Improvements in Securing Tubs, Corves, Wagons, or the like in Cages or Lifts for Winding Coals in the Shafts or Collieries and for other Purposes.

摘要

7961. Corbett, V. C. S. W., Seaman, C. J., and Linday, R. April 5. Lifts. - Consists of means for securing tubs, corves, &c. in mine cages &c. On the inner sides of the cage are two sets of rails or bars B closed or narrowed together at their ends b at both ends of the cage. Between these rails run the ends of a bar D carrying stop blocks adapted to engage the bodies of the tubs &c., or, as shown, their wheels. The tubs, pushed in at one end of the cage, push the bar D before them, and push out the tubs already in the cage until stopped by the bar D reaching the end of the rails B.