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I. BIRGE.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS. 7 No. 325,385. Patented Sept. 1, 1885.

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STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrcn ISIDORE BIRGFl, OF PHILADELPHIA, PEN XSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE TRANSIT APPARATUS COMPANY, (LIMITED,) OF SAME PLACE.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325.38 dated p ember 1885;

Application filed June 29, 1885. (N model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISIDORE BIRGE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Store-Service Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates in general to the class of store-scrvice apparatus in which the traveli ng carrier is a basket or other goods-receiver suspended from the depending arm or hanger of a one or two wheeled truck, the, wheel or wheels of which travel upon an elevated track composed of a single rail.

My invent-ion relates, specifically, to the carrier receivers or devices for receiving the carriers at the end of a given line of track, and for permitting of the descent or bringing down of said carriers, one by one, from the level of the track to a lower level and to within the reach of an attendant; and it also relates to devices of a somewhat similar character, which may be termed send off devices, and which are employed for elevating the carriers from a lower level and depositing them upon a track; and its object is the provision of a convenient cord or rope and pulley arrangement,by the employment of which, in connection with the terminal extremity of a returning track and the advance extremity of a- .delivcrytrack, and likewise in connection with both the receiving and the sendoff de' vices proper, a single pulling-rope is caused to do duty both for operating the receiver, so as to permit of the bringing down of the carrier from the returning-track, and for operating the send-off contrivance, so as to occasion the elevation to and deposit of the carrier upon the delivery-track.

In the accompanying drawings, which rep resent apparatus conveniently embodying my improvements, the four figures are all views, partly in side elevation and partly in perspective, of a receiver and send-off placed close together, so as to constitute a station, and connected together by a carrier cord which is common to both, and which is operated by a single pulling-cord,after the manner of my invention.

In Figure l the parts occupy the position which they respectively occupy when the apparatus is at rest. In this position the carrier arrester blocks the returning-track, and both the receiver and send-off occupy their depending or vertical positions.

In Fig. 2 the parts occupy the positions which they occupy in Fig. 1, with the exception that the send-off cord R, which is connected with the carriercord, has been pulled down to bring down the carrier-cord through the send-off, so as to permit of the placingof a carrier which is to be dispatched upon said cord. The dotted lines indicate the position which the carrier-cord takes when the carrier is placed upon it. In this position the double pulley P is lifted somewhat.

In Fig. 3 the parts are represented in the position which they occupy when traction is being exerted downward upon the single pulling-rope Q, which is connected with the double pulley, and when the carrier which is to be dispatched has been almost raised up to within the send-ofi. In this position the traction exerted upon the pulling-rope has caused the lifting of the receiver, and consequently the tilting of the arrester, so as to permit the carrier,designated as No. 1 in Fig. 2,and which is shown in said figure as having arrived and having been arrest-ed by the arrester, to gravitate into the receiver, so that so soon as carrier No. 2-, which, as shown in Fig. 2, has been placed upon the cord, and which, as shown in said Fig. 3, is being raised up, has been, as shown in Fig. 4, discharged upon the delivery-track, the said carrier No. 1 can be, upon the release of the single pulling-rope, brought down upon the carrier-cord.

In Fig. 4 the said carrier No. 2 is shown as traveling off upon the delivery-track, while the carrier No. I is shown as descending upon the carrier-cord. In this position the weight of the carrier Ho. 1 is sufficient to maintain the send-oft in the horizontal position into which it was lifted by the traction exerted upon the single pullingcord in the action (represented in said Fig. 3) of lifting up and send ing off the carrier No. 2.

After the carrier No. 1 (represented as descending in Fig. 4) has been taken off the carrier-cord, the send-off drops, and the double pulley descends until all the parts are established in the position represented in Fig. 1.

to me in and by Letters Patent No. 291,280,

granted January l, 1884:. The specific form of receiver represented in the drawings, how ever, embodiesv certain improvements made by me and constituting the subject-matter of an application for patent filed by me in the United States Patent Office, April 23, 1885, as Serial No.163,224, and also embodies other improvements upon my improved receiver invented by Selden G. North, and constituting the subject-matter of an application for patent filed by him in the United States Patent Office, April 24, 1885, as Serial No. 163,253.

