US1095786A - Mining and loading apparatus. - Google Patents

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MINING'AND LOADING APP RATUS.

APPLIOA'IION rum) 14K. 17, 1910.

APPLICATION IILEDJAN. 1.7, 1910. v

Patented May 5, 1914.

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P. BILLINGS. MINING AND LOADING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17, 1910.

Patented May 5, 1914.

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WETTEE') FRAJTK BILLINGS, E CLEVELMTD, G'HIO.

Specification of Letters Patenc.

-ZXING A 3'1) LOADING APPARATUS.

Pei-en ted Mag; 5, i914 Application file January 1?, 1910, EeriaLNo. 533 398;

To all 1.0710771,iii/my concern Be known that 1 Flux Bunn es, a, citizen (if the initial Fitn :1. residing at; (jieveinnd, in fine cumin of Cuyuhega' and State 0i @hio, have im'emed :1 (QI'tKiIl new and nse'fiii ii'i'ipiovement in Yviiu-ing 21ml Lending Appamius, 9f which iane feilowing is ii full, cie and exact Zieseriptinn'.

The yr-incripai abject of him present inventinn ie to eii'ect a sub zzmtial saving 0i. time and mum? in removing the broken eff material frmn in imnt of ihe marking face or breast, in a mine, from which FUL'il material is broken. With an rip'pzlira 'n'iiieii iinf in 11. practise? manner, my presvm inveni'iun, a iii-iii if? can mf i brmigiit in i GRQ time by i-iie mine 1 may be iemieci when {uni wi muc. :fasiee iinm simve 0&5! them. This, reiie'ves {the miners 1 A {1126i 1" i? i doing an Si'lOW/Oii'figil and permits thin in "pvofilabi empin iiieir entire time in doing that whivii is i'equii'eri in be lime in dehuii more material from The working Face 0? iA'I'QHHt. Mmmin'er, a mine locomotive, handling the care in trains can hike cave of exam drifts than ii can by lien-filing them It O bViFAUS that this inve'mzmi may be mnimiied in a great variety of speeiiie The best embmjiiment kzmwn in me than; whiv'h is shown in the 1 'nwing, in Whi :ii-

Figure 1 is :i ide elevation 0f the whee} iiuek, the hoe and it? operating i'neci'umisn'i supported hero-1m, and oi mnveying in imniem Fur ('211'] \i2il we ineeo material 1:- a. puini in iiwnt m the point izehin i the 3 mix; Fig. :i i :5 rear anti vievatimi 0i Raid m 111m"; amily seeiim'mi is; the pieme iz'uiienieii by iiiv- I ii an Fifi. Fig. 9 plan "-JiIAV hi imck and he (*nm'eyei' meniumism si ppnrmi thereby. i is u'pizin View hf ii hm: and its ope-rating mechanism whir-ii is ngm ie i ip-fin said iii'uvk Fig. 4* a plan view of ease G.

I will now describe, "with the nwessm'y deiaii. the appziraiv shown in mid drawings, in which my invention ie embmiied.

Refit-iii i to the: Seriaby ietiei'v A represent;-; ;i h'uci; i: wing wireeh a? ndapteci t0 run on {he iegliiflr mine h'ncizs which are hid on the fiuors of the wirimis drifts, tunetc. This Music, as shown, cempi'i' V0 membei's Lenin a horizonuii (L, r-onnecteci to ihe i ps of said 71ers, and extending em one to This "mun-i1 supper-is conveyer phi-t mrm side mi the other,

