
the length of the hopper is the regulator, which consist of two pieces or strips one of
which is secured to the hopper, whilst the other is adjustable by any suitable gear
preferably by rack and pinion. These strips are preferably arranged with a bevil or
feather edge, & so arranged that the bevil or feather edge of one strip
is opposite to the bevil or feather edge of the other strip, so that
other strip,
when the regulator is closed the two bevilled edges are in contact; the adjustment
or regulation being accomplished by varying the distance between these
two feather edges, by means of the rack & pinion before mentioned, the position of
the outlet being such that is found best suitable, which is nearly in a line with the
axis of the revolving stirrers.
I also claim novelty in the method of securing the spokes of the main road wheel'
to the rim thereof. It consists in forming a thread upon the outer end of the spokes
corresponding with a thread formed inside a nut of peculiar construction. This nut
has a head and a sleeve, the head being of larger diameter than the sleeve. The
holes in the tyre are of sufficient diameter to receive the sleeve of the nut, the said
hole in the tyre being countersunk to suit the form of nut head, the latter being flush
with the tread of the tyre. It will therefore be seen that when the spoke and nut
are in position the spoke is in tension.
Dated this Sixteenth day of September 1806.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. In a distributor for agricultural purposes; the combination of the parts herein
described, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
2. In a distributor for agricultural purposes; the hopper 1 of which is provided
with an agitator 3 for disturbing the contents of the hopper 1, in the vicinity of the
regulator 4. 5, which consists of the fixed feather edged strip 4, and the
adjustable strip 5, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
3. In a distributor for agricultural purposes; the spoke 11 of the road wheel of which
is secured to the tyre 15 by a sleeve nut 13, the head of the said nut being of greater
diameter than the sleeve thereof 14, the said sleeve 14 passing through the tyre 15,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
4. In a distributor for agricultural purposes, the hopper 1 of which is provided
with an agitator 3 for disturbing the contents of the said hopper 1, in the vicinity of
the regulator 4, 5, which consists of two parallel strips, the said strips being
adjustable one with the other, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 11th day of June 1807
THOS. C. SARGEANT.