US1312166A - Conveyer - Google Patents

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A. E. DANKE.

CONVEYER.

APPLlcAloN FILED JAN.11. 191e.

1 ,3 1 2, 1 66 Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

nn'rrnn jsTArns Ni)1AIEiri cnnH ARTHUR E. DANKE, 0F NEENAIL, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO JOHN F.

STROEBEL, OF NEENAH, WISCONSIN.

CONVEYER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aeg. 5, 191e.

Application filed January l1, 1918. Serial No. 211,340.

To all 107mm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. DANKE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Neenah, in the county of Winnebago and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

rlhe invention relates to conveyers and more particularly to a device for engaging, lifting, conveying and dumping a receptacle of the construction described and illustrated in my copending application having the Slerial Number 211,341 and filed under even c ate.

The pan forming the subject matter of the application for Letters Patent above referred to may bebriefly described as being of oblong form adapted to be inserted in a gutter and provided with trunnions at the ends to afford engagement points when the pan is to be conveyed.

lit is an object of the invention to provide a device capable of elevatin the pan without "the gutter in which it 1s normally received, and conveying the same to a desired place for the purpose of discharging the contents of said pan.

A further object constitutes the provision of a conveyer which may be adjusted to suit different lengths of pans. i i

lt is also an object of the invention to provide a conveyer equipped with means for automatically tilting the carried receptacle into discharging position. l

A further object' aims at the provision of means for restoring the tilting into normal position after discharge of the receptacle has been effected. i

Still anotherV object embraces the `provision `of automatically acting restoring means whereby the parts of the conveyer are set fora `successive operation. p p

'lio the accomplishment of theforegoing and related ends, the invention, then,` consists ofthe means `hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, the annexed drawings and the following description setting forth in `detail certain mechanism embodying the invention which, however, constitute but several of the various ways in which the principle of the .equipped with a shaft `viewed in Fig. 1, trained so that by -drawing the chains 11,

,for the receptacle.

invention i `may be used. In the annexed drawing:

Figure l is a side elevation of a conveyor constructed in accordance with the invention and carrying the .receptacle in normal position.

Fig. 2 is a similar View with the receptacle in discharging position. y

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a track provided in a barn at suitable distance from the floor and supported in overhead position in any preferred or suitable manner, care being taken that the track does -not interfere with accessibility of the barn. Thetrack 1 extends out of the barn to a point where the discharge of the receptacle carried by the same is desired.

carriage generally designated by 2 comprises a frame 3 equipped with arms a to which rollers 5 are secured running on the track 1 and thus supporting the carriage, the latter may be of any construction and preferably is of standard design as obtainable on the `open market. The carriage frame is 6 journaled therein and havin gear wheels 7 adjacent the ends. A shaft 8 1s journaled in depending brackets 9 of the frame and carries pinions l() in mesh with the pinions 7. A chain 11 is fastened to an ear12of the bracket 9 and is wound in a plurality of convolutionson the shaft 6 and has itsend secured thereto for a purpose hereinafter specified. A similar chain 13 is connectedto the frame 3 and likewise arranged on the shaft 6. The shaft 8 carries a pulley lflat itsright end, as about which a chain 15 is manipulation of the same the chains 1l, 13 may be wound upon or unwound from the shaft 6 as will be obvious. The parts heretofore described are common to devices of this character and no claim is made thereto. As indicated in the 13, form holding means for a `frame generally designatedby 16" and which mightbe termed the carrier The frame 16 includes a tubular member 17 p ends. The member 17 receives rods 19, 20, which telescope therein to provide for adjustability cf the carrier in conformity with the length of a particular receptacle to be carried. Each of the rods 18, 19 is provided Vhavingteeth 18 at its vra0 with a hanger bar 21 terminating at the lower eXtremity into a hook 22 adapted to seize a trunnion of the receptacle 23 shown in dotted lines. At the upper end each hanger bar 20 is provided with a hook 23'- piv otally connected thereto and adapted to engage one of the teeth 18 in order to lock the rods 19, 20 in adjusted position. Intermediate its ends the member 17 is provided ,with a depending bracket 24 to which an arm 26 is secure by a pivot pin 25. The arm 26 is slotted as at 27 to receive the free end of a Vspring member 2S secured to the bracket 24: whereby the arm 26 is normally held in vertical position.

