AN IMPROVED MEANS OF AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND ELEVATING GRAIN AND OTHER CEREALS AND GRANULAR AND PULVERIZED MATERIALS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I PETER EVANS of 10 South Castle Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for AN
IMPROVED MEANS OF AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND ELEVATING GRAIN
AND OTHER CEREALS AND GRANULAR AND PULVERIZED MATERIALS to be as
follows:-
My Invention has for its object the distribution and elevating of grain and other
cereals and granular and pulverized materials and conveying them from one place
to another and consists in the employment of compressed air acting in the manner
and through an apparatus as hereinafter described.
According to my Invention air is compressed into a receiver by any suitable air
compressing apparatus, or used direct from the air compressor, from which the
compressed air is led by a flexible, or jointed, or fixed pipe to the place from which
the grain, or other substance is to be removed; the end of this air pipe is provided
with a nozzle, which is applied, so that when in position it opens and discharges
into the under part of a vessel, bell, or mouthpiece of truncated, conical, or of
cylindrical, or other suitable shape; the top part of this vessel is provided with a
flexible, or jointed, or fixed discharge pipe, which leads to the place to which the
grain, or other substance is to be conveyed.
In applying the apparatus as a grain conveyer, or elevator, the truncated conical,
or other shaped vessel is sunk into, or laid on the grain to be moved and the nozzle
of the air pipe is inserted into the under part of the vessel, compressed air is turned
on and blowing into the vessel, the grain to be removed is drawn and forced
through the discharge pipe of the vessel and conveyed by such pipe to wherever
required.
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My Invention provides an apparatus of few parts, of universal utility for
conveying granular, or pulverized substances and the apparatus can be applied on
board a barge to work grain warehouses and load and unload ships, or it can be
applied to work from a tank, or reservoir into which the substance, or material to
be conveyed is fed by a shoot, or otherwise.

page_text: The use of the apparatus effects removal of material without exposure to the
weather, or atmosphere, and the conduits are light and not cumbersome. In the
case of materials containing light substances and of dusty nature, the closed
conduits convey such material without creating any dust and when the apparatus
is used for conveying grain, the action of the compressed air upon the material
causes the grains to rub against one another and so helps to cleanso it and destroy
any animal life contained therein.

page_text: I PETER EVANS, of 10, South Castle Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for AN
IMPROVED MEANS OF AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND ELEVATING GRAIN
AND OTHER CEREALS AND GRANULAR AND PULVERIZED MATERIALS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
My Invention has for its object the distribution and elevating of grain and other
cereals and granular and pulverized materials and conveying them from one place
to another, and consists in the employment of compressed air acting in the manner
and through an apparatus as hereinafter described."
In the application of my Invention air is compressed into a receiver by any
suitable air compressing apparatus, or used direct from the air compressor, from
which the compressed air is led by a flexible, or jointed, or fixed pipe to the place
from which the grain, or other substance is to be removed; the end of this air pipe
is provided witli a nozzle, which is applied so that when in position it opens and
discharges into the under part of a vessel, bell, or mouthpiece of truncated conical,
or of cylindrical, or other suitable shape. The top part of this vessel is provided
with a flexible, or jointed, or fixed discharge pipe which leads to the place to
which the grain, or other substance is to be conveyed.
In applying the apparatus as a grain conveyer, or elevator, the truncated conical,
or other shaped vessel is sunk into, or laid on the grain to be moved and the nozzle
of the air pipe is inserted into the under part of the vessel, compressed air is turned
on and blowing into the vessel the grain to be removed is drawn and forced
through the discharge pipe of the vessel and conveyed by such pipe to wherever
required.
The following is a description of this Invention in such full, clear and distinct
terms as to enable anyone skilled in the art to which it belongs to make and put
the same into practice, reference being had to the accompanying Sheets of Drawings
and to the letters and Figures of reference marked thereon, like letters and Figures
of reference being used, to denote the same, or corresponding parts throughout the
various views.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of an apparatus according to this Invention.
Figure 2 is a side elevation showing a modified form of the apparatus shown at
Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a side elevation showing another modified form of the apparatus
shown at Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of a section of a warehouse, showing the application
of my Invention to work grain from one floor to another of the warehouse and to
turn over the grain on the same floor.
Figure 5 shows the application of my Invention to work grain from a barge, or
ship into a warehouse.
Figure 6 illustrates the application of my Invention to work grain from a ship
on to a pier-head, or wharf.
Figure 7 illustrates the application of my Invention to work grain from a barge
into a ship

