An Improved Sack Holder or Support.
Year: 1899

page_text: An Improved Sack Holder or Support.
I, ROBERT ALFRED HAMMOND, of 175, Uherstead Road, Ipswich, in the County
of Suffolk, Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an improved sack holder or support the object being to
provide means whereby the sack can be held with its mouth open while being filled.
In carrying my invention into effect I proceed in or in about the following
manner. I take a piece of flexible material having a semicircular or channelled
cross section and I bend it into a ring with the ends overlapping and having
the channel outside. This ring is pivotted at opposite sides to the arms of a
fork which is itself pivotted to a suitable upright or support. Reaching from
side to side of the ring is a bent rod the ends of which are screw threaded in
opposite directions and passed through the arms of the fork and by rotating
this rod the ring can be expanded or contracted in diameter. In use the mouth
of the sack is made to embrace the ring after it has been adjusted to the proper
size and is held in position by a cord, wire or other suitable means provided for
the purpose. When the sack is being filled the contents can be shaken down by
moving, the handle of the fork on its pivotting point.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.
An improved back Holder or support.
I, ROBERT ALFRED HAMMOND, of 175, Uherstead Road, Ipswich, in the County
of Suffolk, Fitter, 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 sack holder or support, the object being
to provide means whereby the sack can be held with its mouth open when being
filled. In carrying my invention into effect I proceed in or in about the follow-
ing manner making reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is
a side view and Fig. 2 a plan. I take a piece of steel or other flexible material
having a semi-circular or channelled cross-section and I bend it into a hoop or
ring a with the unconnected ends overlapping as at 6 and having the channel c
outwards. This hoop is pivotted at opposite sides d to the downward turned
arms of a fork e which is itself pivotted at f to a suitable upright or support g
having the legs h. Reaching from one to the other of the arms of the fork a is
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page_text: a bent or cranked rod i the ends ; of which are screw-threaded in opposite
directions and by rotating this rod the hoop a can be expanded or contracted in
diameter according to the size of the mouth of the sack in use. In order to
keep the hoop a from hanging down a rest k may be provided on the upright g
below the fork e. Attached to the hoop a provide brackets having eyes
facing the channel c through which passes a cord wire or equivalent means m
for holding the sack mouth to the channel c of the hoop a.
In use the mouth of the sack n is made to embrace the hoop a (which has
previously been adjusted to the proper size by turning the rod i) and fastened
into the channel c by tightening up the cord or like m. The filling can then be
proceeded with and the contents shaken down by moving the handle of the
fork on its pivotting point f. The holder can be made adjustable in height by
having the upright g tubular to allow the part to which the fork e is attached
to run up and down therein and to be retained at the required height by a set
screw or other means. The part sliding within g may be racked and worked by
a pinion and handle provided on the tubular part. The handle of the fork may
be hinged.
said
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. An improved sack holder or support consisting essentially of an externally
channelled hoop or ring having overlapped ends free to slide over each other,
the said hoop being held between the arms of a fork pivotted to a suitably sup-
ported rigid or vertically adjustable upright, the arms of the said fork being
separable for the purpose of adjusting the diameter of the hoop or ring, by a
cranked or bent rod having its ends screw threaded in opposite directions to one
another and passed through the arms of the fork, a suitably retained cord or
equivalent being provided for holding the mouth of the sack to the channel of
the hoop or ring substantially as described in the above specification and exem-
plified by the accompanying drawings.
2. Sack holders formed by the combination of an externally channelled hoop
or ring having unattached ends free to slide over each other; a cord or equiva
lent to hold the sack mouth to the said channelled hoop; a fork the arms of
which hold, the hoop or ring at two opposite points; a cranked rod having
screw threaded ends for varying the diameter of the hoop or ring; a rigid or
vertically adjustable upright to which the said fork is pivotted, the whole sub-
stantially as described in the above specification and exemplified by the accom-
panying drawings.
3. Sack holders constructed and operating substantially as described in the
above specification and exemplified by the accompanying drawings.
1000
HUGHES & YOUNG,
· 23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents..