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un. nml. eissued Feb'.- la, |902.

JQ Gassen. Y DISTRIBUTlNG SPOUT FBIGBMN ELEVATURS.

(Appumion med muy 2o, 1901.)

INVENTQRv JAM E5 J. (i ER BER UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE. y

JAMES J. GERBER, O'F MIYNEAPOLISI'MINNESOTA.l

DISTRIBUTING-SPOUT FORKGRAIN-ELEVATORS.y

PEGIFICAZLLON forming part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 11,971, dated FebruaryIS, 1902*. v

dated May I5, 1900. Application for reissue iiled May 20, 1901. Serial No. 61,180.

riginel No. 649.724,

To (LVZ wia/0m t 12m/y concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. GEnBER, nf thel city of Minneapolis,Hennepin county, Miu nesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Distributin'g- Spouts for Grain-Elevators, of which the following is a specification. Y

. The invention relates to improvements in grain-distributers, andis designed particularly for use in country elevators where the openings leading to the bins are substantially the same ,distance fromthe grain-discharge opening in the elevator-leg and only one joint or section of spouting is necessary to reach any one of the-xn` f The objectpot the invention is to provide means for lifting the distributing-spout out of the opening leading to a bin to permit it to be swung on its pivot and connected withrthe opening leading to another bin without the necessity of ascending to the floor where the spout is located.

The invention consists generally in various construetionsand combinations,all as hereinafter described, and 'particularly pointed out in the-claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part ot this specification, Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of a grain-elevator leg and head with my improved graiu-distributer shown in section applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the distributing-spout. Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line a: a' of l.

In the drawings, 2 represents a portion of a grain-elevator leg, and 3 the head through which the grain is delivered into a swiveled distributing-spout, which is usually located upon the machinery-floor or near the top of the elevator-building and conducts the grain frorn'the elevator-leg to suitable openings .leading to the different` bins.- I have shown in the drawings a door 4, covering the bins or a portion of them, and in said licor I have shown one of a series of openings 5 that lead to the bins.I There are as many of these openingsas there are bins, and in eountryelevators they are usually arranged on the arc of a circle around the elevator-leg, so that only one swiveled spout-section is required to distribnte grain to any one of the bins.

(l represents the spoilt-Section, having its open upper end Fitting loosely over a thimblc -ed to fit into or over `the spout, is pivoted.

7 on thc elevator-head and its lowerend adaptone of the bin-openings 5 in the floor, but readily removable therefrom to permit the spout to be shifted to another bin To su pportthe spout, I prefer to provice an upright hollow standard 8, having a slot 'in its upper end wherein ak lug 9, provided on a band or strap l0, that is riveted to Thespont s thus permitted to swing vertically on its pivot to lift its lower end out of the openings leadingto the bins. The lower portion of the spoilt is supported, preferably, upon a fork formed by straps 1l, having their outer ends bent out to ,conform tothe surface of Ihespout and form a rest and .guide therefor, and secured together through a block 12 by a bolt 13 and having their inner ends clamped on the hollow standard by bolts 14. A brace 15, extending from the upper end ol"l the hollow standard to the fork, prevents the weight of the spout from depressinpt the fork out of its proper position. The lower end of thestandard is rounded and supported, preferably, in a depression le', provided in a plate 17, and is adapted to turn freely therein to permit the spout to be swung from one bin to another.

18 represents an indicator-wheel provided on the standard 8, and in connection with a similar wheel located on the floor where the operator is stationed and a rope connecting said Wheels the operator is able to adjust the spout to discharge grain into any desired bin without ascending to the floor where the spouts are located. This device'is in common use in grain-elevators and is shown merely to illust-rate a means for determining the position ofthe spout.

In order that the spout may be lifted up away from the opening leading to the bin by the operator stationed .at a distance, I prefer .to provide a lever 19, pivotallysupported between the straps ll of the Ifork, having its outer end upwardly turned and` preferably provided with an antifriction-roller 20, adapted to bear upon and move over the under side ot' the spout when the lever is depressed. A cord or wire 2l is connected Io the inner end of the lever through an opening in theA hollow standard over a small idicr-Whee122 and downthrough a hole in the plate 17 to thc floor, whore the 19 and preferably passesv ICOv Il; but as` these straps partially encircleA thespout they will still act as a guide therefor, even when the spout is at the limit of its upward movement.' When the spout is elevated, it can be readily adj usted over another bin-opening by means of the indicating mechanism described, and upon releasing the le.- ver 19 the weight of the spout will cause it f to drop back upon the'supportiug-fork with its lower end projecting into a .bin-opening. I am thus able to more the distributing-spout "from one bin to lanother without the necessity of ascending to the floor where the spouts are located.

