US1576336A - Grave filler - Google Patents

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March 9 1926.

W. KRONSBEIN GRAVE FILLER Filed Dec. 18, 1924 2 Sheets-5heet 1 INVENTOR WILHEZM KRONSBE/l/ ATTORNEY March 9 1926. 1,576,336

W. KRONSBEIN GRAVE FILLER Filed DEC. 18, 1924 'INVENTOR mursm IKRO/VSBEW ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 9, 1926.

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WILHELM KRONSBEIN, OFYCAMPBELL HILL, ILLINOIS.

GRAVE FILLER.

Application filed December 18, 1924. Serial No. 756,790.

To all whom it may concern: 9 I

Be it known that I, WILHELM KRoNsBnIN, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Campbell Hill, in the county of Jackson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grave Fillers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawlngs.

This invention relates to machines for filling graves or doing work of like character, and particularly to a device of this character wherein there is a dumping bodyor con tainer adapted to hold the earth and pivotal- 1y mounted upon a wheeled support or truck so that the body may be tipped to thereby discharge the earth into the grave.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will I provide means for filling a grave quickly and efficiently and so constructed that it may be drawn from one grave'to another.

A further object is to provide means whereby any desired amount of earth may be discharged from the body into the grave.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character in which a screw is used for raising the forward end of the dumping body to thereby discharge'the last bit of earth from this body.- y I Another objectis to provide a device of this character in which a series of gates are provided at the discharge or rear end of the dumping body, these gates being so arranged that they may be lifted one by one to discharge a certain quantity of earth from the dumping body.-

Still another object is to provide improved means for raising or lowering theumping body, this means permitting the tiltlng thereof and securlng relatively great power with a relatively small expenditure of energy. I

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein 1- Figure 1 is a top plan view of my grave filler;

Figure'2 is a side elevation thereof;

Figure 3 isa fragmentary rear elevation of the body showing in dotted'li'nes the manner in which the end gates are raised;

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the supporting base for the body; I

Figure 5 is a rear elevation of the front rolleror wheel and its mounting;

Figure 6 is a top plan view thereof;

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Figure 7 is a bottom view of the housing I for the work gear;

Figure 8 is a top view of the pillar block upon which the worm and gear housing swivels;

Figure 9 1s an elevation of the combined I of Figure 10;

Figure 12 is an elevation of the worm and worm wheel. Referring to these drawings, and particularly to Figures 1 and 2, it will be seen that my'construction providesa truck, designated generally 10, and a body resting upon the truck. The truck has a front wheel 11 supported in a bearing bracket 12 having a forward extension 13 within which a handle let is pivoted, this bearingbracket having an upwardly extending trunnion 15 which engages in a suitable opening in the'Vshaped frame 16 constituting the main member of the truck, this member 16 having its apex disposed forwardly and having a, central opening 16 at its forward end into which the upwardly projecting trunnion 15 engages so that the bearing bracket 12 will oscillate on said trunnion and thus guide truck.

Mounted upon the rear end of thetruck 10 are two brackets 19, each havingspaced ears,

The body of the truck is supported by'means of a member 20. Mounted upon this iron is the body 21. I This body is slightly flaring toward its rear end and has a rounded front end and side walls, 22. Normally the supporting member 20 is disposed as illustrated in Figure 2, inclining downward and rearward, and the rear ends of the walls 22 extend upward and rearward. The forward end of the supporting member 20 has an opening 23 for the passage of the elevating screw 24:, as will be later stated, which op crates to raise and lower the forward end of the body 21. It will be obvious that when theforward end of the body is raised that the earth will be discharged from the rear end of the body after the manner of a dump Mounted upon the side Walls are the angular supporting irons 25 which project out beyond the edges of the side walls and extend upward so as to form supporting hooks, and coacting with these hooks are a series of end gates 26, as illustrated in Figure 3, these end gates being provided at one end with trunnions 27 and at the 0pposite end with combined trunnions and handles 28. These trunnions are seated within the hook-shaped irons 25, as illustrated in Figure 2, and each end gate is relatively narrow but has a width equal to the width of the body 21, but each end gate is sufliciently wide so that it extends down behind the end gate below, while the lowermost end gate extends downward behind a pair of cleats mounted upon the body and extending upward slightly above the bottom thereof.

As illustrated in Figure 3, when it is desired to dump a certain portion of earth out of the body, the uppermost en'd gate 26 may be raised, as shown in dotted lines, and a certain portion of earth will fall into the grave. If it be desiredto do so, of course, the lowermost end gate may be raised to discharge a certain amount of earth, but it is designed that the top end gate shall be raised first and a certain amount of earth discharged and then the second end gate, etc. After these end gates are all raised and the earth which was held by them has been dumped into the grave, the forward end of the body is raised by the screw 24 and thisallows the remaining earth to be discharged gently and gradually into the grave.

