US434467A

US434467A - Grain-measure

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Publication number: US434467A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-08-19
Anticipated expiration: 1907-08-19

Description

(No Model.)

L; B. RILEY.

GRAIN MEASURE.

Patented Aug. 19, 1890.

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LYCURGUS B. RILEY, OF GRAFTON, ILLINOIS.

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i SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,467, dated August 19, 1890.

Application filed April 21, 1890. Serial No. 348,926. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, LYoUReUs B. RILEY, of Grafton, in the county of Jersey and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Grain-Measurer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in grain-measurers, my object being to provide a measurer more convenient and more easily operated than those of its class heretofore in use. These ends I accomplish by a peculiar construction and combination of parts, fully explained in the following specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevational view of the measurer, partly shown in section, taken in the line a: a; in Fig. 2, which is a plan or top view of the machine; and Fig. 3 is a front end elevation thereof, taken in the line y y, Fig. 2.

Refcrringtothe drawings, A represents the frame of the machine supporting a table B, provided with a wide slot E, adapted to receive (so that it will slide freely therein) the lower end of an externally-cylindrical measuring-vessel 'L', the latterhaving a shoulder S, (see Fig. 3,) formed so as to rest upon the table B. The interior of said measuring-vessel is preferably conical or funnel-shaped, and has its upper end secured in the forward part of the bottom of an oblong horizontally-sliding box 0, the rear part of which is supported upon a shelf D, (shown in Fig. 1,) the ends of which are secured to the frame A.

Pivotally secured at r are two forward-projecting arms, from the forward extremities of which depends vertically, so as to reach across the interior of the box 0 and rest upon the bottom thereof, a scraper g.

Immovably secured between the top horizontal bars of the frameA is apartiton h, proj ecting downward almost to the bottom of the box 0 and of such width as to reach from side to side of the interior, with only sufficient play between it and the box to allow the latter to Figs. 1 and 3, a horizon tally-slidingdoork, having an opening 0 of the same size and form as the outlet in the bottom of the measuringvessel 2'.

To the under side of the table B, in a position transverse to its length, are secured two cross-bars F F.

To the front side'of the measuring-vessel, as shown at J, Fig. 1, is ahandle by which the machine is operated.

The spout, purposely omitted in the drawings, by which the grain is conducted to the machine being adjusted over the measuringvessel when the latterisin the position shown in Fig. 1, the sack to be filled is sustained by hooks or other suitable means beneath the table 5 in proper position to receive the grain when discharged from the vessel 1'. Matters being thus, the grain is allowed to flow into the measure, and when the latter is filled, so as to overflow its upper edges, the flow of grain from the supply-spout is stopped or not, as may be desired, and the operator standing in front of the machine and taking hold of the handle J draws the measuring-vessel toward him in the direction, indicated by arrow 1 until it reaches the forward extremity of the slot E, and, as will be noticed, with it the box 0. Now as the measuring-vessel'approaches the forward extremity of its travel the front end of the sliding door it comesin contact with the forward cross-bar F, as indicated by arrow 2, and by the completion of the measurers travel the sliding door is thrust backward with reference to the measuringvessel to such a position that the opening 0 is coincident with the orifice in the bottom of the vesselz' and the latters contents instantly fall into the sack provided for its reception. It will be observed that as the measure is drawn forward for the purpose of being discharged the scraper g being immovable horizontally and its lower edge resting on the upper edge of the measure, it will remove all the grain that is heaped above the top edge thereof. It will be further observed that the end of the door is does not come in contact with the cross-bar F until the measure has been drawn sufficiently far forward for the scraper to have passed completely over the top of it, making the contents of the measure flush with the top thereof, the superfluous grain being retained between the scraper and the partition h and resting upon that part of the bottom of the box 0 which, when the measure is drawn forward into position for being discharged, occupies the place of the top of the measure when the latter is in position for being filled, as shown in Fig. 1.

In regard to the means employed for closing the door 70 after the contents of the measure have been discharged, it will be observed that the end of the door as the measure is pushed back comes in contact with the crossbar 1 and closes the orifice in the bottom of the measure, and the grain scraped from the top of the measure onto the bottom of the box lis as the latter moves backward pushed by the partition 7L into the vessel '2', which is again filled by the supply-spout.

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

combined, and adapted to each other for united operation, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set nly hand this 20th day of January, A. D. 1890.

LYGURGUS B. RILEY.

Witnesses:

J. M. ALLEN, C. J. SLATER-