THE CARROLL DUMPING APPARATUS FOR DUMPING WAGONLOADS AND CARLOADS OF FOR LOADING Sugar Beets, Sugar Cane, Coal, Coke Ships, Boats and Cars Corn and Othcr Grain:::: and Filling Bins LimC( Ore( ^ ock( Etc> TIMOTHY CARROLL INVENTOR AND OWNER ANAHEIM, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA OF THF UNIVERSITY CARROLL Dunp FOR DUMPING WAGONLOADS AND CARLOADS OF FOR LOADINS ..... SHIPS, BOATS AND CARS AND TILLING BINS SUGAR IM:ETS, SUGAR CAN I:, COAL, COKI: CORN AND OTHER GRAIN # * j* LIME, ORE, ROCK, ETC DECEMBER 7, 1897 DECEMBER 30, 1902 DE.-EMBER is, 1903 JANUARY 5, 1904 TIMOTHY (JffiRPOLL INVENTOR AND OWNER Anaheim, Orange County, California X 1 ,11 TIMOTHY CARROLL INVENTOI AND SOLE OWNER OF THE CARROLL LOAD DUMPING APPARATUS THE CARROLL DUMP The dumping apparatus which has proven such a boon to the raisers and shippers of sugar beets in Southern California is also invaluable for saving time, labor, and money to shippers of any commodity which is shipped in bulk ; and these few illustra- tions with the accompanying letters of commendation are pre- sented to the public with the view of introducing this remark- able invention into general use throughout the United States. The great importance of this invention will be better under- stood when the circumstances which called it forth are related. These are as follows : In 1893 a large beet sugar factory was built at Chino, in San Bernardino county, California, and the business of raising sugar beets to supply this factory became a very important industry throughout the country for many miles around. Thousands of acres of beets were cultivated in Orange county, which adjoins San Bernardino county, and the station at Anaheim, Mr. Car- roll's home, became an important shipping point at which thou- sands of tons of beets were loaded upon the railway cars fcr transportation to Chino. These beets were brought by the farmers in large wagonloads drawn by from two to six horses. In order to unload the beets from the wagon a net was laid in each wagon before the beets were loaded, and one side of the net was fastened to the wagon. At the station an inclined apron was arranged at one side of the car, and the wagon was drawn up alongside the apron with the free edge of the net away from the apron. The free edge was then grappled by a derrick and drawn upward until the net was in a perpendicular position, thereby causing the beets to fall on to the apron, down which they slid into the car. This was the most rapid mode known at that time for unloading the beets, and it is still in vogue in beet raising localities where the Carroll Dump has not been introduced. This mode of unloading, however, is so slow that it was found impossible to serve the teams at Anaheim as fast as they came ; and so large numbers of teams had to await their turn and often thirty loaded wagons would be seen waiting over night to take their turn next morning. In 1894 Mr. Timothy Carroll, the inventor of this valuable dump, had about one thousand tons of beets to ship, and having previously invented and patented numerous labor-saving de- vices of various kinds, he determined to avoid waiting in line with his neighbors, and so setting to work to solve the problem, he built a private dump for his own use, embodying the princi- pal features of the present improved machine ; and by this first crude dump his thirteen-year-old boy was able to unload a five- ton load from his wagon into the car on the railroad track in one minute with the aid of the teamster only. The wonderful success of this private dump caused the farm- ers of that vicinity to immediately make arrangements to profit by this invention ; and under Mr. Carroll's direction, a large dump was built from which all of the Anaheim beet crop was dumped the next season, and no team had to wait its turn, be- cause the loads were dumped as fast as the teamsters could drive on and off the dump. Another dump was built at Buena Park the same season (1895), and Mr. Carroll immediately proceeded to protect his rights by United States patents, the dates of which are given on the title page of this pamphlet. 