US1044428A - Plural-belt conveyer. - Google Patents

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W. W. WALLACE.

PLURAL BELT vGONVEYER. APPLICATION FILED MR..119L2. QEfM-Jsm Patented N0v.12,1912. 3 SHEETS-SHEET l.

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W. W. WALLACE.

PLURAL BELT CONVEYER.

APPLIGATIUN FILED MARf 1, 1912.

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PLURAL BELT GONVBYER.

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WILLIAM WALLACE, 0F CIIICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 RAYMOND C. PENFIELIL' or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MURAL-:BELT oo NvEYER.

spe-Cineman of Letters Patent.

Application tiled March 1, `1912. Serial No. 680,867.

- transferring material, especially for loading cars or like carriers, and, While having other and more general .fields of usefulness, is Zell adapted for the handling 'of lbriks` or like articles, and more particularly fo'rthe loading of bricks from `a kiln -or other?, storage space into railroad cars,- thepresent illustrative embodiment being. shown as -for this use. A

.The principal objects of thev invention are to -provide a conveyer system adapted to have diiierent portions thereofrloaded s1- multaneously from different portions of thc kiln or other storage space, and in conjunc- :tion therewith in the more complete 'embodiment herein shown, to provide a conveyer arrangement adapted to load into both ends .0f a'ear Aat once.- .The above, andother objects of the invention, will be better understood from the fol- 'lowing' detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and will be thereafter pointed out in the ap ended claims. u

eferring to the drawlin s, Figure 1 is a dia' ammatic .plan view, s owing the gen- 'cra or anization of my improved mecha;

nism; ig. 2 is a'corresponding diagrammatic side view 3 and 4 are complementary views Whic taken together, conyatitute a plan of the receiving portion of the i improved machine; and Figs. 5 and 6 are complementary views which, taken together, constitute a side elevation corresponding to the plan of Figs. 3 and 4.

In the illustrative embodiment of thc invention shown` the conveyer-system is arranged to be loaded from a kiln space extending between series of posts l0, 10 and 11, 11 at opposite sides thereof, only two of -such posts at either side being shown, and .the conveyer is arranged to deliver the i bricks to oars, one of which is designated 12 on atrack 13, which may extend along in 5 l general parallelism with the kiln. Track- Ways' 14 are Ashown mounted on the tops 4of the posts 10, 11 for movement of a crane 15 over the kiln space, and, in the practice of the resent inventon,another trackway 16 is a so carried at the up er parts of these posts, and withthisv tracli'way are. engaged fdependingroller supports 17, carrying rollers over which lare looped cables 18 supporting the ends of a bridge support-19,

whichcarries the receiving portion of the conveyer system, this portion being thus adjustable through the length of the kiln by the traveling of the supports 17 along the trackway 16, and vertically 'through the height of the kiln -by mani ulation ofthe supporting cables 18, as

The receiving portion of the conveyer,l des-- ignated generally' 20, which` is carried by the -bridge support 19, delivers to an intermediate conveyer portion, which is carried by a framework 21, having its end which connects with the conveyer portion 20, supported at a like elevation in receiving relation thereto by any suitable means, shown .as a chain 22, depending from a bracket and standard support 23. The delivery end of this intermediate conveyer portion is supported at a normally fixed elevation on a rest 24 held at the proper elevation for gravity delivery into a car by a chain or cable25,

.mountedfor movement 'as seen at 26 along a trackway, having a column support as at 27. The gravity conveyer from the point 24 into the car is indicated at 28, this consisting preferably of two oppositely branching portions 29, 30 leading to the opposite ends of the car, and each of said portions having a separate conveyer belt supply connection to be described.

The receiving -conveyer* portion 20 is formed of a plurality, shown as two, conveyer belts 31, 32 arranged side by side, the belt 32 extending entirely across the kiln space, and the belt 31 extending approximately half Way across. shown as delivering through an intermediate conveyer portion 33 to the gravity conveyer branch '29 leading into one end of the car, and the belt 32 delivering through the intermediate conveyer portion 34 to the branch 30, leading to the lother end of the car. This arrangement enables the belt 32 to be loaded from the bricks at the side of the kiln farthest from the car, While the ater described.`

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The belt 31 is belt 31 is being loaded by `other operatives -but it also enables the work to'be more veasily and conveniently performed, Since the bridge support 19 can be adjusted to bring both the belt portions 31, 32 up close to the bricks which are to be loaded next thereon, without requiring the bricks for loading the belt 32 to bc lifted over the belt 31, which diliicult and laborious proceeding would be necessary if the belt 31 extended allthe way across the kiln.

Any desired mechanism may be arranged to impart power impulse t0 the belt portions 31, 32, 33, 34, and to adjust the support 19 through the kiln s ace. means for driving tlie conveyor belts consists in a motor 35 mounted on -the bridge support 19, and connected by lgearing 36 to a shaft 37 extending to near the for- Ward end of the platform and connected,

by beveled gearing 38 and spur gearing 39 to a shaft 40, on which is fixed a drum 41, having portionsaround which the belts 31, 32 are looped, these belts extending around rollers 42 at the inner end of the top of the bridge support, and having suitiii) able.tension devices 43. The shaft 40 also has lixed 'thereon sprockets 44 at either end driving sprocket chains '45, which pass around sprocket .wheels 46 on a shaft 47, to which are xed drum portions 48, The intermediate belt portions 33, 34 aire loopcd around these drum portions with suitable take-up devices 49; it will be understood that these belt portions are 'supported at their ends, and also at intervals along their operative reaches on rollers 50, as is usual in such belt conveyers. The outerextremif ties of the operative reaches of loading belts 3l, 32 pass around drums 51, 52, suitably journaled on the bridge support. A'second,

motor 53 is mounted on the support 19 and is' connected by reducing gearing 54 t0 winding drums 55, 56 at the opposite ends of the bridge support, the connection to drums being through gearing 57 to a shaft 58 on .which said drums are fixed, and the connection to-drums 56 being through beveled gearing 59 fixed' to a long shaft (it) extendingr the length of the bridge support and connected by gearing 61 with a shalt (i2 on which said drums are fixed. 'lhe cables 18 may have one end thereof lixcd to the bridge Support, as at' 03, and thence extend np over the roller supports 17 and down around the respective winding drums. The bridge- .snpport may be provided with a platl'ornl training (i4 extending alongside the loading belt vportioni 3l, 32

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at a suitable distance below the same, call culated :for convenience of the'operativcs in f standing thereon for the loading operation. `While the beltarrangement of my improved mechanism, with -one` belt extending partly across the kiln, and another extending entirely across, has special coperation with the oppositely extending conveyor branches 29, 30 leading to the opposite ends of the car, whereby a doubleforceof men can be employed bbth in the kiln'. for loading` andin the carfor piling the bricks t-hercin, and while I deslre to cover this combination both broadly and specifically, it will be understood that my improvel belt arrangement is not limited to use with the oppositel'y extending delivery branches or with any separated delivery branches, and- I therefore desire to cover such belt ar" i rangement per se. It is also Ato be understood that various of the details of construction lnay be modified without departing from the essentials of the invention, and I therefore'do not desire to be .limited in these, or inl any 'other particulars, except as set forth in the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters" Patent is:

1. An' apparatus of the kind 'describeL` comprising a loading conveyor portion formed of plural parts arranged alongsideA u one another with one part extendingonly part way across the space from which,l the i justment of. said conveyr portion laterally through thel space from which the load is to be taken, with said plural tained in relative operative position.

parts main- 2. A conveyer system, having plural parte arranged alongside one another, one o said parts extending partly, across a kiln space, and another part extendingsubstantially entirely across said space, and means permitting said plural parts to be adjustably held in any desired part of said kiln space.

3.4 A conveyer system, having plural endless belts arranged alongside one another, with means :for driving the same, one. of said belts extending partly across a kiln space, and another belt extending substantially entirely across. said space, and means permitting-'the adjustment of said belts horizontally and vertically through the kiln space, while preserving their relative operative positions.

4. A conveyor system, comprising a support extending across one dimension of a kiln space and mounted for adjustment through lthe other two dimensions thereof,

conveyer mechanism fornied in plural parts mounted on said support, one of said parts extending only to an interuualiate point of said kiln space, and another part extending substantially entirely across said space, and a subsequent conveyor portion arranged to receive material delivered by said plural parts. l

A conveyer system, comprising plural conveyor parts arranged alongside each other, one of said parts being substantially shorter than the other for the purpose stated. and subsequent conveyer portions in connection therewith having oppositely extending branches for delivery to different parts of a space to be loaded.

G. A conveyor system formed in two parts arranged alongside each other, one.ot said parts extending only to an intermediate point of a space to be loaded, and the other part extending substantially entirely across said space, and separated conveyer portions connected with said respective parts having oppositely extending branches leading to ditlerent parts ot` a space to be loaded.

7. An apparatus of the kind described, comprising a supportI extending horizontally across one dimension of a kiln space and adjustable horizont-ally and vertically through the other dimensions thereof, two belts extending alongside each other, one to a point intermediate the length of said support and the other substantially the full length thereof, and subsequent conveyer portions in connection with said belts respectively having oppositely branching ex tremities leading to different parts of a space to be loaded.

8. A conveyer system, comprising plural conveyor portions arranged alongside one another, one portion extending partly across one dimension of a kiln space, and the other extending substantially 'entirely across said dimension, means for adjusting said portions through the other two dimensions of the kiln space, and subsequent conveying means mounted in permanent receiving relation to said portions throughout the adjustments thereof.

9. A conveyer system, comprising a support extending across one dimension of a kiln space and mounted4 for adjustment through the other two dimensions thereof, two loading conveye'r parts arranged alongside each other, one extending from one side ot' said'support partly across the same and the other extending substantially the full lengt-h thereof, and subsequent conveyer .pax-ts, each in permanent receiving relation to one of said loading parts, and having oppositely extending delivery branches lead ing to different parts of a space to be loaded. In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of -two subscribing Witnesses.

VILLIAM WV. XVALLACE.

" lVitnesses:

A. POHLE, EDWARD Cox.

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