IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING VESSELS, AND RAISING, LOWERING, AND OTHERWISE CONVEYING SACKS, CASES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, AND OTHER OBJECTS FROM ONE LOCALITY TO ANOTHER
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Wallis, of Basingstoke, in the County of
Hants, Corn and Coal Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING VESSELS, AND RAISING, LOWERING,
AND OTHERWISE CONVEYING SACKS, CASES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, AND OTHER
OBJECTS FROM ONE LOCALITY TO ANOTHER."
Sealed the 11th March 1864, and dated the 21st September 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Wallis at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
September 1863.
I, RICHARD WALLIS, of Basingstoke, in the County of Hants, Corn and
Coal Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING VESSELS, AND
RAISING, LOWERING, AND OTHERWISE CONVEYING SACKS, CASKS, AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCE, AND OTHER OBJECTS FROM ONE LOCALITY TO ANOTHER," to be as
follows:-
My Invention has reference to certain improvements in apparatus for
loading and unloading vessels, and transporting sacks, casks, and other
packages or parcels from one landing place or stage to another, or to or from
one warehouse to another, for which Letters Patent have already been granted
to me, and bearing date the 4th day of December 1862 (No. 8258).
In the Specification to the said Letters Patent was described an arrange-
ment wherein strong bands or ropes were stretched, so as to form two ".
"ways,"

page_text: from the locality whence the objects were to be conveyed to the locality to
which they were to be conveyed, upon which "ways" two small carriages to
which the objects to be transported were attached were made to travel
alternately in reverse directions from the one locality to the other by means of
hauling ropes worked by suitable reversing mechanism situated at the one
locality or the other. In order that the objects whilst being transported in the
above-described manner should not be an impediment to or impeded by objects
situated upon the space beneath, across which the "ways" were stretched, it
was requisite that the latter should be fixed at a certain height from the
ground, and an arrangement was described for raising or lowering the objects
to or from the stretched ropes or "ways" from or to on board a vessel or other
locality by means of a crane or derrick.
Now, the object of my present Invention is to simplify the arrangement as
described in the Specification to the before-mentioned Letters Patent, by
'dispensing, either entirely or to a great extent, with the separate mechanism
and the consequent requisite attendants thereto for raising and lowering the
objects to and from the stretched ropes.
My Invention consists in effecting the raising and lowering of the objects to
or from the stretched ropes either directly or indirectly by means of the before-
mentioned hauling ropes that draw the carriages to and fro upon the stretched
ropes.
In one modification of my Invention, the pulley, which is fixed at the top of
the post or framework carrying the stretched ropes at the locality where the
'objects require to be raised and lowered, and round which pulley the hauling
rope passes, thus imparting rotary motion to the same, is caused to impart
rotary motion to a drum or drums, also carried by the before-mentioned post
or framework, which drum or drums, having a rope or ropes attached to it or
them, effects or effect the raising or lowering of the objects by coiling up or
letting out such rope or ropes to the end of which the objects are attached.
The manner of communicating the motion from the pulley to the drums may
be variously modified; thus, in one arrangement I place them loose upon the
same spindle upon which the pulley runs, and I connect them to or disconnect
them from the latter by means of any suitable clutch apparatus, the ropes
from the drums pass over pullies down to the locality to or from which the
objects have to be lowered or raised, and an attendant is situated upon a plat-
form or stage fixed to the post who operates the putting in and out of gear of
the hoisting drums, and attaches or detaches the objects to or from the carriages
upon the stretched ropes. In cases where the objects have to be raised or
lowered from or t
to localities that are not situated immediately beneath the

