IMPROVEMENTS IN MIXING AND WORKING COFFEE BERRIES BEANS PEAS " GRAIN AND OTHER SEEDS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES OR PRODUCTS OF A SIMILAR PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by S OF A SIMILAR MECHANICAL CHARACTER AND FOR MEASURING AND FILLING THE SAME INTO SACKS OR CASKS AND OTHER RECEPTACLES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Ernest John Humphery, of New Hibernia Wharf
London Bridge in the County of Surrey Wharfinger for an invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MIXING AND WORKING COFFEE BERRIES BEANS PEAS
"
GRAIN AND OTHER SEEDS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES OR PRODUCTS OF A SIMILAR
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Ernest John Humphery
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at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th May 1882.
ERNEST JOHN HUMPHERY of New Hibernia Wharf London Bridge in the
County of Surrey Wharfinger "IMPROVEMENTS IN MIXING AND WORKING
COFFEE-BERRIES BEANS PEAS GRAIN AND OTHER SEEDS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
OR PRODUCTS OF A SIMILAR MECHANICAL CHARACTER AND FOR MEASURING AND
FILLING THE SAME INTO SACKS OR CASKS AND OTHER RECEPTACLES."
This Invention has for its object improvements in the means of mixing and
"working" Coffee berries or Grain or Seeds or other substances or products of a
similar Mechanical character either for the purpose of effecting a proper admixture of
different kinds of substances operated upon or for equalising the quality or sample
of any one particular substance throughout its bulk, and further in the means or
apparatus to be employed for measuring given quantities of such goods into Sacks
or other receptacles and in the means employed in filling and packing Bags and
Casks and similar receptacles.
The Coffee or other substance or substances, if more than one, to be mixed or
worked" is or are caused to pass from the Floor or place of storage through
openings or trap doors communicating with one Shaft in the passage through which
the substance or substances become thoroughly mixed. The bulk so mixed is
received upon a lower floor from which it is filled through a Shaft into bags or
other receptacles. This Shaft is provided near the upper part thereof with a
sliding door or some other suitable means for closing the same and at the lower.

page_text: part there are other slides or apparatus capable of adjustment according to the
quantity of substance to be discharged into each Sack or Cask, the quantity con-
tained in the Shaft between each slide being the required load or charge.
The slides or their equivalents are opened and closed alternately, first admitting
into the lower part of the Shaft the measured quantity, and then discharging the
same by opening the lower slide or its equivalent. Where the substance is to be
loaded or filled into a Cask or box I make use of a Stand for the latter whereon it
is capable of being rocked from side to side through a moderate angle during the
process of filling for the purpose of causing the charge to shake or settle down
compactly in the Cask or box.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Ernest John Humphery in the. Great Seal Patent Office on the
30th November 1882.
" WORKING
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ERNEST JOHN HUMPHERY of New Hibernia Wharf London Bridge in the
County of Surrey Wharfinger "IMPROVEMENTS IN MIXING AND
COFFEE-BERRIES, BEANS, PEAS, GRAIN, AND OTHER SEEDS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
OR PRODUCTS OF SIMILAR MECHANICAL CHARACTER, AND FOR MEASURING AND
FILLING THE SAME INTO SACKS OR CASKS, AND OTHER RECEPTACLES
"
This invention has for its object improvements in the means of mixing and
working Coffee-berries or Grain or Seeds or other substances or products of a
similar mechanical character either for the purpose of effecting a proper admixture
of different kinds of substances operated upon or for equalising the quality or
sample of any one particular substance throughout its bulk and further in the
means or apparatus to be employed for measuring given quantities of such goods
into Sacks or other receptacles and in the means employed in filling and packing
bags and casks and similar receptacles.
The Coffee or other substance or substances if more than one to be mixed or
"worked " is or are caused to pass from the floor or place of Storage through
openings or trap doors communicating with a shoot or shaft with inclined sides in
the passage through which the substance or substances become thoroughly mixed—
The bulk so mixed is received upon a lower floor from which it is filled through
a shaft into bags or other receptacles. This Shaft is provided near the upper part
thereof with a sliding door or some other suitable means for closing the same and
at the lower part there are other slides or apparatus capable of adjustment
according to the quantity of substance to be discharged into each Sack or Cask
the quantity contained in the Shaft between each slide being the required load or
charge The slides or their equivalents are opened or closed alternately, first
admitting into the lower part of the Shaft the measured quantity and then
discharging the same by opening the lower Slide or its equivalent. Where the
substance is to be loaded or filled into a Cask or box I make use of a stand for the

