US234891A - Grain measure ano register - Google Patents

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BEST AVAILABLE COP' (Model.) B6B. A REYNOLDS 2Sheets-Sheet1.

Grain Measure and Register.

No. 234,891. Patentd Nov. 30, I880.

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(Model) B8B. A. REYNOQDS. Grain Measure and'Register.

Patented Nov. 30. I880.

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lili BL'BHHT A. K-EYSOLUS, Ob FOWLER, .\li(Illl(i.-\N.

GRAIN MEASURE AND REGISTER.

8PEOIFIUAT1ON.forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,891, dated November 30, 1880.

I A ppllcntion filed Srpternln-r H, tern. tflmlol.)

To all whom it may umcern:

Be it known that; 1, Di: EImERT-A. REY- News, of Fowler, in the county f Clinton and State of Michigan, have invented cor taln new and useful improvements in Grain Measures and Registers: and I do hereby dcclare that the following is a in, clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it uprtains to makonnd use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is an elevation-of one side of a device embodying the improvements of my invention. Fig.2 is an elevationof the w verse side of the same. Fig. longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4 is an nd elevation, showing the register; and-Fig. 5 is a view showing the bottom of the buckets so open.

This invention has relation to grain M8882; ores and registers employed in weighing ant bagging ain from the elevator of a thrashlug-mach no or clover-holler; and it consists- 5 in the novel features of construction and com binstlon hereinafter fully described, and particnlsrly pointed out in the claims.

Similar-letters of reference indicatc.correspending parts in the several figures of the accompanying drawings.

A deal ates an elevator-head for a thrashing-|nncb no or clovenhuller, provided with the le B B, between the mouths of which is s l the double-inclined partition 0, (livid- 5 ngothe elevator-bead into two equal parts. A ve thepsrtition C is a pivoted valve, D, which extends nearly to the top or cover E of the elcvstonhead, and which is of such nwldth that it will just comfortably work on its pivot 0 noside to side in the elevator-head.

. F F 'm buckets. which slide over the lower ends of the legs B B, and which are provided with bells G G, which extend up the sides and over the top of the elcvarer head at a little distance above the same, ns' shown. The ends of the valve-pivot! H are grovidcd with balance-levers l l', and rods J connect the ends of these balance-levers I l with the balls 06' n short distance above the top oi the so buckets F F. Both ends of the rods J J have pivot-connections. The bottoms of the buck- 3 is a verticalchute X.

- eta F F are provided with downwanily-opening doors K K', which are closed by retracting-springs L L, incased to protect them from the contents of the buckets when tilled, and spring-latches N N',incnscd on the ontsides 'ot the buckets, serve to hold the doors closed until the latches are automatically released by the cords 0 0' connected therewith and with the sides of the elevator-head, as shown. Guides I in the sides oi the elevator-head, near its top, guide'tho bails G G in an inclined poaition and toward each other. On the top of the elevator-head is placed a pair of steelyards,- Q, of common construction, except that .the pivoted pendent hook Q is in the shape of an inverted arrow-hcad,'and a guide, R, is provided to hold. the enact the steelyards in a proper position to permit the point of the arrow-headed hook to work in an opening, S,in the cover of the elevator-head. At the lefthnnd edge of the elevator-head is a hinged register, T, with a system of wheels representing units, tons, and hundreds, or nnits,'hundreds, and thousands, as may be desired. It is hinged so that when opened the wheels may be reset at any time when'necessary. The back of the register is open at 'all times, except when closed against thd casing of the measure, so that to inspect the wheels or reset them it is only necessary to swing the register open, when the mechanism will be exposed. No hinged cover or dooris employed. The state of the register may be seen from the outside when closed.

The register is operated by the following mechanism when the buckets are-o rated: From one of the balance-levers lor or the end of theyalve-pivot or shaft 11 an arm, 0', extends upward, ahd is connected by a joint with another arm, a} eitending downward from a pivoted arm, pivoted to the side of the elevator-howl. and extending to the let! of the same, where its point comes in contact with the first toothed wheel, a of the register when the latter is closed.- A tton or other suitable means is employed to hold the register closed against the elevator-heed. At the right of the elevator-heed is the conveyer- The device is automatic, and its operation is as follows: One of the buckets should be elevated, so as to form an articulation betwmu the boil and the steelyards. This throws the valve over the opposite bucket, allowing the grain tornn into the bucket resting onthe hook of the 'steelynrds. Wheuthe number of pounds designated by the t lyards has run into the bucket it draws the 'ook down a distance equal to one-half the distance between the bails of the two buckets. respectively. As the bail of the tilled bucket passes downward the other-is raised an equsl-dis tance,'when the hook is caused by the hail of the receding bucket and the forward motion of the empty bucket to pass from the one to the other, and immediately regains its former position. As the weighed and tilled bucket is lowered it operates the pivot H and turns the valve in the elevator-head to the ogposite side, causing the grain to run into t e empty'bucket, operating the pivoted arm W, and consequently the register at the,

same time. As the descending bucket drops to its lowest point the latch-string becomes tightened and withdraws the latch, allowing the bottom or door of the bucket to open by the weight of the grain and to be discharged BEST AVAILABLE COPY into the sack or bag secured in any suitable manner to the bottom of the bucket. When the grain has been discharged from the bucket the retracting-spring closes the door automatically. Any suitable construction of the device.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a grain weighing-and begging device, the elevator-head A.'provided with the legs B B, the doubleinclined partition G and the pivoted valve D, in combination with the sliding buckets F F, having the bails G 0, connected by rods J J to the balance-levers! I,

and the steclyards Q, having the arrow-headed material maybe used in the

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