Improvements in Grain Measurers and Registers.
Year: 1895

page_text: .Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 18th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 18th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 28th Dec., 1895
Improvements in Grain Measurers and Registers.
I, GOTTLIEB KARL HOLBINE, of Eustis, County of Frontier, and State of
Nebraska, United States of America, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to provide a device of this character which may
be attached to a grain elevator and which will accurately weigh and register
the grain as the grain is discharged from the elevator into the hopper, and which
will be of simple construction, durable in use and comparatively inexpensive of
production.
With these objects in view, the invention consists in certain features of
construction and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and
claimed.
In the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 15 a side elevation of my improved grain measurer and register, showing it
attached to the casing of a grain elevator.
Figure 2 is a top view of the same.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view showing in full lines the
swinging partition of the hopper in one position and in dotted lines its other
position.
In the drawing 1 denotes the hopper, which, in the present instance, is
cylindrical in form, and centrally in which is pivoted a partition 2, the lower
end of which projects a slight distance through an opening in the lower end
of the hopper, while its upper end is flush with the opening in the top of the
hopper.
3 denotes the supporting brackets, which are secured to any suitable support,
but which, in the present instance, is represented as the casing of the grain
elevator. These brackets are secured to the elevator by clips 4 or by any other
suitable means.
Scale beams 5 are pivoted to the brackets intermediate their ends, as shown at 6
and their inner ends are pivoted upon studs 7 which project from a plate 8 secured
to the sides of the hopper. The outer ends of these scale beams are provided with
weights 9 which serve to counterbalance the weight of the hopper, while the
weights 10 are adapted to slide upon the scale beams which of course are suitably
graduated and are adapted to determine the amount of grain to be weighed. These
latter weights may be provided with set screws 11, by means of which they will be
prevented from accidentally slipping on the scale beams.

page_text: A slotted bar 12 is secured to the lower section 13 of the bracket and is provided
with an upturned slotted end 14. Between the sides of this bar is pivoted a dog 15,
one end of which is adapted to engage with the notched bar 16, which may be
secured to the lower projected end of the partition and which slides through the
upturned end of the slotted bar 12, while the other end of this dog is connected to
a link 17, which has its upper end secured to the cross bar 18 of the scale beams.
A rod 19 is pivoted to the bracket and to a stud at the lower end of the plate 8
and serves to prevent the hopper from rotating. A registering device 20 is secured
to the bracket and is actuated by an arm 21 secured to one of the scale beams. As
this registering device may be of the usual and well-known construction a further
description of the same is not deemed necessary as it, in itself, forms no part of my
invention.
The operation of my device is as follows: The grain is conveyed by the elevator
and is discharged into one of the compartments in the hopper formed by the
partition. When a predetermined amount of grain is discharged into the hopper,
the hopper will lower, which will cause the outer ends of the scale beams to be tilted
upward, which movement will raise the dog from the outer notch in the bar 16 and
the weight of the grain on the partition will cause it to swing to the other side
of the hopper and thereby allow the grain to be discharged through its lower end.
The hopper then immediately rises and the grain will be discharged into the
compartment at the other side of the hopper and when the proper amount is emptied
therein the same action will take place as before, namely, the hopper will lower, the
scale beams will be tilted upward and the dog will be freed from the inner notch of
the bar 16 allowing the partition to swing to the other side of the hopper. At each
movement of the scale beams, the arm 21 will engage a pinion carried by one of
the registering wheels and will rotate the wheel one notch, in the usual and well-
known manner.
The device is exceedingly simple and is strong in construction and will accurately
weigh and register the grain as it is discharged from the hopper. Although I have
described this invention in connection with a grain elevator I would have it distinctly
understood that it may be supported in any manner I may desire and that the grain
may be conveyed to the hopper in any other suitable way without departing from
the spirit of my invention.
Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters
Patent is :-
1. The combination with a hopper, of a partition pivoted therein, scale beams
pivoted to said bopper, supporting brackets pivoted to said scale beams, rods pivoted
to the supporting brackets and to the hopper to prevent said hopper rotating, a
notched bar secured to the lower end of the partition, a pivoted dog to engage the
notches in said bar, a link connecting the said dog to the scale beams, and a
registering device actuated by the movement of the hopper, substantially as set
forth.
2. The combination with a hopper, scale beams pivoted thereto, brackets pivoted
to the scale beams, rods pivoted to the brackets and to the hopper, to prevent the
rotation of the hopper, a notched bar secured to the lower end of the hopper, a
slotted bar secured to the brackets and provided with an upturned slotted end,
through which the notched bar moves and by which it is guided, a dog pivoted
between the sides of the notched bar, a link pivoted to the dog and to the scale
beams, a registering device actuated by the scale beams and clips for securing the
brackets to the elevator frame, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 18th day of November 1895.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.