US320465A - Machine for measuring and elevating grain - Google Patents

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MACHINE FOR MEASURING AND ELEVATING GRAIN.

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MACHINE FOR MEASURING AND ELEVATING GRAIN. No. 320,465. Patented June 23, 1885.

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SAMUEL RICHARD DAXON, OF PERRYTON, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR MEASURING AND ELEVATING GRAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,465, dated June 23, 1885.

Application filed March 12, 1885. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL R. DAXON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Perryton, in the county of Mercer and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Elevating and Measuring Grain, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in machines for measuring, weighing, and elevating grain as it is discharged from a thrashing-machine; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view.

A represents a rectangular box, from the corners of which rise the vertical corner-posts B, which posts are connected by the horizontal longitudinal beams G, which extend above the upper edges of the sides of the box.

D represents a rectangular frame, which fits in between the corner-posts B and rests normally on the beams O. The frame D is composed of the corner-posts d, the upper longitudinal beams, d, the lower longitudinal beams, d and the ends 01 On the under sides of the beams d, at the centers thereof, is secured a horizontal transverse plate, d*, which is about equal in width to one-third the length of the frame D, and forms the bottom for a portion of said frame. Track-rails d are secured upon the upper sides of the beams (1 and upon these rails slides the bottomless box E, which is divided into two compartments, 6 e, which are equal in size, being each about one-third the length of the frame D.

Side boards, F, connect the upper ends of the corner-posts B, and these side boards are each provided with the horizontal slots f and the vertical slots f, which rise from the ends of the slots f. Transverse rods G projectfrom the sides of the box E, at the ends thereof, and enter the slots f.

Ahorizontal beam, H, is supported above the machine, at a suitable height, by vertical posts h, and from this beam is suspended a.

scale-frame, I, which is fulcrumed, as at h, is hinged to a bail, c", that is attached to the box IE, and has an outwardly-extending scale beam or lever, K, on which slides a balanceweight, L.

M represents a large chain-wheel, which is journaled on a spindle, m, that projects from one side of one of the beams d near one end thereof. A wrist-pin, m, projects from the outer side of this chain-wheel, the distance from the center of this pin to the center of the Wheel being one-half the length of the compartments c c and of the slots f. A pitman, N, is connected to the wrist-pin and to the projecting end of one of the rods G. When the wheel M is rotated, it follows that the box E will be moved back and forth in the frame D. When the box E is at one end of the frame, one of its compartments will be over the plate d, which serves as a bottom for it, while the other compartment will be over one end of the box A, and while the box E is at either limit of its movement the rods G register with the vertical slots f, and the frame D is then free to rise.

0 represents a transverse shaft, which is journaled in the box A. To one end of this shaft is secured a miter-pinion, P, and to the opposite end is fixed a sprocket chain-wheel, R, and a pulley, S.

A sprocket chain-wheel, T, similar to the wheel R, is journaled at one end of the box A, and is connected to the wheel R by an endless sprocket chain, U. When the frame D is lowered, the wheel M meshes with the chain U, and, motion being imparted to the chain through the pulley S, is rotated thereby; but when the frame D is raised the wheel M is out of contact with said chain.

The ends of the box A are inclined, as at a, and in the center of one side of the box is an opening, a, with which the lower end of an elevator -trough, V, communicates. In this trough is an endless elevator, of the usual construction, the lower roller of which has a miter-pinion,WV, which meshes with the miterpinion P.

' The operation of my invention is as follows: The weight is set on the scale-beam at a suitable point to indicate the unit of measurement, and when the weight is so adjusted the frame D and the sliding box E are raised, and the wheel M is out of gear with the chain U. The box E is at one end of the frame, wit-h, say, the compartment 6 above the plate cl. The grain from the thrashingmachine is conducted through a spout, X, which is shown at Fig. 3, to the compartment c, and discharged therein. As soon as the grain which is discharged into the compartment 6 reaches the required weight, the frame D sinks, and the wheel M gears with the continually-moving chain U, which rotates the wheel and moves the box E until the compartment 6 is over the plate (1 and the contents of the compartment 6 have been dropped into the box A,when the frame D instantly rises, and the operation is re peated as before. The grain is raised from the box A by the elevator in the trough V, and conducted to any suitable receptacle.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination of the reciprocating bottomless box divided into compartments, the frame in which the box slides, said frame having a bottom or plate, which forms a bottom for each of the bottomless compartments successively, and a scale or balance to which said frame is suspended, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the box A, having sides E, provided with the horizontal slots f and vertical end slots, f, the frame D, having center plate or bottom, (1, the sliding bottomless box E, divided into compartments and having projecting rods G, that extend into the slots f, the chain-wheel M, journaled to the frame D, pitman N, connecting said wheel and the sliding box, the scale or balance to which the frameDis suspended, the sprocketchain with which the wheel M gears, and actuating wheels for the chain, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the box A, having sides E, provided with the horizontal slots f and vertical end slots, f, the frame D, having center plate or bottom, (1, the sliding bottomless box E, divided into compartments, and having projecting rods G, that extend into the slots f, the chain-wheel M, journaled to the frame D, pitman N, connecting said wheel and the sliding box, the scale or balance to which the frame D is suspended, the sprocketchain with which the wheel M gears, actuat ing-wheels for the chain, and an elevator connected with the box A, and gears for actuating the elevator, substantially as described.

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

SAMUEL RICHARD DAXON.

Vitnesses:

Jatrns P. JoHNsoN, F. WV. RATHBUN.

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