US742578A

US742578A - Bag-holder.

Info

Publication number: US742578A
Application number: US10483102A
Authority: US
Inventors: Paul Brown
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1902-04-26
Filing date: 1902-04-26
Publication date: 1903-10-27
Anticipated expiration: 1920-10-27

Description

No. 742,578. I

ilNrrnn Smarts" Patented October 27, 1903.

PAULv BROWN, OF DAYTON, SOUTH DAKOTA.

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SECIFXCATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 742,578, dated October` 27, 1903. Application filed April 26, 190,2..y Serial No. 104,831. (No model.)

To a/L w/wm, it nea/y concer-7e:

Be it known that I, PAUL BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Marshall and .State of South Dakota, have invented new and usefulv Improvements in Bag-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved bagholder.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, durable, and eiiicient device which will effectually hold a bag in position to receive flour, grain, or other material.

A further object is to provide means for automatically cutting oif the supply of material to be fed into the bag as the bag is released.

Other objects as well as the novel details of construction will be specifically set forth hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bagholder constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the bag applied. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the bag-holder. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, and Fig. 4: is a cross-sectional View of the same.

The reference-numeral 1 designates a tubular chute which is in the form of a hollow angular body, in which is arranged a hinged bottom or cut-off 2. On one side of the chute is fulcrumed a lever 3, having an upwardlycurved extremity 4f, the eXtreme end of which is secured to a flexible connection 5, which passes through an opening 6 in the side of the chute and is connected to the cut-od 2, so that by operating the lever the cut-oft may be actuated.

On opposite sides of the angular chute 1 are arranged rock-shafts 7 and 8, carrying downwardly-projecting inwardly-curved tingers 9 at predetermined distances apart. At one end each rock-shaft is bent or formed with an upwardly-inclined extension or

crankarm

10 and 10, said arms being bent back upon themselves to form elongated hooks 11. The hooked portions of the arms overlap one another and are secured together by means of the hooked end12 of a link connection 13,

which is secured to the curved end of the lever 3 intermediate the points of attachment with the ileXible connection and the fulcrum of said lever.

When it is desired to iill the sack,the mouth thereof will be drawn over the lower end of Vthe chute 1 and the lever will be raised, causing the link connection to force the cranks of the shafts 6 and 7 downward, thereby throwing the fngers 8 outward. After the mouth of the sack has been adjusted in position the. lever will be lowered, thus raising the crankarms and forcing the fingers in engagement with the sack and into recesses 14, formed adjacent the end of each nger. At the same time the fingers are thrown in engagement with the sack the cut-off is released, allowing it to open downwardly by force of gravity, and the sack will be iilled. As soon as said sack is filled the lever will again be raised, cutting off the supply of the material in the chute and releasing the sack, when it can be removed and another sack arranged in its place. The upper portion of the chute can be made to hold a determined number of pounds, pecks, or bushels of grain or other material, so that by leveling oft the top of the chute after having closed the cut-oft the exact amount of material therein may be determined. The bag can then be pnt in place, and by opening the chute the contents may be emptied into the receptacle provided for that purpose.

It will thus be seen that .the device is automatic in its action, the rock-shafts andeutoff acting in unison and cooperating automat- `ically to produce the result desired.

It will thus be seen that I provide a device which is simple in construction, durable, and will eciently perform the service for which it is intended.

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

neeted to the chute and having a curved ex- I and opened when the fingers are in position tremity above the fulerum thereof, a link eonto attach a loag,r to the chute. io neeted to the arm and to the curved end of In testimony whereof I aiix my signature the lever, a hinged eut-oi Within the chute, in presence of two Witnesses.

and a Connection between the eut-off and the l PAUL BROWN. extremity of the curved lever, so J[hat by operating the lever the cut-off will be closed when the fingers are in a releasing position Witnesses:

C. E. GRIMM, ALBERT T. STEWART.