Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 14th-Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 19th Apr., 1887.
I, H. BUSSING of Brunswick in the German Empire, Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to an apparatus which can be applied for a variety of purposes
where heavy loads or objects are to be lifted or moved. For instance the apparatus
can be applied for the lifting of heavy objects of any kind to a small elevation
especially when the object is to remain for a time in the uplifted condition; with
little modification it can be applied for the opening of cases and the like and lastly if a
shoe fitting to the rails, be used instead of the usual bottom plate it can be applied to
the moving of railway rolling stock.
The apparatus consists essentially in a bottom plate to which is pivotted or hinged
the lifting lever to which the power is transmitted by a cam connected with or forming
part of a long lever operated by hand and also pivotted to the bottom plate. This cam
has the advantage that it will remain in its elevated position and support the lifting
lever and load without any force or pressure on the hand lever. A further advantage
of this arrangement is that because of the small dimensions of the part a very great
leverage power is transmitted through the cam without shifting the working point of
the lever. This advantageously distinguishes this arrangement from others of the
same class.
A bottom plate and the lifting lever are hinged or pivotted together by a bolt at the
back part. The bottom plate is flat and tapering like a wedge in front while the
lifting lever is curved upwards shorter and narrower. Its also wedge shaped front
end fits into a bed or recess in the bottom plate in such a manner that the upper face
of the front end of the bed plate is in the same line with the front end of the lever so
that it can be slid under the object to be lifted together with the front end of the bed
plate.
The lever is provided with a slot in which works the hand lever pivoted or hinged
to the bottom plate and provided with a cam which latter operates and lifts the lever
and it is only necessary to bring the cam into its raised position to keep the object
uplifted without any pressure on the hand lever. The elongation of the bed plate will
keep the apparatus from tilting.

page_text: In a modification the front ends of the bottom plate and the lifting lever are of the
same length and when closed form together a wedge which is driven under the top of
the case to be opened or the board to be taken up and the hand lever then pressed.
down. The back part of the bottom plate is in this instance conveniently elongated to
form a handle.
In the modification for the moving of railway rolling stock the bottom plate is
replaced by a shoe fitting onto and partly round the rail to prevent it from lateral
slipping the lifting lever is curved so as to fit under the curve of the wheel which is
propelled by the lever lifting when the hand lever is lowered; this hand lever is bent
sideways to give the operator a safe stand point outside the line of rails.
Dated this 12th day of June 1886.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Lifting or Moving Heavy Objects.
I, HEINRICH BÜSSING of Brunswick in the German Empire, Engineer, 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:-
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This invention relates to an apparatus which can be applied for a variety of purposes
where heavy loads or objects are to be lifted or moved. For instance the apparatus
can be applied for the lifting of heavy objects of any kind to a small elevation
especially when the object is to remain for a time in the uplifted condition; with little
modification it can be applied for the opening of cases and the like, or if a shoe, fitting
to the rails, be used instead of the usual bottom plate it can be applied to the moving
of railway rolling stock.
The apparatus consists essentially in a bottom plate to which is pivotted or hinged
the lifting lever to which the power is transmitted by a cam connected with or forming
part of a long lever operated by hand and also pivotted to the bottom plate. This cam
has the advantage that it will remain in its elevated position and support the lifting
lever and load without any force or pressure on the hand lever.
A further advantage
of this arrangement is that because of the small dimensions of the part a very great
leverage power is transmitted through the cam without shifting the working point of
the lever. This advantageously distinguishes this arrangement from others of
the same class.
In the accompanying drawings:-
Fig. 1 represents a side elovation in section of an apparatus for the lifting of heavy
objects to small elevations, with the lifting lever lowered.
Fig. 2 a side elevation of the same with lifted lever.
Fig. 3 a plan of the same.
Fig. 4 represents a modification of the apparatus, in side elevation, with raised
lifting lever, used for opening cases and the like.
Fig. 5 is a side elevation with lowered lifting lever and a plan of the same.
Figs. 6 to 9 represent a modification of the apparatus for the lifting of the rails on
railways.
Figs. 10, 11, and 12 represent a modification of the apparatus for the moving of
railway stock in front elevation, side elevation and plan.
Its
The bottom plate c and the lifting lever b, figs. 1, 2, and 3 are hinged or pivotted
together by a bolt g at the back part. The bottom plate c is flat and tapering like a
wedge in front while the lifting lever b is curved upwards shorter and narrower.
also wedge shaped front end fits into a bed or recess h in the bottom plate in such a
manner that the upper face of the front end of the bed plate c is in the same line
with the front end of the lever b so that it can be slid under the object to be lifted
together with the front end of the bed-plate c. The lever is provided with a slot e in
which works the hand lever a pivotted or hinged to the bottom plate c and provided
with a cam d which latter operates and lifts the lever and it is only necessary to

page_text: bring the cam d into its raised position as in figure 2 to keep the object uplifted
without any pressure on the hand lever a. The elongation of the bed plate f will
keep the apparatus from tilting.
In the mcdification as represented in figures 4 and 5 the front ends of the bottom
plate c and the lifting lever bare of the same length and when closed form together a
wedge which is driven under the top of the case to be opened or the board to be
taken up and the hand lever a then pressed down, when the cam d will prevent the
lever a from returning and so keeps the load in its elevated position. The back part
of the bottom plate c is in this instance conveniently elongated to form a handle. In
this modification of the apparatus as represented in figures 6 to 9 and used for lifting
rails on railways, the hand lever a pivotted to the bottom plate c is also provided with
a cam d which operates a roller b₁ of the lifting lever b which is frame like in this
instance, and the front or free end of which is placed under the rail to be lifted. A
pawl attached to the spindle of the roller t¹ engages with a ratchet on the bottom
plate as soon as the lever bis lifted and holds the rail in its elevated position by
supporting the lever b, without any pressure on the lever a.
In the modification as represented in figures 10, 11, 12 for the moving of railway
rolling stock the bottom plate is replaced by a shoe c¹ fitting onto and partly round the
rail to prevent it from lateral slipping, the lifting lever bis curved so as to fit under
the curve of the wheel which is propelled by the lifting lever b when the hand lever a
is lowered; this hand lever is bent sideways to give the operator a safe stand point
without the line of rails.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
1. In an instrument such as described the combination with the hand lever such as a
having the cam d and with the bottom plate e to which a is jointed of a lifting lever
such as balso jointed to the bottom plate and adapted to be lifted and sustained by
cam d substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.
2. In an instrument such as described the combination with the parts set forth in
the above claiming clause (excepting that the cam d does not in this instance sustain
the load) of a roller such as pawl k and its ratchet the whole combined and operating
substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.
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