US1324675A - Refuse-collecting truck. - Google Patents

Description

G. C. KNIGGE.

musi couicm TRUCK.

APPUCATIGN LED FEB. 26| 191.9. 1,324,675. Patented Dec, 9,1919.

' 2 SHEETS-SHEET l WIT 8858 'my UNITED STATES oTTo c. memes, or New ironic, N. Y.

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Specification o! Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9, 1919.

VApplication led February 26, 1919. Serial No. 279,465.

To ad whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Omo CHARLES KNlooE, e citizen of the United States, and e resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhatten. in the county and State of New York, have invented e new and`Im roved Refuse-Collecting Truck, of which tiic following is a, full, clear, and exact description.

The present' invention relates to improvements in wagons or trucks especially adapted for collecting ashes, garbage, or the like.

A principal object of the invention is to provide a device of this character in which suitable containers carrying the nniterial collected, may bc elevated to the top ot a wagon or truck and dumped therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for dumping the containers.

' views, and in W A further object of the invention is to provide means for simultaneously dumping e plurality' of containers.

A further object of the invention is to sn construct the dumping means that1 the receptacles are automatically returned to the filling position.

A further object of tl i invention is to provide a loading device n which the sev- Y eral containers, may be dispensed with if desired. 1 it A further object of the present invention is to provide a device in which the containerdumping mechanism may be folded out of the Way when the same is not in operation.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specili: cation, in which like characters of reference indicate corresposrding parts in all the Figure 1 is a side elevation of s, truck constructed inI accordance with the present` invention; l

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view;`

Fig. 4 is aside elevation partly in section of a modified f orm.` Referring more particularly to the .drawings,"'the reference character 10 desi natos the chassis or frame of thetruck. arried site sides thereof is a trarkwa, 11, in w ich engages aroller 'bracket 1 which forms means by which the truck may be dumped. Extending transversely of the truck body and supported-on or like.` member,

the top face of the trackwny 11, are I-beams .13. rlhese I-beams serve to support the body proper 14 of the truck, which is preferably *formed of sheet metal, said body being secured to the I-beams 13. t Secured to the body 14 at cach end thereof, 1s a substantially inverted Ushaped men ber 15, which is constructed of channel iron. T h1s U-shapcd member 15 is formed with the channel side outward, to provide a trackwsty 16, the purpose of which will be herematter described. Connectin the upper pol-mons of these inverted U-eped members 15, and extending longitudinally of the body 14, is a rod 17, which serves as a means lo brace the inverted Ushaped members 15 und retain the same in proper spaced relation. As shown in Figs.. 1 and 2, the legs of the U-sheped members. l5 1' ictdownwardly below thedmssis' 10 'o tlie'tl'uely.

shownnt 18, to a point in close proximity tothe ground.

Each of these Ushsped members has its legs connected by a strip' 19, and pivotnlly secured centrally of said strip, as at 20,

is a bail-like member 21, which is 'adapted to swing about the i'vot 20. ,The :body p0rtioned in such a manner that it passes around the U-sliaped members 15, as shown in Figs. 1 and2.4 Connected to the body portion 22 of. the bail-like member 21, by means of a hook 23, or the like, is a cable tion 22 of the bailS ike member 21, is posi- -24, which cable passes through a pulley 25 mounted on the rod 17. From the pulley 2b, the cable leeds to pulleys 26 and 27 mounted at the to and bottom, respectively, .of one of lhe si es of the'bod 14, and from the u ey ey 28 on the bottom face .of the body V1'4. From the pulley 2,8, the cable 24 leads overthe pulleys 29`Aand to a convenient form of hoisting machen' 31, B this arrangement. itwlll besee that the' oisting meehanism 31 is opera. and the bail-like member 21 will be moved @bout itspivot 20 to the position shown bydotted lilies in Fig. 2f.

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Extending longitudinally o;; t on the exterior wall 33,110 which'fhi i a4,- a hmmm 35, ma y lutcll mmbl' 34 Y 'I4 :in which is adapted i inthe opening 38 in the front wallyinijrhicb position it the truck 27, the cable 24 eads around apul-V .ion

t, I fyi a catch 37,y

serves to maintain the trough 32 in its extended position, and, at the same time, provides a means for retaining u plurality of refuse receptacle:1 3f) in position in said trogh.

Carried by the outer face of the rear wall 33, at each end thereof, is a roller 4U, which is adapted to travel within the tracks ot' the U-shuped memb lrs 15. Connected to the bearings 41 in which said rollers 40 are mounted, 1s a chain The other end ol the chain 42 is secured at to the body portion 22 of the bail-like member 21.

Secured tothe rear wall at each end thereof near its top, is a guide member 44, which is adapted to engage behind the legs of the U-shaped members 15, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, thus preventing the trough 32 rom tip in outwardly away from the body 14.

