Material Elevating Devices (Patent No: 526800)

Inventor: Seppola, Asle

Location: Evansburg

Comments: see 314,169 under Entwistle

Description: 526,800

Issued June 26, 1956

Material Elevating Devices

Asle Seppola, Evansburg, Alberta, Canada

Application January 10, 1952, Serial No. 625,337

3 Claims

1. A material elevating device comprising in combination a supporting platform, bracing structure associated therewith, a front pair of parallel rails extending upwardly from said platform, a rear pair of parallel rails also extending upwardly from said platform, said rails being pivotally secured along the length thereof to the upper end of the supporting platform and extending at an angle from the vertical, means to vary said angle limits, a wheeled bucket movable upon said rails, a trestle detachably secured upon the upper side of said bucket, means to elevate and lower said bucket upon said rails, a selectively pivotable extension over-spanning the upper ends of said rear pair of rails, said extension being capable of inclining downwardly in a plane substantially parallel to the upper side of said bucket so that material supported by said trestle may be discharged upon said extension.

2. A bucket for use with material elevating devices, a removable bail upon said bucket, the sides of said bail curving forwardly with relation to said bucket, said bail being pivotally secured to said bucket adjacent the base thereof, bail-side retainers adjacent the front side of said bucket, a pair of flanged wheels mounted for rotation upon the front side of said bucket adjacent the base thereof, said wheels being situated beyond the sides of said bucket, and two further pairs of flanged wheels mounted for rotation upon the front side of said bucket adjacent the upper end thereof, one of said last mentioned pairs of wheels being flanged externally and the other of said pair of , wheels being flanged internally for the purpose specified.

3. The device according to claim 2 which includes a detachable trestle adapted to span the open upper side of said bucket for supporting lengths of lumber and the like.