US1375066A

US1375066A - Auger and driver

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Publication number: US1375066A
Application number: US231242A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr Jesse Gray Rowe
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1918-04-27
Filing date: 1918-04-27
Publication date: 1921-04-19
Anticipated expiration: 1938-04-19

Description

J. G. HOWE, JR. AUGER AND DRIVER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1918- 1 3175 966, 7 Patented Apr. 19, 192L 3 SHEETS-SHEET l- Witnesses J. G. ROWE, JR.

AUGER AND DRIVER. APPLICATION men mm], 1918.

Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

SHEET HEE 2. I S S T Witnesses Inventor I J. G. R.OWE, JR.

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Be it knownthat 1, Jesse J r. ,a citizen of the United States, residing at avis, in the county of Yolo and State of California, have invented a new and useful Auger and Driver, of which the following is a .specification.

It is the object of this invention to provvide a means whereby a hole may be bored in the ground, means being provided whereby a post may be driven into the hole, it bein possible to shift the boringmeans and the dnving means horizontally, so that the boring means may first be positioned properly to make the hole, the driving .means subsequently being brought into. position above 'the hole, to drive the post.

The invention aims .to rovide novel means for operating the driving hammer,

to provide novel means for rotating the auger or borin element, to provide novel A means forfee mg the auger downwardly and for, raising the auger,

and to provide novel means for shifting .the hammer and the auger laterally so that one may occupy the place of the ot er.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the aboveand other objects in view which will appear as the description pro- 7 tion and "'Fig.2isasie and claimed,

ceeds, the invention resides in the combinaarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention. In the accompanying drawings:- lFigure 1 shows in top plan, a machine embodying the I resent invention;

elevation of the machine; Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the machine; Fin". 4 is a vertical sectional detail, showing a p ortlon of the boring mechanism and cooperating parts,

sundry elements appearingrin elevation.

he numeral 1 denotes a wheel-mounted adjacent its rear end with which a frame 3 is mountthe frame 3 being vehicle 1. The arrows A in vehicle provided a pivot pin 2 on upheld by the Fig. 1 designate the direction in which the frame'3 may be swung horizontally on the Specification of Letters Patent.

GRAY ROWE,

. application filed April 27, 1918. Serial him-231,242.

vehicle 1. On the forward end of the vehicle 1 are mounted bearings 4 in which is JOllIIlitlGd. a.vert1cal shaft 5 adapted to be rotated by a hand wheel 6. A drum 7 is secured to the shaft 5 and is located between the bearings 4. Flexible elements 8 are wound in opposite directions around the drum 7, the flexible elements being carried over idlers 9 on the forward portion of the vehicle 1, the ends of the flexible elements I being secured at 10 to the horizontally movable frame 3.

When the shaft 5 is rotated by means of .the hand wheel 6, one of the flexible elements 8 is wound upon the drum 7 and the other of the flexible elements is paid on the drum. In this way, a horizontal swinging movement may be imparted to the frame 3,

the latter swinging on the pivot pin, 2. The

ob ect attained b this horizontal swinging- -of the frame 3 is that first the auger 43,

hereinafter described, may be disposed properly to bore a hole in the ground, the hammer 18 (he einafter described) subsequently bGiH'g dISPOSGd above the hole made bythe auger 43, so that the hammer may be used for driving a post or pile into the hole made by the auger.

Upright guides 11 are carried by the forward end of the frame 3, the guides being sustalned by rearwardly extended braces 12 The'iuldes 11 are connected at their upper ends cross bars 14 carrying a bracket 15 on which a sheave 16 is journaled. A flexible element 17 is trained across the sheave, one end of the flexible element being attached to the hammer 18 hereinbefore a1- luded to,'this element being mounted to reciprocate on the guides 11. The rear end of the flexible element 17 is attached to a drum 19 carried by a shaft 20 journaled in bearings 21 mounted on the frame 3. The drum 19 and coacting parts may be of any desired form, the numeral 22 denoting conventionally a brake whereby=the rotation of the drum 19 is limited, thereby to hold the hammer 18 against moving downwardly. A gear wheel23 forms a part of the drum 19 and meshes into a loose pinion 24 on a shaft 25 carried by the bearings 21. A pulley 26 is fixed to the shaft 25. The numeral 28 marks a foot lever constituting a part of a clutch mechanism for coupling the loose pinion 24 to the shaft 25 or to the pulle 26, so that when the pulley 26 is rotate the pinion 24 and consequently the gear wheel 23 and the drum 19 will be rotated also. This mechanism may be of any desired form and various mechanisms adapted for the purpose in view are known 1n the art. The pulley 26 is engaged by a belt 29 trained around a pulley 30 on a shaft 31 constituting a part of an engine 32 mounted on the rear end of the frame 3. a

