Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Filling Granular or Powdered Substances in Packets and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Feb., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 30th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 20th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Filling Granular
or Powdered Substances in Packets and the like.
I, HENRY OUTHWAITE MILNES, of Leeds Road Varnish Works, Edderthorpe
Street, Leeds Road, Bradford, in the County of York, Varnish Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in the method of and apparatus
for filling granular or powdered substances in packets and the like, and has for its
object the arrangement of same in such a manner that any desired number of
packets or the like may be simultaneously filled with a predetermined quantity of
granular, powdered or like substance.
I accomplish my object by forming a feeding box of any suitable size and
connecting therewith a number of receivers, the lower ends of which are provided
with a number of slides or the like, thereby dividing same into a number of com-
partments capable of holding a predetermined quantity of granular substance or
the like, such amount being regulated according to the position of the slides.
The bags or the like to be filled may be placed in racks and passed under the
receptacles by hand or if desired I may arrange an endless travelling apron provided
with a flexible rack for supporting the bags and the like to be filled. The rollers
for supporting the endless apron being driven by any well known intermittent
motion in order that the bags or the like under the machine may dwell a sufficient
time for the filling operation to take place.
Say for example the receivers are divided at the bottom ends into compartments
to hold one quarter, one half and one pound, and the receptacles being filled are
half pound bags or the like, the three top slides in each receiver are withdrawn and
the granular substance allowed to drop into the two bottom compartments, then the
top slide but one is again closed and the two bottom slides opened, the half pounds
of granular substance dropping into their respective receptacles beneath.
1000
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Filling Granular
or Powdered Substances in Packets and the like.
1, HENRY OUTHWAITE MILNES, of Leeds Road Varnish Works, Edderthorpe
Street, Leeds Road, Bradford, in the County of York, Varnish Manufacturer,
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 :-
This invention relates to certain improvements in the method of and apparatus

page_text: for filling granular or powdered substances in packets and the like, and has for its
object the arrangement of same in such a manner that any desired number of
packets or the like may be simultaneously filled with a predetermined quantity of
granular, powdered, or like substance.
In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will describe the same in
detail by making reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 represents an end view of my apparatus.
Fig. 2 is a front view of same.
Fig. 3 is a sectional plan on line a. b, and
Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged details.
The feed box A. is mounted upon suitable supports B. in any convenient manner
and connected therewith are a number of receivers C. which may be made parallel,
but by preference are of a tapering form and are provided with a number of
slides D. D D D in such a mauner that the receivers C. are divided into a
number of compartments capable of holding a predetermined quantity of granular
substance or the like. Each series of slides D. D' D D' are respectively connected
together by a bar K. or in any convenient manner and are coupled by link E. to
their respective levers F. F F F mounted on pin Fin bracket G. secured to
the table H.
Say for example each receiver C. is divided into three compartments, the bottom
two of which hold quarter pound each, and the top compartments half pound each,
and the receptacles being filled are half pound bags or the like L. The three top
slides are operated through their respective levers F. FF in the direction of the
arrow such a distance as to bring the openings J. in the slides D. D' D' opposite
the corresponding apertures in the bottom of the feeding box A, thereby allowing
the granular substance to drop into the receivers C, the top but one series of
slides D'are then closed and the bottom series of slides D' opened, thus allowing
the half pounds of granular substance to drop into the respective receptacles
beneath.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
The feed box A. in combination with any number of vertical receivers C. of
parallel or taper form provided with series of slides D. D' D D', all arranged
substantially in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore described and shown.
Dated this 27th day of November 1896.
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.