US1236890A - Loading device for cars and wagons. - Google Patents

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W. L. ULLSPERGER. LOADING DEVICE FOR cARs AND WAGONS.

APPLlCATlON FILED MAY 22, 1917' 1,236,890. Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

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LOADING DEVICE FOR CABS AND WAGONS,

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22,1917.

Patented Aug. 14,1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 WENZEL L. 'ULLSPERGER, OF GOLERIDGE, NEBRASKA.

LOADING DEVICE FOR CARS AND WAGONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

Application filed May 22, 1917. Serial N 0. 170,203.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WENZEL L. ULLsrnnenn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coleridge, in the county of Cedar and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Loading Devices for Cars and WVagons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in loading devices for cars and wagons.

An object of the device is to provide a loader for barnyard use arranged with a ready means for suitably depositing a plurality of small loads of manure such as wheel-barrow loads into suitable vehicles conveniently positioned with respect thereto.

The device is equally serviceable in connection with loading large quantities of matter from wagons into railway cars, the wagons being dumped into the device and the commodity readily deposited into a car wagon therefrom.

A further object is the provision of a readily portable manure loader adapted to receive the manure easily deposited into the same from the ground arranged for dumping the same into wagons whereby the manure loading operation is more easily and quickly accomplished, the device being especially serviceable where large quantities of manure are to be loaded at different points in a barnyard or upon a farm.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device with the side approaches partially broken away.

Fig. 2 is a rear end elevation of the device partially broken away.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. A is an enlarged elevational view of a rear side portion of the device showing the platform releasing mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view thereof. 7

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional iew through the lower portion of the loader taken longitudinally thereof, and,

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of portions of the platform releasing mechanism detached.

The present form of loader consists of a foundation or boxlike frame .10 adapted to rest upon the ground 11 to be readily pulled along after the manner of a stone-boat.

A rearwardly positioned frame 13 is mounted upon the box 10, which comprises four upright corner posts 15 supporting a rectangular top member 16 and provided with platform supports 17 above the box 10. A car track 19 is arranged entering the box forwardly of the frame 15 passing beneath the supports 17 horizontally therebeneath providing a track upon which a suitable car may be positionable for loading. A wagon or other vehicle may be positioned for loading upon the bottom 20 of the box 10 whenever desired, entering the box through the rear open end thereof. Opposite abutments 26 may be carried by the ends of the track 19 for engagement by the wheels of the car to be loaded for stopping the same in the position for loading. Upon the supports 17 within the frame 13 stationary platform strips 56 are oppositely arranged at the forward and rear sides of the frame being provided with slots 57 therein adapted for the reception of removable guide strips 58 of T-shaped formation having portions 59 adapted for arrangement within the said slots. Forward and rear braces 60 are mounted upon the platform strips 56 engaging the opposite posts 15 adjacent the longitudinal edges of the strips 58. A drop platform is arranged between the platform strips 56 consisting of two oppositely arranged sections 61 pivoted at opposite points 62 within the frame 15, return springs 63 being connected between the rear ends of the sections 61 and the frame box 10 as at 64. By this arrangement it will be seen that upon depositing a sufficient load upon the platform sections 61 to overcome the spring 63, such load will automatically depress the inner ends of the platform sections depositing the load therebeneath and within a car or wagon if positioned within the box 10 to receive the same.

Locking slides 65 are shift-ably arranged upon cleats 66 secured to the inner faces of the platform supports 17, the said slides being adapted for simultaneous opposite,

movement to points beneath the platform sections 61 from points downwardly and rearwardly thereof beneath the platform strips 56. The slides 65 are provided with central notches 67 in their upper edges adapted to lockingly receive depending flanges 68 upon the inner adjacent edges of the platform sections 61 when the said sections are in their normal horizontal closed positions. An operating shaft 69 is journaled upon the rear end of the frame 13 to the said frame and also to a transverse brace 7 0 connecting the guard rail portions 17 together, an intermediate crank portion 71 being arranged in the said shaft pivotally connected by means of a link 72 with a rear triangular extension 73 of the adjacent slide 65 while a terminal crank 74 is provided for the shaft laterally of the frame to which the rear end of a shifting link 75 is pivotally mounted.

