Improvements in Hoisting and Lowering Apparatus.
Year: 1895

page_text: -Date of Application, 15th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hoisting and Lowering Apparatus.
I, WILLIAM WILSON HULSE of the Ordsal Works, Salford, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to hoisting or lifting apparatus for use in shops,
warehouses and similar places for conveying goods from floor to floor, and it has
for object inter alia to so construct such apparatus that goods of practically any
length can be conveyed by it.
The
In my apparatus the cage comprises three walls rising from a platform or base
to each corner of which is connected, it may be by means of an iron rod, a
suspension rope, cross beams or a roof at the top of the cage being dispensed with.
The well or hole in which the cage is to work, is closed on the three sides adjacent
to the three walls of the cage for some distance above each floor, as for instance,
by woodwork and above the woodwork with wire netting or the like.
remaining side of the cage or the well or both may be provided with a door or
doors if desired. Above the well are mounted in suitable bearings, a pair of
parallel shafts running from side to side of the well each shaft having keyed upon.
it a pair of rope pulleys over which pass the ropes from which the cage is
suspended and also a worm wheel, the two worm wheels gearing respectively with
right and left handed worms fast upon a shaft which is provided with fast and.
loose pulleys so that it can be caused to remain stationary or be driven in either.
direction from a suitably driven counter shaft by means of crossed and open belts
which can be shifted by means of a fork actuated by hand ropes passing through
the cage or to one or more of the floors of the building. A brake pulley is fixed
upon the worm shaft and is held or released by a brake band operated it may be
by a weighted lever controlled by a cam or incline on the strap fork bar. To the
ends of the suspension ropes, counterbalance weights are attached. Oscillation of
the cage is prevented by means of guide rollers of which there may be four pairs
fixed at the upper and lower parts of the side walls of the cage and arranged to
work against guides extending the full length of the well. The said guides may
also act as guides for the balance weights which are formed with recesses into
which the said guides take.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hoisting and Lowering Apparatus.
I, WILLIAM WILSON HULSE, of the Ordsal Works, Salford, Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, 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:—
This invention has reference to hoisting or lifting apparatus for use in shops,
warehouses, and similar places for conveying goods from floor to floor, and it has

page_text: ata to so construct such apparatus that goods can be conveyed by
it of lengths exceeding the height of the cage.
In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate by way of example hoisting and
lowering apparatus according to this invention,
Figs. 1 and
are respectively an elevation and a plan showing the apparatus
arranged in a factory;
Figs. 3 and 4 vertical and horizontal sections respectively of a portion of the
well and the cage, one half of the latter being shown in section in Fig. 4; and
Figs. 5, 6 and 7 a plan, a side elevation and an end elevation of the hoisting and
lowering gear.
Certain parts are omitted from some of the figures for the sake of clearness.
The cage comprises three walls 1, 2 and 3 (Figs. 3 and 4) rising from a
platform or base 4 to each corner of which is connected by means of an iron-
-rod-5-a-suspension rope 6, which passes over a rope pulley above and is pro-
vided with a counterbalance weight 6, cross beams or a roof at the top of the
cage being dispensed with. The well or hole in which the cage is to work, is
closed on the three sides 7, 8 and 9 adjacent to the three walls of the cage,
the sides 7 and 8 being enclosed for some distance above each floor by wood-
work 10 and above the wood work with wire netting 11, or the like which also
extends across the front of the well. Where the well is not adjacent to a wall
such as 9 it is enclosed at that side as at its other sides. The remaining side
of the cage or the well or both may be provided with a door or doors if
desired. Above the well are mounted in suitable bearings, two parallel
shafts 12, 13 running from side to side of the well, each shaft having keyed upon
it a pair of rope pulleys 12", 13ª, over which pass the ropes 6 from which the
cage is suspended, and also a worm wheel 12, 13. The two worm wheels
gear respectively with right and left handed worms 12, 13° fast upon a shaft 14,
which is provided with fast and loose pulleys 15, 16 so that it can be caused
to remain stationary or be driven in either direction from a suitably driven
counter shaft 17 (Fig. 1) by means of crossed and open belts 18 and 19 which can
be shifted by means of a fork 20 actuated by a hand rope 21 passing through
the cage, or to one or more of the floors of the building. In the hand rope
arrangement illustrated the strap fork bar is capable of being moved endways
parallel with the worm shaft and is connected by a rod 21 to a pin 22 upon a
crank disc 23 fixed upon a shaft 24, which is so mounted as to extend over the
well of the hoist where it is provided with a rope pulley 25. The hand rope 21,
which is endless, passes around the pulley 25, around one of two guide
pulleys 26, through the cage floor and around a guide pulley 26ª fixed at the
bottom of the well (see Fig. 1). It will be readily understood that by pulling
on either vertical portion of the rope 21 to the required extent the fork 20
may be actuated so as to shift the driving belts 18 and 19 to the desired pulleys
and the cage if at rest may thus be started in an upward or downward direction
or if in motion may be arrested. A brake pulley 27 is fixed upon the worm
shaft 14 and is held or released by a brake band 28 operated by a weighted
lever 29 controlled by a cam or incline 30 on the strap fork bar. Oscillation
of the cage is prevented by means of guide rollers 31, of which there are four
pairs fixed at the upper and lower parts of the side walls of the cage and
arranged to work against guides 32 extending the full length of the well. The
said guides also act as guides for the balance weights 6ª which are formed with
recesses as shown into which the said guides take. One weight of each pair is
formed for the purpose of steadying the weights with a tongue which enters a
corresponding groove in the other weight.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is: -
1. In a hoisting and lowering apparatus a cage or platform suspended by ropes

page_text: passing over pulleys or wheels on a couple of shafts with which are combined
means for driving the said shafts simultaneously in suchwise as through the said
suspension ropes to raise or lower the cage or platform and means for arresting and
holding it according to requirement as set forth.
2. My improved hoisting and lowering apparatus constructed, arranged and
operating substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 16th day of March 1896.
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. Brougham,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.