Improved Implement for Lifting, Carrying, or Conveying Hay, Fodder, Manure, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improved Implement for Lifting, Carrying, or Conveying Hay,
Fodder, Manure, and the like.
I JAMES FINDLAY, of Newhouse, Holytown, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Blacksmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows, that is to say..
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My said invention has for its object to construct an improved implement
which can be used as a fork or grupe for lifting, carrying, or conveying hay,
fodder, manure and the like My improved implement has a number of prongs
somewhat resembling an ordinary giape, and the cross bar or part uniting
these prongs at the top 18 made with a stem at its middle which projects at right
angles to the prongs
This stem 18 hinged near the cross bar to a handle made
with a slot or groove the top of which is embraced by a spring-actuated ring
carried on the lower end of a small spindle carried by the handle
The upper
end of this spindle has attached to it a small level centered in the handle, and
to the outer end of this lever a cord passing through a guide eye 18 attached
The upper end of the handle is made with an eye to which a rope is attached
This rope passes through a pulley block which, as is usual in working implements
of the kind to which my invention relates, may either be attached to the top of a
derrick erected in a stack yard or farm yard or to a guide rail or rack running
along near the roof of a shed, byre, or the like From the pulley blook the rope
18 led and attached to the harness of a horse. Or other motive power may be
employed
When using my improved implement the handle 18 turned on its hinge so
that the end of the stem comes in contact with the ring raising it against the
action of its spring and the stem passes into the clot The ring then descends
and locks the stem in the slot The prongs can then be inserted into the hay or
other material and on starting the hoise the load will be lifted and when brought
over the place, cart, or other receptacle where it is to be deposited the worker
pulls the cord attached to the small lever centered in the handle. This raises
the ring and fiees the stem which turning on its hinge allows the load to tilt
off the prongs
When in the unlocked position with the handle extending out in the sume
line as the prongs the implement can be used like an ordinary grape if desired.
Dated this Seventh day of June 1898.

page_text: Improved Implement for Lifting, Carrying, or Conveying Hay,
Fodder, Manure, and the like
I. JAMES FINDLAY, of Newhouse, Holytown, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Blacksmith, 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, that is to say.—
My said invention has for its object to construct an improved implement
which can be used as a fork or grape for lifting, carrying, or conveying hay,
fodder, manure and the like
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing the same
may be properly understood I hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings
to be hereinafter referred to and showing my improved implement.
Figure, 1, on the accompanying sheet of drawings 18 a side elevation partly in
section showing my improved implement with the parts in their lifting position.
Figure, 2, 18 a front elevation showing the implement with the parts in the
position assumed when the load is discharged.
As shown in the drawings my improved implement has a number of prongs, A,
comewhat resembling an ordinary grape, the number of prongs may, however,
be varied The cross bar or part, B, uniting these prongs, A, at the top is made
with a stem, C, at its middle which projects more or less, at right angles to the
prongs. This stem, C, is hinged at, D, near the cross bar, B, to a handle, E,
made with a slot or groove, F, the top of which is embraced by a ring, G, fixed
on the lower end of a small spindle, H, guided by a bracket, J, formed on the
handle, E. A spring, K, on the spindle, H, tends to keep the ring, G, in its
lowest position, the ring being made with antifriction rollers, L, M. The upper
end of the spindle, H, has attached to it a small lover, N, centered in the
handle, E; and to the outer end of this lever a cord, P, passing over a guide
roller, Q, in a guide eye formed on the ring, G, is attached The upper end of
the handle, E, 18 made with an eye, R, to which a rope, 8, 18 attached This
1ope, S, passes to and through a pulley block (not shown) which, as is usual in
working implements of the kind to which my invention relates, may either be
attached to the top of a derrick erected in a stack yard or farm yard or to a
guide rail or rack running along near the roof of a shed, byre, or the like
From the pulley block the rope is led and attached to the harness of a horse
other motive power may be employed
Or
When using my improved implement the handle, E, 18 turned on the hinge, D,
so that the end of the stem, C, comes in contact with the ring, G, and anti-
friction roller, M, raising the ring against the action of its spring, K, and the
stem, C, passes into the slot, F. The ring, G, then descends, being pressed down
by the spring, K, and locks the stem, C, in the slot, F, as shown in Figure, 1.
The prongs, A, can then be inserted into the hay or other material and on starting
the horse the load will be lifted and when brought over the place, cart, or other
receptacle where it is to be deposited the worker pulls the cord, P, attached to
the small lever, N, centered in the handle, E This raises the ring, G, and frees
the stem, C, which turning on its hinge, D, allows the parts to assume the
position shown in Figure, 2, and by dotted lines in Figure, 1, and allows the
load to drop off the prongs, A.
When in the unlocked position with the handle, E, extending out in the same
line as the prongs, A, as shown in Figure, 2, the implement can be used like
an ordinary grape if desired,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same 18 to be performed, I declare that what I
olaim is :-
An improved implement for lifting carrying or conveying hay, fodder, manure,
and the like, made with prongs and having a stem which projects at right
angles, more or less, to the prongs the stem being hinged to a handle made with
a slot or groove the top of which is embraced by a spring-actuated ring carried
by a spindle attached to one end of a lever to the other end of which a cord is
attached substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
Dated this Seventh day of March 1899.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.