The means for raising the forward end of the body comprises the screw 24, as previously stated, Mounted upon the under face of the member 20 at the forward end thereof is a pillar block 29 which is attached by bolts or other suitable means to the member 20and which has the downwardly depending ears 30. This member 29 is provided with an opening 31 in its center .through which the screw 24 is adapted to pass. Coacting with. this pillar block 29 is a supporting member 32 having a central opening 33 in its top and bottom for the passage of the screw 24. As illustrated in Figure 2, this supporting member has upwardly projecting ears 34 which are disposed on each side of and embrace the ears 30 and are pivoted thereto by a pivot pin This member 32 is in the form of a housing or is formed to provide a transversely extending opening 36, and within this opening is disposed a worm wheel 37 internally screw-threaded, as at 38, and engaging the screw 24. This worm wheel 37 is operated by means of a worm 39 which is mounted in suitable bearing ears 40 formed on the member 32, the shaft of the worm 38 carrying a crank 41 whereby this worm wheel may be operated, The worm 24 at its lower end is pivotally mounted between cars 42 on a plate 43 which is attached to the member 16 at its forward end, and thus it will be obvious that as the crank 41 is turned the rotation of the screw-threaded Worm wheel 37 which constitutes a nut will cause the rotation of the housing within which this nut is disposed and which in turn will cause the rotation of the truck body at one end, the pivot pins 35 and 44 permitting the supporting plate 29 to be turned into angular position with relation to the housing 32 as the. body is elevated, the dropping of the screw preventing all liability of the parts to jam or lock. Preferably a ball thrust bearing 45 is provided, as shown in Figures 10 and 11, which is disposed between the worm wheel 37 and the top wall of the housing 32 and which-permits the free rotation of the gear wheel 37 without any chance of the gear wheel binding under a minimum of power.

While I have illustrated the use of a plurality of end gates at the discharge end of the body 21, I do not wish to be limited thereto as it is obvious that an ordinary end gate might be used and lifted to a greater or less amount and then as the body is tilted through the instrumentality of the screw 24, the earth will gradually be discharged from the body. It will likewise be noted that the body'overhangs the truck so that the truck maybe backed up to a grave and the earth will fall into the grave.

This device, it-will be seen, will greatly facilitate the quick and eflicient filling of graves and does away with the hard manual labor usually requisite while relatives and friends of the deceased are present. The device may be operated with great ease and may be readily drawn from grave to grave.

lVhile I have illustrated certain features of this device which I believe to be articularly valuable, I do not wish to be limited thereto as it is obvious that many changes might be made in the details. of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim 1. A grave filler comprising a truck, a body pivotally mounted upon the truck at its rear end for swinging movement in a vertical plane, the side walls of the body having upwardly and rearwardly inclined rear ends, supporting irons mounted one be low another upon the rear ends'of the side walls and projecting beyond the sidewalls and having upwardly turned 'rear ends, and a plurality of end gates havingtrunnions engaging said irons, the end gates being thereby mounted for independent removal and said gates normally closing the rear end of the body.

2. A grave filler of the character described comprising a truck having supporting wheels, a body mounted upon the truck and pivoted to the truck at its rear end for movement in a vertical plane, the side walls of the body having rearwardly projecting, upwardly extending hooks, and a 'series of end gates formed with trunni'ons engageable in said hooks, the end gates being of such width that the lower edge of one will be disposed behind the upper edge of the adjacent end gate, one of said trunnions on each end gate being formed to constitute a handle whereby the end gate may be raised and manipulated.

3. In a construction of the character described, a truck, a screw pivotally connected at its lower end to said truck, a body hingedly mounted upon the truck at one end, the other end having an aperture for the passage of said screw, an internally screwthreaded worm wheel mounted upon the screw, a housing for said worm wheel, a manually operable worm carried by said housing and engaging the worm wheel, the upper end of the housing being formed with two upwardly projecting, perforated ears, and a pillar block attached to the under face of the body at its forward end and apertured for the passage of the screw, said pillar block having ears coacting with the ears on theahousing and pivoted thereto.

4. A dumping wagon of the character described comprising a truck having supporting wheels, a body hinged at its rear end to the truck, the forward end of the body being free to move vertically upward and being apertured, a screw pivotally connected to the forward end of the truck and passing up loosely through said aperture, an internally threaded worm wheel constitutinga nut and engaging said screw, a housing for the worm wheel carrying a worm engaging with the worm wheel and having a crank whereby it may be operated, the upper end of the housing being formed with two upwardly projecting ears and having a central aperture through which the screw loosely passes, and a pillar block mounted upon the under face of the body and having downwardly projecting ears pivotally connected to the ears of the housing, said pillar block having an aperture through which the screw looselypasses whereby to raise or lower the forward end of the truck.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

WILI-IELM KRONSBEIN.

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