US1774800A - Loading spout - Google Patents

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Sept. 2, 1930. E. LUEDTKE 1,774,800

LOADING SPOUT Filed Dec. 2, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor Juaa/f/ra A itorney Patented Sept. r

' .IF-EMILLUEDTKE, or minmonrri iviinnnso'rn Y D errari; v I

- application filecl December 2, i9 29. Serialiio 411,1113.

' This invention relatesfto loading". spouts TheeXtensionQis-adapted 'to-be, adjustedon it I I and more particularlytomeans provided on 'thesleeveland said's'leeve and cylinder are said spout for. adapting the discharge end" pi'ovided"with vertica-llyal'igned straps; or of a conveyorv 'pipe thereto. 1' loops 'in whichis mounted under tensiona An important ob'eet of theinvention is to spring leaf Shaving heads '6'-'6'on"itsoppo- 5'5 provide, in aqman-neras liereinafteriset fortln site end for limiting themo'veinent of the a loading spout of the character;described cylinder and saidleaf spring is adapted to -haVing means. for connecting conveyor pipe frictionally hold'thecylinderiii 'adju'sted -po I thereto in cominu iq tion therewith which sition on the sleeve 1.

means is mounted "for universal novenient On its-fupper end,"the* sleevel 1 terminatesso [on the-spout "in orderfto adapt the same for in aninverted cone 7" which isprovided with Other objects' of-the invention are to pr'o- 7 through the inediuin'of thesup orting IS connection with ,v alconveyor regardless of aninclined flange 8fextendingfinwardiy v what angleor inclinationthe conductorinay its upper' end.* 'An annulus '9 is. rigidly mounted adjacent the upper end of the cone extend upwardly therefrom. l

vide, in a manner as 'hereinafter set forth, orb'r'ack'ets 1O which havetheir upper 501;, a loading spoutof the aforementioned chare tions disposed at an-{obtuseangle with elv acter which will be "simpleinconstruction, spect tothe adjacent-wall of the cone for i 0 maybe manufactured at low cost. r lation thereto-.7 I

strong, durable, efiieient in'its use and which 'mountin'glthe annulus Qtherein in spacedre-- 'Otherobjects and advantages of the inven- A ring. l1 is dispo sedin spaced concentric, tion will becomenapparent froma study of relation-within the annulus-amidsaidq- .ig -the followingspecificatiomqtakenin connecissuppo'rted for pivcmrm vem-e'm in a vr 7 tion with the accompanying drawings, where tic'alplane within said annulus through the in like charactersof reference deSignateCQrnediurn ofthe horizontally disposedheadetl F1 responding parts throughoutthe seve 'ral pivotpinsEon-diametrically oppositesid'esr- Views, and Whereinz- V I r 1 thereofQ-A second ring 13 is'disposed within Figure 1 is-a viewin sidelelevation of a the ring 11 in spacedc'oncentrierelationwith loading spout constructed in accordance respect thereto and is i omn'y su poeeea inwith this invention, the same being shown saidring-ll forswinging movement-Mayer 89 with the lower end portion of-a conveyor pipe tical plane with respecttheretorthrougli tlie connected thereto. 1 V medium oi -the horizontal pivot pins/ 14 in dia- Figure :2 is a horizontal sectional view, metrically opposite sides thereof. On .e its taken substantially on the line 2'2' of Figinner periphery and 'at diametrically oppoe I ure 1 and looking :in the direction of the site sides thereof, the inner ringm hasrig- 5 arrow. j v V 7 V idly'mounted thereonthe inwardly and out- Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken wardly curved upwardly extending string substantially on'the line 3+3 of Figure '2; arms or fingers 15 which are adapted to yield- Figure 4=vis a vertical sectional view taken ingly, grip the jlower end portion or a con substantially on'the line of Figure 2. veyor pipe 16,as seen inost clearly in Figure 3 v t Figure 5 is a horizontalsectional' viewl of the drawings. V I e taken throughthe'lower portion of the load- I As'fseen most clearly in' 'Figure 2 of the ing spout. j j i drawings, thepairof diametrically opposed Referring to the drawings indetaihthe pivot pins 12 and 14 are disposed at right 45 reference character '1 designatesfa tubular angles with respect to each other and in this sleeve of uniform "diameter throughout 'inanner the resilient' gripping arms 15 may which has its lower end portion telescopically *be p'ositioned'at anyangle for accommodatdisposed in a longitudinally slid'ablecyliir; ing the conveyorpip'e-lh, as will be'apparent. drical extensi0n2 providedwith a handle 3 It; is believedthat themany advantages for shifting said cylinder on the'sleeve 1. ofaloading spout'constructed inaccordance with this invention will be readily under-- stood, and although the preferred embodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described, it is to he understood that changes "in the details of construction nay be had which, will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed] Vhat is claiirnedisi I v r p p 1. A loading spout of the character described comprising a. cone, an annulus rigidly mountedin theicone in spacedrelation with respect thereto and concentrically therewith, a ring disposed concentrically within the an-' nulus in spaced "relationfi-thereto,and pivot ally mounted for swinging nio'yenient thereon; a second ,I'ing, disposed concentrically within r the firstnanied' ringin spaced relation to the latter and pivotally supported thereon. for swinging movement with resp'ectthereto and a pair of diametrically opposed upstanding resilient gripping ,arnis rigidly mounted on the-secondnanied ring foiiengageinent with a conveyor pipe-tor coupling the same to the v cone incommunication therewith." 2;v A' loading spout, of the character described' coniprising a cone, an annulus niounted in the" cone, a ring disposed within the 1 annulus horizontally disposed pivot pins extendingtransversely through the annulus and the ringon diametrically oppositesidcs thereof for pivotally supporting said ring in said annulus, a second .ringl disposed within the first vnaniedring, horizontally disposed pivot pins extendingtransVersely throughthe first and second named rings, for piyotally supf porting said second named ringin the first named ring, the second named pivot pins being disposed at rightangles with respect to the first named pivot pins and a plurality of gripping arins mounted on the second named ring and ext-ending upwaiidly therefrom for engagement witha conveyorpipe for coupling the same to the cone in communication therewith. a o ,7 I In testimony whereof affix my signaf ture EMIL' LUEDTKE.

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