US1319118A

US1319118A - Cleon bine rush and james joseph morgan

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Publication number: US1319118A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-10-21
Anticipated expiration: 1936-10-21

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C. BVRUSH AND J. LMORGAN. IIPPING GEAR FOR'MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 191B.

Patented Oct. 21,1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIo cLEoNB'INE RUSH AN JAMES JOSEPH MORGAN, or WELLINGTON, Nnw zE nNnv TIPPING-GEAB. ron noroavnnrcrins AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Batent,

' Patented Oct. 21,1919.

7 Application filed September 12, 1913. Serial No. 253,848.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, CLEoN BINE RUSH and. JAMES JOSEPH ,MORGAN, subjects of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing in Wellington, New Zealand, have nvented a new and useful Improvement 1n Tipping-Gears for Motor-Vehicles and the like; and we do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the same This invention relates to an improved tipping gear for motor vehicles and the like.

According hereto the body of the wagon is made to slideback upon risers or sum mers and when at the end of its slide to tip on a suitable check shaft. The check shaft is mounted in brackets attached to the body and is carried along to the tipping position in slots provided in the chassis risers.

The means whereby the body is made to slide back comprise a winch with fast and loose drums which are so arranged that the body may be hauled back to the tipping position by a winch rope or the like attached at one end to one of the drums, the said rope passing over a fixed pulley preferablysituated on the back of the chassis, the other end of the rope being fixed to the body. When the tipping is completed the body may be hauled back to the horizontal position by means of a rope fixed at one end to the body and at the other end to the second drum.

The check shaft above mentioned keeps the body in the correct position, but if desired suitable guide plates or other guiding device may be mounted upon the risers.

The sliding is facilitated by rollers suitably attached to the body which run upon the risers above the chassis.

The winch is provided with a suitable clutch to enable the loose drum to be made fast. A pawl or the like device is provided to keep the apparatus locked. The apparatus may be worked either by a hand lever as shown or by a mechanical drive from the engine.

One form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout. Q

Figure l, is a side elevation showing the position of the winch and ropes, and; the various positions of the body while it is being tipped,

Fig. 2, shows a sectional view of a roller and ofthe check shaft. Fig. 3, shows an elevation of Fig.2; Fig. 4, shows a plan of the winch. 1 Fig. 5, is an elevation of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6, illustrates a resilient formof at tachment of the tipping chain to the body. In the drawings, the body 1, is mounted on risers or summers 2, placed above the chassis Avplate 4, projects from the side of the body over? the uppermost of the risers 2, and upon the inside thereof Such plate 4, receives a'check shaft 5, provided with a suitable collar 6 as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. The checkshaft 5, runs in'the slot 7', of the plate 8, and extends across to the opposite and corresponding riser which is similarly' constructed. When the body is slid back this check-shaft rollsand thus prevents undue friction in the sliding process. The check shaft 5, also tends to keep the body in the correct position, and 'it i's upon this check shaft 5, that'the body is tipped.

The top of the chassis riser 2, is provided with a metal strip 9, upon which runthe rollers 10, mounted under the body risers 11, in a suitable manner.

The winch, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5is suitably mounted in the position indicated in Flg. 1. Such winch consists of three drums 12, 13 and 14, mounted on a common axle 15, which may be made to rotate'by means of cranks 16, and a shaft 17 and

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18, and 19. The drum 14 is not keyed to the shaft 15, but may be attached to it by a suitable clutch 20, operated by the crank 21. The rope 22, connects the drum 13, with the body at 23. The, rope 24, connects the drum 14, with the body at 23, and is passed over a sheave 25, suitably mounted at the rear of the chassis. The

chain 26, connects the drum 12, with the body at 27, and is passed over the sheave 28, suitably placed at the. rear of the chassis. The winch shaft 15, is provided with a ratchet wheel 29, with which a pawl 30, may be made to engage.

The attachment of the tipping chain 26, to the body at 27 is preferablyinade resiliint, and one form of attachment is shown in ig. v6. v

The operation of the device is as follows:

When. the body 1, is in its normal position, as shown in full llnes in Fig. 1, the chain 26, is slack, theclutch 20, is engaged with the drum '14, the rope 22, on the 'fast drum 13, is fully wound and the rope 24, on the loose I drum 14, is paid =out 'e. spent). In commencing the sliding operation preparatory to tipping, the lpawl 30,is*released. The clutch is engaged and the winch is set in operation in such-a way as'to cause the rope I 24:, to wind up on to the drum 14, whereby at the same time the 'rope'22, is unwound. Consequently the point 23, (i. e. the point of attachmentof these ropes to "the body), and thereby the body itself, move toward the tipping position'as shown indottedlines 31, Fig. -1. The enact is now disengaged whereby the 'rope 24, on the loose drum '14, is released and the-tipping iscompleted by continuing to Work the winch in the same manner as-before, whereby the chain 26, will be wound up thereby insuring'the completion of the tipping, as shown in dotted lines 32, irrespective of "the distribution of the load in the body.

To'return thebod-yto its normal-position, the winch is wound in the reverse direction whereby the rope is WOlll'lCl onto the fast drum 18 and the chain :paid out, the clutch being disengaged duringthis process.

When the winding is=completed and the body is returned *to the-ordinary horizontal position, as shown in full lines-in Fig. 1,-the

clutch 20 is put in and the pawl 30 is brought into engagement with the ratchet wheel 29 and the apparatus is thereby locked.

What we claim is I In a tipping wagon, a body adapted to slide, a rope winch whereby the bodymay be made to slide to tipping position and be recovered therefrom, rollers on said body, risers on'which said rollers are adapted to roll, said risers being formed with substalr tially horizontal slots, plates secured to the body and adjacent said risers, a check shaft mounted in said plates and fitting'in said slots, said winch comprising three drums, one of said drums loose on its shaft, a clutch to lock said loose drum to its shaft, and avflexible member attached" to each of said drums, one of which members is adapted to tilt said body, the other members adapted to impart forward and rearward motion to sa'idbody.

In-testimony whereof, we have signedour names to this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

'CLEON BIN E RUSH.

JAMES JOSEPH MORGAN.

WVitnesses: V

EDMOND PATRICK ODONNELL, NORA MUIR,

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