US1560241A - Ladle carrier - Google Patents

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ARTHUR JONES, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR '10 S. SMEL'IING FURNACE COMPANY; OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOISy A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

LADLE CARRIER.

Application led February 15, 1924. Serial No. 693,104.

To all fro/fom t may cauce/m.'

Be itknoun that I, ARTHUR JONES, a citizen of the United States of America, residingVV at the city of Belleville, county of St.

Clairh State of Illinois,` United States of America, have invented a certain new and useful Ladle Carrier, of Whichthe following is such a full,y clear, andexact description as Will enable anyone skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. y

My invention relates to a ladle carrier and particularly to one of thetype :in which the ladle is raised and lowered by inotor driven mechanism preferably automatically controlled and in which the rot-ation of the de- -vice as well as the tilting of the ladle is performed either manually or is manually controlled. y

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form of ladle carrier made in a side elevation, a portion of the base being shown in section; Figure 2 is a detailed view of the reversing gearing; Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1; Figure 4 a section taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 1; Figure 5 is an enlarged vieiv of the column, the sleeve being shown indifferent positions in dotted line; Figure 6 is an enlarged detailed view of the driving gear; and Figure 7 is a section taken on the line 77 of Figure 4.

The base 10 of the device is provided-With wheels 11 preferably flanged to run upon a track. A brake 12 controlled by a foot lever 13 serves to hold the device stationary While the ladle is being filled and discharged. Mounted on the base 10 by bolts 14 is a table 15 having an upwardly extending toothed flange 16 forming a worm wheel engaging with afivori'n 17 mounted in a yoke 18 and actuated by, a hand Wheel 19. The yoke y18 is formed 'in two parts adapted to lit around a hollou7 cylindrical column 20 and firmly clamped thereto by bolts 21. Column 2O is rotatably mounted in thetable 15 and is preferably supported by au anti-friction bearing 22 (Figure 1) placed between the end plug 23`of the column andthe bottom of the recess in the table 15 into Which the lower end of the column extends. In order 'to lock the column against rotation'four of tud inal movement.

vthe teeth on the flange 16 are provided with extensions 24, as shown in Figure 6, to `engage with adetent 25 pivoted to the yoke 18 and provided With a handle 26.

Mounted on the top of the column 2O is a cap 27 held in position by the rods 28 extending down through the column and engaging with the plug 23. Cap 27`is provided With a pairofbracketsr29 and 30`respectively, forming bearing for a horizontal shaft 31 on which is' loosely mounted tivo miter gears 32 and 33, each meshing with a third miter gear 34 rigidly secured to a shaft extending centrally through the column. 20 and driven through Worm gearing contained in casing36 from a motor 37 mounted beneath the base 10, as shown in Figure 7. Mounted on the shaft 31,` to rotate therewith, and situated between the miter gears 32a-nd 33, is a clutch 38 adapted to engage with either of said gears by longi-` The movement `of the clutch is controlled by a bell-crank lever 339, which may be actuated either manually by a handle 40, or automatically vbya rod 41 pivoted to :one arm thereof. A miter gear 42 rigidly secured to the shaft 31 meshes ywith a miter gear 43 on a threaded rod 44 journaled at its upper end in the cap 27 and at its lower end in the yoke 18.

The threaded rod 44 engages With an internally threaded lug '45 on a sleeve 46 sliding on the column 20. The sleeve 46 carries a cradlei47` to Which the ladle 4S is pi'voted; The pivot point 49 is arranged adjacent to the pouring lip "50 of the ladle so that when the contents of theladle are poured out, the tilting of the ladle will change the position of thelip but slightly. Tilting ofthe ladle is controlled by a cable lyivound around a pulley 52,"Which pulley is rotated from a hand Wheel 53 on shaft 54 by means vof* spiral and worin'gealring containedin-casin; ;,55,` forming a part of the cradle 47. Carried on the rod 41 is a cylindrical member 56 provided with three V-` shaped circumferential grooves cooperating With a springdetent 57. The grooves in the member 56 are so spaced that when thedetent is in engagement with the central groove theclutch 38 will beheld out of en-` gagement .With'both the Wheels 32 and S3. lVhen the d'etent is in engagement with the lower groove the` clutch will engage `with the Wheel 32, and when the detentie in engagel ou actuating said vertically movable member, reversing gear interposed between said motor and member, manually actuated means for controlling said reversing gear, andautomatic stop mechanism also controlling said reversing gear.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a travelling` base, of a rotary column carried thereon, a sleeve surrounding said column, a ladle supported by said sleeve, a motor mounted on the base, a driving shaft extending through the column and actuated by said motor, and reversing gearing interposed between said rod and shaft.

G. In a device of the class described, the combination with a travelling base, of a rotary column carried thereon, a sleeve surrounding said column, a ladle supported by said sleeve, a motor mounted on the base, a driving shaft extending through the column and actuated by said motor, reversing gearing interposed between said rod and shaft, and automatic controlling means for said reversing gearing.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination with a travelling` base, of a rotary column carried thereon, a sleeve surrounding said column, a ladle supported by said sleeve, a motor mounted on the base,a driving shaft extending through the column and actuated by said motor, reversing gearing interposed between .said rod and shaft, and automatic controlling means for said reversing gearing, said controlling means including a pair of end stops and an intermediate stop.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination with a base, of a column carried thereon,` manually operated gearing for rotating said column, means for locking said column in a plurality of positions relative to the base, a sleeve surrounding said column,'a ladle carried by said sleeve, means for raising and lowering said sleeve, said means including reversing gearing, automatic control for said reversing gearing, and means for tilting said ladle.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination with a travelling base, of a r0- tary column carried thereon, a sleeve slidingly mounted on said column, a ladle supe ported from said sleeve, a motor on said base, a driving shaft extending through said column and actuated by said motor, athreaded rod for raising and lowering said sleeve, reversing gearing interposed between said driving shaft and rod, and means for tilting said ladle.

10. In a device of the class described, the combination with a travelling baseof a r0- tary column carried thereon, a sleeve slid ingly mounted on said column, a ladle supported from said sleeve, a motor on said base, a driving shaft extending through said column and actuated by said motor, a threaded rod for raising and lowering said sleeve, reversing gearing interposed between said driving shaft and rod, manually actuated means for controlling said reversing gearing, automatically actuated means also controlling said reversing gearing, said automatcally actuated means comprising a pair of end stops and an intermediate stop, and means for tilting said ladle.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this the 13th day of February, 1924.

ARTHUR JONES. [11. s]

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