An Appliance for Spreading Manure Used in Conjunction with Chain-harrows, Used also as a Sleigh for Removing the Harrows from Place to Place.
Year: 1889

page_text: An Appliance for Spreading Manure Used in Conjunction with
Chain-harrows, Used also as a Sleigh for Removing the Harrows
from Place to Place.
I, GEORGE LEWIS, of Woodford and Stone, Falfield, R.S.O. in the County of
Gloucestershire Agricultural Engineer, 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 for a manure spreading appliance consists of a number of rods bent
to the required shape, (hereinafter called spreaders), and placed parallel to each other
obliquely to the line of working, and so arranged that one or more of the spreaders
shall pass over every portion of the land, the oblique direction in which the spreaders
work causing the manure to be thoroughly distributed, ready for the chain-harrows
which may follow; the appliance when reversed, forms a sleigh for conveying harrows
from one field to another.
My manure spreader is constructed in the following manner :-A strong plate of
iron or other material forms the frame of one of the sections, and to this frame a
number of spreaders are fastened at an angle of about 50°, and at such a distance
from each other that every portion of the land will be operated upon; the frame is
made in sections so that it may work readily where the surface of the land is uneven,
each section is fastened to its corresponding section by joints or hinges, and the oblique
direction of the spreaders may conveniently be reversed in adjacent sections.
Above
the frame plate is a carrying plate, these two plates have pieces of metal or hard wood
placed between them to preserve a space for the bolts and nuts which fasten the
spreaders to the frame-plate so as to allow a new spreader to be inserted as required,
the two plates are fastened to each other by screws or bolts, and correspond in size
with each other except the ends of the appliance, where the carrying plate projects
beyond the frame plate, and is slightly curved so that it may work more readily as
a sleigh, the top of the carrying plate is quite smooth, enabling it, when reversed to
travel easily over the roads when the harrows have been placed upon the spreaders,
which will then be uppermost.
The nature and construction of my appliance will be more readily understood from
the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a general plan, Fig. 2 an elevation,
and Fig. 3 a transverse elevation; A is the carrying plate, shown on plan in two
sections, B the frame plate, C the spreaders fixed by nuts to the frame plate, D the
hinge or joint by which the sections are fastened together, E the rings to which the
horses or other power can be attached, F hooks by which chain-harrows may be
fastened to the manure spreader, and G holes or rings in the bent ends of the carrying
plate, by which the appliance is drawn when used as a sleigh.
The operation of my manure spreader is as follows:-the horse or horses being attached
to the rings E, and the harrows, when required, to the hooks F at the back, the
spreaders are drawn over the land, and the oblique direction in which they are drawn,
causes the manure to be evenly distributed, and the harrows following will operate
in a more uniform and effective manner. When it is desired to use the appliance as
a sleigh, it is turned over on the carrying plate, the harrows can be folded up
and placed on the spreaders, and when the horses are attached to one of the rings
it can readily be drawn from one place to another.
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 1 claim is :-
1. An appliance for use in conjunction with chain-harrows for the purpose of
spreading manure, substantially as set forth in the accompanying drawings."

page_text: 2. The oblique arrangement of the spreaders.
3. The construction of the frame in double plates bolted together as described.
4. The construction of the manure spreader in such a manner that, when reversed,
it serves as a sleigh for removing the chain-harrows or other material from place
to place.
J. G. WESTLAKE,
Agent.