Improvements in Apparatus for Raising, Lowering, and Conveying or Transporting Loads.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 10th June, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 7th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 10th June, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Raising, Lowering, and Conveying
or Transporting Loads.
We, JOSEPH TEMPERLEY and JOHN RIDLEY TEMPERLEY both of The Temperley
Transporter Company, 72, Bishopsgate Street Within, in the City of London,
Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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Our invention relates to apparatus for raising, lowering and conveying or trans-
porting loads, and is chiefly designed to improve the construction and increase the
efficiency and utility of that kind or class of apparatus wherein a load-carriage
or traveller is arranged to be moved along an overhead beam or track, and which
is adapted for use on wharves, quays and the like, for unloading and loading ships.
According to one part of our present invention, we construct the said apparatus
in such a manner that it can be erected with facility without the aid of scaffolding.
To attain this end we construct the apparatus with a tower or trestle composed
of two oblique or convergent trussed frames or supports, which are rigidly united
at their upper ends, and are connected at their lower ends to opposite sides of a
travelling platform or gantry, and to which is rigidly secured at a suitable height
an inclined or horizontal trussed frame; and we firmly attach the overhead beam
or track to the said horizontal or inclined frame, or we employ two overhead beams
or tracks arranged parallel with each other and strongly braced together laterally.
We further support the overhanging parts of the said track or tracks by tension-
ropes or slings attached to the top of the said tower, leaving a clear space through
the said tower to permit the passage of the load-carriage or traveller and its load
along the overhead beam or track from end to end thereof. Each of the said oblique
frames or supports forms one side of the said tower or trestle and comprises a pair
of legs connected together by ties and braces.
By constructing our apparatus as above mentioned, we are enabled to adopt an
improved method of erecting the said tower or trestle upon the travelling platform
or gantry, which method consists in first connecting the lower end of each leg of
each of the said oblique frames or supports by means of a pivot-pin or trunnions
to the said travelling platform or gantry, and building up or rivetting together
the portions of the said legs along the ground, then connecting each pair of the
said legs by ties and braces to form the two side-frames or supports, and then
raising the said frames or supports bodily about their pivot-pins or trunnions to
elevate them into their proper position, rigidly uniting them to each other at the
top by means of end-plates and channel-irons, and rivetting or otherwise rigidly
securing them at their lower end to the said platform or gantry. The horizontal
or inclined trussed frame is then raised into position and rivetted to the oblique
frames or supports, after which the overhead beam or track is elevated in any con-
venient manner and secured to the frame by rivetting or otherwise, and to the
top and sides of the tower by means of suitable slings and guys.
Moreover by constructing the tower or trestle as above mentioned with oblique
frames or supports having their ends parallel to each other, we extend outward as

page_text: far as practicable the supports for the tension-ropes or chains, and provide a very
stable structure of the kind or class above referred to.
To obtain greater width of wheel-base for the load-carriage or traveller and to
diminish the distance from the top of the beam or track to the underside of the
traveller, we sometimes make the overhead beam or track in the form of a box-
girder open at the bottom, and we construct the traveller in such a manner that
the frame of the said traveller will extend between the sides of the said beam or
girder, and wheels on both sides of the said traveller will run upon the internal
parts of the lower flanges of the said beam or girder.
We sometimes employ a traveller provided with automatic mechanism, such,
for example, as that described in the Specification of former Letters Patent dated
21st November 1892, No. 21,170, which is controlled by the lifting or hauling
rope, and whereby, when the load is raised, the load-sustaining mechanism will
be locked so that the traveller can be moved along the track in either direction
without lowering the load, and the said traveller can be secured in position upon
the track at the point where the load is to be lowered, and the load-sustaining
mechanism simultaneously unlocked so as to permit the lowering of the load.
such case, the stops for retaining the traveller in position on the track while a load
is being lowered or raised, are formed or provided at suitable intervals along the
underside of the top plate of the said box-girder.
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One of the overhanging parts of the beam or track is pivoted to the central part
thereof, so that it can be raised into a vertical or nearly vertical position. To per-
mit the turning of this part about its pivot without affecting the tension of the
guys, we connect the said guys to the tower by means of hinge-pins or pivot-pins
which are in axial alignment with the pivot-pin of the said over-hanging part of
the beam or track, so that the said part and the guys attached thereto will turn
about a common axis.
