US657261A

US657261A - Means for collecting, conveying, and depositing articles or packages of merchandise.

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Publication number: US657261A
Application number: US450800A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lawrence Abraham
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1900-02-08
Filing date: 1900-02-08
Publication date: 1900-09-04
Anticipated expiration: 1917-09-04

Description

No. 657,26l. Patented Sept. 4, I900. L. ABRAHAM.-

MEANS FOR BOLLECTING, CONVEYING, ANDDEPOSITING ARTICLES 08 PACKAGES 0F MERCHANDISE.

(Application filed Feb. 8, 1900.) (No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet l.

BY MW 4' K I ATTORN YS No. 657,26I. Patented Sept. 4, 1900. L. ABRAHAM.

MEANS'FUR COLLECTING, convavme, ANDADEPOSITING ARTICLES on PACKAGES 0F MERCHANDISE.

(Applicatiqn file d Feb. 8, 1900.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

WlTNESSES: INVENTOR 0M %%/:w W BY 7 z 'QHKWA ATTORNEYS m5 NORR|5 PETERS cc, Puomuma, WASHINGTON, n, c.

nrre I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAwRENcE ABRAHAM, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

MEANS FOR COLLECTING, CONVEYING, AND DEPOSITING ARTICLES 0R PACKAGES OF MERCHANDISE;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 657,261, dated September 4, 1900. Application filed February 8, 1900. Serial No. 4,508. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, LAwRENcE ABRAHAM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Collecting, Conveying, and Depositing Articles or Packages of Merchandise, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for collecting, conveying, and depositing articles or packages of merchandise; and it has for its object to catch said articles or packages that may be thrown or dropped upon the conveyer and to carry them to and deposit them at a different location.

My invention consists of the novel devices herein shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front View of the upper portion of the conveyor, the lower part being broken away and the shaft removed and as looking from the left side of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan of the skeleton or frame of one of the pockets and showing the manner of attaching it to the belt. Fig. tshows the application of two horizontal endless conveyers for the articles or packages, the shaft inclosing the vertical conveyor and the upper horizontal belt being shown in front elevation.

Similar characters represent like parts in all the figures.

A is an endless belt, and B B are two pulleys around which said belt passes and by which it is caused to revolve.

O O are carrying-pockets which are loosely hinged to the outer surface of the belt A in a manner hereinafter described. These pockets O are constructed of a shelf D, (the inner edge of which is the pivoted portion of the pocket,) the walls E, secured to both ends of the shelf D and extending above and below the same, and the inner wall F, connecting the rear of the shelf D and the end walls on one side of said shelf, constituting a tie between said end walls to hold them in their proper positions. The pockets 0 have entirely'free action on their hinges and would drop by gravity unless prevented by some obstruction or stop. The wall F constitutes a projection from the shelf D, and the outer free end of said wall when it is below the shelf willrest upon the belt, as shown at 1 in Fig. 1, and the shelf and pocket will be held in this position until said pocket has passed the plane that it was in at such position. The shelf D and the projection or wall F should be so arranged relatively to each other that when the shelf D is in its carrying position and substantially horizontal or tipped slightly upward, as shown at l, the lower edge of the wall F will rest uponthe belt A. If it be desired to discharge the article or articles that are on the shelves at and below the lower pulley B, the belt should revolve in the direction of the arrows 2, and as soon as the belt and pockets begin to turn around said pulley and out of a vertical plane-the pockets will drop, as shown at 3in Fig. 1, and discharge the artioles that were resting on "the shelves. After passing-around said pulley and While ascending on the right side of the same the Wall F will be above the shelfD and be in no position to act as a stop, so the pockets and shelves will remain depressed, as shown at at 4 in Fig. 1. If it be desired to convey and discharge the articles-on a plane above where they are dropped into the pockets, the belt should travelin the direction of the arrows 5 5, Fig. 1, when said articles will be carried around the upper pulley l3 and discharged to the right of said pulley.

