US485935A

US485935A - Lumber puller and washer

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Publication number: US485935A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-11-08
Anticipated expiration: 1909-11-08

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J. D. HILLS.

LUMBER FULLER AND WASHER. No. 485,935. Patented Nov. 8. 1892.

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J. D. HILLS.

LUMBER FULLER AND WASHER. No. 485, 93 5. Patented Nov. 8, 1892.

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No. 485,935. Patented Nov. 8, 1892.

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J. D, HILLS. LUMBER FULLER. AND WASHER.

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JAMES 1). HILLS, or MENOMONEE, WISCONSIN.

LUMBER FULLER- :AND WASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485.935, dated November -8, 1892.

Applicationfiled January 12. 1892. Serial No. 417,838. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMEs'D. HILLS, a citizen of the United-States, residing at Menomonee, in the county of Dunn and State of Wisconsin, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Lumber Pullers and Washers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as wiil enable others skilled in the art to whichitappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to means which elevate, automatically wash, and convey separate pieces of lumber from the rafts on which it is carried on the rivers or streams tothe wagons upon which it is deposited, or mills in which it is used, or yards or places where it-is graded, sorted, and piled; and its object is to avoid much of the labor and expense after taking it by hand from the rafts of. washing off the mud and dirt which collects upon it with pails of water carried in the hand and of conveying the washed lumber from the shore tothe places desired.

My invention consists in a combination of a continuously feeding or conveying bed, in-

clined directors, lumber-supporting horses, endless continuously-operating puller, and elevatingchains arranged on one or both sides of a trough formed by the inclined directors and conveyer-bed, and an automatic 3 washer-head connected with a water-forcing means which discharges the waterwith sufficient power to remove mud and extraneous matters from the lumber, whereby the lumher is taken from the rafts and directed and conveyed to and from an automatic lumberwasher cleanly washed.

It alsoconsists in an automatic lumberwasher arranged in suitable proximity to the line of travel of the lumber which is elevated from the rafts and deposited upon the conveyer-bed or is otherwise brought in close relation to it, so that as the lumber passes along upon'the said bedwater shall be forcibly discharged upon it and such mud, sand, and grit as may have collected upon it washed therefrom, and is thus rendered ready for assorting, grading, and piling, or for being sawed or planed in the mill without undue wear from gritand dirt upon the planers or saws.

portion of the water conducting and dis-.

charging pipes of the pump also are shown broken away, and beyond the delivery end a portion of a steeple-chain conveyer is represented; but the same is not intended to be embraced as a part of this application for a patent. Fig. 2 is a side elevationcit a portion of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1. In this view the'floating lumber-horses are not shown. Fig. 3 is an end view, on an'enlarged scale, showing a portion of the mechanism represented in Fig. 1. In this view the washer is omitted in order to expose other parts more distinctly. Fig. at is an enlarged broken plan view of the washer, d riving-gearing, and other parts of the mechanism in'close proximity to it. Fig. 5 is a broken side elevation of some of the parts shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a crosssectional view of the conveyer roller-bed, showing the washer and part of the mechanism; and Fig. 7 is a similar view just in rear of the scouring-brushes.

A A in the drawings designate rafts of lumber on a river or stream; B, lumber-supporting horses mounted on floating raft-s B and adapted to stand at different altitudes, accordingly as the water-line is higher or i lower; 0, piles connected by frame-pieces C- and forming a supporting-frame O? below the higher and above the lower water-line.

D D' are inclined framepieces connected.

to the frames (1 and to the frame-pieces of a roller-bed conveyer-frame C and provided with sprocket-wheels or pulleys a, one at'top and the otherat bottom.

E E are endless pullers and elevating chains arranged around the sprocket-wheels or pulleys 'a and provided with supporting and carrying lugs 21, which passv n p. between" the timber extensionse'of the horses and take the rollers an open trough F for the-pieces of lumber to fall into when they become freed from the pullers and elevating-chains.

