Haulage and the like Purposes, and Appliances Connected therewith.
Year: 1886

page_text: Haulage and the like Purposes, and Appliances Connected
therewith.
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I WILLIAM RICE of Steel Green Terrace Millom in the County of Cumberland
Foreman Smith, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN HOOKS, CLUTCHES OR CLIPS FOR ENDLESS ROPE HAULage and the
LIKE PURPOSES AND APPLIANCES CONNECTED THEREWITH 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 to increase the facilities by which Wagons,
Trucks; Corves, and other Vehicles may be attached to, and detached from, the
endless Rope or Ropes used for Haulage whilst in motion, and at the same time:
constructing an appliance which shall combine with the increased facilities of
attachment and detachment the advantages of simplicity cheapness and durability
together with a decrease in the wear and tear of the Haulage Rope on which it is
employed:
I effect this object by constructing an appliance which is a combination of a
hauling hook and a Rope clutch or clip the book end of the appliance being
attached to the vehicle, and the clutch or clip end of the appliance being attached:
to the hauling Rope, the hook end being formed like an ordinary coupling hook,:
and the Clutch or clip end being formed with a notch; groove or recess for the
reception of the Hauling Rope, the length of the appliance being regulated by the
distance from the draw-hook or coupling link of the vehicle to the Haulage rope,*
such distance being so regulated that, when the appliance is hanging plumb from
the vehicle the notch, groove or recess previously mentioned would be in line with,
and parallel to the Hauling Rope, so that, by a slight side pressure of the appliance
the rope may be forced into the notch groove or recess where it may be retained.
by a sliding shutter provided for the purpose, such sliding shutter being so con-
structed that it may be slipped up so as to admit or release the Rope and push!
down to retain it within the Groove.
When so retained the friction is sufficient to cause the hook to travel with the
Rope and thus haul the vehicle.
The sliding shutter is provided with a lip or projection at its lowest extremity
which fits into a hole below the notch, groove, or recess, so that when the shutter
is pushed down the projection enters the hole like a bolt to take any lateral strain
caused by the rope when passing round curves or from other causes.-Pins or stops
are provided at the upper end of the appliance to prevent the sliding shutter being
drawn back too far when opening the notch, groove or recess for the reception or
release of the Rope.
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page_text: As a modification, the appliance may be formed with a loop or link instead of a
hook, in which case the vehicle would be provided with a hook to which the loop
or link may be coupled.
By means of the appliance herein described small mineral Wagons may be
attached singly about six feet apart whilst the hauling rope is in motion so as to
form a continuous stream of vehicles, which may be detached on arriving at their
destination without stopping the Rope, simply by raising the sliding shutter and
releasing the Rope.
The appliance may then be detached from the Wagon as required either for use
with the same or any other Wagon on the return journey.
The appliance or appliances herein described may be constructed in wrought,
cast, or malleable metal, or an alloy of metals may be employed, and part of the
appliance may be constructed in wrought metal and part in cast or malleable metal,
thus, the hook and that portion of the appliance in which the notch groove or
recess is formed may be made in wrought metal, whilst the sliding shutter may be
made in malleable or cast metal and so forth.
The nature of my Invention may be better understood on reference to the
accompanying sheet of Drawings, in which,
Fig. 1. Represents a front view of my appliance with the shutter closed.
Fig. 2. Is a side view of the same.
Fig. 3. Is a front view with the shutter open.
Fig. 4. Is a side view of the same.
Fig. 5. Represents the appliance as employed in hauling small mineral Wagons.
The same letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views in which,
a. is the hook for coupling to the vehicle, b, is the notch, groove, or recess, for the
reception of the Rope, c, is the sliding shutter d, is the bolt like projection, e, is the
hole to receive the same, ff, are the pins or stops, and g, is the haulage Rope.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Inven-
tion and in what manner the saine is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is,
(1.) The means employed for connecting and disconnecting a haulage hook,
clutch, or clip to an endless haulage rope, by forming the clutch or clip end of the
appliance with an open notch, groove or recess for the reception of the haulage
rope, combined with a sliding shutter for closing the same, the sliding shutter
being so constructed that after the haulage rope has been admitted into the notch,
groove, or recess, it may be pushed down so as to retain and secure the Rope in
such a manner that sufficient friction is created to cause the appliance to travel
with the rope and haul the vehicle, the sliding shutter being likewise so con-
structed that it may be slided back to open the notch, groove, or recess when it is
required to release the rope or to receive it.
(2.) Forming a lip or projection at the lower extremity of the sliding shutter
which fits into a hole formed below the notch, groove, or recess, so that, when the
shutter is pushed down, the lid or projection enters the hole like a bolt to take any
lateral strain caused by the rope when passing round curves or from other causes.
(3.) Improvements in hooks, clutches or clips for endless rope haulage and the
like purposes and appliances connected therewith as herein described and illustrated
on the accompanying sheet of Drawings.