US1037119A - Car or carrier for elevating apparatus. - Google Patents

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FRANK'. H. BROWN L FRED H. BRWN.

GAR 0R CARRER FOR ELEVATING APARTU AFPLIATION' LED MAY26,1909.

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FRANK H, BROWN" AND FREI) H. BROWN, Ols PORTLAND, OREQOIT..

'CAR OR CARRIER FOB ELEVATING- APPARATUS.

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Speccaton of Letters Patent.

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Application filed May Q6, 1909. Serial No. 498,456.

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Bo it known that We, FRANK. H. BROWN und .Flinn H. Buon/N, citizens of the Unitcd' 'of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to u car or carrier for usc. on loading and unloading apparatus or conveying means, and the primary object of the sinne is to provide, a. car orcarrior particuhirly adapt/sd for handling or conveying loose material suchl as sand, gravch coal and soil, said carrier having a strongr and durable and simplified construction, and to so arrange a plurality of the curs or carriers on a conveying mea-ns such as .a chain belt that the operation of loadv ing-'and unloading loose material or conveyl ing such material froml one point to anothcr may expeditiously und occtively pursued.

Tho invention consists in thc. construction and arrangcmont of the scverul parts which will bc more fully hereinafter spcciiied in preferred form.

Fin tho drawing: Figure l is a side clevation of a portion of a loading' or unloading apparatus showing thc improved car or carrier applied tflicreto. Fig. 2 is :i sidc clcvation showing' two of thcv improved cars or carriers and portion of thc conveying means to which they are attached. Fig. 3 is a. plan view of one of the or carriers.

Tho numeral 5 designa-tes a body or tramo comprising side and roar end bars of instal continuous `with cach othcror assembled in anyr suitublc i'nanncr and havingv s buckct Vil snugly tittcd thcrcin and iccurcd thcrcto by rivets or other suitable rnc-ans. The bucket t is 'preferably formed ot sheet nactul ot suitabkA thickness. such for inslancc ns stoel pressed into form and havnur sn slcvatcd buck: 7 trom which thc suics 8 slope dowmvurdy to a loucr troni. E), thc baci; and front, or rcur und forward ends of the buclrct having au outvard iislrc or in- "1- i1 1 'rh if n. d .w91 f +1 dindon. tornai cx icnumci o l 1o sin@ t in) c u.. il g- LW tw] nur.. ci nt nunc o .no Jan. or c( ec el downwardly as :it l() and pivotallyattachcfl "to angulo couplings ll sccurcd lo thc convu 'ing chains or auulogous dcviccs l2, ci s tic. rod or bur l?) cooperating @With 'thc anglo couplings aud chains or conveying incans l2 to `jive thc car or carrier sutlicicnt rigidity at .thc front extremity to rcsist .lateral strain and also to prevent spreading of thc chains or conveying inca -s 13. The rear terminals of thc sido bars or sides of thc frame. 5 .havcthc uppcr cnds of links 14C pivoted thereto, thc said linksy extending downwardly and also nivotcd at their lower extremities to unstanding projections l5v scoured to an axle i6 which projects out# Witrdly beyond the frame at opposite sides and is suitably connected to thc chain belts or conveying moans 12, track or drag Wheels 17 being mounted on thc outer ends of said axle to engage track flanges or other 'portions of an elevating` frame, as shown by Fig'. l.

The cars or carriers arc assembled in close relation as shown by Fig. 2 or so that the forward lower extremity of cach bucket 6 will be under thc rear higher extremity oil: the next succ-coding bucket in advance ot the saine, and by this arraugcnnznt the length of the conveying chains or analogous means is not only Lully and ecoiioinically utilized so applied to a given length of conveying chains, but when thc buckets arc traveling at an upward or downward inclino any tendency toward spilling` ot' thc cuntcnts thor-cot, or actual spilling' of thc material in thc buckets duc to thc inotion or vibration of the latter vwill not result in a. loss of thc-.conveyed maA tcrial or falling nl such inutcrial onto theI elevating apparatus below because thomaterial escaping from thc roar extremity of one bucket will fall over vinto the next. bucket. VThe shape of thc buckets and thc dill'crcncc in clcvutiou at thc front and rcar extremities thor-cot arc also advantageous in thc dumping opration that may ensue at the upper cxlrcinily ot' thc @lcv-ating appa# ratus, und, fuithcrluorc, thc elevated back cx'trcinity ol cach blu-kot will adapt thc' sevcral buckets to scrvc as scoops in takingup.

loose material in proximity thereto and through which thc .said buckets may bo caused to run.

The movable attaclnuent o thc bucket.

frame, or of the bucket. to the conveying chains or analogous conveying dcvici-sy por@ mits thc scvc'ral lmckrls to readily turfii thc opposiextremities oit thc conveying applirutus` vi'hout disarraugiug or imposing i1# regulr or unusual strain on thc conveying chains or likc devices. The improved curs or carriers are adapted for use in conveying iso that a grcatcrinunbcr of thc buckets may bcany loose material such as sand, gravel, coal, loose grain, sawdust, sugar beets, etc., from one plane to a higher plane Within a building, or from some part ot ae storage building to transportation means or vice Versa. The improved oar or carrier is economical in its construction and may be' manufactured at a` comparatively small cost.

mensions thereof to accommodate various applications and uses, i

lVhile it is preferred that the several parts of the car or carrier be constructed of metal, as hereinbefore explained7 it will be understood that in some instances both metal and wood may be used, or metalrand some other material adapted for the purpose.

What is claimed is:

The combina-tion with a flexible conveying means embodying opposite chain belts and a track means at a distance below said belts, of a plurality ot carriers each comprising,- a front rigid cross tie secured to said=cliain belts and extending transversely over the latter, an axle also extendingtransversely over and secured to the chain belts and having its opposite extremities projected outwardly beyond the belts and provided with It is also. y proposed to modify the proportions and vdilinks pivotally connected at their upper ends f to the rear ends of the side bars of the frame and at their lower ends to intermediate portionsof the' upstanding projections ofthe axle, the said links and the rear axle with which they cooperate together with the side bars of each carrier being wholly in advance of the side bars of the succeeding carrier.

ln testimony whereof wc hare hereunto setour hands in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

,FRANK H. BROWN. FRED H.' BROWN.

Witnesses ROBERT E. lvlnxnrnn, Com J. ANDERSON.

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