Transferring Coal and Railway Wagons from One Place or Level to Another, and for Facilitating the Loading and Discharging of Vessels and Wagons.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1888.
Complete Specification Left, 19th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 16th Mar., 1889
Transferring Coal and Railway Wagons from One Place or Level
to Another, and for Facilitating the Loading and Discharging of
Vessels and Wagons.
1. GEORGE TAYLOR, of Penarth, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The first part of my invention has for its object to give improved facilities for
transferring railway wagons and for enabling the loading or discharging of vessels to
be carried on at increased distances from given points or terminals of railway lines
on which wagons are brought or taken away, so as to accommodate hatchways in
different places.
At the point or terminal of the railway from which it is desired to pass wagons
towards the vessel, I provide means for transferring them and adjusting their
position to suit the direction of the lines on the railway and those on a connecting
platform or bridge leading to the vessel. These means may consist of one or more
turntables or of a compound turntable being a revolving frame having matching
rails and carrying a pair of turntables. When the wagons are not required to be
turned, a transferring platform pivoted at one end or having unequal lengths on either
The transferring appliances
side of the pivot, may be used instead of a turntable.
may be supported by the railway or by the connecting platform or partly by each,
and the apparatus may be operated by hydraulic power and be provided with means
of arresting its motion at the required points to suit for matching the rails. One
end of the connecting platform engages with the transferring apparatus by a pivot,
or is arranged to work in a curved guide coinciding with a section of the circum-
Wheels or friction
ference of the turntable or revolving or transferring frame.
rollers will be used to assist in moving the parts.
The connecting bridge is a platform having one or more pairs of rails upon it
and extends from the transferring apparatus to the loading berth. The end next the
vessel may be mounted on wheels travelling laterally on one or more curved paths
which paths have the pivot or other point of the transferring apparatus as their
centre. For low level work, the connecting platform will be fixed at its outer end

page_text: to a movable staith such as those referred to in the specifications of Letters Patent
granted to me No. 1395 of 1883, No. 2696 of 1883, No. 2738 of 1883, No. 10236 of
1884, or of other suitable construction. The staith will also run laterally on curved
paths and the connecting platform will serve for passing wagons between the staith
and the railway siding. The connecting platform may be similar in construction to
a bridge or high level staging. For high level purposes, no special staith is necessary,
as the connecting bridge may at its outer end have a wagon platform and be con-
structed with hoisting, lowering, and tilting apparatus and guides and hydraulic or
counterbalance machinery for operating the same.
For a high level the transferring apparatus would be placed over the terminal pier
of the high level railway by which one end of the connecting bridge would also be
supported at the same level. At the outer end, the connecting bridge would be sup-
ported at the required height by framework mounted on wheels running on the
curved paths to which reference has been made. For a sloping side dock, one end
of the connecting bridge would be placed on the terminal pier of the high level
staging, at or near the top of the slope, and a narrow pier as a base for the curved
paths for a movable staith or for the framework at the outer end of the connecting
platform would be constructed at the bottom of the slope which would thus be
spanned by the connecting platform and the latter might have an intermediate
movable support, if necessary.
Instead of a fixed pier for the staith or outer end of the connecting platform, a
movable pier or jetty may be used consisting of a platform on a framework of wood
or iron mounted on flanged wheels rotated by power and running on rails or ways
laid at the bottom of the dock. The movable pier has plate iron paths on its surface
for the wheels of the staith or connecting bridge which in this case should be with-
out flanges. By making the pier movable it need only be about half as long as a
fixed one.
I also purpose applying this part of my invention, to enable a much
larger number of vessels to be loaded or discharged at a given extent of quay space.
1 place at intervals throughout the length of the dock or wharf, fixed or movable piers
or jetties extending outwards into the water space, to a distance equal to nearly
twice the beam of a vessel. These piers or jetties are at convenient distances apart
for either one or two vessels (as may be desired) to lie between them longitudinally
and to load or discharge alongside the quay in the usual way. The movable piers
have connecting bridges or a platform with rails joining them to the wharf or railway:
The jetties are furnished with staiths or other appliances for loading or discharging.
By this combined arrangement of quay and piers and appliances, an outer line of
vessels may be loaded or discharged at the jetties in addition to those lying along-
side the main wharf and the movable jetties can be adjusted to suit the varying
lengths of the intervening vessels.
