US1539622A - Manure loader - Google Patents

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May 26, 1925. I 1,539,622

E. L. AMUNDSON MANURE LOADER Filed May 8, 1923 2 Sheets-sheet 1 Y gwue'nfoz May 26, 1925. 1,539,622

7 E. L. AMUNDSQN MANURE LOADER Filed May 8, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lll Patented May 26, 1925.

UNITED sTATEe n) L. AMUNDSON, F HENNING, Mmnnsown.

MANTJB-E LOADEB.

Application filed May 8,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, En L. AMUNDsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kenning, in the county of Otter Tail and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manure Leaders; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention has for its object the pro vision of a machine for loading manure,

- gous fertilizer into a wagon whereby it is spread or supplied to the ground to be. enriched.

urther object of the invention is the of a machine of the character on may be readily manipulated in the o elation of loading, the work being performed by power derived from a motor and controlled by levers.

(Ether objects and advantages will be ap parent and suggest then selves as the nature oi ahe i vention is understood.

llhile the drawings illustrate an embodi- .ent of the invention it is to be underthat in adapting the same to meet 'entconditions and requirements, va- 1 changes in the form, proportion and or detai s of construction may be resorted without departing from the nat of the invention.

lteferring to the accompanying drawin s forming a part of the application:

Figure l is a side view of a manure loader embodying the invention,

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof,

Figure 3 is a front view,

Figure 4 a detail view of the mechanism for effecting a swinging of the mast, and

Figure 5 is a detail view in rear eleva tion of the fork.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the dravn ings by like reference characters.

The numeral 1 designates the bed of a wagon which receives the parts comprising the loading mechanism. A motor 2 of any preferred type is mounted upon the bed 1 and is belted or otherwise geared to the jack whereby the loading mechanism is operated.

A standard 3 is located at one end of 18-23. Serial No. 537,589.

lower end hereofand is stayed at its upper outer end by means of a brace 7 which is connected to the u'pp erend of the standard 3. A double sheafpulley 8 is located at the uppe'nend of the standard 3 and cables Eland '10 pass thereover. Other sheave pulleys l1, l2'and 13 are located at intervals 'in the length of the mast 6, the cable passing over the pulley 11 and the cable passing around the pulleys'12 and 13. it boom 1'4 pivoted to the mast 6 is prov ded with sheave pulleys 15 and 16, the e .le 9 passing around'the pulley 1'5 and the cable 10 passing around the pulley A fork 17 ispivoted tot'he boom 14 a sheave pulley 18' is connected thereto and receives the cable 10. The lower end of the cable 9 is attached to the fork 17. Cne end of the cable 10 is attached to the upper end of the mast 6. The opposite end of the cable 9 is connected to a drum and is adapted to wind thereon. The other end of the cable 10 is connected to a drum 19 and is adapted to wind thereon. The drums 19 and 20 are loose on the respective shafts 21 and 22 and are adapted to be engaged therewith by clutch members 23 and 2% which are operable by means of levers 25 and 26. A gear wheel fast to the shaft 21 is in mesh with a gear wheel 28 fast to the shaft 22. The gear wheel 28 is in mesh with a gear wheel 29 fast to a shaft 30 which is belted or otherwise geared to the motor 2. A bevel crown gear 31 fast to the outer end of the shaft 22 is adapted to cooperate with a double ended bevel pinion 32 slidably mounted on a shaft 34 and rotatable therewith and adapted to be shifted by means of a lever 35 whereby to rotate the shaft in reverse directions as required. A transverse shaft 36 is geared to the longitudinal shaft 34 and has a pinion 38 fast thereto which is in mesh with a gear wheel 39 fast to the lower end of the post 5. It will thus be understood that rotation of the shaft 34 in one direction or the other effects a corresponding movement of the post 5 with the result that the mast 6 and boom 14 carried n a mast oextends outwardly from the thereby are swung laterally whereby to carry the fork 17 to and from the pile of ma nure to be loaded upon the wagon.

When the fork 17 is swung to'the pile of manure, the lever 25 is operated to throw the drum 19 into clutch engagement with the shaft 21, whereby to wind the cable 10 thereon and operate the fork 17 so as to load the same and when loaded, the lever 35 is operated to move the fork 17 from the pile of manure to the wagon, after which the drum 19 is released and the drum 20 thrown into clutch engagement with the shaft 22, whereby to wind the cable 9 thereon and o erate the fork 17 to effect a discharge of the load into the wagon, after the operation is repeated.

What is claimed is:

l. A machine of the class described having a mast, a boom depending therefrom, a loading device extending from the boom intermediate its ends, operating cables for said loading device, pulleys on said boom on opposite sides of the loading device over which the respective cables pass, one of said cables being fastened to said mast, another of said cables being fastened to said loading device, pulleys on the mast over which each cable passes, and independently operable drums to control the respective cables.

2. In a machine of the character specified, a bed, a standard. rising therefrom, a vertically disposed post journaled on said standard, a gear wheel at the lower end of said standard, a transverse shaft on said standard in driving relation to said gear wheel, a longitudinal shaft adjacent one side the mast, aloading device supported from the boom, pulleys on the boom one on each side of said device, cables trained over said pulleys, one of said cables being fastened to said device, the other cable being fastened to said mast, pulleys on said mast on opposite sides of the cable connection thereat and over which said cables are trained, said cables being connected to said drums, and a pulley on said standard over which said cables are trained.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ED L. AMUNDSON. WVitnesses:

T. H. HASTINGS, C. W. BARKER.

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