US1400790A - Sugar dispensing and weighing container - Google Patents

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H. M. BIGELOW. SUGAR DISPENSING AND wsmumq CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-4| 1920.

Patented Dec. 20, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY M. IBIGELOW, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

I SUGAR DISPENSING AND WEIGHING- CONTAINER.

Application filed March 4,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY M. Blonnow, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of IVisconsin, have in vented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sugar Dispensing and lVeighing Containers; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, such as will enable persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing for a disclosure as to one construction in which the invention has been embodied.

The purpose of my invention is the production of a sanitary sugar container, adapted for use by dealers who dispense sugar to customers in small quantities. The container is provided with compartments for storing sugars of different grades, and one of such compartments is provided with a duct leading therefrom and over the mouth of a paper bag placed in the pan of a scale, supported by the container, so that sugar of the exact amount desired may be weighed out for the customer. The scale is set upon one of the faces of the container, and immediately below the scale the outer wall thereof is hollowed out to permit the free movement of the scale pan. The duct leading from the compartment described is provided with a closing gate, which may be opened to permit the sugar to flow from the container into the bag upon the scale pan, and which gate may be operated with precision as the pointer on the scale indicates that the amount of sugar has been drawn, and so stop the further movement of the en ar.

he compartment from which the duct leads is provided with an inclined bottom so arranged as to direct the sugar into the duct and permit the said compartment to automatically dispense all of the sugar contained therein. Arranged in the said compartment and above the inclined bottom urpose of which is to separate the fresh bulk of sugar when placed in the compartment,

and reduce such bulk approximately to its granular consistency, so that the contents may flow freely through the duct when the gate is opened.

The lower part of the container is provided with a compartment for storing sugar of a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 20, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 363,201.

grade which is different from that which is stored in the upper compartment. Such lower compartment has an opening at an elevation above the bottom thereof, through which opening the bulk of the lower grade sugar may be inserted, and is provided also with a door near the bottom thereof which may be opened to permit the insertion of a scoop or measure by means of which the sugar may be manually withdrawn from the compartment and weighed and placed in the desired amount in the paper bag upon the pan of the scale.

It is my design to use the upper compartment of the container for the purpose ofstoring granulated sugar, which by reason of its nature may easily be dispensed through the duct, with no other effort than controlling the gate which normally closes the passage through the said duct. It is my purpose also to use the lower compartment for the storage of a grade of sugar for instance, brown sugar, not possessing the granular characteristics of the sugar stored in the upper compartment. As an adjunct to the arrangement described I have provided a third compartment of a lesser capacity and have located such third compartment at a point between the upper and lower compartments above described. Such third compartment is provided with a closing door, and is intended for the temporary storage of any overweights of granulated sugar which might accidentally be dispensed through the duct.

The features embodying the novelty in my invention will be pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my sugar dispensing and weighing container, a part of the cover thereof being broken. out to show the interior arrangement.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the container in elevation and partly broken out to show the interior arrangement.

In constructing my improved container, I find it convenient to construct the same as a sheet metal drum, the circumference of which is formed with a plurality of fiat faces, for the more convenient attachment of parts, although it is obvious that such drum may be cylindrical. In the drawing A indicates the drum, as described, the bottom B of which will rest upon the store counter or other suitable support. The top C is provided with a circular opening 0 adapted to b closed by a tight fitting cover 0 which latter is hinged as at c to the top C. An inclined plate D; placed withinthe receptacle at a point intermediate its height,

constitutes the bottom for the compartment E below the opening 0 in the top. Arranged upon one of the fiat faces of the drum, and leading from the compartment E is a duct 6, the contracted outer end 6 of which extends to a point at the center line of the flat face of the drum to which the said duct is attached. A measuring scale F is set w1thin the face of the drum and slightly above the outlet of the duct, from which scale .de-

pends a pan normally in position below the end e of the duct At its lower part the front face of the container is recessed as at G'for the reception and movementof the scale pan 7, which latter is centered rela tively to the end 0 of the dispensing duct. It is designed that asquare or flat bottomed paper bag shall be opened and placed in the pan of the scale, with the mouth of such bag in position to'receive thesugar dispensed through the duct 6. An arm 6 attached to the upper side oft-he duct has piv- V oted thereon a lever e, to which is connected at e by means ofa pin and slot connection a gate a adapted to slide in an opening in the duct, so as to effectually close such duct and prevent the. passage therethrough of any material other than at such times when the gate 6 is raised by lifting the lever 6*.

The arrangement of the inclined plate D forming thebottom' of the compartment is "ously referred to, is provided with an open-- inginwhichisfitted'a chute H, by means such that the granulated sugar placed in such compartment will be directed by the inclined surface of the said bottom member,

scum thecompartment may be entirely. emptied of its contents by being 'dispensed' is dumped through the opening in the top of the container, any lumps which may have "been formed in such bulkwill be broken by being forced against the screemand thus thebulk of sugar will'be reduced to its granular form, and in condition to be dis- .pensed through the duct The lower compartment of thecontainer, comprising the space between the bottom'B thereof and the lnclined'member D previ- The overweights of of Which sugar of a lower grade may be supplied to the said lower compartment. 011, one of the faces of the drum, adjacent to the scale'pan a hinged door it leads to the lower compartment, which latter as stated is intended to contain brown sugar or sugar of a lower grade than contained in the upper compartment. This lower compartment forms a very convenient adjunct for storing in proximity to the scale a quantity of brown sugar so that such sugar may be readily accessible to meet the demands therefor, which are frequent but only occasional when compared to the demands for granu lated sugar. By'opening the door it, brown sugar to the amount desired may be with drawn from the lower compartment and placed in the bag previously set in the scale pan. 7

It is conceivable that in times of rush, an amount of granulated sugar in excess of that called for, might be dispensed through the duct 0. To meet such contingenciesand afford a place for the immediate storage of such excess quantities of granulated sugar I form a third compartment of relatively small dimensions, in one side of the container, and just below the upper compartment. This third compartment I'is' provided with a hinged door 71 by which the opening thereto may be closed. A vertical wall 2' indicated in clot-ted lines in Fig; 1, V

and bottom i likewise indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 2, serve to partition .off the space forming the third compartment 1. granulated sugar "accu inulated in the third compartment I may .be withdrawn therefrom and placed in'the bag, preparatory to filling'an order of sugar from the upper compartment. It will thus be seen that no waste is involved;

My invention has been embodied in a practical form, such embodiment being illustratl in the accompanying drawing, and has been productive of satisfactory. results. I

have produced a dispensing and containing to be stored in a most convenient manner, and have provided the device with a selfcontained scale conveniently arranged for effective use. a

l-laving thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters 'Patent of the UnitedStates, is: f V

1. A dispensing and weighing container provided with upper and lower compartjapparatus which enables quantities of sugar nients for storing sugars of difierent grades,

of the shale, the'upper' compartment being provided wit-h an inclined plate'forming the a weighing scale attached to the outerside bottom thereof,a duct leading from the said 7 plate and/having itsopen end positioned to.

discharge sugar from the upper compartment directly into a bag placed in the pan of the scale and a gate near the end of the duct.

2. A dispensing and weighing container provided with upper and lower compartments for storing sugars of difierent grades, a weighing scale attached to the outer side of the container, a pan depending from the scale, the container being recessed below the scale to permit the free movement of the pan of the scale, the upper compartment having an inclined bottom and a duct adapt- H. M. BIGELOW.

Witnesses:

W. F. WOOLARD, O. C. WEBER.

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