US898501A - Wagon-loading device. - Google Patents

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R. PEDERSON. WAGON LOADING DEVIGE. APPLIOATION FILED DEG.10, l907.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908.

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0 ATTORNE R. PEDBRSON.

WAGON LOADING DEVICE. APPLICATION riLED DEG. 10, 1907.

' 898,501, Patented Sept. 15,1908.

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WITNESSES: IN VEN TOR M Rfl/i UGI /EIDERO'O/Z 21m -R.. PEDBRSON.

WAGON LOADING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.10, 1907.

Patented Sept. 15,1908.

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INVENTOR 3 Rfismus Pips/won To all whom it may concern:

- aasnus-rnnnnson, or PARKERSBUBG, IOWA.

waeonoAnmG DEVICE.

seeca aaa of Letters Patent.

. Application filed December 1(.l, .'.l'90'2'. Serial. No. 405,575..

Be it known-that I, RASMUS P'EnERsoN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resldent 'of Parkersburg, Butler county,

'- Iowa, have'inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Loading Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in Wagon loading devices, and the objects of my invention are to furnish, first, an improved removable framework; second, to provide a more convenient construction of fork orscoop; third, to render the device more convenient in its dumping action, and otherwise to efiect decidedimprovements in construction and operation over my wagonloading device which was patented by the United States under Number 843,695,0n February 12th, 1907, and the device of a similar character shown in my United States application for a patent, Serial Number 366,922. These objects I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying' drawings, in which I I Figure 1 is a side elevation diagram of my complete wagonloading device as applied to a manure spreader; Fig. 2-is an enlarged detail side elevation of the-interacting cable drums mounted on 'the rear portion of the wagon pole. Fig. 3is an enlarged detail side elevation of the loading scoop. Fig. f'is a rear elevation of said scoop, and Fig. 5 is an upper plan view of the same. Fig. 6 is an enlarged transverse section taken along the line (i in Fig. 1, and showsa rear elevation of the front frameupriglits. f Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail side elevation of the automatic trip and catch device used for dumping the contents of said scoop; Fig. 8 is an upper plan view of the parallel horizontal bars of said trip and catch device as detached fronr the carriage thereof, and Fig.9 is a central vertical axial section of the interacting cable drums shownin side elevation in Fig. 2.

Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several views. I

-My improved wagon loading device is. herein represented as det'achably mounted upon a manure spreader. The manure spreader is of an ordinary type having a wagon-boX- 10-9 mounted on front carrying1 wheels 48 and rear carrying wheels 49, an I sup. lied at oneen'd with a beater-drum 30. The supporting frame for my device is constructed as follows: Vertical pintles ex tending from vangle-bars 2-9 are arranged along the outerfaces of the wagon-sides as shown, and secured thereto by bolts 8'2 equipped with nuts3'4. As shown the u rights .32, having seats or socketsv at their 'owerendsfor' the-'pintles 70, are set vertically at a location over said wagon-be 109; nearly midway-between the front and rear carrying wheels. Thefront uprights 32" have. a' cross-brac'e-rod 86 spaced a desired distance above the" wagon-box, but

enough as not to interfere with the passage of the scoop thereo'ver, such brace bemg passed through orifices in the uprights and secured thereto by nuts 33. transverse tubular beam 73 is connected to the ends of said-uprights by means of couplings 65. Therear uprights 27 are similarly secured tothe wagon-box, and secured together b a crossrod 28 and a top-beam with coup ings, but

are tilted rearwardly at a suflicient angle as shown in order to 'be in the lineof greatest strain over the rear of the box tosustain the weight of the scoop in action and. while being strengthened by means of' corner-braces 83' secured to the cross-rods 73 by means of bolts 82 and nuts 85, and t?) the uprights 32 and 27 by means of bolts84 and nuts 31 and 25- respectively. 1

. The numeral 2 designates a tube resting upon and projecting yond the cross-beams 73 to the front and rear. The numeral 1 designates a Y -beam of the same length as and arallel the tube below it, and locate a short distance below the cross-beams 73. Hanger-bolts 8, .4, and 6 are usedto suspend the Y-beam 1 from the tubular beam 2 at front, intermediate and rear points thereof, respectively. The numerals 7 and 5 designate upright extending'from the tube 2 near its front and rear. ends vertically, and threaded at their upper ends to receive the nuts 99 and 100',

between which truss-rods 81 are seated, the 'outer'ends of the truss-rods being secured to the cross-beams 73 by the bolts 82 and nuts- 85. The numeral 3 designates a longitudinal truss-rod for the tubular beam 2.

