US805684A - Machine for moving snow. - Google Patents

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US805684A
US805684A US25209205A US1905252092A US805684A US 805684 A US805684 A US 805684A US 25209205 A US25209205 A US 25209205A US 1905252092 A US1905252092 A US 1905252092A US 805684 A US805684 A US 805684A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01H—STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING OR PREVENTING FOG IN GENERAL CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS
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    • E01H5/10—Removing snow or ice from roads or like surfaces; Grading or roughening snow or ice by application of heat for melting snow or ice, whether cleared or not, combined or not with clearing or removing mud or water, e.g. burners for melting in situ, heated clearing instruments; Cleaning snow by blowing or suction only
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  • My object is to provide a machine adapted to be connected with a car or locomotive for advantageously removing snow from a track to save time, labor, and expense in clearing a track and to prevent the delays and losses incident to snow-blockades on tracks.
  • My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of operative elements with a frame, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine, and Fig. 2 a vertical sectional view thereof that shows the positions of all'the operative parts relative to each other and the frame upon which they are mounted.
  • the numeral designates the difierent parts of a rigid frame, preferably made of iron, to which is fixed an open-ended snowconveyer 12, with its large end near the lower part of the front end of the frame.
  • an adjustable extension 13 that is open at its top and ends and adapted to be lowered to scrape and gather into the conveyer 12 the snow in front of it as the machine is advanced against the snow on the track in front of the machine.
  • Shafts 14 are rotatably connected with the front corners of the extension 13 and supported in screw-seats 15, fixed in the front ends of parts of the frame projected forward, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or in any suitable way in such a manner that by means of handwheels 16, fixed to the tops of the shafts, the front of the extension 13 can be readily raised and lowered at pleasure.
  • a fan-case 20 To the rear and lower portion of the frame is fixed a fan-case 20, and in it is mounted a rotary fan 21, and to the top of the fancase and the top of the conveyer is fixed a blowpipe 22, and a screen 23 is fixed in the lower end of the blowpipe in an inclined position to prevent pieces of ice or lumps of snow from falling down into the fan-case when the machine is in operation.
  • a rotatable hood 24 On the top of the blowpipe 22 is a rotatable hood 24:, adapted to be adjusted, as required, to direct snow blown up through the pipe to the right or left of the machine and the line of advance, as required, to direct the snow in the direction the Wind may be blowing to aid in carrying the snow away from the track.
  • a lar er sprocket-wheel 28 is also fixed on the s aft 25 and connected with a small sprocket-wheel 29 on the fanshaft 30 by a chain 31, as required, to impart rotary motion and speed to the fan, as required, to blow snow from the top of the conveyer 12 up and out.
  • a second sprocket-wheel on the end of the fan-shaft (not shown) and a sprocketwheel 32 on the end of the shaft of the rotatable Wheel 17 are connected by a chain 33 to actuate the wheel 17 as required, for moving the snow upward from the extension 13 and through the conveyer 12.
  • Corresponding sprocket-wheels and chains (not shown) connect the drive-shaft 25, the fan-shaft 30, and the shaft of the wheel 17 on the other side of the machine.
  • an openended conveyer fixed to a frame to incline upward and rearward and an adjustable extension, open at its top and ends, hinged to its front end, means for adjusting the hinged extension, a hood on the front end portion of the conveyer and a wheel mounted in the conveyer and under the hood to move snow upward throu h the conveyer.
  • an openended conveyer fixed to a frame to incline upward and rearward and an adjustable scoop scraper, a wheel mounted in the front of the conveyer to move snow upward, a rotary fan under the rear end portion of the conveyer and a blowpipe connected with the fan-case and the top of the conveyer, and a screen in the lower end of the blowpipe, arranged and combined as set forth.

