IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OR CONVEYANCE OF GRAIN, SALT,
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Goodwin, of Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Corn Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OR CONVEYANCE OF GRAIN, SALT,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Goodwin at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 16th February 1875.
I, WILLIAM GOODWIN, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Corn Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OR CONVEYANCE
OF GRAIN, SALT, AND BULK SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
The object of the said Invention is to facilitate the conveyance of
grain or other bulk cargo or substance from a ship, quay, or other place
to a warehouse or store room when sacks or other containers and carts or
vehicles are employed.

page_text: For the above purposes I, under the first part of my Invention,
employ portable apparatus of novel construction in combination with an
endless bucket or similar elevator. The elevator, preferably operated by
hand, raises the grain, salt, or the like from the quay or other place and
delivers it into a hopper at or near the top of the portable apparatus.
The portable apparatus of novel construction consists, under the
second part of my Invention, of a platform on wheels, and a hopper
placed over the platform. The floor of the platform is fixed at the
height of the level of the floor of the carrying lorry or vehicle, or it is
adjustable to any required height. The sacks or other containers,
when placed on the said platform, are filled from the hopper above
mentioned through a shoot. The endless band is preferably attached to
the platform, but may if desired be carried by separate framework. The
hopper may, if desired, be fitted with a vibrating screen.
Under the third part of my Invention I combine the hopper with the
elevator, the two portions being each portable, and when required for
use bring them close together, so that the grain or substance in bulk
shall deliver on to or over the platform.
Under the fourth part of my Invention an automatic steelyard or
other weighing apparatus or machine is used in combination with the
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Goodwin in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 16th August 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM 25
GOODWIN, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Corn Merchant,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the 30
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said William Goodwin, Her special

page_text: licence that I, the said William Goodwin, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Goodwin, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
,and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OR CONVEYANCE OF GRAIN, SALT, AND
BULK SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
William Goodwin, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said In-
vention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Goodwin, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Sheet of illustrative Drawings and to the figures and letters marked
thereon, that is to say :-
The object of the said Invention is to facilitate the conveyance of
grain or other bulk cargo or substance from a ship, quay, or other place
to warehouse or store room when sacks or other containers and carts or
vehicles are employed.
For the above purpose I, under the first part of my Invention, employ
portable apparatus of novel construction in combination with an endless
bucket or similar elevator. The elevator, preferably operated by hand,
raises the grain, salt, or the like from the quay or other place, and
delivers it into a hopper at or near the top of the portable apparatus.
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The portable apparatus of novel construction consists, under the
second part of my Invention, mainly of a platform on wheels and a
hopper placed over the platform. The floor of the platform is placed at
the height of the level of the floor of the carrying lorry or vehicle, or it
is adjustable to any required height. The sacks or other containers
when placed. on the said platform are filled from the hopper above

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mentioned through a shoot; the endless band is preferably attached to
the platform, but may, if desired, be carried by separate framework; the
hopper may be fitted with a vibrating screen.
Under a third part of my Invention I combine the hopper with the
elevator, the two portions being each portable, and when required for t
use bring them close together, so that the grain or substance in bulk
shall deliver on to or over the platform.
Under the fourth part of my Invention an automatic steelyard or
other weighing apparatus or machine is used in combination with the
apparatus constructed as herein-before described.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
The elevation on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings is illustrative
Invention.
of my
a, elevator, here consisting of an endless band and buckets carried by
the pullies 6 attached to the stretcher c. The said stretcher o works on
the pivots d, and is adjusted by the rack and pinion e; f, crank wheel
operated by hand, giving motion to the band a through the strap g.
The grain raised by the motion of the band a is deposited in the hopper h,
whence it falls after weighing into the sack i attached to the hopper or
bucket on the scale beam j. The said sacks when filled are removed to
the wagon or vehicle k. The carrying platform is supported on wheels m,
and is of suitable height for the above purposes, or it may be adjustable
as to height.
Instead of filling into sacks the grain may be run direct from the
hopper into a cart or other container constructed for carrying grain in
bulk.
Having now described and ascertained my Invention, so that others
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page_text: Under the fourth part. The employment in combination with apparatus
constructed as above described of automatic weighing apparatus.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Goodwin, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, the Thirteenth day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
JAMES JOHNSON,
Patent Office,
WILLIAM GOODWIN. (L.S.)
Witness.
Clayton Square,
Liverpool,