US330101A

US330101A - William fallow

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Publication number: US330101A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-11-10
Anticipated expiration: 1902-11-10

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. W. FALLON.

DUMPING CAR AND SOOW. No. 330,101. Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

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(No Model.) 2 sheets-sheet 2. W. FALLON.

DUMPING CAR AND $UOW.

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WILLIAM FALLON, or NEwBURe, NEW YORK.

DUMPING CAR AND scow.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,101, dated November 10, 1885.

Application filed March 10, 1885. Serial No. 158,374. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FALLON, of Newburg, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Dumping Attachment for Cars and Scows, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to construct scows and cars in such a manner that they can be dumped Very easily and rapidly, and after being dumped can easily be brought back to the normal position.

This invention,which is an improvement on the dumping-car for which United States Letters Patent No. 287,650 were issued to me on the 30th day of October, 1883, consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts and details, as will be fully set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a scow provided with my improved dumping attachment. Fig. 2 is a plan View, the platform being removed. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line am, Fig. 1, the platform being raised. Fig. 4c is an end view,the platform being lowered. Fig. 5 is a detail longitudinal sectional view of the lock and guides on the line y 3 Fig. 4.

Near the ends of the scow A the uprights B are secured, each being provided with a Vertical guide-slot, G, on the central longitudinal line of the scow. The ends of a hingerod, D, extending centrally and longitudinally over the scow, are passed through the slots 0, and through blocks E, arranged to slide vertically 011 the outer sides of the uprights, and in vertically-slotted guides I on the outer sides of the uprights. Heads D are formed on the outer ends of the rod D. Each block E is provided with an opening, F, in which a transverse roller, G, is journaled. Two wings, H, forming the platform for receiving the material to be transported, are hinged on the hinge-rod D, and rest on rollers J, at the upper ends of the inclines of the scow or at the side edges of the supporting-frame of the car. On both surfaces of the end pieces, K, of one wing H metal plates L are secured, which overlap the surfaces of the end pieces of the other wing, and

in the top edge of each end piece of one wing a metal plate or strip, M, of the width of the end piece, is hinged and rests upon the top edge of the adjacent end piece of the other wing, The side pieces, N, of the wings Hare hinged to swing downward and outward in line with the wings H, and are provided with inwardly-projecting catches 0, having hooks O on the upper surfaces. Bevel-hooks P are pivoted on the end pieces, K, near the outer edges of the wings H, to adapt the said hooks to catch on the hooks O of the catches O. The hooks P are connected by cords, chains, or wires B with caps Q on the tops of the uprights B, or are otherwise connected with the tops of the uprights, and prevent the hooks P from dropping farther than is desired. Atransverse lever, S, is pivoted on the top of the scow at or near the middle, and has its ends connected with rods T,eXtending to the opposite ends of the scow, and passed through the uprights B. The rods T have upwardly projecting handles T on the ends. Levers U are pivoted on the top of the scow, and to the said levers U the bolts V are pivoted, which are adapted to pass through apertures in the ends of the uprights B and through the openings F in the blocks E. W W are stops for the lever S.

The operation is as follows: The outer ends of the wings H are raised until they are in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 3, and then either rod T is pulled outward, causing the bolts Vto pass through the openings F in the slides E and over the rollers G in the slides, which slides have been lowered, and thereby the wings are locked in a horizontal position. The hinged sides N are then swung up against the ends of the end pieces, K, and are locked in place by the hooks P, which engage the hooks O of the catches O. The platform or box formed by the wings H, and their end pieces can then be filled with sand, earth, garbage, dredgings, stones, or other material. WVhen the load is to be dumped, either rod T is pushed inward, whereby the bolts V are withdrawn, and the weight on the outer parts of the Wings swings them downward and raises the joint or hinge. As the latches P are held by the wires or chains R, they are automatically disengaged from the latches 0, when the outer edges of the wings The above-described dumping attachment can be applied on cars as well as on scows, as

the dumping attachment remains the same in either case.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a scow or'car, of a platform formed of two wings hinged on a rod passed through vertical slots in uprights on the car or scow, blocks on the said rod, and bolts which engage the said blocks and lock the wings in a horizontal position, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with a scow or car, of a platform formed of two wings, ,a rod passed through vertical slots in uprights on the car or scow, and on which rod the wings are hinged, a lever pivoted on the top of the scow or car, rods extending from the lever to the ends of the car or scow, and of bolts operated from the lever and serving to lock the wings in a horizontal position, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, witha scow or car, of

the vertically-slotted uprights-B, the rod D,.

the wings H, hung on the same, the rollers J, on which the wings rest, and bolts for locking the wings in place when in a horizontal position, substantially as herein set forth.

. 4. The combination, with a scow or car, of the slotted uprights B, the rod D, the wings H,hung on the same, the apertured blocks E on the ends of the rod D, the guides I for the said blocks, and of bolts to be passed through 0 the apertures in thesaid blocks, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. The combination, with a scow or car, of the slotted uprights B, the rod D, the guides I, the blocks E, having apertures F, and roll- 5 ers G, and of bolts to be passed through the apertures in the blocks E, substantially as herein shown and described.

' 6. The combination, with a scow or car, of the wings H, hinged together at their inner edges, and having endpieces,K, of thelatches O on the end pieces, the uprights B, the end pieces, K, the hooks P on the same, and the chains, cords, or wires R, connecting the hooks P with the tops of the standards B, substantially as herein shown and described.

7. The combination, with a scow or car, of the standards B, having vertical slots 0, the rod D, passed through the slots, the blocks E, the wings H, hung on the rod D, the lever S, the rods T, the levers U, connected with the rods T, and the bolts V, connected with the levers U, substantially as herein shown an described.

WILLIAM FALLON.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, EDGAR TATE.