US643558A - Sugar-cane carrier. - Google Patents

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No.. 643,558. Patented Feb. I3, |900. .1. E. TALLET.

SUGAR GANE CARRIER.

(Application led June 7, 1899.)

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No. 643,558. Patented Feb. I3, |900.v

J. E. TALLET.

SUGAR GANE CARRIER.

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OF MATANZAS, CUBA.

SUGAR-CANE CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,558, dated February 13, 1900.

Application iiled lTime 7, 189 9.

To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, Joslin ELIeIo TALLET, of Matanzas, Cuba, have invented a new and Improved Sugar-Cane Carrier, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

' My invention relates to an improvement in devices forhandling and d umpingsugar-cane, and comprises the novel features which are hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of the frame of my carrier. Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof, and Fig. 3 is an end elevation showing a load of cane suspended upon the carrier.

The object of my invention is to enable a load of cane which has been placed within a sling or series of slings composed of chains or cables to be automatically dumped by the movement of the carrier. work A is provided, which has means for securing the ends of the slings thereto which pass beneath the cane. This framework is also provided with suitable means by which it may be suspended either from a crane ora car which runs upon an overhead track. The framework is provided with inclined braces or bars B, located at each end and connected with the main body of the frame by means of upright bars D, which are centrally placed at each end and which form guides for the longitudinally-extending bar E, which has a vertical movement, by means of which the tripping mechanism is actuated to dump the load. A shaft L is journaled in the upper end of the braces B and has wheels or sheaves L upon the ends thereof, said sheaves being grooved and receiving ropes L2, by which the device is suspended.

Upon the opposite side bars of the frame A are the means by which the slings are attached to the frame. These means consist of staples K, which are secured to the frame and which have alternately hooks I-I and rings J secured thereto, each ring forming a part of a chain G, which is either of sufficient length to pass entirelybeneath the cane or which has a section F of cable or rope attached thereto. These sections F of the cable or A suitable frame- Serial No. 719,668. (No model.)

chain constitute slings upon which the cane is piled to form a load and which may be and preferably are made detachable from the chains G and hooks I-I. The hooks H are clearly shown in Fig. 3 and have each a short chain I attached thereto and extending up- Wardly to the longitudinal bar E. The hooks H and chains I are alternately located on opposite sides of the frame, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2. The cane M is piled upon the slings F or in such manner that these slings or chains may be placed beneath the cane, and these slings are then secured to the frame A, and the load is then hoisted and conveyed to the point Where it is desired to dump it. At this point two fixed supports() are provided, consisting of a framework of any suitable shape and at such an elevation and width that the frame A may pass between the upper ends thereof 'and normally at a slight distance above it. The bar E, which is vertically movable upon the guide-bars D, has its ends projecting beyond the frame a sufficient distance to engage the supports C when the frame is lowered between them. When this is done, the bar E is moved upward relative to the frame A, which results in drawing the hooks H toward the center of the frame, thus casting off the chains G and permitting the cane to be dumped. Only one end of the slings is thus released, and when the frame is hoisted and removed the slings are automatically drawn from beneath the cane. The removal of the slings from beneath the cane by hand is thus obviated, saving considerable time and trouble. The dumping of the cane is also automatically accomplished and without any increase in the amount of labor.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A cane carrying and dumping device, comprising aseries of slings or cables adapted to pass beneath the cane, a supporting-frame therefor, having detachable connection with one end of each sling, and a fixed connection with the other, a tripping device connected with said detachable connections, and a fixed object adapted to engage and operate the tripping device when the frame is lowered, substantially as described.

2. A cane carrying and dumping device,

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comprising a frame having a movable tripping member, a series of chains or cables snpported by their ends from said frame, the connection of one end of each of said chains or cables with the frame containing a releasing device, connections from said releasing device to the tripping member, and a iixed support adapted to engage said tripping member, substantially as described.

3. A cane carrying and dumping device,'

comprisinga series of slings, a releasing member adapted to engage and support one end of each sling, a trip-actuating member, and a trip operatively connected with the releasing member and adapted to be actuated by engagement with said trip-actuating member when the device is lowered, substantially as described.

4. A cane carrying and dumping device, comprising a frame, a series of slings and means for securing said slings to the frame, the part of said means connecting with one end of each sling containing a releasing member, a bar mounted to have vertical movement upon the frame and having its ends projecting beyond the frame, a fixed trip-actuating member adapted to engage the ends of the said vertically-movable bar when the frame is lowered, and operative connections from said bar to the releasing members, substantially as described.

5. A cane carrying and dumping device, comprisinga frame having vertical guides, a bar slidable vertically on said guides and projecting at its ends beyond the frame, a fixed object adapted to be engaged by said projecting ends when the frame is lowered, a series of slings, means for attaching one end of said slings to the sides of the frame, hooks secured to the frame and adapted to receive the other ends of the slings, and connections between the vertically-sliding bar and said hooks, whereby the hooks will bc swung to release the slings when the device is lowered to engage the ends of the sliding bar with said fixed object, substantially as described.

6. A cane carrying and dumping device, comprising a frame having vertical guides, a bar slidable in said guides and projecting at its ends beyond the frame, a iiXed object adapted to be engaged by said projecting ends when the frame is lowered, a series of slings, means for attaching one end of said slings to the side of the frame, hooks secured to the frame and adapted to receive the other ends of the slings, and chains or similar means connecting the hooks and the sliding bar, whereby the hooks Will be swung to release the slings When the device is lowered to engage the ends of the sliding bar upon the iixed object, substantially as described.

'7. A cane carrying and dumpingv device having a sling and means for supporting its ends, the means atone end having detachable engagement with the sling, and a verticallysliding releasing device having connections controlling the said engagement, and a fixed member adapted to engage said releasing device to actuate it when the load is lowered.

Vitnesses:

D. RUBAR, J. C. PoNTo.

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