US1474383A

US1474383A - Wagon loader

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Publication number: US1474383A
Application number: US344938A
Authority: US
Inventors: Leslie A Russell
Original assignee: F C AUSTIN MACHINERY Co
Current assignee: F C AUSTIN MACHINERY Co
Priority date: 1919-12-15
Filing date: 1919-12-15
Publication date: 1923-11-20
Anticipated expiration: 1940-11-20

Description

Nov. 20, 1923.

L.ARUSSELL WAGON LOADER 'Filed Dec. l5, 1919 L. A. .RUSSELL WAGON LOADER Nov. 20 1923.,

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Patented Nov. 20, 1923.

u rrEo STATES PATENT Fries.

' LESLIE A. RUSSELL, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO I F. C. ASTIN MACHINERY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

WAGON LOADER.

Application viiledlecember 15, 1919.` Serial No. 344,938.

To all/whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LESLIE. A. RUSSELL,

a citizen of the United States of America,

and a resident of Chicago, Illinois have invented a certain new and `useful 2Iniprovement iii Wagon Loaders, of which the following i's a specification.

This invention relates to wagon loaders of the kind in which means are provided for feeding the materials from a heapi or mass on the street-into a wagon or truc or other receptacle by means of an elevator whichis constructed and arranged to carry the materials upward to a point where they l5 are then discharged downwardly into the box or receptacle of the wagon or truck,

rdinarily, in wagon loaders of the machine which constitutes the loader is provided with its own source of motive power to operate said elevator, and, ifdesired, to supply the power for movingthe rmachine along thestreet, so that the latter is driven by its own power.

Generally stated,'the object of the invention is to provide an improved construction and varrangement whereby the engine or other motive ower of the motor driven truck or dumplng vehicle which receives the materials from the upper end of the elevator is also available for the operation of the latter, so that the wagon loader 1s not required to have an engine or motor for the operation thereof, the power for this purpose being supplied from the engine or lmotor of the motor truck dumping vehicle 4into which the materials are loaded from lthe upper end of the elevator. i

It is also an object to provide a novel and improved arrangement whereby the wagon loader is adapted to be transported from place to place as a trailer behind the motor truck dumpingl vehicle, so that the motive power of the latter is available for this puras well as for operating the elevator while the wagon loader is standing still.

Itis also an object to provide certain details and features of construction and combinations tending to'increase the general efficiency and the desirability 'of a wagon loader of this particular character.

To these and otheruseful ends, the invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. l is aside elevation of a motor truck dumping vehicle and a, wagon loader embodying the principles of the invention,

showing the frame of the wagon loader-in longitudinal Section.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the wagon loader frame. Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are fragmentary detail sectional views, showing different portions of the wagon loader mechanism. As thus illustrated, the motor truck dumping vehicle has a chassis 1 of any suitable character and a box or receptacle 2 'of-'the usual or any suitable form, ada ted to opcrate in the ordinary or any suita le manner to dump the load. The engine is located 1n the hood 3 in the usual and well known manner, and is suitably connected with the i transmission in the gear casing 4 to drive the jack-shaft 5, which latter is suitably connected tovoperate the rear wheels 6 of the vehicle. Said gearing ordinarily has a projecting shaft 7, and in accordance with the invention a pinion 8 is mounted on this shaft and a hanger 9 is supported on the end of said shaft, this pinion and hanger being simply slipped onto, the'projecting end of said shaft, so that in any machine in which the gearing is of such character that it has this projecting shaft no alterations are necessary. One end of the longitudinal shaft 10 is supported in this hanger 9, and is provided with a gear 11 which engages said pinion, Said shaft being suitably supported in bearings on the body frame 12 of the wagon loader. Said shaft has the universal joint 13' adjacent the gear 11, and

another universal joint 14 'near the front end v of the frame 12, with preferably a, telescoping connection with the joint 14 at a point between the two universal joints, for a purpose which will hereinafter morefully appear. forward end, to connect it with the front end portion of this frame, which end portion 'is detachably clamped upon the squared rear axle 16 of the motor vehicle, as by a clamp 17 pivoted at 18 to swing over and rest upon said axle, this clamp being then securedy in place to the bracket 19 by means of the latch or catch 20, which latter may be of any The frame 12 has a pivot 15 at its nos 'suitable or ordinary character. Thus, when the front portion21 of the wagon loader ybody frame is clamped upon the rear axle of the motor vehicle, the rear portion of street. `Said wagon loader is also provided i ,with front wheels 23 to support the machine when not connected with said motor vehicle. However, when the wagon. loader is hooked up as a trailer to the rear ehd of the motor vehicle, the wheels 23 are then -raised yfrom the street by means of the hand wheels 24 which operate the screws 25, the latter being connected with the bearings 26 which slide up and down in the guides 27 on the `body` frame of the Wagon loader, said screws 25 'being threaded in the bearings 28 which are supported by brackets 29 on the body frame of the wagon loader, whereby rotation of these hand Wheels 24 will raise an'd lower .the axle 30 upon which are mounted said front wheels of the wagon loader. Thus,

when the wagon loader is connected to the motor truck, the wheels 23 can then be raised from the street, so that the Wheels 22 and the axle 16 will support the entire weight of the wagon loader.