The numerals 90 and 91 designate side braces for the uprights 32 and 27, connected respectively between the fastem'n 's at 31 and 28, and at 33 and 25, respective y. Braces I01 connect. the front uprights '32 to the front lifted; The upper angles of the'fr'ame are end of the wagon-box i109. This whole.

structure may be removed from the wagonbox, and its parts knocked down easily. for transportationi v A traveling carriage '9 is adapted to move longitudinally along and suspended from the Y.- rail or beam 1. The carria e has a side framework oneach' side s ace apart, and having front and rear stan ards 96-, 'to'which the vhorizontal parallel bars 72 spaced-apart.

are secured by means of the bolts an 11- respectively-at rear and in'front: The rear portions of thebars '7 2 are brought closer toconnectedhanger 103, so that said hook will tably mounted.

" the- Y-rail edges.

gether, and are connected by bolts'12 and 98, and on the bolt 12 a small pulley: 94 is rotarear portion of the rail 1. When t e head of.

the contact-piece 103 is forced down by the stop-piece 95, the hook 102 is released from the hook 104, leaving the scoop with'its pulley 20 free to move downward with the slackened ro e or cable 26. When-the carriage moves orward out of contact with the stop 95, a spring 105 will lift the hook 102 and catch and. retain the hook' 104 when the scoop has been drawn uptight to the carriage,

The rollers 92 of the carriage are adapted to run along the upper surfaces of. Tothe rear part of the frame 97 the rear' end of the cable 26 is secured, and the latter passes about the pulleys 93in said carriage 9 and is brought forward, as shown in Fig. 1, to pass about pulleys 35; and 36 pivoted'to the front end of the'bax 51,

.and thence wound around and secured to the drum 64.

-t e said cable. the slack part of the cable 26.betwe en the front and rear pulleys-93 ofthe carriage 9;

If desired the forward end of the cable 26, may be connectedindependent of .thedrum 64, to any other draft appliance, and left as indicated by the reference numeral 38 as a plied to the dotted forward extension of- The pulley 20 rests upon The device shown in Figs. '2 and 9 is used when it is desired to actuate the cable 26 by traction applied to the detachablefront part 1060f the two-part pole 47.

The numerals 59 and 64 designate drums, having toothed counter-part'faces' on their contacting sides, and the drum 64 is ada ted to slideon their coinmonshaft51 The rum 64 has a hub containing afcircumferential' groove into which di s the incurved end of afin er 41 extending om a slide on the outer .en of 'said shaft 51. When the slide is moved in one direction the'dru'ms are thrown into mesh with eachotherfbu t disengaged from each other when thrown inthe other ,d1rect1on... A ratchetwheel 52 is integral 'with the outer face of the drum 64. The hand-lever 37 has its lower end pivoted to a bracket 55.-extending from the standard 42, which is secured to the pole 47 by bolts 57 and nuts,58.. A guard pawl 56 is pivoted to the bracket 55 to engage the teeth of said ratchet-wheel, and a s ring -53 connected between said awl and the standard 42 tends to-keep t e pawl in engagement.

- To the'lever 37 the slides 39 and 40 are pivoted. The slide 39 contacts .with the outer face of'the ratchet-wheel 52 and when .the lever is thrown toward the ratchet,- the slide "39 which, as is indicated in its detached lan view,is diminished in width from the ever toward its outer end, drives the drum 34 laterally bysliding it along theshaft 51, so that its teeth on its furthenface emnesh withthe teeth on the adjacent face 'of the drum 59. When theylever 37 is moved in the reverse direction,the' slide 39" is withdrawn releasing the drum 64 so that the other vslide 40, which is formed to diminish in width from its outer end toward said lever, maypush out the finger 41 to draw away and disengage the drum 64 from the drum 59, so that the latter may be rotated independently of the other. The outer end of the slide 4O has laterally projecting lugs to prevent its withdrawal from contact with the finger 41.