To still further facilitate the erection of our apparatus, we connect the other
overhanging part of the beam or track to the part thereof secured to the tower, by
means of a hinge-joint or pivot, so that the hinge end of the said part can first be
raised and the hinge-pin or pivot-pin inserted, and then the other end of the said
overhanging part of the beam can be raised, the said part, in this operation, turn-
ing about the said hinge-pin or pivot-pin. The two parts are then rigidly united
in any convenient manner.
We sometimes provide a chute which is secured in a suitable position within
the tower so that the load can be dumped upon the said chute and will descend
therein and be discharged into trucks arranged to run upon rails at one side of the
travelling platform or gantry.
When the overhead beam or track is of great length, it is necessary to use inter-
mediate supports or carriers for the lifting and hauling rope of the traveller. To
permit the use of supports or carriers for this purpose without interfering with
the movement of the traveller from end to end of the track, we have devised a
rope-support or rope-carrier of novel construction. This rope-carrier comprises
two arms which are arranged on opposite sides of the beam or track and are
pivoted at their upper end to a suitable support, and are held together at their
lower end by means of suitable springs. One of these arms carries a grooved sup-
porting pulley for the rope, and the other arm is suitably constructed so that,
when the arms are in their normal position, the rope when it sags will run in the
groove of the said pulley. We provide the traveller with suitably curved or in-
clined projections on both sides thereof, which are adapted to engage with the
said pivoted arms and thrust them aside in opposite directions so as to permit the
passage of the traveller between them, and then allow them to resume their normal
position, the parts being so constructed as to enable these operations to take place
without shock or jar. The said pivoted arms are preferably made to form parts of
jointed parallelograms so that the surfaces thereof acted upon by the traveller will
always remain parallel with each other. We find it advantageous to make the
grooved supporting pulley with an extended flange at the side further from the

page_text: arm carrying it, and to make the other arm with a guide or guard which will pro-
ject beyond or overlap the said extended flange when the two arms are in their
normal position. This arrangement prevents the rope from passing down between
the said pulley and the opposite arm. We sometimes also provide the opposite
arm for this purpose with a rope-catch or hook, which will catch the rope when
the arms are moved apart and thus ensure its being placed in the groove of the
pulley when the arms resume their normal position. By constructing the rope-
carrier with the two pivoted arms movable in opposite directions, we provide for
enabling the traveller to enter and pass through the carrier very readily even at very
high speeds and without liability to its having a lateral swinging motion imparted
to it.
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1007
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Apparatus for Raising, Lowering, and Conveying
or Transporting Loads.
We, JOSEPH TEMPERLEY and JOHN RIDLEY TEMPERLEY, both of The Temperley
Transporter Company, 72, Bishopsgate Street Within, in the City of London,
Engineers, 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;
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Our invention relates to apparatus for raising, lowering and conveying or trans-
porting loads, and is chiefly designed to improve the construction and increase the
efficiency and utility of that kind or class of apparatus wherein a load-carriage
or traveller is arranged to be moved along an overhead beam or track and which
is adapted for use on wharves, quays and the like, for unloading and loading ships,
and for similar purposes.
According to one part of our present invention, we construct the said apparatus
in such a manner that it can be erected with facility without the aid of scaffolding.
To attain this end, we construct the apparatus with a tower or trestle composed
of two oblique or convergent trussed frames or supports, which are rigidly united
at their upper ends, and are connected at their lower ends to opposite sides of a
travelling platform or gantry. Each of the said frames or supports comprises a
pair of legs connected together by ties and braces, and forms one side of the said
tower or trestle. To these trussed frames or supports is rigidly secured at a suit-
able height an inclined or horizontal trussed frame; and we firmly attach the over-
head beam or track to the said horizontal or inclined frame. Or we employ two
overhead beams or tracks arranged parallel with each other and strongly braced
together laterally. We further support the overhanging parts of the said track or
tracks by tension-ropes or slings attached to the top of the said tower, leaving
a clear space through the said tower to permit the passage of the load-carriage or
traveller and its load along the overhead beam or track from end to end thereof.