page_text: latter whereon it. is capable of being rocked from side to side through a moderate
angle during the process of filling for the purpose of causing the charge to shake
or settle down compactly in the Cask or box.
Of the accompanying Drawings Sheet One represents my said Invention as
applied to three floors of a Warehouse, and sheet Two represents a modification of
my improved apparatus shown in use for filling Casks.
Fig. 1 and 2 of sheet one represent in Plan and Section the Openings in
the upper floor of the Warehouse and the Shoot or Shaft with which they
communicate.
Fig. 3 shows the Shaft from the middle floor of the three floors to the lower
floor such Shaft being shown in Elevation and section.
Fig 4 is a plan of the Shoot at the top of the Shaft shown in Fig: 3.
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Fig 5 is a plan of the metal slide A. used for closing the top of the Shaft shown
in Fig. 3 when not in use, and Fig. 6 is a Section of the same shaft with the
Slide B.
The Coffee or other substance to be worked or mixed is passed from the upper
floor of the Warehouse through the openings C. C.-C. shown in the plan and
section in Figures 1 and 2 with the shoot shaft with inclined sides and fall on to
the floor beneath through the central opening as shown by the arrows and by
this means become freely mixed or worked. The Central opening C. has as will be
seen from the Drawing two inclined deflectors fixed beneath it by means of which
the "working" is more completely effected. From the middle floor of the three
floors the Coffee berries or other substances are filled into Bags or other receptacles
through the Shaft shown in Fig. 3-This shaft is fitted at the top under the
middle floor with the slide A. which is closed when the Shaft is not in use.
Below the slide A. is another slide B. moving horizontally and capable of being
opened and shut by means of the cords D. D. Near the bottom of the shaft is a
third slide E which may be adjusted higher or lower in the shaft according to the
capacity of the bags to be filled by means of the metal runners or grooves F. To
fill the Bags which are shown hanging at the bottom of the Shaft the slides A.
and B. are opened and the slide E. after having been fitted in its appropriate
groove or runner is closed. The Coffee berries then fall through into the Shoot
at the top of the Shaft shown in the Plan at Fig: 4. and so fill the shaft. The
slide B. is then closed and the slide E. opened and thus the measured quantity of
berries contained between the two slides B. and E. is allowed to drop into the
Bag. The Slide E, is then closed and the slide B. opened and the shaft refilled and
the operation repeated.
In sheet 2 is shewn a modification of my Invention. Figs. 7 and 8 represent
the Shaft in Elevation and Section. Fig. 9 represents the Stand for the Cask in
Section and in plan. The Cask G. (or it may be a Box or similar Case) to be
filled is placed under the mouth of the Shaft upon the frame H. made of two
pieces of wood or other suitable Material crossed as shown more in detail in Fig. 9
and sufficiently large to enable the Cask or Box to be rocked from side to side on
the upper member of the crossed frame. The operation of mixing the berries or
other substances and of their falling into the shoot is the same in this case as in
the case of the Apparatus above described. But the Shaft shown in sheet 2 is not
provided with the variable measuring Apparatus shown in Fig: 3. The Shaft in
Figs. 7 and 8 is provided with the lower slide J. and the upper slide K. the
operation of which needs no description. During the process of filling the Cask G.
is worked from side to side upon its stand and thus the contents are caused to
work down to a compact mass.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the manner of
performing the same I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to
the exact details described, but I claim,
Firstly. The general arrangement of apparatus for mixing and "working"
Coffee berries and other substances as aforesaid and for measuring and filling

page_text: the same into Bags and Casks and other receptacles substantially as hereinbefore
described.
Secondly The arrangement of Apparatus for mixing Coffee berries and other
substances as aforesaid substantially as herein before described and as shewn in the
accompanying Drawings Figs. 1 and 2.
Thirdly The arrangement of Apparatus for measuring and filling Coffee berries
and other substances as aforesaid into Bags and other receptacles as hereinbefore
described and shown in the accompanying Drawings Figs. 3 to 8 inclusive.
Fourthly The improved Stand to be used when filling Casks and Boxes
hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying Drawings Figs. 7 and 9.
In witness whereof I the said Ernest John Humphery have hereunto set
my hand and Seal this thirtieth day of November in the Year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
Signed sealed and delivered by the above
named Ernest John Humphery in the
presence of
PJ BURT
16 Leadenhall St
Solicitor
ERNEST J. HUMPHERY. (L.S.)