Improvements in the construction ΟΙ B, Workshops, Warehouses, and other Places.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1886.
Complete Left, 3rd Sept., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 4th Oct., 1887.
RESERV
Improvements in the construction
ΟΙ Iram variago 101 BHD,
Workshops, Warehouses, and other Places.
We WILLIAM THOMAS RAYNOR, JOHN SAMUEL RAYNOR and EDWIN RAYNOR,
all of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster machine makers do hereby declare tho
nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates to the articulated carriages which are in each case adapted to
run upon a single bottom rail and are additionally guided and sustained by an upper
rail. Such carriages are at present principally employed in cotton mills in the
conveyance of laps cans and other articles or materials but may be employed in other
places in the conveyance of any articles substances or materials for which they are
adapted. Each carrying wheel is mounted in a horn-plate carriage which for
distinction we will term an axle frame. In the said axle frame is a recess to receive a
nut. A screwed stud passes through the hinged joint formed by the connecting links
or parts and the axle frame and is screwed into the said nut the said stud acting as
the joint pin. In the cases of the end axle frames the lower ends of the pillars
which extend upward to the top of the carriage are similarly fitted to act as joint pins.
In some cases each alternate joint pin forms part of a pillar which extends to the top
of the carriage but we may in other cases have a lesser proportion of these pillars as
compared with the number of axle frames. When longitudinal connections or stays
or supports for laps or lap rods or for other articles or materials being conveyed are
provided in positions between the bottom and top articulated members of the carriage
we form such connections stays or supports of parts jointed together the joints being
in the same axial lines as the top and bottom joints so that the whole constitutes an
articulated frame which is well adapted to run upon curved lines.
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page_text: Workshops, Warehouses, and other Places.
We WILLIAM THOMAS RAYNOR JOHN SAMUEL RAYNOR and EDWIN RAYNOR all
of Oldham in the County of Lancaster Machine Makers 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 and accompanying
drawing :-
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Our Invention relates to the articulated carriages which are in each case adapted to
run upon a single bottom rail and are additionally guided and sustained by an upper
rail. Such carriages are at present principally employed in cotton mills in the
conveyance of laps, cans and other articles or materials but may be employed in other
places in the conveyance of any articles substances or materials for which they are
adapted. Each carrying wheel is mounted in a horn-plate carriage which for
distinction we will term an axlo frame. Each axle frame is mounted to swivel upon a
vertical axis which co-incides with the arms of a joint in the articulated framework.
When longitudinal connections or stays or supports for laps or lap rods or for other
articles or matorials being conveyed are provided in positions between the bottom and
top articulated members of the carriage we form such connections stays or supports
of parts jointed together the joints being in the same axial lines as the top and bottom
joints so that the whole constitutes an articulated frame which is well adapted to run
upon curved lines.
The construction of our improved carriage will be clearly understood when
reference is made to the accompanying drawing which represents a Side Elevation of
a carriage suitable for use in the conveyance of Cotton laps and of cans of sliver. In
the said drawing a is the bottom rail which is secured to the floor and bis the
overhead rail or guide bar which is secured in any convenient manner at a suitable
height above the floor. Upon the rail a run the wheels c c of the articulated
carriage which consists of three lines of hinged connections def connected together
by means of vertical pillars 9 g. The connections d consist of castings which are
similar in form and are adapted to be connected by their ends by means of hinged
joints so that the entire carriage can readily run around curved parts of the track.
The formation of the joints is indicated in section in the cases of two of the joints
which differ slightly the one being a pillar joint and the other an intermediate joint.
In both cases one end of the casting d is formed with a cylindrical projection which
enters a hole in the end of the other casting so that the one end will turn upon the other.
By preference the said projection and hole are turned and bored so that the parts
will turn easily one in or upon the other. In the cases of the pillar joints the lower
end of the pillar g in each case is passed through a hole in the centre of the
projection in the part d and is fixed therein by means of a nut h. The lower end of

page_text: the pillar is bored or recessed to receive a turned shank or stud which is formed or
fixed upon the axle frame so that the said frame is free to swivel upon the vertical
axes of the joint which is in line with the vertical centre line of the pillar.
In the case of each intermediate joint a screw bolt i passes through the centre of
the said projection and screws into a nut which is placed in a recess cast or formed
in the horn plate the said bolt acting as a pivot or pin upon which the axle frame
can turn freely. It will be seen that when the carriage is running around a curve
every wheel is perfectly free to accommodate itself to the curvature of the rail. The
upper end of each pillar is provided with two small wheels which travel upon the
guide rail b in the usual manner. The upper ends of the pillar are connected
together by means of double links which are hinge jointed at j. The pillars are
also connected together by means of an intermediate line of links e which are double
jointed each link being jointed to an eye block k-k³, which is fixed or mounted upon
the pillar so that the link can be turned in a vertical plane upward into the position
indicated by e¹ or downward into the position indicated by ee and also the outer end
of each link is jointed at to the outer meeting end of the other link in the pair.
It will be readily understood that by virtue of the construction the entire carriage
is converted into a chain which is free to bend at every one of the five joints
numbered in the drawing and as the bearing wheel under each one of the said joints
is also free to turn upon the axis of the joint the carriage has great freedom to
accomodate itself to the sinuosities of the track. In the example the links e have
been adapted to be turned up in order to admit laps which can be carried in the
manner indicated by the dotted lines at m one end of the lap rod entering an eye in
the link when the link is turned down. When the links are turned up they are out
of the way of higher articles than the laps. We do not however confine ourselves to
the formation of the links nor to the double jointing of the same as these details will
vary according to the nature of the articles to be carried nor do we confine ourselves
to the use of the line of intermediate connections e. In some cases we may have
a vertical pillar at each of the joints instead of at each alternate joint. We do not
confine ourselves to any particular number of joints in the carriage nor to the
proportionate length of each link
9.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
(1.) The combination of parts constituting the articulated carriage adapted to run
upon and be guided by lower and upper rails and to be used as a vehicle substantially
as set forth and indicated.
(2.) An articulated carriage or vehicle adapted to run upon a bottom rail and to be
guided by a top rail consisting of hinged or jointed parts connected together by
means of pillars and supported upon carrier wheels which are free to swivel upon
vertical axes which are in line with the centres of the joints of the carriage
substantially as and for the purposes set forth and indicated.
(3.) In an articulated carriage of the indicated description the axle frames for the
supporting wheels turning upon vertical axes which are in the centres of the joints of
the frame-work substantially as set forth and indicated.
Dated this 2nd day of September 1887
JULIUS ALLMANN & Co.,
70, Deansgate, Manchester,
Agents for the Applicants.