US1261112A - Pole-erector. - Google Patents

Description

J. L. 'PAY L F. BIELHEN.

POLE ERECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. 1916.

.126mm PatentedApr.2,1918. A

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

fm/enfers i JOI-IN L. FAY AND FBEDRIC'K BIELHEN, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IPOLE-ERECTOB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

`atcented Apr. 2, 1918.

Application filed May 5, 1916. Serial No. 95,586.

To @Z310/tom z' may concern:

Re it known that we, JOHN L; FAY and Fnnonrcn BIELHEN, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Pole-Erectors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an apparatus for erecting poles which carry the overhead wires and cables utilized in telegraph, telephone and electric-light service, the principal object of our invention being to provide a comparatively simple apparatus which will be eective in eliminating much of the time, labor and consequent expense now involved in the erection ot poles, said apparatus being mounted on a truck in order that it may be readily moved to and Jfrom the points of use and the operating parts of the apparatus being adjustable upon the bed of the truck in order to facilitate the work involved in the erection of poles. j

Further objects of our invention are to provide an improved pole erecting device which includes a gin pole, the same being equipped with a suitable block and tackle which is utilized in lifting the poles which are to be erected to mount the gin pole and its operating mechanism upon a base and to mount the latter for transverse sliding movement upon the rear portion of the bed or platform of the truck utilized for transporting the erecting device, and Vfurther toV provide means preferably cooperating racks, pinions and worm gearing for readily shifting the gin ole from an approximate horizontalposition on the bed of the truck to a vertical position or vice versa and for raising or lowering the gin pole for a limited distance after it has been swung into a vertical position. By utilizing coperating racks,` pinions and worm gearing as the means for raising and lowering the gin pole,

weare able to dispense with cables, winding drums, clutches and like parts usually em-.

ployed for raising and lowering the gin ole. j

With the foregoing and other objects in view, our invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevational view or' a truck, the same being equipped with a pole erectfig device et our improved construction.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevational view or" the rear portion of the bed 01"' the truck and showing the operating parts of the erecting device.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line 3--3 of F ig. 2.

Fig. a is an elevational view partly in section and showing the gin pole in vertical position. j

Fig. 5 is an elevational view looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 5 in Fig. t, and showing the lower end of the gin pole in section.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged horizontal section taken approximately on the line 6--6 of Fig. 4. Y i

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 10 designates the bed of a truck, either horse-drawn or motor-driven and fixed to the rear ond of said bed and extending the entire width thereof is an angle rail 11.

VFixed on top of the bed a short distance in front of this angle rail `and occupying a position parallel therewith is a Z-bar 12, and xed to the bed immediately adjacent to said angle and Z-bar are straps 18.

Arranged for sliding movement upon these straps and between thel members 11 and 12 is a plate 111: which serves as a base for the operating mechanism of our improved device.

Fixed to plate 1d are pairs of upwardly j projecting brackets 15, the upper ends of which are provided with journal boxes 16 which receive the ends of a shaft 17 and mounted on this shaft between the journal box is a quadrant plate 1S, the same being provided with teeth 19.

Formed integral with or xed to this quadrant plate is a pair or rack bars 20, with the ends of which are formed integral blocks 20a, the same having sliding connec` tion, Vpreferably with a rib 21, which latter is formed integral with a plate 22, the latter being rigidly lixed in any suitable manner to the lower portion of a gin pole 23.

`Asillustrated, the blocks 20L have dovetailed joint connections with the rib 21, al-

though-1 any other fol-ln of sliding eonneetion may be utilized as desired.

Fixed to the bottom ot the gin pole23 is a plate 24 with which is formed integral one 5 or more prongs 25, the saine being adapted to enter the ground on which the gin pole is positioned, thereby assisting in maintaining said pole in a rigid and substantial upright position. The upper end oiitlfie' gin pole is 10 provided with a sheave 26 around which passestlie cable 27 of a bloeit and' tackle (not sli-own). Fixed to thenpper end of thegiir pole are rings or eesQS, "Wl'iiclr'are adapted to" receive guy ropesor the likeutilfi-Zcd for l5' stajf'ing" the gin pole When the's'aine is in op;

erati'ife'position. Y

Positioned between' rib :'21 and the `rack barsQ' is a fnielnloer comprising a centrally arranged Worin Wheel 29 and a `pfair" of pin! 2o' ions 20, which latter are constantly 'inL inesh Wlfjlitli'teetl'lpf tllclfbirs 20.

p Formed between the' worin olieelj 294 and the pinions 301arebearingportions31 hating eiiio'otl'iperplieries, and which latterbear' di: 2""5- rectly on the face of rib 21. This arrangeiie'nt ie provided in Vorder to `prevent the oter ends oni the teeth 3l() Voin bearing against" said rib during theftilni'cth'e lnel'nber comprising the Worm Wheel and tiliep'i-l'iitohs eo le operated tofieiee orl'oweif tlie gio pole.

