A MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR LIFTING AND WEIGHING LOADED SACKS, AND ALSO MERCHANDIZE
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Winter, of Albion Place, Hackney, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "A MACHINE OR APPARATUS
FOR LIFTING AND WEIGHING LOADED SACKS, AND ALSO MERCHANDIZE,"
Sealed the 13th March 1860, and dated the 15th September 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Winter at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 15th
September 1859.
I, HENRY WINTER, of Albion Place, Hackney, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A MACHINE OR APPA-
BATUS FOR LIFTING AND WEIGHING LOADED SACKS, AND ALSO MERCHANDIZI," to
be as follows:-
This Invention is designed for reducing manual labor, andconsists of certain
mechanism constituting a machine or apparatus for lifting and weighing, or
for only lifting loaded sacks, and also merchandize. The mode heretofore
commonly practised of lifting sacks has been for two persons, one at each side
of the sack, to raise it from the place on which it rests, and a third person
receives it on bis back and conveys it away. By the use of this Invention the
person who has to carry the sack can with a very little effort quickly raise it
to the proper height for taking it on his back. The following is the construc-
tion of the aforesaid machine or apparatus:-At the centre of a skeleton
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page_text: framing a toothed rack is adjusted loosely in a vertical position, and to the
bottom of said rack, and fixed to one side thereof, a board or platform is con-
nected to receive the sack or otherweight to be raised; a toothed pinion takes
or gears into the aforesaid rack, and on the axis of said pinion another toothed
wheel of larger diameter than the pinion is keyed; this wheel gears into
another pinion, on the axis of which a fly wheel is keyed, and to said wheel a
handle is affixed for imparting rotary motion thereto, the effect of which is to
transmit such said motion to the rack and platform aforesaid so as to raise
the weight thereon. In cases where it is required to weigh the sack or
other load to be lifted, I propose to place a scale beam at the lower part or
bottom of the platform of the machine, and so dispose said beam that the scale
board or platform of the rack shall rest on one end of said beam, and for
this purpose the driving pinion of the rack should be so formed as to be
capable of being thrown out of gear with the rack. It will appear obvious
that by increasing the height of the machine, weights may be raised from one
story of a warehouse to the next.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Winter in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
15th March 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
WINTER, of Albion Place, Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Henry Winter, Her special licence that I, the said Henry
Winter, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Henry Winter, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A
MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR LIFTING AND WEIGHING LOADED SACKS, AND ALSO
MERCHANDIZE," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry
Winter, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under

page_text: my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Winter, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention is designed for reducing manual labor, and consists of
certain mechanism constituting a moveable or fixed machine or apparatus
for lifting and weighing, or for only lifting loaded sacks,and also merchandize.
The mode heretofore commonly practised of lifting sacks has been for two
persons, one at each side of the sack, to raise it from the place on which it
rests, and a third person receives it on his back and conveys it away. By the
use of this Invention, the person who has to carry the sack can with a very
little effort quickly raise it to the proper height for taking it on his back. The
following is the construction of the aforesaid machine or apparatus:-At the
centre of a skeleton framing, a toothed rack is adjusted loosely in a vertical
position, and to the bottom of said rack and fixed to one side thereof a board
or platform is connected to receive the sack or other weight to be raised; a
toothed pinion takes or gears into the aforesaid rack,and on the axis of said
pinion another toothed wheel of larger diameter than the pinion is keyed,
this wheel gears into another pinion, on the axis of which a fly wheel is keyed;
and to said wheel a handle is fixed for imparting rotary motion thereto,the
effect of which is to transmit such said motion to the rack and platform
aforesaid so as to raise the weight thereon. In cases where it is required to
weigh the sack or other load to be lifted, I propose to place a double
scale bean at the lower part or bottom of the platform ot the machine, and
so dispose said beam that the scale board or platform of the rack shall rest
on one end of said beam or beams, and for this purpose, the driving pinion
of the rack should be so formed as to be capable of being thrown out of gear
with the rack.
It will appear obvious that by increasing the height of themachine, weights
may be raised from one story of a warehouse to the next, or from floors to
floors as may be required.
In order to explain this Invention as completely as possible, I now proceed
to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the same into
practical effect, reference being had to the illustrative Sheet of Drawings

