US1448272A - Side-wall traveler - Google Patents

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5 y sheets-sheet ll Mar 13, 1923 Mar. 13, 1923.

L. L. KELLY SIDE WALL TRAVELER Filed Aug. 15, 1920 5 sheets-sheet 2 Leoms L. KELLY Mar. 13, 1923.

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Patented Mar. v13", 1923.

UNITED TES- ATENT oFFlCE- LOOMIS L. KELLY, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA,A ASSIGNOR TO THE WELLMAN-SEAVER- MORGAN COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND,.OHIO, A CORPORATION'OF OHIO.

SIDE-WALL TRAVELER.

Application led August 13, 1920. Serial N0.'403,280.'

To all whom t may concern:

Be. it known that I, LooMIs L. KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virgmia, have invented certain new and luseful Improvements in Side-Wall Travelers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to side Wall travelers for piers, and is particularly adapted for use with piers having bunkers or pockets at regular intervals along the sides, for

coal, ore or other substances.

he object of my invention is to provide means for delivering coal, ore or other substances, from the bunkers or pockets to a trimming machine or device attached to the lower end of a. telescopic chute suspended in the hold of the vessel; also to provide means for suspending telescopic chutes and trimmers and adjusting same -to any necessary position. It consists of the formation, combination and arrangement of parts as will be herein described and claimed.

Theuses and advantages of myinvention Iwill be readily apparent from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which-show'a preferr-ed embodiment, and in which:

Figure l is a' side elevation of a. sidewall traveler constructed in accordance with the present invention. In this view the traveler is shown with the boom down ready to deliver coal, ore or other substance into vessels. A- portion of a cross-section of a pier is also shown in dotted outline.

. Figure 2 is a front elevation ofthe same wlth boom down ready to deliver coal, ore

vessels and showlng` or other substance into 40 also side elevation of pockets or bunkers of pier in dotted outline.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the traveler with boom up ready to travel along the pier without interfering with vesselsalong side of dock.

Figure lis a .partial front elevational view of the traveler with boom, chutes, trimmer, etc., upl as inlFigure 3.

Figure 5 is a plan view showing the top of the traveler. Figure 6 is a horizontal section on line 6 6, Fig. 4, showing plan 'view of movable hopper H, and plan view of part of track Q.

Similar letters res]pond1ng parts in theseveral gures.

he devlce embodies a main structural steel frame J, to which 4is attached a boom K, frame I, hopper H and chutes G and F. The Weight of the traveler is transmitted to the pier, such as M, through wheels o o, which run upon a track 7 fastened to the pier M. The horizontal thrusts at top and bottom of the traveler are transmitted to the plers through wheels l and m, respectlvely, running through suitable trackways 8 and 9 respectively'.

The space inside the structural frame' J should be slightly greater' than the distance from the center to center of bunkers, as defined by the adjacent bunker discharge gates 10 and l1, thereby always making it possible to place movable hopper H under a bunker discharge gate, irrespective of the position of the traveler along the piers.

The pier end of boom K is attached to the lower -part of the frame J by two hinges and is suspended at the other or outer end by cables Z Z. By means of these latter the boom may be raised or lowered to suit vessels of different heights and enables the boom to'be raised for the purpose of clearing vessels when the traveler is moving along the pier. The boom should be stilened at "its center by means of truss rods z z as shown, or so designed as to render it sufliciently strong to carry the load to which it will be subjected, without unnecessary weight.

The carriage L is arranged to travel back and forth on wheels e e and d d,.upon a suitable track lc, carried by the boom K. The wheels d d are motordriven 'and are preferably formed with cogs on the outside which mesh into vracks j j, or they may be propelled by other suitable means.

From the carriageY L isA suspended by means of four sets of cables b b, the telescopic chute B, sections of which are arranged to telescope together as shown in.

dotted lines of Figure 1. At the lower "end of this is attached a trimming machine A,

I which plreferably has a rapidly moving belt y for rowing the coal or other-substances back from the hold of the vessel.

The aforementioned sets of cables b pass through eight swivel blocks a, and are atof reference indicate cortached to four motor driven drums c, which are to be so arranged that they may be operated either independently or together. rlhe top of telescopic chute B is hung t'o carriage L by means of a universal joint D, thus enabling its lower end, with the trimmer, to be in any horizontal direction.

swung freely To the top of S which supports one end of an open chute F by means of an eyebolt f, thus permitting the other end of the chutelF to be freely moved either horizontally or vertically.