It is proper, however, to say that while I have represented a receiver of the above character, yet that other receiving devices operating in a similar manner can be substituted instead of the receiver shown. The receiver in question, briefly described, operates in conjunction with the terminal of the returning-track and is conveniently pivoted thereto. It is composed of two suitably-shaped side plates, 0, connected and sustained together by a suit able cover or otherwise held in fixed but suitably-distant relationship. Close to one side plate and connected therewith is the trackbar c",which,when the receiver is raised, eonstitutes a continuous connection of the track 13. e is a detent pivoted to the track-bar of the receiver and connected with the common carrier-cord D.

c are friction-rolls for the cord, which are housed in the receiver. The receiver, therefore, is itself a cage inclosed at sides and top, the floor of which, when in the horizontal position represented in Fig. 3, is constituted by the track-bar c or continuation of the track. \Vhen in a vertical position, the receiver is in effect a suspended pocket or cage, from which curved, channeled, or guttered lever, conveniently'pivoted at or near its center to a bracket, 6, depending from the forked suspender I).

The front arm of the arrester is designated 6 and the back arm 0 Y F is a lever of the first order, pivoted to the forked suspender and connectingthe arrester with the receiver. The operation of this receiver is fully set forth in my application above referred to. The entire arrangement constitutes a positively-operating combined receiver and arrester, in which the rear arm of the arrester occasions the blocking of the track when the receiver is dropped, and in which the front arm of said arrester when the receiver is lifted is deflected to admit the advance of the carrier upon the track.

I do not herein seek to claim the invention of the receiver, the arrester, or the connection between them, as these features are already made the subjects of applications for patents, as referred to. I have simply described them because some description is necessary for a full comprehension of the improvements.

G is what I call a send-off, it being a cage-like device pivoted to the delivery-track A, and containing a track-bar, 9, similar to the track-bar of the receiver, except that it is coextensive with the length of the send-off and not continued by a dete'ut.

g are friction-rolls applied to the send-off for the carrier-cord to run through. The sendoff represented is a convenient one; but any other send -off of similar general operation may, of course, be employed instead of that represented.

D is the carrier cord, which is common to and operative of both the send-off and the receiver. It passes over a pulley, d, located above the receiver, over a pulley, (1, located above the sendoff, and also over a pulley, d located between the said pulleys d d". The said three pulleys are all-suspensory pulleys, over the tops of which the cord runs and bears. These pulleys are supported by arms dfiwhich are connected conveniently to rods erected from the forked suspenders. The carriercord in line below the middle pulley, (1, passes in opposite directions around and beneath two pulleys, together constituting a double pulley, I, contained in a suitable housing, 19, to which is connected and from which depends a single pulling-rope, Q. The course of the carrier-cord is from the receiver over the pol; ley (1, down and around one of the pulleys of the double pulley P, up and around the middle pulley, d down and around the other pulley of the double pulley P, up and around the pulley (P, and down to the send-off.

R is what I term a send-off cord, provided with a little ring, 1', pulley, or other equivalent contrivance, through which the carrier-cord is threaded, which is applied, as shown, to the sendoff. The office of this send-off cord is to permit the operator to draw down the earrier-cord from the position which it is represented as occupying in Fig. 1,to that depicted in Fig. 2, so that a carrier may be placed upon its, for the time being, bight.

In the drawings, the carrier, which is shown as being sent off, is designated as No. 2, while that shown as being received is designated as No. 1.

