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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
CHARLES ELIJAH BINNINGS, OF STAMFORD, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO ERIC
PIERSON SWENSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.
MIXING PLANT.No. 814,667.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, CHARLES ELIJAH BIN-
NINGS, a citizen of the United States, and a
resident of Stamford, Texas, have invented
5 certain new-and useful Improvements in Mix-
ing Plants, of which the following is a specifi-
cation.
My invention relates to mixing plants-e.
g., such as are used for mixing feeds or the
io like.
It comprises novel means for handling,
conveying, and mixing the several materials
which constitute the feed and for accurately
determining the proportion of each of such
15 materials.
In the drawings, Figure 1 represents in di-
agrammatic elevation a mixing plant em-
bodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan
view, on an enlarged scale, of a speed govern-
20 ing and indicating device. Fig. 3 is an end
elevation of a hopper forming part of my de-
vice.
1 designates a suitable structure, shown as
a two-story building having a line-shaft 11
25 passing therethrough, rotated from any suit-
able source of power. (Not shown.)
2 designates a hopper the bottom of which
is open and the front end of which is formed
with a semicircular recess 21. (Clearly shown
30 in Fig. 3 of the drawings.) The hopper 2 is
guided by lugs 22 to.move longitudinally of
the trough 23, in which is a screw conveyer
mounted on a shaft 24, connected by a belt
25 to a power-transmitting device 26, which
35 may be connected by a belt (not shown) to a
suitable pulley on the main shaft 11. The
forward end of the trough 23 dumps into a
trough 3, in which is a screw conveyer 31,
driven by a shaft 32, having a pulley 33,
40 which may be connected, as before, to the
main shaft 11. Emptying into the trough 3
is a measuring-funnel 34, the shaft 35 of
which is connected by a belt 36 to a second
power-transmitting device 37. Above the
45 funnel 34 is a hopper 38, provided with a gate
39. Also emptying into the trough 3 is a
rough-feed cutter 310. The trough 3 at its
discharge end empties into a drag-conveyer
4, shown as having an inclined leg 41, over
50 the bottom 42 of which moves scrapers.43,
secured to a chain 44. The chain 44 passes
over idler-pulleys 45 and is driven by a pul-
ley 46, geared to a shaft 47, on which isaIPatented March 13, 1906.
driven pulley 48, which may be belted to the
main shaft 11. The conveyer 4 discharges 55
at the upper end of its inclined leg 41 into a
trough 5, which, as before, is provided with a
continuous feed-screw; mounted on a shaft
51, having a pulley 52, which may be belted
to a relatively large driving-pulley 12 on the 6o
main shaft 11. At its discharge end the
trough 5 empties into a trough 6, which, as
before, is provided with a screw conveyer
mounted on a shaft 61, on which is a pulley
62. Leading into the trough 6, adjacent to 65
its feed end, is a tube 63, which serves to
carry a liquid from a tank 64 through a
pump 65 and spout 66. The pump 65 is con-
nected by a belt 67 to a third power-trans-
mitter 68, connected by a pulley 69 and belt 70
(not shown) to a suitable pulley on the main
shaft 11.
The speed-transmitting devices 26, 37, and
68 are, as shown, of the Reeves' type; but it
is obvious that any type of speed device in 75
which the increment in speed is practically
continuous may be employed. The device
shown consists, essentially, of driving and
driven pulleys 71 and 72, mounted in a frame
7, the pulleys 71 and 72 consisting of two por- 8o
tions having conical adjacent faces capable of
being moved toward and from each other by
levers 73, pivoted at 74. It will be seen from
Fig. 2 that the arrangement is such that
when the ends 75 of the levers 73 are moved 85
toward each other the conical portions of the
driving-pulleys 71 will be moved apart and
the bent 76 will slip down nearer to the axis of
the pulleys. At the same time the halves of
the driven pulley 72 will be forced together, 90
so that the belt 76 will ride outward on their
inclined faces. It is obvious that in this way
the speed of the driven pulley will be de-
creased, while the reverse motion of the le-
vers 73 will increase the speed of the driven 95
pulley 72. The device thus described forms
no part of my present invention, as it is well
known in the art. In the device, as shown,
the ends 75 of the levers 73 are connected to-
gether by a right and left screw running in 100
suitable nuts at the ends of the levers. This
screw has at its end a sprocket-wheel, which
is connected by a chain 77. to a sprocket-
wheel mounted on a shaft 78, which is pro-
vided with a handle 79, located at a conven- 105
ient point to be operated by one standing onSpecification of Letters Patent.
Application filed June 30, 19O5. Serial No. 267,744.
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Binnings, Charles Elijah. Mixing Plant., patent, March 3, 1906; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512314/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.