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The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, January 21, 1913, Image 3

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THE GARDEN ISLAND. TUESDAY JAN. -21 1913.
ELI STEAM PLOW
ENGINERjNVENTS CANE LOADER
Spofswood Padgett, Veteran Engineer, Produces
The First Built Machine
MAKAW
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GUARANTEED
Here is $10,000
(guaranteed) if life in
surance policies which
I am willing to use' as
security: Nineteen years'
paid in on a Manhattan
Life Insurance Co. policy,
and a sixteen years' paid
ii Germania Life In
surance policy.
H. S. Padgett.
Makaweli, Kauai.
"Now as s o me have started
in on a cane loader' proposition, it
has aroused the old vim in the
writer. I therefore hereby repro
duce an illustration of an inven
tion of mine for the consideration
of those interested in this line,
wit,h the hopes that the managers
.of the plantations may become
sufficiently interested to consider
my proposition. I will absolutely
guarantee the above policies as
security. I am open for any com
munication and will guarantee my
machine to do everything claimed
of it.
"This machine has been success
fully demonstrated over a period
of 18 days. At that time, how
ever, the machine being driven by
individual engines stationed o n
each wheel, striking poho places,
caused the fame to twist and in.
jure the gear. The advent of the
gasoline engine, has illiminated
this difficulty and a highly suc
cessful price of machinery is the
result.
"The leader has a 55 foot load
ing space, and if necessary, even
the elevator can be used. In a
day of 10 hours (taken at ran
dom), 24 men loaded 318 cars, an
approvimate aggregate of 954 tons
of cane."
To all whom it may concern:
B e it known that I, Hbnry
Spotswood Padgett, a citizen
of the United States, residing at
Makaweli, on the Island of Kauai
and Territory of Hawaii, have
made certain new and useful Im
provements in Cane-Loaders, of
which the following is a specifica
tion. My invention is an improvement
in cane-loaders for use in loading
cane onto cars or other carriers .
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and the invention consists inccrtain
novel constructions and combina
tions of parts, as will be hereinafter
described and claimed.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a
top plan view o f mv machine,
parts being broken away. Fig. 2
is a front elevation of the machine.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof;
and Fig. 4 is a detail cross-section
on about line 44 of Fig. 1, show
ing the ball-bearings for the turn
tables. In connection with suitable
framing, including truss-rods,
bolts, &c, I provide at the front
of the machine a transversely-extending
endless carrier or apron.
A, which extends from side to side
of the machine and beyond the
wheels B and dischargss at one
end to an upwardly-inclined end
less elevator C, which is designed
to discharge the cane into a car or
other receptacle, it being the usual
practice to run cars on portable
tracks in convenient position to
receive the cane. The carrier A
is provided a t one end with a
drivesluft A, having a pulley A2,
while the carrier C has a drive-shaft
C piovided with a pulley C2, and
these pulleys A2 and C2 are con
nected by belts 1 and 2 with pulleys
on the drive-shaft D of an engine
E, which may be suitably supplied
with steam from a boiler F, carried
by the framework. By this means
the endless carrier A is driven and
the elevator C is also driven, both
being driven from the same engine,
as will be understood from Fig. 1
and the foregoing description. At
the upper end of the elevator C, I
provide cutting mechanism, con
sisting, perferably, of the revolving
knife G, whose shaft has a beveled
gear, G meshed by a beveled
gear G2 on a shaft G3, which also
has a beveled gear G4. meshing
with a similar gear G5 on the shaft
C so the revolving cutter will
also be optratcd from the engine
K, as best shown in Fig. 1 of the
drawings. B y this means the
cane is cut in short lengths and
drops when so cut into the car or
other receptacle.
The wheels B have their axles
provided with worm wheels H,
suitably fixed with respect to the
wheels and meshed by worms I on
shafts I, which are driven by the
engines J, which engines may re
ceive steam from the boiler F and
are supported and turn with the
turn-tables K, in which the wheels
B are supported. I thus carry the.
engines for driving the wheels B
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SHOWING SECTIONAL VIEWS OF CANE LOADER
on the turn-tables which support
said wheels, so. the engine will
move with the wheels in adjust
ing the turn-tables and will always
be in proper relation to the said
wheels, as may be desired. The
turn-tables K operate within
rings L, formed to receive them,
and ball-bearings 1 may be pro
vided between the turn-tables and
H. S. PADGETT,
their rings t o properly reduce
friction, as may be desirable,
To operate the turn-tables in
order to properly sleerthe machine,
I provide a steering-shaft M, hav
ing a suitable drum M', which is
connected by means of cables as
with the opposite turn-tables K, N
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shown in Fig. 1, so the turning
of the steering-shaft and it drum
will operate t o similarly adjust
the turn-tables t o cause the
wheels B to incline in one direc
tion or the other or straight ahead,
according to the direction in
which it is desired to move the
machine. It will also be noticed
that the wheels B are driven by
INVENTOR
independent engines, so one
wheel may be driven faster than
the other to facilitate the steering
in connection with the inclination
of the wheels in one direction or
the other, thus enabling me to
quickly and accurately steer the
machine as may be desired. In
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this connection it will be under
stood that one wheel may be driven
forward and the other back and
the tnrn-tables be turned in order
to secure an accurate steering of
the machine.