' It will be obvious that when the shaft 31 is driven by the engine 32, the pulley 30 will.

operate the belt 29, the latter driving the pulley 26 and. the pulley 26 rotating the pinion 24, the parts'26 and 24 being coupled up releasably by theclutch mechanism of which the foot lever 28 constitutes a part. From the pinion 24 motion is transmitted to the drum 19 by way of the gear wheel 23 and the flexible element 17 may thus be reeled onto the drum' 19, elevating the ham- Iner 18. The clutch mechanism of which the foot lever 28 constitutes apart may be manipulated to release "the pinion 24 from the shaft 25, the drum 19 being held by the brake 22 until it is desired to drop the hammer 18. Then, by a manipulation of the brake, the drum 19 may be released, and the hammer 18 will ride downwardly on the guides 11 to drive the post or pile.

Standards 33 are erected on the frame 3 to one side of the guides 11 and at the rear thereof, one of the standards being suitably sustained by a brace 34. The standards 33 carry blocks 35; the blocks 35 of the respective standards 33 being connected to angle iron guides 36. The numeral 37 marks an upper cross bar, an intermediate cross bar is shown at 38, and the lower cross bar is shown at 39. The ends of the cross bars 37 38-and 39 are secured between the angle iron guides 36. The cross bars 37, 38 and 39.

carry caps 40 retaining bearings 41, in which an auger shaft 42 is mounted to rotate and to move endwise. Attached to the lower end of the auger shaft 42 is auger 43. The auger shaft 42 is splined as shown at 44 to a pulley 45 supported for rotation in horizontal plane by the lower cross bar 39, the construction being such that when the pul ley 45 is rotated, the auger shaft 42 will be rotated also, it being possible for the auger shaft 42 to have a vertical movement in the pulley 45- A belt '46 is trained around the pulley 45 and is engaged around a pulley 47 loose on the engine shaft 31, but adapted to be connected thereto by a clutch 48. When the clutch 48 is thrown in, the pulley 47 will be coupled to the shaft 31. Motion will be transmitted from the pulley 47 by way of the belt 46, through the pulley 45 and thence into auger shaft 42 and the auger 43.

Numeral 49 denotes a cross head in the form of a bar, the ends of which are, mounted to slide vertically between the guides 36. The cross head 49 carries a bushing 50 in aeracee which is journaledfor rotation, a spool 51' which is flanged to engage the upper and lower edges of the cross head, the spool 51 being keyed as shown at 52 to the auger shaft 42. The auger shaft 42 and the spool 51 rotate with respect to the cross head 49,

but when the cross head is raised and lowered, the auger shaft 42 will be raised and.

53 is trained around a sprocket wheel 56 secured to a shaft 57 ournaled on the stand ards 33. A sprocket wheel 59 is loose .on

the shaft 57, but may be connected thereto by means of a clutch 58. The sprocket wheel 59 is engaged by chain 60 passed around a sprocket wheel 61 secured'to the shaft 31 of the engine 32.

The engine shaft 31 drives the sprocket chain 60 by means of the sprocket wheel 61. The sprocket wheel 59 may be coupled to the shaft 57 and be disconnected therefrom by means of the clutch 58. From the shaft '57 motion is transmitted by way of the sprocket wheel 56 and the sprocket chain 53 through a cross head 49, the cross head thus being raised or lowered, by power.

