A Portable Elevator for the Use of Builders for Bricks, Slate, Mortar, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 7th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICAȚION.
A Portable Elevator for the Use of Builders for Bricks, Slate, Mortar,
and the like.
JOHN CANDLISH, 9, Westby Street, Lytham, Builder, CHARLES GODDARD, J,
Cleveland Road, Lytham, Carpenter, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
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We provide a couple of light poles of wood, made extensible, or metal tubing
might be used, and braced together at intervals, resembling an ordinary builders
ladder, or a single pole of wood or metal. But preferably a flat board of wood,
or wood and metal combined, and made extensible to suite different heights of
buildings. One end (the apex) is narrowed, and widens out gradually to its
base for stability. At each edge of the aforesaid board and running longi-
tudinally, its entire length, are two narrower boards fixed at right angles; theso
are to stiffen the aforesaid board. The whole resembling a long tapered trough.
At the apex and base of the trough, are moveably fixed a drum or pulley, over
each of which runs an endless band, or chain, or cords. But preferably a flat
leather or woven band. At suitable distances along the aforesaid band are fixed
suitable carriers or buckets; for conveying bricks, sand, and the like to wherever
required. The aforesaid band is driven by hand power by means of a handle
fixed on one of the drum shafts, preferably the one at the base. A steam or
other motor might be used if required. When bricks are being elevated and
to assist the operator, a small platform or receiver is fixed in front and astride
of belt to the trough, at a convenient height. The operator places the brick or.
bricks on platform, the carriers taking them off automatically, thus ensuring
the brick being placed centrally on the band, and when arrived at top of trough
fall off by gravity, down a suitable shute on to a scoffold fixed to receive same.
JOHN CANDLISH,
CHARLES GODDARD.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Portable Elevator for the Use of Builders for Bricks, Slate, Mortar,
and the like..
We, Jons CANDLISH, of 9, Westby Street, Lytham, Builder, and CHARLES
GODDARD, 6, Cleveland Road, Lytham, Carpenter, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in portable elevators for use in building

page_text: operations for raising bricks, slates, mortar or other materials to or near the
place where the bricklayer or other operative is working, the object being to
provide an apparatus which can be readily moved about from place to place
and one that, when fixed in position, will rapidly convey any of the materials
named from the ground floor to the required distance above such, thus entirely,
or nearly so, dispensing with ladders and hods for such purposes and obviating
the danger attendant upon carrying the latter up the former.
Our invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying
drawings which show one way in which it may be carried out,
Fig. 1 being a side elevation,
Fig. 2 a longitudinal section and
Fig. 3 a front elevation.
Referring to these it will be seen that our apparatus comprises a frame of a
suitable character made of wood, preferably, metal or other material. This
frame is of a convenient length or such that it will reach to the first or second
floor of a building. Its upper end may be higher or lower, depending upon
the angle of inclination the apparatus is placed at and whilst we generally make
it inextensible, using in some cases one or more sizes of the apparatus according
to the work in hand, we would have it understood that the frame may be made
telescopic or one part be fitted to the other so that it may be extensible. And,
further, the frame may be made in one or more pieces. Thus two side pieces
may be used as shown in the drawings and be braced together either at intervals,
or as shown, by a central piece e running nearly its full length, or a single pole of
wood or metal may replace these. Metal tubes braced together may take the
place of the wood sides. In any case the frame has an extended foot or the like d
which tends to keep it upright and near its upper end is provided with extending
arms e pivoted to it so that they may be pushed outwards or pulled inwards to
rest at any particular point of a receiving scaffold, floor, joist, wall or the like on
which the bricks, mortar, slate or other materials are to be discharged "The
arms e may be made extensible if required, and the pin on which they are pivoted
may be placed in different holes in the side frames ..
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Near the bottom end of the frame we mount a shaft f in bearings and on it
fix a barrel or cylinder hand at the top end of the frame we mount a second
shaft carrying a barrel or rolfer j and round the two rollers is passed a woven
band, leather belt, chain or chains or the like k. This band k, at the front side,
practically rests on the central piece but may be kept from contact therewith
by rollers c. It is preferably kept tight on the rollers by its ends being provided
with a buckle and holes, respectively, though the onds may be connected by a
slicet of rubber or springs for the same purpose. The buckle enables the band
to be lengthened in case the frame is made extensible as before referred to. We
would also say here that slackness of the belt may be taken up by making the
bearings of either roller or of a sliding character. The belt or band
rotated by a manually-operated winch handle fixed on shaft f, or the latter
may be operated by being connected to a suitable motor. At intervals on the
belt we permanently or detachably affix buckets or conveying brackets m which
may either have their ends open, as shown, or be closed on all sides but one.
When closed at the ends they serve to carry mortar, sand or other loose material
maintained at a constant level in a trough (shown in Fig. 2) placed between
the frame below the bottom roller h, and from which the buckets lift it. The
closed buckets may carry bricks, though for the latter we prefer to have the ends
open. In the case of elevating bricks one of the latter is placed in each bracket
as it comes round but to ensure being properly so placed we fix to the frame
near its lower end a stationary bracket or brackets and on these is placed the
brick so that as each bucket passes the bracket it takes hold of and removes the
brick, thus carrying it to the top of the conveyor when it is discharged on to
the receiving scaffold. In the case of loose material the band' may be stopped at
intervals to allow of the buckets being filled.

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The elevator as described is very simple in construction and is easily moved
about from place to place and even with only two carrying buckets on
apparatus, say. 25 ft. in length, five or six hundred bricks can be elevated per
hour. It is thus extremely serviceable for the builder and where high buildings
are under construction it may be made longer, or one elevator may be used to
pass material forward from another one fixed below it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:
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1. An elevator for conveying bricks, slates, mortar, sand or the like consisting
of an endless adjustable conveying band, provided with one or more buckets or
carrying brackets, mounted on rollers in a suitable frame and traversed either by
hand or mechanical means substantially as described.
2. In an elevator for conveying bricks and the like the combination with an
endless conveying band and its supporting frame, of a bracket or brackets such
as n, mounted on said frame substantially as and for the purpose described.
3. An elevator for the purposes referred to constructed; arranged and operated
substantially as described and as shown with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Mated this 10th day of November 1809
WILLIAM H. TAYLOR,
Stephens Buildings, 62, Market Street, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicants.