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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM WALLACE READ, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
SCOOP.1,202,101.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Oct. 24,1916.
Application filed August 28, 1915. Serial No. 47,822.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. READ,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and
useful Scoop, of which the following is a
specification.
The present invention relates to self-
measuring scoops, one object of which is to
10 provide a scoop for accurately and expe-
ditiously measuring predetermined quanti-
ties of grain and the like.
Another object of the invention is to pro-
vide a scoop having an adjustable bottom,
15 which in conjunction with a swinging sweep,
provides means for accurately measuring
different predetermined quantities within
the scoop.
A further object of the present invention
20 is to provide a self-measuring scoop of gen-
eral improved construction, whereby the de-
vice will be simple, durable and inexpensive
in construction, as well as convenient, prac-
tical, serviceable and efficient in its use.
25 With the foregoing and other objects in
view which will appear as the description
proceeds, the invention resides in the com-
bination and arrangement of. parts and in.
the details of construction hereinafter de-
30 scribed and claimed, it being understood that
changes in the precise embodiment of the
invention herein disclosed can be made with-
in the scope of what is claimed without de-
parting from the spirit of the invention.
35 The invention has been illustrated -in its
preferred embodiments in the accompanying
drawing, wherein:-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the scoop
depicting the manner of its operation. Fig.
40 2 is a side elevation of the scoop, partly in
section. Fig. 3 is a top plan.' view of the
scoop. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken
on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5.is a per-
spective view of the securing sleeve.
45 In carrying' out the present invention,
there is provided - a. cylindrical casing or
scoop 1, having its top edge terminating in
a plane which is at an obtuse angle with re-
spect to the axis of the casing 1. The entire
5o side wall of the casing 1 is helically or spi-
rally corrugated as indicated at 2. A bottom
3 is provided with a depending flange 4which is provided with helical or. spiral cor-
rugations to operably engage the helical cor-
rugations 2. To the lower face of the bot- 55
torn 3, is secured a strap or handle 5.for ro-
tating the bottom within the casing 1, to
thereby adjust the bottom 3 with respect to
the said casing 1.
An approximately U-shaped handle 6 is 60
rigidly secured to the side wall of the cas-
ing 1 adjacent the top and bottom thereof.
This handle has an intermediate portion 7,
which is parallel with the axis of the casing
1, and an upper arm 9 the top of which lies 65
in the same plane as the top edge of the
casing 1. The handle 6 is U-shaped in cross
section and its side walls are folded in-
wardly upon themselves as indicated at 10,
to provide a reinforcement. A transverse 70
strip or plate 11 is secured to the opposed
side walls of the angular arm 9 adjacent'the
folded edge thereof.
In order to provide means for removing
all the grain, or the like, that may be sup- 75
ported by the casing 1 and the bottom .3,
above the plane of the upper edge of the
casing, there is provided a sweep or scraper
12 which is pivoted upon the arm 9 so that
its lower edge 13 will lie in the same plane 80
as, and operably engage the upper edge of
the casing 1. This sweep is provided at its
inner or pivoted end with a transverse cy-
lindrical bearing 14, the axis of which is per-
pendicular to the lower edge 13 of the sweep 85
or scraper 12. Secured to and extending
perpendicularly from the upper face of the
arm 9 is a bearing sleeve 15, about which is
pivotally secured the bearing 14. A trans-
verse slot 16 is formed in the sleeve 15 for 90
the reception of a pin 17 which is secured
to the sleeve 14 to hold the two sleeves in
operative engagement. The pin 17 is also,
secured to a rod 18 that extends through the
bearing sleeve 15 and an aperture 19 formed 95
in the plate 11.
A rod 20 is secured to the sweep or scraper
12 and extends inwardly toward the sleeve
and terminating in an eye 21, which nor-
mally lies within easy reach of the thumb of 100
the manipulator. To normally hold the
sweep to one side of the casing 1, a contract-
ing helical spring 22 is provided, which has
one terminal secured to the sweep or scraper
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Read, William W. Scoop, patent, October 24, 1916; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859228/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.