US426406A

US426406A - Store-service apparatus

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Publication number: US426406A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-04-22
Anticipated expiration: 1907-04-22

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

L. G. BOSTEDO.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS. No. 426,406. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet. 2.

L. G. BOSTEDO. STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

No. 426,406. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

LOUIS GARDNER BOSTEDO, OF ATLANTIC, IOII A, ASSIGNOR TO THE BOSTEDO PACKAGE AND CASH CARRIER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,406, dated April 22, 1890.

Application filed May 23, 1888. Serial No. 274,823. (No model.)

To all whom it may-concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS GARDNER Bos- TEDO, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Atlantic, in the county of Cass and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Store-Service Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the operative devices of package and cash carriers of the type described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 369,628, issued to me September 6, 1887, in which type of apparatus there is employed a two-track system, the tracks being located one above the other a proper distance and in the same vertical plane, the upper track being used to convey carriers to the wrapping department and the lower track to return them to the salesman. Stations are arranged at intervals along these tracks, and elevators are employed at such stations, whereby the cars are raised to the dispatching-track and lowered from the return-track. In this type of apparatus no switches or turn-outs are employed; but instead thereof a free track-section placed in the lower track to bridge the spaces between the fixed sections of the track is used and the elevator is hoisted .up through the lower track, lifting out this free track-section and carrying said section with it on its Way to the uppertrack. When the carrier is dispatched on the upper track, the elevator descends and replaces this track-section in the lower track, thereby making said track continuous for the passage of cars to other stations. An obj ection to this construction arises from the fact that in its use the elevator in its upward movement is laden not only with the car,

basket, and contents, but with this removable section; and a further objection is that this removable section is in danger of being thrown out of position by accident, such as the violent jerking of the elevator.

My present invention relates to an improvement whereby the elevator with its carrier is permitted to pass through the lower track to the upper without the use of a detachable track-section; and in carrying out my invention I employ a hinged section for the lower track, adapted to be swung out of the way by the passage of the elevator to the upper track and to be brought back to place to bridge the elevator-gap after the elevator has passed through the lower track in its descent to the salesmans counter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a perspective view of a portion of the tracks at a station, showing the elevator at the lower limit of its movement and below the tracks, and showing the swinging track-section in position to bridge the gap in the lower track and making said trackcontinuous. Fig. 2 is a similar view, but showing the elevator at the upper limit of its travel, the swinging track-section being shown open and in position to permit the return of the elevator.

'Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the lower track,

and showing the pivoted section open to permit the passage of the elevator.

At one part of the operation the elevator comes to rest in the gap in the lower track, and it is provided with a track-section, so that it may receive from said track the carrier. As this operation is fully described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 367,951, issued to myself and Horatio Thomas August 9, 1887, I have not here shown the elevator in the position just described.

In said drawings, Arepresents the forwarding-track, and B the return-track, each of which may consist of a single rail. These tracks are in the same vertical plane and are sufficiently far apart to admit of the passage of the car with its dependent basket. At each track A may be provided with a removable track-section E of the usual construction, or such as shown in the said Patent N 0. 367,951.

Instead of the removable track-section for the lower track. shown in said patent, Iprovide a track-section F, carried by suitable supports which have a torsional connection with a fixed part of the track or with the yoke G, usually employed to support the ends of the main track-rail. In the form of construction shown in the drawings said trackseotion F is provided with two supports II II, which are connected to said section on the side next to the yoke and extend outwardly from the track and away from the track sufficiently to permit the passage of the elevator with its carrier. Said supports carry the rod I, j ournaled in the brackets orsupports J, one end of which is rigidly secured to a fixed part of the apparatus. The elevator D is provided with an arm d, adapted to engage the track-section F as the elevator ascends, whereby to turn the said hinged section back out of the way. In this operation the rod I turns or rocks in its bearings in the brackets J, and to limit the movement I have provided rod I with the bent ends 1', adapted to engage the brackets J. To secure the track-section F in alignment with the abutting ends of the track-rail B, the stops fare employed, secured to the track-section F and adapted to engage the yoke G.

To secure the return of the section F to its place after the elevator has passed through the lower track in its descent, I may employ an arm K, secured to the rod I, through a slot in which the operating-cord L is passed, said cord being provided with a button below arm K, and said cord after passing over sheaves at the top of the guide-rod 0 being secured to the elevator.

In operation, and supposing the various parts to be in the position shown in Fig. 1, if it be desired to dispatch a carrier attached to the elevator, the latter is raised by means of the cord L swinging back the hinged section F in its upward passage and raising the removable track-section E when it has reached the upper track, upon which its carrier is dispatched. The elevator is then lowered to a level with the return-track B, from which it may receive a carrier, and descending from said track will cause the hinged section F to swing back to its place by means of the button 70 pulling on the arm K.

It is obvious that the prineiple of my invention may be embodied in various forms,

and particularly in the manner of supporting and operating the hinged section-as, for example, other means may be substituted for the arm cl, and other portions of the swinging section may be operated upon in order to turn said section out of the way of the elevator.

Other forms and methods of attachment of the supports H, brackets J, and stops 2' may be substituted, and generally the construction of the subordinate features may be varied without departing from the principle of my invention.

It will be observed that I employ the cord L in the usual way to raise and lower the elevator; but I cause said cord to perform an additional function-viz., that of replacing the hinged section of track. I prefer to provide a slot in arm K through which to pass cord L, so that the latter may maintain its proper position with reference to the position of the salesman when the hinged section is thrown back.

I claim- 1. In a store-service apparatus having the forwarding-track vertically above the returntrack, said return-track having a hinged or pivoted track-section adapted to be swung outwardly from the track to permit the pas-.

7 a hinged or pivoted track-section adapted to be swung outwardly from the return-track to permit the passage of the elevator to the forwarding track and to be replaced to make the return-track continuous after the descent of the elevator, substantially as described.

3. In a store-service apparatus in which the forwarding and return tracks are arranged in the same vertical plane, the return-track having a hinged or pivoted track-section adapted to be swung outwardly from said track by the passage of the car-elevator, substantially as described.

4. In a store-service apparatus in which the forwarding-track and return-track are arranged in the same vertical plane, said return-track having a hinged or pivoted tracksection, and a car-elevator adapted to swing said hinged section out of the way of its upward passage, substantially as described, and to return said hinged section to place in its down ward passage.

5. In a store-service apparatus in which the forwarding-track and return-track are arranged in the same vertical plane, said return-track having a hinged track-section, sup ports for said section, comprising brackets secured to a fixed part of the structure and furnishing a bearingfor supports connected to the rail of the hinged section, and a car-elevator adapted to swing said section out of the way of its upward passage, substantially as described.

6. In a store-service apparatus in which the forwarding-track and return-track are arranged in the same vertical plane, said return-track having a hinged or pivoted tracksection comprising a rail, arms or supports secured thereto and pivotally connected to supports secured to a stationary portion of the structure, and a car-elevator adapted to swing said section out of the way of its upward passage, substantially as described.

7. In a store-service apparatus in which the forwarding-track and return-track are arranged in the same vertical plane, said return-track having a hinged or pivoted tracksection adapted to be swung outwardly from the return-track, and a car-elevator having a section of track adapted to bridge the opening in the return-track caused by the removal of the hinged section, substantially as described.

LOUIS GARDNER BOSTED O.