Equally spaced from the pivot pin 25 hook members 29 are arranged on the arm 26 to engage the free ends of connecting rods 30 secured at the opposite ends to the links '31 pivoted intermediate their ends at 32 to the hanger bars 21. The links 31 engage with their lower end the receptacle carried by the frame 16 so as to prevent tilting of the receptacle during conveyance. The member 17 is provided with rollers 32 around which the chains 11, 13 are trained.

The device is used in the following manner. The carrier is adjusted to a particular `pan by' adjusting the rods 19, 20` and lock ing the rods in adjusted position by means Vof the hooks 23. The bars 21 are then rhooked to the trunnions of the pan and the carrier frame 16 together with the pan 23 is raised by manipulation of the chain and nis moved on the Ytrack 1 outside of the barn. During this movement the arm 26 is in vertical position and consequently the lower ends of the links 31 engage the receptacle 23. `Near the end of the track a Vpin 33 is provided thereon forming an abutment for the arm 26 which 'is tilted. Incidentally the links 31 are forced to release the pan 23 and the latter then is free to swinginto discharging position. Y

Inthe drawing the preferred embodiment ofthe invention is shown, but numerous modications and changes may be applied without departing from the scope ofthe intomes 4of this patenfinay be obtained vention. I therefore, do not limit myself to the exact details as shown but desire to avail myself of any departures falling within the scope of the invention as indicated in the appended claims.

I claim: j

1. A'Vpan-carrier comprising in combina-y tion` with a carriage, a tubular member adjustably vsuspended therefrom, a pair of holding arms slidably arranged in said member, said member being'formed with teeth,

.means provided on said arms and adapted to engage said teeth for locking said arms in adjusted position, means for locking the pan carried by said arms against movement, and adjustable means for automatically releasing said looking means.

2. A pan carrier comprising in combination with a carriage, a tubular member adjustably suspended therefrom, a pair of holding arms slidably arranged in said mem ber, means for locking said arms in adjusted position, links pivotally connected to said arms for locking the pan carried by said arms against movement and means for automatically releasing said links, said releasing means comprising rods connected to said links, and an arm adjustably connected to said rod.

3. A pan carrier comprising in combination with a carriage, a tubular member adjustably suspended therefrom, a pair of holding arms adjustably arranged on said member, means for locking said arms in adjusted position,links pivotally connected to said arms and adapted to bear against the pan carried by the arms, a tiltable arm arranged between said links, rods interconnecting said links andsaid tiltable arm, and means for normally holding said tiltable arm in inoperative position.

4. A an carrier comprising in combination wit a carriage, a tubular member adjustably suspended therefrom, a pair of holding arms adjustably arranged on said member, means for locking said arms in adjusted position, links pi'votally con-` nected to said arms and adapted to hold the pan carried by said arms against movement, a lever arranged betweensaid links, adjustable connections between said links and lever, and a spring opposing movement of said lever.

j 5. A pan carrier comprising in combination with a carriage a tubular member adj ustably suspended therefrom and being provided with teeth, a pair of holding arms ad- 4justably arranged on said member, hook members articulated with said arms and adapted to engage said teeth, links pivotally connected to said arms and adapted to hold the pan carried by the same against lmovement, a lever having a slot arranged between said links, adjustable connections between said links and lever to transmit motions of said lever to said links, and a leaf spring secured to said member and entering the slot in said lever to normally hold the saine in inoperative position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiix my signature.

ARTHUR E. DANKE.

for ve centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Y; Washington, '.D. G.

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