When the overhead beam or track is of great length, it is necessary to use inter-
mediate supports or carriers for the lifting and hauling rope of the traveller. To
permit the use of supports or carriers for this purpose without interfering with
the movement of the traveller from end to end of the track, we have devised a
rope-support or rope-carrier of novel construction. This rope-carrier comprises
two laterally movable or swinging arms or parts either or each of which carries

page_text: a supporting pulley for the rope, and which are so constructed and arranged that,
in the movement of the traveller along the track, suitably curved or inclined pro-
jections on both sides of the traveller will engage with them and thrust them aside
in opposite directions so as to permit the passage of the traveller between them,
and will then allow them to resume their normal position, the parts being so con-
structed as to enable these operations to take place without shock or jar, and with-
out liability to the traveller having a lateral swinging motion imparted to it as
would be the case if the rope-carrier were pushed aside by only one side of the
traveller.
Our said invention also comprises other improvements hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawings we have shown how our said invention may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 is a side elevation, and
Figure 2 an end elevation, partly in section, of one form of our improved
apparatus.
Figure 3 is a plan or top view thereof, partly in section on the line a, a, Figure 1.
Figure 4 is an end elevation, and
Figure 5 a side elevation, both drawn to an enlarged scale, illustrating details
of construction.
Figure shows a portion of Figure 3 drawn to an enlarged scale..
Figure 7 is a side elevation, and
Figure 8 an end elevation, partly in section, showing another form or modifica-
tion of our said apparatus.
Figure 9 is a plan or top view of the same, partly in section on the line a¹, x¹,
Figure 7.
Figure 10 is a side elevation.
Figure 11 an end elevation, and
Figure 12 a plan, showing a further modification of our said apparatus.
Figures 13, 14 and 15 are similar views, respectively, to Figures 10, 11 and 12,
illustrating a still further modification thereof,
Figure 16 is a front elevation of one form of our improved rope-carrier.
Figure 17 is a horizontal section showing the traveller provided with curved
projections on both sides for thrusting aside the two swinging portions of the
said rope-carrier, and
Figure 18 is a front elevation of another form of our improved rope-carrier.
Referring to Figures 1 to 6 of the drawings, A is the travelling gantry whereon
is supported the tower or trestle B composed of two oblique or convergent frames
or supports secured at their lower ends to opposite sides of the said gantry and
connected at their upper ends by means of end-plates and channel-irons e, which
latter form the horizontal bar of the trestle. The overhead beam or track C, C¹
is rigidly secured to a slightly inclined trussed frame D which is secured to the
tower or trestle B at a suitable height, so that the said tower or trestle forms,
with the trussed frame I), a structure which is A-shaped in transverse section
and is well adapted for the purpose of our invention. The beam or track C, C¹ is
also supported by means of tension-ropes or slings E attached to the top of the
tower, and suitable guys F, F¹ are provided to prevent undue swaying of the over-
hanging parts of the said beam or track. Each of the said convergent frames or
supports consists of two parallel members or legs b rigidly connected by ties b¹
and braces 62. The said legs may be constructed like lattice-girders or in any
other convenient manner. The said frames or supports are also preferably con-
nected by braces a and ties a¹, as shown in Figure 2, so arranged as to leave suffi-
cient space beneath the trussed frame I) for the passage of the loads which are to
be transported by the load-carriage or traveller G that runs upon the beam or
track C, C¹.
We prefer to provide the trussed frame D with braces k through which the
stresses due to the weight and swinging of the load will be transmitted directly
from the said frame to the legs 6 of the tower,

page_text: The overhanging part C" of the beam or track C is pivoted at C to the central
part thereof, so that it can be raised into the position indicated by dotted lines
in Figure 1. To permit the turning of the part C¹ about its pivot C without
affecting the tension of the guys F, we connect the said guys to the tower by
means of hinge-pins or pivot-pins f, Figures 3 and 6, which are in axial alignment
with the pivot-pin C, so that the part C of the beam or track and the guys Fi
will turn about a common axis.
By constructing the tower or trestle as above described with convergent side-
pieces or frames of oblong shape, the legs of each frame being parallel to each
other, we extend outward as far as practicable the supports for the tension-ropes
or chains and provide a very stable structure of the kind or class above referred to.
Moreover by the construction of the apparatus as above set forth, we are enabled
to adopt an improved method of erecting the tower or trestle upon the travelling
platform or gantry, whereby we obviate the necessity for employing scaffolding.