The rear end of the frame is ex
tended a t O and has a caster
wheel 0 as shown in Fig. 3, the
machine being supported by the
wheels B and 0', as shown. By
this means I am able to make the
frame approximately V shape, so
the machine can go up or down
hill and on the side of the hill and
can b e steered by turning the
turn-tables or by such operation
combined with varying the speeds
of the opposite wheels B. It will
be noticed .that by arranging all
of the supporting-wheels in rear
of the carrier A cane can he put
on any portion of the drapery of
the apron, and b y moving the
said drapery independently of the
machines for propelling the
machines over the ground the
drapery can be operated when the
machine is at rest or while the
machine is being moved from place
to place, as may be desired.
While it may be preferred to
employ steam-engines at J and D
and to supply them with steam
from the boiler F, it will be under
stood that these motors J and D
may be of differert varieties such,
for instance, -as electric motors,
in which event they could be suit
ably supplied with current from
any source of power.
The shaft M for steering the
machine may lie supplied with a
hand-wheel M2 or other suitable
means for convenient manipulation
by the operator.
Having thus described my in
vention, what I claim as new, and
desire to secure by Letters Patent,
is
1. A machine for loading sugar
cane, comprising the framing, the
main wheels provided with worm
wheels, the turn-table supporting
said main wheels, the motors car
ried on said turn-tables and hav
ing drive-shafts provided with
worms meshing with the worm
wheels of the supporting-wheels,
the rings in whi h said turn-tables
are supported and turned, the
steering-dtum, the cables connect
ing said drum with the opposite
turn-tables, the endless carrier ex
tended across the front' o f the
machine, the elevator at one end
of said carrier, the cutter at the
upper end of the said elevator, the
drive-shaft for the elevator, gear
ing between the drive-shaft and
the cutter, and the motor connect
ed with and operating the elevator
drive-shaft, substantially as and
for the purposes set forth.
2. A machine for loading cane,
comprising the framing, the end
less carrier extended across the
front thereof, the elevator, means
for operating the elevator and the
carrier, the turn-table rings sup
ported by the frame, the turn
tables turning in said rings, the
steering devices connected with
said turn-tables, the main wheels
supported in the turn-tables, and
the motors supported by the turn
tables a n d connected with the
main wheels, whereby Jo drive the
same, substantially as set forth.
The combination in u machiuei
substantially as described, of the
framing, having- t h e turn-table
rings, the carrier extended across
the front of said frame, the turn
tables operating i n their rings,
means whereby said turn-tables
may be turned in unison, and
means for operating the main
wheels, substantially as set forth.
A machine substantially as de
scribed, comprising the framing
provided at its front side with the
endless carrier and having the rear
ward extension and the caster
wheel therein, the turn-table rings
supported in the main frame, the
turn-tables in said-rings, means for
turning said turn-tables in unison,
the main wheels supported in the
turn-tables and motors carried by
the turn-tables and connected with
the main wheels whereby to "drive
the same, substantially as set forth.
The combination with the main
frame and the carrier extended
across the front side thereof and
the elevator at one end of said
carrier and provided at its end
with a revolving knife, the engine
geared with the carrier and elevator
and arranged to operate the re-",
volving knife, the turn-table rings,
the main wheels supported by the
turn-tables, the motors carried by
the turn-tables and arranged to
operate their respective main wheels
and means whereby the turn-tables,
may be turned in uuison, sub
stantially as set forth.
The combination in a machine,
substantially as described, of the
endless carrier and elevator, a
motor for operating said carrier
and elevator, the main wheels, and
motors for operating said main
wheels, such motors being inde
pendent of each other and of the
motor for operating the carrier and
elevator, substantially as set forth.
The combination in a machine,
substantially as described, of the
frame, the main wheels, the turn
tables supporting said wheels,
means for adjusting said turn-tables
and means for operating the main
wheels independently of each
other, all substantially as. and for
the purposes set forth.'
Hknrv Spotswood Padgett.
Witnesses:
Aug. Ahrens,
Herbert M. Campdeu.. ' '
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A country parson was one day
going his usual round of isiting,
when he was stopped by one of
his congregation, an old farm
hand, who said, "An' hoo be yer
darter this marning, yer riverend?"
"My daughter!" exclaimed the
parson, rather surprised; "oh, she
is quite well, thank you.'.'
"What!" cried the rustic,
"quite well! Why, I heard she
had a cycle accident yesterday,
an busted her inner tubing!"
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Wilton Lackaye, in the Sunday
Magazine, tells the story of a tender-hearted
little girl looking at a
picture of Daniel in the den of
lions she was a subscriber to the
Society for the Prevention, of
Cruelty to Animals, by the wav.
Suddenly she began to cry, and
her mother said, Are you crying
for the poor prophet?"
"No," she said, "I'm crying for
that little lion over there in the
corner. He isn't going to 'get
any."
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