page_text: post, such as a vessel lying alongside a quay upon which the post is fixed, Í
prefer to make the before-mentioned platform project so as to overhang the
vessel to such an extent that the ropes from the raising and lowering drums
may pass vertically down over pullies fixed at the end of the platform and
through the hatchways into the hold of the vessel. In order that such platform
may not be in the way when not in use, I prefer to arrange the same either
to swing back as a crane or to be hinged to the post, and raised or lowered
into a vertical position against the same. In other cases, when such an
arrangement may not be objectionable, I place the post either temporarily or
permanently in a slanting position so as to overhang the vessel to the required
extent.
In another arrangement for communicating the motion of the pulley to the
hoisting drums, I fix the latter upon a spindle projecting horizontally from the
post, and carried by the before-mentioned platform upon the end of the spindle
next the post; I place a bevil toothed wheel loose upon the same; but capable
of being put in gear with it by means of a clutch, and upon the pulley round
which the hauling rope passes I fix or form a second bevil wheel in with
the first-named one, so that when required the motion of the pulley is com-
municated to the spindle and to the drums fixed upon the same by putting the
clutch in gear with the first-named bevil wheel.
gear
In another modification of my Invention, the hauling rope itself is caused
to raise and lower the objects to or from the stretched ropes without the inter-
vention of auxiliary mechanism. For this purpose the hauling rope, instead
of passing round a pulley at the top of the post as before mentioned, is mado
to pass down over two pullies, fixed either to the post or to an arm projecting
from the same, and into the hold of the vessel or other locality, to or
from which the objects have to be lowered or raised. At such locality the
hauling rope is made to pass round a pulley or pullies, so that it passes down
to such locality round the pulley or pullies, and up to the post again. Instead
of the carriages upon the stretched ropes being fixed permanently to the
hauling rope, they are connected to the same by catches attached to the
carriages laying hold of projections formed on the same, and the objects to be
transported are attached to short ropes fixed to the hauling rope immediately
in front of the carriages. When by the motion of the hauling rope the one
carriage with an object suspended as described has been brought up to the
post, a second catch attached to the post is caused to lay hold of the carriage
and at the same time to liberate the catch that holds the hauling rope; this
latter having still motion imparted to it in the same direction then passeġ
through the carriage, and carries the object attached to it past the pulley fixed
•

page_text: to the projecting arm (such pulley being for that purpose provided with a
suitable guide) and down to the locality where the object requires to be
.detached. Motion is then imparted in the reverse direction to the hauling
rope, which passes up into its original position relative to the carriage, and
whilst arriving in such position à projection upon the short length of rope to
which the object was attached presses upon the catch that holds the carriage,
thereby liberating the same and permitting it to travel back with the hauling
rope to the other station. The motion of the carriage upon the other stretched
rope is operated in precisely the same manner, the two carriages being in such
positions relative to one another that when the one carriage has just arrived at
the post where the objects have to be raised or lowered, the other carriage is
at a distance from the other station corresponding with the distance the hauling
rope has yet to travel in order to convey the object from the first-named
carriage to wherever required. The projecting arm carrying the pullies (when
such is made use of) may be arranged to slide back against the post when not
in use, so as not to be in the way. In certain cases the projecting arm may
Le dispensed with, and the post placed in a sloping position, so as to overhang
the locality to the required degree.
In another modification of 'my Invention the hauling rope does not constitute
an endless rope, as described in the Specification to the before-mentioned
Letters Patent, as also in the above-described arrangements; after passing
round the pulley at the top of the post, and along the stretched 'ropes into the
storehouse or other locality, each end of the same is made fast to the circum-
ference of a separate drum, upon each of which drums such an extra length of
the hauling rope is wound as will correspond to twice the greatest height to or
from which the objects have to be raised or lowered. These two drums are
placed loose upon a shaft or spindle to which a continuous rotary motion is
imparted by means of any suitable source of motive power, and each drum
may at pleasure be connected separately to the shaft by means of a clutch, so
as to rotate with it. Each drum is further provided with a friction brake by
which the one may be held stationary whilst the other is revolving, and by
which a sufficient resistance may be opposed to the motion of the one drum
whilst the hauling rope is being drawn off it by the other drum. The hauling
rope is attached to that end of each carriage which is farthest away from the
.before-mentioned drums, it then passes down below each carriage, is there
provided with a pulley or block to which the objects are attached, and then
passes over guide pullies fixed to the other ends of the carriages and into the
storehouse or other locality where the drums are situated. From this arrange-
ment it will be seen, that in order to convey an object to the post or stage by

page_text: means of the one carriage, the drum that belongs to the other carriage is put
in gear with the rotating shaft, whilst a certain amount of brake action is put
upon the other drum. When the carriage has arrived at the post, the first-
named drum is put out of gear with the shaft, and the brake is put upon it so
as to keep the carriage stationary at the post; the brake action is at the same
time taken off the last-named drum, when the weight of the object causes the
extra length of the hauling rope to be drawn off the same, allowing the object
to descend to the required locality. The last-named drum is then put in gear
with the rotating shaft, by which the hauling rope is wound up upon the
drum, and then (the brake action being partially taken off the other drum) the
carriage made to travel back to the storehouse or other locality, where it is
required that the hauling rope should be made to descend empty at the post.
in order to raise an object, a sufficient weight is attached to the same so as to
drag it down when permitted to do so.
When the locality to or from which the objects have to be lowered or raised
is situated at some distance from the foot of the post to which the stretched
ropes are attached'; this post may either be placed in a slanting position, so as
to overhang such locality, or a shoot may be attached in a sloping position
to the post, so as to guide the objects to or from the required locality.
In both the last described arrangements, it will be observed that no
attendant is requisite at the top of the post for attaching and detaching the
objects to or from the carriages.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Wallis in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
19th March 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
WALLIS, of Basingstoke, in the County of Hants, Corn and Coal Merchant,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Richard Wallis, ler special licence that I, the said Richard
Wallis, 'my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Richard Wallis, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter

page_text: 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING VESSELS, AND RAISING, LOWERING, AND
OTHERWISE CONVEYING SACKS, CASKS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, AND OTHER OBJECTS
FROM ONE LOCALITY TO ANOTHER," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Richard Wallis, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under 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 Richard Wallis, 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, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and to
the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to say:-
My Invention bas reference to certain improvements in apparatus for loading
and unloading vessels and transporting sacks, casks, and other packages and
parcels from one landing place or stage to another, or to or from one ware-
house to another, for which Letters Patent have already been granted to me,
and bearing date the 4th day of December 1862 (No. 3258). In the Speci-
fication to the said Letters Patent was described an arrangement wherein
strong bands or ropes were stretched so as to form two "ways" from the
locality whence the objects were to be conveyed to the locality to which they
were to be conveyed, upon which "ways" two small carriages, to which the.
objects to be transported were attached, were made to travel alternately in
reverse directions from the one locality to the other by means of hauling or
traction ropes worked by suitable reversing mechanism situated at the one
locality or the other. In order that the objects, whilst being transported in
the above-described manner, should not be an impediment to or impeded by
objects situated upon the space beneath, across which the " way's were
stretched, it was requisite that the latter should be fixed at a certain height
from the ground, and an arrangement was described for raising or lowering
'the objects to or from the stretched ropes or "ways" from or to on board a
vessel or other locality by means of a crane or derrick. Now the object of my
present Invention is to simplify the arrangement as described in the Speci-
fication to the before-mentioned Letters Patent by dispensing, either entirely
or to a great extent, with the separate mechanism and the consequent requisite
"

page_text: attendants thereto for raising and lowering the objects to and from the
stretched ropes.
My Invention consists in effecting the raising and lowering the objects to-
or from the stretched ropes, either directly or indirectly, by means of the
before-mentioned hauling or traction ropes that draw the carriages to and fro
upon the stretched ropes.
In one modification of my Invention the pulley which is fixed at the top of
the post or framework carrying the stretched ropes at the locality where the
objects require to be raised and lowered, and round which pulley the traction
rope passes, thus imparting rotary motion to the same, is caused to impart.
rotary motion to a drum or drums, also carried by the before-mentioned post
or framework, which drum or drums, having a rope or ropes attached to it or
them, effects or effect the raising or lowering of the objects by coiling up or
letting out such rope or ropes, to the end of which the objects are attached.-
The manner of communicating the motion from the pulley to the drums may
be variously modified; thus, in one arrangement I place them loose upon the-
same spindle upon which the pulley runs, and I connect them to or disconnect
them from the latter by means of any suitable clutch apparatus. The ropes
from the drums pass over pulleys down to the locality to or from which the
objects have to be lowered or raised, and an attendant is situated upon a plat-
form or stage fixed to the post, who operates the putting in and out of gear of
the hoisting drums, and attaches or detaches the objects to or from the car-
riages upon the stretched ropes. In cases where the objects have to be raised
or lowered from or to localities that are not situated immediately beneath the
post, such as a vessel lying alongside a quay upon which the post.is fixed, I
prefer to make the before-mentioned platform project so as to overhang the
vessel to such an extent that the ropes from the raising and lowering drums
may pass vertically down over pulleys fixed at the end of the platform and.
through the hatchways into the hold of the vessel. In order that such plat-
form may not be in the way when not in use I prefer to arrange the same
either to swing back as a crane or to be hinged to the post and raised or
lowered into a vertical position against the same. In other cases, when such
an arrangement may not be objectionable, I place the post either temporarily
or permanently in a slanting position, so as to overhang the vessel to the.
required extent.
In another arrangement for communicating the motion of the pulley to the
hoisting drums I fix the latter upon a spindle projecting horizontally from the
post and carried by the before-mentioned platform; upon the end of the
spindle next the post I place a bevil toothed wheel, loose upon the same, but