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No. 805,684. PATENTED Nov. 28, 1905. 0. SULLIVAN,
v MACHINE FOR MOVING SNOW.
APPLIGATION FILED MAR.22, 1905.
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Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Nov. 28, 1905.
Application filed March 22, 1906. Serial No. 252,092.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, OWEN SULLIVAN, a citi- I zen of the United States, residing at Belmond,
in the county of Wright and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Machine for Moving Snow, of which the following is a specification.
My object is to provide a machine adapted to be connected with a car or locomotive for advantageously removing snow from a track to save time, labor, and expense in clearing a track and to prevent the delays and losses incident to snow-blockades on tracks.
My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of operative elements with a frame, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine, and Fig. 2 a vertical sectional view thereof that shows the positions of all'the operative parts relative to each other and the frame upon which they are mounted.
The numeral designates the difierent parts of a rigid frame, preferably made of iron, to which is fixed an open-ended snowconveyer 12, with its large end near the lower part of the front end of the frame. To the front and lower part of said conveyer is pivotally connected an adjustable extension 13, that is open at its top and ends and adapted to be lowered to scrape and gather into the conveyer 12 the snow in front of it as the machine is advanced against the snow on the track in front of the machine. Shafts 14 are rotatably connected with the front corners of the extension 13 and supported in screw-seats 15, fixed in the front ends of parts of the frame projected forward, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or in any suitable way in such a manner that by means of handwheels 16, fixed to the tops of the shafts, the front of the extension 13 can be readily raised and lowered at pleasure.
A rotatable wheel 17, adapted for moving snow upward and rearward from the extension 13 and pressing it up through the small and top end of the conveyer 12, is mounted in the front end and top of the conveyer, and a hood 18 is hinged to the top and central portion of the conveyer to cover and conceal the wheel 17.
To the rear and lower portion of the frame is fixed a fan-case 20, and in it is mounted a rotary fan 21, and to the top of the fancase and the top of the conveyer is fixed a blowpipe 22, and a screen 23 is fixed in the lower end of the blowpipe in an inclined position to prevent pieces of ice or lumps of snow from falling down into the fan-case when the machine is in operation.
On the top of the blowpipe 22 is a rotatable hood 24:, adapted to be adjusted, as required, to direct snow blown up through the pipe to the right or left of the machine and the line of advance, as required, to direct the snow in the direction the Wind may be blowing to aid in carrying the snow away from the track.
In the top portion of the fancase is mounted a drive-shaft 25 and a sprocketwheel 26, fixed to its end to be connected with gearing on a car or locomotive by means of a chain 27, as shown in Fig. 1, or in any suitable way, as required, to rotate the shaft. A lar er sprocket-wheel 28 is also fixed on the s aft 25 and connected with a small sprocket-wheel 29 on the fanshaft 30 by a chain 31, as required, to impart rotary motion and speed to the fan, as required, to blow snow from the top of the conveyer 12 up and out. A second sprocket-wheel on the end of the fan-shaft (not shown) and a sprocketwheel 32 on the end of the shaft of the rotatable Wheel 17 are connected by a chain 33 to actuate the wheel 17 as required, for moving the snow upward from the extension 13 and through the conveyer 12. Corresponding sprocket-wheels and chains (not shown) connect the drive-shaft 25, the fan-shaft 30, and the shaft of the wheel 17 on the other side of the machine.
Having thus set forth the purpose of my invention and its construction and manner of use, the practical operation and utility thereof will be readily understood by persons familiar with the art to which it pertains.
What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is
1. In a machine for moving snow, an openended conveyer fixed to a frame to incline upward and rearward and an adjustable extension, open at its top and ends, hinged to its front end, means for adjusting the hinged extension, a hood on the front end portion of the conveyer and a wheel mounted in the conveyer and under the hood to move snow upward throu h the conveyer.
2. In a mac ine for moving snow, an openended conveyer fixed to a frame to incline upward and rearward and an adjustable scoop scraper, a wheel mounted in the front of the conveyer to move snow upward, a rotary fan under the rear end portion of the conveyer and a blowpipe connected with the fan-case and the top of the conveyer, and a screen in the lower end of the blowpipe, arranged and combined as set forth.
OWEN SULLIVAN.
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S. H. CARR, J. J. STAUFFER.
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US2709311A (en) * 1951-02-16 1955-05-31 Floyd A Cady Rotary type snow removal device

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US2709311A (en) * 1951-02-16 1955-05-31 Floyd A Cady Rotary type snow removal device

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