US399373A - Bag-holder - Google Patents

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J. M. BRADSHAW & W. E. MEEK.

BAG HOLDER.

No. 399,373. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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J. M. BRADSHAW 8v W. E. MEEK.

BAG HOLDER.

No. 399,373. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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JAMES MONROE BRADSHA\V AND \VILLIAM EDGAR MEEK, OF EASTONX'ILLE, COLORADO.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,373, dated March 12, 1889.

Application filed August 16, 1888. Serial No. 282,895. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

extended beyond the plate and provided with i a handle for its convenient operation. This SHAW and WILLIAM EDGAR MEEK, citizens j leverisprovided with two upwardly-extended of the United States, residing at Eastonville, arms, 1', that are arranged to move through a 5 in the county of El Paso and State of Cologuide, '11, at the upper end of the plate H, and rado, have invented new and usefullmprovethe upper ends of these arms are projected ments in Sack-Holders, of which the follow above the upper edge of the plate H, and are ing is a specification. pointed to enter the bag that is to be sus- Our invention relates to improvements in pended therefrom. The free end of the piv- Be it lznown that we, JAMES MONROE BRAD- IO sack-holders; and it. consists in certain novel l oted lever I is arranged to move within a features hereinafter described and claimed. guide, 5 secured on the plate 11, near one In the accompanying drawin which fully edge thereof, and the lever is normally pressed illustrate ourinvention, Figure l is a perspecl upward, so that the pointed ends of its arms tive view of a separator provided with our 1 are projected above the plate H by means of 15 improved bag-holding device. Fig. 2 is a dea spring, J, that is connected at one end to tailperspective view of thebag-holder, looking the lever and at its other end to the plate H. at the opposite side to that seen in Fig. 1. K designates a yielding standard, prefera- Fig. 3 is an elevation showing a slightly'modibly formed of spring metal, secured atits lied arrangement, and Fig. l is a similar view lower end to the base at a short distance from 20 showing a simplified form of the device. '1 the lever, and this standard has'an angular Referring to the drawings by letter, A deshead, In. This angular head is made separate ignates a separator having the frame-work B, i from the standard, which is slot-ted at its up provided with the usual runners, D, and upl per end. A bolt, 7c, passes through the slot rights C. in the standard and an opening in the angu- E designates the shaking-shoe suspended lar head, and the threaded end of the bolt rewithin the frame-work B, and having an upceives a nut, whereby the head can be readper screen discharging at the end of the f ily detached and adjusted vertically to the frame-work and an under screen discharging same plane as the plate H, for supporting bags at a point within, the framework. \Ve prol of different lengths in a vertical position.

0 vide a bag-holder at the end ofthc franie- L designates a funnel-shaped conducting work to receive the commodities discharged plate or spout that is hinged at one edge to from the upper screen, and also another within the upper end of the plate ll, and is adapted the frame-work to receive the commodities to fold upwardly to permit a bag to be susdischarged from the under screen. pended or removed from the arms 6 and stand- F designates a swinging base or platform, ard K, said plate or spout being arranged which is pivoted at or near one end to one of over the mouth of the bag to conduct the conthe transverse bars of the main frame, as at tents of the under screen of the shoe into said f, and on this base or platform are secured bag. standards G, connected at their lower ends by To secure a bag to the arms i and standard 40 a bow, g, which is bolted to the platform. k, the pivoted base or platform is swung out- The upper ends of these standards are slotted ward, so that the inner end thereof is outside longitudinally, as at g, and on these standof the frame, after which the hinged or pivards is adjustably secured a plate, H, by oted spout or plate L isturned to a verticalpomeans of bolts and nuts to adapt the device sition and the bag connected to the arms 2' and 45 to supports bags of ditferentlengths, the bolts the angula-rhead of the yieldingstandard. The 5 passing through the plate and the slots in the v pivoted base is then swun beneath. the shoe, standards, and the nuts bearing against the so that the spout L is beneath the dischargestandards or plate, as is obvious. opening in the lower screen to properly con I designates a lever that is pivoted at one 1 duetthe commodity discharged therefrom into 50 end to the plate H and has its opposite end the bag. 10o

To detach the bag from the spring-Stan dard and the arms of the pivoted lever, the latter is depressed to draw the points of said arms away from and out of contact with the edges of the mouth of the bag and against the tension of the spring of the lever .I, which, upon being released, automatically returns to its normal position.

\Vhen the prongs of the arms are released from a bag, the yielding standard sprin gs outwardly and supports the bag in an upright position until the bag is removed from said standard for the purpose of tying up its month.

In Fig. 3 we have shown a somewhat modified arrangement especially adapted for use at the end of the separator. In this arrangement the uprights O are provided with vertical longitudinal slots, and a frame, M, is adjustably secured between the same by means of bolts inserted through said frame and the slots in the uprights and nuts mounted on said bolts and adapted to bear against the uprights, as will be readily understood. This frame M comprises a horizontal cross-bar, on, and the vertical depending arms on on at the ends of same, and the securing bolts are inserted through said arms. An inclined discharge-board, N, is bolted to the cross-bar, as shown, in position to direct the commodity discharged from the upper screen into the bag. One end of a lever, O, is pivoted to a lug, P, formed on the vertical arm on, while the free end of the lever plays within a keeper, p, and is held normally elevated by a spring, p, having one end secured to the arm m and its other end bearing against the under edge of the lever. This lever carries the vertical pointed arms R,which project upward through suitable openings in the discharge-board in position to engage the edge of the bag.

Q is a yielding standard provided with an angular'head, q, and similar in all respects to the standard K, and secured to a platfornnqt, secured upon the extended ends of the run- 11ers, as shown.

In Fig. 4 we have shown a slight modification of our device. In this form of our device the adjustable frame is dispensed with and the discharge-board is secured to and between the uprights. The lever and the guide therefor are also secured to the uprights, and instead of the spring shown in the other figures we provide a standard, S, having a reduced bifurcated upper end in which the lever plays, and a spring, T, is coiled around this reduced end and bears against the lever and the shoulder of the standard.

Having thus described our invention, we claim- 1. A bag-holder comprising a yielding standard having a longitudinal slot at its upper end, an angular head, a bolt passed through the head and the slot in the standard to adjust-ablysccure the head to the standard, and a lever supported at a slight distance from the said standard and carrying bag-retainin prongs, as set forth.

2. A bag-holder comprising a support, a yielding standard arranged a slight distance from said support, a lever mounted on said support, and bag-retaining prongs carried by said lever, as set forth.

3. A bag-holder comprising a yielding standard, a vertical]y-adjustable support arranged a slight distance from the yielding standard, a lever mounted on said support, bag-retaining prongs carried by said lever, and a spring having one end secured to said support and its other end bearing against the under side of the lever, as set forth.

4. The combination of the horizontallyswinging base, the standards erected thereon, the plate II, adjustably secured to said standards, the lever pivoted to said plate, and the bag-retaining prongs carried by said lever, as set forth.

5. The combination of the standards G G, the plate H, secured to said standards and adjustable vertically thereon, the guides 2' i on said plate, the lever pivoted on the plate and projecting through the guide 2' and the bag-retaining prongs carried by the lever and extending through the guide 1", as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES MONROE BRADSHAW. IVILLIAM EDGAR MEEK. Vitnesses:

WALTER WHITMORE, A. B. VHITMORE.

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