Letters, Newspapers, and the like.
Year: 1888

page_text: Letters, Newspapers, and the like.
1, GOTTFRIED KONSTANTIN, of No. 12 Mariahilfer Strasse in the City of Vienna,
in the Empire of Austria, 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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My invention relates to an improved lift or elevator for transporting small objects
such as letters, newspapers and the like from the hall, staircase, light shaft or up a
special shaft in the brickwork of the building, to the various floors or flats with
readiness and rapidity.
Fig. 1 represents the entire device in elevation with the casings g, g¹ in section.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the centre of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of the upper part of the casing g and the crank k.
Fig. 4 is a top view of the upper surface of the casing.
Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the casing g and the guide blocks b for the frame
carrying the bearings.
Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the indicator device and Fig. 7 a vertical section of
the same rectangular to Fig. 6 both on an enlarged scale.
The bearing frame a in which a shaft or spindle w carrying a wheel and a
shaft or spindle w¹ carrying a wheel which gears with the wheel are arranged,
is mounted in a box like casing g. The shaft or spindle w¹ carries further a rope
drum R over which an endless rope s or wire cable which runs to the highest
point, id est, to the ceiling of the floor to which the objects are to be transported
where the rope or cable runs over a roll R¹ on a shaft or spindle w².
The bearing frame is not fixed in the casing g but is suspended with all the parts
connected to the same, (the wheels r, r¹ and spindles w, w¹) in the said casing g by
means of the rope or cable roller R and is so guided between the guide blocks by
the guide bolts 6 that the said frame can make a vertical movement, said movement
being limited by a slot in the casing g in which the driving shaft or spindle w which
carries the crank k, moves.

page_text: In order to be able to readily separate the cable or rope s the ends of the same are
connected together by means of an ordinary screw coupling s¹, said coupling being
provided with hooks and a chain so that articles of wearing apparel, umbrellas and
the like can be hung on to the same.
In order to prevent injurious shocks when the coupling strikes against the casing
to the roller R in rapid transport, a buffer q is fixed to the upper part of the said
coupling.
A cage which can have the form of a bag, net wire frame, basket etc. is so
attached to the rope or cable s at c that the same can be moved in one or the other
direction, id est, upwards or downwards by operating the crank in one or the other
direction.
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Opposite the point where the cage is fixed to the rope or cable s is an eye
through which the rope or cable a can readily run and thus serves as guide for
the cage.
At the lower end of the part h inserted in the rope or cables by the side
of the cage t, is a nose which, when the cage rapidly descends, will pass through a
slot in the lid of the casing g and strike against a lever f which is arranged to
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turn on the shaft w.
The operation of the lever f will set a brake band for other braking mechanism
in operation and stop the further descent of the cage, Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 2 represents the brake lever on the shaft or spindle w and the tire fixed
to the roller R for receiving the brake band f¹. In order to determine the height
the cage has ascended, the elevator is provided with a suitable indicator operated by
one of the shafts, Fig. 6 and 7.
Cords, catgut or the like is laid over small rollers e in the slide 1 gliding on the
rail and are kept under tension by means of weights P. The slide carries the
pointer Z which protrudes through a slot in the casing g into the indicator casing 2¹
and moves backwards and forwards in front of a scale in the latter so that the person
operating the lift can at once determine the exact position of the cage t. In the
device represented in Fig. 7 the indicator mechanism is operated from the driving
shaft or spindle w of the lift. In order to notify the persons for which the objects
forwarded by the lift are destined that the same have arrived at their flat or floor,
signal bells are preferably employed which are operated by means of a suitable
pressure contact knob T which can be arranged substantially as represented in Fig. 4,
upon which the name of the person occupying the floor can be affixed. It is evident
that my improved lift can be employed for transporting voluminous and heavy objects
and that the same can be provided with speaking tubes and the like and that the rope
or cables can be replaced by a cord, chain or their equivalents.
Figs. 8 and 9 are diagrams of the arrangement of the rope drums or rollers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
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1. The construction and use of lifts or elevators with one or more rope drums or
rollers R¹, arranged at the highest point of the lift shaft and around which an endless
rope, cord, wire cable or chain or the like s runs and carries a cage or transporter t,
the lower part of the rope, cable or chains passing over a rope drum or roller R
which latter is set in rotation for operating the lift, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
2. In lifts or elevators of the kind described in claim 1 the arrangement of a
bearing frame a in the casing g for receiving the shafts or spindles w, w¹ the
wheels r, and the rope drums or roller R, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
3. In lifts of the kind described in claims 1 and 2, the arrangement of a suitable
brake device, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
4. In lifts of the kind described in claims 1, 2 and 3, the use of the indicator Z, and
a scale or graduated plate for showing the position of the transport cage, substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.

page_text: 5. In lifts of the kind described, operating the indicator device claimed in claim 4
from one of the shafts w or w¹ of the lift mechanism, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
6. In lifts of the kind described, the arrangement of the parts so that the entire
operating mechanism including the bearing frame a will be suspended in the rope,
cable or chain s so that the same is automatically kept under tension, substantially as
and for the purpose set forth.
7. In lifts of the kind described, enclosing the mechanism of the lift by a suitable
casing 9 or by bedding the same in the brickwork, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
Dated this 10th dovre of Santambon 1000
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.