which in the form shmvn is an ordinary conveyer, Depemiimg fmm the piatfmrm a to paints beiew the axles of the Wheels are $119 side members (5, C of the eom'eyer frame, which frame extends 20223 1:, point new: the feont end the truck ta a point a considerable distance behimi time main truck body, the rear'warri exiamsimis @i said frame being supported by brace beams C. The side members 01% the eonveyei' Emma lie between the side mem be (if the truck frame, and may be ceamccted therewith by transverse chaimet imns C The mmveyer carrier B cm-mprises a plurality of metal plates 01: sections Z1, which are cm-ii'iscted tiieiib'idGS' with two sproeke. chains 5, siiiii sprmimt chains in ing frictien roiiei's b which may ride on the teach; 0 carried by the side members (l of Lhe coni'eyei frame. At the from end of th e co-nveyer frame m tiei'isvei'se shafe (in which two spree-lief, Wheels 5* are fixed. At the upwardiy inclined rear end of the conframe are longitudinally extended guide-Ways c for the reception of adjustable biGQi'iS If in which a transverse- Eshafii 5 is mmmted. Fixed to this shaft are iwo spmcket wheels Z The ewe sprocket spmcket Wheels 5 and chains run o /er fiche A transverse shaft. 7 mmmted in the side markers mi the eomeyer frames carries a, spmcket Wheel I) which is engaged by a sprocket chain 5 which in turn was over another sprocket Wheel E en ihe silaii, 0. The shaft 5 has a gear 6 meshing with a pinian f 011 the shaft f M" an electric meter F carried by the izoa'iveyer frame; and i is through this meeimnism thaz we conveyer mechanism is opemied. Mmui? this conveye'r mechanism. This particular type ofia conveyer, even, is not essvniizi'i to the present iIlVGIlijiOEL It is 0111 essential that the eomeyei' be suitable; that its front end be at the front end of the truck and that its rear end be behind the truck, so the; the m 3'01 may icarry the material 13555.5;v ihe truck; and that it 01' sumo ed iimctivc eun'veyersiiali continue rem:-

Specially; there is nothing new upon the drift floor. Upon this truck, the

base members G carries rollers g which run upon a segmental track a fixed to the top of the truck,

I( represents the hoe shank which is slidable through a housing M which is connectedon a horizontal pivot m with the base member G. Friction rollers m carried by the upper surface of the hoe shank are rack this housing support thehoe shank K. On

teeth'which are engaged by a pinion. a carried by the same shaft N to which the gear so is fixed, this shaft being mounted on the housing M, An electric motor 0 fixed to the housing has a pinion 0 shown in dotted lines in Fig. l engaging {with the gear n whereby the latter and the shaft N may be turned with the result of moving the hoe shank forward or backward through said housing. This housing may be tilted upon its pivot so as to throw the front end of the hoe shank up or down as occasion'may re quire, by means of a shaft P carrying a crank arm 7;, the end of which is connected by a link S with the base member G. The shaft P is'mounted in the rear end of the housing M, and it is obvious that by rocking this shaft the housing may be tilted as described. This shaft may be turned by the mechanism shown, visa, a Worm carp fixed to the shaft P, which is engaged by a worm r on the shaft 1" of an electric motor it which is lined upon said housing.

The base G and the parts carried there- I by may be turned about the stud J on which said base G is pivoted by moansof the -following mechamsm: A. vertical shaft T is mounted in the base member G, and it has near its lower end a pinion t which meshes with the segmental rack a" which is a part ofthe previously mentioned segmental track. The upper end of this T carries a worm wheel 6 which is engaged by a worm u on the shaft u of an electric motor U, which is carried by the ase G.

To the front end of the hoe shank K a blade V27 may be fixed. Preferably its top edge engages with the lower face of said shank, and is provided with an upwardly extended boss to, to which is a thread ed stem or shank going through the hoe shank, and engaged by a nut '11: so that as the/nut is screwed onto this stem the blade l/V will be fixed in any desired angular po sition. relative to said shank. It is evident from the foregoing description that an operator may by controlling the mtj tors, have complete control of this hoe iv and its movements. He may tilt the housing M so that insures the hoe lilade will engage with thefioor of the drift; then he may cause said hoe to move endwise, and generally may cause the hoe to so move that it will drag the loose 7:

which the rear end of the first conveyor may discharge its 7 load; this auxiliary conveyor may extend upward and then rearward as far as is necessary.

Having described my invention, 1 claim:-

l. In a loading mac line, a frame adaptedto be moved along a trackwa a conveyer extending lengthwise oft e frame from the front end thereof. "an inclined apron at the front end of the conveyer'an'd extendin upwardly and rearwardly from a plane oelow the conveyer, a tool shank adapted to be reciprocated inwardly and outwardly With respect to the frame, a support for said shank carried by the frame and capable of rockin movement. about a The rear end of this substantially horizonta axis and of swing:

ing movementjabout a substantiallyvertical axis, said shankhavmg means for receiving at its outer end a norkingtool and hav? ing a ran e ofworh'in movement which are. p tends to t a right an left 'of the longitudi' nal center plane of'themachindfllind above. and below the horizontal. axis about which i said support is'adaptcd to rock; and power mechanism for applying power" to said shank'for moving masses of material-10 cated at any point within the range of movement of the workin'g' tool toward the frame and up along the inclinedapron by'menns of a combination of imparted movements which include a movement of the shank role tive to its support, and one or both of the said movements of the support.

