Apparatus for taking up approximately fixed Bulk of Granular, Pulvuerulent, or Plastic Materials.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 24th June, 1897-Accepted, 21st Aug., 1897.
Apparatus for taking up approximately fixed Bulk of Granular,
Pulvuerulent, or Plastic Materials.
We, HERMAN RÖHL, of No. 21 Stargarderstrasse, Mechanic, and HELLMUTH
USEDOM, of No. 24 Stargarderstrasse, Merchant, both of Neubrandenburg in the
German Empire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The object of the present application for Letters Patent consists of apparatus for
taking up and separating quantities of groceries and other divisible materials whereby
the quantity of goods taken up by the mechanism is approximately determined
According to its weight and the whole apparatus is easily and conveniently controlled.
In the accompanying drawing the invention is illustrated as follows :-
Figure 1 shows a side view of the apparatus open.
Figure 2 a side view thereof closed.
Figure 3 a front view of the apparatus.
Figure 4 a view of the apparatus from below.
Figure 5 a modified form of the apparatus especially designed for the taking up of
granular materials such as rice, oatmeal, flour, pearl barley and so forth.
The apparatus consists essentially of two clips c c revolubly adjusted between a
frame a to the covering plate b of the same, which clips can be brought together or
removed apart from each other by means of two wire loops d d fixed to them and
having between them a blade spring e. Through the handle f affixed to the covering
plate there passes a stamp, which consists of a bar h provided at its end with a
plate g, which is furnished with inwardly projecting pieces l, in which a spring i
fixed to the handle engages, whereby the stamp can be adjusted to various heights.
A further element of the apparatus consists of the connecting bands kh¹ which
are formed of a folding material such as waxed cloth, leather, bladder or sheet metal,
and one end of which is secured to the ends of the frame a and the other .ends of
which are secured to the points of the clips c.cl. When the apparatus is opened as
shown in Figure 1 it can be pushed into the goods to be removed such as butter,
lard, soft soap or blacking so far as the stamp in its adjusted position will admit, and
so that the space below the said stamp is filled by the mass in question. It is
advisable that the whole frame be provided with complete-side walls. The apparatus
is then closed by pressing together the two loops d d' causing the clips c c' to close
as shown in Figure 2 and the connecting bauds kk which at the same time effect
the removal of the goods, to be stretched apart, see Figure 4.
The apparatus can then be withdrawn from the mass and the substance taken up
by the same which has been approximately determined in weight can be removed
from the apparatus, which is effected by simply opening the clips, it being possible
by the adjustment of the stamp to secure an approximately fixed weight of the mass in
question (for which purpose a graduated scale may be added to the apparatus). The
use of the apparatus will secure invariably an approximately equal fixed quantity of
goods, whereby special weighing and addition to or subtraction from the amount
taken is obviated, thus securing a special advantage for this machine.

page_text: In order to render the apparatus applicable to the taking up of dry loose materials
such as salt, pepper, coffee, peas or meal according to a fixed weight.
The apparatus is preferably constructed according to the modification..shown in
Figure 5: In this form the apparatus is constructed to resemble a pair of shears the
cutters of which are provided with scoops m m the size of which is also determined
by the form and weight of the material to be taken. The handle f is divided and
provided with a leaf spring e'. This apparatus has the same advantages in action as
the modifications already described.
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Having now particularly, described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1. An apparatus for the removal of goods such as groceries and powdered or plastic
materials of all kinds, characterised by the construction of two frames such as a
capable of motion in the form of shears between which a stamp g h adjustable in
height according to the quantity of the goods to be taken can be moved up or down
for the purpose of determining the approximate weight of material to be taken up by.
the apparatus.
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2. In apparatus of the kind set forth in Claim 1, the arrangement of side shears
cc fixed to the loops d d' and provided at their lower ends with connecting bandsk k¹
fixed to the cross pieces o o'
3. Apparatus such as set forth in Claim 1 the frames a a¹ which are provided with
fixed concave sides m' m¹ of capacity corresponding approximately to the weight of
the goods to be taken for the purpose of taking up deterinined "quantities of 'hard
granular materials such as seeds, rice or the like."
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Dated this 24th day of June 1897.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
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322, High Holborn, London, WC., 'Patent Agents-for the Applicants.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, WC., Patent Agents-for the Applicants.