US472020A - Cracker-cabinet - Google Patents

Description

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UNITED STATES FRANK C. AOKER, OF IONIA, MICHIGAN:

cRAcKER-CABINET'.

,SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,020, dated April 5, 1892.

Application tiled June 8,1891. Serial No. 395,601. (No model.) 4

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, FRANK C. ACKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ionia, in the countyof Ionia and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cracker-Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for storing, preserving, and handling crackers and other like articles 5 and its object is to provide a device for such purposes hav ing certain new and useful features hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed ont in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device embodying my invention, with'a part broken away to show the construction; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same on the line .r of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a horizontal section of the same on the line 'y y.

Like letters refer to like parts in each of the figures.

A represents a case or box, of suitable form,

having an overhanging front portion A', a'

forwardly-inclined top having doorsV B and B' opening into A and A', respectively, and forwardly-inclined back portions U and T. -In the lower part of A is arranged, in an opening at one side, a removable scoop H, beneath which is a lateral extension H' of A' to retain such of the contents of the same as may follow the scoop when withdrawn, and at the other side thereof is a semi-cylindrical pocket D, one-half of the bottom of which consists of a quadrantal valve E, of slightly-less radius than the stationary part of said bottom, over which stationary part it is arranged to move by being pivoted to a shaft F', journaled in the axis of said pocket, which shaft is provided with a crank F for opening the valve E and a spring F" for closing the same.

C is a glass plate inserted in the front of A', through which the contents may be observed, and G is a spout into which the valve E opens to discharge the contents of A.

Within the case A is the grated floor M, hinged at its front edge to the front of the and thence downward to near the bottom and at the rear of the same, and are wound upon a roll P', having a crank S to turn it, and provided with a ratchet Q and pawl R to retain it in position. Said straps have attached a series of transverse parallel bars N, which, together with M, constitute a movable grated bottom to secure the crackers and suspend them within A.

J is a lamp or other suitable heater having its chimney J' surrounded by a chamber K, within which said chimney connects to ahot-air pipe L, which extends horizontally across the interior of A beneath the floor M, and thence returned to K, where it is extended upward at L' into the open air. A steam-coil or any other suitable heater may be substituted for this latter device when convenient.

I is a door opening into the lower part of A to remove the dust and particles that pass through said bottom.

The operation of my device is as follows: The straps O are first unwound from P', allowing the rear of the grated floor to descend to the bottom of the case A. The stock of crackers can then be poured in through the door B, and as the straps P' are from time to time wound upon the roll P the bottom M and the slats N rise and discharge said crackers into A', whence they are removed either by the scoop H or valve E, as most convenient, any residue after weighing being returned by the door B. In the meantime the smaller particles and flour-dust pass through the bottom M and slats N and fall to the bottom, whence they may be removed by the door I, the inclined back reducing the area of the bottom and bringing them nearer the front. The glass C serves to display the goods, and the heater-pipe L maintains their condition of dryness, thus preserving them in good order for use. v

What I claim is- 1. In a `cracker-cabinet, a closed chamber having a perforated and vertically-movable bottom, a heater beneath the same, an adjacent chamber into which the crackers are discharged, and mechanism for removing said crackers from the latter chamber, substantially as described.

2. In a cracker-cabinet, a storage-chamber having an opening in one side and a grated bottom hinged at one side thereof and beneath said opening-straps attached to the movable side of said bottom, having parallel transverse slats attached, and a roll upon which said straps are Wound, said roll having a crank and a ratchet-Wheel and pawl, snbstantially as described.

3. In a cracker-cabinet, a closed chamber having a perforated :and vertically-movable bottom, a heater beneath the same, an adjacent chamber having a semi-cylindrical bottoni land a discharge-opening in the same,and

a quadrantal valve closing said opening, substantially as described.

4. In a cracker-cabinet, a storage-chamber having a grated bottom pivoted at one side and vertically movable at the other, a heater beneath the same, a lchamber into which the crackers are discharged as said bottom rises, said chamber havin g a semi-cylindrical pocket provided with a segmental valve and a discharge-spout and also having a laterally-prolonged floor, a lateral opening, and a scoop adapted to close said opening and to be removed therefrom, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK C. ACKER. lVitn esses:

F. A. STIvnN, LUTHER V. MoULToN.

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