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
At Sheet 1, Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, respectively exhibit several views Oi
a machine constructed according to this Invention adapted for lifting and
weighing loaded sacks, and also merchandize. Figure 1 is a side elevation
of said machine; Figure 2 a front view thereof; Figure 3, a back view;
Figure 4, a horizontal section through the liue A, B, at Figures 1, 2, 3;
Figure 5, a vertical section through the line C, D, at Figures 2 and 3;
Figure 6, a detached portion herein-after described and referred to. At
Sheet 2, Figures 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, exhibit several views of another form of
machine constructed according to this Invention, adapted for lifting and
weighing loaded sacks, and also merchandize, this machine being a modifi-
cation of the machine exhibited at Sheet 1 above mentioned. At Sheet 3;
Figures 12, 13, 14, 15 respectively exhibit several views of a machine con-
structed according to this Invention, and adapted for lifting weights or mer
chandize from one story or floor of a warehouse to others above bysuccessive
lifts, through the agency of mechanism arranged as hereafter described for
that
purpose. At each of the foregoing Figures of each of the aforesaid
Sheets of Drawings, I employ similar letters of reference to denote corre-
sponding parts in so far as such parts appear, or can be seen at each of such
said Sheets of Drawings and Figures respectively.
At Sheet 1,A is a framing of wood; B, a toothed rack of metal working
in guides a,a,of the said framing; C,metal bracket-pieces fixed to the bottom
of the rack B,and supporting a skeleton framing D,on which rests a board E,
on which the weight to be weighed and raised is placed; G, G¹, are short
axes or spindles supported by and working in bearing pieces b,b,asatFigure5;
H is a toothed pinion capable of sliding on the spindle G,so as to be brought
either into or out of gear with the teeth of the rack B; I is a toothed wheel
keyed on the spindle G; this wheel gears into a pinion K fixed on thespindle
G; L,a fly wheel fixed on the spindle G1; M, a handle fixed to the atoresaid
fly wheel for imparting motion to the mechanism; N is a brake for lowering
and retaining the board at any desired height when required; O,a scale beam
for weighing; c,c, the knife edges on which the beam oscillates; P, a piece
connected to the weighing beams; the board rests upon the piece P in the act
of weighing anything placed on said board; d,a rod fixed to the scale beams
on which the weights are to be placed as required. (In weighing anything
in the above machine, care must be taken to throw the pinion H out of gear

page_text: with the rack B, and also to allow for the weight of the scale board, and
rack). I would here observe that when this machine is not required to
weigh loaded socks or merchandize, the weighing apparatus above described
may be dispensed with, and when this is the case, the pinion H may then be
permanently in gear with the teeth of the rack B, and by removing the
handle M, and placing a fast and loose pulley or riggers on the spindle G, and
passing an endless strap over the fast pulley or rigger, the machine may then
be worked by steam or other motive power, instead of by manual labour,
I now proceed to describe the construction of the machine exhibited at
Sheet 2, observing that the principal points of difference between thismachine
and that before described, consist first, in making it as a hand machine or
truck, the weighing mechanism being a steelyard, working on a swivel fixed
to the top of the machine as exhibited at Figure 8; e, e, are pinions gearing
into the teeth of the racks f, f, formed on the skeleton framing g; h, h, are
wheels respectively fixed on the axes of the pinions e,e,fortransmittingmotion
to the racks f, f, through the medium of the pinions i, i, which gear into each
other, and into the wheels h, h; kis a handle fixed on the axis of one or other
of the pinions i, for imparting motion to the mechanisın; 7, 1, are handles,
and m, m, running wheels for moving the machine from one place to another;
n, n, are rods for holding the mouth of a sack open when required.
I now proceed to describe the construction of the machine exhibited at
Sheet 3,as follows:-Q is a framing of wood or metal carrying a platform u,u,
on which the weights to be raised are to be placed; R, R, are double racks
fixed to said framing, and working in suitable guides as at Figure 15, placed
at each of the uprights S,S, to which is also connected the following mechanism
to be employed for raising the platform u, u, ; o, p, q, q', r, r, s, are a train of
wheels and pinions mounted on axes working in bearing pieces fixed to the up-
rights S, S; T, a handle for imparting motion thereto; U, a brake wheel for
lowering or retaining at any desired height the platformu,u; V,V',are shatts
extending throughout the entire height of the several floors or rooms ofa ware-
house; the extremities of said shafts have bevilled wheelst,t¹, fixedthereon;the
bevil wheel t, receives rotary motion from the bevil wheel o fixed on the face
of the wheel p, and. by means of connecting rods u, u², cranks v,and cross
spindle w,corresponding motion is imparted or transmitted to the wheelwork
and upright shaft V₁ at the other end of the platform u, u, by which both
ends of the platform are raised together; I propose to fix wheelwork in each
floor or room of the warehouse in which this machine is intended to be used,
and I make the racks R, R, of such length as that when the platform succes-
sively reaches the ceiling of the floor or room above, the said racks shall

page_text: take into the wheels of the wheelwork therein, and be thus lifted thereby as
before, in consequence of the shafts V,V',being continually rotating during
the lifting of the platform, and in this manner and by these means I am
enabled to raise weights from floor to floor of a warehouse in a simple and
efficient manner, and by reversing the direction of motion of the wheel work at
the basement floor of the warehouse, the platform may be lowered using the
brake wheel or wheels as desired. I propose to employ self-acting sliding
doors or shutters between each of the floors as exhibited at Figure 15 of
Sheet 3, to prevent persons falling down the opening insaidfloors; the rodsZ
fixed at each end of the platform act as wedges to force open the said sliding
doors as the platform rises and descends, and the weights. close said doors.
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of my said
Invention of "A Machine or Apparatus for Lifting and Weighing Loaded
Sacks, and also Merchandize," together with the best means I am acquainted
with for carrying the same into practical effect, I would remark in conclusion
that I hereby declare my Invention to consist in, and I claim a machine or
apparatus of the construction above particularly described, set forth, and repre-
sented by the illustrative Sheets of Drawingsaccompanyingthese Presents; and
I desire it to be distinctly understood that I do not intend to limit or confine
myself totheprecise mechanicalarrangementshereindescribedandrepresented,
as they may be varied without departing from the spirit of my said Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Winter, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
HENRY WINTER. (L.S.)
HENRY WINTER. (L.S.)