page_text: capable of being put in gear with it by means of a clutch; and upon the pulley
round which the traction rope passes I fix or form a second bevil wheel in
gear with the first-named one, so that, when required, the motion of the pulley
is communicated to the spindle and to the drums fixed upon the same by
putting the clutch in gear with the first-named bevil wheel.
In another modification of my Invention the traction rope itself is caused to
raise and lower the objects to or from the stretched ropes without the intervention
of auxiliary mechanism. For this purpose the traction rope, instead of passing
round a pulley at the top of the post as before mentioned, is made to pass.
down over two pulleys, fixed either to the post or to an arm projecting from
the same, and into the hold of the vessel or other locality to or from which
the objects have to be lowered or raised. At such locality the traction rope is
made to pass round a pulley or pulleys, so that it passes down to such locality,
round the pulley or pulleys, and up to the post again.
Instead of the carriages upon the stretched ropes being fixed permanently
to the traction rope, they are connected to the same by catches attached to
the carriages, laying hold of projections formed on the rope, and the objects to
be transported are attached to short ropes fixed to the traction rope, imme-
diately in front of the carriages. When, by the motion of the traction rope,
the one carriage with an object suspended as described has been brought up
to the post, a second catch attached to the post is caused to lay hold of the
carriage, and at the same time to liberate the catch that holds the traction
rope. This latter, having still. motion imparted to it in the saine direction,
then passes through the carriage, and carries the object attached to it past the
pulley fixed to the projecting arm (such pulley being for that purpose provided
with a suitable guide) and down to the locality where the object requires to
be detached. Motion is then imparted in the reverse direction to the traction
rope, which passes up into its original position relative to the carriage, and
whilst arriving in such position a projection upon the short length of rope to
which the object was attached presses upon the catch that holds the carriage,
thereby liberating the same and permitting it to travel back with the traction
rope to the other station. The motion of the carriage upon the other stretched
rope is operated in precisely the same manner, the two carriages being in such
positions relative to one another that when the one carriage has just arrived
at the post where the objects have to be raised or lowered, the other carriage
is at a distance from the other station corresponding with the distance the
traction rope has yet to travel in order to convey the object from the first-
named carriage to wherever required. The projecting arm carrying the pulleys
(when such is made use of) may be arranged to slide back, against the post

page_text: when not in use, so as not to be in the way. In certain cases the projecting
arm may be dispensed with, and the post placed in a sloping position so as to
overhang the locality to the required degree.
In another modification of my Invention the traction rope does not consti-
tute an endless rope as described in the Specification to the before-mentioned
Letters Patent, as also in the above-described arrangements. After passing
round the pulley at the top of the post and along the stretched ropes into the
storehouse or other locality, each end of the traction rope is made fast to
the circumference of a separate drum, upon each of which such an extra length'
of the traction rope is wound as will correspond to twice the greatest height
to or from which the objects have to be raised or lowered. These two drums
are placed loose upon a shaft or spindle, to which a continuous rotary motion
is to be imparted by means of any suitable source of motive power, and each
drum, may, at pleasure, be connected separately to the shaft by means of a
clutch, so as to rotate with it. Each drum is further provided with a friction
brake, by which the one may be held stationary whilst the other is revolving,
and by which a suflicient resistance may be opposed to the motion of the one
drum whilst the traction rope is being drawn off it by the other drum.
The traction rope is attached to that end of each carriage which is farthest
away from the before-mentioned drums; it then passes down below each
carriage, is there provided with a pulley or block to which the objects are
attached, and then passes over guide pulleys fixed to the other ends of the
carriages, and into the storehouse or other locality where the drums are
situated. From this arrangement it will be seen that, in order to convey an
object to the post or stage by means of the one carriage, the drum that belongs
to the other carriage is put in gear with the rotating shaft, whilst a certain
amount of brake action is put upon the other drum. When the carriage has
arrived at the post, the first-named drum is put out of gear with the shaft, and
the brake is put upon it so as to keep the carriage stationary at the post, the
brake action is at the same time taken off the last-named drum, when the
weight of the object causes the extra length of the traction rope to be drawn
off the same, allowing the object to descend to the required locality. The last-
named drum is then put in gear with the rotating shaft, by which the traction
rope is wound up upon the drum, and then (the brake action being partially
taken off the other drum) the carriage made to travel back to the storehouse
or other locality. Where it is required that the traction rope should be made
to descend empty at the post in order to raise an object, a sufficient weight is.
attached to the same so as to drag it down when permitted to do so.
When the locality to or from which the objects have to be lowered or raised.