I have shown in Fig.1 a draft. device, being a two-part tongue or wagon-pole composed of a detachable part 106 and a rear portion47 connected to the running-gear of the wagon 1.09. The front art. 1.06 is con nected by means of side-r0 s 107 with the plates l08 adapted to slide over the sides of the rear part '47. The plates 108 have side standards 43 and 46, with rollers to bear against.the-u per and lower surfaces of 47,

'the rear stanc ards 46 having pivotally connected thereto a hook 88. adapted to slide rearwardly over a lug on-47 and catch to hold" the, two parts of said pole together. The doubletree is pivoted to a crossbar on standards 44 arising from the plates 108.- To other 1 standards 45 on said plates is connected the forwardend of a short cable 63 secured to and wound about the drum 59. When the team is moved forward, the draft from thedouble-tree is communicated to the cable 63,

the drum .59 is wound up carrying with it i the connected drum 64, and ulling for ward the cable26 rolled about t e drum 64 The hook 88, before starting forward, is disengaged from the lug on the polespart 47.

'A coiled spring 61 in the drum 59 is con-.

.nected to it and to its shaft-'1, and wound up when the drum 59 lSlOtfitBd by the for- ;ward-traction When the team has arrived extreme forward. limit of its movehehand-lever 37 should be so-shifted 3 4117. {the drum 64 out of enggement Wltllgiihfl. drum 59, so that the co l.the slack-cable 63.. In practice the Y-rail' 1 iscslightly inclined downward rearwardly, so that when the scoop 17 has been dumped and the two winding-drums disengaged so that the drum 64 may rotate freely in a'reverse-direction, the rolling carriage for said scoop will move backward'impelled by its own weight alone.

The forward end of a cable -70 is fastened to a swivel l5 securedto the middle tooth 77 '20; of the scoop 17-, at a point to the rear of the scoops center of gravity' The'cable 70 is I assed about the pulley 94 and its rear end eft free as shown. I If desired, however, the rear end of the cable 7 0 may be secured to a g 2 5' hook at theendof thespreader-box 109 1 leaving 'suflicient slack to permit it to act upon the scoop to-allow the latter to move to a desiredsta'tion over the box, at which 7 place the forward traction causesthexscoop 30 to' dump itself automatically, as is indicated a transverse rods 66 and 67, with spacing cylinders; about said-rods between the tines as shown at 78 and 109 respectively. The side 4'0 tines and the middle tine 77 are extended arther back and bent upwardly and secured,

gather at their'upperr'ear ends by a transrsie rod 68, with like spacing cylinders 76 with a plate 80 properly secured thereto. Bracing-connections 74 extend between the outer pairs of tines, and other braces 1101 ex-- pivotal connection 65 with the outer tines at."

points near the center lineof gravity of the scoop. A'chain 19 connects the middle of the bail 22 with the rear end of the scoop to limit forward movement of said bail.

The numeral 16'designates side braces extending from middle points of the outer tines '17'to intermediate portions of the braces 18, the latter extending along the .sides of the scoop from front to rear.

In order to guide the scoop whlle being used to excavate material I have' provided handles 14 pivotally connected thereto to extend rearwardly. The front ortion of each handle is bent downward an rocks in bearto, ause theslide 40 to move the finger. 41

led up 61- may unwind, rolling aboutsaid 10 rum between them on said rod. The upper side 7 45of the rear portion of the scoop is covered ed to ride upon the slack of said cable eings bracketed to the side tines 17 to'extend inwardly thereof. A plate 13'is fastened to each side tine 17 to extend rearwardly into the path of movement of the handle, to prevent the handle from swinging outwardly where it'might engage with the spreader or track-supports while being carried over the spreader.

When the *filled scoop has been elevated, the continued draft of the forwardly moving 75 cable .26 pulls the carriage 9 away from the stop, and the catch engages the hook of the pulley-block connected to the scoop, the scoop moving forward along the suspended rail to thepoint selected for dumping. the end of the rear cable 70 is held by the op- 'erator, he simply pulls on the cable when the scoop has arrived at the desired dumping location, and the rear upper part of the scoop is thereby elevated, which causes the scoop to turn vertically and discharge its load. In

case the cable 70 is fastened at some part of its length to the hook 50 situated on the rear part of the spreader-box 109, the scoop can only travel ahead as far as the slack of such cablepermits, when the forward traction of the cable 26-coupled with the rearward pull of thecable 70 causes the scoop to dump automatically, as before described.

