US664892A

US664892A - Conveyer.

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Publication number: US664892A
Application number: US74191399A
Authority: US
Inventors: Michel John Paul
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1899-12-29
Filing date: 1899-12-29
Publication date: 1901-01-01
Anticipated expiration: 1918-01-01

Description

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Patented Jan. I, |90I.

M. J. PAUL.

CDNVEYER.

(Application filed Dec. 29, 1899.)

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No. 664.892. Patented 1an. I, |90I. M. J. PAUL.

GONVEYER.

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MICHEL JOHN PAUL, OF NEW YORK, N.- Y.

CONVEYER.

s'rEcIFIcA'rIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,892, dated January 1, 190i.

`Application led December 29, 1899. Serial No. 741,913. (No modela To all wwnt it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MICHEL JOHN PAUL, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Conveyers, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to the class of devices or apparatuses such as are employed for conveying and transferring coal and similar substances, and particularly to that species of conveyers which are used in connection with vessels for coaling and for transferring cargoes, ballast, dto.

The object of the invention is primarily to provide an adjustable conveyer or transferring apparatus adapted for receiving coal or other materials from a barge, collier, or the like, carrying it to another point, usually at a higher level, and then discharging it. The point of discharge may be on board a vessel or on a wharf, for example. Usually the conveyer or transferring apparatus will be mounted on a float or lighter, so as to become a iioating conveyer, adapted to be interposed, for example, between a barge loaded with coal and a ship to which the coal is to be transferred; and in the accompanying drawings the invention is illustrated as ernbodied in an apparatus for such uses or purposes.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a somewhat diagrammatic View of the apparatus, showing it interposed between a ship and a barge. Fig. 2 is a view seen from the left in Fig. l, the near side of the barge being omitted. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the conveyers, drawn to a larger scale than the principal views, the plane of the section being indicated approximately by the line .fr a; in Fig. l. Fig. #i is a side elevation of the upper or delivery end of the conveyer. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail View of a part of the conveyer, drawn also to a large scale. Figs. 6 and 6a are views illustrating the construction of the gearing. Fig. 7 illustrates a slightly-modified construction of the delivery-chute.

For the purpose of the present specification it is assumed that the invention is applied, by way of example, to transferring coal from a barge A to a Steamship B. The apparatus comprises a lighter or iioat C, on which the transferring-gear D is placed, thelatter being arranged in such a manner as to admit of the lighter being brought alongside the vessel to be coaled. According to the method of Working described in the specification to Letters Patent of the United States of America No. 475,888 the coal is delivered at the extremity of the coal-barge; but in most instances it is more convenient to bring the lighter or float alongside and to deliver the coal laterally. According to the present improved method of working the coal-supply is contained in a barge distinct from that which carries the transferring appliances, and the coal instead of traveling longitudinally is conveyed transversely, it being received from the barge A,arranged on one side of the lighter C, and delivered to the vessel B to be coaled or to a wharf upon the opposite side of the said lighter.

The apparatus which serves in the actual transference of the'coal comprises a con veyer E E, formed of plates e e, attached to links e e and having turned-up sides e2 e2, while certain of the plates have tu rned-up edges or backs e3, so as to constitute receptacles for the coal. The leading edge of each plate is down- ,Wardly curved, so as to fit snugly against the trailing edge of the next preceding plate, and while allowing of the maximum bending of the conveyer-chain it offers no opening for the escape of the coal-dust. Rollers e4 are provided upon some of the joint-pins pertaining to the links. This conveyer is preferably arranged in two sections, the first or lower section receiving the coal from the barge and delivering it to the second or upper section of the conveyer, the latter in turn delivering it to the vessel or wharf. Each section E E of the conveyer is arranged about acarrier F F, furnished with rails F', whereon the rollers e4 run, and the two conveyer-carriers are mounted to slide by means of rollers fj' in inclined guides G Gr, these guides being arranged parallel t-he one with the other. From a steam, electric, or other motor (not shown) motion is communicated to each of the conveyers, the arrangement for driving being such as to admit of their being worked whatever position the con veyer-carriers may at any moment happen to occupy in their inclined guides. From the same source of power'mo- IOO tion is or may be communicated to the conveyer-carriers themselves with a View to altering their positions in their respective guides. The conveyer-carrier guides are attached to a suitable fixed framing H.

