US875529A - Apparatus for handling beets. - Google Patents

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PATBNTED DEC. 31.. 1907.

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D L JOBHNCK APPARATUS FOR HANDLING BEETS.

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PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907. U '1). L. JOEHNGK. A APPARATUS FOR HANDLING BEETS,

APPLIOATIOK FILED APR. 22, 1307.

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gwwewtpz Witnesses 'DETLEF L. JOEHNCK, OF ROCKY FORD, COLORADO.

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING BEETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907.

Application filed April 22, 1907. Serial No. 369.619.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DETLEF L. JOEHNCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rocky Ford, county of ()tero, State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ap aratus for Handling Beets; and I do here y declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in loadin a paratus.

In the following s eification, for the purpose of brevity an elearness, reference is simply made to beetsf as the product to be handled, but it will of course be understood that instead of beets other products may be eqlilially well handled, such for instance as ot er classes of tubers, corn, grain, coke,

coal, stone, etc., and the employment of the word beets is not to be construed as restricting the invention to this particular use. The invention is especially designed for the purpose of storing in large quantities, by directly conveying to the storage chamber such as a railroad car, wagon loads of the product, such as beets, which at the same time are screened from dirt and refuse matter, and a sample of each wagon load being procured while the articles are bein transported from the wagon or similar veIiicle to the railroad car, or other storing compartment.

While I do not limit myself to the exact details herein referred to, still for the purpose of disclosure reference is had to the accom anyin drawings illustrating a practice embo ent of the invention, in which like letters designate the same parts 1n the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my apparatus, the lower portion of the main upright frame bein broken away and the bed of the pit being s IOWIi in section for the purpose of clearness in illustration. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the apparatus, the lower portion of the main frame being broken away and the pit and the ski rear being shown in trans verse section, an Fig. 3 is a fragmentary local view on an enlarged scale showing the pit and ski car in vertical section, and a sli htly DICK ified form of dumping wagon.

In carrying out the invention broadly, I enlploya platform scale, located adjacent a pit, and cooperating with a suitable upright support, a skip car therefor, hoisting mean's for the skip car, means for tripping the skip car at a predetermined osition of elevatlon, means for screemng the )eets from the refuse matter and conveying the cleaned beets to the car or other storage compartment, and means for obtaining samples of each wagon load of beets, the whole cooperatim to form an ellicient apparatus for practicafiy carrying out in a continuous operation the weig ing of the load of beets, the conveying of same in a clean state to the car, and the obtaining of a sample of each wagon load.

a designates a pit for the reception of the skip car, which may be rovided with the recessed center 1:, to receive the depending means for pivotin the skip ear to the hoisting a paratus; c designates a base chamber for t 1e reception of the platform (1 of the scales 0 located in a suitable shed f, contain- 'ing drums operated by any suitable power,

and designated by an engine conventionally,

as at g. The pit a and compartment 0 maybe of lumber, or cement or other masonry work, as shown.

Disposed above the pit a is located an upright support, which ma be stayedin any suitable manner. In the drawings, this upright support consists of a vertical frame comprising the side members It, the top cross piece a, the whole stayed by the laterally-extending truss frames j and the rearwardly-.

extending trussing frames 7c; each of said .trussmg'frames consisting of the mchmng mam timbers and the cross bars Z.

On one of the cross bars I may be suitably mounted a roller or sheave m, disposed above the )latform of the scales, over which reeves 9. ca le 12-, connected at one end to an o'p'erats.

ing drum of the engine 9 or other 0 eratmg power and at its other end provide with a swivel and hook connection 0, adapted to; be secured to a tilting wagon bod p as, for

'1 he vehicle,

The uprights or standards h I the drawings as carried by the side bars 1) v passed through the I-beam and bent beneath-- passing as at y. to a drum operated by the engine or other power.

Suspended by the I-beain t, by means of the hanger straps z, is the skip car 1, consisting of a tilting bucket provided with base bearings, having trtnntion pins .2, around which pass the hanger straps z. ltigitlly mounted between the straps 2. at a suitable position thereon, is a pair of spacing blocks 3. each carrying a pivoted latch 4. on opposite sides ol the skip car, which pivoted latches 4 are adapted to engage with lugs 5 on the skip car. Disposed above said pit. and in alinemeat with the rear end of the latches 4 are a pair of trip bars 6, whicheobvionsly may be adjustably or rigidly connected with the framework. At a position on said upright frame. slightly above the bottom of said trip bars d. is pivotally mounted a grizzly screen 7, which is shown as hinged to the upright frame. as at 8. The outer end of this grizzly screen is suspended by means of a cable or cables 9, reeving over pulleys on the cross bar (not shownl in passing to the operating drums. 1t) designating the front wall of an open hopper supporting the outet edge of the grizzly screen, and pivoted as at 11 to a suitable support on the. upright l'raine. This front wall it) of the hopper cooperates with the rear wall 12 to deflect any screenings to a chute l3 communicating by means of :i spent H with a. wheelbarrow, or other means for conveving oil refuse matter. of the hopper 10 is also connected with the grizzly screen 7 by means of a llexible connection 15, secured at one end to said front wall. thence. recving around a pulley mounted on said rear wall 12 of the hopper, and sccured at its other end to the rear or hinged end of the grizzly screen.

