US437275A - Store-service apparatus - Google Patents

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7 IVILLIAM F. BAILEY, OF GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,27 5, dated September 30, 1890.

Application filed February 4, 1886.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Store-Service Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of storeservice apparatus used for carrying cash and parcels from the salesman to the cashier and from the cashier to the salesman, and in which two tracks are used, inclined in opposite directions, the one to carry the car to the cashier and the other to carry it to the salesman; and the improvement consists in certain constructions and combinations of devices for securing and adjusting the track-wires upon a station-post, for elevating and lowering the car upon the station-post and holding the carelevator in alignment with the track-wire; in an improved device for holding the car upon the elevator and for releasing it therefrom when the said elevator is placed in alignment with the track-wire; in an improved guard adjustably secured upon the station-post to conform to the adjusted position of the track and prevent the derailment of the car by its momentum when drawn up by the elevator to the line of the track; in a buffer-plate secured to the receiving-elevator to arrest the movement and prevent the derailment of the car when received at the station; in novel means for supporting the ends of the forwarding and return track wires at the cash-station, and for adjusting said supports'to receive the track-wire from various angles or directions, to novel means for transferring the cars from the forwarding to the returntracks at the cash-station, and to certain details of construction hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective of my invention, showing one of the sales-stations and a part of the cash-station with apparatus for communicating between said stations, the track wires shown elevation, showing a fragment of the upper end of the sales-station post, the track bracket and guard, and the forwarding-elevator in its raised position; Fig. 3, a horizontal section of the post in the line as a; in Fig. 2, and

plan of parts below; Fig. 4, a sectional elevation in the line as m in Fig. 3, showing fragments of the ends of the elevator-arms and the track-bracket; Fig. 5, an enlarged side elevation of the end of the post, the bracket, and the receiving-elevator, with the latter slightly below its position to receive the car; Fig. 6, a section int-he line m :20 of Fig. 5; Fig.

7, an enlarged sectional elevation in the line 'g y. in Fig. 5 of a track bracket, showing the guide-plates and socket by which the elevator-arm is guided and held; Fig. 8, an enlarged side elevation of the brackets and transfer-elevator and a fragment of the post at the cashiers station; Fig. 9, an elevation of the inner side of the pendenttrack-bracket shown at Fig. 8; Fig. 10, a side elevation of the car; Fig. 11, a plan of the car hanger and wheels detached from the basket; Fig. 12, an end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 11.

A single forwarding-track A and a single return-track A, inclined in opposite directions, are employed to connect the sales-stations B-of which there maybe any nu mber 7 5 with the cash-station O. The track-wires A A are, respectively, secured at the sales-station to the outer ends of the brackets D D, supported, respectively, upon pendent posts B B The posts B B are formed of two barsB B united, as shown at Fig. 1, at their lower ends, or of a single bar bent, as shown at same figure, to provide the shorter arm or post B carried by the longer arm B, which is secured to the ceiling or other support, to hold both arms or posts in a suspended position. A forwarding-elevator E is supported to slide upon the post 13 to elevate the car from the sales-counter to the forwarding-track A, and a receiving-elevator E is similarly supported to slide upon the post B to lower the car from the return-track to the salescounter.

The track-wires A A are secured at the cash-station to pendent brackets F F, sup- 5 ported from horizontal rails O C and located one above the other, and a transfer-car elevator G is supported and travels upon an upright post 0 to take the cars from the track A and deliver them to the track A.

The elevators E and G are raised by their respective hoisting-cords H, passing over pul- ICO leys 71.. The receiving-elevator E is drawn down by a cord 11, and is elevated by a cord H passing over a pulley h, and a weight 71., which serves to hold the said elevator normally in its raised position, in readiness to receive cars which are returned upon the receiving-track A. Each of the posts 3 B is braced by a guy-Wire A extending in the line of the track to one of the Walls or otherfixed part of the building.

The bridge-brackets D D are each bowed or bent laterally at their forward ends, as shown plainest at Fig. 3, to provide a clear space for their respective coaeting elevators in the line of the track at the terminus thereof, and said brackets have each a socket (l at its inner end, through which the posts 13 B respectively pass, so that either bracket may be adjusted in higher or lower planes on its respective post and held after adjustment by a clamp-block d and set-screw d, fitted in the end of the socket, to bear against the post. By means of this vertical adjustment of the brackets D D the elevation and inclination of the cartrack wires are adjusted as may be found necessary. The outer end of each bracket is formed into a wedge-shaped abutment-block d in the line of track to which one end of the ear-track wire is secured, and which also forms a guide to direct and hold the end of the car-elevator, as will hereinafter appear.

The end of the track-wire A fits in a groove d in the apex of the block (Z (see Fig. 7) and passes through a downwardly-inclined hole or passage d in said block, (see Fig. 4,) and the wire is then laced through holes (i in the flange cl of the block to hold it securely thereon.

