Year: 1886

page_text: I WILLIAM PAITFIELD ENGLISH of 180 High Street in the town and county
of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull Merchant do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
At the present time a sack has usually to be held open by one man while
another man fills the same with grain or other material. Now the object of this
my invention is to provide an apparatus for so holding the sack open while it is
being filled by the which not only will the services of the one man be dispensed
with if desired but also the labour of so filling the sack will be considerably
reduced.
To carry out this object I make a receptacle for the sack preferably in the form
of a cylinder with one end closed which cylinder is a little larger in diameter than
and of about the height of the sack with which it is to be used and I cut away and
remove so much of the side of this cylinder as will allow the sack when full to pass
through this aperture. I consider that generally such a segment must be so removed
as will be a little less than a semicircle or that is to say a little less than half of
the side is to be cut away and removed. This cylinder is to be supported on
pivots or trunnions so placed on the opposite sides thereof that the cylinder will
normally retain an upright vertical position or thereabouts but at the same time
a very small expenditure of force will cause the cylinder to assume an horizontal
position or thereabouts. Any suitable standards may be used in bearings on which
these trunnions are supported and the standards can conveniently be erected on a
frame to which rollers or wheels can be applied. The sack when empty is placed
in the cylinder and the mouth thereof is secured round and to the upper edge of
the cylinder by suitable appliances preferably by split pegs somewhat similar to
clothes pegs the cylinder is then moved on its trunnions so that this mouth so held
open is presented to the heap or store of grain or other material which can easily
be shovelled or thrown in until the sack is full or nearly full when the cylinder is
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page_text: allowed to regain its former vertical position when the full sack can be released
from the edge thereof and passed through the aperture in its side either sliding
along the bottom of the cylinder on to an hand truck or otherwise. Suitable stops
can be fitted to prevent the cylinder in its movement on its trunnions passing
beyond the desired positions aforesaid.
Though I preferably support the cylinder on trunnions as aforesaid and indeed
with large sacks it is almost necessary so to do with small sacks or when desired
the cylinder so made as aforesaid may be used by itself and when the sack is
secured therein in a similar manner the cylinder can be made to assume the
desired horizontal or inclined position and when the sack is full or nearly full the
cylinder can be lifted up if desired and caused to assume the vertical position.
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page_text: An Improved Apparatus for Holding Sacks while Filling
the same.
I WILLIAM PAITFIELD ENGLISH of 180 High Street in the town and county
of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull Merchant do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :―
At the present time a sack has usually to be held open by one man while
another man fills the same with grain or other material. Now the object of this
my invention is to provide an apparatus for so holding the sack open while the same
is being filled by the which not only will the services of the one man be dispensed
with if desired but also the labour of so filling the sack will be considerably
reduced as the sack will be held in and by this apparatus in the most favourable
and convenient position for being filled.
In the accompanying drawing I have shewn two convenient styles and forms of
this my apparatus.
Figures 1. 2 and 3 exhibit an apparatus for holding short and broad sacks of
which Figure 2 is a front elevation and Figure 3 is a plan of the apparatus while
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the same taken at A B in Figure 3.
Figures 4. 5 and 6 exhibit an apparatus for holding longer and narrower sacks
of which Figure 6 is a front elevation and Figure 4 is a plan of the apparatus
while Figure 5 is a vertical section of the same taken at C D in Figure 4.
I make a receptacle preferably of sheet metal for the sack somewhat in the form
of a cylinder a little larger in diameter than and of about the height of the sack
with which the same is to be used which cylinder in transverse section may be
circular or more preferably oval in shape and I cut away and remove so much of
the side of this cylinder as I may desire in each particular case as is hereinafter
explained whereby a curved plate E is created which constitutes the back of my
apparatus. A bottom F is fitted to this back E which may be of somewhat the
same shape as the transverse area of of the cylinder aforesaid and this bottom F is
preferably not at right angles to the back E but forms an obtuse angle there with
as shewn whereby when the bottom F is horizontal the back E is inclined back-
wards from the vertical position. Across the central portion of the lower part of
the back E a bevel H is preferably created in a right line or in the same plane
which bevel H therefore is deepest and largest in the centre of the back E and
subserves the purpose hereinafter stated.
This my apparatus for holding sacks so made as herein before described may be
fitted in various ways to enable the same to be easily and properly used when the
sack placed therein is to be filled.
According to one method trunnions are fitted to the apparatus on the opposite
sides of the cylinder whereby the same may be supported in bearings on any
suitable standards erected on a frame to which rollers or wheels can conveniently
be applied and these trunnions are so placed that the apparatus will normally
retain a somewhat vertical upright position but at the same time a very small