Passing diainetrileally through theA gin pole rand mounted for rotation yin suitable* bearings fxed'tliereto is" shaft 39;-, the outer end of which is inado.sfrjltlar'e` or' lio1i-c'i1c'i1lar e5* iii order toy recette the socket of ef tranklitm-- dle'aiiuf` then ionen endoff seidl Statt `@eri-ieg oom 38 which is' constantly iiil mesh with the teeth of Worm Wheel 29.

' 55 freely therethrough a square' shaft' 111.

When thetp'ole erecting detifec' is beifl'rg'removed to and from the point oitreetli-e gio polie` i's'loiver'ed into a 'substfantialhf'horizonl tal position and oterliestlfe body `of the ou'y titoli as illustrate-d in Fig. 1, the centralk pottion'of'said pole resting oo e euitalile support arralig'edlrear the forward end of thetruc'l'.

When the ,apparatus reaches the point oo where a pole" is to loe the truck" is driven tion' tlreretio of' a suitablecralrlhandle. As

the shaft' istiius' rotated, trunn'ions L10 Will perateili thebearings and a's pinion 38 is 80 rotated@ noreln-eiit Wilt bve-iiirp arted to quad raiit plate 181 and parts carried thereby by reason oit tlie engagements*between the teeth 'li pini-on- 38 and the teeth 19" oi said plate. Aef areeul't of tire movement just described, es quadrantplate iel'wilfl be partially revolved around shaft 17 with the result that giu pole 2S' is sivngillrtoan uprigl-t` position, as ill-ustrajtedlby dotted lines in Fig. 1, and after tliio3 oporatioriliae been* eoiiipieted, the Crank 91o handle i is rl'eniloreclf "frein the end* oi? `shaft- 41 a'nd applied to the irt'eend` 'of shaft 3Q? and tliifefllaet,nientioiied eliatt ierotatetLmooenient "llbeimrtfed to t'li'eparteY 2'9` aiidf to 1l by reason oftheengagement oi? -Worni V333v 95 Wiftflr Wliii Whelig. ASVaL retllithtlie gill poley is'l-o-Weieduifrtilplfae'jlt `rests upon the git-ot i@ withtirel prong to positioned in the ground'yaind aiter the eitblessecured 'to rings 28' have" heen' se'c'uliy ach-ored,-tli`e Igin'l pole 10a will betiteld than ood substantiel ner io its' opriglitlpositioo.

'Tl-'iebloolioodftaolelo aeeoeiated with die gifnlpofleiis'*non? operated in the usual uranner to elevate the-#pole so that its lower-or 10'5 bttt'endrhiay bedi pp'ed into* the holt' `and tlfil-ls the-foperatioiinot ereeti-l'ig and setting' tlie" pleis` 'easiliji alrdE qtlielrly' a'oeonip'lished. Where the oriootiigi dei'fio'e ie'- iiiooted a c6 atite'ly short'- dista ce be een polie lilo efeotifiig oloei-atioiie ie tte oeee olie-re a line of polesiiereotetl, it een neoesoorytolelevate the 2 1i pole o onli?u die airco tot free its loafer eed from the grofnid and `tlie ventire dieifio'e'ieeiinoiv be 115 driif'e'n'tothe-point irheretlie next pole is rtical posi-tion ori-f there are overhead wire-e oi tree `bran'oltre-"Usto interfere" with` the' inofferrient of' the appara-tue as just deeoioited, 12o die pole be partially ioofeied or sorting loto inclined l'iosi-tion so to eeoaloe-theotetifoetions. 1

Tolower" the gin poile :lifter erecting operatioiieyift is only ireoeesory-to'-i-eleese the 1215 patti '319 fooi-n tlieteetli oi ratchet wheel and impart the proper rotary incrementi-'o shaftftl by lne'alls of craiililfiandle, which mowernoiit 'traiioriiitted toL quadieiit -olete 18 arid"parteA cariieltlere'by, with the re- 1310 l N. il..

the ground.

sult that the gin pole is swung downward into a substantially horizontal position as illustrated in Fig. l.

1t will be understood that the weightl of the gin pole while in a vertical position and before its lower end rests upon the ground, ist 1ansmitted through worm 33, worm wheel 29 and pinions 30 to rack bars 20, from thence through shaft 17 and brackets supporting the same to plate le, which latter rests upon the bed of the truck, and further that this arrangement of parts particularly the worm and worm wheel practically locks the gin pole against downward movement by reason of its weight, after said gin pole has been swung into a vertical position and before it has been lowered into contact with It will be noted that we employ means, preferably a pinion and toothed. quadrant plate, for shifting the gin pole from a horizontal to a vertical position and vice versa, and that we provide a Vdifferent means which preferably includes coperating racks, pinions and worm gearing for raising or lowering the gin pole after it has been swung into a vertical position. By virtue of these mechanisms, all cables, winding drums, clutches and the like usually employed for the gin pole raising and lowering means are eliminated and the raising and lowering operations can be effected quickly and with comparatively little effort on the part of the operators.