G are rollers forming a long roller conveyoroed, a portion of which may be inclined for-"" ward of the pullers and elevating-chains,- as shown. These rollers are journaled in boxes of the frame C and they and the pullers andelevating-chains may be positively driven by gearvwheels f f, g g'-,h h, and k h h and by pulleyshaving beltsz' i" i i and gear-and sprockets/heels Z Za, said gearing being upplied-on journals of the rollers and on snit able shafts-supported by the firamesfl C and pieces D D and-driven by an engine H con-* nected with-ai'boilerl. Other-system or arrangement of gearing, engine, and boiler may be adopted without departing f rom' my in ven tion;

J is alumberswasher comprising, as one-of manypractical. constructions--"that-may be adopted, one or two rectangular frames formed of sectionsof tubing or piping connected by" elbows and Ts, said sections being provided-- with augularly-set jet passages -ornozzles m,

whichdischa'rgewater toward the puller and 'r elevating-chains and against the top, bottom,

and 'edgesof the lumber or againstany: or-' tion of the surface .of the lem-benras deem-ed best. This washer is fastened upon itherframe- '0 forward of: the puller and elevating-chainsand preferably oocupies a position which incloses the-bed within the sections of its tubing and brings its jets beneath, above, and on each-side of the pieces of lumber passed overthe roller conveyer-bed at thepoint J, which I designate as the washer-section. This washer is-connected bya pipe-J with: a; forcing-.pump-J, said pump being provided with a water-induction pipe J leading from the rivemor stream, and also beingeonnected by pipe-J withthe boiler. i, which operates the steam engine-H.' tIn rearof the washeris a-' brushmead-K, with brushes K placed in its rectangular frame, so as to brushofi m-nd, sand,-; and gritz-fromthe top, battens-and sides-'- of the pieces of lnmberxas they-pass .to thewasher,- -and thnsthe labor of washingotfthe mass off mud anddirt is lessened-and the work vof cleaning and .w-ashing the lumber is-"more readily and perfectly-performed.- Forwarder the washer -asystem of steeple .and: other chains LIL, forming conveyors, may be. arranged at rightangles to" the roller-bed-com" veyer-for deliveringthe washed lumber either to carsortoothersystemsof machinery; These steeple and-otherchains and'the machinery here incidentally mentioned are not included-' in this application for a patent, as the same:

hack of these;when' the lumber'is very muddy,

5 January, 1892, Serial No. 418,682 If the l'nmberafterbeing'wa'shed is not discharged upon steeple and other chains, it may be discharged from the roller-conveyer on slides to a platform. In the drawings the puller and elevatingchains'are represented on both sides of the roller-bed; butit is not always intended to use them on both sides, as in some localities they can only be used on one side, and it may also ben'ecessary to construct the mechanism up and-down stream instead of out in the river; but in all cases the lumber would pass through the washerand be taken therefrom in any manner found advantageous. Then the puller and elevating-chains are constructed-to take --'lumber fro'm 'rafts'on b'oth sides'of the roller- --bed,-the lugs b of the chain's will be so ar--- #ranged' "relatively that when lumberis dumped into" the troughfol-med by the clined' directors at oneend -say between the points- W -and W"'-there 'will"-be lumber dumped intothe same at the same time at the -'90 other-end say between the points W W jon the opposite-'side -and "thus theiumber does not lap one length on the otherinthe trough, -but hastime enough to run out of the trough before the next lumber comes up, the same coming up at opposite corn'ers from where" the first ri-gh-tand left side loads came'up.= The seouring-brushes-are' preferably madeof steel-Wireybutthey may be made o'f other suitabledurable-material, and they may b'e too either stationaryorrevolving; Theconveyei bed -=may-=be 'form'ed' either *of live rollers or chains-or metallic cables." The V 'washer may comprise one,+--two, or more washer-hea'da-and [05 as is oftenthe case with that-*coming from 'the'bottom of the rafts, one or two'se'ts or brushes maybe employed to loosen the mud from the lumber. The washer 'may-beap plied in logways-leading to=mills=and the mud' no --anddirt washed from 'thelo'gs-before' they pass to the saws; This would effecta'great' saving, as the saws would not so rapidly 'b'e --.worn 'ou-t nor quick-1y dulled; -With my "apparatus an'y lumber that is carried on rafts; including timbew ean be paSsed throi'i-gh the --washer.'

It is a great'ad-van tags to wash lumber clean: butthis has been' foun d tofbe" a'very'difli'ciflt' :operation under the old m'ode." when-"luni -izo her is washethc'lean, the grading is done much qniek er and better, as the grader can "grade=' "iu-agiven't'im'e agreaterqirantity ofcle'an lum 501 than dirty-lumber. '--'-Furthermore,-lumber* ewashed 'in the old "way has more "'01" 1e'ss -grikrz'5 and dirt remaining on it, and consequently in .passingfitwthrongh 'pla net's-the knives soon" -get dull and'*-have-'to b'e'changedor'sharpenedr "whereaslumber "after" passing" through" my 'f'washer -is about as; clean when it comes-1 13b zfrom'the saw; and therefore -it ;is'much= bettei" to work up in plf sing-mills; as wanes to' han --dle in gradingw In operating the machinery herein described the lumber is taken by hand from the raft, placed on the floating horses, carried by the pullers and elevating-chains to the inclined conductors of the roller conveyer-bed,