page_text: expenditure of force will cause the apparatus to assume an horizontal or inclined
position and stops can be fitted to prevent the apparatus in this movement passing
beyond the desired positions hereinafter described. When the apparatus is fitted
in this manner it will be convenient to cut away and remove from the side of the
cylinder as aforesaid only so much thereof as will allow the sack when full to pass
through this aperture wherefor something less than half of the side of the cylinder
will be removed and a sufficiency thereof will be left on which the trunnions can
be fitted as aforesaid.
This method of fitting the apparatus will not be suitable in and for many
positions such for example as the holls of vessels where it will be more convenient
that the apparatus be used by itself and when so used it is obviously desirable
that the apparatus should be rendered as light as is possible wherefor I cut away
and remove from the side of the cylinder a greater proportion than is aforesaid and
something more than half of the side of the cylinder will be removed as is shewn
in the drawing.
When the apparatus is constructed for holding short and broad sacks as shewn
in Figures 1. 2 and 3 no further fittings or appliances are absolutely required to
enable the same to be easily and properly used but I preferably do mount the same
on rollers K for convenience of reinoval in which case I also fit one or more
blocks under the front part of the bottom F so that the apparatus can stand in
the position shewn in the drawing.
When the apparatus is constructed for holding longer and narrower sacks as
shewn in Figures 4. 5 and 6 I may also mount the same on rollers K and fit the
block or blocks L and I may also fit on the back E about midway in the length
of the same the hinged and curved stays M on which the arins N also hinged on the
back E near the bottom thereof can engage and secured to these arms N near the
free ends thereof is the transverse board or plate P which free ends can be con-
nected to and with the stays M by pins or other usual or convenient appliances.
In both these forms the base on which the apparatus stands and the rollers K
and block L if any is and are so situated and formed and proportioned that the
apparatus will normally retain the somewhat vertical upright position shewn in
the drawing but at the same time a very small expenditure of force will cause the
apparatus to assume an inclined position. I can also very conveniently in both
these forms hinge on the sides of the back E at or near the upper edge thereof the
arins R which are made of such a length as may be desirable having regard to the
particular sack that is to be placed in this apparatus and above or on a level with
these arms R can also very conveniently be formed in the side edges of the
back E the recesses T.
The method of using this apparatus and the action of the same is as follows.
The sack when empty is placed in the apparatus and the mouth thereof is
secured round or over the upper edge of the back of the apparatus in any
convenient manner or by suitable appliances. Split pegs somewhat similar to
clothes pegs may be used. The mouth of the sack may also be turned over the
upper edge of the back E and caused to engage in the recesses T in the side edges
thereof when the mouth can very conveniently and especially when the narrower
sack is being used be extended by engaging one or more of the arms R in this
mouth so turned over whereby the mouth would be tightly stretched and very
firmly secured in and on this apparatus. The apparatus is then preferably
inclined either by turning the same on its trunnions or by causing the same to
rest on the bevel H when the short and broad form is being used or by causing the
same to rest on the board or plate P when the longer and narrower form is being
used on or in the heap or store of grain or other material and preferably near the
bottom thereof at the desired angle of inclination whereby the mouth of the sack
so held open as aforesaid is presented to the heap or store of grain or other
material in the most favourable and convenient position for being filled as is
desired. The grain or other material can then be lifted or placed in the sack by
any usual or other appliances and as this material falls down the sack it will be

page_text: projected by the bevel herein before described if any into the further part of the
bottom of the sack properly distending the same and thus the sack will be duly
and tightly filled. The apparatus now if desired can be allowed to regain or can
be lifted into its former vertical position in and for which also a very small
expenditure of force will be required and the mouth of the sack is released from
the upper edge of the apparatus and the full sack can be removed from and out of
the apparatus in manner as may be desired either by an hoist or by being slid off
the bottom thereof on to an hand truck or otherwise.
I have thus described very suitable methods of forming and constructing this
my apparatus for holding sacks while filling the same and very convenient ways
of fitting the same for use but I would have it clearly understood that I do in no
wise limit myself thereto for this my apparatus may be made of such a form that
is to say a cylinder of such a shape may be used and such a proportion of the
side thereof may be cut away and removed or in other words such a curved or
other plate may be used for the back and such a bottom may be fitted thereto
as may be expedient or desirable in each particular case having regard to the
particular style or shape of the sack that is to be placed therein and this my
apparatus may be fitted for use in any manner as may be convenient having regard
to the position or place in or on which and the material with which the same is to
be used.
Having 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
The apparatus for holding sacks while filling the same substantially as herein-
before described and set forth.

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