US1256474A - Car-mover. - Google Patents

Description

S. GRABOWSKI.

CAR MOVER.

APPLscAnoN man SEPT. 12. |911.

S. GRABOWSKI.

CAR MOVER.

APPLICATION FILED 5:91.12. 1.911.

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SVJAIN'LEYr GRABSKI, 0F JOLEET, LLINOIS.

CAR-MOVER.

Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 153, 1917.

T all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, STANLEY GBABoWsKi, a citizen of the United States, residing at Serial No. 181,617.

are disposed in a plane with tl e upper edges of the end Walls 9 and 10 and adapted for supporting thereon a carriage la for oppo- Joliet, in the ceunty of Will and State of site longitudinal iigioveinents. Jouinaled in 60 Illinois, have invented neiv and useful lmthe spaced Walls 15 of the carriage at opproveinents in Car-lrovers, of which the folposite c nds thereof is a .pair of stub shafts lowing is a Spcafion 16 having their entremities 17 protruding This invention relatesto improvements in beyond the Oppositesides of the carriage car inovei's and is primarily adapted for for rotatably mouiiting` thereon a pair of 65 l0 use in inoving or hauling cars in steel mills. rollers or ivheels 1S. Rigidly mounted upon The primary Objgct of the invention reeach of these stub shafts, at a point prefsides iii the construction yof a device of the Gl'bly betWef-m the pairs of spaced rollers above stated character embodying a novel Ol 117116915 21T@ P'OHged mGmlOOlS 19 construction of carriage which supports and The @11d Walls 9 and 10 of the casing not 70 l5 conveys the car engaging means Within the Only terminate Short Of the upper end of casing and permitsY of the cars to be moved the CaSlHg, but are Offset inwardly of the iii an etlicient, easy ind reliable manner. ends of the side Walls, to provide at the A further object of the invention, among ends of the casing channels 20. 21 denotes other features, contemplates the provision 11 driven shaft journaled in the side Walls of 75 20 of novel means for imparting movement to the Casing and traversing the Channels 2O the @a1-figg@ in ordm-that lh@ Gays when thereof, and on the protruding extremity of moved will not be liable to derailiiient. thi Shaft 21 is a gem? 0l Sprocket 23 OVOI' ivth the above and other Objects in view, which is trained a suitable chain or the like the invention consists in the novel features, Qt leading Of t0 a suitable source of motor 80 25 details of construction and combination of POWOl (1106 ShOWIi), Consequently, impartparts which will hereinafter be more fully ing a driven motion to said shaft. FiXedly set forth, illustrated in the accompanying positioned on this driven shaft and Within drawings and pointed out in the appended the CSlflf, 1S a Dar Of t-Ootlied gears 25, claims, l While a pair of similarly constructed gears 85 Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional. view 26 are lXfdly HlOulited on the driven shaft of the mover Shown n Cpp; engaging posi- 27 traversing tie opposite channel of the tion; Y casing and iouriialed in the side Walls 7 Fig. 2 is a top plan vien' of the device; and 8 of said casing. Chains 28 are trained Fig, 3 is 1 Sect-,t0n tagen ou line 3--3 0f over the gears 26 and 27 and over the prong' 90 'Fig- 1; and members 19 of the carriage, consequently, Fig, 4- g a section taken @n lfm@ l ft 0f upon the operation of the shaft 21, Will slide Fig. 2, the carriage 14 upon the guide rails 13. rl-he Referring more particularly to the accoin- Spacing of the Walls 15 of the carriage propanying drawings, 'in ivhicli lile characters vides therein a slot 29 registering With a 95 40 of reference referto corresponding parts in second slot 30 formed in the platform 11, the several views, A fle-,notes tlm 9115 in which and fulcrunied in the Walls 15 and operating the car moving device. denoted generally in the slot 29 is a car engaging finger 31 hv the character 5, installed. provided With a head 32 Which contacts The construction of car mover is here With the cars as they are brought over the 100 illustrated as embodying substantially recplatform and aft-er the cars have been moved tangular casing 6 preferably constructed to one extreme end of the platform, the carof steel or the like material, and coniprisriage Will abut with one of the end Walls ing pair of longitudinally spaced side of the casing, and the Weighted tail portion Walls 7 and 8 co nected together through 33 of the finger will cause the same to auto- 105 the medium of spaced end Walls 9 and 10 inatically drop down to assume a position terminating short of the platform 11. Arcapable of engaging and advancing the preranged Within the casing in spaced relation ceding car. At the opposite ends of the with the side Walls 7 and 8 of the casing, spaced track rails 34 are curved tracks 35 and confined between the end Walls 9 and primarily adapted to prevent the derailment 110 10 thereof are spaced longitudinally arof the car.

ranged guide rails 13. These guide rails From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of construction and the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates, and While I have described the principles of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire t0 have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new, is

1. A car mover comprising a casing having formed in the opposite ends thereof va pair of channels, a drive shaft journaled in the casing and traversingone of said channels, a driven shaft journaled in the opposite end of the casing and traversing the opposite channel, a pair of toothed gears. on each of said shafts, car propelling means in said casing, a plurality of prong members `carried by the car propelling means, and chains trained over the toothed gears and over theV prong members of the car propelling means for transmitting to the latter pit, a slotted platform connected to and over said pit, a slotted carriage slidably mounted within the said casing and provided with side walls, a car engaging member pivotally mounted in the carriage and protruding upwardly through the slot of the platform, shafts journaled in the side walls of said carriage and protruding there beyond, prong members fixed to the operating extremities of said shaft, a chain drive connection trained over the prong meinbers, and means operatively connected with the chain drive connection for operating the same from a suitable source of motor power.

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature.

STANLEY GRABO'WSKI.

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