US455273A - Cash and parcel carrier - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

D. E. CAMPBELL.

- CASH AND RARGRL CARRIER.

No. 455,273. Patented June 30, 1891.

,l Llglmm ,5 "2 J- I a mgm l. l l l f+ i c l Wrnesses f Tur/uib? jez' UNTED STATES f' PATENT OFFICE DAVID E. CAMPBELL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CASHAND PARCEL oARmER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,273, dated J une 30, 1891. Application iled February 24, 1891. Serial No. 382,339. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVIDE. CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cash and Parcel `Car riers, of which the following` is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of carrlers in which a car, to which areceptacle for the cash and memoranda or parcels is attached, travels on a track or wire extending from station tostation; and the object of my invention is to provide means, simple in construction and arrangement, for sending the car along its path and for receiving and retaining it at the stations; and the invention consists in the parts and .combinations of parts, hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the car, showing its propelling-band in position; and Fig. 3 a top plan' detail showing the end of the bent lever and its mode of Contact with the depending bar.

A is a hanger or standard, hereinafter called a hang-er, composed of f a suitable number of sections, as a. and a.q In the form shown one end of section a takes into a socket a2 on section a', and the other end into a socket as attached to the ceiling. The section a is secured in the sockets by means of set-screws al a4, and preferably has sufficient longitudinal play therein to aord a means for regulating the length of the hanger. A wire B serving as a track is stretched from hanger to hanger, and may be continued beyond the hanger and secured to the wall or ceiling.

C is a car having wheels c and adapted to travel upon the wire. The car has a receptacle c for cash, memoranda, parcels, 85e., attached in such manner that it may be readily removed and replaced. An arm a5 extends from the hanger and has hinged thereto a bar D. I have shown this bar curved inwardly and provided at its lower end with a fork d, through which the car may pass.

E is a spring, preferably an elastic band, secured to the fork. I have illustrated the prongs of the fork as provided with tubular passages cl', through which the band E may take and in which it may be secured. The

elastic band takes under a lip c2 upon the car and serves as the means for propelling it. Av second arm a is attached to the hanger at' a suitable point, preferably below the arm a5, and has pivoted thereto a lever F, shown as a bent lever, the end of which has an anti-friction roller f mounted thereon. A band f eX tends beyond the end of the lever and around the bar D, serving to hold the latter'in place. A rod f2 or similar operating device is attached to the outer end of the lever F. Pulling the rod throws the end of the lever F to which the roller f is attached up the incline formed by the curve in the bar and the forked end of the bar away from the end of the car, around which the elastic band takes, creating tension on the latter for producing the motive force to propel the car. This construction gives the car a direct forward movement, an equal strain being exerted on either side thereof, and prevents it from rocking. The bar D may be dispensed with and the elastic band E attached to the lever F, but I prefer to use the construction shown. Aspring]c3 serves to throw the lever into its normal position after the rod has been operated. A third arm 0.7 is attached to the hanger, preferably below the other two, and has pivoted thereto a lever G, jointed to a second lever H, pivoted on ablock I, supported on the wire B. The levers Gr and H, preferably, have the shape of cranklevers, hinged so as to form a toggle-joint between their pivotalpoints. The lever H is provided wit-h a catch h, adapted to hold the car C in place. therefrom a rod f4, taking through an eye in the end of the lever G and provided with a collar f5, adjustably secured thereto. When the lever F is operated it carries with it the rod f4, the collar on the rod, when properly set, abutting against and actuating the lever G at the appropriate moment, thereby actuating lever H and throwing the catch h out of engagement with the car, which is then sped on its way by the tension of the elastic band E. A spring g serves to return the lever G to its normal position. A suitable 'stop g is provided to guide the lever Gr in its movement and to limit its throw.

Then a car is received at a station its forward end will pass through the fork d, the lip c? taking over the elastic band, which The lever F has depending IOO meanwhile has been resting on the wire. The forward end of the car will next throw the catch 7L into position and strike an elastic .buffer i, attached to the block 'I. To guard against jarring when the car reaches a station,

I prefer to so mount the block I that it may move longitudinally upon the wire B, and to provide a spring-bearing i', which permits the block I to yield when the` car strikes it and serves to return the block to its normal position. The spring may take around a rod i2, which takes through 4and slides in the hanger. The spring t" bears against elastic washers t3 and 4, and the outer end of the sliding rod 'i2 is provided with an elastic washer i5.