A pole erecting apparatus of our improved construction is comparatively simple, can be easily and quickly shifted into and out of operative position, can be readily -moved from one side of the truck to the other, and by its use a material saving of the time, labor and consequent expense now involved in the setting of wire carrying poles is eifected.

It will be readily understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of our improvedpole erecting apparatus can be made and substituted for those herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of our invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

We claim: v

l. In a pole erector, a truck bed, guides transversely disposed on the rear portion thereof, a base mounted on said guides and adapted to slide from one side of the truck bed to the other, a toothed segment mounted in bea-rings on said base, a pinion journaled in bearings on the base and engaging the teeth of said toothed segment for actuating the latter, a frame carried by the segment, and a gin pole having sliding engagement with said frame.

2. In a pole erector, a truck bed, guides transversely disposed on the rear portion thereof, a base mounted on said guide and adapted to slide from one side of the truck bed to the other, a toothed segment mounted in bearings on said base, a pinion journaled in bearings on the base and engaging the teeth of said toothed segment for actuating the latter, a frame carried by the segment, a gin pole having sliding engagement with said frame, and gearing mounted for operation upon the gin pole and cooperating with the frame for moving said gin pole upon said frame.

3. 1n a pole erector, a truck bed, rails arrangedtransversely upon the rear end portion thereof, which rails extend substanially the entire width of the truck bed, a base plate mounted for sliding movement upon said rails, a member mounted on said support and adapted to rock through a vertical plane, a frame carried by said rocking member, and a gin pole mounted for sliding movement upon said frame.

Il. 1n a pole erector, a truck bed, rails arranged transversely upon the rear end portion thereof, which rails ,extend substantially the entire width of the truck bed, a base plate mounted for sliding movement upon said 1ails, a member mounted on said support and adapted to rock through a vertical plane, a fra-me carried by said rocking member, a gin pole mounted for sliding movement'lupon said frame, and gearing for shifting the position of said gin pole upon said frame.

5. In a pole erector, a base plate, atoothed segment mounted in bearings upon said base plate so as to move through a vertical plane, means on the base plate for imparting movement to the segment, a frame carried -by said segment, and a gin pole mounted for sliding movement upon said frame.

6. 1n a pole erector, a base plate, atoothed segment mounted in bearings upon said base plate so as to move through a vertical plane, means on the base plate for imparting movement to the segment, a frame carried by said segment, a gin pole mounted for sliding movement upon said frame, and cooperating means associated with said frame and gin pole whereby the latter is shifted upon said frame.

7. 1n a pole erector, a truck bed, combined guiding and retaining members arranged transversely upon the rear end portion of said truck bed, a base plate arranged for sliding movement upon the bed between said guides and retaining members, and a gin pole pivotally supported upon said base plate.

8. 1n a pole erector, a truck bed, combined guiding and retaining members arranged transversely upon the rear end portion of said truck bed, a base plate arranged for sliding movement upon the bed between said guides and retaining members, a gin pole, bearings on the base plate, and a member moul'ited for rocking movement in' Said beaings, Wli-ielimember Ser-vee as a supporty foi" the gin' pole.

9.A n a pole eretor', a truck bed,- trans@ veifsely disposed guides position-ed upon the rem portion thereof, e base piatte arranged' for sliding `movement upon saic guides, beziings on said bose plate, e toothed. Segment mounted in seid bearings and adopted to move tinough e Vertical piene, means 011 the base plate i'or imparting' movement to seid segment, el frame Carried by s'aic segment to one side of its Mis, L gin pole mounted foi Sliding vmovemcvxnt upon said frame, and* geuing cooperating with Ysaid freine Lind gin pole' whereby the latter is shiftedupon Smid frame.

10. In a pole ereetor, a truck be'd, a; ginpoie a rocking frame upon which the gin poe is' mounted: forV Sliding movement7 bearemmemf mi gewent' maybe meme- 1 fue ings for said fiume, Willich bearingsy dis'- posei' so that Seid flume moves' thiough el vertical plane, guides transversely dieposect upon the" re'l1V e`n1 `polis'i'ol of the tiilie'k bed, ubase irre-nge@ uifjon said guides and adepti et toJ Slide fi'omfone Side of the truck! beni to the other, said: bese Serving aS a Support YiolVV the bealings, gearing' for sli'fting the position of the gin pole on' the freine,- and semi-ate gearing for swinging theV fime uponits A'Xi's.-

In tetilnoiiy whereof We hereunto afix ouix Signatures in the`- nfeeenee of two witneeses', this 3d deyoi? Mey, 1916.l

JQELE.. M FREDRICK BIELHEN.

Nitiieeses Ml. P. SMIurA IW. A.' HADL;

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