IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SHIPPING AND TRANSFERRING COAL, SALT, ORE AND OTHER MATTERS
Year: 1884

page_text: I ADOLPHUS RUPERT LARGE of Birkenhead in the County of Chester, Mariner
do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR SHIPPING AND TRANSFERRING COAL, SALT, ORE AND OTHER MATTERS to
be as follows:-
My invention is chiefly applicable to the filling of ship's bunkers with coal from
barges but may also be employed in the loading or transferring of other matters.
According to my invention I apply a delivery shute or filler to a port in the ship's
side leading into the bunker or hold. The said delivery shute carries a projecting
guide frame in which traverse friction bowls which are applied to the ends of a bar
extending across the frame. A bucket having a sloping side for easy delivery is
suspended from an upper cross bar by two chains which pass between guide
pullies at the top of the frame and also through eyes formed in the aforesaid bar
carrying the friction bowls. The bucket is suspended in a frame on trunnions so as
to be capable of being tipped when the lip of the bucket comes into contact with a
projection extending from the delivery shute. When the bucket has been hoisted
up to the guides the top of the frame in which the bucket is pivoted lifts the cross
bar with the friction bowls which then ascend with the bucket and guide it until
at the proper height when the aforesaid catch or projection on the delivery shute
comes into contact with the lip of the bucket and tips its contents into the shute.
The bucket rights itself when lowered so as to be ready for re-filling. If desired
a locking arrangement may be applied to the frame in which the bucket is pivoted
so as to steady it while being hoisted means being provided to unlock the same
just previous to the tipping operation. In operating my invention the hoisting
and lowering of the bucket may be effected by a steam winch or portable engine
on board ship or from a crane situated either on the coal barge or on another barge
alongside as for example the barge and crane used in some cases to transfer and
operate grain elevators might be used to operate my apparatus. The apparatus
may be otherwise connected with a jib-boom or gaff or with any suitable purchase.
In place of the receiving shute being attached to a port it may be mounted upon a
frame or otherwise secured on deck and may deliver the coal or salt or other
substance or matter down a hatchway or opening in the deck. I do not confiné
myself to the exact details of the guiding arrangements and may provide studs
or projections to engage with the fixed tilting parts.
Dated this twenty third domain

page_text: I ADOLPHUS RUPERT LARGE of Birkenbead in the County of Chester Mariner,
do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR SHIPPING AND TRANSFERRING COAL, SALT, ORE AND OTHER
MATTERS and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement and accompanying
drawings :-
"
My Invention is chiefly applicable to the filling of ship's bunkers with coal from
barges but may also be employed in the loading or transferring of other matters.
According to my Invention I apply a hopper or delivery shute to a port in the
ships side the said hopper or shute discharging into the bunker or bold. The said
hopper carries a projecting guide frame in which traverse friction bowls which are
applied to the ends of a bar extending across the frame. A bucket is suspended
in a frame on trunnions so as to be capable of being tipped when the lip of the
bucket comes into contact with a catch (or with catches) or with. a projection
extending from the hopper. When the bucket has been hoisted up to the guides
the top of the frame in which the bucket is pivoted lifts the cross bar with the
friction bowls which then ascend with the bucket and guide it until at the proper
height when the aforesaid catch (or catches) on the hopper comes into contact with
the lip of the bucket and tips its contents into the hopper.
In the accompanying drawings the application of my Invention in the loading
of a steamer or other ship is illustrated. In Fig: 1. the ship is partly represented
in section. In the left hand part of the drawing an arrangement suitable for
discharging coal into the bunkers is illustrated and to the right hand is an
arrangement for discharging grain, salt, coal or other matter into the hold. In the
said drawing a is a barge represented in section and supposed to contain coal
which is to be loaded into the ship; b. is the bucket and c is the said hopper
This hopper is provided with a shute or mouth-piece c' which is passed through a
port in the ships side and may discharge directly into the bunkers or into the bold
or into a shute to convey the coal to the required place of delivery. The said
mouth-piece is preferably hinged so that it can be contracted or expanded to suit
the size of the port. An adjustable bracket d bearing against the inner side of the
vessel above the port keeps the hopper in position or any other suitable means for
effecting the same object may be adopted. The hopper is provided on each side
with a guide e. and in each guide is formed a slot in which travels a bowl or wheel
which is on the end of a bar which extends across the guide frame from one guide
to the other. In or on this bar are two eyes through which pass two chains or
ropes f. which are attached to the two ends of an upper cross bar at g. and are
connected by their lower ends to the bucket frame h. in which the bucket is
suspended by means of trunnions. In the drawing the said cross. bar is seen in
end view and only one of the chains or ropes f. appears. To the centre of the
cross bar g. is attached the end of the fall or rope i. which passes to a steam deck
winch k. Upon a shaft which is mounted at the front edge of the hopper are fixed
or formed two curved catches l. and upon one end or upon each end of the same
shaft is fixed an arm m which carries a weight which tends to keep the catches
projecting outward from the hopper as indicated by the full lines but permit them
to yield to an excessive strain as indicated by the dotted lines. When the apparatus
is in use the bucket having been filled from the barge is hoisted by means of the
deck winch or of any other suitable tackle or purchase which may be employed
instead of the deck winch. In some cases the bucket may be operated by means

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of a winch or crane or of suitable machinery on board the barge or on board a
barge brought alongside, or the hoisting tackle in some cases may be situated on
land. As the bucket rises the chains or ropes f. pass through the eyes until the
upper part of the bucket frame or a stop on each chain comes in contact with the
aforesaid bar which is provided with wheels which run in the slots in the guide
frame. The said bar is now carried upward and the end wheels following the
curvature of the slots in the guide frame the bucket is moved toward the hopper,
As the bucket rises the edge which is toward the hopper comes into contact with
the catches 1. which cause the bucket to turn in the bucket frame in the manner
indicated by the dotted lines and to tip the contents into the hopper As the
empty bucket is lowered to be re-filled it resumes its upright position.
example the bucket is supposed to be a long receptacle having a semi-cylindrical
bottom and flat upright ends. If desired a locking arrangement may be applied to
the frame h. so as to steady the bucket whilst it is being hoisted means being
In the right
provided to unlock the bucket just before the tipping commences.
hand portion of Fig: 1 the hopper is mounted above or on the deck and discharges
the grain salt or other substance or matter lifted from the barge n. into a second
hopper o. forming part of a weighing machine separately represented in Fig: 2. or
discharges directly into a shute p. indicated by dotted lines which shute delivers
the grain or substance into the hatchway or the grain, salt, coal or substance may
be otherwise conveyed to the required point of delivery. I do not confine myself
to the exact details of the apparatus so long as the bucket is guided when near the
hopper and tilted by coming into contact with catches so as to discharge into the
hopper self actingly.
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 combination of parts for loading or shipping coal, grain salt and other
substances or matters by means of a bucket or receptacle which is caused to tip
self-actingly and to discharge into a hopper or shute substantially as set forth and
indicated.
2. The hopper for application to a. port or opening in a ship's side provided with
the guides and tipping catches in combination with a bucket or receptacle which
when filled is raised, guided to the hopper and tipped substantially as and. for
the purposes set forth and indicated.
3. The combination of a hinged bucket or receptacle suspended by means of
chains or ropes passing through a bar which is guided so that when the bucket
carries upward the bar the former is brought into contact with a catch or with
catches whereby the bucket is tipped and the contents are discharged into a hopper
or shute substantially as and for the purposes set forth and indicated.
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EDWARD K. DUTTON,
Agent,
41, John Dalton St., Manchester,