IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR LIFTING CASKS, BOXES, BALES, OR. PACKAGES FROM ONE FLOOR TO ANOTHER
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry John Worssam, Engineer, Wenlock Road,
City Road, London, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR LIFTING CASKS, BOXES, BALES, OR.
PACKAGES FROM ONE FLOOR TO ANOTHER."
Sealed the 2nd October 1869, and dated the 15th April 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry John Worssam
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 15th April 1869.
I, HENRY JOHN WORSSAM, Engineer, Wenlock Road, City Road,
London, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR LIFTING CASKS,
BOXES, BALES, OR PACKAGES FROM ONE FLOOR TO ANOTHER," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is a machine for lifting casks, boxes,
bales, or packages from one floor to another by means of a carriage
travelling up and down, being attached and detached to a continually

page_text: travelling endless chain.
It consists of an ordinary endless chain
running over two pullies fixed to two horizontal shafts, one placed above
the other vertically, or at any suitable incline, and in one or more places
of the endless chain I fix a lump, hook, catch, or large link. The casks
or packages are carried up on a travelling carriage or platform fixed on
four wheels or guides, and is conveyed up by means of the lump, hook,
catch, or large link on the endless chain, as hereafter described in the
Drawing, and the travelling carriage or platform is guided on its journey
up and down by means of two upright or inclined girders with a groove
or guide in each for receiving the wheels or guides of the travelling
carriage.
I will now proceed to describe my Invention according to the
accompanying Drawing.
A is an ordinary endless chain running over two pulleys B, B; fixed
to two horizontal shafts, one placed above the other, either vertically or
at any suitable incline; C, C, are the lumps or hooks on the endless
chain for lifting the travelling carriage D; E is a tilting platform. fixed
on the travelling carriage; F, F, are the upright or inclined girders for
guiding the travelling carriage; and G is a fork through which the
endless chain runs.
Now supposing the machine to be in motion, and the travelling
carriage right down below the bottom floor, the casks or packages are
placed close to the upright or inclined girders, and the lump or hook
on the endless chain catching the fork G on the travelling carriage D
carries it up to the top floor, and the platform being tilted by means of
the levers H catching against the stops I immediately discharges its
load, and the lever H at the same time pulls the lever J, which is con-
nected to it by the rod K, and immediately releases the end of the
fork G and allows it to slip over the lump or hook, and lets the travelling
carriage D drop down below the bottom floor ready for another load.
Now if the travelling carriage should drop too heavily it can be relieved
by means of a chain and counterbalance weight.
The details and arrangement of my Invention may be varied or altered,
but the principal part of my Invention consists in lifting the casks,
bales, boxes, or packages by means of travelling carriage travelling
and down from one floor to another, being attached and detached to
a continually travelling endless chain. I do not confine myself to the
up

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry John Worssam in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 7th October 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
JOHN WORSSAM, Engineer, Wenlock Road, City Road, London, in the
County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Henry John Worssam, Her special
licence that I, the said Henry John Worssam, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry John
Worssam, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR LIFTING CASKS, BOXES, BALES, OR
PACKAGES FROM ONE FLOOR TO ANOTHER," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Henry John Worssam, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry John Worssam, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement: -
The object of my Invention is a machine for lifting casks, boxes, or
packages from one floor to another by means of a carriage with a tilting

page_text: platform travelling up and down, being attached to and detached from a
continually travelling endless chain. It consists of an ordinary endless.
chain with links of suitable length running over two pulleys fixed to two
horizontal shafts, one placed above the other vertically, or at any suitable
incline, and in one or more places of the endless chain I fix a lump,
hook, catch, or large link. The casks, boxes, bales, or packages are
carried up on a travelling carriage with a tilting platform fixed on
wheels or guides, which is conveyed up by means of the lump, hook,
catch, or large link on the endless chain, as hereafter described in the
Drawings, and the travelling carriage is guided on its journey by means
of two upright or inclined girders with grooves, guides, or projections for
receiving the wheels or guides of the travelling carriage.
I will now proceed to describe my Invention according to the
accompanying Drawing.
A is an ordinary endless chain running over two pulleys B, B, fixed to
two horizontal shafts, one placed above the other, either vertically or at
any suitable incline; C, C, are the lumps, hooks, catches, or large links
on the endless chain for lifting the travelling carriage; and G is the fork
through which the endless chain runs. Now supposing the machine to
be in motion, and the travelling carriage to be right down below the
bottom floor, the cask, box, bale, or package is placed close to the two
upright or inclined girders, and lump, hook, catch, or large link on the
endless chain catching the fork on travelling carriage carries it up to the
top floor, when the platform is tilted by means of the levers H, H,
catching against the stops I, I, and immediately discharges its load, and
the levers H, H, at the same time pull the lever J, which is connected to
it by the rod K, which immediately releases the end of the fork, and
allows it to slip over the lump, catch, or large link, and allows the
travelling carriage to drop down below the bottom floor ready for
another load Now if the travelling carriage should drop too heavily it
can be relieved by means of a chain and counterbalance weight.
The details or arrangement of my Invention may be varied or altered,
but the principal part of my Invention consists in lifting the cask, box,
or package by means of a carriage with tilting platform travelling up
and down from one floor to another, being attached to and detached
from a continually travelling endless chain, but I do not confine myself
to the way of attaching to and detaching from the endless chain, as in
some instances it may be necessary to use clips; therefore what I claim

page_text: as my Invention is, a travelling carriage with a tilting platform
travelling up and down between the top and bottom floors, being
attached to and detached from a continually travelling endless chain, or
any mere modification thereof, substantially as described in the
foregoing Specification, and as illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry John Worssam, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of September, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
HENRY JOHN WORSSAM. (L.S.)