US1164934A - Fuel-lighter. - Google Patents

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Rfvv, num.. FUEL LIGHTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE L6. 1910.

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FUEL LIGHTER.

l APPLICATION mic 1uNE16v. 1910.

Patented im. 21, 1915.

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RAYMOND W. DULL, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO `S."LI'EIPHENS-ADAMISON MFG. CO., OF ARORA, ILLINOIS, AOORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

FUEL-LIGHTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

Application filed June 16, 1910. Serial No. 567,284.

T o all '1t-Imm t may concern Be it known that I, RAYMOND YV. DULL, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Aurora, Kane county, Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in F ucl-Lighters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for unloading boats.

It relates more particularly to fuel light-A ers for transferring coal to a steamboat. This has been done in various ways.

The obj ect of my invention is to provide a boat or lighter in which the coal or other commodity'is heldin bins, andjjin" which means are provided for discharging the contents of any particular bin, comprising a spout that will delive'r the sa'me .wat either side of the boat, wherebyvthe coal or other commodity may be delivered to a Steamship or other structure, as will hereinafter more fully appear. Y

To the foregoing and other useful ends,

' my invention consists in matters hereinafter the elevator.

set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure l is a side elevation of a fuel lighter embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the said fuel lighter. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section ofl the tower portion of' the boat, showing a portion of the elevator housing` broken away to show Fig. il, is a vertical cross-section onl line 4 4: in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan of the housing of the elevator shown in Figs. 3 and l, showing the relation of the two spouts.

As thus illustrated, my invention comprises a boat A of any suitable form of construction. The interior of said boatv is divided transversely to provide a series of bins B, which are adapted to hold coal or any other commodity, and which have their lower ends provided with gates indicated at Z), whereby each bin can be opened to discharge its contents independently of the other. In this way, means are provided for controlling the discharge from the compartments to the conveyers.` The tower C is situated amidships, and contains a bucket elevator D. The conveyers E extend longitidinally of the boat, at the bottom thereof, below the bins. These conveyers are adapted to deliver the coal or other commodity to the lower end of theelevator D, their ends oal from the elevator.

the machinery.

4livered to some other structure.

being arranged tovoverhang the lower transverse portions of the elevator, and are operated i'n any suitable manner. The boom F contains ,a conveyer f provided with pans or buckets which receive the coal or other commodity from a spout f1, which latter is inclosed within the tower and receives the This boom is adaptd to be swung from one side of the boat to the other, and-is provided with a spout f2 for delivering the coal or other commodity to a Steamship or other structure. A cable connection ,f3 of any suitable character is provided for raising and lowering the said boom. The conveyers E and f can be of any suitable known or approved construction. They are, however, preferably of the kind which are provided with pans or buckets, as shown in Fig. 3. The elevator is provided with an overflow spout G, whereby if the coal backs up in the spout f1 it will overflow the wall between the two spouts and pass from the spout f1 and fall into the spout Gr and then into the bin g, the two spouts being out of alinement, as shown in Fig. 4, and in Fig. 5, thus preventing breakage of For this purpose both spouts are open at the tops of their inner end portions, in other words, the tops or upper ends of the spouts are arranged side by side, whereby the materials may overflow from the one spout to the other. Ordinarily, the coal is discharged in thedirection of arrow No. l in Fig. 5, but if the coal backs up in the spout f1, it then overflows in the spout G, as indicated by arrow No. 2, and as previously described.

The tower C contains the devices, of any suitable character, for controlling the operation of the conveyers'E and f, and the elevator D, so that the discharge of the coal from the lighter may be etliciently and easily controlled. As shown, the lighter has an after-cabin H for the engine-room, and a forward-'Cabin or pilot-house I, as shown in Fig. 1. The usual equipment is provided for propelling and steering the boat. It can be loaded in any suitable manner. rllhen by opening the gate of any particular bin, the contents thereof can be discharged from a spout f2 into the hold of a Steamship or de- Thus the quantity of coal or other material can be aC- curately measured, and one bin or two bins or more can be discharged at a moments notice.

ln this way, lightoring is greatly facilitated. The boat can, of course, be used for handling other kinds of material.

As shown in Fig. 4, the bucket elevator D hangs from the sprockets d, and its lower end is left to run in a loose loop. The ends of the conveyers E extend into said loop. A housing d1 incloses and keeps the elevator in place-that is, prevents it from swinging laterally of the boat. This housing is inclosed by the tower C. Any suitable transmission can be used for driving the said elevatorzat the desired speed. The spout G, as explained, prevents the undesirable accumulation of material in the elevator spout f1 when theboom is not carrying oil" the material fast enough.

I do not limit or confine myself to the exact construction shown and described.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. A boat divided into compartments forming b insyjconveyers for receiving the contents ofthe bins, means for controlling the discharge of the contents from thebins, an elevator-forreceiving-the contents from the coni/'eyer's`,*^ the ends of the conveyers overhanging the transversely arranged lower portion of the elevator, a boom provided with a conveyer for receiving the contents from the elevator, and a spout for the end of said boom, whereby the contents of any bin can he discharged at either side of the boat.

2. A boat provided Awith a series of compartments, a towerlcontaining an elevator., a conveyer for receiving the contents of said compartments, adapted to deliver the same to the said elevator, the-delivery end of the conveyer overhanging the transverse lower portion of the elevatoiaa swinging boom carried by 'the tower, a conveyer in the boom, adapted to receive the contents from the elevator, and a spout at the endof the boom.

3. A boat having the interior thereof divided into compartments, a convyer traveling undersaid compartments, means for controlling the discharge from the compartments to the conveyer, said conveyer provided with pans or buckets, and means traveling transversely of the boat and running under the discharge end of the conveyer, for taking the cargo from the pans or buckets. i

et. A boat provided centrally with a tower,

f and a spout for the. outer end of the boom.

5,. A boat provided with an elevator tower, an endless. bucket elevator in said tower, which elevator is hung at the top and arranged to run in a loose loop at the lower vend thereof, a swinging discharge boom,

means fo'rvdelivering from the top of the elevator to saidboonn a conveyer extending along the lbottom ofthe boat and into the said loop, and a series of holding bins disposed in a row above said conveyer.

6.'. A boat provided with an elevator tower, an endless bucket elevator in said tower, which elevator is hung at the top and arranged to run in a loose loop at thelower end thereof, a swinging discharge boom, means for delivering from the rtop of the elevator to `said boom, a conveyer extending along the biottorn of the boat and into the said loop, a series of holding bins disposed in a row above said conveyer, a housing for said elevator, and a tower for inclosing saidA housing, s'aid boom being. mounted immediately in rear of said tower and adapted tov swing from one side of the' boat tothe other. Signed by me at Chicago, lIllinois, this 11th day of June, 1910.

RAYMOND W. DULL.

Witnesses:

WVM. BELL DURMON, J. NORBY. e

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