In erecting our improved apparatus, the lower end of each leg b of each of the
side frames or supports is connected by a pivot-pin or trunnion c to the travelling
gantry A, so that, after the two frames or supports have been constructed by
building up or rivetting together the parts thereof along the ground, the said
frames or supports can be raised bodily about their pivot-pins or trunnions c by
means of suitable sheer-legs and tackle. The said frames or supports are then
rigidly united at their upper ends by means of the end-plates d and channel-bars e
and are rivetted or otherwise rigidly secured at their lower ends to the gantry A.
The trussed frame 1) is then raised into position and rivetted to the frames or sup-
ports, after which the overhead beam or track C, C¹ is elevated in any convenient
manner, for example, by first raising one end of the part C and pivoting the same
to the middle portion of the said track, and then raising the other end thereof
by swinging it about its pivot. Similarly the part C" may be raised to and upon
its pivot, the whole being then secured as required to the frame D by rivetting or
otherwise, and to the top and sides of the tower by means of the tension-ropes or
slings E and guys F, F.
We can also construct our improved apparatus in such a manner that it can be
erected without the aid of scaffolding and without pivoting the legs of the side
frames to the gantry. Examples of this form of construction are shown in Fig-
ures 10 to 15. In erecting this apparatus the side frames B are first built upon
the gantry up to the horizontal or slightly inclined frame D and are properly
braced together, the said frame D is then built upon the said side frames, and the
upper portion of the structure above the said frame D is then proceeded with;
this upper portion can, in this case, be made lighter and more in accord with the
stresses to which it is liable to be subjected.
The parts of this apparatus are made small enough to be easily handled, so that
the whole structure can be erected without the aid of scaffolding.
We sometimes provide a chute H which is secured in a suitable position within
the tower, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 1, so that the load can be dumped
upon the said chute and will descend therein and be discharged into trucks J.
We find it advantageous to make the overhead beam or track C, C₁ of two
1-girders or channel-bars g, Figures 1 and 2, connected by a top-plate h so as to
form a kind of box-girder open at the bottom; and to construct the traveller G so
that the upper part of its frame can pass freely between the lower flanges of the
said girders; in which case we provide the said traveller on both sides of the said
frame with wheels which will run upon the said lower flanges of the girders or
channel-bars g. We thus obtain greater width of wheel-base for the load-carriage
or traveller and diminish the distance from the top of the beam or track to the
underside of the said traveller.
We sometimes employ a traveller provided with automatic mechanism, such,
for example, as that described in the Specification of former Letters Patent dated
21st November 1892, No. 21,170, which is controlled by the lifting or hauling

page_text: rope, and whereby, when the load is raised, the load-sustaining mechanism will be
locked so that the traveller can be moved along the track in either direction with-
out lowering the load, and the said traveller can be secured in position upon the
track at the point where the load is to be lowered, and the load-sustaining mech-
anism simultaneously unlocked so as to permit the lowering of the load. In such
the notches or stops for retaining the traveller in position on the track while
a load is being lowered or raised, are formed or provided at suitable intervals along
the underside of the top plate h of the said box-girder.
case,
In Figures 7, 8 and 9 we have shown another modification of our said apparatus,
in which the travelling gantry A and tower or trestle B are so constructed as to
leave an arch or space K for the passage of trucks J or the like transversely
through the apparatus.
L, L are rope-supports or rope-carriers fixed at suitable distances apart to the
overhead beam or track C, C for supporting and preventing undue sagging of the
lifting or hauling rope W of the traveller when paid out. We prefer to use for
this purpose a double-action rope-carrier, that is to say, one in which two laterally
movable or swinging parts are adapted to be moved aside in opposite directions
by the traveller to permit the passage of the latter between them. One form of
such double-action rope-carrier is shown in Figure 16 and comprises two
armis L, L, pivotally connected at their upper ends to a cross-bar C³ attached to
the overhead beam or track C. The arm L2 carries upon a suitable stud, a grooved
rope-supporting pulley M having an extended flange m upon the side further
from the said arm. Guides or guards m' are furnished on the arms L', L³ for the
purpose of guiding the rope into the groove of the said pulley. The guide or
guard m on the arm L' overlaps the extended flange m of the pulley and is further
provided with an extension or hook m², so that, if the hauling or lifting rope is
slack or is vibrating as the arms L1, L2 close together, the said hook will prevent
the said rope passing down between the pulley M and the said guard m¹. To the
arms L1, L2 are pivotally connected bars L, LA respectively, the adjacent ends
of which are parallel with each other and are situated a short distance from each
other so that the traveller can enter between them to push aside the arms L¹, L³.
