A NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR LOADING OR LIFTING, AND IN SOME CASES FOR PREPARING TO BE LOADED OR LIFTED, YARD OR OTHER MANURES AND OTHER MATERIALS INTO OR ON CARTS OR OTHER RECEPTACLES OR PLACES
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Delanoy Cooke Shaw at
the Office of the Commissioners for Patents, with his Petition, on
the 20th December 1872.
I, ROBERT DELANOY COOKE SHAW, of Swineshead, in the County of
Lincoln, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “A
NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR LOADING OR LIFTING, AND IN SOME
CASES FOR PREPARING TO BE LOADED OR LIFTED, YARD OR OTHER MANURES AND
OTHER MATERIALS INTO OR ON CARTS OR OTHER RECEPTACLES OR PLACES," to be
as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide a machine capable of raising
materials from the ground to somewhat elevated positions, but especially
to raise materials such as manure, earth, or other materials from the
ground to carts, which has hitherto been done by manual labour.
The Invention substantially consists of a frame or carriage capable of
being adjusted to the height to which it is desired to raise the material
(the height for example of an ordinary cart from the ground) and this
frame carries forks, or such implements as are applicable to the material
to be raised, which are caused to rise from the material on the ground
and to carry it to the cart or other receptacle intended to receive it.
A convenient way of carrying the Invention into effect is as
follows:-I mount a frame or table on wheels which are carried in

page_text: frames free to turn in any direction as required in order that the carriage
may be turned and moved from place to place with facility; poles or
supports are placed on two opposite sides or ends of this frame, one
set carrying two spur wheels, the other set two plain wheels; the spur
wheels are mounted on a cranked shaft whereby motion is communicated
thereto; into the spur wheels gear teeth or cogs on the under side of rods.
or bars, which at their other ends rest on the aforesaid plain rollers or
wheels, so that when the spur wheels are turned a traversing motion is
imparted to the rods, and consequently to anything that may be attached
or connected thereto. To the traversing bars I connect say four
uprights, two to each bar, one set being say five feet high, the other set
say four feet; the higher uprights are connected by a spindle having a
spur wheel mounted thereon at or at about the centre thereof, to which
motion is communicated by a rod connecting the two spindle shafts; a
table frame is supported by the longer of the two uprights, and the other
end of the table frame is suspended by ropes running or working
through pullies whereby this end of the table frame can be raised about
say seven feet from the ground or lowered to the ground. The table
platform or belt is placed on the tube frame, it is endless, and is
provided with such implements as are desired necessary to be used; for
instance, to raise manure, forks would be attached thereto at intervals;
for sand or other loose material, a kind of shovel with sides would be
used fastened to only one segment of the table but falling or lodging
over two; the endless belt or table passes round the frame and is guided
by rollers at the end of the frame, there is also a guide roller or rollers
near the lower end to cause the forks or shovels to enter the material
horizontally. There is a tooth rack or bar in the frame from end to end
and passing over the upper spur wheel, whereby the table is moved to
and from the material to be lifted, whereby a square piece of work
can be done at once without moving the carriage or supports, and there
is a groove or slot in the side of the table frame to allow the table to
slide up and down, provision being made to secure it therein in any
desired position. Motion is communicated to the endless band or
table from a spindle passing through it connected by a rod with the
lower pair of pullies.
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page_text: the endless band or table carrying forks, shovels, or other implements as
described is then brought up to the spot they are required to operate,
and this is done by turning the spur wheels, which action causes the
table frame to revolve, or to move backwards or forwards according to
the direction in which the wheels are turned, when adjusted motion is
communicated to the spindle running through the endless belt or table,
whereby the forks or other implements are caused to move forwards and
to take hold of the material to be raised, which as the upper part of the
endless table moves forwards is carried up to the end thereof and as soon
as the forks or other implements turn round the rollers at the end
of the table they deposit in a cart or in any other suitable receptacle or
place whatever material has been brought up, and the implement returns
for a fresh supply, and so on. The endless table being moved from side
to side of the machine enables me to raise a layer of material from the
ground to a cart or other receptacle of a width regulated only by the
width of the carriage without moving the apparatus, and by placing
the cart, for example, with its side to the machine the load is evenly
laid therein owing to the table passing from one end of the cart
to the other.
When this machine or apparatus is used for raising materials for
building purposes or for what is known as contractors' work, it is
advantageous to make it available for loosening the ground before
it is raised, which is accomplished by attaching to it a share plough
or other implement which is drawn after the implement when moving,
and the earth thus loosened to the proper depth ready for loading.
For large machines a small steam engine may be fitted in the
frame; in this case a larger table is required to allow the engine to
force the machine and frame altogether up to the material, whereby a
square piece of the work can be done at once without having to change
the position of the machine.
Instead of using a fixed engine the machine or apparatus may be