US514535A

US514535A - Elevator and dump

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Publication number: US514535A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-02-13
Anticipated expiration: 1911-02-13

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. E. E. BARTON.

ELEVATOR AND DUMP. No. 514,535. Patented Feb. 13, 1894. 1

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ELEVATOR AND DUMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,535, dated February 13, 189d.

Application filed-Tnly 1,1893.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELMER E. BARTON, of Viarrensburg, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Elevators and Dumps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is embodied in the details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in whichigure 1 is an end, and Fig. 2 a side elevation of the essential features of the device.

The cross beam 1 may be supported at the required elevation by means of uprights, as 2, or in any desirable manner. It is slotted to receive the dump bar 3, and it has on its upper surface a catch 22 adapted to engage the bar. The dump bar is preferably diminished at its upper end, as shown at 5 in Fig. 1, in order to reduce the weight; with the exception of rounded portion 6 it is rectangular in cross section, and its enlarged portion approximately conforms in size and shape to the slot in beam 1. The inclined block 8 is secured to the lower end of the dump bar, and its inclination partakes of the nature of a spiral. Lift beam 9 fits loosely on the rounded portion 6 of the dump bar, it is capable of a limited amount of vertical motion on such rounded portion, and it has .grooves across its upper surface adapted to receive the ends of pin 7, which project fromthesidesofthedumpbar. Pulleyblocks 10 and 11 connect with the lift beam on opposite sides and equi-distant from the dump bar, and blocks is and 15 are similarly placed under beam 1. The

draft lines

12 and 13, which are ropes or cables of requisite strength, conmeet with blocks 10 and 11 respectively, run

through blocks 14 and15 respectively, join in pulley 18, which is secured to beam 19 at the bottom of the frame, and form in effect a single line by means of which both ends of the lift beam may be simultaneously raised. The receptacle 21 may be a wagon bed, temporarily connected with the lift beam by means of detachable ropes $20, or it may be a special box permanently swung from the lift beam, substantially as shown. The catch 22 is provided with a line 23 which is weighted, as at 24, in a manner to cause the catch to engage the re- Sarial No. 79,356. (No model.)

cess of the dump bar whenever the bar is suf ficiently raised, and it is also provided with line 25, accessible from the ground, and by means of which the dump bar maybe released.

The end gate of the wagon bed, or permanent box, as the case may be, is hinged and held normally closed by a detachable bolt or catch. Line 26 connects with the bolt, or catch, and provides means whereby the end gate may be opened,when the bed is elevated, by a person standing on the ground.

In case it is desired to elevate and dump a loaded wagon bed the wagon is drawn under the elevator frame, the ropes 20 are secured around the bed,and the team isdetached from the wagon and hitched to the conjoining termination of

lines

12 and 13. Then as the team is driven forward the lift beam, wagon bed and dump bar rise until the catch 22 engages recess 4, when the draft lines are permitted to slacken and permit the lift beam to rest on inclined block 8. The upper edge of the block is inclined slightly to one side, as seen in Fig. 1, and as the lift beam settles on the block it follows the spiral-like surface and turns graduallyinto the position shown in Fig. 2. The end gate is next opened and the contents of the bed discharged, after which the slack is taken out of the draft lines, the catch is disengaged from the dump bar, and the bed is permitted to descend. As soon as the weight is on' the draft lines the beam and bedswing naturally in line with beam 1, and the bed returns to its proper place on the wagon. So long as the diminished portion 5 of the dump bar is in the slot of the beam 1, pin '7 rests in grooves in the lift beam and prevents the bar from turning, and when the pin is raised from contact with the grooves, as seen in Fig. 2, the larg part of the rectangular bar is fitting snugly in the rectangular slot of the beam, and so the block 8 is held from turning with the bed. If the box is attached permanently to the lift beam, it may be filled in any desirable manner and then raised and dumped in the manner described. If itshould not be necessary to turn the box in order to get it in proper position to dump, the incline of the bloclr may be a simple plane.

The frame shown in the drawings is representative merely, and would need bracing to be practical. It is ordinarily desirable that it shall be capable of being moved from one crib to another, when it is used for cribbing corn, &c., and it may be provided with sledding sills to facilitate such movement.

The device iscapable of use in putting grain in cribs or cars, or wherever an elevator and dump are required.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of slotted beam 1, bar 3 adapted to move longitudinally in the slot, but not to rotate, inclined block 8 secured to the lower end of bar 3, beam 9 pivoted loosely on the lower end of bar 3, above the block, and havingalimited amount of motion length- Wise of the bar, a receptacle swung from the ends of beam 9, lift lines connected with the beam 9 on opposite sides of bar 3, anda catch to temporarily engage bar 3 and sustain the 20 receptacle, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of slotted beam 1, bar 3 adapted to move longitudinally in the slot, but not to rotate, inclined block 8' secured to the lower end of bar 3, beam 9 pivoted loosely on the lower end of bar 3, above the block, and having a limited amount of motion lengthwise of the bar, pin or pins 7 projecting from the bar in position to engage the grooves in the upper surface of beam 9, a receptacle swung from the ends of beam 9, lift lines connected with the beam 9 on opposite sides of bar 3, and a catch to temporarily engage bar 3 and sustain the receptacle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I E. E; BARTON.

Attest:

Jim. W. BANNE L. P. GRAHAM.