To keep the ends of these bars parallel with each other at all times, the said bars
are connected to the cross-bar C3 by means of links, parallel with the
arms L, L respectively, so as to form two jointed parallelograms. The arms L', L²
are held in the position shown in full lines in Figure 16 by springs 12, 13 whereby
they are returned to that position after the passage of the traveller between them.
Additional pivoted arms having slots 15 engaging with pins 16 upon the
bars L³, L respectively, are provided to limit the stroke of the said bars in either
direction and to steady the parts. The bars L1, L2 and 1, may be inclined in-
wards as shown or they may be vertical or even inclined outwards if desired.
The traveller G is provided with curved or inclined projections G¹ upon both
sides thereof, as shown in Figure 17, which projections extend longitudinally
beyond both ends of the traveller so as to form a shuttle-shaped body which will
enter between the ends of the bars L3, L4 and will thrust the arms Li, L² aside in
opposite directions and permit the passage of the traveller between them, after-
wards allowing the parts to resume their normal position under the action of the
springs 1, 3, the curved or inclined surface of the trailing end of the projections G¹
of the traveller G enabling this operation to take place without shock or jar.
Instead of mounting the rope-carrying pulley and the guard on swinging arms
as shown, we can arrange them in any other suitable manner so that they will be
moved in inverse directions by the traveller in passing between them. For exam-
ple, we sometimes mount them on horizontal sliding bars held in their normal
position by springs which will yield to permit the movement of the said bars away
from each other by the traveller as it passes between them.
In Figure 18, we have shown an arrangement of this kind, in which plates L³, LA
are mounted on sliding rods N, N¹ which are supported in brackets P attached

page_text: to the cross-piece C³, and which are pressed towards each other by springs Nº that
will yield to permit the passage of the traveller G between the said plates.
By constructing the rope-carriers in the manner above set forth, we provide
for enabling the traveller to pass through the same at a very high speed without
the slightest lateral swinging motion being imparted to the said traveller, the
forces tending to cause displacement thereof being balanced.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is;-
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1. An apparatus of the kind of class herein before referred to, comprising a
tower or trestle consisting of two convergent trussed frames rigidly united at
their upper ends and connected at their lower ends to opposite sides of a travelling
gantry, and an overhead beam or track extending longitudinally through the said
tower or trestle, and supported partly by a horizontal or inclined trussed frame
rigidly secured thereto, and partly by tension-ropes or slings, substantially as
herein before described and for the purposes specified.
2 The herein described improved method of providing for the erection of the
tower or trestle upon the travelling gantry without the aid of scaffolding.
3. The combination, with the rising or pivoted part of the beam or track, of
guys for preventing the swaying thereof, attached to pivot-pins in axial alignment
with the pivot-pin of the said rising part of the beam or track, substantially as,
and for the purposes, above specified.
4. The employment of an overhead beam or track made in the form of a box-
girder open along the bottom, and provided with notches or stops at intervals on
the underside of its top plate, as, and for the purpose, above specified.
5. The improved apparatus constructed substantially as described with reference
to Figures 1 to 6 or with reference to Figures 7, 8 and 9, or Figures 10, 11 and 12,
or Figures 13, 14 and 15 of the drawings and operating as, and for the purposes,
above specified.
6. A rope-carrier comprising movable or swinging arms or other supports, either
of which is provided with a rope-supporting pulley, and which, when the traveller
enters between them, will be moved aside in opposite directions with equal force
to permit the passage of the said traveller, substantially as herein before described
and for the purposes specified.
7. A double-action rope-carrier comprising jointed parallelograms arranged
opposite each other and one of which carries a rope-supporting pulley and the
other a guide or guard that projects beyond or overlaps the adjacent flange of the
said pulley and is provided with a hook, substantially as, and for the purposes,
above specified.
8. A double-action rope-carrier wherein the plates or bars between which the
traveller passes and one of which carries the rope-supporting pulley, are mounted
on sliding rods and are held in their normal position by springs which will yield
to permit them to be moved aside by the traveller, substantially as and for the
purposes, above specified.
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D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.