Improvements in Elevators.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Sept., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 25th June, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 21st Sept., 1888
Improvements in Elevators.
We JOHN VICARS, THOMAS VICARS and JOHN VICARS the younger, all of 56 Seel
Street, Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Engineers, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object is to provide an elevator for conveying trays of biscuits or other suitably
formed articles, or matter from one elevation to another.
The invention consists essentially in combining an endless chain or equivalent
elevator having projecting forks or like appliances for lifting the trays, articles, or
matter with endless travelling conveyers for giving the trays, articles or matter to the
elevators and removing them therefrom or one of these latter operations may be
performed by hand.
Instead of endless travelling conveyers, reciprocating push pieces or their equivalents
may be used to give the trays to and remove them from the elevator.
JAMES JOHNSOŃ,
Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Elevators.
We JOHN VICARS, THOMAS VICARS and JOHN VICARS the Younger all of 56 Seel
Street Liverpool in the county of Lancaster Engineers, 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:-
The object, is to provide an elevator for conveying trays of biscuits or other suitably
formed articles or matter from one elevator to another.
The invention consists essentially in combining an endless chain or equivalent
elevator having projecting forks or like appliances for lifting the trays articles or
matter with endless travelling conveyers for giving the trays article or matter to the
elevators and removing them therefrom or one of these latter operations may be
performed by hand.
Instead of endless travelling conveyers reciprocating push pieces or their equivalents
may be used to give the trays to and remove them from the elevator. The drawing
herewith is a side clevation of an elevator constructed in accordance with our inven-
tion. a frame. b carrying pulleys for elevator. e endless chains passing around the
pulleys and provided with arms or frames d on which the trays of biscuits or other
articles rest. e endless travelling conveyor carried by the pulleys f and actuated by
the driving pulley g. bevel wheels and worm and wheel for transmitting motion
from the endless conveyers e to the elevator chains c. gear for taking up any slack
in the conveyor and elevator chains.
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The trays or articles are placed on the arms or frames d at the bottom by hand
and are removed therefrom at the top onto the table m by the projections ex on the
conveyor e. A conveyer may be used to place the trays, or articles on the elevator
or push pieces may be used for placing trays, and articles on, and removing them from
the elevator..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is,
The combination of an elevator and conveyor or conveyors or equivalent devices
substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.