US1484259A

US1484259A - Exhaust box

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Publication number: US1484259A
Application number: US586753A
Authority: US
Inventors: George W Fowle; Fred F Feldmann
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-09-07
Filing date: 1922-09-07
Publication date: 1924-02-19
Anticipated expiration: 1941-02-19

Description

Feb. 19 192.

G. W. FOWLE ET AL EXHAUST BOX Filed Sept. '7. 19 22 2 Sheets-5mm. 1

FIGURE 1 I VENT R-S FIGURE 3 'Now as the gears 19 revolve carried 111 a circular path by the same, but

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are always held in a horizontal position and the cans carried thereby in .a vertical plane. the shelves are due to the form, proportions and connectlons between. the shelves, the gears and the plates let by connecting cranks 16, t11e shelves are maintained in their normal horizontal plane during the entire revolution because of the fact that the disc l lis 'ecoeir trically placed with relation to gears 19 as isclearly shown, 7 [End members 1 per edge thereofas at 27 to allow discs to project inwardly thereof, said discsQt} being so placed as to just clear gears 19 and have their uppeigedge on a plane with t bottoms 25 ofshelves 22 as shown.

The discs 28 are revolublyfmounted in bearings 29 and 30 by means or" shaft 31,

the same being drivenin the direction indi-' cated by the arrows by means of gears 3233 mounted as shown.

vMounted upon the inner edge of en members 1 as shown. and extending alon the upper edge of disc 28'is a can guide which is placed at the can entering end of the exhaust box only. 1

Mounted upon and ,cover 11 are ya series of can moving, plates 35, the same being so placed and propor tioned as to take a can which is on the shelf ascending to the extreme upper position and move the same over the space of one can as the shelf -moves from that position to its highest point or its upper position as shown. This action thus moves a-can over one space all along the upper shelf which thus makes a space for a can coming from the feeding-disc 28 and places a can upon the discharge disc as shown. Thus every time a shelfreaches the top of its path of travel we feed in'a'can and discharge fank other can which has been moved successively and slowly from one endof the machine to the other. i f

I 'During this slow travel through the-machine the contents of the cans are heated by means of hot air or steam supplied through the heating pipes 36 lyingalong the bot- 7 tom of the drum as shown.-

. It is apparent that for lons etc.

are cut away'at the up depending from. the

different sized cans incense J into efiect- By removing cover plate 11 we can raise the shelves from theirsupporting means 18 as the drum is revolved and place other? shelves of greater or less width in place thereof as thesize' of the cans demand. its-the can moving members 35 are secured to the cover 11 we replace the cover removed by another having the proper number and size of can moving elements thereon and the machine is againready for use. p w

It is readily apparent that we have in vented an improved exhaust bo'xwhich will easily and uickly handlea large amount of canned fru t of all sizes with a niinimum amount of labor and power expended by means of a machine which is s'impleol construction, easily manufactured and one that is highly eflicient in its practical, applicat1on.

It is "to be understood,

one particular embodiment of our invention, that changesyin form, construction, proportions, and method of operation may be made within the claims.

We claim p I p I v 1. A device of the character indicated comprising a supporting frame, aplate rev-' olubly mounted thereon, a second plate revolubly mounted in parallel and eccentric relation to said'lirst plate, a plurality of annularly arranged cranks revolubly mount ed inand connecting said plates, and dr1ving means connected to one oisaid. plates.

relation to said first plate, a plurality of annularlyarranged cranks revolubly mount' ed in and connecting said plates, and driving means connected to oneofsaidplates, the

shanks ofeach crank being equal in length to the distance between the centers oi -the two plates.

3. device of thec'haracter indicated, compr1s1ng a supporti'ngframe,spaced pan 7, allel and axially aligned plates re v'0l-ubly mounted thereon, a second platerevoluoly mounted inwparallel and eccentric relation to each of said first plates-and within the same, a plurality of annularly arranged cranks revolubly mounted in and connecting each pair of plates, and extending within each inner plate, and a shelf Inounted'upon each opposing pair of cranks 4:. A device or the character indicated comprising a] revclublelcarrier element, a second element revolubly mounted in parallel and eccentric relation thereto, and a plurality ,of annularly arranged crank's'revolublymounted in and connectingsaid 1 ments. 7

5. A device of course, that whlle we have herein shown and {lGSCTllJEQ' scope of the appended device of the character indicated; a supporting I"ra1ne,'a plate revolublymounted thereon, a second plate rev oiubly mounted n parallel and 80061113110 of the character indicated comprising a pair of spaced revoluble carrier elements, a second element revolubly mounted in parallel and eccentric relation to each carrier element, a plurality of annularly arranged cranks revolubly mounted in and connecting said elements near the peripheries thereof and extending through said carrier elements, anda can shelf mounted upon each opposing pair of cranks.

6. A. structure comprising spaced rotatable members,means carried thereby for supporting shelves therebetween, and means for maintaining the first means in position for supporting the shelves horizontally throughout the rotary movement of said members. 1

7. A structure comprising spaced rotatable members, means carried by each member for supporting the adjacent end of a shelf interposed therebetween, and means rotatable with said members eccentrically thereto for varying the relation between said members and said first means to support the shelf horizontally throughout the rotary movement of said members.

8. A structure comprising spaced rotatable driven members, means journaled in each for supporting an article therebetween, and a second rotatable member associated with each first rotatable member and arranged on the outer side thereof, said means I having of'fsetjournaled portions in said secend rotatable member and the latter being journaled eccentric to the first members.

9. A structure comprising a pair of rotatable members journaled eccentrically relative to each other, and support having offset journal bearings in said members.

10. A structure comprising a pair of rotatable members journaled eccentrically relative to each other, and a crank shape memher having offset journal hearings in said rotatable members and projecting at oneend through the adjacent rotatable member to constitute a support. V

11. A structure comprising a casing, spaced rotatable members journaled therein, a series of supports projecting inwardly from each member andjournaled therein, a plurality of shelves supported at opposite ends by said supports, and means for hold-. ing said supports to maintain the shelves means for advancing articles horizontally disposed throughout rotary movement of said rotatable members.

152. EL structure comprlslng a casing,

spaced rotatable members j ournaled therein,

a series of supports projecting inwardly,

from each memberand journaled therein, a plurality of shelvessupported at opposite ends by said supports, a second rotatable member associated witheach first member and journaled eccentric thereto, the offset portions being journaled in said second rotatable members, and means for. driving one' shelves along the same. a.

14:. A structure comprising a casing, spaced rotatable members journaled therein, a series of supports projecting inwardly from each member and journaled therein, a plurality of channeled shelves supported at opposite ends by said supports, a second rotatable member associated with eachfirst member and journaled eccentric thereto, means connecting the supports to the adjacent second rotatable member for maintaining the shelves in horizontal position during movement of said rotatable members, means for feeding cans to one end of the shelves, and

means arranged within thecasing in the path of the cans for advancmg the same 7 along the shelves. I

placed on the 15. A structure comprising a casing, having a removable cover, a movable support within the casing designed tosupport articles and have them advanced thereover,

and means carried by the removablecover for advancing the articles on the support movement thereof. 1 GEORGE W. FOWLE. FRED F. FELDMANN.

by and during