page_text: An apparatus which I use to carry out my Invention is illustrated in the
Drawings and it consists of the pipe, or mouth-piece A which may be of bell shape,
truncated conical, or cylindrical shape. In connection with the mouthpiece A,
there is a nozzle pipe B adjustable in its position to the mouthpiece A by means of
the adjusting mechanism C. D is a flexible pipe leading to the compressed air
engine, or receiver and E. is the delivery pipe of the apparatus.
In operation compressed air is led through the pipe D to the place where the
apparatus is to work and from which the grain, or other substance is to be
removed. The nozzle B¹ of the pipe B is fixed so that it opens and discharges the
compressed air, which is supplied by the pipe D under the mouthpiece, or pipe A,
which is sunk into the material to be treated and the blast of air through the
nozzle B¹ up the pipe A. causes the material to be lifted and discharged through the
pipe E, which leads to the place to which the grain, or other material is to be
conveyed.
Figure 1 of the Drawings illustrates the apparatus constructed with a parallel
mouth A, according to my Invention. Figure 2 shows the apparatus constructed
with a bell shaped mouth A according to my Invention, and Figure 3 shows the
apparatus constructed with a tapered mouthpiece A, the lower portion of which is
perforated with holes a to allow the grain, or other material to flow into the
mouthpiece. The nozzle pipe B is in this case inserted in through the side of the
mouthpiece A and the adjusting mechanism C consists of a screwed adjustable
nozzle B¹.
In the example of my Invention shown at Figure 4 it will be seen that two
apparatus are shown for raising the grain and turning it over from one floor to
another floor of a warehouse. The compressed air pipes D are connected to the
compressed air main F which leads from the air compressing engine. By turning
on the air from the main F it passes through the pipe D and through the nozzle
pipe B into the pipe A and forces the grain from one floor to another floor of the
warehouse as shown. The apparatus, as will be seen on reference to the Drawings
may also be used to turn over the grain on the same floor of the warehouse. This
use of the Invention is of great value as much manual labour is thereby saved and
the grain is much improved by the action of the cold air. This latter application
is shown in dotted lines at the lower part of Figure 4.
In the example of my Invention shown at Figure 5, it will be seen that the
apparatus is placed in the hold of a ship, and compressed air is supplied from the
air compressing engine H through the pipe D and the nozzle pipe B and the grain
is lifted and discharged by the compressed air through the pipe A and pipe E and
discharged into the warehouse G as shown.
In the example of..my-Invention shown at Figure 6 it will be seen that the air
compressing engine H can be placed in a barge and the lifting apparatus in the
hold of a ship, the compressed air from the engine H passing through the pipe D
and nozzle pipe B and forcing and lifting the grain through the pipes A and E
onto the wharf, or pier J.
In the example of this Invention shown at Figure 7 it will be seen that the
apparatus is shown applied to lift and force grain from a barge into a ship,
compressed air being supplied from the engine H in another barge and the
compressed air passing through the pipe D and nozzle pipe B and lifting and
forcing the grain through the pipes A and E into the hold of the ship as shown.
If desired instead of working from bulk as sliown in the examples in the
Drawings, the apparatus can be used to work from a tank, or other reservoir into
which the substance, or material to be conveyed is fed by a shoot, or otherwise.
In this case the form of apparatus shown at Figure 3 is used; in which it will be
seen, the nozzle pipe B is inserted into the side of the mouthpiece A. The
mouthpiece A is perforated at the bottom with holes. a to allow the grain to flow
into the mouthpiece.
This Invention provides an apparatus of few parts and of universal utility for

page_text: conveying granular, or pulverized substances and the use of the apparatus effects
the removal of the material without exposure to the weather, or atmosphere and
the conduits are light and easily fitted and worked. In the case of materials
containing light substances and of dusty nature, the closed conduits convey such
material without creating any dust and when the apparatus is used for conveying
grain, the action of the compressed air upon the material causes the grains to rub
against one another and so helps to cleanse it and destroy any animal life
contained therein.
The compressed air used as the propelling agent of the apparatus thoroughly
ventilates and dries and cools the grain as it passes through it.
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 :-
First. The means substantially herein set forth of distributing and elevating grain
and other cereals and granular and pulverized materials, which means consist in
the employment of compressed air acting in the manner and through an apparatus
such as herein described and shown in the Drawings hereto annexed.
Second. In apparatus for distributing and elevating grain and other granular
and pulverized materials, the combination of a mouth A and nozzle B¹,
substantially as set forth.
Third. In apparatus for distributing and elevating grain and other granular and
pulverized materials the combination of a mouth A and nozzle B¹ and mechanism
providing for adjustment relatively to each other, whereby different sized grains
may be distributed, or elevated, substantially as set forth.
Fourth. In apparatus for distributing and elevating grain and other granular
and pulverized materials the combination of a mouth A, nozzle B¹, pipe B,
adjustable mechanism C and flexible pipe D, substantially as set forth.
Fifth. In apparatus for distributing and clevating grain and other granular and
pulverized materials, the combination of a parallel mouth A, nozzle B¹, pipe B,
adjustable mechanism C and flexible pipe D, substantially as set forth.
Sixth. In apparatus for distributing and elevating grain and other granular and
pulverized materials the combination of a bell mouth A, nozzle B', pipe B,
adjustable mechanism C and flexible pipe D, substantially as set forth.
Seventh. In apparatus for distributing and elevating grain and other granular
and pulverized materials the combination of a tapered mouth A, provided with
openings a, nozzle B¹, adjustable mechanism C, pipe B and flexible pipe D,
substantially as set forth.
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