Improvements in Apparatus for Hoeing or "Distancing Turnips and the like, the Apparatus being applicable to Seed Drills.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 21st Feb., 1896-Accepted, 20th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in Apparatus for Hoeing or "Distancing Turnips
and the like, the Apparatus being applicable to Seed Drills.
I, REUBEN ROBERTS, of Potterton, Barwick in Elmete near Leeds, Blacksmith,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as follows:-
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The object of my invention is to provide apparatus, (which may form an
addition to an ordinary seed drill) for mechanically "setting out" or "distancing
turnip and other crops of the like kind, by removing or cutting out certain parts
of such crops and to save the expense of haud hoeing of such crops, my said
apparatus removing or cutting up the weeds and the like, by which hand hoeing is
avoided.
In carrying out my invention I employ a frame preferably angular in shape
carried on loose or detachable bearings (by which the said frame may be fitted to
or attached to an ordinary seed drill). The said frame is provided with shafts
arranged at right angles to each other, and carrying bevel wheels.
One shaft may be termed the cross driving shaft and derives its motion from
gear wheels or pinions upon it engaging with gear wheels upon the main driving
shaft and through travelling wheels placed at the outside by which the implement
is moved on the land when drawn by horse power. The shafts arranged as before
stated at right angles to the cross driving shaft may be termed the down driving
shafts and each carry knives or cutters at one end and bevel wheels at the other
end which gear with the bevel wheels upon the cross driving shaft.
A further shaft is provided (parallel with the cross driving shaft) for carrying
bevelled, hollowed out, or concave rollers with a collar upon the shaft to separate
the rollers aforesaid.
When the machine is drawn the cross driving shaft is rotated which imparts
motion to the down driving shafts causing the knives or cutters to come in contact
with, "strike," or "set out" the plants by removing such as are not required in the
row, and so leave spaces among the others, also weeds and other foreign growths
are removed.
My said invention is made, by means of the loose or detachable bearings
aforesaid so as to be readily applied to and detached from an ordinary seed
drill.
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JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Hoeing or "Distancing" Turnips
and the like, the Apparatus being applicable to Seed Drills.
1, REUBEN ROBERTS, of Potterton, Barwick in Elmete, near Leeds, Blacksmith,
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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide apparatus (which may form an

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addition to an ordinary seed drill) for mechanically "setting out" or "distancing
turnip and other crops of the like kind, by removing or cutting out certain parts
of such crops, and to save the expense of hand hoeing of such crops, my said
apparatus removing or cutting up the weeds and the like, by which hand hoeing is
avoided.
Fig. 2, 1s a side elevation.
Fig. 3, is an end view of cutters.
In carrying out my invention I employ a frame A (preferably angular in shape)
carried on loose or detachable bearings by which the said frame A may be fitted
or attached to an ordinary seed drill.
In the drawings the frame A is shown carried on the shaft or axle M, which
is the ordinary shaft or axle carrying the concave rollers in an ordinary seed
drill.
The said frame A
shafts C and D,
wheels E and F
The said frame A has holes A³, and a slotted guide bar M¹.
has an extension frame A¹ which has in connection with it
arranged at right angles to each other, and carrying bevel
respectively. The said frame A' is carried loosely by the shaft C and rises and
falls by the action of the ridge.
The shaft C may be termed the cross driving shaft, and derives its motion from
gear wheels or pinions G upon it engaging with gear wheels H upon the main
driving shaft J and through travelling wheels K placed at the outside by which
the implement is moved on the land when drawn by horse power.
The shaft C is carried by brackets or bearings B, which are secured on the
square shaft J, of the seed drill this shaft is as ordinary and forms no part of my
invention.
The said shaft C is also made in two parts, the inner ends being carried by the
bracket or bearing B' which is also fixed to the shaft J like the bearing or
brackets B.
The shaft is carried by the lower ends of the said brackets or bearings B so as
to allow it to revolve freely when required.
The shafts D arranged as before stated at right angles to the cross driving
shaft C, may be termed the down driving shafts and each carry knives or cutters L
at one end and bevel wheels F at the other end which gear with the bevel wheels E
upon the cross driving shaft C.
The shaft M is carried by the frame M* which is a part of an ordinary seed
drill. Upon the shaft M are bevelled, hollowed out or concave rollers N with a
collar N upon the said shaft to separate them.
The said rollers N are provided with recessed parts N¹ to pass over the plants
without breaking them, the said rollers acting as guides for the cutters L whereby
they are enabled to remove such plants as are not required.
The cutters L are arranged with segmental spiral cutting edges similar to a lawn
mower cylinder cutter and are carried by arms P (fixed on the shaft D) to which
they may be bolted or rivetted.
O are bars for guiding the cutters L on the ridge and act as an edge or surface
for the cutters L to cut against.
By means of the slotted guide bar M¹ the frame A can be adjusted to a tilting
position, so as to vary the action of the ordinary side hoes R, by changing the
position of the said guide bar M' by means of the holes A' and bolt and nut A³.
When the machine is drawn the cross driving shaft C is rotated which imparts
motion to the down driving shafts D causing the knives or cutters L to come in
contact with, "strike or set out the plants, by removing such as are not required
in the row, and so leave spaces among the others, also weeds and other foreign
growths are removed.
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page_text: I would have it understood that although my said invention is shown applied to
a seed drill, it may be constructed as a separate implement.
My said invention is equally applicable for acting on the rows or ridges or on
the level.
My said invention is made, by means of the loose or detachable bearings
aforesaid so as to be readily applied to and detached from an ordinary seed
drill.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be perforined I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The construction and arrangement of apparatus for mechanically hoeing and
"distancing" or setting out turnips and the like, in the manner, and for the purposes
substantially as shown and described.
2. The combination with a seed drill of apparatus for mechanically hoeing and
"distancing turnips" and the like, arranged and operating in the manner substan-
tially as set forth.
3. The combination of parts forming my invention for mechanically hoeing and
"distancing" turnips and the like, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 20th Jan
1000
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.