IMPROVEMENTS OR RELATING TO CARTS FOR DISTRIBUTING OR SCATTERING CERTAIN MATERIALS AND LIQUIDS, OVER ROADS OR FIELDS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, JOSEPH TULLIDGE of Pleasant Grove, York Road, Kings Cross, Middlesex,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for IMPROVEMENTS
OR RELATING TO CARTS FOR DISTRIBUTING OR SCATTERING CERTAIN MATERIALS
AND LIQUIDS, OVER ROADS OR FIELDS to be as follows:-
.
This invention relates to apparatus intended for the distribution or scattering
of sand, gravel, salt, water and such like, on roads in frosty or other weather; or
manure, seeds, water or fluids or such like on or over fields. To this end the
improvements consist of one or more receptacles of cylindrical or other convenient
shape, having a flared or trumpet mouth at the top, and a flat rim or disc like
projection outwards at the bottom, parallel to which is a disc made the same size
or nearly so as the flat circular bottom of the receptacle said latter disc being fixed.
on a shaft so that it can revolve parallel to and within any desired distance of the
bottom of the receptacle. The receptacle may be fixed and the disc revolvė,
or both may revolve and in opposite directions. Or the receptacle or disc either or
both may have imparted to them instead of a rotary motion, a back and forward
motion through part of a circle only. The receptacle is suspended to the axle,
underframe or other convenient part of a vehicle; the shaft carrying the disc, (and
sometimes the receptacle, when that also is made to revolve or move) is hung
loosely from the underframe of the vehicle and made to move by any convenient
gearing connecting it with a wheel or wheels of the vehicle actuated as the latter
moves. The receptacle is furnished with a hopper or such like communicating."
with the vehicle which carries the material liquid & said hopper by preference
flexible and hanging loosely over the receptacles' flared mouth.
The top surface of the revolving or moving disc as also the bottom surface of
the receptacle may be made corrugated or of irregular surfaces to assist in the
scattering effect.

page_text: The revolving or moving disc can be lowered or lifted to meet the bottom or disc
of the receptacle, or in any other convenient manner, the distance between the
discs may be arranged to suit the material to be projected-when water is to be
dealt with one or both dises may be perforated and a perforated or other rim fitted
between and around the peripheries of the two discs. One or more stirrers, may
be placed and actuated either in the vehicle or in the hopper, or in the receptacle
and these stirrers worked by gearing actuated also by a wheel or wheels of the
vehicle.
One or more of such hoppers receptacles and discs may be fitted to any con-
venient vehicle.

page_text: I, JOSEPH TULLIDGE of Pleasant Grove, York Road, Kings Cross, Middlesex,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner.
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My invention relates to apparatus for distributing sand, gravel water.and such
like on roads, or manure, seeds, water or other liquids on fields.
In the following description reference will be made to the annexed drawings in
which Fig. 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 a rear view of a distributing apparatus
embodying my invention.
The mechanism or distributing apparatus properly speaking is mounted on a
carriage having a pair of wheels A mounted on the same axle. On this axle is
fixed a spur wheel B gearing into an intermediate wheel C supported by the
carriage frame. This spur wheel C gears on one side into another spur wheel D
mounted on a horizontal shaft D¹ which carries at the inner end.(near the centre.
line of the carriage) a bevel wheel E gearing into another bevel wheel F mounted
on a vertical shaft F¹ which carries near its lower end a distributing disc G situated
at the rear end of the carriage.
This disc is divided into compartments or sectors by angle irons fixed to its,
upper surface and extending radially from the hub to the circumference.
It will be seen that by setting the carriage in motion the disc G will be caused
to turn on its vertical axis and will continue in motion until the carriage stops, or
until one of the tooth wheels (for instance F) is set out of
which may
gear,
be
done by well known means not shown in the drawings.
In front of the wheel C is mounted a horizontal axle H¹ carrying a spur wheel H
which gears into the wheel C and also into an intermediate wheel K adapted to
set in motion the spur wheel L mounted on a horizontal shaft in front of the
shaft H. This shaft H¹ passes through a hopper or receptacle R and forms the
fulcrum of the same.
The shaft H¹ is supported right and left of the receptacle by a pair of bearings
one of which is pivoted on a horizontal axis D¹¹ and controlled by a double armed
hand lever H¹¹. As seen in Fig. 1 the fulcrum of this lever is formed by a short
post attached to the carriage frame, and the short arm of the lever forms a hook
which passes through a ring attached to the base plate of one of the bearings
in which turns the axle H¹.
By depressing the lever H11, the axle H¹ together with the receptacle R will be
slightly lifted or turned on the axis D" and thereby the wheel H disengaged from
the wheel C. In the interior of the receptacle R the axle H³ carries several
stirring arms or blades H", see Fig. 2, and the axle of the wheel L carries similar
blades not shown in the drawings.
The bottom of the receptacle R is formed by an inclined plate (shown in Fig. 1
by dotted lines) leaving at the lower end an opening for the passage of the sand or

page_text: other material. This opening may be regulated by a movable slide (similar to
those employed in roller mills) provided on its underside with a pair of racks M³
(see Fig. 2) gearing into pinions M. These pinions are mounted on a horizontal
shaft M³ carrying at one end a ratchet wheel M and a hand lever M¹. The ratchet
wheel with the shaft M³ and slide may be retained in the desired position by a
spring pawl M".
In the front of receptacle R is mounted a worm wheel P gearing into a worm O
mounted on a shaft N¹ which may be turned by a hand wheel N.
The worm-wheel P, the axle bearing of which is secured to the wall of the
receptacle R gears into a rack Q pivoted at its lower end to the carriage frame and
guided at the rear by a roller or rod secured to the extended bearing of the worm-
wheel shaft.
It will be seen, that by turning the wheel N the receptacle R is caused to pivot
on the shaft H¹, so that any desired inclination may be produced and retained.
The material discharged from the receptacle falls upon a shoot. S leading it down
upon the disc G by the revolution of which the sand or other material is scattered
over the road or field.
The arrangement of the disc and shoot are so, that at the time when the.
material reaches the circumference of the disc and is thrown off by the latter, the
respective sector of the disc will be situated behind the axle F¹. This effect may
be further ensured by surrounding the front part of the disc with a cylindrical
shield of sheet iron or other material.
T is a frame for supporting the axle F¹.
In apparatus for distributing liquid, the stirrers are dispensed with, the inclined
shoot is replaced by one or more pipes; the disc may be perforated and surrounded
with a perforated rim.
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
In distributing apparatus mounted on wheels and adapted to be set in operation
by the motion of the vehicle.
1. A rotary disc G divided into sections and arranged to operate substantially
as and for the purpose described.
2. A receptacle pivoted on a horizontal axis and adapted to be set at the desired
inclination in the manner substantially as described.
3. The mechanism for setting the stirring apparatus out of action, substantially
as described.
4. The combination of mechanism for setting in motion the distributing disc and
the stirrers, substantially as described.
5. The arrangement of the entire vehicle with receptacle, distributing and
regulating mechanism, substantially as described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated this 10th day of November 1885.