To insure the fork d remaining in a central position over the wire,I provide the section of the hanger to which the arm a5 is attached with a brace a8, taking over that part ot' the wire which extends from the hanger to the wall or ceiling, thereby preventing a turning of the hanger on its axis. p

I claiml. The combination, in a cash and vparcel carrier, of a track, a car adapted to travel thereon, a hanger, an arm extending from the hanger, a bar pivoted to the arm and depending therefrom, a spring for propelling the car, a catch for holding the car while tension is being applied to the spring, a lever the end of which takes against and travels along the bar, thereby7 throwing the arm outward and applying tension to the spring, and tripping mechanism for releasing the car from the catch, substantially as and for the purpose specilied.

2. rlhe combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track, a car adapted to travel thereon, a hanger, an arm extending therefrom, a bar hinged thereto, a fork at the end of the bar adapted to take over the ear, a spring secured to the fork and adapted to engage with the car, a catch for the car, a lever the end of which takes against and travels along the bar, thereby throwing the arm outward and applying tension to the spring, and tripping mechanism for releasing the car, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track, a car adapted to travel thereon, a spring for propelling the car, a hanger, a lever adapted to apply tension to the spring, a second lever, a lever jointed thereto, a catch carried thereby adapted to hold the car while tension is being applied to the spring, and a rod extending from the tirstl lever adapted to actuate the second lever and throw the catch out of engagement with the ear, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track, a car adapted to travel thereon, a spring for propelling the car, a hanger, a lever adapted to apply tension to the spring, a second lever, a lever jointed thereto, a catch carried thereby adapted to hold the car while tension is being applied to the spring, a rod extending from the first lever adapted to actuate the second lever and throw the catch out of engagement with the ear, and a stop limiting the throw of the lever, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track, a car, a spring, a hanger, a lever for applying tension to the spring, a crank-lever supported by the hanger, a second crank-lever jointed thereto and carrying a catch 'for the car, a rod extending from the tension-lever and adapted to trip one of the crank-levers whereby the catch is thrown out of engagement with the car, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

G. The combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track and a car adapted to travel thereon, with the hanger A, the arm a5, the bar D, hinged to the arm and provided with means for propelling the car, the catch h, the arm a, the lever F, supported thereby, the band f', taking about the bar D, and tripping mechanism for throwing the catch out of engageinent with the car, substantially as and for the purpose speciiied.

7. The combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track anda car adapted to travel thereon, with the hanger A, the arm a5, the bar D, hinged to the arm and provided with means for propelling the car, the catch 7L, the

'arm as, the lever F, supported thereby, .the

band j, taking about the bar D, theroller f, and tripping mechanism for throwing the catch out of engagement with the ear, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

S. The combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track and a car adapt-ed to travel thereon with the hanger A, the arm a5, the bar D, hinged to the arm and provided with means for propelling the car, the catch 7L, the arm a, the lever F, supported thereby, the band f', taking about the bar D, the roller f, the spring f3 for returning the lever to its normal position, and tripping mechanism for throwing the catch out of engagement with the car, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

9. The combination,iu a cash and parcel carrier, of a hanger, an arm extending therefro1n,a bar hinged to and depending from the arm and provided with means for propelling a car, a second arm, a lever pivoted thereto for operating the bar, two 'crank-levers hinged between their pivotal points, one of them carrying a catch for holding the ear, a rod provided with a collar extending from the iirst lever for tripping the crank-levers and releasing the car from the catch, and means for returning the levers to their normal position, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

10. The combination, in a cash and parcel carrier, of a track, a car adapted to travel thereon, a sectional hanger supporting the end of the track, an arm extending from a IOC IIO

section of the hanger, a bar hinged thereto tension of the track-wire, substantially as and and carrying a fork adapted to take over the oar, a spring secured to the fork and adapted to engage with the oar, an extension of the track-Wire beyond the Lmck, and a brace extending from the section of the hanger to which the forked arm is connected to the eX- for the purpose speoied.

DAVID E'.` CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

` AUGUST F. HERBsLEB,

JAMES N. RAMsEY.

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