In Fig. 1 I have shown a shaft G surrounding the pulleys, belts, and pockets and provided with a chute H at its lower end for guiding the falling articles to the right and in the direction that the pockets are arranged to travel when the belt is moving in the direction of the arrows 2. The side I of the shaft near which the conveving is to be done should be near enough to the pockets to prevent any articles which may be thrown into the shaft from falling between the pockets and said-wall. J is an opening in the walll, through which any articles or packages of merchandise may be thrown or dropped. The conveyer and shaft may extend to any height or depth desired and through several floors of a building, and openings J may be made at each floor, so that articles or packages may be dropped onto the conveyer at any floor and discharged either at the bottom or at the top of the conveyer. K is an opening in the right wall L of the shaft, through which articles may be discharged. M is a horizontally-revoluble endless belt passing around two pulleys N N and under the chute H and arranged to travel in the direction of the arrows 6. The articles and packages when they drop from the pockets and chute H fall upon the belt M and are carried by said belt to the right of the pulley N and deposited there.

I prefer to make the pockets 0 and to attach them to the belt A in the following manner:

0 is a rectangular frame, preferably of metal, the inner side of which consists of a round straight rod a. This rod ais supported by metal loops 1) to the outside of the belt A, which loops are riveted to the belt, and the rod or passes loosely through said loops and is rotatable therein. Said rod and loops constitute a hinge for the frame 0. Abrace c connects the red at with the outer parallel rod (1 of the frame, and between the two end portions 6 e wicker-work or other appropriate material is stretched on and supported by the frame 0 and constitutes the shelf D. The inner wall F and the end walls E are also made of wicker-work and are woven or otherwise connected together and to the shelf D.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the application of an additional endless belt or carrier P to the devices shown in the preceding figures. Said belt P is stretched around pulleys Q Q below and preferably a little in advance of the belt M. The belt P may be arranged at any angle with reference to the belt M, its outer pulley Q being at the location where delivery of the goods is desired. In the drawings the belt P is shown arranged at right angles to the belt M. Motion may be transmitted to the belt P in any well-known manner. A very simple way, however, of giving the requisite motion to the belt P is by securing to the rotary shaft 11 of the pulley N another pulley R and connecting said pulley R by.a belt S with a pulley made to revolve with the pulley Q. The same power that drives the belt M will throughthe shaft 'n, pulley R, and belt S transmit motion to the pulley Q and belt P.

It will be evident that the distributing-belts may be multiplied to any' desired number without departing from my invention.

By my invention a very valuable and useful device is provided by which articles or packages of merchandise may be speedily collected from different parts of a building and conveyed to and discharged in other parts of the building. I

What I claim as new, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchandise, having an endless revoluble belt, a shelf hinged to the outside of said belt, and provided with a projection extending from its hinged or inner portion, and said projection whenbelow the shelf arranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in a substantially horizontal position, and said shelf being permitted to drop by gravity when not so held, whereby articles dropped upon the shelf may be held, and then conveyed and finally deposited.

2. A device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchandise, having an endless revoluble belt, shelves hinged to the outsideof said belt, each shelf provided with a projection extending from its hinged or inner portion, and said projection when below the shelf arranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in a substantiallyhoriz'ontal position, and the shelf being permitted to drop by gravity when not so held, whereby articles dropped upon the shelf may be held, and then conveyed and finally deposited. v

3. A device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchan dise, having an endless revoluble belt, shelves hinged to the outside of said belt, each shelf provided with a projection extending from its hinged or inner portion, and said projection when below the shelf arranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in a substantiallyhorizontal position, and the'shelf being permitted to drop by gravity when not so held, whereby articles dropped upon the shelf may be held, and then conveyed and finally deposited, and a shaft surrounding said belt and shelves provided with a chute at its lower end, all as set forth.

4. A device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchandise, having an endless revoluble belt, shelves hinged to the outside of said belt, each shelf provided with a projection extending from its hinged or inner portion, and said projection when below the shelf arranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in a substantiallyhorizontal position, the said shelf being permitted to drop by gravity when not so held, whereby articles dropped upon the shelf may beheld, and then conveyed and finally deposited, and a shaft surrounding said belt and shelves and provided with a chute at its lower end having side openings, all as set forth.

5. A device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchandise, having an endless revoluble belt, a shelf hinged to the outside of said belt, and provided with a projection extending from its hinged or'inner portion, and said projection when below the shelfarranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in a substantiallyhorizontal position, and said shelf being permitted to drop by gravity when not so held, whereby articles dropped upon the shelf may be held, and then conveyed and finally deposited, in combination with a continuous conveyer below said belt for receiving and conveying the articles dropped from the shelf.