The car-elevators E E are each composed of a ear-track arm e each of which trackarms has a socket c at one end, which fits upon its respective post BB and each socket c is provided with rollers c, which bear upon opposite sides of the post and red nee the jamming friction incident to such constructions to a minimum in sliding the sleeve on the post. The track-arms e project from the posts and have each anotch e at its projecting end to fit the groove (Z (see Fig. 7) of the abutment-block d and hold the track-arm c firmly in the line of the track, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The inner face of each abutment-block (1 or face which confronts the elevator, is grooved at (Z to receive the track wire, (see Fig. 7,) and the sides d of the groove (Z are spread or flared downwardly to deflect and guide the outer end of the elevator-arm at the termination of its upward movement to its seat (1, located at the juncture of the sides (1 of the groove immediately beneath the end of the track-wire. A stop block or loop I is secured and adjusted upon each post B B by a clamping-block z" and set-screw i to arrest the movement of the elevator-carrier when the shoulder e comes in contact with the upper part of the groove (1 and the arm e shall have been raised to its proper height.

The arm 6 of each of the elevators E E is connected with the carrier socket-plate c by a section a projecting upwardly from said socket-plate, and said section 0 of the forwarding-elevator E is longer than that of the receiving-elevator, by which means the former is inclined downwardly toward its outer end to give a starting impulse to the car when it is raised to the track and the latter is inclined in an opposite direction.

The car 0 is held upon the inclined arm 6 of the elevator E while being elevated by fingers I, carried on the forward end of a lever L. The lever L is pivoted at l to the elevatorarm, and a counterbalancc-weight L, forming a rear extension of the lever L, serves to hold the fingers l to project above, and one on each side of the arm e when not otherwise acted upon. The fin gersZ are drawn below the level of the track when the elevator-arm c is raised by a laterally-projecting lug (1 upon the side of the bracket D, which comes in contact with a similar laterally-pro j ecting lug Z on the lever L, and thus releases the car and allows it to roll down the inclined arm of the elevator to the track A. A guard M has a socket on, bearing black m, and set-screw m upon one of its ends, by whichit may be adjusted upon and fixed after adjustment to the post B, and when properly adjusted will prevent the car from being thrown from the elevator by the sudden arrest of the upward movement of the elevator. An eye m in the end of the plate M near the post B provides a clear passage and guide for the cord II of the forwardingelevator and permits said cord to be drawn directly from the upper end of said elevator to the pulley located immediately above it.

The arm of the reeeiving-elevatorE is supported so as to incline downwardly toward the post 13*, and has a depression c near its inner end, in which one of the wheels of the car rests, and has a buffer-plate N secured thereto in rear of said depression. The plate N partly encircles the car-wheel and serves to stop the car when received on the elevator E. \Vhen the car strikes the butter N, its tendencyis to run back and to raise the wheel next the buffer elf the track. This will be prevented by said wheel being forced into the depression e by the curved bull'er N. The plate N is padded with leather or other suitable material n to deaden the noise and ease the shock arising from the concussion.

The transfer-elevator G has two parallel arms or brackets which project from an upright section g, having carrier-sleeves and friction-rollers g, preferably at both its upper and lower ends, which travel upon an upright post 0 at the cash-station. The arms g have depressions and heifer-plates N, similar to those upon the elevator E, to arrest the movement of the car and hold it upon the brackets g while being used to transfer the car.

F F are pendent track-terminals at the cashiers station, and are adjustably supported, as hereinafter described, on rods or bars 0 C the one above the other. Each pendant F is bowed or curved laterally at its lower end, and there carries an abutmentblock F, to which the end of the track-wire is secured, and which is constructed in same .manner as that described with reference to the abutment-blocks of the brackets D D, except that the deflector sides f (see Fig. 9) of the keeper f are inclined in opposite directions from the center to deflect the arm g of the elevator when moving both upwardly and downwardly to seat itself for adjustment to the line of the track. The transfer-arms g are thus adapted to move vertically between the track-wires at the cash-station, and the upper arm will take the place of the lower arm at the forwarding-track Awhen the lower arm is lowered to the return-track A, and thus be in position to receive any cars which may be sent to the cashiers station over the track A while the lower arm is depressed.

Each pendant F has a laterally-projecting lug or arm f and a socket-head F which can be adjusted on the bars 0 or O and secured after adjustment by a set-screw f The head F has a lateral'projection f and is secured to the pendent part of the bracket by a pivotbolt and nut F which passes through the lugs f 2 and f*, on which bolt the pendent part of the bracket turns, and whereby it may be adjusted and held after adjustment by the bolt F for connection with any one of the track-wires, which radiate in various directions from the central station.

The car 0 consists of a wire basket 0', aT shaped hanger O and wheels 0 journaled upon axles 0 which axles are secured to the ends of the horizontal arms of the hanger 0 The basket is clamped between the lower ends of the vertical arm of the hanger O and a plate 0 secured together by rivets O. The ends of the horizontal arms of the hanger 0 have ears 0 located upon opposite sides of the wheels 0 to support the ends of the axles O and have ears 0 which project downwardly therefrom to underlap the flanges of the wheels, and are spread in opposite directions to form both guards and deflectors for the wheels and permit the car to be readily hooked upon the elevator arm or track and prevented from being thrown off or derailed therefrom by ordinary causes.