A forward shaft 69 is pivoted to the frame 13 and the forward platform strip 56 in a plane above that of the rear shaft 69 and is arranged with an intermediate crank portion 71 pivotally attached by means of a link 72 with the triangular extension 7 3 of the oppositely positioned looking slides 65. The forward shaft 69 has a terminal crank end 76 positioned in a different plane from the crank portion 74 and having the forward end of the shifting link 75 pivoted thereon. An operating hand lever 77 is pivoted in a block 78 rearwardly projecting from the frame 13, a link 79 pivotally connecting the lower end of the said lever with the shifting link 75 substantially centrally of the latter.

A transverse stop 80 is carried on the upper face of each of the wedge-shaped portions 7 3 of the slides 65 and being'positioned outwardly of the notches 67 of the said guides, the said stops 80 being adapted to abut against the opposite ends of the flanges 68 of the platform sections 61 when the slides are arranged in their locked inward positions therebeneath and at which times the shifting link 75 is at, the extreme rear limit of its movement with the crank 74; engaging the rear side of a stop loop 81 carried by the adjacent post 15 of the frame 13. When the locking slides are operatively arranged, the upper hand-engaging end of the lever 77 is forwardly positioned, and a rear movement of the upper end of lever 77 shifts the link 75 forwardly for divergently moving the slides 65 to their releasing positions outwardly of the platform sections 61, the shaft crank end 76 being at such times in engagement with a stop loop 81 carried by the adjacent post 15. By this arrangement it will be seen that the locking slides 65 may be freely shifted upon the members 66 by means ofthe lever 77 inwardly and outwardly for lockingfth'e platform." sections 61 against pivotal movement and again releasing the same at will.

Opposite similar side approaches 82 are provided for the platform formed within the frame 13 by means of the strips 56 and sections 61, the said approaches each having an inner end hinged as at 83 to the opposite side rails 84 of the frame 13, the outer edges of the approaches being adapted to rest upon the ground 11 when the device is operatively arranged whereby manure or other goods may be deposited upon the platform section 61 by means of vehicles or wheeled trucks adapted to travel upwardly over the approaches 82 and on to the platform between the posts 15.

From this detailed description of the device as well as the operation of each portion thereof, the complete operation will be understood. hen it is desired for instance, to load a large quantity of manure from wagons into a car positioned upon the track 19 within the box 10, the horses are driven up one of the approaches 82 upon the horizontal platform of the frame 13, the wheels preferably traveling upon the members 58. The load is then dumped upon the platform sections 61, which being locked closed by the slides 65 support the load until the vehicle travels down the opposite incline 82. It is obvious that a desirable load may be placed upon the platform sections 61 by wheel-barrows or other trucks moving upwardly over either of the approaches 82. The car being arranged upon the track 19 and beneath the platform sections 61, the lever 77 is swung rearwardly releasing the slides 65 and allowing the sections 61 to open downwardly, depositing the load within the car and whereupon the springs 63 return the platform sections to their normal horizontal positions.

It will be noted that the bottom 20 of the box 10 forms in effect opposite skids for drawing the entire machine rearwardly for transporting the same from place to place,

a projecting portion of the'skid means being shown at 105.

The present embodiment of the device is believed to be preferable although it will be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, I having provided a ready means for loading a car or wagon from wheel-barrows as well as. loading a car from horse drawn vehicles.

l/Vhat I claim as new is A loader comprising a frame having corner posts, opposite platform supports carried by the said posts, hinged platform sections arranged upon thesaid supports when in their horizontal closed positions, return springs for the said sections attached to the opposite outer ends of the latter, guide strips carried by said supports, depending flanges carried by the adjacent inner ends of the said sections, oppositely movable looking slides arranged upon the said strips having central receiving notches within which the said flanges are seated when the slides are in their locking arrangement beneath the said sections, operating shafts adjacent the opposite sides of the frame having oppositely-extending central crank portions, triangular blocks carried by the outer faces of the said slides, pivotal connections between the free ends of said blocks and the said crank portions, transverse stops arranged upon the said blocks outwardly of the said notches adapted for engagement with the adjacent ends of said flanges when the slides are in their innermost locking positions, and simultaneous operating means for the said shafts whereby the said crank portions are adapted for movement in opposite directions.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WENZEL L. ULLSPERGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0.

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