page_text: is situated at some distance from the foot of the post to which the stretched
ropes are attached, this post may either be placed in a slanting position, so as
to overbang such locality, or a shoot may be attached in a sloping position to
the post, so as to guide the objects to or from the required locality. In both
the last-described arrangements, it will be observed that no attendant is
requisite at the top of the post for attaching and detaching the objects to or
from the carriages.
But in order that my Invention may be more easily understood and readily
carried into effect, I will now more particularly describe the best means I am
acquainted with of performing the same.
Figures 1 to 6 on Sheet I. of the accompanying Drawings show one arrange-
ment, of my Invention, which is here represented as applied to the loading and
unloading of a vessel A lying alongside the quay B, the cargo being conveyed to
or from the storehouse C for that purpose by means of the apparatus for which
the herein-before mentioned Letters Patent have already been granted to me.
Figure 1 shows a general elevation; Figure 2 shows a plan; Figure 3 shows an
enlarged part side elevation; and Figure 4 a part front elevation of the post
or framework carrying the stretched ropes and the hoisting gear and platform
attached to the same. Figure 5 shows a side view, and Figure 6 a back view
of the apparatus situated in the storehouse C for moving the traction ropes,
and thereby the carriages, backwards and forwards upon the stretched ropes.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in each of the Figures.
D, D¹, is the wire rope passed round the saddle piece eat the top of the post E,
the ends of which rope are fixed to the eye bolts F, F, passing through the
framing G in the storehouse C. H, H', are the carriages, made to travel
backwards and forwards on the rope D, D¹, by means of the traction ropes I, I¹,
passing at one end round the pulley J, running upon the spindle j fixed to the
saddle e, and at the other end round the pulley K on the spindle R in the
storehouse, to which pulley rotary motion in one direction or the other is
communicated through the strap 13 by means of the pulley 7 on the spindle L,
upon which are the loose bevel wheels M, M', capable of being alternately
made fast with the same by means of friction clutches N, N¹, operated
by the levers O, O¹, and handle P, and being thus made to turn the bevil
wheel and the spindle R alternately in reverse directions. The pulley K is
attached to the spindle R by means of a clutch S, so that as the stretched
ropes D, D¹, are somewhat inclined from the storehouse C to the landing
stage, when goods are required to be conveyed from the former to the latter,
this may be done by the force of gravity alone, by disengaging the pulley K
from the spindle R by means of the lever S. Thus far the arrangement is

page_text: precisely the same as that described in the Specification to the before-mentioned
Letters Patent already granted to me, and I therefore make no claim to the
arrangement as far as it has been described. The stretched ropes D, D¹, are
fixed at such a height from the ground that the objects transported along the
same shall not impede any traffic that may take place on the quay B, and
shall clear any buildings T that may be situated between the storehouse C and
the post E; in order, therefore, to effect a raising and lowering of the objects
to be transported from the vessel A to the top of the post E, or vice versâ, an
arrangement is here adopted, which will be more readily understood by.
referring to Figures 3 and 4. A double drum or pulley U is placed upon the
same spindle with the pulley J; the drum is loose upon the spindle, and, when
allowed to rest upon the pulley, two projecting studs u u, formed on the
drum U pass between the spokes of the same, so that its rotary motion in one
direction or the other is then imparted to the drum. Two ropes or chains V, V¹;
are fixed to each part of the drum U, and are wound upon the same in reverso
directions; these ropes pass horizontally to the extremity of the platform W
connected to the post E, in the manner to be hereafter described, where they
pass over two guide pulleys X, X, carried by the supports Y, Y, and down
into the vessel A. A bell-crank lever Z, carried by the support a, lays hold,
by means of a forked end, of the collar B formed on the drum U, and this
lever is connected by means of the rod c to the lever d manipulated by the
attendant, so that by moving such lever towards him, he draws the drum U
upwards, and, in thereby raising the studs u, u, out of the pulley J,.prevents
the motion of the latter being communicated to the former. The platform W.
is made of such a length as to overhang the middle of the vessel A, so that
the ropes or chains V, VI, can pass directly through the hatchways of the
same and down into the hold. In order that this platform should not be in
the way when the apparatus is not in use, it is arranged to swing round upon
the post E into the position indicated in dotted lines in plan at Figure 2..
For this purpose a small circular table m is fixed to the post, upon which the
platform rests by means of the small wheels f, f. f. Two other small
wheels 9, 9, also carried by the platform, bear against a circular rim formed
round the post, so as to take the strain due to the leverage of the platform,
which is, however, somewhat balanced by weights placed at h. A strut i
one side of the platform is attached to a projecting arm k at the side
of the post when the platform overbangs the vessel, thereby both supporting
the platform and preventing the same from swinging round when in that
position. The opening in the platform through which the sacks or other.
objects pass up and down is provided with a suitable trap, as indicated in
fixed

