US984951A - Kitchen-cabinet. - Google Patents

Description

A- W. MACON, KITCHEN CABINET.

TION II I yum Patented Feb. 21,1911,

a sunrs-snzfl 1.

A. W. MACON. KITCHEN CABINET.

AiPLIOATION FILED MAR. 1 1910. 984,95 1

Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

BSHEETS-SHB T2.

iZw/z 22W nu: NORRIS rxhms cm, wAsmuarou, n. c.

A. W. MACON. KITOHBN CABINET.

APPLICATION PILED'HAR. 1, 1910. 984,95 1 Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Z7 z veizi'ar lfl axmder M/fia 0070 Tu; NORRIS rznns co, WASHINGTON, n. c.

ill Z ALEXANDER W. MACON, OF MOBERLY, MISSOURI.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

Application filed. March 1, 1910. Serial No. 546,637.

bin for flour and similar materials, and so constructed as to admit of its being readily filled and kept clean. This is eifected primarily by the employment of an attachment in the nature of a swinging frame movable into and out of the body portion of the bin and adapted to support a sack of flour, thereby permitting the sack to be shifted bodily without appreciable effort into discharging position within the bin directly above the hopper portion thereof, and to be maintained in such position until its contents have been exhausted. The particular construction of this frame and itsspecific relation with respect to the bin present the most import-ant features of the invention, the preferred embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved bin. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and at are, respectively, vertical and horizontal sections taken on the lines 3-3 and 474: of Fig. 2. Fig. '5 is a detail perspective view of the sifter employed in connection with the bin.

Reference being had to said drawings, and to the characters marked thereon, A designates as a whole the body portion of the bin, or bin proper; B the hopper portion; C the sack-carrying frame; and D the sifter.

The bin is preferably constructed of sheet metal, its hopper portion being formed integral with and as a continuation of the body portion, which latter portion has a general rectangular shape and is both frontless and bottomless. There is, however, a door 7 which is hinged to the front edge of one of the sides of the bin proper and is designed to close the front thereof under certain conditions. It is held in closed position by means of any suitable latch.

The hopper is formed with an enlarged or flaring upper portion or mouth 8 which opens directly into the body of the bin, the walls of this portion of the hopper being outwardly inclined, to produce such eifect. The lower portion 9 of the hopper is substantially cylindrical in shape and the two end walls 10 thereof are provided with alining openings in which are journaled the outwardly-bent terminals of the legs of a U-shaped rod 11. The central portion of this rod has a metal plate 12, arcuate in cross section, attached thereto, the degree of convexity of said plate being the same as that of the convex side walls 13 of the hopper, against which walls the plate is arranged to travel during the movements of the rod, such movements being rendered possible by the attachment of an operating handle let to one of the above-mentioned terminals. The plate, moreover, has a width slightly greater than the distance between the corresponding horizontal edges of the two convex walls 13, as shown in Fig. 3. The walls last mentioned are formed with depending parallel extensions 15, and the walls 10 with similar extensions 16, there being provided in addition a flange 17 which is located at the junction between the front and side walls and their respective extensions.

The sifter D is designed for attachment to the discharge end of the hopper, and its rectangular framework 18 is of such a size as to enable it to be fitted snugly upon the neck produced by the several extensions above referred to, the upper edges of the front and side walls of the framework fitting between the corresponding extensions and the flange, which latter overhangs said edges. The front and rear walls of this framework are directly connected to the extensions 16 by means of fastening devices of any preferred type. The bottom of the sifter is formed in the usual manner by a strip of wire gauze 19 and across such strip the spiral working portion of an agitator 20 is arranged for movement, said agitator having its operating or handle portion projecting through an opening formed in the front Wall of the framework 18.

The frame C, which presents the most important features of the invention, as already stated, comprises a pair of counterpart triangular wire members 21, the opposite ends of whose bases are connected to gether by wires 22, the central portions of the legs of each member being likewise connected together by a wire 23. Each triangular member is formed at its apex with an eye 24, and each rod 23 is similarly provided at its center with an eye 25. The frame as a whole has a hinge connection 26 with the upper edge of the front wall of the hopper mouth 8, so as to admit of its being swung bodily into and out of the interior of the bin body. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) During its outward movement, the frame is inverted, as will be apparent, and at the limit of such movement its eyes 24L will rest upon the table 27 or other support directly above which the bin is suspended by means of the perforated lugs 28 formed upon the rear upper edge thereof. The front legs of the two frame members 21 are further connected together by a pair of horizontal rods 29 and 30 which are curved to conform to the shape of the filled sack 31 to be moved into the bin, the degree of curvature of one of said rods being considerably greater than that of the other. The bottom end of such sack is designed to be engaged by the hooks 82 formed upon a rod 33, the terminals of which are supported in either the eyes 24 or the eyes 25, according to the size of the sack. The frame itself is supported in position within the bin by means of lugs 3 L which project laterally inward from the lower edges of the side and rear walls of the bin body, as shown, the base wires of the two frame members 21 and the rear connecting wire 22 being designed to rest upon said lugs. (See Fig. 2.) If deemed expedient, there may also be provided a guard plate 35 which likewise connects the lower ends of the front legs of the two frame members together. This plate is preferably bowed and serves to prevent escape of the flour or other material when the door 7 is open.

In filling the bin, it is only necessary, after the frame C has been moved outwardly thereof, to properly position the hooked rod 33, and then to place the sack, mouth upward, between the two frame members, so that its bottom will be engaged by the hooks 32 and one side will rest against one or both of the curved rods, according to the size of the sack. If, then, the frame be swung into the interior of the bin, it will carry the sack with it, and support the same directly over the mouth of the hopper in position to discharge the contents thereof into said hopper, the mouth of the sack having preferably been opened prior to its movement into the bin. It will be apparentytherefore, that owing to the fact that the sack is supported entirely by the frame, which latter has a hinged connection with the bin, the movement of the sack into the bin may be effected with but little effort, as opposed to that heretofore necessary where the sack was lifted manually into position to discharge its contents into the open top of the bin. Furthermore, the interior of the bin is maintained in a much cleaner state than was ordinarily the case, since the flour or other material is discharged directly into the hopper rather than against the walls of the bin, owing to the fact that the mouth of the sack projects a slight distance into that of the hopper, such construction also serving to maintain the material itself in a clean state.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination, with a storage receptacle, of a carrier arranged for movement into a position wholly within the receptacle, and adapted to convey a sack with it into such position, said carrier including spaced connected sides provided with pairs of alining eyes and a hooked sack-supporting rod having its ends arranged for interchangeable engagement in said eyes.

2. The combination, with a storage receptacle, of a sack carrier hinged at its lower end to said receptacle for movement into a position wholly therewithin, said carrier comprising spaced skeleton sides provided at their upper ends with alining eyes, and intermediate its ends with cross-pieces having alining eyes, rods connecting said sides, and a hooked sack-supporting rod having its ends arranged for interchangeable engagement in said eyes. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDER V. MACON.

Witnesses i M. L. BUCKNER, R. M. WILLIAMS.

Images