A NEW AND IM- PROVED SORTER AND A DRILLING MACHINE CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Adrien Bonneville, of the British and Foreign
Patent Offices, 38, Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "A NEW AND IM-
PROVED SORTER AND A DRILLING MACHINE CONNECTED THEREWITH."—A
communication from Jacques Lhuillier, residing at Place Napoléon,
Lyons, Mechanician and Constructor.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville.at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 10th November 1866, pursuant to the 9th Section
I of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRI
ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices, 88, Por-
chester Terrace, Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send
greeting:
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WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "A NEW AND IN-
PROVED SORTER AND A DRILLING MACHINE CONNECTED THEREWITH," a communi-
cation from Jacques Lhuillier, a person resident at Place Napoléon, Lyons,

page_text: in the Empire of France, Mechanician and Constructor, and have petitioned
Her Majesty to grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and made solemn Declaration that
it is a communication.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henri Adrien, Bonneville, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification under my hand and seal
fully describes and ascertains the nature of the Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, reference being had to the
accompanying Drawings, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that
is to say:
The principle of the Invention communicated to me lies in the cleansing
and causing all the round oleaginous grains to go out from the corn, barley,
. oats, and of all cereal plants, and that by means of a cylinder of larger
dimensions than that ordinarily used, which pierced with oblique holes and
having a round bottom, retains the round grains and prevents their spilling
with the corn. I have increased the length of the cylinder and diminished
its diameter so as to have a greater yield than by the old in the same amount
of time, and to give the corn a better cleansing, which happens, as may be
easily understood, through the velocity the cylinder acquires by reason of its
diminished diameter and the consequent increase in the amount of ground
that the corn in the cylinder travels over.
This sorter is represented in the accompanying Drawings, Figure 1 of which
is a longitudinal section in elevation; Figure 2, an end view, and Figure 8 a
transversal section.
The to-and-fro movement is imparted to the cylinder B by the pendulum A
by means of the rod Q. By this to-and-fro movement the oleaginous or
round grains are taken from the cylinder by the holes so as to allow the grains
to descend until they find orifices to get out. The old sorters were subject
to being frequently repaired, the result either of a vicious arrangement of the
parts or of wear. I have remediated these inconveniences by the following
modifications:-
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1º. In the old system the holes of the axis and of the two extremities of
the forked pieces of the rod wearing by reason of their constant motion and
consequently occasioning frequent and onerous repairs. I have modified this
system by a forked piece of a single piece, the axis of which is furnished with
an axle or axle end C in bronze bearings; this, it is easily understood, prevents
-abrasion and renders repair easy, since it is only necessary to take out the
-bearing when worn out. For greater solidity in the construction I make the
.bearings of the forked piece in steel as also the bolts, which act as hinges,
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page_text: and so as easily to adapt the forked piece -I-have altered the form of the
binder part so as to be able to adapt also bronze bearings. The cross bar R
being liable of frequent replacing through wear I substitute to it a flat. pin
which lowers by degrees as the cross bar wears, so that whatever wearing.
away there may be there is never any play. In the old sorters the hammer.
had also the inconvenience of not being able to be changed or suppressed at.
will, and, moreover, when the oil got to be bad and formed coom it could not
slide in its groove, and thus prevented it from rendering such services as were
expected from it; I have therefore so disposed the hammer P that by means
of a cam forming a lever it may slide easily and so strike on the circle of the.
cylinder O; in this way the hammer can neither "get deranged nor require
repair, and offers, moreover, the advantage of being able to suppress it at will.
In consequence of their shortness the springs Qin front of the ordinary.
sorters easily break for want of flexibility; to obviate this inconvenience I
I put a double cross piece instead of a single one, and of double the length of
those now in use. At the extremity of the spring Q was a hole through
which run a bolt, and like the other pieces, above described, which had the.
inconvenience of soon being worn out through the friction. To remedy. this
I make a cope which instead of a bolt contains bearings that draw closer by.
degrees according to the abrasion. The cope is, therefore, not liable to wear
away, and all that it requires in the shape. of repair, is the bringing. nearer.
of the bearings, whilst in the old systems it was necessary to change the whole :
piece....
