US259072A - Automatic slop and swill carrier - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.) I

I 0. 0. ADAMS,

AUTOMATIG SLO]? AND SWILL CARRIER.

Patented June 6, 1882..

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PATENT OFFICE.

LOWELL, MICHIGAN.

AUTOMATIC SLOP AND SWILL CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,072, dated June 6, 1882.

Application filed April 12,188'3.- (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ORRIN O. ADAMS, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Lowell, in the countyof Kent and State of Michigan, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Automatic Slop and Swill Carriers; and I do hereby declare that the fol. lowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of aperspectiveview of my invention. Fig. 2is a rear view of the post. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bucket; Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view.

This invention has relation to automatic devices for carrying and depositing slop, swill, &c.; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement, in connection with an inclined cable-track and supports, of a hangercarriage, suspending-rods,- a bucket having notched ears or bearings at its sides, and an angular spreading device.

The invention also consists, in connection ble-track, the bucket, and the automatic dumping devices, of the retracting=cord, its reel and spring-connection, and the reversing-weight connected to a spool on the reel-shaft by a cord or tape, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a tion of about one inch in fifteen, and securely attached by one end to the wall of a house or building by means of a screw-eye or other common fastening. The other end of the cabletrack is designed to be secured firmly by means of a stake, b, driven into the ground. The cable-track is carried over the crossed standards a, which are adjustable in order to secure the proper inclination for the cable a. When the track is'required to be of considerable length, or is necessarily bent in direction at any point,- intermediate supports, 6!, are employed, these supports being arranged with arms 0 extending vertically upward under the cable, so as not to obstruct the upper or track surface thereof, on which the grooved wheels g of hanger=carriage A run.

. B represents the'traveling bucket, which receives, carries, and deposits the slop or swill.

At or near its upper edge lateral notches or bearings h are formed, and at oralittle below its center of gravity, when full, suspending-rods 7c are pivoted laterally, as indicated in the drawings. Thesesuspending-rodskare jointed at l, and are connected attheir upper ends to a cross-bar, m, having at its ends hooks or other suitable fastening devices or catches to engage the ends of the connecting-rods 74.

To the standards 0 are secured horizontal rods or arms 1), which form an angular junction with each other or extend toward each other in an angular manner; or a V-shaped frame may be employed, secured to stakes or standards, and including an angle large enough to spread the upper portions of the jointed suspending-rods k as the bucket in its descent along the inclined cable approaches the end of its journey at the standards-o, which are situated over the trough, spout, pen, or other place of deposit. By means of the angular spreader p the lateral rods k are disengaged from the lateral notches h of the bucket, and

the latter, by the operation of the force of gravitation and by the checking of its forward movement,immediately turns bottom upward, and deposits its contents in a forward direc tion intothe spout or other receptacle.

A small cord, at, is attached to the hangercarriage, a spiral spring, s, being interposed, and this cord extends under the cable-track to a reel, R, which is arranged in bearings near the house or building at the upper end of the cable-track. Usually the shaft of the reel It extends through a hollow post, D, or chute made of boards, and serving as weight-chamber for the weight W, which is connected to a spool, I, on the reel-shaft by means of a cord, or, preferably, a metallic tape, t. The tape t is designed to be wound in the reverse direction on the spoolI, so that when the retracting-cord n is unwound by the descent of the hanger on the cable-track, the tape t will be wound upon its spool, and when the bucket overturns and discharges its contents asmall weight, w, at= tached to its bottom, serves to bring it again into the upright position, andthe weight W the reverses the movement of the hanger-carriage and draws it back upon the cable-track until the bucket has returned to its original position. The spring 8 at the end of the retractingcord n is designed to prevent any injury to the metallic tape it or other part of the mechanism 5 on account of the sudden stoppage of the bucket at the end of its downward movement.

At the upper end of the cable-track a holdingspring, G, serves to engage awheel ot' the carriage and keep it in position until inten- IO tionally released.

Having described this invention, what I clainnand desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. An automatic carrier for swilhslops, &c.,

I5 consisting of an inclined cable-track and its supports, a hanger-carriage, jointed suspending-rods, a bucket having notched ears or bearings at its sides and laterally pivoted to the lower ends of said suspending-rods, and an 20 angular spreader, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the hanger-carriage and the inclined cable-track, the bucket, and the automatic dumping devices,of the retractingcord, its spring and reel, the reversing-weight, its spool on the reel-shaft, and the 2 5 connecting cord or tape reversely wound on said spool, substantially as specified.

3. In an automatic carrying and dumping device, the combination, with a. hanger-earriage and lateral jointed rods 7c, pivoted to a 30 bucket below said carriage, of the lateral notches or bearings 71. on said bucket, and an angular spreader, 12, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence 35 of two witnesses.

ORRIN OMAR ADAMS.

Witnesses JAMES A. LYON, MILTON M. PERRY.

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