US1274180A - Grain-treating machine. - Google Patents

Description

W. MAUCHJR.

GRAIN TREATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9. 1911.

Patented July 30, 1918;

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WILHELM MAUCH, an, or ZEEILA D, NORTH minors.

GRAIN-TREATING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1918.

Application filed October 9, 1917. Serial No. 195,559

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILHELM MAUCH, JR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Zeeland, in the county of McIntosh and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain- Treating Machines; and Ido hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, 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 a machine for treating grain, and especially wheat, with chemicals, such as vitriol or formaldehyde for the-purpose of preventing smut and the invention has for its primaryobject, economy, simplicity, and efliciency, in such machines. V I

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character in which the chemical solution can be varied in quantity and strength at wi11;

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character in which, during the mixing or treating, the chemical solution and the grain are moved toward each other in opposite directions and thus thoroughly mixed.

With these objects in View the invention consists of the improved construction, arrangement and combination of parts of a machine of the character specified, as hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically claimed.

In order that the construction and operation thereof may be readily comprehended, I have illustrated an improved embodiment of my invention in the accompanying drawing and will now proceed to fully describe the same in connection with said drawing, in which Figure 1 represents the machine complete, in side elevation;

Fig. 2, a similar view of the machine on the opposite side;

Fig. 3, a sectional view taken on a plane cutting longitudinally through the machine;

Fig. 4, a bearing suitable for the machine, in side elevation; and

Fig. 5, a perspective view of an axle suitable for the machine.

Like reference characters mark the same parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

Referring particularly to the drawings, the main body of the machine is of box like form having sides 6 and 7 each preferably of one single piece, having curved lower edges as at 8 of substantially semi-circular outline but curved' outwardly andslightly downward at the discharge side of the ma chine, as at 9, said sides being united by a bottom, preferably of sheet iron, which pro-' jects slightly at the delivery end as at 10. e j

Upon one side of the body of the machine 1s secured a hopper l1 which-slopes downward, terminating substantia'lly'at "the bot-- tom of the body, thejadja'ce'nt sideof the body being provided with an, opening 12 through which the grain from the hopper is discharged into the main body 'of the machine,"the outer side of the hopper being sloped inward so as to properly direct the grain through 's'ai'd'opening'and insure the discharge of all of the contents of the hopper. 2

Suitable bearings as at 13 "aresecured on the voutside of the sides of the main body at the center thereof, by means of brackets 14 and screws 15, to receive the spindles 16 of a square axle 17 which'crosses the body of the machine and carries upon its square central portion, a feed wheel provided with forwardly projecting tangential scoop like blades 18, one end of the axle being squared to receive a crank 20 by which it is turned, always to the right or clock wise when observed from the side upon which the a crank is attached.

Projecting from one side of the body is a shelf 21 uponwhich a tank or pail 22 may be placed provided with an ordinary spigot 23 which dischargesthrough an openmachine at the level of the axle.

On the'opposite side of the machine isa ing 24 in a block 25, into the body of the delivery board 26 which is parallel to-the inclined top 27 of the body and may extend to or even beyond the delivery end of the body, the inner end of the board 26 reaching a point, as at 28, at which it will be barely passed by the points of the blades 18 while turning.

The machine is supported upon suitable legs 29 secured to the outside of the side 6 of the body and suitably braced as at 30 and similar legs secured to the outside of the hopper, as shown in'Fig. 2, and similarly braced.

From the foregoing the description and operation will be readily understood. 'A

suitable solution of the chemical in use having been placed in the tank-or pail 22, the

spigot may be opened sufliciently to permit the desired quantity to drip therethrough and into the interior of the body.

The grain being discharged through the opening 1'2 from the hopper 11 into the main body, is taken up by the blades 18 and carried upward, mixing it With the chemical solution dripping into the body, and thence carried over and discharged upon the edge 28 of the delivery board 26 from which it passes by gravity out of the machine into the receptacle provided to receive it.

The economy, simplicity and efiiciency oi the machine will appear from the foregoing and While I have specifically described the construction and arrangement of the various parts, I desire it to be understood that I do not confine myself to such exact construction and arrangement, for the reason that slight changes and variations might be made therein Within the scope of the claims, Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A machine for treating grain With a liquid, comprising a main body having a curved liquid retaining bottom, means for feeding the grain to be treated upon said bottom, a centrally pivoted feed Wheel mounted in said body and provided with scoop-like blades directed toward a point of delivery and adapted to carry grain over the axis of said Wheel, and a delivery board disposed upon one side of the body at the upper portion thereof and projected, toward the path of travel of said blades.

2. A machine for treating grain With a chemical solution comprising a main body with a curved liquid retaining bottom, a grain inlet hopper secured upon the outside of one side of the body and communicating with an opening in the side of the body, means for feeding the chemical solution-into the body on one side and down- Wardly therein, a feed Wheel centrally mounted in the body and provided With forwardly inclined tangential scoop-like blades for taking the grain from the bottom of the body and carrying it in the opposite direction to the entering solution, and a delivery board on the opposite side of the machine from said liquid feed for receiving the grain discharged from said blades.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILI-IELM MAUCH, JR.

Witnesses:

JOHN BISCHOF, FRANK J. RUEMMELE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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