153713 M I in K Q O IT D: H oc UJ I t- U I O IT ffl a: o Z D < O _i Z THE CARROLL WAGON DUMP BEFORE DUMPING AFTER DUMPING THE CARROLL PORTABLE DUMP For Railroad Cars BEFORE DUMPING AFTER DUMPING THECARROLLWVGON anil BUMF for SUUAR BEETS, SUOAB CANE, COM, COKE,STONE,ETC. TfiARROLL. FAT'O, SHOWING TILTING FRAME AND OPERATING LEVER This dump has rapidly gone into use under the protection of Mr. Carroll's patents and is now used at numerous stations in Southern California and elsewhere by the following 1 factories : | Chino, Cal. American Beet Sugar Co < Oxnard, Cal. ( Rocky Ford. Cudahy Co., Florence, Cal. California and Hawaiian Sugar Re fining Co Great Western Sugar Co National Sugar Mfg. Co Eaton Sugar Co Longmont Sugar Co Fort Collins-Colorado Sugar Co Winsor Sugar Co Crockett, Cal. Loveland, Colo. Sugar City, Colo. Eaton, Colo. Longmont, Colo. Fort Collins, Colo. New Winsor, Colo. We illustrate herein a few of these dumps in operation. This invention is specially adapted for unloading bulk loads of unwieldy products such as sugar-cane, which cannot other- wise be handled except by very laborious means. Its value for use for loading and unloading cars of coal, coke, stone, and corn, and other kinds of grain, will be apparent from the accompany- ing cuts. To unload a wagonload or carload by means of this dump, the wagon or car is first run upon the dump. In the case of a wagon the team is not unhitched, but remains standing on a solid plat- form while the load is being dumped. When the vehicle is upon the dump an attendant will hook a rope or chain, which hangs above the platform for the purpose, to a catch which holds the side of the vehicle-bed in place. Then he will throw a lever which brings a support against the hubs of the wheels, or in case of a car it may be brought against a suitable part of the truck frame. Then another lever is thrown, thus tipping the dump platform and the vehicle sidewise. As the vehicle tips, the catch is held by the chain and is released, the side of the wagon drops down and the load slides off ; then the dump-lever is thrown down, thus bringing the wagon to upright position ; the first lever is returned to its first position, thus releasing the hubs ; the attendant throws the side of the wagon up into place, where it is caught by the catch provided for this purpose, and the teamster is ready to drive on. A wagonload can readily be dumped in thirty seconds ; and when the apparatus is worked steadily, a load, regardless of size, can be dumped every minute. The apparatus will dump a one-horse load or a ten- ton load with equal facility, ex- cepting that ordinarily the dump is balanced to dump large loads and consequently is more easily operated for large loads than for small ones. The operation of dumping a railway car is practically the same as that above described, with the exception that more powerful apparatus is used for operating the lever to return the dump to its upright position. A chain is also provided, in addi- tion to the wheel support, for holding the car on the platform, aud is also preferably used on the wagon dump for additional security. This apparatus is absolutely safe, and no accident has ever occurred with the use of any of Mr. Carroll's dumps. By this device no strain conies upon the flanges of the wheels of the car, and the car and wagon are not subjected to any strain what- ever, the load sliding off gradually as the vehicle tips. It will be seen that by means of this invention the load can be let off just as easily as may be desired. An apron or chute is hinged to the dump frame, in position to receive the load as it is dumped, and can be made solid or with a screen bottom, to clean the beets or other material as they pass over the same. THE CARROLL, RAILWAY GAR. ml B1IMR for SVOARBEETS, SffdAR CANE, COAL, COKE, STONE, ETC. SHOWING TILTING FRAME AND BIFURCATED OPERATING LEVERS, FOR OPERATING BOTH WAYS IMPROVED CARROLL DUMP Dumping- from either or both sides, and from any one car or a number of cars at the same time An important feature of the Carroll system of dumping is that the load is dumped by its own weight, the tilting frame on which the wagon is placed being so pivoted that when the loaded wagon or car is driven on the dump the center of gravity is outside of the pivotal point, so that as soon as the holding cables are released the frame will tilt to dump the load. Then when