Improvements in or connected with Stacking Produce, and Apparatus for Raising wagons and the like therefor.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Stacking Produce, and Apparatus
for Raising wagons and the like therefor.
1, HENRY ALFRED ECKLEY, of Stone Farm, Pencombe, Bromyard in the
County of Hereford, Farm Bailiff, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows :—
This invention has for its object an apparatus especially adapted for raising
carts or wagons loaded with hay or corn and the like to the top of stacks for the
purpose of unloading the said carts or wagons which can be done by simply
throwing the hay or corn down on to the stack instead of raising it up on pitch
forks as is usually done, but it will be evident that it can be used for other purposes
such as filling barns and other like places, in fact it can be employed in any case
where a load is required to be raised. In-carrying out the invention, I arrange two
upright frames placed sufficiently far apart to allow, say, a wagou to pass between.
A movable platform slides up and down between these frames un which the vehicle
is drawn or otherwise placed. This platform can be raised and lowered by any
woll known mechanical device such as a screw or a rack and pinion. In my experi
mental machine I attach two strong chains to the cross piece at the top of one of
the uprights and pass them down underneath the platform (preferably under
pulleys) and from thence to the top of the second upright and over pulleys to a
winding drum. This latter is rotated by a handle and suitable gearing similar to a
winch which causes the chain to be wound round it and the platform with the
loaded wagon to be raised to the dosired hoight. A pawl and ratchet or other
suitable device can be employed for keeping the platform in its raised position. It
must be understood that I do not confine myself to the manner of raising the
platform just described as there are numerous ways whereby the same can be
accomplished. This improved apparatus can take the place of a stack elevator
which has to be worked by steam or horse power and in addition to its being very
much cheaper than the elevator, it is also portable and can be fixed up where
desired and be used inside a barn or under any covering where it would be
impossible to got an elevator.
Dated this 1st day of Faliruary 1803.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Stacking Produce, and Apparatus
for Raising Wagons and the like therefor.
I, HENRY ALFRED EOKLEY of Stone Farm, Pencombo, Bromyard in the
County of Hereford, Farm Bailiff, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention has for its object an apparatus especially adapted for raising carts
or wagons loaded with hay, corn and the like to the tops of stacks for the purpose
of unloading, which can be done by simply throwing the hay or corn down onto
the stack instead of raising it up on pitch forks as is usually done, but it will be
evident that it can be used for a variety of other purposes, auch as filling barns,
raising bricks and mortar or stone for building purposes, for loading heavy weighta
into railway trucks or unloading same, for raising cattle to the saine level as the

page_text: portableness of the apparatus.
It can be axed up where destreu and be used
barns and other covered places where it would be impossible to get an elevator and
by providing it with wheels its removal from place to place will be greatly
facilitated.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus ;
Figure 2 a plar view; and
Figure 3 an end elevation partly in section ;
Figure 4 is an end view of a modification; and
Figure 6 a view illustrating how the loads may be counterbalanced by weights.
In these A A are two upright frames placed sufficiently far apart to allow, say,
a wagon to pass between, and B a movable bottom or platform adapted to slide up
and down hetween the aforesaid frames A. and on which the weight to be raised or
lowered is placed. In the drawing a wagon is shown on the platform. Any well
known mechanical device may be employed for raising the said platform but for
some purposes I prefer the one shown in the drawing which consists of four screws C
arranged one at each corner in suitable bearings on the frames A, each of these
Bcrews having a travelling nut D held from rotation by a vertical rod d
(Figures 2 and 3). E plates fixed to the platform B, and engaging grooves in
the nuts D, which cause the platform to partake of their vertical movement.
The screw is rotated, and the nuts with the platform moved vertically by suitable
gearing, such as a pair of mitre wheels F, sprocket wheels G and chains g
operated by handle H. This arrangement of raising and lowering the platform
by means of screws will however be altogether unsuitable for raising a weight
such as bricks and mortar to a considerable height for building purposes. In
this case, I raise the platform by means of chains I wound round drums J, the
latter rotated from the handle H through gearing K as shown in dotted lines
(Figure 1) and in full lines in Figures 2 and 4. The said platform is kept in
its raised position by a pawl and ratchet or any suitable device. A brake may
also be arranged on one of the spindles, if desired.
I are small grooved rollers pivotted to the platform B, which, in conjunction
with rails or tee pieces M fixed to the upright frames A servo to guide the
travel of the platform. These however will not be required with the sorow
arrangement.
To enable one person to raise the platform, the gearings are coupled together
by a rod N jointed as shown so as to be swung back as shown in dotted line<
or removed clear away if necessary, to allow of a cart for instance being drawn
onto the platform at one end and off at the other.
As shown in Figure 5, weights O may be employed to counterbalance the weight
on the platform B, also any of the well known devices for increasing the speed
or power, such as quick threaded screws or multiplying gear. Wheels P (Figure 1)
may also be provided to facilitate the removal from place to place of the
apparatus.
The inclined platforms Q may, if desired, be hinged at R and when not
required raised up against the end of the apparatus and fastened in any convenient
manner.
.I propose to construct the apparatus of various sizes to suit requirements, the
smaller and lighter ones being for railway platforms and cramped positions in
side buildings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my_said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is --
1. The improvement in apparatus for lifting or raising heavy loads, substantially

page_text: as set forth, whereby they can be fixed up where desired and be used in barns
and other places where it would be inconvenient or impossible to get an ordinary
elevator.
2. The arrangement of a framework A, a platform B on which the load is
placed, and suitable means for raising or lowering the platform vertically between
the aforesaid frames, whereby, in an apparatus for the purposes described, loaded
wagons can be raised to the top of stacks, barn windows or other situations, for the
purpose of unloading the same, which is done by simply throwing the hay, corn or
other material down on to the stack, into the barn or elsewhere, instead of raising
it by hand as formerly.
3. The use, in combination with apparatus of the kind described, of the special
means substantially as set forth, whereby the load can be raised by hand power to
the required height.
4. The geueral construction and arrangement of parts forming the improved
apparatus for raising weights, substantially as described.
Dated this 27th day of October 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham and London, Patent Agents.