US820565A

US820565A - Machine for loading coal from the tipples into cars.

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Publication number: US820565A
Application number: US23967805A
Authority: US
Inventors: Albert T Goff
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-01-04
Filing date: 1905-01-04
Publication date: 1906-05-15
Anticipated expiration: 1923-05-15

Description

No. 820,565. PATENTED MAY 15, 1906. A. T. GOFF. MACHINE FOR LOADING GOAL FROM THE TIPPLES INTO CARS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4. 1905.

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PATBNTED MAY 15, 1906.

A. T. GOFP. MACHINE FOR LOADING GOAL FROM THE TIPPLBS INTO CARS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4. 1905.

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A. T. GOPF. MACHINE FOR LOADING COAL FROM THE TIPPLES INTO CARS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT T. GOFF, OF MONT OOTH BOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR LOADING COAL FROM THE TlPPL ES INTO CARS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

, Application filed January 4,1905. Serial No. 239,678.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, ALBERT T. GOFF, a citizen of the borough of Montooth, in the county of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Machine for Loading Coal from the Tipples into Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in chutes for use in coal-tipples for loading coal from the weighing-pan into railway-cars.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable, and efficient device of this character by means of which coal may be loaded in an expeditious and economical manner.

With the above and other objects in view my invention consists in the novel construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of one end of the upper section of my improved two-part chute. Fig. Fig. 3 is a view of the opposite end of the same. Fig. 4 is a view of the small end of the lower section of the two-part chute. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the lower chute-section. view of the large end of the lower chute-section. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of my improved two-p art chute, showing its lower section in its lowered position. Fi 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7, showing the lower chutesection in its elevated position. Fig. 9 is a detail vertical sectional view through a portion of a coal-tipple, showing the manner in which my improved single chute is mounted, the latter being in side elevation. Fig. 10 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 10 10 in Fig. 9. Figfll is a longitudinal sectional view through a portion of a coaltipple, showing one way in which the improved two-part chute may be suspended and adjusted; and Fig. 12 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 12 12 in Fig. 1 1.

Referring more particularly to Fi s. 1 to 8, inclusive, of the drawin s, in which I have shown an embodiment o my invention consisting of a two-part or two-section chute, the numeral 1 denotes an upper member or section and the numeral 2 a lower member or section, which has one of its ends pivotally connected to one end of the section 1, so that its opposite end may slide vertically upon or telescope the section 1. The upper section 1 I Fig. 6 is a.

consists of a substantially rectangular frame 3 of angle metal, to the side portions of which are riveted or otherwise secured sheet-metal sides 4, which taper slightly from one end to the other. These sides are stifiened by metal braces 5, which are secured, as shown, upon their outer faces. The lower section 2 of the chute comprises a substantially rectangular angle-metal frame 6, which is of greater size than the frame 3 and which has secured to it asheet-metal body portion or chute proper, 7. The latter tapers from one of its ends to the other, as shown, and is strengthened or reinforced by angle-metal braces 8, secured upon its outer faces and to the frame 6, as clearly shown in the drawings. The small end of the chute-section 2 is closed by a segment-shaped head 9 and its opposite large end is open to permit the coal to discharge therefrom into a railway-car, receptacle, or the like. The section 2 has its small end pivoted, as shown at 10, to the small end of the section 1, so that its large or discharge end may swing in avertical plane and telescope the sides 4 of said upper section 1. The downwardly-swinging movement of the outer or free end of the section 2 is limited by one or more chains 11, which connect the two sections 1 2 at their large ends. The section 2 may be adjustedvertically upon the section 1 by drawing upon chains or other flexible connections 12, which have their lower ends attached to the dis charge end of the section 2 and their upper ends actuated by any suitable mechanism.

The chute may be mounted and operated in any manner by any suitable mechanism, and in Figs. 11 and 12 of the drawings I show one manner in which this may be done. As there shown the entire chute is suspended from a suitable support 30 in a coal-tipple or the like 31 by four chains, cables, or other flexible connections 32, which have their lower ends attached to the four corners of the rectangular frame of the section 1. If desired, these chains or connections 32 may be adjustable, so that the chute may be raised and lowered vertically or horizontally, as may be found necessary or desirable in loading cars. As shown in these figures of the drawings, the outer or free end of the lower section 2 is counterbalanced by weights 33, so that said chute-section may be adjusted at any angular position within the range of the chains or connections 11. As shown, these weights 33 are a little heavier than the IIO chute-section 2. They are connected to the the car, thereby properly distributing the ends of cables or the like 34, which pass over coal. and permittmg the car to be readily pulleys 35, and have their opposite ends connected to the sides of the free or outer end of the chute-section 2, as clearly shown in Fig. 12. The pulleys 35 are secured upon a shaft 36, which is mounted in suitable bearings upon a horizontal frame or support 37, mounted in the coal-tipple. Upon said shaft is also provided afriction-wheel 38,which is engaged by a friction brake-band 39, which has its end attached to the ends or arms of a bell-crank or lever 40, pivotally mounted at 41 upon the frame or support 37. One of the arms of the bell-crank or lever 40 is extended and has adjustably mounted upon it a weight 42, which is adapted to normally hold the brake-band 39 in frictional engagement with the wheel 8, so as to prevent rotation of the same, and hence the shaft 36. This brake may be released by drawing upon a cord or cable 43, one end of which hangs within convenient reach of a person upon a car beneath the chute and the other end of which is passed over a guide-pulley 44 and is attached to the weighted end of the lever or bell-crank. When the cord or cable 43 is drawn upon, the shaft 36 is released, so that the weights 33 can descend and elevate the chute-section 2, so that the latter may be drawn or swung downwardly and retained in an adjusted position as soon as the cord or cable 43 is released. It will be understood that instead of employing this counterbalanced device for the chute-section 2 differential chain-blocks or other devices may be provided for accomplishing the same purpose.

The embodiment of my invention (shown in Figs. 9 and 10 of the drawings) comprises a chute 20, which is in all respects similar to the member or section2 of the two-part chute previously described. This chute 20 instead of being pivoted and suspended by means of chains is mounted on wheels or rollers 2]., which run upon a horizontal frame 22, suspended by means of hanger-rods 23 in the coal-tipple. The track-frame 22 is rectangular in form, and the wheels 21 are flanged to engage its rectangular side beams, as clearly shown in Fig. 10. the chute 20 in this manner it may be shifted longitudinally beneath the usual weighing-pan 30, so that the railway-car 31 will be properly trimmed whilebeing loaded.

The use and many advantages of the invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. It will be seen that by means of the invention coal may be loaded upon cars in a regular and uniform manner, so that there will be little or no breakage. The chute receives the coal from the right-angularly-extending weighing pan or box, checks its downward movement, and

By mountingtrimmed, so that there will be little or no loss in transportation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor detailsof construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I 1 1. A chute comprising a substantially rectangular angle-metal frame, a longitudinallytapered sheet-metal body of substantially semiconical form in crosssection secured upon said rectan ular frame, angle-metal brace-bars secure upon the outer face of said body and to said frame, said braces being arranged at the ends of said body and at intermediate points, a substantially semicircular head closing'the small end to said body, and means for suspending said body.

2. A chute comprising upper and lower pivotally connected telescoping sections, said upper section consisting of a frame and sides carried thereby, and said lower section consisting of a frame and a tapered body carried by said frame, and means for suspending said chute.

3. A chute comprising upper and lower pivotally-connected sections, the upper section consisting of a rectangular frame and longitudinallytapered depending parallel sides, and the lower section consisting of a rectangular frame pivoted at one end to one end of the upper section, a longitudinally-tapered substantially semiconical body, means for limiting the swinging movement of said lower section, and means for suspending said u per section.

4. A chute comprising upper and lower telescoping sections pivoted together at one end, said upper section consisting of a frame and depending sides, and said lower section consisting of a frame and a body having an inclined bottom, flexible connection between. the free ends of said sections to limit the downward swinging movement of the lower section, and means for suspending said upper section.

5. The combination with a' suitable support and a substantially rectangular horizontally disposed track-frame suspended therefrom, of a chute comprising a substantially rectangular angle-metal frame, a longitudinally-tapered sheet-metal body of substantially semiconical form in cross-section secured upon said rectangular frame, angle-metal brace-bars secured upon the outer face of said body and to the said frame, said braces being arranged at the ends of said body and at intermediate points, a substantially semicircular head closing the deposits it longitudinally in -the .center of small end of said body, and supporting- IIO Wheels upon said chute adapted to run upon the frame of the upper section and said supsaid track-frame, substantially as shown and port for supporting the chute, a flexible condescribed. nection between said sections for limiting the 6. The combination with a suitable sup-' swinging movement of the lower section, and 5 port of a chute comprising upper and lower means for supporting said lower section in an 15 telescoping sections pivotally connected at adjusted position.

one end, said upper section consisting of a A. T. GOFF. frame and depending sides and said lower Witnesses: section consisting of a frame and a body hav- H. L. AUOHMUTY,

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