US466625A

US466625A - Collecting

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Publication number: US466625A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-01-05
Anticipated expiration: 1909-01-05

Description

(No Model.)

I. N. ROWE. GOLLEGTING, CONVEYING, AND UNLOADING APPARATUS. No. 466,625. Patented Jan. 5, 1892.

UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC N. ROVE, OF WVOODS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO D. D. MIMS,

OF SAME PLACE.

COLLECTING, CONVEYING, AND UNLOADING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,625, dated January 5, 1892.

Application filed February 14, 1891- Serial No. 331,471. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC N. ROWE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woods, in the county of Panola and State of Texas, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Collecting, Conveying, and Unloading Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consists in a new and improved apparatus for collecting, conveying, and unloading feed and water for stock andwater for private use and for conveying and unloading lumber or merchandise of any kind, the entire apparatus being controlled by one person at one end of the line; and my invention will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view showing my apparatus arranged for conveying and unloading lumber or other similar freight. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the carriage used on the same.

The same numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring to the several parts by their designatin'g-numerals, 1 1 indicate two parallel beams, which are supported on uprights 2 2, these uprights being connected by braces 3. My track is elevated at the center of its length at the point 4, so that it inclines from its center down toward each end. Upon the beams 1 are secured cross-ties 5, and upon these ties are secured the parallel rails 6 6, on which the carriage runs.

7 indicates the carriage, which is shown in detail in Fig. 2 of the drawings, consisting of a truck mounted upon wheels 8, which run on the rails 6 6, and having the platform 9. Beneath the center of the truck is secured longitudinally the beam 10, which is formed at its forward end with an upwardly-inclined point 11 and at its rear end with the curved point 12, as shown in the drawings. The opcrating-rope 13 passes from the Windlass or from other suitable source of power at one end of the apparatus over rollers or pulleys 14, supported from the under side of the 13 is pulled upon the carriage will be drawn along the rails 6 6 to the elevated center 4 of the track, where its own Weight will propel it down the remaining half of the track, and when it passes the elevated center 4 the rope will unhook from the curved point 12 and is paid out from the winding-drum to let the carriage travel down the far half of the track. About midway of the half-lengths of the track are arranged grooved rollers 16, which hold the rope off the ties when the carriage is at the far ends of the track. To return the carriage, the rope 13 is drawn in, which pulls the carriage over the elevated center 4 by the point 11, and the weight of the carriage carries it down to the left-hand end of the track. The rope 13 should be hooked around the point 12 each time before starting the carriage.

17 indicates a bumper at the far end of the track,which stops the carriage when it reaches that end of the track.

To automatically discharge the load of lumber or other merchandise at the far end of the track, I arrange atthat end, on either side desired, the elevated rail 18. Beneath one side of the platform 9 of the carriage is secured an outwardly-proj ecting bar19, having a roller 20 at its outer end, which runs upon the rail 18 when the carriage reaches the end of the track. The platform 9 is secured on the end pieces 21 of the carriage-truck by heavy U- shaped staples 22, and the end pieces 21 are cut down at an angle at23. It will now be seen that when the carriage reaches the far end of the track the outer end of the bar 19, running upon the rail 18, will raise that side of the platform 9, and thus automatically tilt or unload its contents from the other side, as will be readily seen.

To hold the carriage in place on the tracks, I secure on its under side the angled catches 24, which engage with hooks25, secured on the cross-ties at that end of the track, thus holding the carriage firmly on the rails While its platform with its lead is being tilted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patout, is

1. The combination, with the track elevated at its center, of the carriage adapted to travel thereon and formed with the beam 10, constructed at one end with the inclined point 11, to which the end of the operating-rope is attached, and formed at its other end with the curved arched end 12, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a suitable track, of the elevated rail 18, secured at one side of the same, the truck having the inclined end pieces 21, and the platform hinged on the beveled end pieces 21 and having secured to it the projecting bar 19, provided with the roller at its outer end, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the inclined track having the hooks 25 secured upon it, the elevated rail 18, secured at one side of the track, the truck having the inclined end pieces 21 and the angled catches 24 arranged beneath it, and the platform hinged on the beveled ends of the truck and having secured to it at one side the projecting bar 19, provided with a roller at its outer end, substantially as set forth.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC N. ROWE.

Witnesses:

G. M. KNIGHT, M. H. FLEMING.