In various ways the details of construction may be modified by any one skilled in the art without departing from my invention.

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-ent ofthe United States, is as follows:

l. The combination, with a'grain-distributingspout,having its upper end connected with a grain-discharge opening audits ylower end fitted into a bin-opening, of an upright rota-I table standard, whereon said spout is pivotally supported and adapted to swing horizontally therewith and vertically thereon, a fork providedon' said standard and supportingthe lower portion of said spout, and a lever pivoted on saidA fork and having one arm in engagement with vthe under side of said spout and .its opposite arm connected with a r'ope or cord, to permit lthe operator at a distance, to lift the lower end of said spout away from the bin-opening, substantially as described.

2.. The combination, with a grain-distributing spout having its upper end connected with .a grain-discharge opening and its lower end fitted into a-bin-opening, of an uprightirotatable standardwhereon said spout is pivotally supported and adapted to swingl horizontally therewith and vertically thereon,'a lever 19 pivoted beneath said spout and having a roller 2O at one end to engage the undersnrface of said spout and roll over the same, and a cord connected to the opposite .end of. said lever to permit the operator at a distance to lift said spout ont of a-bin-opeuing,.substan tially as described.

3. The combination, with a grain-distribnt-- ing spout having its upper end connected with a grain-discharge Aopening and its lower end fitted into a bin-opening, of an upright rota.- table standard, whereon said spout is pivotally supported and adapted to swing horizontally therewith and vertically thereon, a fork 11 secured on said standard `andsupporting.

the lower portion of said spout,a brace l5 con..A

19 pivoted on said fork and having one arm in engagement with the under side of said 'spout,'and a cord connected tothe other arm of said lever to permit the operator at a disot a bin-opening, substantially as described.

4. .Thecombinatiom with a grain-distributing spout having its upper end connected to a grain-discharge opening and its lower end fitted into a bin-opening, of an upright rotatable standard whereon said spout is pivottally therewith and vertically thereon, a lever pivotally supported beneath said spout and having one arm in engagement'with the uuder side of said spout and adapted to move over the same, anda cord connected to they opposite arm of said lever to permit the operator to lift the lower end of said spout out of a bin-opening, substantially as described. l 5. The combination, with a grain-distributing spout having its upper end connected with a grain-discharge opening and its lower end Itted into a bin-opening, of astaudard whereon said spout' is pivotally4 supported and adapted to swing horizon tally and vertically, an arm having a fork or yoke to support and guide the lower portion of said spout while permitting vertical movement thereof, and means lindependent of said yoke for raising said spout.

6. The combination, with a grain-distributing spout having its upper end connected with a grain-discharge opening and its lower end on said spout is p'votally supported and adapted to swing horizontally and vertically, an arm provided on saidstandard, ayoke carried by said arm wherein the lower portion of said spout is removably supported, suitable bracing means for i said arm, and means for tilting said spout vertically in said yoke, substantially as described.

ingspout having its upper end connected with fitted into a bin-opening, of a standard where. on said spout is pivotally. su pported and adapted ito swing horizontally and vertically, an arm Il secured' to the lower portion of said ing said-arm and the upper portion of said standard andforming therewith a triangular bracin(gf-support for the lower portion of the yoke, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereo'f- I have hereunto" set my haudths 11th day. lof-May,.190l.l y v. JAME J. GERBER.-

, In presence ofl RICHARD PAUL, r MfG-Noonan tance to lift the lower end of said' spout out Aally supported and'adapted to swing horzonl iittedintoabiu-opening,ot' a standard where- 7. The combination, with a grain-distribut- II a grain-'discharge open-ing and its lower endl standard and having a forked or yoke-shapedv end to receive said spout, a brace `15 connect-- spout, and means for lifting said spout in saidnecting said fork and said standard, a lever `V IUI

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