For a sloping side coal dock, the movable or fixed piers for accomodating a second
line of vessels may be placed a suitable distance either outside of or within the line
of the front of the usual piers on which the fixed staiths are erected and these two
lines of piers would also assist vessels to be "scarfed " or overlap each other at an
angle. To prevent the inconvenience and inability to work that often arise from
hatchways being too far from the staith when one end of a vessel is scarfed
outside another vessel and also to keep the staith in working position when traversed
laterally on a curved path, I purpose constructing the staith or connecting platform
so that its front shall project beyond the pier or quay outwards over the water-space
that it may be within working range of the vessel or hatchway.
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If desired the movable staith with its attached connecting bridge can be arranged
to move on straight instead of curved paths. When this is done with a high level
connecting bridge, the railway end thereof will be supported on a pier or framing
movable on wheels in a straight line parallel with the paths of the staith. With
straight paths, the apparatus can be moved from one railway terminal or siding
to another.
The staith or connecting bridge as the case may be, will be provided with a shoot,
the front end of which can be traversed laterally to discharge more directly into the

page_text: hatchway. The shoot will have the usual gearing and will work in ordinary guides
arranged in a vertical framing projecting outwards beyond the supporting base of the
staith or bridge.
To reduce breakage of coal, I furnish the shoot with an iron flap pivoted in a
frame that works in guides at the top of the shoot or in the angles of the bottom of
the inside thereof. Chains are attached to the frame and pass over pulleys at the
staith end of the shoot (and it may be over pulleys at the opposite end) to a counter-
balance weight which may slide in guides below or at the sides of the shoot, so that
when the latter is in working position the counterbalance goes to the lower end of
the shoot and brings the flap to the top end in a position suited for checking the
outflow of coal from the tilted wagon. A brake acts on the gearing of the flap and
the coal can thereby be gently passed down the shoot.
The lower edge of the flap rests upon the floor of the shoot and at the lower end,
the shoot floor is curved to allow the flap to pass and liberate the coal, after which a
weight brings the flap into position for being again taken to the top of the shoot by
the counterbalance. To ensure the wagon being hoisted or lowered to the exact
point for bringing the floor of the wagon when tilted, into line with the shoot floor,
purpose providing a stop or signal to be operated by contact with the wagon
platform, so that the motion of the latter may be stopped at the proper point. To
enable the check flap to come close to the end of the wagon, I may either form the
end door of the wagon as a slide attached to levers or bars hinged at the sides of
the wagon and raise it upwards to let the coal out, or I may make the door in two
parts, the lower part hinged at the bottom and turning outwards over the buffers and:
the upper part hinged at the top and closing against the lower part.
The second part of the invention relates specially to apparatus for conveying
coal from the wagon to the vessel's hold without using a shoot as the latter causes :
much breakage which it is of great importance to avoid. This apparatus is in some
respects similar to appliances referred to in my applications for Letters Patent
No. 12231 of 1887, No. 15126 of 1887, and No. 1817 of 1888, and comprises boxes
or receptacles and gearing of special form, one of which consists of an iron or steel >
box having three sides and a bottom rivetted together, the fourth side which is
adjacent to the wagon being arranged as a slide working vertically in guides
carried by two of the other sides. The slide and box are connected with hydraulic
or counterbalance gearing and machinery similar to that alluded to in my aforesaid
application No. 1817 of 1888 for raising the box or lowering the slide and laying
open the slide side of the box to receive the end of the wagon within it in close
proximity to the box floor, so that the coal may pass immediately from the wagon
Hoor to the box floor without fall, and by simultaneously lowering the box and
arresting the side slide, the contents of the wagon gradually pass into the box with-
out breakage. The box floor may be wholly or partially formed as a double incline,
and the coal may be let out of the box by sides or flaps placed in the bottom and
lower part of two opposite sides of the box and worked either by hydraulic gearing
or counterbalances.
