US380412A - Hay-carrier - Google Patents

Description

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A.. W. TUTTON.

HAY CARRIER.

No.` 880,412. PatenteApr. 3, 1888.

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HAY-CARRIER.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,412, dated April 3, 1888.

Application filed August 52:2, 1887. Serial No. 247,578. (No model.)

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Beit known that i, ARTHUR NV. TUTroN, of Eau Claire, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in HayCarriers; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which forni a partv of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hay-carrying apparatus of that class in which the carrier runs on a cord or line or other suspended track; and the invention consists in bifurcating and slotting the shank or latch of the catch, passing the lever of the supporting-hook through the slot of the catchlever, and in the means for arresting and retaining the carrier and releasing the support` ing hook or catch.

Figure l is a view of the carrier with the side removed. Fig. 2 is a view of the latch of the retainingcatch detached. Fig. 3 is a view of the supporting-catch detached. Fig. t is a view of the stop on the line.

A is the body of the carrier, supported on the cord B by the grooved wheels C C, which are pivoted in the upper section of the carrier by the pivots c c.

The hay-carrier is described as running on the cord l; but it may be run on any other track as `well, this feature is not claimed as a part of my invent-ion.

In the lower section of the carrier is pivoted the pulley D by means of the pivot d, to which is also pivoted the bifurcated ende e of the latch E, which is also slotted at e', and at its free end terminates in the catch F with the beveled point f.

H is alcver pivoted in the carrier on the pivot J, and passes through the slot e in the lever E, and terminates at its lower end in a hook or catch, I, which engages with the loop 7c on the pulley-block Ii, to which the hay-'fork is attached, and supports the load to be conveyed by the carrier. The upper arm. Il, ot" the lever II extends above the pivot J far enough to ailow the bar g ofthe stop G to engage with it and force it back so as t0 release the catch I freni the loop It of the pulley-block K. The spring O is connected at one end With the arm l1, ofthe lever H, and at the other end to the latch E, and returns the lever H to its position when released from the pressure of the bar g of the stop G. The har gef the stop G is grooved upon its upper surface to receive the cord B, to the under side of which it is fastened in any convenient man ner. To the bar g is riveted the two Wings g g', Which project downward and flare outwardly. These wings are united at their front ends by the bar or rod L, which, in operation, engages with the catch F of latch E, and retains the carrier in place-until the fork is loaded. At the same time the front end of the bar g presses back the top of the lever H, andthe hook or catch I is disengaged from the loop of the pulley-block, and the fork falls into the hay on the wagon which is to he unloaded. To the post or rod )I is attached the line N, which is run through the pulleyblock K and passes up over the pulley D, and is carried out to any convenient point.

Vheu the carrier is over the wagon and the fork loaded, the free end of the line N is drawn down,and the pulley-block K 4is raised until the loop k passes above the catch I of lever H, and, striking against the latch E, disengages its catch F from the har L of the stop, and as the carrier moves hack the upper end of the lever His freed from the pressure of the barg of the stop, and its catch I engages in the link 7c and supports the pul- 1ey-block K with the hay-fork during the forward movement of the carrier. Then the carrier arrives atthe proper point, the fork is tripped in the usual manner and the hay deposited in the mow. The carrier is then returned for another forkful, and this process is repeated until the Wagon is unloaded and the hay stowed away in the mow.

It will readily be seen that in my invention the construction of the hay-carrier is greatly simplified and its operation facilitated.

Vhat I claim as my invention is* l. In a hay-carrying apparatus, the combination of the bifurcated slotted latch E with the lever H and spring O, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In a. hay-oarrying apparatus, the oombiprovided with the loop k, the line or cord N, nation of the bifurcalted slotted latch E, lever and the pulley D, substantially as and for the H, spring O, and the stop G on the cord B, purposes specified.

substantially as described. v ARTHUR W. TUTTON. 5 3. In a hay-carrying apparatus, the combi- Witnesses:

nation of the bifurcated and slotted latch E, E. M. PLIMPTON,

lever H, spring O, stop G, pulley-b1ock K, ALBERT L. DREW,

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