2. In a loading machine, a frame adapted to be moved along a trackway, aconveyor extending lengthwise of the frame from the front end thereof, an inclined apron at the front end of the conveyor and extending upwardly and rearwardiy from a plane below the conveyor, a turn-table supported by the frame and movable about a vertical axis, a

housing mounted on the t11rn-table for rocking movement about a horizontal axis, a tool shank mounted in said'housing for reciprocating movement inward and outward with respect to the housing and provided at its outer end with a working tool; said shank having a range of working movement which extends to the right and left of the longi tudinal center plane of the machine and above and below the horizontal axis about which the housing rocks, and power mechanism for applying power to the said shank tudinal center plane of the machine and for moving masses of material located at aboveand below the horizontal axis about any pointwithinthe range of movement of which the housing rocks, and power mechathe working tool, toward the frame and up nism for applying power to the said shank along the inclined apron, bv means of a for moving masses of material located at combination of movements which include a any point within the range of movement of movement of the shank within the housing, the working tool, toward the frame and up and a movement of the housing about its along the inclined apron, by means of a comaxis of movement. bination of movements which include a 10 3. In a loading machine for use in mines, movement of the shank within the housing, a frame adaptedto move along a trackway, and a movement of the housing about its a conveyer extending through the frame axis of movement, said power mechanism lengthwise thereof, an inclined apron at the including three motors, one connected to the front end of the conveyer and extending upshank, another to the housing, and a third 15 wardly and rearwardly from a point below ,to the turn table. the conveyer, a turn table supported by the 5. In a loading machine, a frame adapted frame over the forwardpart of the conveyor to be moved along a trackway, a conveyer and ino'vable about a vertical axis which subextending lengthwise of the frame from the stentially intersects the longitudinal axis of front end thereof, an'inclined apron at the 20 the conveyor; a housing mounted on the front end of the conveyor and extending I turntable for rocking movement about a upwardly and'rearwai'dly from a plane behorizontal axis, a tool shank mounted in said low the conveyor, a turn table supported. housing for reciprocating movement inward by the frameand movable about a verticaland outward with respect to the housing axis, .a housing mounted on the turntable .and provided-at its outer end with aworkfor rocking movement about a horizontal '80 ing tool, said shank having a range of work axis, a tool shank mounted in said housing ing movement which extends to the right for reciprocating movement inward and out-. and left of the longitudinal center plane of ward with espect to the housing and prothe machine and above and below the horivided at its outer end with a working tool, 30 zontal axis about which the housing rocks, said shank having'arange of working move.- and power mechanism for applying power ment which extends to the right and left of to the said shank for moving masses of the longitudinal center 'planeof the mamaterial located at any point within the chine and above and below. the horizontal range of movement of the working tool, toaxis about which the housing rocks, an ward the frame and up along the inclined power mechanism for applying power to theapron by means of a combination of movesaid shank for moving masses of material lnGIlli-S which include a movement of the located at any point within the rangeof shank within the housing, and a movement movement of the working tool, toward the of the housing about its axis of movement. frameand up along the inclined apron, by 40 4. In a loading machine, a frame adaptedmeans of a combination of movements which to be moved along a trackway, a conveyor include a movement of the shank within the extending lengthwise of the frame from the housing, and a movement of the housing front end thereof, an inclined aprof at the about its axis of movement, said power front end of the conv'eyer and extending mechanism including three motors, one con- 45 upwardly and rearwardly from a plane benected to the shank, another to the housing, low the conveyer, a turn-table supported by and a third to the turn table, the motors the frame and movable about a vertical axis, for reciprocating the shank and for rocking a housing mounted on the turntable for rockthe housing being supported 'on the turn ing movement about a horizontal axis, a lable. I

50 ,ool shank mounted in said housing for re- In testimony whereof, I hereunto ailix my ciprocatifiginovemcnt inward and outward signature in the presence of two witnesses. with respect to the housing and provid d at I FRANK'B-ILLINGS.

' its outer end with it working tool, said shank Witnesses:

having a rangeof ork'mg movement h k H. R.- SULLIVAN, 55 extends to the right and left of the long1- E. L. THURSTON,

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