Another box for the purpose, consists of a rectangular angle iron framing having
two opposite plate iron sides rivetted to a bottom formed as a double incline over which
the coal will slide out of the box in discharging. Each of the two other sides of the
box consists of an upper and a lower flap, each hinged to the angle iron framing, and so
counterbalanced or held by hydraulic gearing that the flaps assume a horizontal
position, and those from opposite sides of the box partially overlap each other in the
central part of the box. Whilst in this position the box is open at the sides to which
the flaps belong. The box is then brought so that the two top horizontal flaps come
close to the end of the wagon and on the coal passing on to the flaps they are
depressed at their free edges and pass down into the vertical position closing the
upper opening in the box sides. The two opposite lower flaps are in like manner
depressed by the coal and on being gently let down they assume the vertical position
and are retained in it by stops which can be operated to allow them to pass outwards
and form an opening through which the coal glides out of the box over the inclines
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page_text: that form the bottom of the box and which may be slightly curved to suit the arc
described by the flaps.
Instead of boxes such as the foregoing, I may use one rectangular or nearly so in
form having four sides and a boitom rivetted together and suspended by chains
attached at or near two top corners of the same side. The box may be so supported
and balanced that when empty one of its sides forms an incline which is sufficiently
flatter than that of the floor of the tilted wagon as to enable the outflow of coal to
the box to be regulated to avoid breakage, or there may be a plate hinged at the
upper part of the box and kept in adjustable position, as near the end of the wagon
as the door will allow, to check and regulate the passage of the coal. This box
is emptied by flaps or slides which form part of the bottom and of one side of
the box.
I purpose using the hydraulic and counterbalance machinery and gearing and boxes
receptacles staiths and other appliances referred to herein and in my three said
applications in such combination and ways as will enable coal to be transferred
directly from the wagon to the box, the express object being to avoid the use of a
shoot of any description and thus to prevent breakage.
To facilitate these operations I may so incline the girder or pair of girders
referred to in my application No. 1817 of 1888 as to cause the travelling carriage
from which the boxes are suspended to pass outwards over the hatchway by gravity,
and I provide a hydraulic engine and chains for bringing the empty box back to the
staith for refilling.
I may in some cases make the bottom or a portion of the sides of the boxes of
screening bars with closing plates so that the coal may be screened or not
as desired.
Instead of the boxes being of a size large enough to take the whole contents of
a wagon I may make them in pairs fitted side by side and being filled from the
wagon simultaneously, but capable of being lowered into the hold separately where
the hatches are small.
To facilitate the separate working I may suspend the boxes in an open frame intro-
duced in the chain gearing by which they may be supported either side by side or one
over the other.
To prevent the boxes from being damaged by blows on the outside which
might bulge them inwards and interfere with the working of the sliding floor
plate and other moving parts, I purpose to provide the boxes with an outer timber
casing.
Instead of operating the moving floor plate of a box by chains I may do so by
means of a hydraulic ram arranged to lift the floor plate underneath the box.
To enable a staith having a shoot to be also provided with a box and its operating
machinery and worked either with a shoot or a box, as required, I arrange hydraulic
gearing and appliances for lifting the shoot to a horizontal position at the inside of
the top of the staith out of the way when not in use and lowering into working
position when wanted.
1 purpose attaching to each box and to the shoot having the pivoted flaps or to
the hydraulic rams or other machinery or gearing connected therewith an electric
mercurial or automatic check or appliance which will indicate and record the extent
of the user of the apparatus to which it is affixed, in order to show whether its use
is faithfully carried out.
The apparatus and machinery herein referred to may be used for discharging as
well as for loading.
G. TAYLOR.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents. *

page_text: Improvements in and Connected with Apparatus and Machinery for
Transferring Coal and Railway Wagons from one Place or Level
to Another, and for Facilitating the Loading and Discharging of
Vessels and Wagons.
I, GEORGE TAYLOR of Penarth Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS LN AND CONNECTED WITH APPARATUS AND MACHINERY
FOR TRANSFERRING COAL AND RAILWAY WAGONS FROM ONE PLACE OR LEVEL TO ANOTHER,
and
AND FOR FACILITATING THE LOADING AND DISCHARGING OF. VESSELS AND WAGONS
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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The first part of my invention has for its object to give improved facilities for
transferring railway wagons and for enabling the loading or discharging of vessels to
be carried on at increased distances from given points or terminals of railway lines
on which wagons are brought or taken away, so as to accommodate hatchways in
different places.
