US811573A - Feed-box. - Google Patents

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PATENTED FEB. 6, i906.

3. E. MONTYRB.

FEED BOX.

urmouio FILED Nov` 23, 1,904

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AFerarri? OFFICE.

JAMES I). MGINTYRE, OF CHICAGO LAWN, ILLINOIS.

FEED-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb 6. 1906.

To all whom; t may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES l?. Monrrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago Lawn, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to im rovements in feed hoppers or boxes; and it es Jfor its object the constructing of a box which is provided with means for automatically controlling the discharge of grain or the like therefrom.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the discharge of the material contained Within the box is controlled automatically at predetermined periods.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for spacing the feed-hopper from the wall to which it is adapted to be secured for the purpose of providing a compartment on the back of said hopper for the reception of a lever to which is secured a slide Which is adapted to inclose the openin upon the bottom of said hop er and also or the purpose of permitting o the assembling ci means with the said lever for actuating the same automatically.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of arts, as will be hereinafter fully described in t e speciiication and more particularly pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

Fi re l is a vertical section through the feed opper or box. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the hopper or box shown in transverse section. Fig. 3 is a vertical section throu h the lower portion of the feed-hopper, the same being provided with a modified form of valve.

Referring to the drawings b 1 numerals, 1 designates a sup orting or hol ingr board for the hopper, Whlc also forms one ofthe Walls of the same. For the purpose of providing reinforcing means and also for spacing the supporting or holding board 1 from the walls of a barn or any building I provide cleats or spacing-strips 3 at the upper and lower ends of the wall 1 of the ho per. These cleats 3 are arranged in para el osition and are adapted to extend longitu inally of the feed box or hopper. The feed-box is also provided vvith a plurality of sides 4, which are provided with inwardly-extending portions 5, which do not come entirely together at the lower portion, but terminate adjacent to each other, thereby forming an opening through which the material which is adapted .to be placed within the hopper is discharged. This opening in the lower part of said hopper is provided with a valve or slide 6 for the purpose of closing the same. The said valve 6 is carried upon a lever 7, and said lever '7 is pivotally mounted at 8 upon the rear portion of the supporting or holding board 1 of the said ho per. The valve or slide 6 is secured to a rig t-angle extension 9, formed integral with the lever 7.

To prevent the slide from being moved except at predetermined periods, I have provided upon the front of the hopper and near the bottom oi the same a suitable guard 1U, which is formed with concave-convex side ortions 1l said side portions 11 extending below the horizontal plane oi the slide or valve 6, which is carried by the lever 7. It will be apparent that by the assembling of this guard upon the feed box or hopper as shown in the drawings the same prevents the valve from being actuated manually from` the front of the said feed-box Without the operator tampering With the valve by reaching under the guard.

Secured to the end 12 ofthe lever 7 is a suitable cable 13, Which is adapted to be passed around a pulley 14 and connected with a suitable Wei ht 15. The op osite end of said cable, whic is secured to t e lever at l2, is connected to a suitable cloclr mechanism 16, or, if it is preferred, to electrical means for the purpose of permitting the lever to be moved upon its pivot -point 8, and thereby open the aperture formed in the bottom of the hopper at predetermined periods, as may be desired by the operator of the device.

In the practical application of the device I have found it essential to construct the rear ortion of the hopper as shown in the drawings for the reason that it frequently occurs that the valve when provided with a lever which extends to the front of the hop er is often actuated when it is not desire It will be apparent that an animal could operate the lever if the same was mounted upon the front portion oi the hopper; but by the IOO IIO

construction of the ho per and spacing the same from the walls oi) a building means is provided whereby the operation of the device is greatly facilitated and the discharge of the grain or the like from the hopper is revented, except when the lever is operate( by the releasin of the cable, which is controlled by the cloc mechanism, and oWinlr to the weifht which is secured at one en( of the cab e the slide will be automatically moved to one side of the discharge spout or bottom portion of the hopper and the material carried within the same is discharged therefrom into a suitable trough or receptacle 17, carried beneath the discharge ortion of the ho iper or box. The slot whic is formed in t 1e rear wall or holding-board 1 permits of the free movement of the ri lit-angle portion 9 of the lever 7 when it is esired to move the valve or slide 7 either for closing the opening formed in the bottom of the hopper or :for`