deposited from one sidesay between the points XV W-and from the other side-say between the points W W -upon the rollerbed conveyer, conveyed by said bed through the brushes and washer, brushed and washed and conveyed to the end of the roller-bed,and discharged upon slides to a platform, or it may pass on to the steeple-chains and from there taken to yards and piled or taken to the mill and used, or it may be graded and assorted, as deemed most desirable.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The within described combination of means for washing lumber'in its transit from a river or stream to the .point of discharge, the same comprising the mechanically-supported water-discharging device arranged in suitable relation to the conveyor of the lumher being washed and between the river or stream and the point where the washed lumher is discharged, the mechanical devices for supplying and discharging water under pressure through said discharging device upon lumber continuously moving past it, and the mechanical devices for continuously conveying the lumber lengthwise past the washing device, substantially as described.

2. A means for Securing and washing lumher in its transit from a raft on a river or stream to the point of discharge, comprising an automatic brush-head having brushes and an automatic water-discharging device supported by the lumber-conveyer, means connected with said device for forcibly discharging water through it upon the surface of the separate pieces of lumberin transit from a raft on a river or stream to their point of discharge, and means for receiving the pieces of lumber from the handlers at the raft and carrying them past the automatic brushes or scourers and the washer, substantially as described.

3. A means for receiving, supporting, pulling from their supports, and elevating separate pieces-of lumber between raft-s on rivers or'streams and their points of discharge and washing them in their transit, the same comprising means for receiving the pieces of lumber from the handlers at the raft and supporting them between their ends, means for pulling them from their supports and elevating and conveying them to the point of discharge,

an automatic water-discharging device,and means connected with said device for forcibly discharging water through it upon the surface of the pieces of lumber in-their transit from the raft to theirpoint of discharge, substantially as described.

4. In combination, means for receiving the pieces of lumber from the handlers at the raft and supporting them between their ends, means for pulling them from their supports for forcibly discharging water through it upon the surface of the pieces of lumber in their transit from the raft to their point of discharge, substantially as described.

5. In combination, an automatic water-discharging device constructed to surround and applied so as to have the pieces of lumber passed through it and connected with means for forcibly discharging water through it upon the surface of separate pieces of lumber in their transit froma raft on a river or stream to their points of discharge, and means for receiving the pieces of lumber from the handlers at the rafts and carrying them past the automatic washer, substantially as described.

6. In combination, means for securing and washing lumber in its transit from a raft on a river or stream to the points of discharge, comprising an automatic brush-head and an automatic water-d ischargin g device, both constructed and applied to surround the-lumber in its passage through them, means connected with the water-discharging device for forcibly discharging water through it upon the surface of the separate pieces of lumber in its transit from a raft on a river or stream to their points of discharge, and means for receiving the pieces of lumber from the handlers at the rafts and carrying them through the automatic scourer and washer, substantially as described.

7. In an apparatus for elevating and conveying lumber, the combination of a brushhead, a washer-head provided with nozzles and connected with means for forcing water, and means for conveying lumber by the brush and washer heads, whereby the sides of the lumber are cleaned simultaneously.

8. In a lumber conveying and washing device, a continuously-feeding bed, a brushhead with'brushes, an automatic washer having oppositely-inclined jet-passages, whereby the lumber is conveyedbetweenthe brushes and jet-passages, and water-forcing -means connected with the washer-head.

9. In an apparatus for conveying and washinglumber, a continuous conveyer, a'brushhead and washer-head, each surrounding said conveyer, and means for forcing water under pressure, connected with the washer-head, whereby all sides of the lumber are cleaned as it is being conveyed.

-10. In a lumber conveying and washing apparatus, a roller conveying-bed for moving the lumber, a brush-head having brushes adapted to bear on all sides of the pieces of lumber, a washer-head provided with jet-pas sages directed toward all sides of the lumber, it continuously, whereby all sides of the lumand water-forcing means connected with said her are cleaned-as it is being conveyed. 1.o

Washer-head. In testimony whereof I hereunto atfix niy 11. In a. lumber conveying and washing apsignature in presence of two itnesses.

paratus, a, washer-head provided with nozzles, JAMES D. HILLS.

means for forcing water under pressure, con- Witnesses: 4

neoted with said washer-head, and means for DOROTHEA PARKERf elevating the lumber from rafts and feeding ELMER J. NEWSOM.