The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-05-09
DAVID HOUSER
OFFERED $4,000
HE HAS INVENTED AUTOMATIC
DEVICE FOR OPERATING
MANURE CARRIERS.
Has Been Employed on the Farm OF
Henry LOunsbury For the
Past Five Years.

David Houser, an employe on the
farm of Henry Lounsbury for the past
five years, is the inventor of an auto
matte device for operating manure
carriers.
About year ago Mr.. LOunsbury in
stalled a manure carrier in his barn,
but when the carrier was pushed out
on the track with load it was neces-
sary to either walk out to pull the
carrier back or attach rope to it, by
which it could be pulled back.
This state of affairs was not highly
appreciated by Mr. Houser, so one
day while operating the carrier, he
was prompted by the idea that some
arrangements could be made to auto
matically dump and return the car
rier to the starting point.
With this in view he Immediately
set to work and within a month after
the installing OF the machine he
had invented the automatic operat-
ing device, although the patent was not
issued until recently.
One of the striking features of the
invention is it's simplicity.
The whole mechanism consists of
four bolts and springs, one bangor
arm and one V shaped head to hold
the arm in place, two head bars, and
one trip-plate. The machinery and
labor necessary to manufacture them
would be a small consideration. Mr..
Houser- is in receipt of many inviting
inquiries for the purchase of his
patent ranging as high as $4,000, but
up to the present time has not disposed
Of it. He also has another invention
under way.
That Mr. HOuSer has planned an
appliance of more than usual merit is
indicated by the inquiries he is receiv-
ing and a demonstration with which
he favored THE LEADER suggests that
his device is practical far beyond the
stable uses which he originally had in
mind.
There is no doubt but that his patent
can be applied to conveying buckets in
quaries, ship unloading cranes, large
dredging contracts, and various other
work of a similar nature, it being
merely a matter of manufacturing the
apparatus of a size to suit the work.
There are only a few working parts
to the patent, which will minimise the
maintenance cost, and breakage would
almost be unheard Of
The following is q copy taken from
the patent papers, which describe
briefly his rights under the govern
ment patent laws:
This invention realtes controlling
device for trolley trucks which carry
loading and unloading buckets of SINH
lar load earring receptacles such as
manure carriers from barn or stable
to a predetermined point for deposits
and return the recepticle for refilling
The ingention pertains especially to
a device attachable at various points
along the length of the trolley track
for automatically stopping the load
carrier, operating load releasing de-
vice and simultaneously giving the
carrier reverse movement on the track
whereby the carrier is returned for
reloading.
provide a novel and peculiar attach
ment for trolley tracks affording a
cushioned stop for the trolley truck
which carries a conveyer, and for auto
matically operating a release mechan-
ism for dumping the contents of the
conveyer, and for automatically re-
versing the movement of the truck.
A fpr Of no inv &c
to provide an attachment for sus-
pending trolley tracks, which shall
automatically stop and reverse the
truck which has dumping buckets de-
pending therefrom for carrying man
ure and other material from barn or
stable at various places as desired
throughout the length and revolving
radius of the track, and which shall
automatically release the buckets for
dumping simultaneously with said
stop operation
Various other objects, advantages,
and improved results are attainable in
the practical application of the inven-
ton hereinafter fully set forth.
1t is well known that various devices
have been provided for stopping the
travel of trolley trucks carrying
manure buckets or conveyers, and that
various devices have been provided for
tripping or releasing the buckets in
the dumping operation, but this inyen-
tion embodies in one and the same
device means for stopping the truck
and giving it reverse movement and
also embodied means for automatical-
~ operating the trip or bucket release
mechanism for dumping the contents
of the bucket simultaneously with the
stopping of the truck whereby the
usual necessity of operating the re-
lease mechanism or device by hand
is avoided, and the employment of
separate devices for such operation is
obtained
The device is attached to the track
for stopping the truck and dumping
the bucket at such place as desired the
bucked is loaded, at a stable or barn
door and started on its course and
when it reaches the attachment it
comes in contact with springs which
automatically dump the bucket and at
the same time reverse the motion of
the truck
COLDS QUICKLY RELIEVED.
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