IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING AND PULPING FOOD FOR CATTLE, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Lambert, of Sunk Island, in the East Riding
of the County of York, Farmer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING AND PULPING FOOD FOR CATTLE, AND
FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES."
Sealed the 23rd March 1860, and dated the 24th September 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Lambert at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th
September 1859.
I, CHARLES LAMBERT, of Sunk Island, in the East Riding of the County of
York, Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINES OR APPARATUSES FOR CUTTING AND PULPING FOOD FOR
CATTLE, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
My Invention, in the first place, relates to the construction of a machine or
apparatus primarily designed for cutting and pulping roots (such as turnips).
and other like substances, and consists in mounting upon a shaft a pair or
pairs of inclined plates or surfaces having blades or teeth formed upon or
attached to them, and in fixing between each pair of these plates or surfaces
an inclined plate or surface for the cutters to cut against. The two plates of
the pair approach each other as they approach the shaft, and meet or nearly
meet at the shaft; the shaft is to be made to revolve by any suitable means.
My Invention, in the second place, relates to the construction of a machine.

page_text: or apparatus primarily designed for cutting up oil cake and other like sub-
stances, and consists in mounting a set of circular saws upon a shaft (made to
revolve by any suitable means), one or more of such saws being larger in
diameter than the others, so that when the saws are caused to revolve, a cake
may be placed upon a movable board, and subjected to the action of the saws,
which will cut it into several pieces in one direction. The cake may then be
turned round at right angles to its former direction, and subjected to the action
of the larger saw or saws whereby it will be cut longitudinally into smaller
pieces.
My Invention, in the third place, relates to the construction of a single
machine or apparatus which shall accomplish the work of both the aforesaid
machines or apparatuses, and consists in adapting cutting plates and circular
saws in the manner before described to a single shaft instead of to two separate
shafts.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles Lambert in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
24th March 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
LAMBERT, of Sunk Island, in the East Riding of the County of York, Farmer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Charles Lambert, Her special licence that I, the said Charles
Lambert, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Charles Lambert, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES OR APPARATUSES FOR CUTTING AND PULPING FOOD
FOR CATTLE AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Charles Lambert, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and

page_text: in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Lambert, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed,
that is to say:-
My Invention, in the first place, relates to the construction of a machine or
apparatus primarily designed for cutting and pulping roots (such as turnips)
and other like substances, and consists in mounting upon a shaft a pair or
pairs of inclined plates or surfaces having blades or teeth formed upori or
attached to them, and in fixing between each pair of these plates or surfaces
an inclined plate or surface for the cutters to cut against. The two plates of
the pair approach each other as they approach the shaft and meet or nearly
meet at the shaft; the shaft is to be made to revolve by any suitable means.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a perspective view of a root
cutter or pulper constructed according to my Invention. A, A, are two conical
inclined surfaces or plates mounted on a shaft B, to which rotary motion is.
imparted by a strap passing round the pulley C, or it may be driven by a
winch handle. The plates A, A, are armed with hooked knives or teeth a, a,
which work against a ribbed fence or double toothed plate D, D; E is a
shield which is shown broken off in order that the inclined plates and other
parts of the machine may be clearly illustrated. Roots are fed in from 'á
hopper over the fence, and on motion being communicated to the shaft B, the
two conical inclined plates are made to revolve, and are thus caused to press
the roots against the ribbed fence D, while the knives thereon gradually reduce
them until they fall into a receptacle below. Figure 2 is a side elevation with
one side removed, and Figure 3 a plan with the shield removed of my machine
for cutting and pulping roots with only one inclined toothed surface: A is the
inclined conical plate or surface mounted on a shaft B, which carries a toothed
wheel a, gearing into a larger wheel b, on a spindle c, to which rotary motion
is imparted by a winch handle or by a pulley and strap. The conical plate A
carries knives or cutters d, d; C is a toothed fence inclined towards the centre
of the conical plate where it approaches most nearly to it; D is the hopper.
Roots are placed in the hopper D, and on motion being communicated to the
shaft B, through the winch handle or pulley, the conical plate revolves, presses
the roots against the inclined fence C, and the knives gradually reduce them
until they fall into a receptacle below. By regulating the distance between

page_text: the centre of the conical plate, and the lower part of the fence, the size to
which the roots are to be reduced can be varied.'
Figure 4 shows another arrangement, which' I sometimes adopt for pulping
roots according to my Invention. a, b, are two inclined surfaces in the form
of conical rollers carrying teeth or knives round the whole of their circum-
ference; the teeth on one roller are set to come between those on the other.
The shaft of the roller a carries a toothed wheel c, and the shaft of the roller b
a similar wheel c'. The shaft on which the latter wheel is mounted also
carries a fly-wheel or pulley d driven by a winch handle or by a belt. In this
arrangement the ribbed fence plate is dispensed with. Roots are placed in a
hopper above the rollers, and as they revolve in contrary directions, the teeth
reduce the roots, which then fall cut between the rollers.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
'manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim as my improve-
ments in machines or apparatuses for cutting and pulping food for cattle and
for other like purposes,
First, the employment in machines for cutting and pulping roots and other
like substances of one or more inclined surfaces or plates, having blades or
teeth formed upon or attached to them, in conjunction with a toothed or ribbed
fence, as herein-before described.
And, second, the employment for the purpose of cutting and pulping food
for cattle and other like purposes of a pair of inclined surfaces armed with
knives or blades in the form of conical rollers made to revolve in opposite
directions, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Lambert, hath hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of March, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty.
CHA. LAMBERT. (L.S.)