' In cases where the device is mounted on'a vehicle not supplied with my improved twopart pole, the traction may be supplied direct tothe cable 26 by a horse, Whose tugs are connected to a swingle-tree secured to the forward end of the cable.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a wagon'loading device, the combination with a wagon, of a beam removably supported thereabove, a track-rail suspended from and arallel to said beam and adapted toswing t erefrom on hanger-bolts, such rail tilted support, a fork or 's'coop mounted to travel in suspension from said beam and track-rail, and a trip-rope connected to the said fork or scoop and ada ted to cause the latter to dump, by reason 0 a-tractive efl'or thereon, its load into the wagon-box at any desiredlocation. g

'2. In a wagon loading device, the combination with a wagon, ,of a track rail remov ably supported thereover, a carriage mounted upon said track rail and adapted to move longitudinally thereover, a cable having one end secured to said carriage with its forward end passed over a ulley pivoted in the carriage, a pulley bloc having its pulley ada ttween its fixed and slidable connections with said carriage, a fork or scoop suspendedfrom said pulley-block, a contact-piece on one end of said track rail, a hook on said pulleyblock, a movable catch-.011 said carriage ada ted to interlock with the said hook and hol said fork or scoop insuspension from the carriage, said contact-piece being adapted to trip said catch and release saidhook there-' from, and means for dumping said .fork. or

scoop in a desired location. v

3. In a wagon loading device, the combination 'with a wa on, of atrack rail supported longitudina ly and removably thereover, a fork or' scoop mounted to travel in suspension from said track rail to a position for dumping-into the wagon-box, a tractioncable attached to the upper part of said scoop :and extending forwardly to some means for exercising a tractive effort, a cable attached to the rear part of said fork or scoop and having a slidab e connection with said track rail, the rear end or portion of said last-mentioned cable to the rear of its slidable connection being secured'to any suitable fixed body to causeit to automatically dump said fork or scoop when the latter is by means of the traction of the first-mentioned cable brought to a desired location over the wagon-box.

4. In a'wagonloading device, the combination with a wagon, of a track rail located thereabove, a separable tubular framework r'emovably supported on said wagon and adapted'to sustain said track rail insuspension, a carriage rovided with rollers adapted to travel lengt wise along and upon said track rail, said carriage having. a pulley pivoted in its forward lower portion, a cable whose end is passed over said pulley and secured to the lower rear part of said carriage,-

a 'fork or scoop slidably suspended on the 4 "slack of the cable between the said pulley and the cables'connection to the rear end of the carriage, a pulley-pivotedto the rear end of said carriage, and asecond cable connected to the rear u per part of said fork or scoop and'passed aout the pulley on therear end of said carriage to depend therefrom' and be connected to some-means of tractive effort.

- nationwith' a wagon, of a fork or scoop '5. In a Wagon loading device, the combimounted for travel over said wagon, means for supportingsald fork or scoop n 1ts travel 1 I over said wagon, means of detaching it there from, a draft cable connected to said fork or scoop carried forward therefroin and secured about a rotatable drum, means for rotating said drum to exercise a tractive effort onsaid cable, a ratchet-wheel secured to said drum to rotate therewith, and a guard-pawl-in e11 gagement with the teeth of said ratchet- -Nov. 1907. 1

wheel and adapted to permit it to rotate only in one direction.

- In a Wagon nation with a wagon, o a knock-down supporting frame removably connected thereto and thereover, a fork or,scoop mounted to travel under and in sus ension from-said supvporting frame, said for l ;or scoop being rovided with a plurality of forward exten tines, handles pivotallgf connected-to the fork or scoop ada'p'te to swing mwardly' or rearwardly into lmewith the sides of; the.

scoop, and means for 1preventing said handles from swinging latera y outward beyond the linesofthe sides of the scoop. i

7. In a wagon loading device, the. combiloadin' device, the combination with a wagon, of a forkor scoop' mounted to' travel thereover, said scoo 'having a plurality of tines, a horizontal y but non-vertically movable supporting device suspended above said wagon, and a "cable connected to the rear end ofsaid fork orv scoop andslidably movable about said movable supporting device with its rear end depending therefrom, and .a fixed connection with the rear end of said Wagon for the rear end of said cable, whereby the said scoop is dumped in a desired location in said wagonbox when it has been carried forward to the extent of the length of said cable.

8'. In a wagon loading device, the combination with a wagon, of pintlessecured to the sides thereof, tubular uprights removably su ported on said pintles, cross-tubes removab y connected between the upper ends of rail, a fork or scoop suspended rom and de tachably connect-ed'to said carnage, means for moving said carriage longitudinally along said'track rail, and means sh'dably connected between said carriage and said'fork or scoop adapted to dump the latter in a predeter mined location. 1

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 21st day of RAs Us PEDERSON. W'itnessesi BURR, G. KENNEDY..

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