Improvements in Apparatus for Raising and Lowering Barrels and' other articles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 28th June. 1892-Accepted. 13th Aug.. 1892-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in Apparatus for Raising and Lowering Barrels and'
other articles.
EDWARD NORTON 36 Hornsey Park Road Hornsey Middlesex Clerk, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved portable apparatus for the purpose
of lowering or raising barrels, and other articles, by means of a roller, a ratchet.
wheel, bevelled cogs, pulley wheel, wire ropes, and handles.
The roller, ratchet wheel, bevelled cogs, pulley wheel, and wire ropes are adjust-
able upon a ladder, and are worked by means of the handles working on a rod,
which causes the cog wheels to revolve simultaneously with the roller, and by
means of which the wire ropes, which are fixed round the roller and pulley wheel,
and support a cross bar, to which are attached other wire rope, which is fixed on
the article to be elevated, and moves up and down at will.
The rod by means of which the cogs work is fixed at the side of the ladder by.
means of bearings.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Raising and Lowering Barrels and
other articles.
I; EDWARD NORTON, of No. 36, Hornsey Park Road, Hornsey, in the County
of Middlesex; Clerk, 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:—
My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for raising and lowering
barrels and other articles, and is specially applicable to the portable appliance used
by brewers' and other draymen, and known as a billy. A feature of the invention
is its applicability to the appliances at present in use, and this applicability includes
the well known fixed inclines or shoots fitted with horizontal rising and falling
platforms.
In order that the invention, and the means by which it is to be carried into
practical effect, may be thoroughly understood, I will now describe it and them in
detail, referring in so doing to the accompanying drawings which are to be taken
as part of this Specification and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation corresponding with Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 2 from the right hand side thereof.
a is the framing of the cellar flap; b, 6 the legs of the billy; and c, the barrel.
These are, or may be, of the same construction as heretofore as far as my invention
is concerned.
d is a transverse rod the ends of which are supported in the head of the billy.
e, e are a pair of eyes fast to the bar d at equal distances from the respective legs 6,
and pointing towards the foot of the billy. They are provided to facilitate the
attachment of the ropes described further on. f,fare a pair of antifriction pulleys..
These are loose on the rod d, and stand next to the respective eyes. g is a frame
pivotted to the head of the billy, preferably upon the rod d.. It is of an area, large
enough to receive the barrel to be lowered into the cellar..
n.

page_text: h is a transverse rod from one side of the frame g to the other, at the outer
side or front thereof. i, i are a second pair of antifriction pulleys. They are loose
upon the rod upon which they are held by any suitable means in, respectively,
the same planes as the pulleys f, falready described. The four pulleys above
described may be fast on their respective rods if preferred, the latter being in that
case provided with suitable bearings in the billy and frame, respectively. j is a
drum rotatable in bearings in the legs 6 near the foot of the billy. k, k are a pair
of combined slings and winding ropes. Each rope is made fast by one end to one
side of the drum j. From there it is led over the pulley i and made fast by the
other end to the eye e, both on the same side of the billy.
I provide a mechanism for rotating the drumj from each end of the billy. Both
can be used together, or the drum can be rotated from either the pavement or the
cellar.
is a shaft extending lengthwise of the billy for nearly its full length. It is
carried in bearings k projecting from one side. I is a detachable handle, or hand- 1
wheel, by which the shaft can be rotated. The connection between the handle
or handwheel and the shaft is, preferably, by means of a socketted shank i¹ and
a square as shewn. m is a mitre pinion fast upon the lower end of the shaft k³.
It gears with a mitre wheel n.
o is a detachable winch handle. p is a transverse shaft having its bearings in
the legs of the billy. Both handle and shaft are fixed at a convenient distance
from the foot of the latter. The mitre wheel n is fast on one end of the shaft, the
other end being squared or otherwise adapted to receive the winch handle. 9, 9, 9*
constitute a set of gears from the shaft p to the barrel j. They are respectively so
speeded that the shafts and p both revolve at the same rate. r is a pawl engaging
in the pinion g.
To let a barrel down into a cellar. The billy is placed in the well known
position with the frame g lying on the pavement, and the bottom handle fixed.
This position of the frame is indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1 and the full
lines in Fig. 2. Both ropes k are next passed round the barrel ends thereby
forming a pair of slings, variable in respect of length. The direction in which the
ropes are led to produce the slings is shewn in Fig. 1. The barrel is then pushed
forwards on to the head of the billy and the top handle fixed. The weight of the
barrel pulls the frame g up into the position illustrated by the full lines of Figs. 1
and 3. As the drum is turned in the proper direction for paying the winding
ropes & out, the slings lengthen as they receive more rope over the pulleys i in the
direction of the front of the barrel, and the latter rolls down the billy within their
bights.
k
To raise a barrel out of a cellar and deliver it on to the pavement. The barrel
is rolled to the foot of the billy and the slings passed over its ends, the ropes being
led in the direction illustrated, and the frame g raised into the vertical position.
The drum is then rotated in the opposite direction, and the barrel rolled up the
billy by the slings being wound in from under the barrel in the same direction as
its rotation and over pulleys i. When the barrel has reached the head of the billy,
the top handle is removed. The barrel is pulled towards the pavement upon which
the frame then turns down, the slings are removed and the barrel can be rolled
away.
Application of my invention to fixed shoots or inclines. I wish it to be distinctly
understood that my invention is not confined to a brewer's billy, but is equally
applicable to those fixed shoots or inclines which are fitted with travelling horizontal
platforms. In applying the present invention to a shoot of this type, I fix a
trunnion or antifriction roller pulley upon each side of the platform, preferably,
close to the shoot, and lead the respective ropes k round them in the same way as
illustrated and described with reference to the billy and barrel. If preferred, the
pivotted frame g may be dispensed with, the rod d and the pulleys f being, however,
retained for the ropes, as they are paid out from the drum, to run over.
The actuating gear consisting of the winch handles and toothed gears illustrated

page_text: may be modified without departing from the scope of my invention provided that
their respective functions are retained.
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,
1. The combination with a portable billy of continuous ropes adapted to discharge
the functions of both slings and winding ropes, a winding drum, and gearing for
actuating the same as set forth.
2. The combination with a fixed incline or shoot of a continuous rope or ropes
adapted to discharge the functions of both sling or slings and winding rope or ropes,
a winding drum, and gearing for actuating the same, as set forth.
Dated this 10th day of June 1809
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.