US651690A - Can-filling machine. - Google Patents

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SECIFIGATION forming part of LettersPntent N o. 651,690, dated 1' une 12, 1900, Appunti@ nf" alla fato sentira-rats?. nomoan.

To it whom it may c0ncern.j A y y `Be it known that I, DAVID FREDRICK Ban- DnUF, a citizen of the United States, a'nil a resident of Eden, in the countyof Erie-and l State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Can- Filling Machine, ,of which the following is a full, clearandgexact descripl ion. if',

This invention relatesteg'iniprovements in machines for illingoans with1naterial-such,

is to provide a machinefffo'rj this purpose of\ simple construction and sojarranged that a large number `of can. may he4 quickly and 'uniformly illed. r I will describe.

amanfilling machine 4embodying my inyentionand then point out the' novel features in the appendedclaims. t,

Reference is to be; had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which-similar characters of reference indi-4 cate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Fignrel isiasectional elevation of a can- Fig. 2 is a plan view, and view. y

yThe machine comprises a frame 1, at. the" ends of which vertically-movable vrods 2 aref arranged. The rods 2 are connected to ai( cross-bar 3, which has projecting ends movable in guides 4, connected to the uprights of the frame. 'At the upper ends these bars 2 are connected by across-bar 5, having hinge connections (i with` a platform 7, arranged above the frame. 1 Having bearings in the end uprights of theframe are shafts 8 9, and on these Fig. 3 isan end the lower ends of the bars 2 to impart rooking motion to the platform 7. It will be Vnotedz that the cams on the shafts Aaree-xtended in. diametricallyopposite directions, so that when the shafts are turned oneend of ythe platform 7 will be movedupward, while the other end moves downwardjhe hinges form.- ing the fulcrum for said movements. The shafts are. geared together, as herevshoyvn, by means of sprocket-wheels 1 l l2 and a sprocket- Motion may be imparted to the shafts in any desired manner. I have here shown'one of the shafts as provided with a; fixed pulley 13 to receive a bandand a loose' pulley 14, uponwhich the-band may be' moved ,c i Removably placedon the platform 7 is a `claim as new an `tvhenit is desired to-stp the operation of the machine Without stoppingthe motive power.

, S5 tray 15, designed to contain'the cans m to be filled.n The tray may be made to contain'any desired number ofv cans-say, for instance,

one hundred or more. ",Removably placed in the upper portion of the tray is a hopper 16, having in its bottom a series of openings 17 equal in number to the number of cans con tained in the tray and each having a diaune ter substantially equal to thc opening of the can underneath it. The hopper may bo held in place by any suitable means. 1 have` here shown springs 1 8, connected at the lower ends to the platform 7 and having hookshaped upper ends to yengage over the ends of the hopper.A 4 x In operation the beans or other innierial to he canned are placed-in the hoppen` Then when motion is imparted to the shafts Band 0 the platform carrying the lifray and hopper will be rocked up 2 nd down alternately at the opposite ends, as before mentioned. This c movement will cause the material in the hopper to spread out evenly and pass through the holes 17 into the cans.` After filling the cans the hopper may be removed, and the the filled cans are to beV removed. t 'A machine made in accordance with my invention is of very/ simple construction, and it is easily operated either by hand or oy a steam or other motor. Having thus described my invention, L

d desire to secure hy Letters Patentv y V1. Acanning-machinc,comprisingafraune, shafts mounted-in said'frarne and geared together, cams on sad shafts extended in op.- posite directions, frames at the'ends of the 'machine-frame and adaptedto'zhefmcved ver- Y ing connection withfsaid'end ,hameau tray 954- adapted to hold ,cans toybe lled, etnia hopper having opengsthrongh which', ma-navial -A an's','substantiallyasspecii 2,.: 'canning-machine,comprisinga piat- `jforrn, means lfor scusi-nga rochngmotion thereof, a` tray removably arranged ou the platform, a hopper 4havin openingsn through its bottom,l and springt-y aiding `hookseoul loc neeted at one end to the platform amladpted through it bobtomfequal in number to Ihe M number of Cans to be arranged in `the tray, 15y

to engage wnh tllesaid hopper, substantially '-3. A canning-machine, eomprisfing a fra|ne5 .jsljshafts lnonnted in Said fragile and geared Lo lgether, cams on said shafts; the cams on one j shaft being extended in ain opposite direction .t the eamso'n theothershaftg frames adapted ,to be moved upward by said cams, aplatlforln 'xo havjing hook connections at its ends' with said moving frame,v a tray'supportod on the platform and adapted to contain a number of cans l 'y -to be filled, and a ,hopper having openings the said openings being of a diameter substantially tha@ of the openings in the cans, as

specified. l 4 In testimony whereof -I` have signed my -name to this specification in the presence of zo two snbscribnnl witnesses.

`DAVID FRIEDRICH. BALDAUF.

`\Vitfnesses: l

DAVID S. BEARDSLEY, DURAN A. PALMERTON.

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