IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR CUTTING OR PULPING ROOTS TO BE USED AS FOOD FOR CATTLE
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Hammond Bentall, of Heybridge, near
Maldon, in the County of Essex, Agricultural Implement Maker, for the
Invention of "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR CUTTING OR PULPING ROOTS TO
BE USED AS FOOD FOR CATTLE."
Sealed the 26th September 1861, and dated the 23rd April 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Hammond Bentall
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd April 1861. .
I, EDWARD HAMMOND BENTALL, of Heybridge, near Maldon, in the County
of Essex, Agricultural Implement Maker, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR CUTTING OR PULPING ROOTS
TO BE USED AS FOOD FOR CATTLE," to be as follows:-
My Invention of improved machinery for cutting or pulping roots to be
used as food for cattle, consists of various improvements upon the machine
known in the trade as Phillip's turnip cutter, whereby this machine may
be more cheaply constructed than heretofore and be less liable to derange-
ment and damage.
The first improvement consists in casting in one piece the hopper, the
inclined stops, and the upright hollow shaft which receives and supports
the vertical spindle. The hopper or vessel for containing the roots to be
operated upon is also made to serve as the framing of the machine and
the legs to support the machine are bolted on to the sides of this hopper.

page_text: Another improvement consists in placing the driving gear above the
hopper so as to keep it away from the dirt. The cutting instruments are
fixed on a plate which is keyed or otherwise secured on the central vertical
shaft, and the machine is so arranged that in may be used either as an ordinary
turnip cutter, a pulper, or as a slicer, for which purpose additional plates
are provided with cutting tools suitable for the intended object. When it
is desired to change the cutting instruments it will only be necessary to unkey
and remove the rotary plate from the central, vertical spindle and secure in its
place another one provided with different cutters.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edward Hammond Bentall, in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 23rd October 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
HAMMOND BENTALL, of Heybridge, near Maldon, in the County of Essex, Agri-
cultural Implement Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Edward Hammond Bentall, Her special license that I, the said
Edward Hammond Bentall, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Edward Hammond Bentall, 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 "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR CUTTING OR PULPING ROOTS TO BE
USED AS FOOD FOR CATTLE," upon the condition (amongst others) that J, the
said Edward Hammond Bentall, by an instrument in writing under my 1
hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and 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.
.
1 NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Hammond Bentall, do hereby s
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same

page_text: is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and, the letters and figures marked therein (that is to say):-
My Invention of "Improved Machinery for Cutting or Pulping Roots
to be used as Food for Cattle," consists of various improvements upon the
machine known in the trade as Phillips's turnip cutter. The object of my
Invention is that machines of this class may be more cheaply constructed
and be less liable to derangement and damage than heretofore.
The first improvement consists in casting in one piece the hopper, the:
inclined stops, and the upright hollow shaft which receives and supports the
vertical driving spindle. The hopper or vessel for containing the roots to
be operated upon is also made to serve as the framing of the machine, and
the legs to support the machine are bolted on to the sides of this hopper.
The driving gear is placed above the hopper so as to keep it away from the
dirt or other extraneous matters that may adhere to or be mixed with the
roots that are to be operated upon. The cutting instruments are fixed on
a plate which is keyed or otherwise secured on the centrál vertical shaft:
and the machine is so arranged that this plate, with the cutting instruments
thereon, may be removed and replaced with facility, so that the machine may
be used either as an ordinary turnip cutter, a pulper, or as a slicer, for
which purpose additional plates furnished with cutting tools suitable for
the intended object are provided. When it is desired to change the cutting
instruments it will only be necessary to unkey and remove the rotary plate
from the central vertical spindle and secure in its place another one provided
with different cutters.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 is a side elevation of one of my
improved machines for cutting or pulping roots to be used as food for cattle;"
Fig. 2, is a vertical section of the same; Fig 3 is a plan view of the hopper
with the inclined stops and upright hollow shaft which are cast all in one
piece as shewn in the Figure.
a, a is the hopper; b, b, b, the inclined stops; and c, the hollow vertical shaft,
through which passes the central spindle d. A bevil toothed wheel e is
keyed on to the shaft c, and gears into the pinion f on the shaft g. One end
of this shaft is inserted in a socket cast on the hollow upright spindle c as
shewn in the Drawing, and the other end is supported in bearings h which
are fixed on the side of the hopper as shewn in Fig. 2. A fly wheel i pro-
vided with a handle for actuating the same is keyed on to the shaft g. The
cutting instruments are fixed on the horizontal circular plate j, which is
secured on to the lower end of the vertical shaft d by means of a nipping

page_text: screw which passes through the boss of the plate, and secures it to the
central vertical shaft d. The hopper a is supported on wooden legs k, k,
but cast or wrought-iron legs may be used instead of the wooden ones, if
preferred. The platej being made to rotate with the central vertical shaft
d forms a kind of moveable bottom to the hopper a, and may be furnished
with any desired description of cutting instrument, and if desired two or three
plates; provided with various kinds of cutting justruments may be provided,
and by loosening the screw the platej may be removed from the machine and
another plate with a different kind of cutting instrument may be secured on
the rotary central shaft d in its place. It will be seen that this exchange of
the plates and cutting instruments may be effected with facility without in
any way interfering with the driving gear, which latter by being placed above
the hopper is not liable to be damaged by dirt or extraneous matters from
the hopper getting into the bearings or between the teeth of the wheels.
Having now described my Invention of improved machinery for cutting
or pulping roots to be used as food for cattle, and having explained the
manner of carrying the same into effect, I claim as the Invention secured
to me by Letters Patent as aforesaid, the mode herein set forth of
constructing and arranging the several parts of the machine, I also claim
constructing the hopper, inclined stops, and hollow upright shaft in one
piece.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Hammond Bentall, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
E. H. BENTALL. (L.S.)