An Improved Apparatus for Delivering Granular and Pulverulent Materials in Measured Quantities of similar Bulk and Weight and Registering the same.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 28th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 11th Dec., 1897
PROVISIONAT
TION
An Improved Apparatus for Delivering Granular and Pulverulent
Materials in Measured Quantities of similar Bulk and Weight and
Registering the same.
| Professor SBANKER ABAJI BUISE, President of the Scientific Club, Bombay,
residing in Bombay near Ramwadi, Market Post do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
In a circular box or drum closed at both ends will be enclosed a star wheel, divided
into eight equal parts by straight & flat arms like a fan, and turning freely in the
box with its own pivot. The capacity of each part of the star wheel will be such as
to hold that much quantity of sugar &c. ns to weigh exactly quarter, half or one
pound or hundredweight as desired. The box will be placed vertically on its rim on
a stand. One eighth part of the rim of the box will be cut open at the top and
bottom of the rim so placed. A cylindrical box with a conical bottom will be fixed
over the opening of the box at the top of the rin to hold sugar &c. in bulk to be
weighed. To the end of the pivot of the star wheel, a handle for turning it and a
pinion for working a combination of wheels for indicating the number of parts so
turned, will be fixed on the outside of the box, and to the other end of the pivot a
ratchet wheel will be fixed to move a small haminer for ringing a bell fixed on the
other side of the box. By turning the handle the parts of the star wheel will be
filled up from the bulk at the top and be emptied in a bag placed at the bottom, one
after the other as soon as each will come directly under or above the opening on the
top or bottom of the rim, respectively. The combination of wheels with teeth, fixed
on the front side of the box, will be worked by the pinion fixed to the pivot near the
handle when it is turned and will indicate the number of parts emptied or delivered
in the bag. In the body of the parts of the star wheel, elastic metal strips, with one
end of a cord fixed to its centre & the other end fixed to the pivot of the wheel, will
be arranged for increasing or decreasing the capacity of the parts of the star wheel to
suit the desired weight of different things.
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Dated this 5th day of December 1896.
SHANKER ABAJI BHISE,
President Scientific Club Bombay.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
An Improved Apparatus for Delivering Granular and Pulverulent
Materials in. Measured Quantities of Similar Bulk and Weight, and
Registering the same.
1, SHANKER ABAJI BHISE, Ramwadi, Market Post, Bombay, India, Professor, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to

page_text: be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to a novel means for measuring commodities of a pulverent
or granular nature, and essentially consists in the peculiar construction and
combination of parts, as is hereafter described and pointed out in the claims.
I will now describe the invention with reference to the necompanying drawings
forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate
corresponding parts in all the Figures.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the improved weighing and measuring device;
Fig. 2 is a sectional side view, substantially on the line 2-2 in Fig. 3.
Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation essentially on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side view of details seen in direction of the arrow in
Figure 3:
Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional side view of parts, substantially on the line 5-5
of Fig. 3.
Fig. 6 is a fragmental side view of the casing (11) showing the details of the
registering device:
In the drawings representing an embodiment of the improvements, 10, 10º,
indicate an upright skeleton frame, comprising four posts 10. mounted upon a
buse 10', and the frame may be in the form represented, or inay be varied in design
as may be preferred.
On the upper ends of the posts 10 the cylindrical shell or casing 11 is mounted
and secured, and is apertured at the top and bottom in the same vertical plane which
passes through the centre of the shell. A-hopper 12. of sufficient capacity, which
converges a suitable degree toward its lower end, is secured by said end upon the
cylindrical shell 11, so as to cover the upper opening therein and thus adapt the con-
tents of the hopper to pass down through the opening mentioned. A discharging
. funnel 13. is secured on the shell 11. the upper end of the funnel enclosing the lower-
most opening in the shell. The hopper 12: may have its converged end attached
upon the upper portion of the shell so as to be removed, if this is thought to be
desirable.
The side walls of the cylindrical shell or casing 11. are centrally' perforated and in
said perforations a shaft 14 is jourballed having its ends projected a suitable distance
outside of the casing, as is clearly indicated in Fig. 3. On the body of the shaft 14
within the casing 11, a skeleton wheel 15 is mounted and secured, and on the periphery
of the wheel is affixed a series of radially disposed receptacles 16, which are preferably
equal in dimensions, and occupy the entire perimeter of the wheel, said receptacles
being all open at the ends that are uppermost when in register with the base of the
hopper 12.7
The hub a of the wheel 15 is of a length equal to about half of the width of the
casing 11, and on the portion of the shaft 14 not occupied by said hub, a sleeve b.is
loosely mounted. The inner end of the sleeve b contacts with the adjacent end of
the hub a and its opposite end projects outside of the casing 11, and has a pinion c
formed or secured ou this projecting extremity.
