US425338A

US425338A - Distributer for flock

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Publication number: US425338A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-04-08
Anticipated expiration: 1907-04-08

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(NovModeI.)

G. MULLER. DISTRIBUTER POR PLOCK, SANDLTINSEL, 8vo.

Nm 425,338. Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

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'itnzsses: ,I Inventor UNITED STATES PATENT GEORGE MULLER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DiSTRIBUTER FOR FLOCK, SAND, TINSEL, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,338, dated April 8, 1890.

Application filed November 5, 1889. Serial No. 329,367. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE MULLER, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing` in the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Distributer Apparatus for Flock, Sand, Tinsel, and the Like, of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof.

My invention relates to the class of apparatus adapted to distribute flock, sand, tinsel, seeds, fertilizer material, and the like onto a surface by means of a current of air; and my object is to provide a cheap, simple, durable, and portable apparatus whereby a constant, steady, and even distribution of material can be obtained.

It consists, further, in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is atop plan view of my distribnter apparatus. Fig. 2 is a transversevertical sectional View of the entire apparatus and represented as in operation. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line fr :t of Fig. 2. Fig. lis a face view of the apparatus, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the air-injector nozzle provided with a stopcoclr for regulating the supply of air to the apparatus.

Referring to the drawings, A is a hopper or suitable vessel for containing the material to be distributed. I prefer to so construct the hopper that the end body sections a a present oppositely-inclined surfaces to the contents and have a space between them at the base of the hopper to form an outlet-port ctx therefrom, and the ends of said sections beveled, so that the entire contents thereof will feed itself to the outlet-port. The side sections a a are vertically set, and on their innermost side are provided with grooved ways b h, for a purpose hereinafter more fully set forth.

The top or cover of the hopper is provided with a screw-threaded nozzle and cap AX, whereby the hopper may be filled with ma terial for distribution.

B is a diaphragm located within the hopper,

it being preferably a flat plate of metal or other suitable material, its bottom edge tapered to lit the outlet-port ax of the hopper and adapted to slide in the grooved ways b h within said hopper, and is provided on one side at or near its upper edge with a racksegment bx, for a vpurpose hereinafter set forth. This diaphragm is raised and lowered by means of a shaft C, suitably journaled in the sides of the hopper near its top and carrying a pinion-wheelorrack-segment c, which meshes with the rack-segment ZJX on the diaphragm, and is operated by a thumb-wheel cX on one end of the shaft C beyond the hopper, to the end that the discharge of the contents of the hopper through the outlet-port ax can be regulated or prevented at will.

D is a casing, preferably constructed to the form shown, is attached to and supports the hopper A, and is in open communication with the outlet-port thereof.

D is a bell.- mouthed ejector -nozzle or spreader for the contents of the hopper, and forms part of the casing D, and DX is an airinjector nozzle in the rear of the casing near the base thereof, to which is connected 'a ilexible tube E. I preferably interpose between the air-injector nozzle andthe liexible tube a suitable stop-cock or valve D2 to control the air-current. In operation the tube E is at its opposite end attached to a blower apparatus for the supply of a current of air to the distributer.

F is a brush-wheel suitablyj ournaled within the casing D and extending the width thereof, and of such diameter as to leave only a small space between its periphery and the outlet port a of the hopper above it and the bottom of the casing D below it.

G represents flock, sand, tinsel, and the like within the hopper.

In operation, the flexible tube E being connected to a suitable blower apparatus for the supply of a current of air to the distributer, the valve D2 open, and the hopper A charged with the material to be distributed, and the diaphragm B raised, the contents G of the hopper will feed itself through the outlet-port ax onto the brush-wheel F, and the current of air entering the casing D will rotate the brushwhecl in a direction opposite to its own direction, and the contents of the hopper conse- IOC quently fed evenly onto the periphery of the brush-wheel, from which it will be blown when in direct contact with the air-current and discharged from the casing D through the ej ector-nozzle or spreader D onto the desired surface, all as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2.

To cut off the supply of distributing` material, as will be obvious, it is only necessary to lower the diaphragm B by means of the thumb-wheel c and its connections until it closes the outlet-port ax of the hopper. The force of the air-current can be easily regulated by operating` the stop-cock or valve D2.

An apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention provides av ready means for distributing flock, sand, tinsel, and the like for decorating purposes, and seeds, fertilizer material, and the like for agricultural purposes.

l I do not wish to be understood as restricting myself to the exact form of construction taining a rotary brush-wheel suitably journaled therein, a hopper mounted on said casing and adapted to feed its contents onto the periphery of said wheel, and means for supplying a current of air to said casing, whereby the wheel is rotated and the material deposited thereon blown therefrom and discharged through the ej ector-nozzleor spreader, as described, and for the purposes set forth. I

2. An apparatus for distributing flock, sand, tinsel, and the like, consisting -of a casing formed or provided with an ejector-nozzle or spreader and an air-injector nozzle, and con taining a rotary brush-wheel suitably journaled therein, a hopper mounted on saidlcasing and adapted to feed its contents onto the periphery of said wheel, and means for supplying a current of air to said casing, whereby the wheel is rotated and the material deposited thereon blown therefrom and discharged 'through the ejector-nozzle or spreader, and supplementary means for regulating the force of said air-current, as described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed Inv name this 6th day of April, A. D. 1889.

GEORGE MULLER.

In presence of- JoI-IN J oLLEY, Jr., OHAs. BUSH.