6, A device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchandise, having an endless revoluble belt,shelves hinged to the outside of said belt, each shelf provided with a projection extending from its hinged or inner portion, and said projection when below the shelf arranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in a substantially-horizontal position, and the shelf being permitted to drop by gravity when not so held, whereby articles dropped upon the shelf may be held, and then conveyed and finally deposited, in combination with a continuous conveyer below said belt for receiving and conveying the articles dropped from the shelf.

7. A device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchandise, having an endless revoluble belt, a shelf hinged to the outside of said belt, and provided with a projection extending from its hinged or inner portion, said projection having its outer free extremity parallel with the shelf, and when below the shelf said extremity arranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in a snbstantially-horizontal position, and said shelf being permitted to drop by gravity when not so held.

8. A device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchandise, having an endless revoluble belt, a shelf hinged to the outside of said belt, and provided with a rigid projection extending from its hinged or inner portion, and said projection when below the shelf arranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in a substantially-horizontal position, and said shelf being permitted to drop by gravity when not so held, whereby articles dropped upon the shelf may be held, and then conveyed, and finally deposited.

9. A device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchandise, having an endless revoluble belt, a shelf hinged to the outside of said belt, and provided with a rigid projection extending from its hinged or inner portion, said projection having its outer free extremity parallel with the shelf, and when below the shelf said extremity arranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in a substantially-horizontal position, and said shelf being permitted to drop by gravity when not so held.

10. A device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchandise, havingan endless revoluble belt, a shelf hinged to the outside of said belt, and provided with a projection extending from its hinged or inner portion, and walls secured to both ends of the same, and said projection when below the shelf arranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in a substantiallyhorizontal position, and said shelf being permitted to drop by gravity when not so held, whereby articles dropped upon the shelf may be held, and then conveyed, and finally deposited.

11. A device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchan dise, having an endless revoluble belt, a shelf hinged to the outside of said belt, and provided with a projection extending from its hinged or inner portion, and walls secured to both ends of the same, said projection having its outer free extremity parallel with the shelf, and when below the shelf said extremity arranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in a substantially-horizontal position, and said shelf being permitted to drop by gravity when not so held.

12. A device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchandise, having an endless revoluble belt, a shelf hinged to the outside of said belt, and walls secured to both ends of the shelf and extend ing above and below the same, and the inner extremities of said walls on one side of the shelf connected by a tie and said tie when below the shelf arranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in a substantiallyhorizontal position, and said shelf being permitted to drop by gravity when not so held.

13. In a device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchandise,- an endless revoluble belt, in combination with a shelf provided witha rigid frame, loops surrounding the inner bar of said frame and riveted to the belt, and serving as hinges for said frame and the shelf, a projection extending from said inner bar, and said projection when below the shelf arranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in a substantially-horizontal position, and said shelf being permitted to drop by gravity when not so held.

14. A device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchandise, having an endless revoluble belt, a shelf hinged to the outside of said belt, and provided with a projection extending from its hinged or inner portion, and said projection when below the shelf arranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in asubstantiallyhorizontal position, and said shelf being permitted to drop by gravity when not so held, a plurality of continuous couveyers situated below said belt, and one under the other, whereby articles dropped upon the shelf may be held, then conveyed and deposited upon said continuous conveyers one under the other, and finally deposited at another 10- cality.

15. In a device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchandise, an endless revoluble belt, in combination with a shelf provided Witharigid frame, loops surrounding the inner bar of said frame and riveted to the belt, and serving as hinges for said frame and the shelf, a projection extending from said inner bar, and said projection when below the shelf arranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in a substantially-horizontal position, and said shelf being permitted to drop by gravity when not so held, a plurality of continuous conveyers situated below said belt, and one under the other, pulleys over which said conveyers are arranged to rotate, and mechanism connecting said pulleys, whereby the rotation of one conveyer will rotate it and the others in unison, and whereby articles dropped upon the shelf may be held, then conveyed, and deposited upon said continuous conveyors one under the other, and finally deposited at another locality.

16. A device for collecting, conveying and depositing articles or packages of merchandise, having an endless revoluble belt, a shelf hinged transversely to the outside of the same and provided with a projection extending from its hinged or inner portion and said projection when below the shelf arranged to rest upon the belt and hold the shelf in a substantially-horizontal position, said shelf being' permitted to drop by gravity when not so held, whereby the belt will constitute a back for said shelf and whereby articles dropped upon the shelf maybe held and then conveyed, and deposited.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LAWRENCE ABRAHAM.

Witnesses:

B. J. OoNRoY, HENRY WILHELM.