At the point or terminal of the railway from which it is desired to pass wagons
towards the vessel, I provide means for transferring them and adjusting their position
to suit the direction of the lines on the railway and those on a connecting platform or
bridge leading to the vessel. These means may consist of one or more turntables or
of a compound turntable being a revolving frame having matching rails and carrying
a pair of turntables. When the wagons are not required to be turned, a transferring
platform pivotted at one end or having unequal lengths on either side of the pivot,
may be used instead of a turntable. The transferring appliances may be supported
by the railway or by the connecting platform or partly by each, and the apparatus
may be operated by bydraulic power and be provided with means of arresting its
motion at the required points to suit for matching the rails. One end of the connecting
platform engages with the transferring apparatus by a pivot, or is arranged to work
in a curved guide coinciding with a section of the circumference of the turntable or
revolving or transferring frame. Wheels or friction rollers are used to assist in
moving the parts.
The connecting bridge is a platform having one or more pairs of rails upon it and
extends from the transferring apparatus to the loading berth. The end next the vessel
may be mounted on wheels travelling laterally on one or more curved paths which
paths have a pivot of the transferring apparatus as their centre. For low level work,
the connecting platform is fixed at its outer end to a movable staith such as those
referred to in the specifications of Letters Patent granted to me No. 1395 of 1883
No. 2696 of 1883, No. 2738 of 1883 No. 10236 of 1884 or of other suitable con-
struction. The staith runs laterally on curved paths and the connecting platform

page_text: serves for passing wagons between the staith and the railway siding. The connecting
platform may be similar in construction to a bridge or high level staging. For high
level purposes no special staith is necessary, as the connecting bridge may at its outer
end have a wagon platform and be constructed with hoisting lowering and tilting
apparatus and guides and hydraulic or counterbalance machinery for operating the
same.
For high level the transferring apparatus is placed over a terminal pier of the high
level railway by which one end of the connecting bridge is supported at the same
level. At the outer end, the connecting bridge may be supported at the required
height by framework mounted on wheels running on the curved paths to which
reference has been made. The staith or connecting bridge as the case may be will be
provided with a shoot having usual gearing and working in ordinary guides.
To reduce breakage of coal 1 furnish the shoot with an iron flap pivoted in a
frame that works in guides at the top of the shoot or in the angles of the bottom
of the inside thereof. Chains are attached to the frame and pass over pulleys at the
staith end of the shoot to a counterbalance weight so that when the shoot is in working
position the counterbalance brings the flap to the top end of the shoot in a position
suited for checking the outflow of coal from the tilted wagon. A break acts on
the gearing of the flap and the coal can thereby be gently passed down the shoot.
The lower edge of the flap rests upon the floor of the shoot and at the lower end
the shoot, floor is curved to allow the flap to pass and liberate the coal, after which the
flap is again taken to the top of the shoot by the counterbalance.
In order that the invention may be more readily understood I have illustrated
it in the accompanying drawings and will proceed to describe it in reference thereto.
Sheets 1. 2 & 3. illustrate the transferring apparatus and the connecting platform or
bridge. Fig. 1 is a plan of the connecting platform associated with transferring
apparatus and a staith. Figs. 7 and 8 are side elevations thereof the railway in the
former case being low level and in the latter high level. Figs. 9 and 10 illustrate
the connecting bridge supported at its outer end by a staging or framework suitable
for the shipment of coal instead of a staith Fig. 9 being a front clevation and
Fig. 10 a side elevation. Fig. 11 is a side elevation of a modification of the
supporting staging or framework last referred to. Fig. 2 is a plan and Fig. 3 a side
elevation shewing the connecting platform as arranged for working with a turntable
as the transferring apparatus. Fig. 4 is a plan and Fig. 5 a side elevation of the
connecting platform with a transferring platform instead of a turntable the
transferring platform being supported partly by the connecting platform and partly
by the wharf or railway. Fig. 6 is plan of a modification of the connecting
bridge with a transferring platform the latter in this case being supported entirely by
the connecting platform. Fig. 12 is a plan of an arrangement embracing three
transferring tables and a connecting platform the object of which is to enable the
latter to be served at two different points on the wharf with wagons from the same
railway siding or terminal. This system may also be applied for transferring
wagons to or from two pairs of rails on the connecting platform. Fig. 13 is a plan
of a revolving frame carrying two turntables intended for application where the
connecting platform has two pairs of rails. Fig. 14 is a side elevation and Fig 15 a
plan shewing the shoot with the flap appliances for preventing breakage of the coal in
shipment.
In the figures referred to A denotes the railway sidings or terminal rails on
which the wagons are brought for shipment and which may be either single or
double lines. B is a turntable of ordinary construction in a circular iron casing..