Saidpwagon loader has a ladder frame 31 pivoted at 32 on the upright frame 33, which latter is suitably secured on said body frame.

Said elevator has an endless chain of buckets 34 for carrying the materials upward, being mounted on the upper and lower sprockets or

rotary members

35 and 36, and said buckets being adapted to discharge into the spout 37 at the upper end of said elevator whereby the materials are then discharged into the box or receptacle 2 from the motor truck dumping vehicle. The lower end of the elevator is preferably provided with a feeding device 38, of an suitable, known or approved character, to acilitate the feeding of the materials from the mass or hea on the street into the buckets of the elevator. To tilt the elevator about its axis 32, a rack 39 is pivoted on the elevator frame at 40, andv adapted to engage a pinion 41 which is operated by the worn gearing 42, the latter having a hand wheel 43 for the operation thereof, and said pinion and worm gearing being suitably mounted on the frame 33 of the wagon lo er. v

To drive the elevator, the upper end thereof is connected by a sprocket chain 44 with the sprocket Wheel 45 on the horizontal axis 32 about which the elevator tilts, when it is desired to raise the lower end from the street. Another sprocketchain 46 connects this shaft or axis 32 with a, shaft 47 on the frame, and bevel gearing 48 connectsv the shaft 47 with the previously mentioned shaft 10, so that power is communicated from the engine` of the motor loader having means for @leases vehicle-to' operate the l elevator. yad hand` From the foregoing it will ber seenthat` no power plan is necessary :on the wagon loaderv itself, inasmuch as the operation thereof is `accomplished. by means of power a derived from the engine of the motor vehicle. Also,"as. shown, the wagon loader is adapted to' be transported asa trailer behind the vehicle, when lthe wheels 23l are raised from the ground, so that the power of'the motor vehicle is suiicient for all requirements.

1. In combina-tion with a motor vehicle provided with a receptacle, a self-sustaining wagon loader for delivering materials from the street upwardly and then downwardly int o the receptacle of said vehicle power drivingmechanism, and powertransmitting connectlons to connect the wagon loader directly with the driving power of said vehicle, so that said motive to operate the wagon loader as well as to n drive said vehicle.

2. A structure as specified in claim 1, said driving mechanism including a gear box and a shaft projecting therefrom, and said power transmitting connections comprising gearing connected to said shaft. i

power is employed 3. A structure yas specified in claim 1, said I motor vehicle including a rear axle and wheehs mounted thereon, and said wagon thereof on said rear axle.

4. A structure as specified in claim 1, said wagon loader having front and rear wheels,`

means for coupling the wagon loader to the rear end of the motor vehicle, and means .for raising the front wheels of the wa on loader from the ground or street, so t at the rear end of the vehicle and said rear wheels will then support-the entire weight of the wagon loader.

5. A structure as speciiied in claim 1, said wagon loader comprising an endless chain of buckets which form an elevator for carrying4 supporting an end I power transmitting connections comprising v1330 means whereb tlie transmission of power may be contro ed to start and stop the elevator of said wagon loader.

8. In a wagon loader, the combination of a body frame, a tilting elevator thereon, front and rear Wheels for said body frame, instrumentalities for4 operating said elevator, means to connect the front end ot said frame to a motor truck, so that the wagon loader will travel as a trailer behind the motor truck, and means for raising said front wheels from the ground or street when the wagon loader travels as a trailer behind the motor truck. 4

9. In combination with a motor truck vehicle having a load-carrying receptacle, a portable self-sustaining wagon loader adapted to occupy a position on the ground adjacent said receptacle, thereby to load materials from the ground into said receptacle, and power transmit-ting connections whereby saidwagon loader is operated by the motive power of said vehicle.

10. A structure as specified in claim 9, in combination with draft connections whereby said wagon loader is adapted to travel as a trailer behind said vehicle.

11. The combination of a motor truck, a loading device adapted to be -connected to the rear end of said truck and provided with means for gathering materials from the ground and for conveying them upwardly to discharging position above the truck, and l power transmitting connections between the driving-mechanism of the truck and said loading machine for operation of said gathering and elevating means.

12. The combination of a motor truck, a

loading device adapted to be connected to the rear end of said truck and provided with means for gathering materials from the ground and for conveying them upwardly to discharging position above the truck, and power transmitting connections between the driving mechanism of theV truck and said loading machine for operation of said gathering and elevating means, said loading machine being adapted for independent support when not connected to the truck and being partially supported by the truck when connected.

13. The combination of a motor truck, a loading device adapted to be connected to the rear end of said truck and provided with means for gathering materials from the ground and for conveying them upwardly to discharging position above the truck, and power transmitting connections between the driving mechanism of the truck and said loading machine for operation of said gathering and elevating means, said power transmitting connections including a pinion operable by said driving mechanism, a gear,

meshing with said pinion, and a flexible shaft operable b said gear and connected for operation o said gathering and elevating means. l i i LESLIE A. RUSSELL.