The receptacles 16 are designed to receive and discharge inaterial that is to be
ine:sured, such for example, as sugar, coffee, tea, flour and spices, and in fact, any
other granular or pulverized material that is sold by weight or measure. It is
essential that the holding capacity of the series of receptacles 16 be adapted for
adjustment so as to compensate for differences in weight.per cubic inch of the various
commodities kept for sale where the improved weighing device is used.
To this end, a simple and practical attachment for each receptacle is provided and will
now be described. A thin, elastic false bottom d is furnished for each receptacle 16,
which bottoms dare bent so as to be introduced within the receptacles, as is
clearly shown in Figs 2 and 5; and owing to their resilience said p'ate-like bottoms
have a tendency to rise in the receptacles and spread their ends apart when free to
do so. Each bottom plate d has a strong flexible strand or chain é, secured by one
end near the centre of curvature given to the bottom, and from the plates d, said

page_text: flexible connections are respectively extended toward the sleeve b, upon which they
are secured.
It will be evident, that by a rotatable movement of the sleeve and by reason of
its connection with the shaft 14, when the correct adjustment is effected, all the
bottom plates d may be equally depressed in the receptacles 16 and render them
equal in holding capacity.
Various means inay be provided for the rotatable adjustment and retention of the
sleeve ò at a desired point. One simple method for effecting this consists in forming
a circumferential groove; in the body of the shaft 14 near its outer end, and then
inserting one or more set screws in radial threaded perforations formed in a bub
flange formed on the outer end of the sleeve b, the ends of said set screws being
introduced within the groove.g. Any required fine adjustment of the sleeve on the
shaft 14 may obviously be effected by the described means, to secure proper capacity
for the receptacles 16, to indicate a certain weight for the contents of each receptacle
when completely filled from the hopper 12. On the end of the shaft 14, outside of the
flange A, a crank handle 14 is secured, whereby the shaft may be rotated and the
receptacles 16 be successively located beneath the hopper 12 to receive material
therefrom, and when so rotated the lower transverse edges of the hopper will scrape
any excess of material from the tops of the receptacles 16.
It is obvious that if the receptacles 16 are adjusted to become units of measure;
such for instance as a pint, quart or gallon, the material that is to be measured may
be accurately subdivided into parcels, which represent desired quantities of such
commodities indicated by measure.
In the hopper 12, near its lower end, an agitator plate 12 is pivotted, so that its
lower end will project in the path of the upper transverse edges of the receptacles 16.
It will be evident that the rotation of the shaft 14, and receptacles 16 thereon,
will cause a vibration of the agitator plate 12 which will assure the descent in and
escape from the hopper 12 of all material placed therein.
It is a feature of the invention to provide a reliable registering mechanism for the
measuring device, which mechanism cousists of the following described parts: A
circular gear box 17, shown in Fig. 1, and 6, is adjustably secured on the side of the
casing 11 nearest the pinion e, and on a contral journal stud in said-box, a spur-
gear K is rotatably mounted.
The spur gear as shewn, is twice the diameter of the pinion c and meshes with it
as indicated by dotted lines in Figa. 1 and 6.
The depth of the gear box 17 is sufficient to permit the toothed indicating
wheels m, n, o, to be located within it at the front face of the spur gear K. these
wheels being loosely mounted on journal studs projecting within the gear box from
the front wall of the same.
The indicating wheels m, n, o, each have spaced numerals formed or secured on
their front faces, and each series of indicating numerals may respectively be exposed
in sequence, at suitably positioned orifices in the front wall of the gear box 17. The
indicating wheels have each ten teeth, corresponding with the indicating numbers
on their faces. The wheel m is located nearest to the pinion c, and indicates units
from 1 to 10-inclusive.
On the outer face of the spur gear K, near its periphery, a series of spaced pins.p
are placed, sliding in a slit, and said pins are adapted to successively contact with the
teeth m¹ of the unit wheel m that is in the path of the pin, in such a way that
they can be brought in or out of action by sliding them forward or backward
respectively, by means of a suitably pointed tool. On the wheel m, a long tooth pl
radially projects, and will engage sequentially the spaced teeth n¹ on the wheel n,
that denote sums of "ten for each tooth moved by said long tooth. In like
manner the wheel n is provided with a long tooth that successively contacts with
the tooth o' on the "hundreds" wheel o, and as usual in devices of this class, the
latter named wheel indicates the aggregate amount registered.
