US952381A - Conveyer. - Google Patents

Description

D. W. SULLIVAN.

GONVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED I'EB.2, 1909.

PatentedMar. 15, 1910.

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APLLIGATION FILED PEKZ, 1909.

' Patented Mar. 15, 1910.

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CONVEYER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patelltd Mar.

Application filed February 2. 1909. Serial No. 475,654.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I. DENNIS W. SULLIVAN, States, residing at New London. in the county of New London and State of Connecticut. have invented new and-useful Improvements in Conveyors, of which the following a specification. I

This invention relates to conveyers, and

more particularly to one adapted for use upon a steamship or colher to be used particularly in transferring coal from the ship or collier to a vessel, and has for an object to provide apparatus of this character embodying a rotatable frame mounted beneath the deck of the ship or collier and provided with an angularly adjustable frame carrying anendless conveyer belt provided with backupon the frame proper or therefor.

ets or similar receptacles adapted to collect or gather coal from the ship or collicr at. a point beneath the deck and to carry the coal upwardly and discharge the same into a chute for transferring coal or the like to the desired point.

'A still further object of my invention resides in the peculiar construction and novel manner of mounting the conveyer frame support so that the endless belt canbe easily, efi'ectively and conveniently shifted or revolved to change its position with respect to the deck of the boat.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent as the nature of the invention is betv.

ter set forth. and itwill be understood that changes within the scope of the claim may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention. I

In the drawings, forming a portion of this specification and in which like characters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views :Figure 1 is a side view of the apparatus showing its position with respect to the collier orship. Fig. 2 is a front view. Fig. 3 is a detail section through a portion of the deck of the collicr or ship showing the construction of the turntable. Fig. 1 is a top plan View of the turntable. Fig. 5 is a detail rear elevation of a portion of the eonveyer frame and the supporting frame Referring now more particularly to the drawings there is shown the deck A of a collier or ship which is provided with an openinglB in which is mounted a turntable 1. The deck A is provided with an annu ar rail 2 having an inwardly directed flange 3 upon which supporting rollers or wheels 4 are adapted to revolve. The wheels or rollers 1 are carried by beams or sills 5 upon the under side of the-turntable 1. The turntable is providedupon its peripheral edge with a -n1etal band or collar (5 engaged with antifriction rollers 7 carried by the deck A and which have portions. extending partly into the opening B. The turntable 1 has formed therein an elongated passages in which is mounted a vertically disposed frame 9 comprising vertically extending side members 110 which are connected to each other at their upper ends by a cross bar 11.

It will of course be understood that the side members 10 of the frame 9 can be constructed from angle iron beams or bars or a frame for the purpose desired may be constructed in anydesirable manner. The side members 10 of the frame 9 adjacent to their lower ends are extended imvardly and have secured thereto a pivot stud l2 lll()llllf (.(l lll a step bearing 13 upon the kelson of the collier, as shown, and this construction provides means so that the frame 9 can beconveniently revolved when desired. The side-members 10 of the frame 9 have connected thereto a revoluble roller or supporting element 11 with whichis slidably;

engaged a frame 15 having its'lower portion disposed in the hold of the Collier-beneath the deck A, and as shown, the frame 15 is provided witha horizontally disposed axle 16 provided with sup iortingrollers 17. mounted upon the kelson l8 and adapted to travel thereon. The frame 15 is provided adjacent to the lower end thereof with a horizontally disposed shaft 18 mounted at its end in adjustable bearing boxes 19, and as shown the said shaft has secured thereto sprocket. wheels 20. vided adjacent to the upper end thereof with a driven shaft 21 provided with fixed sprocket wheels 22 disposed in line with the sprocket wheels 20. The sprocket wheels 20 and 22 are provided with peripheral notches 23 to receive cross bars 21 which are The frame 15.is pro- I connected to each other by links 25. The

