A New or Improved Device or Appliance more particularly intended for Raising or Lifting Hay-cocks, and for such like purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device or Appliance more particularly intended
for Raising or Lifting Hay-cocks, and for such like purposes.
I, RICHARD SHEANE of Combe Street, Chard, Somerset, Gentleman, 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:-
My invention relates to a new or improved device or appliance for raising or
lifting hay-cocks, and for such like purposes, the object of which is to combine or arrange
a winch with suitable framing, the whole to form a simple appliance for raising or
lifting hay-cocks to a sufficient height for loading into a cart or the like, while it
may also be employed, for lifting corn stacks; and owing to its portable form and
the ease with which it may be removed from one place to another it will be found
useful for a variety of purposes upon farms and such like places.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, my improved device or appliance
comprises a suitable basis or foundation mounted upon wheels and furnished with
shafts, while upon the said foundation is erected a beam supported and strengthened
by means of suitably arranged struts or beams, and from the end of which depends
suitable pulley blocks, while upon the aforesaid foundation or basis is also mounted
a small hand winch for use in connection with the pulley blocks for raising or lifting
bay-cocks or the like.
The device is arranged in such a manner as to allow of the framework being
lifted clear of the ground so as to enable it to be readily moved from place to place,
while when required for use the said framework can be lowered until it rests on the
legs with which it is furnished, suitable locking mechanism being provided for this
purpose.
In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will now proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved device or appliance, showing it as raised
for moving from place to place as required, while the position which the wheels and
shafts assume, when the device is in use, is indicated in dotted lines.
Fig. 2 (Sheet, 2.) is an end elevation of the device and Fig. 3 a plan of the basis
or foundation.
Fig. 4 illustrates the locking mechanism in side elevation and plan, drawn to an
enlarged scale.
My improved device or appliance comprises the base or foundation frame a
furnished with the sliding or travelling shafts 6 mounted upon the axle a' by means
of the arms or bell crank levers c and resting upon the fore part of the framework a
where they pass under brackets & beneath which may be arranged small anti-friction
rollers, so as to allow of the easy travelling of said shafts, while the axle a is furnished
with wheels 2, 2 as shown (Figs. 1 and 3).
Above the frame a is mounted the beam or arm » supported at its lower end
between two vertical standards or uprights d, d, and towards the other end by
supporting beams or uprights d', d', the lower extremities of which form legs for
supporting the device when in the working position, while in addition beams d', d',
are provided connecting the upper portion of the beams d', d', with the foundation
frame, while they also carry the bearings 62 of the winch we and the bearing 63 of
the small or operating wheel we¹ of the said winch.
From the end of the beam depend the pulley blocks f, the rope ¹ of which
proceeds to the winch w designed to be operated by the handle h.
The locking mechanism comprises a stretcher rod g pivoted between the arms of

page_text: the bracket g', while it is pivoted at 2 between the parallel arms m, m, the en-is of
which are secured by the pin p to the framework of the device.
The operation of my improved device is as follows:
When it is in the position for moving from place to place, that is with the
framework a raised, the stretcher rod g is drawn down into the horizontal position,
which forces forward the shafts b by reason of the pressure applied to the cross bary,
thus drawing forward the end e' of the bell crank levers e and forcing back the
arms to which the axle is secured as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, when however
it is required for use the end of the stretcher rod g is lifted by means of any
suitably arranged lever which allows of the shafts travelling backwards until the
parts assume the positions indicated in dotted lines, when the device is supported
upon the rear legs k, k, and the movable or shifting leg .
The hay cock to be lifted bas suitable rods or bars passed under it, the ends of
which are then slipped through the rings at the end of the chains as indicated at
and upon revolving the winch by means of the handle h the hay-cock can be readily
lifted to a convenient height, for loading into a cart, or for other purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. The new or improved device or appliance for raising or lifting hay-cocks,
and for such like purposes, comprising a basis or foundation frame a in combina-
tion with beam and supports and strengthening beams d, d, di, d', d², d², the whole
mounted upon axle a furnished with wheels w³, w, and connected to sliding shafts b
by bell crank levers or supports c, the whole arranged in combination with pulley
blocks, hand winch wo, and the locking mechanism, substantially as herein described
and shown with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. In a device or appliance such as above claimed the arrangement of shafts b
designed to slide backwards and forward, for raising and lowering the device as
required and in combination with same the locking mechanism comprising the
stretcher rod g, secured by bracket g¹ to cross rod y of shafts and pivotally connected
to rods or arms m, m, the ends of which are secured to the framework of the
device, the whole arranged and constructed substantially as herein described and
shown with reference to the accompanying drawings.
3. The new or improved device or appliance for raising or lifting hay-cocks and
for such like purposes, arranged, constructed and operated, substantially as herein
described and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 14th day of Sentember 1896
F. G. CASSELL
(Of Cassell & Co.),
22, Glasshouse Street, Regent Street, London, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.