US1013420A

US1013420A - Apparatus for transferring materials.

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Publication number: US1013420A
Application number: US44024208A
Authority: US
Inventors: Thomas Spencer Miller
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-06-25
Filing date: 1908-06-25
Publication date: 1912-01-02
Anticipated expiration: 1929-01-02

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APPARATUS FOR TRANSFBHRING MATERIALS. APPLICATION FILED. JUNE 25, 1908.

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Patented Jan. 2,1912.

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, THOMAS SPnNoER MILLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of South Orange, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain novel and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Transferring Materials, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for handling and transferring materials in bulk,

such as coal or other masses of material, and

in the resent instance, I have shown, by way of illustration, my invention as applied to the handling of coal and the transferring of the' same from one vessel to another; al-

- though I wish it to be understood that I described.

do not limit myself to the particular use which. for the purposes of an understanding of the invention, I have herein shown and transference of a cargo from a barge along-.

side the coal station to-a battleship on the opposite side of the station. Fig. 2 is a view of the traveling support or tower carrying the hoisting and transferring apparatus. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view, illustrating the various leads of rope of the hoisting and transferring apparatus. Fig. 4: is a top plan view of enp'lne for hoisting and opening and closing the bucket. Fig. 5 is a similar View of the swinging or transferring engine which is employed to convey or swing the bucket to the point -where it is to be dumped. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view similar to Fig. 1,

but showing my invention as applied to a sea-going collier, in this instance, having a mast or masts thereon, for the sup ort of the hoisting gear, instead of the trave mg tower Mounted upon the station B is a movable 1 or traveling tower 5, having wheels 6 rest-. in on tracks or rails 7, so that the tower may be moved' longitudinally of the station as desired. Extending in opposite directions and from opposite sides of the tower are the booms 8, suitably pivoted as at 9 ,to the tower, and provided with the ordinary stays or guys 10, so that the booms-may be adjusted at the desired elevation. 11 indicates-a grab bucket, in the present instance shown'as of the clam shell type, although it is to be understood that such bucket may be of any desired sort. This bucket is hoisted, opened and closed by means of the rope 12 operating the power wheel 13 of the bucket, said rope 12 passing from the bucket up and over the sheave 14, suitably connected to the support, and thence such line passes downward and around the drum 15 of the engine D. The holding rope 16 of the bucket passes up and over the sheave 17, thence down to the drum 18 of the engine D. By these

ropes

12 and 16 the bucket is opened and closed, hoisted and lowered.

I 19 designates a swinger block or trolley carrying the

sheaves

20, 21 and 22 between which the ropes 12 and 16 pass. This swinger block is designed to be moved horizontally to deliver or take a load off either side of the station. To accomplish this, I locate at or near the ends of the. booms 8 a sheave 23, and connect to the opposite ends of the block 19 the swinger ropes 24:, these ropes passing around the sheaves 23, thence toward the center of the station or collier, around the. sheave 25, and thence down to the drum '26 ofthe'swinger engine E. The swinger block or floatingtrolley is suspended from the tower or support by a pendulum rope .27, secured at one end, as at 28, to the block, thence passing over the sheave 29 at the tower or mast, the opposite end of said pendulum rope being attached to a counterweight or tension device 30, said weight being slightly in excess of the weight of the floating trolley or swinger block.

31 designates a stop suitably located on the pendulum rope, as in Fig. 6 and-on side of tower in Fig.3 so that the weight is pre- I vented dropping so low as, to hoist the floating trolley above an approximately straight line drawn from the pulleys at the outboard end of the booms. The employmentof the weight in conjunction with this pendulum rope also enables me to take up any slack in the pendulum rope, and therefore have the trajectory of the bucket approach asnearly as practicable a straight line.- This enables me to employ a tower or mast of ing drum 15, slack being also taken in on' the line 16 b the drum 18. When the bucket strikes the oating trolley, it is read to be swung horizontally to the point of eposit, and this is accomplished by an operator at the engine E operating the drum 26, the operator at the engine D paying out the

lines

12 and 16 sufliciently to permit the outward traveling of the bucket. When the bucket has reached the point of deposit, the drum 26 isstopped, the bucket is held by holding on the line 16 through the drum 18 and such bucket is dumped by paying out the line 12, To swing the bucket back, the bucket is hoisted somewhat and returns in it trajectory approaching nearly a straight Under ordinary conditions, my apparatus permits the. coaling of a ship or the transferring of material in bulk with ease and rapidity. In the case of'coaling'in. smooth water, where the apparatus is adapted for use upon a collier, I may substitute, in place of the traveling tower, a stationary or per-- manent mast F, such as is shown in Fig. 6, but otherwise the apparatus employed may be the same.

Although I have in the foregoing specification described a complete equipment for the continuous handling of material in bulk, I do not wish to limit myself to the use of the whole apparatus, since I am aware that my invention embodies different parts, which are capable of several as well as joint use, and each and all of which I intend to claim.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim is:

1. The combination of a supply station, an elevated support thereon, a hoisting-rope sheave connected to the support, a hoisting.

drum adjacent to the support, a holsting rope leading from said drum over said hoisting rope sheaveand thence downward, a floating trolley or swinger block, a penduand. extending lum rope from which said block is suspendswinger frame, a weight constituting a takeup for said pendulum rope, and swingerropes connected with said swinger frame said hoisting v ope. v

3. The combination of anelevated supin opposite directions from 1 port, a load carrier, a hoisting rope for said 6 load carrier, means other than the hoisting-rope for swinging said carrier in opposite directions in an approximately horizontal path, means whereby the hoistin r o e is freely movable at all times longitu, inal y of itself relative to the swinging means, a

pendulum rope connected to the means for swinging the carrier,'and a take-up for the pendulum rope.

