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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE G. HUGHS, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
WOOD-CONVEYER.No. 808,926.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, GEORGE G. HUGHS, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Fort
Worth, Texas, have invented a new and Im-
5 proved Wood-Conveyer, of which the follow-
ing is a specification.
This invention relates to means for convey-
ing wood or other objects; and the object is
to provide a practical device for hauling or
co conveying wood from a sawing or splitting
machine to a convenient place of stacking
the wood.
One of the objects of the invention is to
provide a conveyer-box which will be auto-
15 matically opened to let out the load and
which will return to starting-point bygravity.
Other objects and advantages will be fully
explained in the following description, and
the invention will be more particularly point-
20 ed out in the claims.
Reference is had to the accompanying
drawings.
Figure 1 is a side. elevation of the apparatus
composing my invention. Fig. 2 is an en-
25 larged view of the conveyer box or carrier.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the driving-gear, also
illustrating the means for regulating the ten-
sion of the suspension trolley-cable. Fig. 4
is a detail view of the hangers for the carrier.
30 Similar characters of reference are used to
indicate the same parts throughout the sev-
eral views.
The improved conveyer is generally oper-
ated from an elevated platform 1. Upright
35 frame-pieces 2 are provided, and a trolley-
cable spool 3 is journaled in said uprights by
a suitable shaft 4. The trolley-cable 5 is at-
tached to the spool 3 and at the other end is
attached to a post or upright 6 at a point con-
40 siderably higher than the spool 3. The car-
rier 7 is suspended on the cable 5 by means of
hangers 8 and trolley-wheels 9. The carrier
7 is moved from place to place by the cable
10, and the cable 10 is mounted on pulleys 11
45 and 12. The cable 10 runs parallel with the
trolley-cable 5. The pulley 11 is mounted
on a shaft 13, which is journaled in bearings
14, and the bearings 14 are mounted on the
frame 15. The pulley 12 is mounted on a
50 shaft 16, which is journaled in th bracket-,
frame 17, which frame is attached to the post
6. The cable 10 is connected to the hangers
8 by means of a cross-rod 18. The hangers 8
consist of upper parts and lower parts pivot-
55 ally jointed together, as shown in Fig. 4.
The carrier 7 is supported to some extent onPatented Jan. 2, 1906.
the cable 10, this cable being attached to the
hangers 8 and pulleys 19 being mounted in
the hangers 8 and running on the cable 10.
The hangers 8 may consist of flat metal bars 6o
attached to the carrier 7 and twisted one-
quarter around above the carrier. The ca-
ble 10 is driven by the pulley 11. Pulley 11
has a clutch 20 on the hub thereof. The pul-
ley 11 is driven by a sprocket-wheel 21 and 65
chain 22, which may be driven by any suit-
able power. The sprocket-wheel 21 has a co-
operating clutch 23 on the hub adjacent to
pulley 11, and the sprocket-wheel 21 may be
thrown in and out of mesh with the pulley 11 70
by means of a lever 24, which is fulcrumed
on the frame 2 and engages the hub of
sprocket-wheel 21, this hub having an annu-
lar groove in the periphery thereof to be en-
gaged by the lever 24, and this lever being 75
provided with a yoke 25 for engaging the
groove in the hub of sprocket-wheel 21. The
clutches may be thrown in mesh" as soon as
the carrier 7 is loaded. The gearing will de-
liver the carrier to its destination. The 8o
clutches are then thrown out of mesh. The
carrier will then return to starting-point by
gravity. A friction-pulley 26 is mounted on
the shaft 13, and a friction-brake 27 to oper-
ate on said friction-pulley is provided, and a 85
lever 28is provided for operating the brake 27.
The brake 27 can be used to prevent the car-
rier from returning with too great speed or
force. The tension of the trolley-cable 5
may be regulated by the crank 29 and held 90
at the proper tension by the ratchet-wheel 30
and pivoted pawl or dog 31, which engages
the wheel.30.
The carrier 7 is preferably constructed as
a rectangular box with an angular bottom. 95
The bottom is so constructed that wood
placed in the box will slide to the lowest part.
One-half 32 of the bottom is hinged at 33 and
held in place at the other edge by weighted
latches 34 and weighted levers 35. The ic o
latches 34 have catches 36, which engage the
edge of the bottom piece 32, and these latches
are curved at the front, so that the bottom
piece will slide on the latches to its normal
position to be caught by the latches. The 105
other ends of the latches are weighted, so that
the latches will hold the bottom piece 32 in
place. The latches are hinged so that they
may be tripped by a suitable tripping-bar 33',
arranged in the path of the latches. As the iio
carrier is about to pass the bar 33' the barwill
trip the latches and let the bottom swingSpecification of Letters Patent.
Application filed October 11, 1905. Serial No. 282,336,
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Hughs, George G. Wood-Conveyor, patent, January 2, 1906; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510754/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.