Improved Apparatus for Removing Slack and other Fine Material.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 7th Oct., 1889-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Removing Slack and other Fine Material.
I, JOHN CHARLES RAYMOND OKES, of 39 Queen Victoria Street, London, in: the
County of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (which
has been communicated to me from abroad by Francis Marion Roots, of Connersville,
Fayette County, State of Indiana, United States of America, Engineer) to' be as
follows:-
The present invention relates to an improved.. apparatus-for; conveying slack..and
other fine material from one place to another.
It consists in a blower or other air compressing, apparatus driven by any suitablo
motor and the blast from which is caused to pass through a tube, into..which. the
slack or other fine material is delivered through a second: tube communicating
therewith.
The slack is placed in a hopper beneath which a screw, band, or other, suitable
conveyor is caused to operate, such conveyor being arranged within the tube which
communicates with the air blast tube.
The hopper opens into the tube containing the conveyor, and the slack falls,
preferably by gravity, on to such conveyor, and is carried along same. .and.delivered
to the action of the air blast, which conveys the material to the place where it.is
required to be deposited.
The conveyor is actuated by the motor, and the whole of the parts, consisting of
the motor, blower or air compressing apparatus, blast tube, hopper, and conveyor,
may all be mounted on a single frame or bed plate, so as to constitute a complete
apparatus. which can be arranged.and.caused.to.operate.at.any..desired, spot.
Dated this 11th day of January 1889.
ALLISON„BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Removing Slack and other. Fine. Material.
1, JOHN CHARLES RAYMOND OKES, of 39. Queen Victoria. Street, London, in the
County, of Middlesex,, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (which
has been communicated.to me from abroad by Francis Marion Roots, of Connersville,
Fayette County, State of Indiana, United States of America, Engineer), and in what
manner the same-is-to-be performed; to be particularly-described-and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
The present invention relates to an improved apparatus for conveying slack and
other fine material from one place to another.
It consists in a blower or other air compressing apparatus driven by any suitable
motor and the blast from which is caused to pass through a tube, into which the
slack or other fine material is delivered through a second tube communicating
therewith.
The slack is placed in a hopper beneath which a screw, band, or other suitable
conveyor is caused to operate, such conveyor being arranged within the tube which
communicates with the air blast tube.
The hopper opens into the tube containing the conveyor, and the slack falls,
preferably by gravity, on to such conveyor, and is carried along same and delivered
to the action of the air blast, which conveys the material to the place where it is
required to be deposited.

page_text: The conveyor is actuated by the motor, and the whole of the parts, consisting of
the motor, blower or air compressing apparatus, blast tube, hopper, and conveyor,
may all be mounted on a single frame or bed plate, so as to constitute a complete
apparatus which can be arranged and caused to operate at any desired spot.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation (partly in section);
Fig. 2 an end elevation (also partly in section); and Fig. 3 a plan view of my
improved apparatus.
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are similar views illustrating a slightly modified arrangement.
In all these views A is a blower driven by the motor B, and the blast from
which passes through tube C, with which communicates a second tube D leading
from the hopper E containing the material to be removed. Within tube D the
conveyor F is arranged, and is driven by belt from a pulley A¹ on the blower
spindle, such belt also passing over pulley G on the shaft H, which is geared to the
conveyor spindle by bevel gearing I. Any other suitable transmission may be
employed to actuate the conveyor, which may be of any other suitable form than
that shown.
In Figs. 4, 5 and 6 the conveyor tube D (instead of being arranged vertically
as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3) is shown as being inclined, by which means the bearings of
the conveyor can be arranged outside the tube D, and will be less subject to wear
and to get dirty, besides offering greater facilities for their inspection and
lubrication.
The conveyor F leads the slack or other material from hopper E, down tube D
and into the blast tube C, where it is acted upon by the blast, which conveys it
along such tube C to the place where it is to be delivered.
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 :-
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1. The improved apparatus for removing slack and other fine material constructed
and operating substantially as specified.
2. The improved apparatus for removing slack and other fine material, consisting
in a blower or other air compressing apparatus, the blast from which is caused to pass
through a tube, with which communicates a tube leading from the receptacle
containing the material to be removed, and within which second tube a screw or
other suitable conveyor is arranged to deliver the material to the blast tube, all
substantially as specified.
Dated this 4th day of October 1889.
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.