Engineering:Temperley transporter

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Short description: Early form of overhead crane
A photograph of a transporter circa 1904.
Schematic of a later design for hauling heavy loads fitted with a scooping grab.

A Temperley transporter is an early form of overhead crane invented by John Ridley Temperley in 1892.[1] They were manufactured by the Temperley Transporter Company of London.[2]

Relevant patents

  • GB0021170 issued in the United Kingdom in 1892
  • Temperley, Joseph, "Means For Supporting Ropes of Elevated Carriers", US patent 615370, issued Dec 6, 1898
  • Temperley, Joseph & John Ridley Temperley, "Apparatus for Dumping, Depositing, or Releasing Loads Suspended From Cranes, &c.", US patent 637182, issued Nov 14, 1899
  • Temperley, Joseph; John Ridley Temperley & William Alexander, "Transporting Appliance And The Like", US patent 883841, issued Apr 7, 1908
  • Temperley, Joseph; John Ridley Temperley & William Alexander, "Cable Transporter", US patent 887873, issued May 19, 1908
  • Temperley, Joseph; John Ridley Temperley & William Alexander, "Apparatus for Raising, Lowering, and Conveying or Transporting Loads", US patent 894,083, issued Jul 21, 1908

References

  1. Claude William Hill (1911). "Electric crane construction". Nature (C. Griffin and Company, Ltd.) 87 (2187): 33. doi:10.1038/087411b0. Bibcode1911Natur..87..411K. https://archive.org/details/electriccraneco00hillgoog. 
  2. Edward Charles Robert Marks (1904). The construction of cranes and other lifting machinery. The Technical Publishing Company, Ltd.. p. 244. https://archive.org/details/constructioncra00markgoog.