'lhe hopper E is rigidly fastened to carriage L, its lower end projecting into a short section of pipe C, which should preferably be hung from the carriage L in a dexible manner, thus permitting it to adjust itself to any position of the telescopic chute B. Attached to pipe C are two lugs 13 to prevent its becoming wedged into the top of the chute.

The movable hopper H is carried on wheels 'll and may be propelled by some convenient means along a suitable track Q which is supported by brackets P attached to main frame J. This hopper is provided with thrust wheels z'ontal thrust from chute G. At the outlet of the hopper is a control gate g operated by a suitable motor driven drum 1'. Attached also to thishopper is a frame l upon which is mounted motor driven drums o and w.

Cable X for raising and lowering the chute G passes over swivel blocks s to drum o. rlhe cables W for raising and lowering chute F pass over swivel blocks t and on to drum Y w. Near the top of frame l are two thrust wheels p which roll on eye beamR and prevent the wei ht of chutes G and F from tipping hopper oft of its track. Y

rl`he operation of the device is as follows:

After the vessel to be loaded is berthed at the side of the pier, the traveler, folded up as shown in Figure 3, isl moved upon its track alongside of the pier and bunkers until the telescopic chute B is in line with or opposite the particular hatch of the vessel into which the coal or other material is to be delivered; the traveler is then stopped and boom K is lowered suciently to permit the carriage to be run lout until the telescopic chute is in alignment with the hatch. llhe telescopic chute B is then swung down into a vertical position and extended by means of its telescopic action down into the vessel. The movable hopper H is then moved across the frame of the traveler to where it picks up the open chute F and it is then moved into position under one of the bunker gates. Covered chute G is then lowered into chute F as shown in Figure l. When the control gate g' is now open, the coal or other material will be conveyed or will pass down through -covered chute G,

open chute F, hopper E, pipe C, telescopic I chute or lvertical leg carrlage L is attached a Jtrame Y to take up the hori B', and out through the trimming machine A, which latter distributing element may be rotated in any direc-tion about chute B as a center.

ln removing the devicefrom the vessel in order to move the device along the pier, the following procedure is practiced:

Close up telescopic chute B and draw it up to a parallel position beneath boom K and until thelug plate a engages link y when a pin should be insertedhere to hold it securely in this position. IChute G is then drawn up to almost a vertical position and hopper H moved across the center of the traveler and chute F lowered until it rests on carriage L. Hopper H shouldl then be moved to'one side and the boom raised up-as shown in Figures 3 and 4f, when the traveler is ready to move along the pier to another hatch or to another vessel.

'llhus has been described a preferred embodiment of my invention. Various changes in construction and arrangement of the various parts are contemplated, hence l do not desire to limit myself to the exact construction shown and described, but hold that various modifications can be made, Within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of m invention.l

Having thus described my invention, what ll claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A side wall traveler having a longitudinally movable trame, a boom hinged at one end to the frame, means for raising and lowering the other end of the boom, a telescopic material conveyor movable along the ing material to the first named material conveyor, the latter means being movable. longitudinally upon the frame.

3. yln a side wall traveler arranged to serve spaced material bunkers, a frame movable along side of the bunkers and of dimension suitable to slightly more than span the distance between two bunkers, and means movable upon the .frame for conveying material from either of the bunkers to a vessel along side thereof.

a. ln a side wall traveler arranged to serve vmaterial bunkers, a frame movable along side of the bunkers, a hopper movable longitudinally along the trame, a chute movable radially beneath said hopper, and

inwardly and outwardly with respect thereto, the outer end ofthe firstv chute being arranged to move inwardly and outwardly with the second chute and being arranged also to discharge material into the same.

6. In a side wall traveler, a frame arranged for movement along material bunkers, a boom pivoted at one end to the frame, means for lowering the boom into an outright position or for raising it into a substantially lvertical position along side of the fra-me, a material conveyor extending in collapsible fashion from the frame to the boom, and means for collapsing and extending the said conveyor.

7. In a side wall traveler, a frame arranged for movement along material bunkers, a boom pivoted at one end to the frame, means for lowering the boom into an outright position or for'raising it into a substantially vertical position along side of the frame, a material conveyor extending in collapsible fashion from the frame to the boom, -and means for collapsing and extending the said conveyor, a second material conveyor depending from the boom, and means for collapsing the latter and for swinging it into a position parallel with the boom.