In the old system it was necessary to change at every moment the spring
of the grate, which was of wood, I have modified this system by the
adoption of an iron spring, which is put in motion by a spiral spring. K and .
completes my economical system since it is a saving of repair.
The drilling machine is represented in the second plan, Figure 1 of which is
a front view; Figure 2 a side view; Figure 3 a plan; and Figures 4 and 5
side views' in plan of the catch R.
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The machine I use to pierce the holes above alluded to in sheets of copper,
sheet iron, or zinc, of a given diameter and depth, and as near each other as
possible, equally distant from one another and pierced straight or at any
inclination to the plan of the metal sheet is made up as follows:
1º. Of a cast-iron frame A.
2°. Of a puppet B, also in cast. iron, on which are adapted the-pieces
constituting the perforating machine, properly so called...
8°. Of an iron frame I supporting the transmission, and to which are fixed
different pieces of the machinery.
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page_text: 4º. Of a double frame K, K, and wooden platter M intended to receive
the sheet of metal to be drilled.
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The puppet B carries the principal shaft C, at the end of which is fixed
the drill. This shaft C receives its rotation movement and can slide horizon-
tally in its bearings by the agency of connecting pieces B, E, F, by acting
with the hand on the lever G. Two guides H, H¹, connected with the
principal shaft C are carried off by it horizontally and serve with the help of
screws and nuts of report h, h¹, to regulate exactly the depth to be given to
the holes. The 'puppet B is joined to the cast-iron frame A.by a single bolt,
so that any direction can be given to the tool that may be deemed convenient.
The frame I is of flat iron; it is held on one side on the cast-iron frame A
and on the other by the wooden frame K. The double wooden frame is made
up of a fixed frame K on which fits a second one K¹, which slides vertically.
on the first and is actuated by means of two screws L, L', commanded by a
single handle.
On the second frame K¹ is placed the wooden platter M which is to receive
the metal sheet to be pierced and maintained by two slide bars, N, N,
I which allow of its being displaced horizontally, and compel it to follow the
frame in its up-and-down motion; the platter M can therefore present.
successively all its parts to the tool; its horizontal motion is obtained by
means of a rack O and of a pinion P actuated by means of a catch R by the
lever G, which serves to give to the drill its to-and-fro motion. By this
arrangement the movement of the platter and of the drill go together and
the effect produced by them one after another is at a proportionate rate. The
platter M being vertical facilitates the boring bit in getting rid of the shavings
and these do not obstruct the guides H, H', which regulate the depths of the
holes.
In order to drill as many holes as possible, and turn to account the whole
metal sheet to be perforated, the catch R is made up of similar clanks r, r¹,
but one of which is in advance of the other by half a tooth, so that by acting
successively on each clank after one course on the platter the holes are
disposed quincunx form and brought as near each other as the work may
require. The number of teeth of each cog wheel is so calculated that for
each tooth the platter advances a distance equal to the space from the centres
of the holes. The machine can work with several drills.
The ratchet wheel, with double cog wheels, is of great importance, and
constitutes a real improvement, in so far as it has allowed of the cylinders
being diminished without altering the results. For its application in the
sorters this machine leaves nothing to be desired, it allows the proper form

page_text: and inclination to be given to the holes and cells; the quantity of cells may
be as great as possible without affecting their regularity; the working of
the apparatus is easy and the work produced is considerable.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried
into effect, what I claim as novel and original in my improved sorter and
drilling machine connected therewith is,―
For the Sorter. The cylinder of a lesser diameter and greater length than
that now in use; the forked piece with an axle at its axis; the bolts and ends
of steel; the form of the hinder part of the support of the sorter; the pin
in lieu of cross bars; the hammer; the iron springs in lieu of wooden ones;
the two double cross pieces of double the width of those now in use; and the
cope containing bearings instead of bolts.
For the Drilling Machine.-The combination of the catch with the two
clanks.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, have hereto
set my hand and seal, this Third day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
H. BONNEVILLE. (L.B.)