US1209376A - Chute. - Google Patents

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ROBERT WILLIAM BAILY, OF OSKALOSA, I0`WA, ASSIGNOR TO INTERSTATE MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF OSKALGOSA, IOWA, A CORPORATION' OF IOWA.

CHUTE.

Application led May 6, 1915, Serial No. 26,371.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT W. Banff, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oskaloosa, in the county of Mahaska and State of Iowa, have invented a new and vuseful Improvement in Chutes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in chutes, and the invention has for its object to provide a chute of the character specified, especially adapted for use in cellars or other places of storage, wherein a substantially rectangular open frame is provided adapted to form apassage or to line or frame an opening through a wall, and having a door for permitting` the frame or opening to be closed when desired, and having in addition protecting wings at the opposite sides of the frame for preventing injury to the wall of the building from the impact of fuel or the like passed through the frame or opening, the said wings being so arranged that they may be moved inward into inoperative position or outward into protecting position.

In the drawings z-Figure l is a perspective view of the improved chute, and Fig. 2 is a detail partialperspective view showing the wings inlinoperative position.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the chute comprisesV a frame A of suitable dimensions, and preferably of cast iron, and a body C of sheet metal, as for instance sheet iron, is connected with the said frame, the said body extending inwardly from the frame. Thebody as shown is substantially rectangular in cross section but is tapering or frusto-pyramidal, and the small end of theJ body is connected to the frame.

The frame as shown has an ornamental extension outside of the frame proper, and the body C is secured tothe outer face of the frame, and the ornamental flange A extends beyond the body. This flange shown more particularly in Fig. 2 is designed to fit against the outer face of the wall of the building to form a closure between the frame and the wall and to hide the edges of the opening at the frame. The body C is intended to extend through the opening in the wall to the interior of the bin or to the place of storage.

The door B is hinged to the frame at the top thereof, and arranged to swing into open position or downward into closed position. The door is opened by lifting it up- Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. Mi, 1916.

Renewed J'uly 5, 1916. Serial No. 107,692.

ward into the position of Fig. l, and it is normally held in closed position by a latch. rIhis latch is secured to the inner face of the door near the lower edge thereof, and the latch It is supported between bearing lugs D on the door.

The latch is in the form of a plate having a tooth or catch, which is adapted to engage over a catch E in the frame. Protecting wings are provided for protecting the walls at the opposite sides of the opening from injury through the impact of coal or thelike, and the door B serves a like purpose at the upper side of the opening. Each of the wings is of sheet metal, consisting of a body portion W and an angular flange portion lV extending at approximately a right angle from the body.

Hinge plates F are secured to the flange WV by means of rivets or the like at the top and bottom thereof, and each hinge plate has an angular lug F at its outer end which is provided with an opening for receiving a hinge pin G on the frame. The angular lugs F extend laterally outward from the ianges lV', and the hinge pins G are at the top and bottom of the frame.

The lower cross member of the frame A is provided near each end with an upstanding lug II, and the wings W are of such width that they may be lifted upward or move over the lugs H. It will be noticed that each lug H has its inner face inclined and its outer face perpendicular, the inclined face acting as a cam to lift the wing when it is swung into open position.

The pivot or hinge pins G are spaced apart inwardly far enough from the adjacent end member of the frame so that the flange l/V of the adjacent wing may swing between the hinge pin and the adjacent end of the frame as shown particularly in Fig. 1. The lower outer corner of each wing is cut away as shown at f2 to permit the wing to swing above the catch E, and it will be noticed that the door B is provided with hinge lugs K, which are adapted to register with lugs L on the frame and pintles or pivot pins are passed through the register- Y ing lugs to hinge the door to the frame.

In use, the body C is arranged in the opening through the wall with the ornamental flange A of the frame against the wall. This flange extends outwardly and inwardly to engage the wall at some little distance from the opening, while the body of the frame fits within the opening. The body (lv of the chute fits outside of the body portion of the frame, and when notrin use7 all that is seen of the chute is the ornamental flange A and the door. V'Vhen not in use the wings are arranged asshown in Fig. 2,V the body portions W thereof fitting against the end walls Vof the body. rlChe door B is swung downwardly into the opening of the frame and is held in closed position by the latch R.

When it is desired to use the improved chute the latch of the door is released from the catch land the door is swung upward into the position of F ig. 1, resting upon the wall above the frame. The wings W' are then swung'V outward into the position of Fig. l. As the bodies of the wings move Y outward the lower edge of each wing will engage the inclined face of the lug H and the wing will be lifted, moving overthe lug and dropping down outside ofthe same as shown in Fig. l. The flange W is the only portion of the wing that engages the lug and when the flange drops down on the outer sideV of the lug, the wing is held with the body thereof extending laterally approximately parallel with the outer surface of the wall. VThe wings are held in this position by the lugs and cannot swing inward. The` Y y chute Vis now open and coalor other mate-rial flange adapted to engage the wall outside the opening, a body of approximately rectangular cross section and frusto- 3 framidal' connected with the frame at the inner side thereof7 the small end of the body being connectedto the frame and said body being Vadapted to extend through the opening,V a

toy close downwardly into theV rame'orupV- ward against thevwall,V andraV wingat each end of' the frame, pivoted to .the-frame to V*door hinged'to the upper side/of tlie'frz'uneA i557 Vswing inward into the body or outward to*V extenda a Jroximatel f arallel with the'wall Y Y Y Y 7 Veach wing having an. angular fia-nge at its inner end, hinge lugs secured tothe upper and lower end of the flange and having angular bearing lugsv at their Youter ends7 the frame havingpivot'pins for engagingithe lugs, and cam lugs on the frame for lifting the wings as they are swungoutward, said wings being adapted to drop behind the camV lugs to hold the wings inV open position.

2. A device ofthe character spec-1fied,rcom- Vprising a frame-adapted toV fit within an opening in 'a wall and having a marginal fiange adapted to engage the wall outside the opening, a body Voi' approximately rectangu-V lar cross Vsection. and frusto-pyramidal connected with the frame at the inner side thereof', the small end of the body being connected to the frame and said body being adapted to extend through the opening, a door hinged to the upper side of the frame to close downwardly. into the frame'or upward against the wall, and a wing at each end of the frame pivotedto theframe toV swing inward into the-body or outward to extend approximately parallel with the wall, andmeans for holding the wings in open position. Y

A device of the character specified, comprising a frame adaptedV to fit within an opening in a'fwall and having armarginal flange adapted to engage the wall'outside of the opening7 a body of approximately rectangular cross section connected with the frame at the inner side thereof and adapted to extend through the opening, a doorhinged to the upper side of the frame to olose'down-Y Y wardly into the frame or'upwardly against the wall, anda wing at eaohgendof the frame and pivoted to the frameto swing inward into the body or outward to extend Y approximately parallel with the wall,and

means for holding the wings in open posifrY tion. Y

ROBERT WILLIAM BA'ILY.

`ilopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingV the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

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