Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 15th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted; 16th Feb., 1889
We, SAMUEL BATES and WILLIAM JAMES BATES both of Winteringham North
Lincoln, Corn Millers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
It is sometimes desirable to mix grain of several different qualities in certain
proportions before the mixture is milled or otherwise treated.
My invention relates to apparatus for this purpose. There being several adjacent
spouts leading down grain of different qualities which have to be mixed, 1 apply at
the mouth of each of these spouts-a-casing-containing- a vertical revolving wheel
which carries at its circumference a number of pivotted cups. These are loaded on
one side so that they tend to take a vertical attitude as they are carried up by the
revolution of the wheel in front of the spout. They thus become successively charged
with grain which they carry round with them. At the upper part of the circle in
which they revolve they pass under a hinged blade which wipes off surplus grain at
the mouth of each cup, and the grain thus wiped off drops to the bottom of the
casing near the mouth of the spout forming part of the bulk to be raised by succeeding
cups.
After passing the wiper, the cups which are now held by the loaded sides against
suitable stops on the wheel take attitudes more and more inclined as they pass
onwards, and deliver their contents into a space at the side of the casing farthest
from the feed spout which space is separated by a suitable partition from the space
immediately in front of the feed spout.
The grain delivered from the cups passes away by a spout or is carried along
by a worm or other conveyer along with the grain delivered from the cups of the
adjacent apparatus of like kind.
There being several of these, side by side the cup wheels of all of them may be
on one shaft revolving together each within its own casing, or they may be separately
driven by sneed nullies.

page_text: The proportion of grain taken by each wheel may be varied by varying its speed
or by changing the number of active cups on it. In order that any cup can be
readily removed or replaced I prefer to arrange one of its pivots in a spring that can
be strained away releasing the cup. I also prefer to make the stops against which the
cups are made to bear as they become inverted as spring latches which can be made
to engage with catches on such of the cups as it is desired to render inactive by
preventing them from turning on their pivots. Each of the feed spouts has its mouth
governed by a sliding sluice, by which the supply can be more or less reduced or
entirely stopped.. The wiping blade is held in an inclined position against a stop by a
weight or spring allowing it to yield in case a stone or other unyielding body should
present itself above the mouth of a passing cup.
Although I have described the cups as being mounted on the circumference of a
wheel, they might be carried by spokes projecting radially from a central boss.
Dated this 16th day of April 1888.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We, SAMUEL BATES, and WILLIAM JAMES BATES, both of Winteringham, North
Lincoln, Corn Millers, 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 :-
It is sometimes desirable to mix grain of several different qualities in certain
proportions before the mixture is milled or otherwise treated. Our invention relates
to apparatus for this purpose as we shall describe referring to the accompanying
drawings, Fig. 1 a longitudinal section, and Fig 2 a transverse section. There being
several adjacent spouts A leading down grain of different qualities which have to be
mixed, we apply at the mouth of each of these spouts a casing B containing a vertical
revolving wheel C or set of arms, carrying at the circumference a number of pivotted
cups D. These are loaded at L on one side so that they tend to take a vertical attitude
as they are carried up by the revolution of the wheel in front of the spout A. They
thus become successively charged with grain which they carry round with them. At
the upper part of the circle in which they revolve they pass under a blade E which
wipes off surplus grain at the mouth of each cup, and the grain thus wiped off drops
to the bottom of the casing near the mouth of the spout A forming part of the bulk
to be raised by succeeding cups.
After passing the wiper E the cups, which are now held by the loaded sides bearing
against suitable stops on the wheel or arms, take attitudes more and more inclined as
they pass onwards, and deliver their contents into a space F at the side of the casing B
farthest from the feed spout A which space is separated by a low partition G from the
space immediately in front of the feed spout A.
The grain delivered from the cups passes away by a spout or is carried along. by a
worm H or other conveyer along with the grain delivered from the cups of the
adjacent apparatus of like kind.
There being several of these side by side, the cup wheels of all of them may be on
one shaft revolving together each within its own casing, or they may be separately
driven by speed pulleys.
.
The proportion of grain taken up by each wheel may be varied by varying its speed
or by changing the number of active cups on it, or taking some of them off. In order
that any cup can be readily removed or replaced, one of its pivots may be engaged in
a spring arm K that can be strained away releasing the cup. Or one of the pivots
may be a screw which can be unscrewed for removing a cup. The loading weights L,
or the stops on the arms against which they bear, may be provided with spring
latches so that such of the cups as it is desired to render inactive may be prevented
from turning on their pivots. Each of the feed spouts A has its mouth governed by
a sliding sluice M by which the supply can be more or less reduced or entirely

page_text: stopped. The wiping. blade E is held in an inclined position against a stop by a
weight or spring allowing it to yield in case a stone or other unyielding body
should present itself above the mouth of a passing cup; it may however be fixed at
sufficient distance above the cups to prevent wedging.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
Annaratus for mixing grain substantially as described and illustrated.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.