8. In a side wall traveler for use with a Y row of material bunkers, a movable frame ing outwardly from extending -boorn about its pivot, a

carrylng a material-receiving hopper, the same being movable along the bunkers independently of the frame, a material-discharging element carried by the said frame, the same being fixed in position on the frame against movement along the bunkers except with the frame.

9. A side wall traveler comprising a longitudinally movable frame, a boom extendsaid frame, a conveyor depending from said boom and mounted for movement along the boom, and an adjustable conveyor supported on said frame and to said depending conveyor.

10. Aside wall traveler, comprising a longitudinally movable frame, a boom hinged to said frame, means forswinging said depending material conveyor mounted for movement along the boom and a conveyor adjustably connected to said frame independently of said boom and extending to s aid depending conveyor.

11. Aside wall traveler, comprising a longitudinally movable frame, a boom hinged to said frame, means for swinging said boom about, its pivot, a depending chute carried by said boom and an adjustable conveyor supported by said frame independ-` ently of said boo and adapted to deliver to said depending chute. i

12. A side wall traveler comprising a boom, a telescopic conveyor depending therei from and means for collapsing said c011- veyor and for swinging it'into a position.

parallel with the boom.

13. A side wall traveler, comprising a frame, an outwardly extending booma depending conveyor `mounted for movement along said boom,y and a conveyor extending from'the upper end of said-depending conveyor to said frame and connected yat its inner 'end to said frame for longitudinalV movement with respect thereto.

14. side wall traveler comprising a longitudinally movable frame, a vertically swinging boom on said frame, a conveyor suspended from said boom, a vertically swinging conveyor carried bysaid frame independently of said boom and adapted to cooperate with said depending conveyor on said boom.

15. A side wall traveler, comprising a frame, a boom extending loutwardly from the frame, a depending conveyor mounted for adjustment along the boom, a conveyor` mounted for vertical swinging movement on said frame adapted to be adjusted to bring its outer end into position to cooperate with said depending conveyor.

16. In combination with a pier having longitudinally arranged material pockets with discharge openings therein, a material-conveying apparatus mounted for transit along side of the pier, the same including a frame, a boom pivoted to the frame, porting and controlling the boom, a delivery chute carried by the boom and a delivery chute carried by the frame, the latter being arranged forregistry with the aforesaid discharge openings and for discharge into the said delivery chute that is carried by the boom. 'l

17. In combination with a pier having longitudinally arranged material pockets with discharge openings therein, a material-conveying apparatus mounted for transit along side of the pier, the same including a frame with a material chute carried thereupon,the upper end of the chute being adapted in one position thereof lto. receive material from one or another of the said discharge openings, and a boom pivoted to the frame beneath the said chute, the said boom carrying a material delivery leg, the latter having its upper end formed as a hopper and arranged to receive material from the lower end of the said chute.

'18. In combination with a pier having longitudinally arranged material pockets with veying apparatus mounted for transit along means for supside of `the pier, the same including a frame tending in a arranged to occupy a position substantially parallel with the outerface 'of the pier, a rising and falling boom arranged, when. in operative position to be outstanding from the said frame-work, and when in in-opera tive position to lie in an upright position approximately parallel With the said frame, the said boom being pivoted upon the frame near the base of the latter, a `material delivering chute depending from the said boom When in operative position, and arranged to be swung into a position substantially parallel with the said boom When in in-opera tive position, a material conveying chute eX- diagonal line vfrom the said frame ywork to the upper end of the said delivering chute when in operative position, and arranged to be folded into a position substantially parallel with the said frame When in irl-operative position, and means for moving all said parts from operative to in-operative positions.

19. In combination with a pier having longitudinally arranged 'material pocketsl with discharge openings therein, a material-con veying apparatus mounted for transit along side of the pier, the same including a frame arranged to occupy a position approximately parallel With the outer face of the pier, a boom pivoted to the fra-me near the base thereof, a` carriage movable along the boom, ported at its upper end upon the frame Work and arranged for support at its lower end upon the carriage, the chute being adapted to receive material from the said discharge openings and to convey it therefrom.

ln testimonylwhereof I ax my signature.

- LOMllS L; KELLY.

and a material conveying chute sup-L

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