US66050A - smith - Google Patents

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'H. C. SMITH. Grain Measure.

Patented June 25, 1867.

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HARLOW o. SMITH, or culo ao o, ILL'INO is. Letters Patent No. 66,050, dated June 2,5, 1867; cmteflated June 22, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAIN-MEASURES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, HARLOW C. SMITH, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State -of Illinois, have invented an improved Half-Bushel vor l)'Ieasure; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and l and letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of lthis specification, in Which Figure l is a perspective representation ot' my improved halfbushel.

Figure 2 is aytopor plan View of my improved haltbushel.

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken through the centre of tl1elia lf-bushe]. Figure L is a representation of the spring and spur that hold the bag to the rim of the half-bushel.

The object of' my inveiitiozris'to produce a measure to which the bag can be attached andthe grain emptied by a hingedbottom of the measure into the bag, thus constituting a combined measure and bag-holder.` TG1-accomplish this object Italie a half-bushel, or other similar grain-measure?, having its rim Vor body constructed in any of the ordinary methods. To this body C, I attach a bottom composed of two parts, A and B,

`as showniu figs. 1 and 3Q The part A is attached rigidly to the body Vor` the measure, and its upper surfaceis inclined at an angle of about twenty degrees, as represented in fig. 3. The part B is hinged to A so as to open downward, and is held Vshut when closed by means of. the spring catch E, fig. 3. A ring, n, is secured to the upper surface of the lid vor part B` to pull it shut by after it has been opened to empty the grain. i Upon the outside of the body@ of 4the measure are senircd three or more springs, D, as shoirn in iig. 1, there being a point, o, attached to the lower eud'ot` those springs, and projecting inward, as shown in Hg. 4. A small recess is out in theoutside bi' the measure Where these points are located, to p springs, ivhcn i-t Willbe caught by the points and held attached to the measure.

The operation is' as follows: The bag being attached to vthe measure, and the' bottom. being closed, the measure is filled n'ith grain or other material to be measured. It is then lifted bythe operator, who touches the upper end of the catch-E, which unlocks the hinged portion of the bottom, which falls and lets the grain pass at once into the bag.V The bottom is then shut by means of the' ring n, or a'string attached thereto, when the operation is repeated until the bagis full, when the measure is detached. i

It will thus be seen that by means of my invention one person is enabled to perform the entire operation with ease and rapidity, thus dispensing with the services of a person usually required to hold the bag. If

desired, the measuremay be attached to any suitable support, and thus constitute a. fixed bag-holder; butI intend it, for use more especially as above described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is-

A half-bushel, or similar grain-measure for hand use, having. its bottom composed of the stationary part A and the hinged portion B, and provided with the spring-hooksD, or their equivalents, for attaching the bag, all constructed andarranged to operate as shown and described.`

. HARLOW C. SMITH. Witnesses:

GEO. L. GHAPIN,

J. S. FULLER.

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