Patent GB-235336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in sheet piling mechanism
IPC: B65H31/38
Filed: 1924-04-02
Abstract: 235,336. Hoe & Co., Ltd., R., (Hoe & Co., R.). April 2, 1924. Delivery apparatus.-Sheetpiling mechanism comprises the combination with a pile support of means for delivering sheets thereto, guides on each side of the pile, joggers on three sides, and means for moving the joggers away from the pile, the guides and joggers on the side from which the pile is to be removed being constructed so that they extend normally below the top of the pile but can be swung out of the way to enable a pile of full height to be removed. The joggers may be manipulated from a single shaft either automatically or by hand. The mechanism shown comprises front guides 12, rear guides 11, and end guides 9, 10, the depending parts 45, Fig. 2, of the front guides 12 being pivoted at 46 to the supporting arms 26 so that they may be swung under the arms when the pile is to be removed. The two end sets of guides may be moved inwards or outwards by one lever and the other two sets by another lever. The guides 9, 10 are respectively carried by arms 13, 16 guided by pin-and-slot connection with the machine frame and connected to levers 14, 17 on transverse shafts 15, 19, which are operatively connected by levers 20, 21 and rod 22, and actuated by a hand lever 23 on the shaft 19. The front guides 12 and rear guides 11 are actuated similarly by a handle 33 on a lever 32 extending from a longitudinal shaft 30 having levers 29 connected to the supporting arms 26 of the front guides 12, the shaft 30 being operatively connected to a rear longitudinal shaft 38 having levers 37 attached to the arms 34 of the rear guides 11 by means of a lever 39 and rod 40 connected to a segment lever 41 engaging a segment on one of the levers 37. Sets of joggers 48, 49, 50 are provided at the front, rear, and one side respectively of the pile, all actuated from a single transverse rock shaft 52 provided with a lever arm 53 and handle 54 but rocked automatically by means of an arm 55 actuated by a forked rod 56 engaging a shaft 57 having a cam 59, Fig. 4, engaging a roller 58 on the forked rod 56, and a spring rod 60 acting on another arm 55<1> projecting from the shaft 52. The side joggers 50 are carried on arms 62 fast on the shaft 52. The rear joggers 49 are carried on rods 67, Fig. 3, sliding in guides 68 and actuated by forked levers 69 on a shaft 65 carrying a lever 64 connected by a rod 63 to the arm 55<1> of the shaft 52. The forked levers 69 act between collars 70 fast on the jogger rods 67 and springs 71. The front joggers 48 are carried on rods 72 similarly actuated by forked levers 74 acting between collars 72 and springs 76 and mounted on a shaft 75' carrying a lever 76<1> connected by a rod 77 to a lever 78 on the shaft 52. By this construction all the joggers may be moved simultaneously clear of the pile by the hand lever 53. The jogger rods 72 of the front joggers 48 are rotatably mounted in their bearings so that the depending parts 48<1>, Fig. 3, may be moved out of the way to permit removal of the pile. This rotation of the joggers 48 is effected by means of a handle 82, Figs. 1 and 4, on one of the jogger rods, the latter being provided with hubs 81 having arms 80 connected together by a link 79.