An Improved Spout for Separating Grain, Seeds, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 15th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 6th Oct., 18.04
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Spout for Separating Grain, Seeds, and the like.
I, JOHN PARKER, of 19 Chapel Place, Blackburn, in, the County of Lancashire,
Miller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved spout for separating grain seeds and the
like, which consists of an angle spout or of any other shape made of wood or of any
other material, having at the top a hopper and feed roller mounted on a shaft with
a pulley, and a roller at the base of the spout mounted on a shaft with one or more
pulleys, the two shafts may be connected together by an endless belt.
Two or
more rollers if preferable can be used at the top or bottom geared together by
pulleys in any suitable manner, so as to permit a suitable endless belt to pass over
a roller at the top and bottom outside the spout, the said belt may be constructed
of cotton, leather or of any other material or of any shape. The feed roller at the
top is to let the grain come down the spout evenly and very steady, and the roller
or rollers at the bottom is for the purpose of scattering the grain into several boxes:
or small hoppers. The roller at the bottom is caused to revolve at sufficiently
high speed to throw by centrifugal force the substances after they leave the spout
end in such a manner that the heavy is thrown farther than the next finer grade,
and the middling cast farther than the dust.
Dated this 5th day of December 1893.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Spout for Separating Grain, Seeds, and the like.
I, JOHN PARKER, of 19 Chapel Place, Blackburn, in the County of Lancashire,
Miller, 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:-
My invention relates to an improved spout for separating grain seeds and the
like.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a front elevation of the spout and adjacent apparatus.
Fig. 2, is a side elevation.
This invention consists of an angle spout a or of any other shape made of wood
or of any other material with side pieces o, having at the top a hopper baud feed
roller c mounted on a shaft d with a pulley e, and a roller at the base of the
spout a mounted on a shaft g with a pulley h, the said pulley h is connected to a
pulley by an endless belt. The pulley is mounted on one end of the main
shaft i, at the other end is mounted the driving pulley k. The rollers c, and f, at
the top and bottom of the spout a are geared together by pulleys e, and l, by an
endless belt m, so as to drive the roller at the top and bottom outside the spout;
the said belt may be constructed of cotton, leather or of any other material or of any
shape. The feed roller c at the top is to let the grain come down the spout a evenly
and very steady, and the roller at the bottom is for the purpose of scattering
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page_text: the grain into several boxes or small hoppers. The roller f at the bottom is caused
to revolve at sufficiently high speed to throw by centrifugal force the substances
after they leave the spout end n in such a manner that the heavy is thrown further
than the next finer grade, and the middling cast further than the dust.
The spout a has side pieces o with a top picce p at the base, this said spout a is
supported on centre shafts with suitable keys r.
Having now. particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In an improved spout for separating grain seeds and the like, the combination
of the apparatus substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying
drawing.
2. In an improved spout for separating grain seeds and the like, the combination
of an angle spout a with sides o and the mouth n top piece p with the centre
shafts and keys r, substantially as herein described and according to the accom-
panying drawing.
3. In an improved spout for separating grain seeds and the like, the combination
of an angle spout or of any other shape having at the top a hopper 6 and feed
rollers c and geared together by endless bands running over pulleys mounted on
shafts, substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this 15th day of August 1894.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.