Music Trade Review
Issue: 1924 Vol. 78 N. 22 - Page 10
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
MAY
Grand Rapids Transfer Motor
for Cross Piled Lumber
Built by the
Grand Rapids Vapor Kiln
The Grand Rapids Transfer Motor is an independent power unit designed to
attach to the ordinary transfer car by rigid links, so as to move the transfer car
either forward or backward, or to draw the loaded kiln cars on or off the transfer,
using power generated by gas or electricity.
This labor-saving, money-saving device is made regularly with a 4' 8J/2" inside rail
gauge and includes all attachments. Easily put in place and simple to operate.
May be used interchangeably on several transfer cars. Very sturdy and capable
of drawing four kiln cars at once—weight 3,500 pounds. Costs to operate, over
all, less than $1.00 per hour, as compared to $3.00 to $4.00 for the six or eight
men required by the old-fashioned method of moving kiln cars from place to
place.
Specifications
BODY—One piece cast iron base cored to form pockets, permitting
extra weight for greater wheel traction. All shaft bearings cast
integral with body, and lined with high-grade babbitt. Four-wheel
drive with 14-in. flanged railroad type chilled tread wheels, giving
draw-bar pull sufficient to move 15 to 20 tons on level tracks.
Travel speed, 100 to 200 feet per minute.
GASOLINE ENGINE—Four-cylinder power unit with 3% in. bore and
±y 2 in. stroke, built by LeRoi. Engine, radiator, seven-gallon gasoline
tank and built-in fly-ball governor enclosed under hood. Reduction
gears fully enclosed, running 1 in oil. Lubrication system, combina-
tion force feed by pump and splash. Cooling by thermo-Syphon
with tractor type radiator and fan. Governor and throttle of car-
buretor are provided with lever controls.
ELECTRIC MOTOR AND CABLE—Lincoln squirrel cage induction
motor with fused starting switch. 5 H.P. type "D", A. C, 2 or 3
phase, 220-440-550 volt, 60 cycle, 3-ride installation. (25 cycle or
D. C. special.) Reel winds up and pays out cable automatically as
car travels. Reel and cable in metal enclosure. Motor built for
continuous running, while operations are controlled by levers and
clutches.
DRUM AND WIRE ROPE -Drum is mounted below transmission
in center of base, with rope leading from under side, going beneath
guide roller at end of transfer car and through swivel sheave In
center of transfer to side roller guides. 150 feet H in. flexible wire
rope supplied with special forged hook to engage lower courses of
lumber on kiln car. Operating speed of rope, 74 feet per minute.
Sheave in center of transfer has removable pin and the withdrawal
of two additional pins in rigid links separates motor from transfer
car and permits attachment to another transfer car.
REVERSIBLE CLUTCH—Clutch shaft under gas engine actuated
by direct driven gears in oil case. Cone clutches for forward and
reverse, with adjustable asbestos faces, at either end of driven
clutch shaft. Reversing lever, with quadrant, stands erect in front
of operator. Connections to drive wheels enable operator to "ease"
car to match rails exactly. Clutch shaft has alternate reversible
connection to drum gear, when drive wheels are disengaged. Shift-
ing lever between drums and traction beside reversing lever at oper-
ator's station.
BRAKES—Foot type, so that operator may stand on traction brake
to hold car stationary while drum rope functions; when standing on
drum brake holds kiln cars from rolling off, while transmission
drives entire outfit forward or backward.
GRAND RAPIDS VAPOR KILN
Main Office and Factory
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Represented on the Pacific Coast by E. T. TINDOLPH, 5539 White Henry-SMiart Building, Seattle, Wash.
FOREIGN OFFICES:
A. R. Williams Machinery Co.
St. John, N. B.
The Oliver Machinery Co.
Manchester, England
31, 1924
10
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
MAY
Grand Rapids Transfer Motor
for Cross Piled Lumber
Built by the
Grand Rapids Vapor Kiln
The Grand Rapids Transfer Motor is an independent power unit designed to
attach to the ordinary transfer car by rigid links, so as to move the transfer car
either forward or backward, or to draw the loaded kiln cars on or off the transfer,
using power generated by gas or electricity.
This labor-saving, money-saving device is made regularly with a 4' 8J/2" inside rail
gauge and includes all attachments. Easily put in place and simple to operate.
May be used interchangeably on several transfer cars. Very sturdy and capable
of drawing four kiln cars at once—weight 3,500 pounds. Costs to operate, over
all, less than $1.00 per hour, as compared to $3.00 to $4.00 for the six or eight
men required by the old-fashioned method of moving kiln cars from place to
place.
Specifications
BODY—One piece cast iron base cored to form pockets, permitting
extra weight for greater wheel traction. All shaft bearings cast
integral with body, and lined with high-grade babbitt. Four-wheel
drive with 14-in. flanged railroad type chilled tread wheels, giving
draw-bar pull sufficient to move 15 to 20 tons on level tracks.
Travel speed, 100 to 200 feet per minute.
GASOLINE ENGINE—Four-cylinder power unit with 3% in. bore and
±y 2 in. stroke, built by LeRoi. Engine, radiator, seven-gallon gasoline
tank and built-in fly-ball governor enclosed under hood. Reduction
gears fully enclosed, running 1 in oil. Lubrication system, combina-
tion force feed by pump and splash. Cooling by thermo-Syphon
with tractor type radiator and fan. Governor and throttle of car-
buretor are provided with lever controls.
ELECTRIC MOTOR AND CABLE—Lincoln squirrel cage induction
motor with fused starting switch. 5 H.P. type "D", A. C, 2 or 3
phase, 220-440-550 volt, 60 cycle, 3-ride installation. (25 cycle or
D. C. special.) Reel winds up and pays out cable automatically as
car travels. Reel and cable in metal enclosure. Motor built for
continuous running, while operations are controlled by levers and
clutches.
DRUM AND WIRE ROPE -Drum is mounted below transmission
in center of base, with rope leading from under side, going beneath
guide roller at end of transfer car and through swivel sheave In
center of transfer to side roller guides. 150 feet H in. flexible wire
rope supplied with special forged hook to engage lower courses of
lumber on kiln car. Operating speed of rope, 74 feet per minute.
Sheave in center of transfer has removable pin and the withdrawal
of two additional pins in rigid links separates motor from transfer
car and permits attachment to another transfer car.
REVERSIBLE CLUTCH—Clutch shaft under gas engine actuated
by direct driven gears in oil case. Cone clutches for forward and
reverse, with adjustable asbestos faces, at either end of driven
clutch shaft. Reversing lever, with quadrant, stands erect in front
of operator. Connections to drive wheels enable operator to "ease"
car to match rails exactly. Clutch shaft has alternate reversible
connection to drum gear, when drive wheels are disengaged. Shift-
ing lever between drums and traction beside reversing lever at oper-
ator's station.
BRAKES—Foot type, so that operator may stand on traction brake
to hold car stationary while drum rope functions; when standing on
drum brake holds kiln cars from rolling off, while transmission
drives entire outfit forward or backward.
GRAND RAPIDS VAPOR KILN
Main Office and Factory
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Represented on the Pacific Coast by E. T. TINDOLPH, 5539 White Henry-SMiart Building, Seattle, Wash.
FOREIGN OFFICES:
A. R. Williams Machinery Co.
St. John, N. B.
The Oliver Machinery Co.
Manchester, England
31, 1924
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