IMPROVE- MENTS IN AND RELATING TO HOPPERS, BINS, OR SYLOS, FOR STORING GRAIN IN GRANARIES
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Higginbottom and Orsini Stuart, both of 51, Scel
Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, for an Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN AND RELATING TO HOPPERS, BINS, OR SYLOS, FOR STORING GRAIN
IN GRANARIES,"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Higginbottom and
Orsini Stuart at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
14th November 1881.
JAMES HIGGINBOTTOM and ORSINI STUART, both of 51, Seel Street, Liverpool, in
tho County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO HOPPERS, BINS,
OR SYLOS, FOR STORING GRAIN IN GRANARIES."
This Invention consists in building the hoppers with circular or curved sides of
bricks or other similar material, and in building into the interior of the walls
endless hoops of iron or steel or similar material capable of resisting great tensile
strain. The hoops are embedded into the interior of the walls, and their function
is to take up and resist the outward pressure of the grain in the hopper, thus the
walls of the hoppers may be reduced to a minimum in thickness, and the use of
cross ties in the interior of the hopper is rendered unnecessary.
In some cases the rings might be placed on the outside of the brick work instead
of being entirely embedded, but the latter course is much the preferable for the
following reasons. The embedded iron is kept from oxydation, it strengthens the
brickwork, and forms a solid girder as it were with the bricks, and being a
completely circular band it possesses great resisting strength within itself, whereas
lengths of hoop iron laid flat or on edge in the joints act simply as a bond to the
brickwork.
Being surrounded by brickwork our hoops do not attract and condense moisture,
though exposed iron placed in contact with the grain would spoil the latter from
this cause.
Where many hoppers are placed together the intervening spaces are utilized for
grain holding.
If the bands were exposed on the outside of the round hoppers they would soon
spoil the grain in the interspaces.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said James Higginbottom and Orsini Stuart in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 13th May 1882.
JAMES HIGGINBOTTOM and ORSINI STUART, both of 51, Seel Street, Liverpool, in
the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO HOPPERS, BINS,
OR SYLOS, FOR STORING GRAIN IN GRANARIES."
This Invention consists in building the hoppers with circular or curved sides of
bricks or other similar material, and in building into the interior of the walls
endless hoops of iron or steel or similar material capable of resisting great tensile
strain. The hoops are embedded into the interior of the walls, and their function
is to take up and resist the outward pressure of the grain in the hopper; thus the
walls of the hopper may be reduced to a minimum in thickness, and the use of
cross ties in the interior of the hopper is rendered unnecessary.
In some cases the rings might be placed on the outside of the brickwork instead
of being entirely embedded, but the latter course is much the preferable for the
following reasons. The embedded iron is kept from oxidation, it strengthens the
brickwork, and forms a solid girder as it were with the bricks, and being a circular
band it possesses great resisting strength within itself, whereas lengths of hoop
iron laid flat or on edge in the joints act simply as a bond to the brickwork.
Being surrounded by brickwork our hoops do not attract and condense moisture,
though-exposed-iron-placed-in-contact with the grain would spoil the latter from
this cause.
Where many hoppers are placed together the intervening spaces are utilized for
grain holding.
If the bands were exposed on the outside of the round hoppers they would soon
spoil the grain in the interspaces.
The Drawing shows in Fig. 1 a sectional plan of a group of sylos A; B, B, show
the position of the iron bands; Fig. 2, sectional elevation on line x, x.
Having now described the Invention and the best mode known to us for
carrying it into effect, we claim as our Invention,-
The sylos, hoppers, or bins for storing grain built of brick, masonry, concrete, or
other suitable building material with endless metallic bands embedded therein,
substantially as and for the purposes described.
In witness whereof, we, the said James Higginbottom and Orsini Stuart, have
hereunto set our hands and seals, this Tenth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
Witness,
WM. P. THOMPSON,
Patent Agent,
Liverpool & London.
JAMES HIGGINBOTTOM. (L.S.)
ORSINI STUART.
(L.S.)