US1438996A - Target box - Google Patents

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Dec. v19, 1922.

L. A. GRIFFIN.

TARGET Box. FILED JUNE I0. 1921.

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lle it known that lg Lonnie ,-1 t nunon, n citizen oli' the United Ste "l oli lronstoiu in the eeuu.;A Stelle of lllinois have invented :i new und useful lmprereme lftrxes, ot which the 'tollen' M Ys :i "full, cl concise, sind exact descrintioikv ret ing' hed to the acconuninying i forming o port ot this speci{iestionr Illy invention relates to en improved teit net hm: foi use in cmlneetion with taillis or receptacles of the type iu which ashes ore deposited hy the discharge conduits ol' fish conveyor systent. The ohject et the infr tion is to provide e.,

et hor comprising Ineens for causing A the oshe.- Aich orc discharged into the target hei; with `were or less violence`r to settle lightly down into the tank or receptacle so that the :ishes they he easily removed from the trink or receptacle when occasion reiuires. l have "found th L" the ashes deposited in 'the ordinary type of ssh receptacle are thrown down into 'the sonne with inore or less yiolence. Since the ashes ore usually more or less wel; when, deposited in the receptacle it is `mind that they tend to form o, hard l'oelolile which een he disintegrated removed only with greet dillieulty. ll/ly invention reduces this kind of' trouble to a ininiinun'i,

ln the accompanying* drawing illustrating' my invention, Figure l. is o perspective with certain ports broken Waye illustrating; the target hex oi my invention in operativo position upon on ash tank, end

Figure 2 is o vertical sectional View oit the ports shown in Figure l.

Referring' to the drawing, :it 3 l have illustrated n tank or :ish receptacle which may he formed of any fu'xitsl'ile umtei'iuh hut is here shown heit. construetml o1" vow crete. The tzuili hos n tint ton in which is provided ft square or reelojngfulor opening /1. The sides, ends1 end ton oit the to hor; herein shown ore Vformed o'l" matched hoorde, preferably (mln the hor; being.; open ot lhc hot-tom sind restino; upon the loo ol the tool-t With the open side oli the hex rco* ,eringg with the opening` 4l. Tl'ie hott is retained in position in any suitehle mennen The ssh conveyoi` discharge conduit 5 enters the target hex hoizontolly at the upper central portion of one of its end Wells. Carried upon the inner surface of the end woll which lies opposite the dischiugfe conduit .inspect plete which 'fofuled ol l .e i otlur `Yci'gf fzipohle oli ting; :he nlunsiie notion. oit the ashes which ere thrown violently oggzunst it when l ssh toiu'eyoi held in position. ineens not shown,

ljoeetet helenvv the oistin operation. Pluto 6 is 'y ltol'ts oi" other suitable C is o. shell: the

several hoorde ot the she 't hei,1 l suono.' hy cleats carried hy the le ond end Wells o1? the hof:A Forming; keit ot the hex is o, hem o which slonls donfnufordljff from the horA end Well through `which the conveyor discharge conduit extends, the hottie extendfh ik opening; e.) and tet :ishes sliding' oli the shellE to the inclined heillle 8F which ,ein es there dowmvsrdly into The ashes slipping oil the the lower i the sh i etui oli the hnile dfcp into the tent', with ye y little velocity, and es o result they do not oole Wit-hin 'the bottoni of the tenln notwithsten din the toet that they moy contain` more or less moisture.

lllhile have descrihed my invention es it is :'pnlied to :i teniet hon constructed of Wood, it is to he undeifstood that other suit? ehle materiels may he used Without in any Way deport-ing' lroin my invention.

Hoving); thus desclihed my invention, what l cloiin is new sind desire 'to secure hy Letters Potent ol the llnitef States is:

l. .ln eoinhiuotion with en :ish reci'eptncle hrwingl :in onfnine in the too thereo'l on onen lmtouu lure-:ft hot carried hy the recenteelo und (lieg )sed orer "oid opening, :in :ich conveyor d i seh orge o' mdn i t euterin said hof; horizontally through one end ot the hor: und udnhted to disehmnje oshes toward end against the onoosle end o'lE the hun, :t horiazoutul shell cori-led within the hon oud located :nljocent seid lost-mentioned end woll, seid shell extending entirely across the box in o loferol direction sind partially across the hon in longitudinal diiection, and e, baille which slonts downwardly from the nystroentioned Well terminates Within the tank at a point beneath said shelf, the upper end ot the bailie being located beneath the point where the aforesaid discharge conduit enters the target box.

2. In combination with an ash receptacle having an opening in the top thereof, an open bottomed target boi; disposed over said opening, an ash conveyor discharge conduit entering the target box through one wall thereot', and adapted to discharge ashes toward and against the opposite wall thereof, a horizontal shelf disposed adjacent said last-mentioned wall and beneath the line in which ashes are discharged. by said conduit, and a baille slanting` downwardly from said Erst-mentioned wall to a point within the ash receptacle and beneath said shelf, the upper end of said baflie being located beneath the discharge conduit.

3. A target boX of the class described coniprising an open bottomed box, an ash conveyor discharge conduit entering said box through an opening in the upper portion of one of its end walls and adapted to discharge ashes toward and against the opposite end wall of the box, a horizontal shelf dis osed adjacent said last-mentioned end wa l and below said discharge conduit, and a baiile slanting downwardly from the iirst mentioned end wall to a point beneath said shelf, the upper portion of said baiiie being` located below said discharge conduit.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my naine this 2nd day of June, 1921.

LOB-NE A. GRIFFIN. lditnesses W. L. LoA'r, GUY S. HAMILTON.

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