Improvements in the method of and means for Raising and Stacking Hay and other Farm Produce and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1899
Complète Specification Left, 4th Apr., 1900-Accepted, 26th 'May, 1900
Improvements in the method of and means for Raising and Stacking
Hay and other Farm Produce and the like.
I, WILLIAM MARSLAND, of Baguley Hall, Baguley, in the County of Chester, Farmer,
do bereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
My said invention relates particularly to the stacking of bay which is usually stored in
open sheds consisting of a roof supported by a number of pillars or the like.
The present method is to build up the stack by means of stages or platforins the
hay being pitchforked on to the raised platform from the cart and from thence to the
top of the stack..
Under my invention I provide a suitable number of carrying and guiding pullies
arranged to conduct a hauling rope or chain under the roof of the shed. The roof is
provided from abont the centre and projecting outwards to some extent beyond the
edge with a fixed rope or suitable guide on which is mounted a carriage.
The
The frame of the carriage carries a pulley over which the hauling rope passes. To
the end of the hauling rope is fixed a pair of hinged grapples of the ordinary or
suitable construction. The hauling rope; which may be operated by a winch, horse
or manually, is let down until the carriage comes into contact with a fixed stop, a
spring or pivotted locking catch being einployed to retain it in position.
grapples are now disposed conveniently to be lowered into the cart containing the bay,
with a quantity of which they are supplied by the man in charge. The rope is then
hauled up by any convenient power as described and the grapples are arranged to
come into contact with the spring or pivotted catch and release the carriage, which,
travelling on the fixed rope or guide, conducts the grapples to the upper central
portion of the roof. Here the carriage again comes into contact with a stop and
retaining means as before and the rope and grapples are lowered to the top of the
stack where an attendant releases the bay or the hay may be released without lowering
the grapples. The rope is then again hauled up, releasing the carriage and returned
for another load, the operations being continued until the stack is finished.
In some instances the locking catch at the apex of the roof may be dispensed
with.
The apparatus could be readily adapted to existing sheds as well as to sheds during
the course of erection.
It might also be applied to closed barns for use in raising and stacking other farm
produce.
In certain cases the hauling rope might be provided with an attachment other than
grapples to take hold of or engage the load to be lifted.
Dated this 3rd day of July 1899.

page_text: One end of this rope is fixed to a stud gl on the carriage the rope from this point
passing over a suitable pulley or block h and from thence over a pulley i on the
carriage to a snatch block or pulley j fixed near the apex of the roof. The rope from
the snatch block or pulley passes down over a pulley or bowl k to the horse, winch, or
other source of power employed to work the travelling carriage.
To bring the carringe gently and noiselessly to rest I propose to employ rubber or
spring buffers which are secured in suitable positions to the wire rope a by
clamps
In order to prevent premature starting of the carriage whilst the load is being
hoisted vertically towards the eaves, I may employ the locking means shown in
Figs. 2 and 3. In this case levers m pivotted at glare arranged to engage studs or
projections adjustably secured to the lower half of the clamp. The longer ends
of the levers m are connected by pivot pins or the like ol to a sliding weight or
die o the function of such weight or die being to cause the hooked ends of the
levers m to engage the studs or projections n. The carriage is unlocked ready for
starting on its journey when the load has been fully elevated by means of the pulley
block h.encountering the sliding weight or die o. The arrangement for working the
sliding weight or die o may be modified.
To facilitate the ready application of my invention to sheds not provided with a
horizontal beam in close proximity to the apex of the roof, I may use clip brackets or
hangers designed to engage the inclined beams of the roof as shown in Figs. 8
and 9. These clip brackets may carry pockets r to receive the removable beam c.
By renovable neans such as these a beam is readily got into position in any
particular bay of a shed.
The operation of my invention is as follows. The hauling rope g being slack the
carriage e is locked in its lowest position and the block lowered with its attached
grapples or the like into the cart containing the hay to be elevated. A sufficient
quantity of hay is fed to the grapples by the men in the cart whereupon the horse is
caused to haul on the rope g elevating the block h which ultimately releases the
carriage. On the carriage e being released further hauling on the rope g causes the
carriage to ascend. The carriage is allowed to ascend until it reaches a point
sufficiently near the apex of the roof when the grapples may be lowered or the hay
released therefrom without lowering the grapples.
Upon the hay having been released it is dealt with by the men on the top of the
stack the carriage being then lowered for a further supply of hay and the operation
previously indicated repeated.
I may provide means to lock the carriage near the apex of the roof if thought
desirable.
The grapples and the method of operating the same are not shown or described
herein as they form no part of my invention and are well known.
My invention might also be applied to closed barns for use in raising and stacking
other farm produce.
In such cases the hauling rope or block h might be provided with an attachment
or attachments other than grapples to take hold of or engage the load to be lifted.
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). As a means for hoisting and stacking hay and other farm produce, the pro-
vision of a wire rope or guide running from about the eaves to the apex of the shed,
and supporting a travelling carriage caused to ascend thereou by means of a hauling
rope, in the manner, and substantially as herein described.
2) The carriage e, having guide pullies such as e, and arranged to travel on the.
wire rope a, and provided with means for locking the carriage when in its lowest
position, all, in the manner, for the purposes, and substantially as herein described
and shown, particularly with reference to Figs. 2 and 3.

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3) The general arrangement, construction and combination of parts, comprising
the improved means for elevating and stacking hay and 'other farm produce, sub-
stantially as herein described and shown.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1900.
For the Applicant,.
E. K. DUTTON, & Co.,
Chartered Patent Agents, 5, John Dalton Street, Manchester,