US1326658A

US1326658A - gulich

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Publication number: US1326658A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-12-30
Anticipated expiration: 1936-12-30

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G. GULICH.

SNOW PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED APR.25. m9.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.-

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GREGOB GULIGH, OF NEW. YORK, N. Y.

SNOW-PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1919. Serial No. 292,579.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, Gnnoon GULIoH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snowbeing provided with a removable or hinged bottom, so that it may be conveniently emp-.

tied.

Another object of the invention is to construct a snow-plow of the character described, which is simple in construction and eflicient in operation in clearing the streets or highways after a snow storm.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrange ment and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention."

a section taken on line 4-14 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a part of the mechanism for actuating the elevating or conveying means. Y

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates an automobile-truck, including a frame. 11,

.that is mounted in the usual "manner on front wheels 12 and rear wheels 13. On this truck is mounted a motor 14, in rear of which is disposed a drivers seat 15, and in front of this seat is located the steering wheel 16. A detailed description of the elements so far described seems to be unnecessary, as the same may be of any suitable construction, depending entirely upon the type of the truck used.

In rear of the drivers seat is mounted upon the truck frame the truck body proper,

denoted by the numerall7. This body is made in the form of a hopper-like receptacle, the bottom 18 of which is detachable, so

that the truck body may be conveniently emptied.

At the front of the truck body is disposed an inclined trough 19, the rear wall or bottom 20 of which is curved, for a purpose hereinafter to be described, and set between i the sides21 of the truck body, portions of the latter forming thus the sides of the trough. The front wall 22 of the truck body forms a cover or hood for the trough, thereby preventing the material on the elevating or conveying mechanism, hereinafter to be described, from leaving the latter as it is carried from a plow or scoop 23 upward and dumped into the truck body. Y

The plow or scoop comprises a forwardly inclined plate member 24, having sides 25 leading to the inlet 26 to the trough mentioned. The plow is disposed a suitable dis tance in front of the wheels 12, digging the snow, the latter sliding up the inclined plate 24: within the reach of an elevating mechanism 27 the said elevating mechanism being disposed within the trough 19.

The elevating mechanism is of the beltconveyer type, comprising a belt 28, madeof a plurality of rigid sections 29. for instance boards, that are suitably hinged together, as shown at 30. The boards 29 extend from side to side of the trough, that is to say throughout the entire width thereof. 'The belt runs over a plurality of bars 31, upon the ends of which are provided journals 32, the latter being rotatably mounted in the sides of the truck body. These bars are each of square cross-section, each face of the same being of a width corresponding to the combined widths of two adjoining boards 29. To one of the journals of one of these bars is fixed a pulley 33. in alinement with a p-ulley 34, that is rigidly secured to one of the Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

rear wheels 13 of the truck, and over these mechanism. To every second board 29*of the endless belt is hinged a conveying-flight 36. These flights are each made in the form of a board, extending throughout the width of the trough, and the hinges 37 thereof are arranged in such a manner that the said flights extend at right angles to the conveyer belt while ascending, but fold toward the said belt when descending. The ascending portion of the belt is supported by transverse plates 38, that are fixed to the trough sides, as clearly appears from Fig. 2 of the draw- 1n A s above mentioned, the trough bottom 20 is curved, its upper end 39 being bent rearward, serving as a deflector for the flights 36, to cause the same to abut against the descending portion of the belt. Adjacent the inlet 26, the trough bottom is substantially semi-cylindrical, to permit the flights to be extended at right angles to the conveyer belt, thereby elevating the snow that is forked against the same by the plow 23, when the truck is set in motion.

The operation is as follows :The snow on the ground is scraped up and gathered by the p'low 23, sliding up the same within the reach of the elevating mechanisni,-wliile the vehicle'is movin along. The flights 36 upon the conveyer elt carry the snow up the conveyer and deliver the same lnto the truck body 17. When the truck body is loaded to its capacity, the snow is delivered to the dumping ground. Arriving at the dumping ground, the bottom 18 of the truck body is removed, whereby the said truck body is emptied.

Inasmuch as the flights are hinged to the conveyer belt and moved by gravity toward the belt while descending, the snow will leave the said flights without the employment of special scraping devices. Since, the belt of the conveyer is made of hinged rigid sections, that travel around bars of square cross-section, lumps of snow, which may adhere to the said belt, are broken up and drop into the truck body. This is due to the fact that the sections of the conveyer belt, in traveling around the uppermost bar 31, are one after the other suddenly deflected from the general plane gfltravel of the acting portion of the said Instead of causing the snow to fall into the truck body, there may be attached to the motor truck, instead of the truck body, a trailer.

It is obvious that, while herein the plow and elevating mechanism have been described as mounted upon a motor truck, the

same may be applied to wheeled receptacles in general, such as for instance railway cars, street cars, etc.

What I claim is 1. In a snow clearing machine, the combination with a motor truck and its body, of a snow-plow disposed in front of said body, an inclined trough leading from said plow upward substantially to the top of said body, and a conveying mechanism in said trough receiving the snow from said plow a-nd elevating it to the top of said body, said conveying mechanism including an endless belt made of a plurality of hinged rigid sections, conveying flights hinged to certain of said rigid sections, said flights extending substantially at right angles to the "planes of said sections and being automatically held in such positions when ascending and dropping toward said sections when descending.

2. A-snow clearing machine according to claim 1, comprising means for actuating said conveying mechanism, said means consisting of rotary bars of square cross-section, each face of each bar being of a width corresponding to the combined widths of two adjoinin rigid belt sections.

Signed at fli'ew York, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, this 22nd day of April, A. D. 1919.

GREGOR GULICH.

Witnesses:

EMMA EISINGER, JUL EISINGER, Jr.