IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE HOES AND TURNIP THINNERS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Fordham Mote of Burnham Market in the County of
Norfolk, Agricultural Engineer for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
HORSE HOES AND TURNIP THINNERS
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Fordham Mote at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th June 1883.
FORDHAM MOTE of Burnham Market in the County of Norfolk, Agricultural
Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE HOES AND TURNIP THINNERS"
This invention relates to improvements in or in an attachment for horse hoes
and turnip thinners or other implements for hoeing and thinning turnips, mangolds
and the like and my improvements consist in the construction and application to
such implements of a wheel, skeeth or disc; the said attachment is adjustable and
is adapted to revolve between the hoe or other implement and the plants in such
a manner as to prevent anything from covering the young plants. :

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Fordham Mote in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 5th December
1883.
FORDHAM MOTE of Burnham Market, in the County of Norfolk, Agricultural
Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE HOES AND TURNIP THINNERS
This invention relates to improvements in or in an attachment for horse hoes
and turnip thinners or other implements for hoeing and thinning turnips, mangolds
and the like and my improvements consist in the construction and application to
such implements of a wheel, skeeth or disc; the said attachment is adjustable and
is adapted to revolve between the hoe or other implement and the plants in such a
manner as to prevent anything from covering the young plants.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1, is a
part side elevation of a horse hoe shewing my improvements applied thereto;
figure 2, is a side view on a larger scale shewing a pair of hoes with my
improvements adapted thereto; figure 3, is a front view of figure 2, and figure 4,
is a perspective view on a smaller scale. Similar letters in all the figures
represent similar parts.
a, a, represent the hoes of any suitable horse hoe. b; b, represent the wheels,
skeeths, or discs which I adapt one to each hoe as shewn; each wheel, skeeth or
disc b, can revolve on a pin or bolt c, on the lower end of a rod or bar d, which
can be adjusted by a bolt e, on the carrier f, which slides on the bar g, of the
hoe a; the carrier f, is adjustable on the hoe stem g, by the bolt h.
A wheel, skeeth or disc such as that shewn is adapted to each hoe a, and is
adjusted so that when the horse hoe is at work the wheels, skeeths or discs will
revolve between the hoes and the root crops so as to protect the plants and prevent
the earth covering them.
I have described and shewn my invention as applied to a horse hoe but it will
be evident that it may also be used in conjunction with other implements for
hoeing and thinning turnips, mangolds and the like.
In some cases the wheel, skeeth or disc need not revolve in which case a
complete wheel, skeeth or disc would not be required but I have found a revolving
wheel to give good results in practice.
Having thus described my invention and the manner of performing the same
what I claim is :-
The application to and use with horse hoes and turnip thinners of adjustable
wheels, skeeths, or discs for the purpose and in the manner substantially as
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
In witness whereof I the said Fordham Mote have hereto set my hand and
seal this fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty three
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