cross bars have secured thereto preferably at intervals conveyor buckets or receptacles 26. The construction of the cross bars and the links and buckets form an elfective end less belt or eonveyer for a purpose to be hereinafter more fully disclosed. 21 has secured thereto a sprocket. wheel 27 over which is passed a drive belt 28 engaged The shaft with a sprocket wheel 25-) upon a driven shaft 30 secured in any suitable manner upon the under side of the frame 15 and disposed betweeirthe leads of the endless conveyer or belt. The shaft 30 carries a sprocket wheel 31 that may be geared in any suit able manner to a motor or any other driving mechanism. In order that the conveyer can move with but little friction I provide the framewith'a plurality of brackets 32 which support rollers 33 engaged upon the under side of the outer lead of the conveyer or belt.

The frame 9 has secured thereto a supple- 15 mental frame 34 provided with a Windlass 35, the shaft of which is provided with a spur wheel 30. in mesh with a similar spur wheel or pinion 37 upon a crank shaft 38. The crank shaft 38 is provided with a suitable ratchet detent 39 to prevent retrograde movement of thesaid shaft as will be understood. The Windlass has secured thereto one end of a flexible connection or cable 40 which is passed over a guide roller 41 carried by the frame 9 and this cable is engaged with a block or pulley 42 upon the frame 15. The connection or cable 40 is also engaged with .a block or pulley 43, and the terminal end of said cable or flexible 3Q eoimection is secured to a hook 44 removably engaged with aretaining element 45 upon the frame 9. The Windlass has also secured thereto one end of a cable or flexible connection 46, the said cable'having a portion passed over a pulley 47 upon the frame 9 and extended downwardly and beneath a pulley 48 adjacent to the lower end of the frame 9. The cable is finally passed over a pulley 49 carried by a frame 50 extending from the frame 15. The frame 9 adjacent to the lower end thereof is provided with a block or pulley 51 around which and the pulley 49 the cable or flexible connection 46 is passed and the terminal end of said cable or connection is secured as illustrated at 52 to the frame of the block or pulley 51.

The frame 15 has extending therefrom a supplemental frame 53 which supports a chute 54 having discharge tubes 55 provided at their lower ends with spherical heads or portions 56 engaged'with socket members 57 carried by hollow discharge connections 58. The chute 54 has pivoted thereto as shown at 59 a gate 60 which maybe manually operated by n'ieans of a connection 61 so that the gateGO can be swung into two positions to alternately open and close the tubes 55 to allow coal or material to be discharged at the desired point. The upper end of the chute 54 is disposed directly beneath the buckets or receptacles 26 to receive coal or material therefrom in their return movement.

Should it be desired to cause the frame 15 to assume a greater angle than that shown 65 in Fig. l the crank shaft 38 is manually operated to wind thereon the cables 40 and 46,

the former in view of the described connections effectively raising the frame 15, and the latter in view of its previously described connections will effectively move the lower end of the frame 15 inwardly toward the frame 9. The construction described by me is such that should it be desired to reverse the position of the frame 15 so that the dis- 7 5 charge chute 54 can have its position correspondingly changed the frame 15 can be rotated 1n view of the fact that it is supported upon the revoluble frame 9.

' It is desirable in apparatus of this characterto lubricate various working elements thereof from the most convenient point, and

I therefore provide an oil cup or container 62 at a point above the deck A, and I connect with said cup or container a discharge pipe 63 which has its lower end connected in any suitable manner with one or both of the boxes 1,9 to thoroughly lubricate the shaft 18% I claim v In apparatus of the class described, a revoluble horizontally disposed turntable, said turntable having a passage formed therein, a vertically extending frame extending through portions of the turntable, a bearing beneath the said turntable, a stud carried by the frame and mounted in the said bearing, an angularly adjustable frame carried by the main frame and disposed with a portion in the passage formed in the said turntable, and endless chain carried buckets carried by the last named frame.

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

DENNIS l SULLIVAN. lVitnesses WILLIAM J BRENNAN,

LEONTINE A. ST. GERMA-IN.

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