Disposed at the lower or discharge end of the screen is mounted a. sampler tithe, prefcrably of sectional construction. This sanipler tube is designed to be disposed in any 1 position along the lower edge or discharge end of the screen. in the drawings. the louera-c-tiou ill of ihe sampler tube is shown as carried by the framework construction. and at its lower end is provided with a bracket l? for suspending a receptacle 16 for the sample lit-ets. the tube is shown as mounted on the pivoted front wall ltlof the hopper, a joinder with the l The uplower section being made as at 20. per end of the section I!) is provided with a milling plate 20 which may be adjnstably connected to the tube in any suitable way. designated conventionally as by a locking .1: designates a pulley preferably i The front wall The upper section in of j is the same as that shown in the ther fig- I ures, but instead of the tilting wagon hodyp 2 the same is provided with a rope net 23 for i discharging the load of beets into the skip 1 bucket 1.

in operation, referring to Figs. 1 and 2, a wagon load of beets is driven onto the scales. and after weighing same, the cable 12 is oper- 5 ated to tilt the wagon body and dump the l beets into the skip bucket, after which the cable y is operated to elevate the skip bucket,

end of the trip bar 6, the skip bucketis released, the latch being held in its elevated position, shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, by t sliding along the trip bar, and ready to engage the bucketand lock same in position upon its descent. At the same time when bucket is in a position just above the rear end l of the SCl.t'li, and consequently the rear end i of the screen acts as a fulcrum for the forl ward end of the bucket which is gradually tilted over until it assumes the position shown in dotted lines. The beets being l dumped onto the screen, the dirt, stone, and f other refuse matter passes through the coarse 3 screen, down through the hopper, and out of T the chute 14 into a wheel barrow or other form of vehicle, while the discharged beets l pass into the car or other storing chamber disposed at the end of the screen. During t the.passage of the. beets past the sampler tube. however, some of the beets striking the battling plate 21 will fall down through the sampler tube into the bucket 1h, thereby j furnish a sample of the load of beets being dumped.

The wagon with the load of beets having f been initially weighed, and having also been weighed after dutnping the load into the skip 5 bucket, the true weight of the beets is ascertained by then weighing the refuse matter discharged through the. tube .14, and subtracting the weight of this refuse matter plus the weight of the wagon from the gross weight of wagon and beets.

Having thus described the invention, what l claim is:'

1. The combination of an upright support. a skip car vertically movable thereon. an iticliuing screen projecting therefrom, a hopper :tlispnsed beneath said screen. a sampling chute disposed at the outerend of said screen.

means for hoisting said skip car. and means tilting said skip car adjacent said screen for discharging the contents thereon. substantizilly as described.

2. lhecombination of an upright support. an inclining screen projecting therefrom, a :nm'al'lc support carried by sa d upright and means for hoisting said support. a skip car nivctaily suspended by said mo\ ablestipport. a latch pivotally mounted on said movable Stflt\\'.'.2. The. con truction shown in Fig. I; support adapted .to engage kicking means on 5 the latch is tripped, the forward end of the.

and as soon as the latch 4 engages the lower said skip ear, and means for tilting said skip said inclining screenfa ski 'car carried by car during its upward movement for dissaid frame, and means fore evating said ski!) charging the contents thereof on said screen, car and tilting the contents thereof on said comprising a tripping bar engaging the tail end of said latch, substantially as described.

3; The combination of an upright frame, an inclined screen carried thereby, a cross beam carried by said frame and mounted to slide therein, a skip car having a trunnion pin 10 on each side thereof, a pair of hanger straps passing around said cross bar and said trunnion pins, a spacing block secured to one ofsaid straps, a latch pivoted to said spacing block and cooperating with a lug on said skip car,

means for elevating said cross bar, and means for tripping said latch comprising a trip bar projecting 1n the path of said latch below said inclining screen, substantially as described. 4. The combination of an upright support,

a skip car movable vertically thereon and means for elevating same, a screen pivot-ally secured to said frame, a cable supporting the end of said screen, means for operating said cable, and means for tilting said skip car to dump the contents thereof on said screen, substantially as described.

5. The combination of an upright support, a pivoted screen carried thereby, a hopper disposed below said screen comprising a stationaiy rear wall and a pivoted front wall,

the front wall of said hopper adapted to enga e and support the outer end of said screen, a xed pulley carried by said frame, a cable suspending the outer end of said screen and means for operating same, flexible means rceving around said fixed pulley and disposed between the upper end of said pivoted front wall and the rear end of said screen, a skip car vertically movable on said support,

means for eievating said skip car, and means for tripping said skip car to tilt the contents thereof on said screen, substantially as described.

screen, substantially as described.

7. The combination of an upri ht support, an inclining screen projecting therefrom, a sampling tube disposed at the lower end of said inclining screen, a baffling plate projecting above said sampliw tube, a skip car carried by said frame, ant means for elevat'n said skip car and tilting the contents ther e0 on said screen, substantially as described 8. The combination of an upri ht support, an inclining screen projecting t erefroni, a sampling tube disposed at the lower end of said incli i 1ing screen, an adjustable bafl ling plate pro ectmg above said sampling tut e, a skip car carried by said frame, and means for elevating said skip car and tilting the contents thereof on said screen, substantially as described.

9. The combination of an n right sup port, a pivoted screen, a hopper isposed t elow said screen comprising a stationary rear wall and a pivoted front wall supporting the forward end-of said screen, flexible means connecting said screen and pivoted front w all, a cable connected to said screen and means for operating said cableto elevate said screen, a sectional sampling tube the upper section carried by said pivoted front wall and the lower section being supported in a stationary position, a receptacle for catching the sample beets, a skip car vertically movable on said upright support, means for elevating said skip car, means for tripping same to tilt the contents thereof on said screen, and means for delivering a load of beets to said tip car, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

DETLEF L. JOEHNCK.

6. The combination of an upi'i ht support, Witnesses:

an inclining screen projecting t ierefrom, a

sampling tube disposed at the lower end of R. W. Gmaons, H. D. Macon.

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