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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
SAMUEL L. SHELLENBERGER, OF DENISON CITY, TEXAS.
MACHINE FOR MIXING MORTAR.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,150, dated September 14, 1880,
Application filed Mrh 22, 1880. (No model.)
To all whom it may concern: The part of the cylinder below the bottom
Be it known that I, SAMUEL L. SHELLEN- of the hopper is inclosed in a case, E, conform-
BE ERn, residingatDenisonCity,iuthecounty ing to the shape of the cylinder.
of Grayson and State of Texas, have invented F is the clearing-wheel, which carries bars 55
5 Improvements in Machines for Mixing Mortar, .f, entering the spaces between the bars c3 and
&c., of which the following is a specification. forcing the material inward from said spaces.
My invention consists in a cylinder comn- The bars c3 and f act as cogs to drive the wheel
posed of bars set into open heads and rotat- F from the cylinder C; but ordinary gearing
ing beneath a hopper, apart of the circumfer- may be provided in addition. 60
to cnce of the cylinder forming the bottom of the The rim of the wheel F is cast with project-
hopper, so that the material to be mixed rests ing studs f', which pass through the barsf,
upon the cylinder, and is rasped or grated off and are riveted, as shown in Fig. 4.
by the motion of the cylinder and received on When the material is forced inward by the
the inside of the cylinder between the bars. cleaning -barsfit is caught by the inclined 65
15 That remaining between the bars will be car- scrapers or blades G, which are attached to
ried around and forced inside by projecting the lixed shaft D, and whose outer edges are
bars upon a cylinder, so that the spaces be- just out of contact with the inner sides of the
tweenI the bars will be cleared before entering bars cP, so as to prevent the accumulation of
the hopper, ready to receive another charge. the mortar (or other material) upon them. 70
20 When the material is received inside the The blades or scrapers G are placed in a
cylinder itis carried around by the rotary mo- spiral series, and are so inclined that by the
tion, and is turned over and forced out at one rotation of the cylinder they convey the ma-
end of the cylinder by coming in contact with trial to one end of the cylinder, where it is
a number of fixed spiral blades or scrapers at- discharged. 75
25 tached to the fixed shaft upon which the cyl- One of the cylinder-heads-i. e., e-is cast
inder revolves, with a spur-wheel, H, upon it, which engages
My improvement consists in the coin lation with a spur-pinion, I, on the driving-shaft.
of parts, as described in the claims. K is a pipe to supply water to the material
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a section at x just above the place where the clearing-bars 80o
30 x, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a enter the spaces between the bars c'.
horizontal section at x' x', Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is L is an edge or knife clearing the outside
an enlarged detail, part in section, showing of the cylinder C as it leaves the hopper.
the device for clearing the spaces of the icl- The direction of rotation of the cylinder is
inder. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section, indicated by an arrow. 85
35 showing the manner of securing the bars to I claim as my invention--
the heads. 1. The combination of the barred cylinder
A is a frame. B is a hopper to contain the C, rotating partly within the hopper B, with
material to be mixed or ground, (which may the spiral scrapers or blades 3, operating as
be mortar or may be fire-clay or other clay for set forth. 90
40 making bricks, tiles, or other things.) 2. The mixing-machine composed of a hop-
(C is the cylinder projecting into the hopper, per, B, barred cylinder C, clearing - wheel F,
as shown, so that part of its circumference is andspiral series ofscrapersorblades,arranged
in contact with the contents of the hopper. and operating substantially as set forth.
The cylinder has two open heads, c c', cast 3. The combination, in a mixing-machine, 95
45 iti the form of a wheel, and tunring on a fixed of the hopper B, cylinder C, cylinder-casing
shaft, D. E, clearing-wheel F, and series of blades 0,
The heads are cast with holes c, extending all arranged substantially as set forth.
through the rim to receive the ends of the SAMUEL L. SHELL~ENBERGER.
bars :, forming the circumference of the cyl- Witnesses:
50 inder. These bars are fixed in by riveting SAsL. KnIGHT,
their ends, as shown in Fig. 5. GEo. If. KNIGHT.
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Schellenberger, Samuel L. Machine for Mixing Mortar., patent, September 14, 1880; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170036/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.