the load is dumped, the loss of weight to the outside of the pivot will cause the frame and wagon or car to overbalance toward the inside of the pivot, and the frame will swing back to righted position. During both of these movements the frame is always under control of the brake, so that the speed either in dumping or "righting" can be regulated as desired. No "power" is therefore needed to operate the system, either in dumping or "righting" and the dump man only has to move the clutching and brake levers. In some cases the load may not be heavy enough to over-balance the frame and dump itself, and in that case the dump man can start it by a few turns of the winch handle. Shows Friction Clutches and Drums for dumping- one or more cars at either side SHOWING CARS ON RIGHT, NOT DUMPED; ON LEFT, DUMPED VING ON RIGHT, CARS BEING DUMPED ON LEFT, NOT DUMPED L. THE CARROLL DUMP ON SCOWS FOR LOADING VESSELS For convenient use at side tracks, where the business is not sufficient to justify the erection of a dump, Mr. Carroll has pro- vided a portable dump mounted upon car-trucks, and which can be drawn along the railroad from station to station and placed upon a side track, and there used until the beets at that station are loaded, after which the dump will be transported to other side track stations, and so on until the campaign is ended. By this means the farmers are given the privilege of a dump with- out having to haul a long distance and without the expense of building numerous dumps. The benefit which this invention will be to railroads for hand- ling their fuel is very great, as by means of it a carload of coal can be instantly dumped, and there is no danger of any of the parts getting out of order, and all of the parts are easy to be got at and cannot .freeze up, as is often the case with the car having hopper-bottom dumps. For use on wharves for loading vessels from cars or wagons, the value of this invention is inestimable. As may be seen from the illustrations, the portable dump is adapted to be moved from point to point along a wharf. This invention can readily be applied in the handling of sugar cane, not only in the unloading of the same from cars or wagons, but also in placing the cane on carriers to be conveyed to the crushers, a tilting platform being arranged onto which the loads can be dumped, and from which the cane can be slid onto the carriers as desired, the inclination of the platform being changed to any degree required for unloading the cane gradually onto the carriers. No beet sugar factory or cane sugar factory can afford to be without this equipment, for by means of it carloads and wagon- loads of the materials can be dumped instantaneously into the bins, and traveling dumps or gangs of stationary dumps can be provided as desired, so that all of the bins can readily be served. The Carroll system of dumping can be applied with advantage to handling trainloads of rock, earth, etc., enabling one or a few attendants to dump simultaneously a large number of cars, or to dump one or more loads at any desired point. Thus, a trestle, or a scow, or platform of any kind may be provided with dumping frames on each side tilting in opposite directions so as to dump at each side, either for unloading into vehicles, or vessels, or for building up a breakwater or embankment. Wagons can also be unloaded in large numbers by similar means. Where a number of teams are to be attended to, teams and wagons may be driven simultaneously onto the tilting frames on the opposite sides of the dump and both trainloads dumped at the same instant ; or in case only the load from one team is to be dumped on one side and the load from two teams is to be dumped on the other side, the tilting frames will be appropri- ately connected and disconnected so that the dumping can pro- ceed as desired. The application of the invention in connection with scows is of especial importance, as it enables freight to be transferred in bulk to lighters or directly to vessels, with the utmost dis- patch, and in building up a breakwater it enables the rock to be quickly unloaded from wagons or from cars, and permits the dumping to be concentrated at any particular part of the break- water or to be effected simultaneously over the whole, as may be desired. To load a vessel, a portable dumping- frame, placed on a scow, is loaded on both sides with cars, and the scow is pulled out alongside the vessel by a tug. The cars on one side are then dumped into the vessel, and the scow is then turned round and the cars on the other side dumped, suitable chutes being pro- vided to run the material into the vessel. o tr a. 10 5. a: O Id 0. 