Y y t iis arran ement, it will be seen that when the bail-li e member 21 is moved to the dotted-line position shown in Fig. 2, through the medium of the cable 24 and the hoisting mechanism 31, the trough 32 will be moved upwardly over the top of the inverted U-shaped members 15 and when it reaches the point shown b dotted lines in Fig.2,the trough 32 rocksa outthe pivot 45 formed by the rollers 40 and the bearings 41, to the dumping position shown in Fig. 2. In this position, it will be apparent that the refuse receptacles 39 are free to deposit their contents within the body 14 of the truck, and that through the medium of the latch members 34, each of the refuse receptacles 39 is prevented from becoming displaced in the trough 32.

If after this operation has been completed, the cable 24 is slacked off, the trough 32, together with the refuse receptacles 39, are automaticall returned to the position shown in ull lines in Fig. 2 for the further reception of refuse.

While I have shown refuse receptacles 39, it is, of course, to be understood that the trough 32 may be used Without these receptacles 39, sihce the refuse may be deposited directly in said trdughTfrom; which it is free,

to be dumped upon operation as hereinbefore described.

In Fig. 3,' the trough 32 is shown folded, which position it occupies when not in use. To provide for this feature in the construction of the device, the bottom wall 35 of the trough is pivoted to the rear wall 33 there of, as at 46, the frontpyall 36 of the trou h of said trough being pivoted to the bi'attom wall at 47. T ie.

to be folded into bottom wall 35 is adapte rear wall 38, the

parallel relation with th front wall 36 lying between the two, With the parts in this position, the latch member 34, which is pivoted as at 48,`to the up r edgeot the rear wall 33, is adapted to hi; swung over into engagement wlth the bottom, Wall 35 of the trough and'serves through the medium of its leverage to retain t ie paris in their folded position.

ln the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 4, the rod 17 which extends between the two U-shaped members is removed, and connected to the bail member 21 near each end thereof is a cable 4i). These cables extend around the U-shapcd members 15, and cach is wound upon a drum 50, which drums are carried by a shaft 51. This shaft 51 is suitably supported as by brackets 52, and extends longitudinall of the body of the truck. The front end oi the shaft is projected slightly beyond the forward U-shaped member 15, as at 5?, and is provided with a bevel gear 54. This bevel gear 54 meshes with a bevel gear 55 carried upon a short shaft 56 mounted in a suitable bracket 57. Carried by the lower end of the shaft 5G, is a bevel gear 58 which in turn meshes with a bevel gear 59 mounted on the rear end of u shaft 60. This shaft 60 is adapted to be driven at any desired speed by means of the engine of the motor vehicle, or by connecting the same to an one of the several speeds of the transmission gearing, which is conveniently shown at 61 in said figure.

In this form of the invention, when the shaft (i0 is rotated, it will be seen that through the medium ofthe bevel gears 54, 55, 58 and 59, the shaft 4lwill be rot/ated, thus rotatin the drums 5() and causing the cables 49 to e wound thereon to elevate the receptaclesupporting trough 32.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that when the trough 32 is not in use, the same may be folded in such a manner that it will not interfere with prper 'operation of the truck through the tra c of crowded streets.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A device for loading vehicles compris ing an inverted U-shaped member secured to the body at each end thereof and forming tracks; a pivoted member adapted to move over said track on the exterior 4surface thereof; a trough; a roller carried by eachend of the trough and movable in said tracks, a guide member carried by each* end of the trough and engaging said tracks to guide the trough in its movement thereover; means for moving the p ivotedmemberwith respect to the tracks; and means connecting the pivoted f.

t mber and theV trough for moving the A h to dumping .position upon n'xovement" the pivoted member.

2. A device for loading vehicles comprising a pair of tracks located one at eachend of the vehicle body, a bail movable over said tracks. a trough extending parallel to the wagon body and arranged on the side thereof, means connecting said trough at its ends to said bail, said connecting means lying in said tracks and being movable longitudi-- nelly thereof, and means for operating the bail about its pivotal points and to move the trough to its dumping Position through the medium of said connecting means.

3. A device of the character described, comprising in combination with a Wagon body, a bail pvotally connected t0 the ends of said body, a pair of trucks rigidly carried by Said body, a trough movable over said tracks from loading position to dumpin position, means connected to said bail an to said trough for moving the trough over aid tracks, and means for operating said ail. u

4. In ombination with a wagon bod having a curved track at each endithereo a trough movable over said tracks, means for movingr said trough over said tracks, and means carried by said trough and adapted to engage said tracks to maintain the trough in position for loading, and to automatically disengage said tracks to permit of the dumping of said trough.

OTTO C. KNIGGE.

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