US608594A - Store-service apparatus - Google Patents

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"No. 608,594. Patented Aug. 9, I898.

J. H. GOODFELLOW.

STORE SERVICE APPARATUS.

(Application 'filed May 12, 1896.)

(No Model.)

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-JOllN II. GOODFELLOWV, OF LOIVELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE LAMSON CONSOLIDATED STORE SERVICE COMPANY, OF NEW JERSEY.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,594, dated August 9, 1898. Application filed May 12,1896. Serial No. 591,307. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: the way and in closeproXimity thereto. Its Be it known that I, JOHN H. GOODFELLOW, other end is secured in any suitable manner. of Lowell,in the county of Middlesexand State Intermediate of the ear e and the lug e an of Massachusetts, have invented a new and engaging spring G-is secured to the separat- 5 useful Improvement in Store-Service Aping-block.

paratus, of which the following, taken in con- A coupling mechanism is mounted on the nection with the accompanying drawings, is guide-rods 0 above the separating-block. It a specification. consists of the latch-body H, movably mount- This invention relates to improvements in ed on the guide-rods, and the latch h, pivoted IO that class of store-service apparatus in which to the face of the body. The latch has a the carrier engages with a way and a propelhooked end projecting below the body adaptling-wire and is moved by the separation of ed to engage with the recessed ear (2 of the the same. It relates more particularly to the separating-block. A leaf-spring 7t is secured mechanism for spreading the way and the to the body and bears on the said hooked end r 5 propellingwire. It has forits object the proof the latch to normally hold the same in an vision of a mechanism that is simple in conengagingposition. The other end of thelatch struction, easy of operation, and efficient in extends above the body in a position to be its purpose. struck by the trip 7L2, adj ustably mounted on The invention consists in the novel 0011- the guide-rods, when the body is moved up- 2o struction, combination, and arrangement of ward. Projecting from the rear of the latchparts, such as will be hereinafter fully debody is the lug h having a socket formed scribed, pointed out in the appended claims, therein. A cord I, with a knotted end seated and illustrated in the accompanying drawin the said socket, leads through an opening ings. in the foot I) and has attached to its free end z 5 In the accompanying drawings, in which the handle '6. similar letters of reference designate corre- A spring mechanism normally holds the sponding parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation latch-body in an elevated position on the of a device embodying the invention. Fig. guide-rods. It consists of an elastic cord 2 is a front elevation of the same. J, looped under the lug 7L3 and secured at its 0 Referring to the drawings, A designates the ends in the outer ends of the arms 7' of the way or track on which the carrier travels. bracket 7' adj ustably mounted on the stand It is secured at one end to the foot I) of the ard B near the upper end of the latter.

standard B, and at the other end it is secured A carrier K is mounted on the wayA and the in any manner suitable in the premises. propellingwire F. It consists, essentially, 3 5 From the foot Z) project the arms I), having of the casing 70, the wheels is, journaled besockets b formed in their outer ends. tween the sides of the casing, and the re- Guide-rods O are seated at their lower ends ceiver 10 secured to the casing. The wheels in the sockets b and are secured at their are arranged in pairs one above the other and upper ends in the bracket D. The latter has above and below the way and the propellingo arms d,with openings d formed in their outer wire. 7

ends through which the guide-rods pass. It The operation of the device is as follows:

is to be observed that the guide-rods are in- Assuming the parts to be in the relative poclined at their upper ends toward the direcsitions shown in Fig. 1, the operator by means tion from which the way approaches. of the cord I draws the latch-body H down- 5 5 A separating-block E is mounted on the ward against the action of the spring J until guide-rods O and is'movable thereon. From the spring-pressed latch 71 engages with the its upper end a recessed ear e extends, and ear 6 of the separating-block E. After the from its lower end an apertured lug a prolatch-body and separatingblock are coupled jects. To the apertured lug is secured an the operator releases the cord, and the spring. 50 end of the propelling-wire F. In its normal J, retracting, moves the coupled latch-body position the wire is substantially parallel with and the scparatingblock to the upper ends of V 2 eos,'594.

the guide-rods O. In its upward movement the separating-block carries with it the propelling-wire, and thereby progressively separates the latter from the way. Through the action of the spring the movement of the wire is somewhat sudden, and by the spreading apart of the two members-the way and the wirethe wire bears against the upper pair of wheels and the way bears against the lower pair. The progressive spreading apart of the two members back of the carrier propels the latter forward. In the upward movement of the latch-body the latch h strikes the trip 72,2

and is thereby released from engagement with the separating-block, and the latter by reason of gravity moves downward on the guiderods and resumes its normal position. As the trip IL2 is adjustable on the guide-rods C, it can be placed to act sooner or later, as circumstances may require. The adjustable bracket j allows the spring-cord J, attached to it, to be regulated to act with more or less force.

The engaging spring G acts as a buffer to stop the carrier and also serves to retain it at l tances between the ends of the guides and the f opposite end of the wire the same, or prac-j tically so.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Iatcut, is-

1. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a way, a propelling-wire, a carrier adapted to engage said way and said wire and I to be propelled by the separation of the same,

a separating-block connected with said wire, a coupling mechanism for engaging with said block, and means for moving said coupling mechanism.

2. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a way, a propelling-wire, a carrier adapted to engage said way and said wire and to be propelled by the separation of the same, a separating-block connected with said wire, a spring-pressed coupling mechanism for engaging with said block, and means for moving said coupling mechanism.

In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a way, a propelling-wire, a carrier adapted to engage said way and said wire and to be propelled by the separation of the same, a separating-block connected with said wire, a latch-body, a latch for coupling said body and said block, and means for moving said body.

4. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a way, a propelling-wire, a carrier adapted to engage said way and said wire and to be propelled by the separation of the same, a separating-block connected with said wire, a sliding latch-body, a latch for coupling said body with said block, a spring normally holding said body away from said block, and means for moving said body against the action of said spring.

5. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a way, a propelling-wire, a carrier adapted to engage said way and said wire and to be propelled by the separation of the same, a separating-block connected with said wire, a coupling mechanism for engaging with said block, means for moving said coupling mechanism into engagement with said block, and a tripping mechanism for disengaging said coupling mechanism and said block.

6. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a way, a propelling-wire, a carrier adapted to engage said way and said wire and to be propelled by the separation of the same, a guide, a separating-block movably mounted on said guide and connected with said wire, a coupling mechanism movably mounted on said guide for engaging with said block, a spring normally holding said coupling mechanism away from said separatingblock, means for moving said coupling mechanism against the action of said spring to engage with said block, and an adjustable tripping mechanism for disengaging said coupling mechanism from said block.

'7. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of a Way, a propelling-wire, a carrier adapted to engage said way and said wire and to be propelled by the separation of the same, a guide, a separating-block movably mounted on said guide and connected with said wire, a latch-body movably mounted on said guide, a latch carried by said body and adapted to connect the same with said block, means for moving said latch-body, and a trip adj ustably mounted on said guide and adapted to operate said latch to release said block.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 4 th day of May, A. I). 1896.

JOHN H. GOODFELLOYV.

Witnesses W. E. BARNARD, WM. RonmsoN.

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