C is the wharf end of the connecting platform as arranged for supporting a turn-
table B and consists of a circular girder C forming a well for the reception of the
turntable and a flange C as a path on which the rollers of the turntable may revolve.
The pivot C³ is held in a bed and is the vertical axis on which both the connecting
platform and the turntable turn. D. D. are the sides of the connecting bridge and
consist of plate iron girders of the ordinary construction adopted for platforms or

page_text: bridges. E E are railway rails supported in the usual way on transverse girders
resting on the lower flanges of the side girders D. The connecting platform is
mounted at is wharf end on rollers D₁ running on rails D' and may also have
supporting rollers at its other end and intermediate points if desired. The wharf end
of the connecting platform is set at a level at which its rails correspond with those of the
railway siding and the transferring apparatus leading therefrom, and is partly below
the ground level.
When the transferring platform F is used instead of a turntable the back ends of
the side girders of the connecting platform are bent inwards as shewn in Figs. 4 and 5
and supported by an underframe G on rollers G' and carrying a bed plate G2 for the
rollers G³ of the transferring platform F to rotate upon the other end of the transferring
platform being supported by rollers G+ running on a rail G placed on the quay.
In Fig. 6 the transferring platform is placed on the connecting platform which is as
described with reference to Figs. 4 and 5 excepting that a rail G is laid on transverse
girders for the rollers of the transferring platform to run upon. To transfer wagons
from the rails A to the connecting platform the transferring platform For the turn-
table B is moved until its rails come opposite the rails A. and after it has received the
wagon it is moved so that its rails match with those (E) of the connecting platform.
Wagons can thus be transferred between the wharf and the connecting platform
which is arranged to move laterally in either direction as shewn by Fig. 1 in order to
suit the position of the hatchways and enable loading to be carried on at various
points from the same rails or siding on the wharf. In Fig. 12 the transferring
platform F is supported on rails on the wharf and works in conjunction with another
transferring platform F running on a circular rail F. After the wagon has been
transferred from the rails A to the platform F it is passed on to the platform F' which
is then moved round to the connecting platform the end of which is seen in Fig. 12
and the wagon goes off to the rails EE on the latter the wagon having been turned
in the process, which is often necessary as they frequently come forward for shipment
wrong end foremost. If desired another transferring platform F³ may be used in the
same way by placing in connection with it another curved rail similar to H and if
means are provided for moving the end of the connecting platform from one to the
other of these transferring platforms the lateral scope within which the work of
loading may be carried on is considerably increased. II are stop plates with sections
of rails thereon to match with the rails on the transfering platform to which they
appertain. The stops fit in sockets I' and. are removable so as to suit for working the
transferring platforms in either direction. If the platforms 1 and 3 are turned
towards each other and provided with an intervening stop and rail plate I wagons
may be passed from one to the other.
The transferring platforms F F and F³ in this and the other figures turn on
pivots F and are furnished with rails F. H is a curved supporting rail of bridge
section for the end of the connecting platform to move upon. In this arrangement
the end of the connecting bridge is separate from the transferring platform and has
rollers H¹ moving on the central part of the rail H in a curve of which the axis of the
It also has rollers H² turning
pivot F of the transferring platform F¹ is the centre.
on vertical axes and working against the sides of the rail H to keep the connecting
platform in proper relation to the transferring platform and enable it to be moved
laterally in either direction. By placing the pivots of the transferring platform F¹
and F sufficiently near to each other wagons may be transferred from the rails A to
double lines of rail for full and empty wagons on the connecting platform. In Fig. 13
the turntables B are placed in a circular framework K turning on a pivot Kand
having rails K matching with double lines of rail E on the connecting platform the
end of which is supported on a rail H as in Fig. 12.
Figs. 1, 7, and 8 shew by way of example how the connecting platform may be used
with a movable staith the railway in the case of Fig. 7 being low level and in Fig. 8
high level. The outward ends of the side girders are attached to the sides L of the
staith the floor and rails E E terminating at the back part of the staith and suiting
the rails on the hoisting or tilting platform L' so that the wagon can go

page_text: from one to the other. A bracket L is introduced to assist in supporting and
stiffening the connecting platform and staith. The staith is of ordinary description
and construction with the usual platform L' and machinery and gearing for hoisting
lowering and tilting the wagon, and a jib or crane for working a box for conveying coal
to the latchway or hold, and is also furnished with a shoot L4 and its operating
appliances. The staith is moved to suit the hatchway on wheels L' which travel on a
curved path or rails M laid on the wharf and having the vertical axis on which
the connecting platform turns as their centre.
