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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
TILMAN H. BUTCHER, OF BLOOMING GROVE, TEXAS.
LOAD LIFTER AND CARRIER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,866, dated November 14, 1893.
Application filed April 14, 1893. Serial No. 470,339. (No model.)To all whom it n32ay concern:
Be it known that I, TILMAN H. BUTCHER, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Bloom-
ing Grove, in the county of Navarro and State
5 of Texas, have invented a new and useful Load
Lifter and Carrier, of which the following is a
specification.
The invention relates to improvements in
load lifters and carriers.
ro The object of the present invention is to
provide a simple, inexpensive and efficient
load lifter and carrier adapted for use in ware-
houses and elsewhere, for elevating barrels,
bales and analogous loads for transferring
15 their contents, for loading and unloading ve-
hicles, and the like.
The invention consists in the construction
and novel combination and arrangement of
parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated
20 in the accompanying drawings and pointed
out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective
view of an apparatus for lifting and carrying
loads constructed in accordance with this in-
25 vention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of
the hanger. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective
view of the coupling. Figs. 4 and -5 are de-
tail perspective views of the parts of the
grapple.
30 Like numerals of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts in all the figures of the draw-
ings.
1 designates a horizontal beam, secured to
the tops of legs or supports 2 and having ar-
35 ranged on its upper face a resilient cushion-
ing track 3, on which runs a roller or trolley
wheel 4 of a hanger 5. The resilient or cush-
ioning track 3 is bowed upward from the beam
1 as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and has
40 its ends secured to the beam, and it cushions
barrels against all shocks incident to the use
of the apparatus, and it effectually prevents a
barrel receiving any jars or strains, which
might weaken or cause a barrel to collapse.
45 The supports 2 consist of inclined bars 7 and
horizontal rounds 8, the latter at one of the
supports or legs being arranged to form a
ladder.
The hanger is approximately rectangular
50 and consists of opposite side plates 9 having
connecting spindles 10 and 11 at their ends,
on which are arranged the said roller or trol-ley wheel 4 and a sheave or pulley 12. The
side plates 9 of the hanger have journaled on
them a shaft 13 carrying a cog wheel 14, which 5E
meshes with a pinion 15; and the latteris con-
nected with a crank 16. The cog wheel is pre-
vented from reversely rotatingand unwinding
a hoisting strap 17 by a ratchet wheel 18 and a
pawl 19, and the parts are supported by a 6o
bracket 20 located on the exterior of the ad-
jacent side plate and secured thereto. The
hoisting strap 17 is broad and flat to prevent
the load twisting and turning while being ele-
vated, and it passes over the sheave or pulley, 65
which prevents friction.
The lower end of the hoisting strap has a
loop 26, and is connected with a grapple 21 by
a coupling 22 consisting of a rectangular hang-
er-plate or piece 23, which is provided with a 70
horizontal spindle 24, and a depending swiv-
eled hook having its shank provided with a
head and arranged in an opening of the bot-
tom of the hanger piece. The coupling by
this construction enables the operator to turn 75
or tilt a barrel or the like to place the same
in proper position, and to empty the barrel
when it is desired to transfer its contents to a
tank or other receptacle. The grapple 21 con-
sists of a pair of arms or hooks provided in 8o
their shanks with adjusting perforations and
connected by a movable bolt 25, which also
secures a clevis to the shackle to enable the
latter to be readily connected with and de-
tached from the hoisting rope. 85
It will be seen that the apparatus for hoist-
ing and carrying loads is adapted for opera-
tion on all kinds of barrels, casks, bales, boxes,
and the like, and that it will enable them to
be readily handled. go
Changes in the form, proportion and the
minor details of construction may be resorted
to without departing from the principle or sac-
rificing any of the advantages of this inven-
tion. 95
What I claim is-
1. In an apparatus for hoisting and carry-
ing loads, the combination of a beam, a re-
silient cushioning track arranged on the up-
per face of the beam and bowed upwardly and rco
having its ends secured to the beam, and a
hanger arranged on the track, substantially as
described.
2. In an apparatus for hoisting and carry-
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Butcher, Tilman H. Load Lifter and Carrier., patent, November 14, 1893; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth173563/m1/2/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.