opening the same.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the hopper provided with a modified form of valve. In this construction the holding-board 1 has a se mental slot or opening 18, extending latera y from one wall of the hopper; but this slot is not arranged at the sides of the ho per-outlet, and therefore material passing om the hopper cannot fall through the slot 18 into the space back of the holdin -plate In order to permit the use of a s ot such as shown in this modification, it is necessary to pivot the lever 19 above one end of the slot and to connect it to one edge of the valve 20.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a ho per, comprising a holdin -board, sides, and ront, said holdingboard aving an o ening, a lever carried by said holding-boar and projectin throu h said opening, valve means carried rsaid ever, and guard means carried by sai hopper.

2. In a device of the character descrlbed, the combination of a hopper provided with means for spacing the same from the supporting-Walls, a guard secured upon the front of said hopper and adapted to project below the horizontal plane of the bottom of said hopper, a lever movably mounted upon the rear portion of said hop er, and means carried b r said lever for contrdilng the openin and cIosing of the discharge-aperture of sai ho per.

3. In a device of the character escribed, the combination with a hopper provided with means for spacing the same from a wall, of a guard secured upon said hopper and projectlng below the discharge ortion thereof, valve means carried by said opper en aging said discharge portion of the same, an means for automatically actuating said valve means engaging the discharge 1portion of said hop` er.

4. n a device of t e character descri ed,

the combination of a hop er' comprising a back, sides, and front, said) back having an opening, and valve-carrying means secured to said hopper and extending through the opening of said back.

5. In a device of the character described7 the combination of a hop er, comprising a back, sides', and front, said )ack havmg a slot formed therein. near the discharge-o ening of the hopper, valve means positione within the slotted portion of said back, and means for causing movement of said valve means.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of a hopper, comprising a holding-board, sides secured to said holdingboard, a front secured to said sides, said hopper having a discharge-opening, said holdingboard provided with a segmental slot formed therein near the discharge-opening of the hopper, parallel spacing-strips secured transversely of said holding-board and upon the back of the same, an angular lever secured to said holding-board and extending through said slot, valve means secured to said lever and normally closing the opening of said hopper, a guard secured to the discharge end of said hopper and inclosing said valve means, a weight secured to said lever, and means for automatically causing movement of said lever.

7. A device of the character described, comprising a hopper, the back of said hopper extending below the discharge end thereof, said back having an opening formed therein contiguous to the discharge end of the ho per, lever means secured to said hop er, said ever means extending through said s otted portion of the back, means carried by said lever for closing the discharge-o ening of said hop er, a guard secured to said io per and extending below the slotted portion oIthe back, comprising concavo-convexed sides, and substantially flat front, and means for causing movement of said lever means.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination with a hopper, of valve means coacting with said hopper, and a guard secured to said hop er, comprising concavoconvexed sides an a flat front.

9. In a device of the character described, the combination of a hopper provided with an opening formed in the back thereof, valve means movably positioned within said opening, and guard means secured to said hopper and extending below the horizontal plane in which said opening is formed.

10. The combination with a support, of a hopper provided with an opening spaced from said support, and valve-carrying means extending through the openin of said hopper and capable of closing the discharge end of the same.

11. The combination with a support, of a honper having an elongated opening and provi ed with spacing means, secured to said IOC support, and valve-carrying lever meens extending through seid elongated opening of said hopper, and normally closing the discharge end ofthe seme.

12. 1n e device of the character described, the combination of a hopper provided with an elongated opening, valve Ineens ooaeting With seid hopper and positioned Within the elongated o en ortion thereof, e Wei ht secured to sei ve ve Ineens, and means vor eutomaticelly causing movement of said valve Ineensv 13. The combination with e support, of e hopper provided with en opening spaced from sai d supportJ lever means extending through seid opening, valve Ineens secured to seid lcver Ineens, and e Weight secured to said lever means.

i4. The combination with e support, of a holder-board spaced from said support, e hopper formed upon said holderboerd, seid ho er-boerd provided with an opening neer the discharge end of seid hopper, e, movable isupport posltoned Within the opening of seid l o er-boerd, and 'valve means earned by seid movable support.

In testimony whereof I hereunto will); my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES P. MCINTYRE. Vitnesses:

PEARL A. CROPPER, HERBERT L. VVnrrAKER.

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