W'hen the apparatus is out of use or while being moved from place to place, the two sections of the conveyer, each arranged about its own carrier, may be housed within the width of the lighter whereon they are mounted. When, however, the apparatus is required for use in coaling a vessel, the two sections of the conveyer are moved one downward and outward and the other upward and outward, t-he lower end of the former extending into the barge A, containing the supply of coal, while the upper end of the latter extends over or toward the vessel B to be coaled. Thus the equal projection at opposite sides of the barge or floating base serves to trim the latter or keep it level, and the drawing in of the conveyers within the side lines or margins of the base avoids obstruction to other crafts.

The shaft I is connected with the motor and transmits motion by means of the bevel-gearing t' to the shafts t" t', the upper extremities of the latter shafts being furnished with bevelwheels 't2 i2, which mesh with bevel-wheels t3 t3, mounted on the respective shafts t4 t4. Each shaft i4 is arranged to slide through its pinion i3 by means of a feather and feather-way and is furnished at its upper end with a bevelwheel i5, which meshes with another bevelwheel 716, keyed to the shaft il of the drivingdrum 'i8 pertaining to each conveyer E. Thus the conveyers are caused to travel uniformly, the coal being carried up to the top of the rst conveyer and there delivered onto the second conveyer, whence it is delivered by the chute K into the hold of the vessel being coaled or to any other locality. The coal is picked up by the receptacles or buckets of the conveyer from a hopper L, situate at the lower extremity of the carrier pertaining to the first conveyer. A- hopper or collector L' is provided to intercept any coal that might escape at the point of transference from the first to the second conveyer. The tension of the conveyer may be regulated by means of the nuts e5 e5, the lower drum-trunnion of each conveyer being mounted to slide in slots in the lower end of its carrier.

When running out or housing the carriers, the shafts M M are rendered operative by connecting them with the motor. The upper eX- tremities of these shafts are furnished with bevel-wheels m m, which mesh with bevelwheels 'm' m/ on transverse shafts m2 m2, the latter being provided with toothed wheels 'm3 m3, which mesh with the respective toothed racks F2 F2.

The housed positions of the parts of the structure are indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l, in which figure the conveyer is indicated by a dot-and-dash line. The chute may be provided with a detachable extension when required, as shown at KX.

It will be understood from the above description that this invention contemplates the unloading of any barge or collier, the lighter or float carrying the conveyer beinga separate vessel and interposed between the barge and the ship or point of delivery, also that the conveyer is in two parts or sections, which may be adjusted independently and be operated simultaneously, and also that the sectional conveyer is adapted to project onl base for driving the conveyer,and mechanism Y on the base for protruding the conveyer-sections outward at opposite sides, respectively, of the base and for .drawing them in within the side limits of the same, in order t'o trim the base.

2. A conveying apparatus, comprising a floating base, an upright frame on said base, a conveyer mounted in said frame, said conveyer being in two sections mounted slidably, one above the other, in inclined, parallel guides whereby one section may be protruded outwardly and downwardly at one side of the base and the other section be protruded outwardly and upwardly at the other side of said base, mechanism for driving both sections of the conveyer simultaneously, and means for moving said sections along their guides.

3. A conveying apparatus, comprising a floating base provided with an upright. supporting-frame, transversely inclined, superposed, parallel guides in said frame and comprised within the width of the base, conveyer- IOl sections mounted slidably in the respective guides and coxnprised,when drawn in,within the width of the base, mechanism on the base for protruding one of said sections outward and downward the other section outward and upward, and mechanism on the base fordriving said conveyer-sections.

4. In a conveying apparatus for the purpose speciiied, the combination with the endless chain of plates and the drums, of the carrier, the'inclined guides, the shaft t4, parallell MICHEL JOHN PAUL.

Witnesses:

PETER A. Ross, HENRY CoNNE'r'r.