Having now described a convenient construction of an apparatus embodying my invention, its operation will, I believe, he sufficiently understood. Suffice it, however, to recite briefly that at rest the parts occupy relatively the position shown in Fig. 1. In this position of parts, when a carrier arrives on the returning-track and is to be brought down,traction is exerted upon the pulling-rope Q, until both the send-off and the receiver are lifted to the horizontal position. The lifting of the send-off is simply incidental. As, how ever, the receiver assumes its horizontal position, the arrester lifts and the carrier upon the returning-track runs into the receiver, after which a release of the cord occasions the descent of the said carrier, after the manner represented in Fig. 4. Then, on the other hand, it is desired to send-oft'a carrier, no car rier being in readiness to be taken down, the send-oftcord is pulled, as shown in Fig. 2, and the carrier to be sent off placed upon the carrier-cord. Traction is then exerted upon the pulling-rope, with the result that the carrier to be sent off is lifted, as represented in Fig. 3, and dispatched after the manner represented in Fig. 3 and also in Fig. 4. If, however, in the meanwhile, and during this action shown in Fig. 3, a returning carrier has arrived and been, the arrester being of course lifted, received in the receiver, after the carrier to be dispatched has been sent off the returned carrieris, upon the release of the pulling-cord, caused to descend, as shown in Fig. 4. It will therefore be apparent that a single carrying-cord which is common to both receiver and sendoff, will act to operate either the receiver or the send-off separately, or will operate or may be operated in such manner as to occasion the conjoint operation of both receiver and send-off, as already described.

The device is simple, not liable to get out of order, and saves the necessity of the employment of separate carrier-cords in connec tion with both receiver and the send-off.

It is obvious, as already stated, that it is immaterial as to what precise construction of sendoff and receiver is resorted to, and also immaterial as to how the various overhead pulleys and double pulleys are supported, the construction represented being, however, a convenient and efiective one.

If desired, the carrier-cord may be pulled down by hand or by a long hook. The send-off cord is, however, advisable.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a store service apparatus, the combination of a receiver, a send-oil, and a carriercord operating in connection with and common to both receiver and send-off.

2. In a storescrvice apparatus, the combination of areeeivcr, a'send-oli', a carrier-cord operating in connection with and common to both receiver and sendoff, and asingle pulling-rope for operating said carrier-cord, substantially as set forth.

3. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a receiver, a send-off, a carrier-cord operating in connection with and common to both receiver and send-off, and pulleys above said receiver and send-off over which the cord passes. V

4. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a receiver, a send-off, a carrier-cord operating in connection with and common to both receiver and sendcfit, a pulley above the receiver, a pulley above the send-off, a pulley intermediate between said pulleys, and a double pulley, substantially as set forth.

5. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a receiver, a send-off, a carrier-cord operating in connection with and common to both receiver and send-off, a pulley above the receiver, a pulley above the send-off, a double pulley beneath which the carrier-cord passes after it has passed over the pulleys above the receiver and send-off, and a pulley above the double pulley over which the cord also passes, substantially as set forth.

6. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a receiver, a send-off, a carrier-cord operating in connection with and common to both receiver and sendoff, a pulley above the receiver, a pulley above the send-off, adouble pulley beneath which the carrier'cord passes after it has passed over the pulleys above the receiver and sendoff, a pulley above the double pulley over which the cord also passes, and a single pulling-rope connected with the double pulley, substantially as set forth.

7. In a store-service apparatus, the c01nbination of a receiver, a sendoff, a carrier-cord operating in connection with and common to both receiver and send-off, a pulley above the receiver, a pulley above the send-off, a double pulley beneath which the carrier-cord passes after it has passed over the pulleys above the receiver and sendoff, a pulley above the double pulley over which the cord also passes, a single pulling rope connected with the double pulley, and a send-off cord connected with that portion of the carrier-cord which operates in connection with the send-off, substantially as set forth.

8. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a receiver, an arrester, means for occasioning the operation of the arrester by the receiver, a send-off, and a carrier-cord common to and operating in connection with both receiver and send-oil, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 23d day of June, A. D. 1885.

IsInon-n BIRGE.

In presence of J. BONSALL TAYLOR, \VM. 0. Srnawnnincn.

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