'4. The combination of a support, two booms extending from said support, a hoisting rope, a load carrier connected thereto, a floating swinger frame for swinging the load carrier, oppositely directed ropes for positively swinging the swinger frame in opposite directions and counterbalancing means for controlling said swinger frame to cause the load to travel in an approximately straight path between the ends of the booms.

5. In combination, a supply station, a movable support thereon, a load carrier, means for hoisting the load carrier, a swinger frame, a pendulum rope therefor, a take-up device for the pendulum rope, and means for limiting the movement of the take-up device.

6. In combination, a supply station, a support thereon, a load carrier, means for hoisting the load carrier, a swinger frame, a pendulum rope therefor, a weight for the pendulum rope and a stop for said weight.

7. In combination, a hoisting rope, an actuator therefor, an elevated hoisting rope sheave, a swinger frame, swinger ropes'connecting said swinger frame and extending laterally in opposite directions, a pendulum rope whereby said swinger frame is suspended and supported from. an elevated point during its swinging movements, and a tension device for said pendulum rope.

8. In combination, a hoisting rope, an

"ing rope, swinger-ropes connectedwith saidswmger frame and extending in opposite directions, an actuator for said swinger ropes, a pendulum rope by which. said swinger frame is suspended from an elevation, a tension device for the pendulum rope,

and means whereby the elevation of the pendulum rope is limited to retain the movement of the swinger frame in a predetermined horizontal path.

- 10. The combination of a support, booms projected in opposite directions from the support, a pendulum rope suspended from the support at a point above the booms, a load-swinger supported by the pendulum rope, a rope traversing the booms for moving the load-swinger transversely of the support, hoisting means for the load engaged by the load-swinger, and a counterbalance for the load-swinger connected to the pendulum rope.

11. The combination of a support, booms projected in opposite directions from the support, a pendulum rope suspended from the support at a point above the booms, a load swinger supported by the pendulumrope, means carried by the booms for moving the load-swinger transversely of the support, a load-carrier movable with the said load-swinger, hoistin means for raising and lowering the loa -carrier, and a counterbalance for the load swinger connected to the pendulum rope, i

'12. The combination of a support, a pendulum element suspended at an elevated point on said support, a load swinger supported by the pendulum element and movable therewith transversely of the support, to points on opposite sides of the point of suspension,means for imparting the trans 4 verse movement to the load swinger, means for hoisting the load, and a counterbalance for the load swinger connected to the pendulum element.

13. The combination of a support, a' pendulum element suspended at an elevate point on said support, a load swinger sup .ported by the pendulum element and movable therewith transversely of the support to points on opposite sides of the point of suspension, means for imparting the-transverse movement to the load swinger, means for raising and lowering the load, and means from a point adjacent tov said ele-' element according to the position of the load swmtge'r relativle to the point ofsuspension said pendulum element.

la. The combinationof a su port, a load lum elements'usfpended at an elevate point on sald support, a load swinger supported by the pen ulum element and mo'vab e therewith t-ransversely of the support to points tions, and a pendulum rope by which said swinger-frame is suspended from a point adjacent to said elevated hoisting rope sheave, arid means connected to the pendulum rope for counterbalancing the swinger frame;

l earner and holstmg rope there or, a en'du- 16. In combination, a hoisting rope, an

.actuator' therefor, an elevated hoisting rope sheave, a swinger-frame engaging the fall of said holstmg rope, swinger ropes connected Withsaid swinger-frame and extending laterally from said fall in opposite directions, a pendulum rope by which said swinger frame is suspended from an elevation, a counterbalance on the pendulum rope, and guide wheels for said hoisting rope mounted on the swinger-frame.

l7. Machinery'for handling coal, etc. comprising .a vertical support, oppositely disposed gafls carried thereby, guide sheaves at the extremities of said gafi's, a horizontal traverse rope passing over said sheaves, a flying trolley supported and moved horizontally by said horizontal traverse rope, a guide sheave carried by said support above the trolley, a hoisting rope passsing over said last-named guide sheave and through said trolley to be moved horizontally therewith to one side or the. other, a. pendulum rope connected to the trolley and passing over a sheave on the support above the path of the trolley and" a counter-balance on said vpendulum rope.

,18. In combination, a hoisting rope, a swinger-frame engaging the fall thereof, an out-haul swinger rope, an inhaul swinger rope, a swinger frame suspender rope, and

d .a counterbalance for the frame operating on said suspender rope.

19. In a marine transfer, in combination, a boat having a hatchway, a hoisting rope sheave above the hatchway, outhaul and inhaul swinger rope sheaves, a swinger frame,

a hosting rope extending therethrough, the outhaul and inhaul swinger ropes, means for actuating the same, a suspender rope and a counterweight for the same.

20. In a marine transfer, in combination, a boat having a hatchway, a hoisting rope 6 sheave above the hatchway, outhaul and inhaul swinger ro pe sheaves, the swinger frame, the hoisting rope extending therethrough, the outhaul and inhaul' swinger ropes, means for actuating the same, a suspender rope, a counterwel htifor the same, 10 and a stop whereby the fal of said counter weight is arrested.

. THOMAS SPENCER MILLER. Witnesses: ERNEsT PULSFORD, FRANK M. McCoRn.