5 O u c z o o D Z o k. O u m O z E S D Q O O DC O IB a 5 D Q T. CARROLL-S PATENT DUMPL^G PLAN OF PORTABLE DUMP ON BINS SHOWS BINS WITH TRUSS ROOF OVER BEET SHED, AND DUMPING FRAMES ON TRACKS SO AS TO BE PORTABLE OVER BINS In many large plants, such as beet sugar works, coal mines and yards, and ore min- ing and reduction works, the Carroll system is invaluable in facilitating rapid handling of the raw material, and to further expedite the dumping operations and provide for handling and storing the largest quantities of material in such plants with a minimum of labor and with the utmost rapidity, Mr. Carroll has devised a system of storage bins that can advantageously be used in connection with his special dumping apparatus. The bins, of any desired length, say several hundred feet, are built side by side in any desired number, a track or way being built along each bin, and the dump frames being mounted on trucks that travel along said tracks. An elevated platform extends along and parallel to the outermost track at each side of the system, enabling the teams to come up one platform and descend from the other. The series of dump frames being placed end to end on the series of tracks constitute a movable roadway that may be shifted to any line across the bins, so that the bins can be gradually filled up along their whole length. By the use of trestles carrying feeder tracks the same principle can be applied to unloading railway trains into bins. Any factory can save from $30,000 to $40,000 by using the Carroll system of beet dumps and bins. Four men, by this system, can unload and feed the flumes of a 1200-ton factory. We can prove our assertions to the satisfaction of any competent corps of engineers. T. CARROLL'S PAT EM SHOWING SHED BINS AND YARD BINS, WITH I UMPIXG APPARATUS PING APPARATUS PORTABLE OVER THE BINS T. CARROLL'S PATENT DUMPING APPARATUS SHOWING DUMPING FRAME RUNNING ON TRACK, SO AS TO BE PORTABLE OVER THE BINS or THC UNIVERSITY OF T. CARROLL'S PATENT DUMPING APPARATUS I PORTABLE CAR DUMP DUMPING FROM BOTH SIDES AND ONE OR MORE CARS AT THE SAME TIME I w H Z r ^ V C O O ^ 3 '.a O. bj 3 .2 *J o ''S ^ % | ^ a(*^ *" 3 L. nj I'll a o * .2 *j g i . Ca n o II. DEAK SIK : During the falls of 1901 and 1902 I had charge of one of your Beet Dumping devices. I can say that I consider them a success. I never timed the capacity of them, but know that they are as fast as the scales for weighing the beets. They also allow the farmer to use the lightest possible beet box, thereby saving many dollars in horseflesh. Yours truly, (Signed) U. S. HANKINS, Weighmaster Campion Dump. Carroll Wagons Can Be Used for Any Purpose DILLEY CHAPEL, May 5, 1903. Mr. Tim. Carroll, Love/and, Colo. DEAR SIR : I wish to say in regard to your Beet Dumping device that it is entirely satisfactory to farmers. They could not afford to grow the beets if they did not have your Dump. Beets can be unloaded faster than they can be weighed. Also your wagon beds can be used for any purpose, they are so light and handy. (Signed) W. A. PURVIS, Weighmaster Pulliam Dump. Can Dump Beets Faster Than They Can Be Weighed over the Scales Wagon Bed is Light and Handy RAGANS SIDING, Apr. 5, 1903. Mr. Tim. Carroll, Loveland, Colo. DEAK SIR : Regarding your Beet Dump and its working, I will say that I can dump beets faster than they can be weighed over the scales, or in other words, as fast as they can be brought to me. Also I wish to state that your wagon bed is light and neat and can be used for any purpose. (Signed) A. G. FRANCIS M. BOTH PHONES MAIN 34-7 THE CARROLL. PATENTS OQXAI N CD THROUQH THK F"l RM OF* TOWNSEND BROTHERS PATENT L.AWVE R S PATENT, TRADE MARK AND C O F> Y R I <3 H T MATTERS PATENTS SECURED IN ALL. COUNTRIES GEOROB T. HACKLEY, Mechanical and Electrical Entfineer, Re*. Pat. Atty. ARTHOK P. 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