page_text: dotted lines at æ, in Figure 4, such as is used in flour mills or other localities,
and which opens as the sack passes through, and then closes of itself.
When
a sack or other object has been raised on to the platform, the attendant first
draws the drum U out of gear with the pulley J; he then places the sack on
a small truck, as indicated at Figure 3, and wheels it to the post, where he
attaches it to the carriage H. The traction rope is then put in motion,
causing the carriage with its load to travel to the storehouse C, whilst at the
same time the drum U is made to revolve by being dropped into gear with the
pulley J, and thus raises another sack or other.object from the vessel, which
sack in its turn is attached to the carriage H' when this has arrived at the
post E. The carriages are provided with a contrivance that will be readily
understood from the Drawing for readily attaching and detaching the loads to
and from the same. The platform W may be arranged to be raised or
lowered into a vertical position against the side of the post instead of being
swung round, as berein-before described.
Instead of the arrangement of hoisting gear and moveable platform for
raising and lowering the objects from and to the vessel, as herein-before
described, an arrangement may be made use of as shewn in Figure 7, Sheet I.
Here the post E is placed in a slanting position, so as to overhang the vessel A
to the required extent, and the platform W is fixed to the same in any con-
venient manner. The hoisting drum U is fixed upon a horizontal spindle m
carried by the platform, upon the end of which spindle is placed a bevil toothed
wheel n running loose upon the same, but capable of being made to revolve
with the same by means of a clutch o. The bevil wheel is in gear with a
second bevil wheel p fixed to and revolving with the pulley J, round which the
traction rope I passes, so that when the clutch o is put in gear with the bevil
wheel and the pulley J is in motion, the drum U is made to revolve, and
thus effects the raising or lowering of the objects..
.
On Sheet II. of the accompanying Drawings is shown another arrangement
for carrying my Invention into practice. It is here shown as being applied
for conveying the straw as it is delivered from a thrashing machine (not shown
on the Drawing) into the barn or other locality C. Figure 8 shows a side
elevation of the arrangement; Figure 9 shows a plan; Figure 10 shows a
front elevation of the post and mechanism for conveying the straw; and
Figures 11, 12, and 13 are details of the carriage and top of the post. The
stretched ropes D, D¹, are connected, as in the preceding arrangement, to the
top of the post E and to the framework fixed in the building C. The arrange-
iment of the carriages H, H', and traction rope I is, however, here so modified
that the mechanism at L is made to effect both the raising and lowering of the

page_text: oljects to or from the stretched! ropes, and the conveyance of the same to or
from the building C, without an attendant being requisite at the top of the post
for attaching or detaching the objects to or from the carriages, as was the case
in the previous arrangement. For this purpose the traction rope I, instead of
passing round a pulley at the top of the post as before, passes over two guide
pulleys A, A', 'carried by the arms B, B', projecting from the post, and thence
down to the ground, where it passes round the pulley K, by which rotary
motion in one direction or the other is imparted to it through the mechanism L,
which in its turn receives motion from a drum on the thrashing machine, and
which is similar in construction to that described with reference to the first
arrangement, and requires no further description. At the building C, the
traction rope passes round the pulley J. Instead of being permanently fixed to
the carriages, as in the first arrangement, the traction rope is connected to and
imparts motion to the same in the following manner :-The carriages H, H¹,
(the construction of which will be seen more clearly in section at Figure 11)
are provided at the one end with a sliding piece a, of which a front view
is shown at Figure 13, and which is capable of being moved up and down to
a certain extent in grooves formed. in the sides of the carriages by means of the
lever b; this slide a has a slit formed in it, the lower portion of which is
narrow, whilst the upper portion is wide, as will be observed. Both the
stretched rope D and the traction rope I pass through this slit, and when the
carriage is being moved along the stretched rope, the weight on the tail of the
lever b causes the same to raise the slide into the position shown in dotted lines
at Figure 11, so that the traction rope passes through the narrow portion of
the slit. Upon the traction rope is fixed a small metal ball c, (which may be
so fixed by making a knot in the traction rope and covering the same with
two hollow metallic hemispheres screwed together), of such a size that it will
pass through the wide portion of the slit, but not through the narrow portion ;
this ball, consequently, when the traction rope has to move the carriage to the
post, presses against the slide a and effects the motion of the carriage. The
load is suspended from the traction rope I by means of a short rope h.
attached to the same just in front of the small pulley i of the carriage, which
is thereby made to support the load. The rope h has a small disc h¹ attached
to it, for å purpose to be hereafter described. When arrived at the post, the
front portion of the carriage raises the catch ƒ attached to the saddle e of the
post E, which catch falls into the notch at the top of the carriage, as shown,
thereby holding the carriage; at the same time it raises the tail of the lever b,
thereby depressing the slide a into the position shown, when, motion in the
same direction being still imparted to the traction rope I, it is enabled to pass