A shaft 62 is supported for rotation on the standards 33 and is adapted to be rotated by a hand wheel 63. A drum 64 is secured to the shaft 62. A flexible element 65 is wound around the drum 64. One end 66 of the flexible element is trained upwardly and then downwardly over an idler 67 carried by the upper cross bar 37 and is attached to the cross head 49. Theother end 68 of the flexible element 65 extends upwardly from the drum 64 and is attached to the cross head 49. The shaft 62 may be rotated by means of the hand wheel .63, the end 66 of the flexible element serving to raise the cross head 49 and the auger shaft 42 and the end i 'tion with the various component mechaglvenatthis nisms, but a resume will be point.

In order 'to position the auger 43 properly, .the frame3 may be swung on the pivot pin 2 by means of the hand wheel 6, the shaft 5 and the flexible elements 8. The clutch 28 is manipulated so as to disconnect pinion 24 from pulley26, thereby preventing the drum 19 from being rotated when it is desired to feed "58 1s manipulated to essence the engine 32 is put into operation. The brake 22prevents thedrum 19 from rotating under the weight of the hammer 18, and the hammer 18 remains elevated as shown in Fig. 3. I

The clutch 58 is operated to disconnect the sprocket wheel 56 from the shaft 57. The clutch 458 is operated to connect the pulley 47 to the engine shaft 31. The engine shaft'31 thus is made efiective to rotate the auger shaft 42 and the auger 43, through a driving train com rising the pulley 47, the belt 46 and thep ey 45. If the auger shaft 42 then the clutch 58 downwardly, by power, is thrown in to operation, downward drive is imparted to the auger shaft 42 from the engine shaft 31 bymeans of the sprocket whee 61, sprocket 0 sin 60, sprocket wheel 56, and the sprocket chain 53. If the direction along travel of the chain 66 is reversed, the auger shaft 42 and the auger 43 maybe elevated. The auger shaft may be raised or lowered by hand through the instrumentality of the wheel 63, the shaft 62, the drum 64, the flexible element 65.

After a hole has beenbored by means of the auger 43, the auger shaft 42 1s raised as hereinbefore outlined. The frame 3 may be swung on the pivot pin 2 by means of the hand when 6; the elements 8, until the hammer v18 is alined vertically wi h the hole which has beenboredb the auger 43. The clutch 48 is operate disconnect the pulley 47 from the engine shaft 31, and. consequently the auger shaft 42 is not rotated. The clutch disconnect the sprocket wheel 56 from the shaft 57, and no vertical movement is imparted to the auger shaft 42. Through the medium of the clutch operating means 28, controlling the connection between thepinion 24 and the pulley 26, the drum is maybe operated from the enginse 32 to control the reciprocating haer the hole bored by the auger 43 thus bein brought about.

Having thus describe the invention what l'claim isz '1, In a device ofthe class described, a vehicle; a frame supported on the] vehicle;

and a positive shaft 5, and the flexible a rotary boring means journaled on the frame; a post-driving means carried by the frame; an engine on the frame; mechanism for coupling the boring means and the postdrivin means to the engine selective y at the w' of an operator; and means for piv-.

oting the frame to the vehicle for horizontal.

movement whereby the boring driving means may be swin means and the postbrought one at a time plane.

2. In a device of the class described, a

vehicle; a frame supported on the vehicle;

a boring means; mechanism for mounting the boring means on the frame for rotation and for raising and lowering; a post-dr ving means carried by the frame; an engmc on the frame; mechanism for couphng the boring means and the post-driving means to the engine selectively at the will of an o erator; means for raising and lowering t e boring means; and means for pivotingthe frame to the vehicle for horizontal swinging movement whereby the boring means an the post-driving means may be brought one at a time into a single vertical plane.

into a single vertical 3. A devicejof the class described, con- 'structed as set forth in claim 2, and further characterized by, the provision of mechanism for coupling the means for raising and lowering the boring means to the engine, at the will of an operator.

4. Inadevice of the class described, .a

vehicle; a frame supported (in the vehicle;

vertically movable devices for facilitating the setting of a 0st carried by the frame; an engine on t e cou ling said devices to the engine selective y to secure vertical movement of said devices; means for rotating one of said de vices from the engine; an means 'for p1voting the frame to the vehicle for horizontal swinging movement, to admst and devices with respect to thepoint of apphcation.

In testimon that I claim the foregoing as my own, Ilaave hereto afixed my signature in the presence of two witne,

JESSEGRAY ROWE, Jn. itnesses: