US1585193A - Boat-transporting apparatus - Google Patents

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May 18 1926.

J. J. F?. HAALCK BOAT TRANS PORT I NG APPARATUS 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 19l awww Mfg. )Y

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May 18 1926.

J. J. R, HAALCK BOAT TRANSFGRTING APPARATUS 5 fleets-Sheet 2 Filed March 19. 1925 May 18 1926. 1,585,193

J. J. R. HAALCK;

BOAT TRANSPORT ING APPARATUS Filed March 19. 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 May 18, 1926. .1,585,193

J. J. R. HAALCK BOAT TRANSPORTING APPARATUS Filed Mrch l@ 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 May 18 192e. 1,585,193 Jt J. R. HAALCK BOAT TRANSPORTING APPARATUS Filed Marh 19. i925 Y v 5 sheets-Sheetl 5 atto z neg 'CBEAJN, JRGEN BCARD HAALC, 0F BAKESFELD, CALIFRNIA.

IBOAT-TRNSGRTING APIPARAT'S.

Application tiled March 19, 1925.

his invention relates to boat transporting such as sliown in iny Patents granted March i9, i018? and .--i granted 1rloveniber 5, 1918, and 'Y application for patent- Serial ending' tn struc-taires shovafn in these patents d in 'he pending application beinnl so con- .icted that the boat may be carried trein lower lev vl to higher level or vice versa and tal-:en from one body oi' wat-er to another, over hills or alone; any desireil route.

in all ot the strnctines therein described and illustrator, the boat while being t insported up down incline is supported in a horizontal position either, for instance, bv a swii no cradle which, through the action ot vit'v, is kept horizontal, or, tor i ance, the boat is lifted at one end and tained in this horizontal position by jacls or lilce elements on the transporter while it is being carried up the incline or down the ificline and lowered into the water. These devices necessitate verjyv great strength in the structure and an expenditure ot great lifting' power, and this requires relativelyT coinplicated niechanisn 'lhe present invention contemplates a. siniplitication oit sach transporting;` apparatus and an elimination oil overhead boat supporting` mechanism and ot power operated vmeans; 'for lifting' the boat by the provision oil a transporter which supports a lined cradle or boat carrier which, when the transpoi is in a horizontal position, is inclined but which, as the transporter inoves up the incline, is gradually brought to a horizontal position beneath the horizontal bottoni ot the boat and as the transporter' nieves up the incline litts the boat upward out ot the wa.- ter. it farther contemplates in this connection a transporter having structural elements which, when the transporter is on a horizontal stretch ot track and the boat is not supporter thereby., nds at sach an inclination that when the transporter is dis posed upon the inclined portion ot the track and is inox/'ing` upward with the boat and supporting the saine, the structural elements will be in a vertical position and the strain downward,

le. nrther objiect is to provide a transporter which is hauled up or lowered down the incline by a cradleoperated nieniber and power house, and to provide in connection with. the transporter a puller Or hauling tiled on the 25th day ot Marcin Serial No. 16,853.

trucl: also operated over the power house and operating on the horizontal portion ot the track over which the transporter moves, whereby the transporter may be hauled along the horizontal canal or basin toward or iroin the beginning of the inclined portion ot the track and trein the transporter, which canal or basin constitutes the approach to the inclined portion ot the tra-ch.

A still further object is to provide means whereby, when the transporter has been hauled to the peak or' the incline, it may be switched onto a branch track and so carried into another canal or basin into which the boat is gradually lowered until the boatl'loats independently ot the transporter7 and to provide means whereb7 the cable connected to the. transporter may be lnoperljyv guided and shifted troni the first named tracla, as may be called, into lin-e with this branch track and vice versa, said means being shitted out ot the way of the transporter as the transporter arrives on the switch.

Another object is to provide means whereby the weight ot the transporter itsel'in4 may be coanterweighted as, for instance, when the transporter is moving' on dhe inclined portion ot the track so as to thereby reduce the power required to raise or lower th transporter.

Other objects have to do with the means for controlling the operation of the cables which ope ate tie transporter', the haulingl carriage and the eounterweight, and with the details' of construction which will be later described.

My Iiirfention is illustrated in the accoin panyinw' drawings, wherein Figure l is a vertical sectional view tlirough a basin showing the inclined trackwa7 by which a vessel is vdrawn upward troni a lower level to a higher level.;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the tracl; structure shown in Figure l to show the manner in which the transgoiteiL with its vessel is shifted troni the inain upwardly inclined. traclr to a traes running downward into the water;

Figure is a vertical. sectional view through the basin troni which the vessel is taken and through a portion of the upwai-dij.Y inclined track Figure 4; is a like view to Figure 3 but showing` the vessel as itis moved onto the inclined. track;

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional. view lli) ii oni the baring jii'e G is ai iop olziii View of th means for guiding the Cable the switch;

Figui'e 7 is an eid View of i'he conduit 13o;

Figui'e S is a top lahm View of 'the Sti'iiehire shown in lfigiii'e 3;

Figui@ 9 is L 'op plan view on ii'olliiig mechanism foi' the iiaiiisp controlling; iii 113;

Figure 1l a gifle eleml'ioii of the iiiecli* :mism for eisiiig oi lowering 'the Siueiui'e :fhon'ii iii l Cios's Seciion thi'oo camail and ille basin showiig the i'iaiiepoiwu i fai-tion;

l` iguie l a ioiigiiuiliiml Seetioiinl View h ihe main clutch;

i Le; .ce 15 is :iii ond elevation o1 the Siruei'uie shown Iin Figure ll;

Figure 2G is o, di' '21mm' i the iiizmiiei iii which h which l' l se Closei'il moet a sei' elieiii be geen that z mein.,

Lie ezilizil :l with which the canal eoiiiiiiuiimziicss.

i A:iilS l() and parallel rails 1 ihe iipiiffhie l2 oli ojie .ome distale-,u shove the 1 posts 16. lo simili com e 1.8, L'hiite iipi'igghs lower sills l? of he preferably by means of coiled springe 19, is a heil Consisting of iizfiiisveisely extending cables 20. These cables are placed rel?,- iziveiy close iogehei' nd he sgi-ings 19 aie ,i'eiiemhly aiteiiefl so beams 2l, which iii 1 ifbtzicheil to 'che upi'ighs. lt will oe Figure 3 that the-.fie beams 2l :we

il oon'iiwzli'fl at un angle to Ehe hori- Cflil one @ml of the ieiiepoii'ei', Jie foro' "d end, the beams oiE "he cables Q() is I, ottoni oi the trans- Y Vh end this hed is relaiively high above the boohi ol" the 'fi'nnrspoi-tei'.

il, will Yrom Figure f3 ihm; hf, i i fr mooi'iiig' pos l) a ai zii angle o the vei'l'iciil :mal e. i n to ille inclination oi the beams ji mliiiial iiiembei'g l which i i y, Mea

l; Y of Wheels being mounted upon jhe -e 25.-, he Wheels i213 ongoing with il e Y s il() mi@ theI Wheels with the ils i ifz.ii:poifte1 is iii uV horizontal positioi afs iowa in Figiii'e Ll-. thai; the bed7 by which io he digue/cl ehe cables 2()A ilieii Springs;

allied parie", is clieposoil in u (lowi- 'ly and ioi'wucily incline( poe' oii. hifi when the t@ oirreaches ihe 11pineaL portion C oj he iaek. the

., iheii he iii a Veiti al poitioii It will likewise be iioiecl ihcit he i the bei will he in a horiz-smul positioi.. ie obvious tha 11'? the izmfspoi-iei' with its bed heneaih the Ye sel vale-i' of the canal oi' one end will he afljacei;

for ino' i0 l a imi 'he ioiwziiil poilimi of the lv eoiniiioiioe io ifi beneath ih-'3 hoax# i j, and when lie tra ,marier e inclined poi'gio'; C of the 1fill be Clisiiofieil in i hm'ii poe-5i iolA ben iz ti n of 'ihe boat, the nioiiieii when ilzs occurs; the boei -will be still loa'ii` y y,

with only a minimum o1" weight upon the bed, but as ihe Loii ul-- minces up the inclined poi'ion C the oeil o Y. L 1 ine utile: zum

she tianspoiiei will lift he bool" zwi/l ihn; boat will he giadually lien out of' ill-1;

transporter. "it this time v 25 is ifouid. 'rhon power 1e applied to this drum direction, the transporter is drown o he upper end et the ineliie, ond when the power is released the Weight of the transporte-r or the transporter and b et will cause the drinn to rotate in the reverse direction, the cable to be unWound, and the tieneH porter to move on down the incline.

Betere describing' what oeeure when the trenspor'er `and the vessel l eve reached the toi of the incline, will describe the ineens wherebj,7 the drum 2T ie operated. This drinn 2'? `is mounted upon a shatt 28 und the drum carries e broke et any suitable chere-eter whereby the speed ot' the drinn new be controlled. llfounted upon this shalt QS is e gear Wheel 30 and sprocket Wheel 3l. Extending); parallel to the shaft 2S 1s a Countersl sie 32 upon which is mounted 'i i9 effing O y the geur Wheel 3 ries upon it on eutonirt *i l not describe at the )respower to be lil. s)

^ or power or wheel. end he sprocket iifheel to toe heit ed in the i z bloei is e so mounted 'thereon in l 1' ng mriille Ld one, Course, loeL iouse, ie o power shaft "3 5 driven bj; o.. nio'or carrying a bet pullejy7 n poslsfi'e e belt il to u fiel*- i t ST- Ainy other sii emitting pover to the sha.-

Vloo". y mounted Upon this iiion o@ 'vhieh meshes with the gear i :21" leo iooeely mounted upon he sproelret Wl'ieel 43 which ie l o sprocket Wheel in@ 'i i eel th teh ed n tvnd :he i ole $26 elly ithe'r into ont Cfr.

engagement with the pinion 3o that the shaft 32 Will be turned in onel direction that when., on the Contrary, the eluteh member i6 is shifted into engagement with the clutch teeth on the sproeket vv'heel 41.3 the shaft 32 will be torneo 70 in 1the reverse direction. Lhus I heiT prol fhsi't 32 end. thereiiore, the shaft Q8 in either t` i. The shaft 37 also carries upon or belt Wheel Ll which is loosely ,pon the Shettand which e1 i rie shaft by Ineens or the @luto t i ne in one see-tion, but as L nr fter o orreted from the sections e owe" being` transmitted from the Neethe eer-tion 37 through e friction S5 oonetrnetion will be nonY de- Referring; to gure 14e, it Wiil be eeen that this friet-ion block is formed in two outer Sheli or barrel C, '.onnted 51p is keyed upon the she it section 3T by ineens ot u. key 52, this outer shell or barrel 5l del;

having o longitudinally extending re less in which the shaft section 37@ extends.

tion the borrel or to the por 5l is prei l with triangular ree which elitenff from the ente the barrel the es et' theeV being; inn/ord and i 2 e the 'nner of the barrel.

surrounding the barrel 5l is a cylindrical shell 57 also formed with slots 58 which align with the recesses 55. Disposed within the rectangular el embers 56 are e series ot' friction blocks which beer against the peripherT ot the oiuteh member 5e, sind pass-- ing inward through the slots or receeeee 55 and 55 are a plurality of bolts 6() which are hinged to the bloelis which et their outer ende etend beyond the shell 5T end pase through curved, outwairdlj,T bowed irons 6l. are disposed on the bot Nuts G2 60 on each siate ot each iron 6l.

obvious now that it the shell 57 be witted toward the right in Figure le the holte 60 viii be disposed et ein ongle to e piene at Vright ongles to the exis of the barrel5 but the-tif the shell 57 be shifted toward the lett in. Figure 14; the irons 6l Willearry the bots into or toward e position right engles. to the longitudinal axis oi the shell and through o toggle e. -t o torce' the friction blocks menige to is a stud relation entially with periphery ot' the wheel 32 is ich carries upon it a stop across the iace oil the l, st which the stud 3o will bear or sti;L ie when the wheel Q2 has niade a senil-revolution. This stop 33 is pivoted at 8S). Mounted upon tl support 37 and upon the support 90 is a bolt 91 which is ureed by a, spring S2 into position across the lace o1" the wheel 32 but which is held baclr out otits projected position by means ot a locking pawl 93. rlhis locking pawl is connected by a linl' Sil to the stop lever 33. and the lower end oi the linlr 94; is connected by ineens ol a spring 99 with the ineniber ST. Attached to the bolt 91is an operatingl cord 100 having a handle 101 passing over a pulley 102 so that when this operating cord is pulled the bolt 91 will be retracted.

rlChe operation of this portion of the mechanism is as follows: 17a/*hen transporter moves up the branch tracks 10b and 11) and about to strike the guide spool 09, the banale 101 is pulled, which retracts tire bolt 01 which at this tiine proyccting over the stud 30. is soon as this is rotractec 'ust the 'torce et spring it i cai ht by the pawl 93 and at the san; tune the strain on' the cable 'i3 will cause the rotation the wlieol in counterclocliwise li on, thus droppingv the traine Tl into the pit Ti", thus moving the tra ie 71 with the spindle or spool 09 out ot' iii-ie way of the trainer nner. 'l he guiding pulley or spool 09 is used when the transporter has been drawn up onto the switch 'tracks 10 and 11a then is about to be guided along onto the tracks l0b and 11b. This spool is then raised but is lowered immediately that the transporter reaches the spool and then is again raised alter the transporter has passed onto the rails 10h and 1l and then holds the cable 25 at the iniddle ol the trac is 10 and 1.1h while the transporter is passing' down these branch tracks to the upper canal or brein lt is also, ot course, used when the transporter is being` drawn upward along these branch tracks 10'J and 11b and is dropped just as the transporter enters upon the tracls 10a and 11a and reinains dropped iile the 'transporter is passing,l along the ti 10a and 115l and onto the tracks 10 and 11 and down these tracks5 as it is not used except when the transporter is moving on the tracks 10b and 11b.

For the purpose ol' counterbalancing the transporter and thus relievingthe. strain on the n'iotor, l provide a counterbalaneing drum, designated 103, (see Figure 9) which is inoi'lnted upon a shaft 10st extending parallel to the shafts 32 and 28. This druin is Irast upon the shalt 10d and is controlled by means ot a brake band 105 or any other suitable brel-:1o. il counterweighting cable 100 is wound upon the drum, this cable being; connected to a counterweight 10i" inounted upon a carriage ot truck 108. Vlhe shaft 1041 is driven by ineens ot a sprocket wheel 1i.- inounted upon the shaft and over which passes sprocket chain 110 which passes over the sprocket wheel 31. This sprocket wheel 119 is loose uron the shalt 104 but inay be clutched thereto by means ot the ch nienib r 111 operated by will nieve up its track as the transporter nieves down its track,

For the purpose ot shitting the transporter longitudinally along the b asin and in a direction away 'troni the inclined track C, l provide a haulingtruck, which l will hereatter designate the puller, this hauling truck, as illustrated in Figure 5, comprisingl a body 11.3. upon leur wheels 1111 which operate upon the tracks 11 and the body is held to these tracks 11 by a depending ineinber 115 which has a roller 116 engaging beneath the `head et the rail 1-1. rThis body 113 is connected to cable 117 which passes around a pulley 118 operatively supported at the end of the basin reinote troni the incline C. To the opposite end ot trie body 113 is pivoted vertically shittable draw 1 ars 119 which at their ends are 'formed with hooks constituted by downwardly extending shoulders 1207 the draw bars 119 having their ends upwardly curved, as at 121. These shoulders or iooks 120 engage with a transversely extending;` bearn or like element 122 on the rear end ol each transporter. The bony 113 extends out 'eneath the draw hars 119 and acts to support the draw bars in a horizontal position, and pivoted upon the sides of the body and adapted to engage with the draw bars to litt thei'n are bell crank levers 123. These bell cranlr levers are pivoted t0 the projecting; portion ol the body l113 and are so disposed that when the bell crank levers are turned with their arins 121 upward the hooked draw bars will be raised and when the arins 12-1 are turned into a horizontal position or nearly to a horizontal position, the bars will be lowered.

For the purpose of automatically turning these bell oranlr levers into their vertical position and thus lifting the hooked draw bars, l provide adjacent the beginning ot the upwardly inclined portion C of the tracks 'lhis body 113 is mounted j track, as desired.

the stop irons 125 elined forward ent f the deipei din cranks downward into a vertical position. rl'he cable 11.7 pz: from the pulley 113, a i previously described, and then passes over t ide prille i' 123 and 129 and then pa as. for instance, through a conduit 13G over a drum 131, then bach along,l the track, and abore the ties thereof to the forward end of the puller 113 to which it is attached at 130. Preferably the conduit 130 is divided into two parts b y the separator 133 (see Figure 7) and the upper stretch of the cable 117 passes through the upper portion of the conduit, While the lower stretch passes through the lower portieri. By operating the drum 131, it is obvious that the cable 117 may be shifted in either direction to thus pull the hauling' carriage 113 either away from the inclined portion C of the track or toward the inclined portion of the T his drum 131 is mounted upon a shaft 13/1 which, of course, is disposed Within the operating room, and this shaft carries upon it the gear Wheel 135 -which meshes with a pinion 136 loosely mounted upon a shaft 137 extending,T parallel to the shaft 134.

Also mounted upon the shaft 13d is a sprocket Wheel 133 over Which passes a. sprocket chain 139 to a sprocket Wheel 1li-.O loosely mounted upon the shaft 137 n shiftable clutch 141 is adapted, in an obvious manner, to connect either the sprocket Wheel 139 With the shaftor the gear Wheel 13G with the shaft so as 'to rotate the drnin 131 either in one direction or the other. rlhe shaft 137 is, of course, to be driven by power and is preferably formed in two sections, as heretofore described, and provided with a. friction block or clutch 142. Either mounted vabove the shaft 137 or in any suitable relation thereto is a shaft lil-3, which shaft carries upon it a beveled gear wheel les which may mesh with the beveled gear Wheel M5 mounted upon the shaft 137. It Will be understood. that any suitable gearing` may be arranged between. the shafts 137 and 143 so as to drive the shaft 1%3 from the shaft 137.

lilxtendinp` parallel to the shaft 1&3 is a second drum shaft 1341 carrying upon it a drum 13121, and the mechanism connecting this shaft 143 With the shaft 134:n is the same as that between the shaft 137 and the shaft- 131- and, therefore, it is not believed necessary to recapitulate this description. En tending over the drum 131n is a cable 117, which cable is connected to a second haulingcarriage or puller arranged for the branch basin or canal and operated precisely the saine as the carriage 113, by the same mechanism, and in the ne way.

in Figure 1G, l have shown diagrammatically the manner in which the tracks and which have upwardly inls 12C. Springs 127 act i, j arms of the bell nasales.

r canals would be used in crossingi l. eoruitry and carrying' a vessel, for ance, from a river on one side of hills "ver or basin or any other port on the site of the hills. it ll be obvious the mechanism which have devised t be used in a large nur; ber f lilli'eren.; ations other for crossing` a sligntly cle `ed country7 or for carrying ships around some reason be built.

The operation of the device will be oli Vious from what has gone before. sel enters the lower canal Wh'eh diately to one side of the basin il. ris soon as it desired to lift the vessel, the puller 113 is operated by means of the cable 11T and the whirlingl drum 131 to dranv the transporter' from a position adjacent the eline C to the opposite end of tht c liefore the transporter' is lnougrht into sition, horse er, the vessel isY 'rifarsi-nl otherwise shifted into position against tlside Wall 1116 of the basin, as sho l. Fi ure 13, and may be held to the posts 1.47 l; cables, The transporter then pulled b the hauling; carriage 113 into position lah ne `th the vessel, as shown in 'y yesel is then connected by means of cables d to the post 1o and when the ca has been proijx-erly connee ed to the the strain is placed upon the cable through the instrumentality ol the pooperated drum 27. rlhis draws the runsporter up the incline C and, of draws the vvessel along` with the transpoi iiihen the transporter' reaches the incline it rises and the bed formed of the members 21, 2O and 13 comes up beneath lic bottoni Lil of the boat and as the transporter moves upward thA boat is gradually lifted until eventually, and when the rei-tical members 19J have reached their vert'.- cal position, the boat .resting` full;l upon the bed or cradle and is onl,'

slightly supported, if at all, by the nacer. The transporter then moves up the inclinel to any desired distance.

1t may be stated here that as porter moves over to the beginning` of the inclined portion C, the (hanv bars 1i be lifted by reason of the dependinuv arms of the bell crank loyers 123 strilinfg the inclined faces 126 of the stop irons l'bis then releases the hauling' carriage l its engagement with the transporter'. transporter then mores up the incline C, as before stated, but the hauling carriage re mains at the bottom of the incline read;Y for a descending' transporter.

lihen the transporter arrives on switch rails 10il and 11", the switch rails are shifted so as to align them with the branch rails 10" and 11]. The connection of the drum Q7 with the power operated shaft 3l -3 is soon as the trans upon the ralls 10 le or gnde 69 is raised by upper cenal, which may be but short distance below the lfhen it a relativelyT rails l0I and 11% reaches a horizontal position, the second pn ler or hauling-` carriage if'hich on the branch teck is in posi'ion to receive it, and as the transporter cornes to this carriage the beani 122 strikes the npwardly inclined ends 121 ot the c aiv lli/- and liilits these drew bars nn in hooks 1Q() engageover the rii power is applied to the cable 11,7, or

.wir betie carriage 1131L is drawn. along the canal ing with it the trainsl orter, nntil o p place is reached tor the vessel to l;

leased troni its engagement -with the 16, whereupon the vessel posses ont over the transporter and passes on in berth or into the lanal leadi llhc operator then reverses which draws the tronsporter back, i t when the transporter reaches the npvnrflly inclined portion C, the bell crank lever 1:5

Will again operate to release the transporter troin its engagen'ient with the hauling carriage lll-l". The transporter is then zig-nin drawn n*l iro-on the svftch rails 10 1ln and thc sv't h are again turned into t iv'th the rails 10 and 11, the f is depressed, and

ed to roll down the lfb' and 1.1 and rails 10 and l1 into i l to receive another vessel tiro-in the canal bvionsiy the :tor trnisportino to the loiv lex boats Vtroni the l. claim:- 1. A bont transporting sjvstei'n including a lower basin, an upper basin, rails en: tcndiinr npvvart at an inclination to the level ot the upper basin, switch rails er; tending,` noward from the upper ends oil the innin rails, branch ri i s extending downward to the upper basin and Wit-h which the switch rails are adapted to align, ineens for shitting); the switch 'ails 'troni the inain rails to the branch rails and vice versa, a boat transporter moving` over the rails, a cable attached to one end ot the t ansp rter and esteinling;l np said inclined track, a WindingI drinn disposed above the inclined switcn rz ils and with which said cable is connect ed, means tor applying power to the transtransporter inev be used boots 'troni the high level Woll as transporting;

porter to Wind np or unwind drinn, and a guide spool ino/f."L

ont of the path of inov nient or l, porter and disposed at the middle or the switch track at the entrance end thereof 'l 'i l Wnereby to cause tne cable to tief: at this point and permit the cable to extend down 1.1, e 'oggi .1.' i 1 1 ,.1 in. in ie ci tne oiancn tinck.

,2. boat transpoitinn` systein includingi lower l asin, upper basin, rails extendig troni the lower basin upward toward c upper basin loivcr brein, switch rails cntendiig upward oppor ends' inain rails, brsnch rails extending downward to the upper basin and with which the switch rails are adapted to align, ineens :lor shitting the switch rails 'rointhe niain rails to the branch rails and vice verse, boat transporter moving` over the rails, a cabi attached to one end ol' the transporter1 and e. tlnding up said inclined track, a vsi drnin disposed above the inclined d ll .1.a will en "ails and vwith which said cr-.ole is connected, n guide spool niovable into or ont of the path of ino-vement oIn the tinnsporter l osed at the middle ot' the switch tY tl e cnt ance end thereof whereby i ii :o censo the calle to fiez; atthis point ant perinit the cable to extend down the middle ot the l ranch track, a pit beneath the spool, a hinged freine supporting` the spool ant inox ible with the spool dovvn into the pit, manually controlled power operated ineans 'or raising` the tran e and locking it in its aisee position, and manually operable ineans for releasing said locking,` ineans to permit the traine to drop into the pit.

8. A boat transportingsystem including` a basin, a track extending horizontally along tie asin and then upward and ont ot' the basin at an inclination thereto, a boat trans movingl on the track and having a `oasupporting bed, a cable connected to one end ot the boat transporter whereby it may be hauled np the inclined track or lowered dovxn the saine, sind a power operated puller operating on the horizontal portion ot the track and adapted to hanl the transporter along the horizontal portion of the track away roin the inclined portion thereof.

A boat transporting` s vsteni including a basin, a track extending horizontally along the bottoni thereof and then npvard and ont oi the, basin at an inclination thereto, a wheeled transporter movable along the track and having` boat-supporting ineens thereon, a Winding mechanism disposed at the top ot the inclined portion of the track, a cable extending troni the Winding inschanisin down the inclined portion ot the track and connected to tl adjacent end of the transporter, and a power operated hauling carriage operating; on the horizontal tion of the track and movable vtherealong *extending in either direction rind having ineens 'l'or :intonmtienlly engaging one end of the transporer when the tranrporier is at i'he lower end o1" die inclined portion or the creek 5. A hout transporting sys'eln including e hesin, n l'rziek eA iending iorizontally along #he booin thereof and then upward and oni of 'ehe iesin at nn inclination thereto, :i wheeled transporter nioiehle along he track end having hout-supporti g ineens thereon, :i Winding' ineelnniisin disposed at the Cop of the inclined portion of the 'ir-cieli, :i cz hie freni ine Winding mechanism inclined porion of the t 'rick and to the acjzicent ena o1* rho 'rei .fsnowcr operiiied hauling carri-ege donn the connected pori/er, :i operating on the horizenai portion o1 the reci: and movable hereelong in eiher di- 'ecrion and having menne Jfor automatically 'igziging one end *che ransporter when the transporter is et he lower end of the inclined porion of the track, end ineens causing the dieengegeinen of the puller from 'the trump .rer' when the treni orter has heen drawn hy he cable toward 'he inclined o `tion of the truck and has reached oi L n n l the roc-i of seid inclined portion.

''rinispoicing system including' 3. 3L iJOLt A i ,i iny r, track exi'ifnding herir/fonhilly'y along "he basin und then upward and ont of Ahe basin :it :in inclination thereto,l :i irnisnorer niovznjile over he track, e Winding device mounted at the up@ end of Jche inclined portion of the track, n able extending frein the Winding` device downward to the 4" rans- Qorte' und operatively connected `thereto whereby the irrinspor'er may he drawn up Jche inclined. portion of the track or lowered mames down the sinne, and power operated ineens 'for shifting the transportes.' along the horizonizil Lor'ion of the Traci; in said basin :1w-ny freni the inclined porion.

honiy transp n'ing syseni incr; i n cinch exending lnn'ixontelly ah i and then nm'erd :ind o iii an inclination thereto, :i ininspore Y or the tre/eli, n. vinci devi inonni'ed at ihe npyer portion oi il e tradi, e cable e; the n'indi ice ewnwnrd "o the Trensperier conneceii hereigo Inny be dra fn up orion of che ire li or lowered por-:er operated ineens for snorier along Jdie horizontal ii in seid hnein away roin Lion includinga carriage breek and having pivoted end, the 'lrnw hars being C" .,'e over a portion of the cfble utuched to op- L leiding frein whereby nierine for *releasing gement with t Y Seli i'izi'ii le? @zich having' :i .i :i in exending hearen' bar, and ineinneginning o'j 4die .inhe trici; with which levers; :ire

il erin' the hell L) Q crank levers lo reine the in iesiinony vhereoi' i hei signature.

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