page_text: through the wide portion of the slit and to carry the short rope h away from
the carriage and past the guide pulley A down to the ground. Here the load of
straw or other material is attached to the short rope h; motion is then imparted
to the traction rope in the reverse direction, by which it is made to raise the
load up to the top of the post. As in passing up it arrives near the guide
pulley A, a suitably formed guide k causes the rope h with its load attached to
pass over the outside of the pulley, as also of the arm B. When the traction
rope has arrived again in its original position relative to the carriage H, and is
still being drawn away from the post, the disc h' upon the rope h is thereby
made to press against the forked tail of the catch f, thereby raising the same
and liberating the carriage, which passes with the traction rope and load attached
to the building C, the slide a having at the same time been raised into the
position first described by the falling of the tail of the lever b. A small guard m
is fixed to the back of the carriage in such a position as to prevent the traction
rope from rising from the position indicated, when in the narrow portion of the
slit. In cases where the height of the top of the post E from the ground is not
very great, and where a rope of that length suspended from the carriage would
not be inconvenient, the catch f and lever 6 might be dispensed with, and the
slide might be attached at the top to a spring which would keep it up, whilst,
by means of a rope attached to the bottom of it, the attendant stationed at the
post for attaching or detaching the load, would depress the slide when the
carriage had arrived at the post, so as to allow the traction rope to pass through
the carriage and down to the ground, and he would also keep the carriage in
the required position by means of this rope, whilst the traction rope was
passing up again with the load. It will be seen that the relative positions of
the two carriages H, H, must, in the above arrangement, be such that when
the carriage H has arrived at the post, and the traction rope is just beginning
to pass away from the same and down to the ground, the carriage E' must
be still such a distance from the building C as is equal to the distance the
traction rope has to travel in passing from the carriage H down to the ground.
On Sheet III. of the accompanying Drawings is shewn another modification
of my Invention. Figure 14 shows an elevation of the arrangement, Figuro 15
shows a plan of the same, Figure 16 shows an enlarged front view of the
mechanism for moving the carriages along the stretched ropes and raising or
lowering the objects to or from the same, and Figure 17 shows an enlarged
side view of this apparatus. In this arrangement, as in the last described one,
the objects are raised and lowered to and from the stretched ropes D, D', by
means of the traction rope I, I', I², that conveys the carriages H, H', from the
storehouse or other building C to the post E, and vice versa. For this purpose

page_text: the portion 13 of the traction rope is fixed to that end of each carriage which
is nearest the post E and passes round the pulley Jattached to the latter, as in
the first-described arrangement; but instead of passing from the carriages and
round a pulley in the building C, so as to constitute an endless rope, as in the
previous arrangements, it is made to pass first below the carriages where loose
sheaves R, R'; with weights and hooks attached, are placed upon the same;
it then passes over small pulleys h, h', attached to the carriages, and thence
into the building C, where each end I, I', of the same is attached to and wound
round a separate drum K,.K'. These drums are loose upon the shaft L, to
which rotary motion in the direction of the arrow is imparted through the
drum 1 from any suitable source of motive power; they can, however, be made
alternately to revolve with the same by means of the double conical frictional
clutch N, worked, in a manner well understood, by the lever o. Each drum is,
furthermore provided with a friction brake P, P', which, it will be observed,
are so arranged that they are worked by one and the same lever Q, which,
according as it is moved in one direction or the other, puts on the one brake
or the other, thereby either entirely preventing one of the drums from re
volving or offering a certain amount of resistance to its rotation. In some
.cases it may be preferred to work each brake by a separate lever. Upon each
of the drums K, K', a length of the traction rope is wound equal to the dis-
tance the carriages have to travel upon the stretched ropes, plus double the
height that the objects have to be raised from the ground or other locality to
the stretched ropes.
In order clearly to explain the manner of operating with this apparatus we
will assume that the carriage H requires to be moved from the building C to
the post E, that the object X has then to be raised from the vessel A or
from the ground to the carriage, and then the carriage moved back with
the same to the building C. For this purpose the clutch N is firstly put in
gear with the drum K', which is thereby made to revolve in the direction
of the arrow, and consequently to wind up the rope I'. By this operation
the rope I is drawn in a corresponding manner off the drum K, which
consequently revolves in the reverse direction to that of the arrow, and in
order that it should not unwind too freely the brake P is put upon it to
a slight extent. This motion of the traction rope will evidently cause the
carriage H to pass from the building C to the post E. When the car-
riage H bas arrived at the post the clutch N' is put out of gear with the
drúm K and the brake P¹ is put fully on this drum so as to prevent its
further motion, thereby keeping the carriage H at the post. By putting the
brake P' on the drum K¹ the brake P is naturally taken quite off the drum K,

page_text: and this latter being now capable of revolving free on the shaft L the weight
attached to the sheave R causes the same to draw the extra length of the
traction rope off the drum K and to descend to the ground or to the vessel A,
where the object X is attached. This is the position indicated upon the
Drawing, and in order now to raise the object the clutch N is put in gear
with the drum K', as shown, causing the same to wind up the rope I; the
drum K', and consequently also the carriage HI, being still kept stationary by
the brake P¹ being kept full on. When, by the rotation of the drum K, the
object X has been raised up until the sheave R comes in contact with the
carriage H, the brake P¹ is somewhat slackened from the drum K¹, and as
the drum K is still revolving with the shaft in the direction of the arrow it
draws the traction rope I' off the drum K¹, thereby causing the carriage H
with its load suspended to travel to the building C, and the carriage H' in its
turn to pass from the building C to the post. If it be required to raise or
lower the objects from or to a vessel A lying alongside the wharf upon which
the post E. is fixed, a shoot S is attached temporarily or permanently to the
post, so as to direct the objects when being raised from the vessel to the
carriage, or vice versa, or the post E may, for this purpose, be placed in
a sloping position, so as to overhang the vessel, as indicated at Figure 7,
Sheet T.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the best means I
am acquainted with of performing the same, I wish it to be understood that
what I claim is,-
Firstly, effecting the raising and lowering of the objects to or from the
stretched ropes of apparatus for transporting goods from one locality to
another, for which the herein-before mentioned Letters Patent have been
granted to me, either directly or indirectly, by means of the traction ropes.
that draw the carriages to and fro upon the stretched ropes.
Secondly, combining with apparatus such as was described in the Speci-
fication to the before-mentioned Letters Patent already granted to me, other
apparatus for raising and lowering goods to and from the carriages on the
stretched repes or ways in which such raising and lowering is effected by
means of hoisting gear receiving motion from the pulley round which the
traction rope to the carriages passes.
Thirdly, constructing apparatus for raising and lowering goods to and from
the carriages upon the stretched ropes, as herein-before described with
reference to Figures 1 to 7 on Sheet I. of the accompanying Drawings.
Fourthly, constructing apparatus for raising, lowering, and transporting
goods from one locality to another in which the traction rope is led down from

page_text: the landing stage or post to the locality to or from which the goods require to
be lowered or raised, the goods being attached to the traction rope, and the
latter caused to move the carriages in such manner that when they arrive at
the landing stage the traction rope is freed from them and passes with the
goods down to and up from the locality to or from which the goods require to
be lowered or raised, substantially as herein-before described with reference to
Figures 8 to 13 on Sheet II. of the accompanying Drawings.
Fifthly, constructing apparatus for raising, lowering, and transporting goods
from one locality to another in which the traction rope is wound upon two
drums situated at the one locality or the other, and running loose upon a
revolving shaft, with which the drums are capable. of being made to revolve
alternately in such a manner that whilst the traction rope is being wound upon
one drum, and the one carriage is consequently being drawn. upon the one
stretched rope from the landing place to the storehouse or other locality, the
traction rope is being unwound from the other drum, and the other carriage
consequently conveyed in the reverse direction upon the other stretched rope.
Also, in combination with the above, so arranging the traction ropes in con-
nection with the carriages that the goods to be conveyed are attached to a
sheave suspended from the traction rope, and are lowered or raised to and
from the carriages by letting out or winding up the traction rope upon the
one drum whilst the other drum is held stationary, substantially as herein-
before described with reference to Figures 14 to 17 on Sheet III. of the
accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Wallis, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and-sixty-four.
RICHARD WALLIS. (L.S.)