US1254414A

US1254414A - Stacking-machine.

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Publication number: US1254414A
Application number: US13552616A
Authority: US
Inventors: Paul P Lantz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-12-07
Filing date: 1916-12-07
Publication date: 1918-01-22
Anticipated expiration: 1935-01-22

Description

P. P. LANTZ. STACKHVG MACHINE. APPLICATION ElLED DEC. 7, was.

. Patented Jim. 22, 1918.

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Be it knownthat LPAUL P. LANfrz,1a citizen of the Republic of switzerlanmresiding at Tampafln the county of, Marion, State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and use-V ful Improvements in Stacking-Machines, of which the following is a full and exact specification.

. The present invention relates to machines for stacking grain and the like,

and' aims to provide-an'improved portable apparatus for stacking material of this character in an exprovements are particularly in the stacking of headed grain,

fupon a wheel support comprisinga truck V 2 having the bed portion & adapted to support a turn-tahle (hbetween which and the though the useof the same is not confined to such material alone. a

One of the Objects of theinvention is to devise a construction in. which the stacker frame is provided with means for readily adjusting the frame at desired properly positioning: the head or delivery end df the frame with reference to the stack being formed. For this purposeprovision 1s made for effecting movenwnt-ofthe stackmg frame and the conveyer -arr1ed thereby about various verticaland horizontal axes for obtaimng the. required. adjustments in position of the head of theframe.

It.1s also an ()hjtCi to provide a convenient and readily operated mechanism for effecting the required adjusting movements without interrupting the movements of the conveyer.

h A further object is to-equip the apparatus for portable use by providing! a suitable. wheelsupporting means adapteil to permit .all the necessary adjustments of the stacking frame while reliably and effectively supporti claims.

ing-the same in all positions.

It is-a further object to devise a strong. durable and compact construction and arrangement for embodying the proposed improvements. Other minor objects incident. to the foregtnn; wll'l appear in the course intervals for v headed grain. so that "any loss of 'the gain" end of which is also liked ai'drive sprocket dr ve chain 34 01 "in Fig.

are jourualed on a shaft apparatus constructed in accordancelwith the present invention; 1 ig." 2 is a view of the same in vatlon;

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan View (partly Referring to the saiddrawings in detail, 1

these illustrate the apparatus as mountedbed '1: is interposed one or more sets'of antifriction rollers 8 so that tlietable'is adapted for free pivotal movement about the central vertical axisat 10.

Upon this turn-table (i is mounted the stacker frame proper 12. occupying an,inclined position-with its lower or receiving portion 12 in a relatively less inclined p0 sition for the convenient: deposit of the grain .or materialto be stacked; The stacker frame isot' closed-trough form (see Fig. 4) adapted for operation more. particularly with will be prevented. and through the trough of said frame operates an elevating, conveyer of the ordinary chain and sprocket front elespcificafion'of It e ifl' tqm- PatentedJan. 22rl9i8. Application filed December 1 1916. Serial mfiat'aaaf wheel'tvpe. comprising the .parallel endless chains lloma'atmg around sprocket wheels 11' at the head ()l-(ltll\'(ly (3l-l(l of the frame amlsimilar wheels 18 at the foot or receiw ing end. the chains being connected at intervals hv the toothed slats or conveyor Highs 20. .The conveving run of tln eonveyer 1s upward lhroua'h the trough of the frame 12,

while the idle or return run is downward beneath the frame. guide rollers 22 being positioned at the turn fromlhe mam to the receivilr portion 12" of the frame. asshown -l.,'lhe upper sprocket wheels '16 suitable take-up means comprising/the slide 23 provided with blocks 'l-l l-iavingtl-ie rods 26' and springs 28 arranged to support the 'sha l't \'ieh'ling:l v and automaticallytake up iinv undue slack in the conveyor chains. Ellnl'ower sprocket wheels 1'3 arefixed to a foot shaft- 30, to one driven by a belt 52 from a pulley 54 having suitable clutch connection with the engine 56 also mounted on the table 6.

Means is provided for adjusting the angle and elevation of the stacker frame as fol-. lows. To the shaft 46 is fixed a worm gear 58 in mesh with a worm 60 mounted in the bracket 62 011 the table 6 and adapted to be turned by the hand-wheel 64. To the shaft l6 is also secured a-lever arm 66, the oppo site end of which is pivotally connected to the shaft 38. For cooperating with the arm- 66 in the support of the stacker frame, a supporting frame 68 is provided, this latter frame being pivotally mounted in brackets L 70 at opposite sides of the central vertical axis 10, and having the fork projections 72 carrying rollers 74 for. engagement with the guide rails 76 secured at opposite sides of the frame 12.- The greater portion'of the weight of the stacker frame is at the rear of the shaft 38, so that the frame 12 tends to throw the supporting frame 68 to the rear, and for holding said frame 68 in position for supporting the stacker frame at the proper angle to the axis 38 rwindlass 78 is provided on the table 6, havi lg the cable 80 extending around the guide .rolle'r s2 on said table and connected to a bail 84 at-- tached to the opposite sides of 'said frame 68. A pawl 86 and ratchet wheel SWo'n the Windlass serve to retain the partsin the required position.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that a comparatively simple and efficient apparatus has been devised for carrying out the objects of the invention. The grain or material to be stacked is fed to the receiving portion 12 of-the stacker, whence it is carried by the conveyer out over the delivery end of the stacker on to the stack. By'the arrangement of adjusting means provided, it is clear that theposition of the stacker may be readily altered in order to vary the location of its delivery end with reference to thestackingpoint, as required. In accomplishing this adjustment of the apparatus, it will be observed that the entire apparatus may be swung about the axis of the pin 10; or the stacker frame ma be moved about the axis of the shaft 38 iiy operation of the Windlass 78; the lower end of said frame may be raised or lowered b the open ation of the wheel 68; and the rame ma be bodily swung about the axis of the shaft 46 and also intermediate adjustments ob tained by the combined manipulation of the wheel 68 and Windlass 78, as will be readily understood. A clutch lever 90 of suitable length (see Fig. 1) may be provided for convenient control of the engine from the stack, if desired.

While the foregoing represents what is now deemed to constitute the preferred form of embodiment of the lmPIOVGITIGIIl'S, the right 18' reserved to such formal changes and modifications as may fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims:

1. A stacking apparatus comprising a supporting structure, a horizontal shaft carried by said structure, an arm fixed to salid shaft, a stacker frame pivoted to said arm, a stacker conveyer 'operating around said frame, means geared to said shaft for turning the same for angularly adjusting said frame aboutthe axis of saidshaft, and drive elements loosely journaled on said shaft and provided with drive connections to said cou veyer for operating the latter.

2. A' stacking apparatus comprising a supporting structure, a stacker frame, a supporting arm carried by said structure and pivotally connected to said stacker frame, means for angularly adjusting said arm with reference to said supporting structure in order to raise and lower said frame,- gujdemails secured to said stacker frame said arm and one of the ends of said frame, a swinging frame pivotally mounted on said supporting structure and provided with rollers embracing opposite sides of each of said guide rails for cooperating with said arm in supporting said stacker frame, a bail pivoted to the opposite sides of said swinging frame, a cable connected to said bail, and means mou nted on said supporting structure for operating said ing frame.

PAUL r. LANTZ.