US1135735A - Portable grain-elevator. - Google Patents

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H. W. STEEGE.

PORTABLE GRAIN ELEVA TOR. APPLICATION FILED JUNE4, 1913.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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Witnesses Inventor Attorneys.,,

H. W. STEEGE.

PORTABLE GRAIN ELEVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED :uma 4.1913.

Patented Apr.13, 1915.

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Attorneys H. W. S TEEGE.

PORTABLE GRAIN ELEVATOR. v

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4. 1913.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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HENRY :STEEGE, OF "WESTGATIE, IQWA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed June 4, 1913. Serial No. 771,727.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY W. STEEGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vestgate, in the county of Fayette and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Portable Grain-Elevator, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in portable grain elevators, the primary object of the present invention being the provision of a novel form of elevator mechanism swinginglyconnected to the vehicle portion of the apparatus and disposed to be placed in such position so as to receive the grain as the same is delivered from the inclined wagon body.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the com- ).ination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de-.

scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the lnvention herein disclosed can be made with in the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings-Figure l. is a side elevation of the complete apparatus taken from the elevator hopper side thereof. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the grain elevating mechanism and the rear portion of the vehicle body. Fig. 4 illustrates a modified construction of stack control.

eferring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the vehicle running gear which has disposed thereupon the prime mover l, which is preferably an explosive or internal combustion engine, the same having connected thereto the main drive belt 3, which is extended rearwardly of the vehicle and is connected through the pulley 3 to the transversely disposed shaft l, said shaft 4: being journaled in brackets upon the rear face of the short and long vertical standards 5 and 5 respectively, the standard 5' being shorter than the standard 5, the purpose of which will presently appear.

The belt 87 is driven from the shaft 4. and through the pulley connection operates the transverse shaft 38, which is journaled at the rear portion of the main fran'ie of the apparatus, there being a sprocket 3S) keyed upon the shaft 38 and which through the chain 40 and large sprocket 4L1 rotates the transversely disposed shaft 42. This shaft 42 is detachably connectedto the shaft 4:3,

the shaft 43 being slidably mounted and provided with the socket 44: for engagement with the shaft 42. The spiral conveyer hopper 45, is'swingingly hung to'the main-frame of the machine through the medium of the post '50 and braces 46, 47, 48 and 49 so as to assume either the full line position as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or the dotted line position as shown in Fig. 3 when the same is out of use.

Theshaft 43 has keyed upon its outer end the sprocket 51, which transmits motion through the sprocket chain to the sprocket 52, so that the spiral conveyer or screw 54: within-the hopper 45 will convey the material or grain received from the inclined wagon, such wagon being so positioned as to dispose the end gate portion thereof above the hopper 45 so that the grain may be dumped in the outer end thereof and transported by means of the feed screw to the left as viewed in Figs. 2 and 3 and into the fan or elevating casing 55, there being led from said casing 55 the directing stock or conduit 56 which is as usual detachably connected to the fan casing 55.

Connected to the main frame of the vehicle and extending rearwardly therefrom are the two receiving hooks 57 which are disposed to engage the underside of the hopper 45 when the same is in the dotted line position, Fig. 3, to maintain the same incollapsed position and out of the way so that the machine may be readily transported.

As shown in Fig. 4, a pivoted hoisting beam or must 60, connected at its lower end to the supporting arm 61, is provided. llts outer free end carries the cradle 62, by means of which the stack 56 is connected for lowering and elevating, a hoisting cable 63 being provided to operate the beam 60. The cable 6% provides a means for extending the telescopic stack 56' and thus provides a means for directing the grain to the desired point.

It is evident that with an apparatus of the present character, the same may be moved from place to place, thus providing a portable grain elevator of a convenient size, and one which can be readily collapsed or folded to occupy a minimum amount of space during transportation.

What is claimed is z The combination with a portable grain elevator, of a portable frame, a prime mover, two superposed operably connected shafts I journaled at the rear of the frame, one of said shafts being operably connected to the prime mover, an elevating mechanism operably connected to the lower shaft, a hopper hingedly connected to the rear of the frame for movement to one side of, or to the rear of the frame, a cradle for receiving the hopper when the same is at the rear of the frame, a shaft journaled longitudinally of the hopper for alinement with and connection to the upper shaft of the superposed shafts when the hopper 1s at one side of the frame and a screw conve or dis )oscd 1n the 1 hopper and operably connected to the longitudinal shaft.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, 1 have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY W. STEEGE.

Witnesses:

E. A. BRANDENBURG, M. A. BENDER.

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