.
Figs. 9 and 10 shew an arrangement in which the outer end of the connecting
platform is attached to and supported by a framing having two sides constructed as
shewn by the full lines in the side elevation in Fig. 10 or with the additions indicated
by the dotted lines. These two sides are connected together at the top by transverse
girders N and at the bottom by girders N¹ and N in the latter of which are the
supporting wheels N³ which run on curved paths or rails on the wharf as before
described. Over the girders N the chains from the point of the shoot are carried in
the usual way and led by guide sheaves to the hoisting platform or a hydraulic ram
placed on the outside of one of the verticals N'. The inside of each of these verticals
is furnished with guides for controlling the hoisting and tipping platform which is
supported by chains passing upwards to overhead pulleys and led thence by guide
sheaves to a hydraulic hoisting ram placed on the outside of the other vertical N. The
front verticals No have ordinary guides in which the shoot is worked by the usual
means. The front part of the structure is made to project outwards to facilitate the
shipment when the connecting bridge is traversed to a considerable distance laterally.
Fig. 11 shews the connecting platform attached to a pair of side frames consisting
substantially of two verticals O connected together by transverse girders and adapted.
for use with a tipping platform pivotted at its back end to the connecting platform
and capable of being lowered at its front end for discharging a wagon into a shoot
or box the gearing for working the shoot or box being carried over sheaves at the
top of the framing and operated by hydraulic power. This structure is mounted on
wheels in a horizontal girder such as N in Figs. 9 and 10 and travels on curved rails
on the wharf. The shoot would be raised and lowered in guides on the inside faces of
the two verticals O by the usual chains passing over pulleys at the top to a hydraulic ram.
In each case the wheels on which the staith or other structures are mounted are
placed at a suitable angle to coincide with the curve of the rails on which they
travel.
Figs. 14 and 15 shew an appliance for use with a shoot the object being to prevent
breakage. Fig. 14 is a side elevation with the near side of the shoot removed and
Fig. 15 is a plan.
P is one of the vertical front members of a staith and N is the tilting platform
Qis a side of the shoot and Q¹ the floor plate which is curved downwards at the front
to give clearance for the passage of the anti-breakage appliance. The latter consists
of two side pieces R placed a suitable distance apart to pass to and fro within the
sides of the shoots and connected together by a shaft R¹ at each end of which is a
wheel that runs on the angle iron R³ or other path on the top of the shoot sides.
On the upper edges of these two side pieces R an iron plate R is supported and
rivetted. This plate is curved to suit the arc described by the door of the wagon on
its opening and its purpose is to receive the coal as it comes from the wagon and
control its passing down the shoot. The plate has a pair of rollers R5 at its under
part and is operated by a pair of chains or wire ropes S attached to the plate at or near
the rollers R and passing under covering plates S¹ in the floor of the shoot to
pulleys Sunderneath the shoot from whence they are led by guide sheaves to a
counterbalance weight or hydraulic ram at any convenient position on the staith. The
pressure of the coal against the plate forces the latter forward and its speed or motion
down the shoot is regulated by the counterbalance or brake. On reaching the curve
at the point of the shoot the plate goes outwards as shewn by the dotted lines and
after the coal has been released the plate is taken back to the top end of the shoot by
the counterbalance or hydraulic power.

page_text: 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 of the connecting platform with the transferring apparatus
substantially as shewn by the sheets No. 1 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings
and described herein.
2. The combination of the connecting platforms with staiths and other shipping
apparatus substantially as shewn by sheets No. 1. 2. and 3 of the accompanying
drawings and described herein.
3. The combination of the connecting platform with transferring apparatus and
staiths and other shipping apparatus substantially as shewn by sheets No. 1. 2 and 3
of the accompanying drawings and described berein.
4. The particular construction and arrangement of movable staiths and other coal
shipping apparatus by which they are adapted to be moved or travel on curved paths
or rails, substantially as shewn by sheets No. 1. 2. and 3 of the accompanying drawings
and herein described.
5. The combination of an anti-breakage plate and its appliances with a shoot
substantially as shewn by sheet No. 4 of the accompanying drawings and herein
described.