The registering device may have its parts proportioned to indicate.one unit for
each receptacle 16 that is filled and discharged, or any number of such receptacles.

page_text: As, represented in the drawings, there are eight receptacles 16, and eight pins
projecting from the spur gear k, and as this gear wheel is twice the size of the pinion c,
it will be seeu-that the discharge of two receptacles 16 will be indicated by the
appearance of a numeral on the units wheel at the appropriate sight hole in the gear
case.
It is evident that by slight alterations in the proportion of parts, and the use of
a single pin on the spur gear K, the registration of the entire series of receptacles 16
may be iudicated and registered by one numeral on the units wheel m.
number of the pius p on the wheel k may be increased to sixteen and projected so.
that the contents of each receptacle 16 will be registered.
Or the
In Figs. 3, 4 and 5, a bell attachment is shown as applied to the measuring device.
This appliance comprises a small gung 18, held by a projecting stud on the side of
the casing 11 that is furtherest from the piniou c, and on the end portion of the
shaft 14.that extends through this side of the casing, a ratchet wheel 19 is secured.
The bell clapper 20, having a curved end and heavy hammer head thereon, is
pivotted in such a relative position on the side of the casing 11, that the smaller
end of the clapper shank will engage with one of the teeth on the ratchet wheel,
and the hammer head r have loose contact with the bell. The alarm bell appliance
is so arranged, that for every receptacle 16 discharged through the funnel 13, the
clapper 20 will strike oue on the hell or gong 18.
Assuming that the hopper 12 is supplied with material to be measured, the
operator moves the handle 14 so as to discharge through the funnel 13 into a vessel
or bag 21, the contents of one or more of the receptacles 16.
As before explained, the co-acting registration device, and the audible aların device
will denote rotatable movements of the crank handle, and indicate the amount of
inaterial by weight or measure, that has been discharged from the funnel 13.
Ilaving now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The combination, with a supported casing, of a series of radially disposed
receptacles therein, adapted to receive and discharge material, substantially as shown
and described.
2. The combination with a supported cylindrical casing, of a transverse.central
shaft, means to rotate the shaft, radially disposed receptacles held on the shaft, and
means to fill into and discharge material from the receptacle, substantially as shown
and described.
3. The combination with a supported cylindrical casing apertured at diametrically
opposite points, a hopper over the upper aperture, and a funnel leading from the
lower aperture, of a rotatable centrally located shaft in the casing, and a series of
similar receptacles held radially projected from the shaft in the casing, as
specified.
4. The combination with a frame, a cylindrical casing thereon, said casing being
oppositely apertured in its cylindrical wall at the top and bottom, a hopper over the
upper aperture, and a funnel covering the lower aperture, of a rotatable centrally
located shaft in the casing, a crank handle on said shaft at one end, and a series of
similar receptacles held radially disposed on the shaft and adapted to successively
receive material from the hopper and discharge it through the funnel, as
specified.
5. In a device of the character described, the combination with a supported
cylindrical casing oppositely apertured at the top and bottom, and a hopper over the
upper opening of the casing, of a rotatable weighing device within the casing, and
an agitator device pivotted to hang pendant in the lower part of the hopper
and adapted for vibration when the measuring device is rotated, substantially as
described.
6. In a device of the character described, the combination with a series of radially

page_text: supported receptacles, of a loose false bottom in each receptacle, and means to adjust
said false bottom, as specified.
7. In a device of the character described, the combination with a series of radially
supported receptacles, of an elastic false bottom for each receptacle, and means to
simultaneously adjust said false bottoms for graduating the capacity of the receptacles,
as specified.
8. In a device of the character described, the combination with a series of radially
supported receptacles, of an elastic false bottom occupying each receptacle, a flexible
connection extending from each false bottom, and means to simultaneously draw upon
the flexible connections, to move the bottoms in the receptacles and similarly change
their capacity, as specified.
9. In a device of the character described, the combination with a measuring device,
comprising a casing and a series of receptacles radially disposed on a transverse
rotatable shaft in the casing of a registering and indicating device, on said casing,
adapted to denote partial or entire rotatious of the shaft and the receptacles thereon,
as specified.
10. In a device of the character described; the combination with a measuring
device, comprising a casing, and a series of radially supported receptacles on a shaft
rotatable in the casing, of an audible sigualling device connected with the shaft and
actuated by the movement of the shaft, as specified.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
Patent Agent, 171, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
Patent Agent, 171, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.