Frame for Erecting and Storing Cabs and other Vehicles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 20th June, 1896
Frame for Erecting and Storing Cabs and other Vehicles.
I, JULIUS HILLER of 473, Billerberg, Goldberg in Silesia, Carriage Builder,
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:-
This invention relates to a frame for erecting carriages, sledges and other
vehicles so constructed as to enable them whilst being built to be brought
to any desired height with the smallest possible effort, and to be firmly held in
such position.
The frame is also suitable in cases where there is a want of storage space, as it
enables carriages, carriage bodies, agricultural machinery or implements and
the like to be placed one above the other without resting upon or damaging 'one
another.
In the accompanying drawing which illustrates this invention;
Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the lifting arrangement provided with a
windlass showing a carriage in a raised position.
Figure 2 is a view in rear elevation of the same.
Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 are views of a hand lever.
Figures 7, 8 and 9 are views of a lifting jack, and
Figure 10 is a view of a lifting jack provided with a windlass.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The rectangular lifting device proper consists of a frame which is fastened
together at the base by means of U-shaped iron beams, and at the top by means of
a girder of any suitable type. The pillars or standards a are provided with vertical
slots in which engage the cross girders c which can be raised to any desired
height. In the pillars or standards a are holes d for the reception of the retaining
pins e. In order to prevent the pillars a from splitting or bulging, blocks
provided within the slots of the said pillars, the blocks g being fastened by means
of bolts provided with thumbscrews.
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In raising the carriages or the like upon the boards c¹ placed across the cross
girders c, the handle is used as follows:-The handle is provided with a loop h³
which engages with the end of the cross girder c and is lifted the desired distance by
means of the rungs i on the said handle. At the moment of lifting a retaining
pine is inserted into the highest hole below the cross girder c. This is done for
the second, third and fourth pillar. In order to prevent a jolt which might happen
through want of care by the slipping of the handle or the hooks m¹ of the lifting
jack, the first retaining pin is left in the hole, and a reserve retaining pin el is
employed for the next higher hole and so on. On reaching the level of the breast,
the handle is reversed, the lower end coming uppermost. By means of this
operation, the carriages can be raised to the desired height. But if the carriages
are too heavy, so that the simple handle h would not suffice for the work, then the
lifting jack k is employed, (see Figs. 7, 8 and 9) the same being placed against
the side of one of the pillars a. The cross beam c is placed in the hook m¹ of the
lever m, which is fulcrated to the standard k of the jack by means of a pin passing
through holes therein and holes in the lever m. The hook m' is pivotted to the
lever m by means of a pin passing through a hole therein and holes 1" in the
hook m¹. After the cross beams c have been lifted, by pressing down the lever m,
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page_text: sufficiently to pass one or more of the holes d in the pillar a, and after the cross
bar c has been locked in its new position by means of the pin e or e¹, the fulcrum of
the lever m is raised, by shifting the pin to a higher hole in the standard k. The
four ends of the cross bars c are preferably raised simultaneously with four such
lifting jacks but this is not obligatory as the ends may be raised successively.
For rapidly raising and lifting off vehicles there is employed a lifting device
provided with a windlass. The said lifting device is mounted on a shaft n which
is supported by the two pillars a and which carries at each end of the shaft two
pulleys o o¹ upon which, when the windlass is rotated, two wire ropes or chains p p¹
are wound on to and off each pulley in such a manner that each cross girder c
always remains horizontal whilst being moved up or down, and is capable of being
secured in position by means of the retaining pin e. For greater security, the
windlass may be further provided with a pawl and ratchet mechanism r.
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 :-
A frame for erecting and storing carriages and the like and also agricultural
machines and implements, characterized by cross girders which carry the article to
be raised, and which are adapted to be raised or lowered by means of a handle,
lifting jack or windlass; the said girders being guided in slots or grooves in the
pillars of the frame, or being slotted so as to work on feathers or fillets on said
pillars, and being adapted to be fixed at any desired height by means of retaining
pins or in any other manner, as set forth.
Dated this 20th day of November 1895.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Associate Agent.