Improvements in Apparatus for Supporting or Holding Sacks while being Filled with Grain or the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1897--Accepted, 11th Dec., 1897
Improvements in Apparatus for Supporting or Holding Sacks while
being Filled with Grain or the like.
I, GEORGE INSKIPP of 5, Bedford Row, London, Architect, 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 improvements in apparatus used in connection with
hoppers for feeding sacks with malt and other grain, and has for its object to provide
means for holding or fastening the sack in correct position beneath the hopper for
being filled and also to facilitate its adjustment therein and removal therefrom when
filled.
For this purpose instead of employing the ordinary hooks used for suspending the
sack, I use two brackets or supports which may be connected together at a suitable
distance apart by a base plate, or be made separate, and between the said brackets
the sack is suspended in position for being filled, the sack being secured and easily
detached by the following arrangement, viz. :-—
To the top of each support is fixed a bracket formed with two arms between which
is pivoted a weighted lever, the said weight being arranged when in its lowered
position to rest or bear upon the top of the vertical plate or frame forming the
support, and to grip between its under surface, (suitably recessed or formed for
the purpose,) and the said frame, the mouth or overhanging end of the sack, the
support on the other side being similarly arranged for gripping and holding up
the other side of the sack.
When it is required to remove the sack the said levers are raised into a vertical
position, the weight keeping them in this position when slightly beyond their centre
of gravity by means of the other or tail end of the lever, bearing against a cross
piece or bridge formed between the arms of the bracket carrying the lever.
And in order to clearly understand my said invention, reference is had to the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig 1 is a side elevation of the top portion
of one of my improved brackets or supports, and Fig 2 is an elevation at right angles
to the same.
a is the vertical support or frame to the top of which on the outer side is fixed a
bracket formed with two arms b¹ which carry a pin c upon which is pivoted
a weighted lever d, The said lever is formed with a boss d¹ through which the pin
passes, and a tail end d² whilst its other or inner end is formed or provided with the
weight e of a rectangular shape as shown in Fig 1 and whose under part is recessed
at el or formed so as to engage with and rest upon the top of the frame a when in its
lowered position. This weight is provided with a handle e² for raising and lowering
the same, and when in its raised or open position it causes the tail end d² of the lever
to bear against the cross piece or bridge f formed between the arms of the bracket
and thus owing to the force of gravity to keep the said lever in its raised position.
g represents a section of the upper over-hanging end of the sack, or of a band
attached thereto, which is placed over the top of the support a, the weight e being
then turned down so as to press upon and grip the said end between it and the
support a. The other side of the sack is held up in a similar manner by a support
or bracket fixed in position at a suitable distance from the support a, the whole being
arranged beneath a suitable feeding hopper.

page_text: By means of my invention the sacks are easily and quickly placed in position for
filling and removed when filled without damaging the same.
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 :-
(1) In apparatus connected with the filling of sacks with malt or other grain, the
improved support provided with brackets to which are pivoted weighted levers,
arranged so as to grip the top end or mouth of the sack upon each side between them,
and. the tops of the said supports substantially as described and for the purposes
specified.
(2) In apparatus as above claimed, the combination of the support or frame a, the
bracket b formed with arms b¹, the pin c, lever d, formed with a boss d¹, and tail
end d², the weight e recessed at e¹ and provided with a handle e², and a cross piece or
bridge all arranged and operating substantially as described and for the purposes
specified.
(3) The improved apparatus for supporting sacks in position for being filled with
malt and other grain, substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
Dated this 24th day of September. 1897.
GEO. H. RAYNER
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.