At Fig. 1 the elevator is shown in full lines at its lower position, where the car 0 with its contents can be placed on it, as also shown by full lines. By drawing on the free end of the cord H the elevator will be hoisted to the position shown by dotted lines at same figure, where the detent-lever L will be tripped, as also shown, and as hereinbefore described, and the car by its own gravity will then rum down the inclined bridge-bracket D to the inclined track A and thence to the cashiers station, where it will be received on a bracket g.

The cashier when ready will then slide the elevator G on the post 0 until the bracket g which carries the car will coincide with the track A, when the car may be started on said track A, which will carry it to and deliver it on the bracket E, which is placed to rece ve it, as shown by full lines at Fig. 1, and which may be lowered, as shown by dotted lines at same figure, by means of the cord H to bring the car within reach of the salesman.

I claim as my invention and desire to sethe parallel bars B B suspended from the ceiling and united at their lower ends, the bridge-brackets D D, track-wires A A, secured to said brackets, and stay-wires A secured to the building and to the posts 13 B substantially as described.

3. In a cash and parcel carrier apparatus, the combination, with the station-post and track-wire, of a bridge-bracket D, having an abutment-block (1 formed with a groove d, and a passage d for the wire, which is supported in said groove and passage and secured to the block 61 substantially as described.

4. In a cash and parcel carrier apparatus, the combination, with a station-post and an elevator having a car-track arm, of a bridgebracket D, having an abutment-block d, formed with a groove for the car-track wire, and a guide-groove for the elevator-track arm, substantially as described.

5. In a cash and parcel carrier apparatus, the combination, with a station-post and an elevator adapted to slide thereon and provided with a notch e in its outer end, of a bridge-bracket D, having an abutment-head 1 to which the car-track wire is secured, and a guide-groove (1 terminating with a stopshoulder c1 substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a cash and parcel carrier apparatus, the combination, with a stationpost and an elevator having a car-track arm, of a bridgebracket bent or bowed laterally at one end and provided at its outer end with an abutment to which the wire track is secured and a guide-groove for the elevator-track arm, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a cash and parcel carrier apparatus, the combination, with a station-post and an elevator having a car-track arm provided with a car-holding tilting lever, of a bridge-bracket bent or bowed laterally at one end and provided at its outer end with an abutment to which the wire trackis secured, a guide-groove for the elevator-track arm, and a trip to operate the car-holding lever, substantially as described.

8. In a cash and parcel carrier apparatus, the combination, with the station-post, of the bridge bracket, the track secured to the bracket, a car-elevator, a lever L, provided with a detent, a car, and the guard-plate M, secured to the post, adapted to be adjusted above the line of the track to prevent the car from being derailed when it is elevated, substantially as described.

9. In a cash and parcel carrier apparatus, in combination, the station-post B, the bracket D, the wire track A, the car-elevator E, the dctent-lever L, the lifting-cord H, and the guard M, having a cord-guide eye m", substantially as described.

10. The combination, with the station-post and track, of the bridgebracket D, bent laterally at its forward end and having a laterally-p roj ectin g lug 1, and a retaining-arm or detentdever L, pivoted to the elevator-track. arm at its mid-length portion, having fingers l and a laterally-projecting lug P, which engages with and is adapted to be tripped by the lug upon said bracket, substantially as described.

11. The combination of the post, the track, the bridge-bracket, and acar-elevator having a track-arm 6 with a depression c adapted to be guided upon the station-post, said elevator having also a buffer-plate N secured thereto and formed to partly encircle and extended over the wheel of the car, substantially as described.

12. In a cash and parcel carrier apparatus, the combination, with the forwarding and return tracks, of the pendants F, located one above the other and suspended from horizontal bars C 0 for supporting the terminals of said track, and a transfer-elevator adapted to move between said track-terminals, substantially as described.

13. A cash and parcel carrier apparatus comprising the forwarding and return tracks at the cash-station, a vertical post located opposite the track-terminals, and a transferelevator having arms 9 g, which project, respectively, from the upper and lower ends of an upright section g, supported and guided upon the post to move between the track-terminals, substantially as described.

It. In a cash and parcel carrier apparatus, comprising, with the forwarding and return tracks of the cash-station, brackets F and abutment-blocks F, having a keeper f, with both upwardly and downwardly inclined sides, a guide-post C, and the transfer-elevator G, having arms (1 g, which engage with either and both of the bracket-abutmcnts, substantially as described.

15. In a cash and parcel carrier apparatus, the combination, with the track-wire, of the horizontal bar 0, bracket-sleeve F adjustable thereon, bracket F, suspended therefrom and swiveled thereon, a pivot-bolt F located vertically above the track-terminal, the guidepost C and a transfer-elevator, combined and arranged substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I allix m y signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM F. BAILEY. *ituesses:

II. E. IIUs'rED, If. M. RICHARDS.

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