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Revolving Portable Elevator 



IOADINCi i)arrL'ls, cotton hales and 

 ^ crates with the aid of a revolving 

 portable elc\ator, which has just been 

 placed on the market, has enabled the 

 manufacturer to reduce labor costs and 

 at the same time complete his task with 

 a thoroughness heretofore impossible. 

 The elevator covers a wide range of 

 usefulness. Machines have been supplied 

 for lifting corpses in morgues and for 

 placing coftins in niches such as are used 

 in South America. In fact, the machine 

 can be used to pile anything at all. 



Loading barrels into freight cars has 

 been a dititicult and hazardous under- 

 taking. With the new elevator it is 

 simple. In one instance a railroad 

 company was spared the necessity of 

 building a loaded platform all along its 

 yard siding. The barrels were rolled 

 upon the elevator platform from two 

 planks, on one of which an operator 

 stood. The platform was then cranked 

 up to the desired height, and the upper 

 base swung around ninety degrees on 

 the turntable, which put the barrel into 

 the proper position to be rolled off on 

 the car floor. 



In one instance the elevator piled 

 crated gas-engines inside a box-car, and 

 piled them so compactly that the 

 manufacturer is now able to take about 

 thirt>' per cent more of his gas-engines 

 in one car-load than he could handle 



Loading barrels into freight cars is sim- 

 plified by this portable elevator 



As the stack grows the elevator 

 justed to the new height 



before he obtained the re\ol\ing portable 

 elevator. In warehouses bales of cotton 

 can be piled, neatly and squarely, in 

 stacks up to twenty feet high. In 

 stacking barrels of oil the machine is 

 especially valuable. The barrel is pushed 

 on the elevator platform, the op)crator 

 cranks up the machine to raise the 

 [jlatform to the desired height, and 

 when the platform reaches it, he swings 

 the upper structure around and simply 

 rolls ofY the barrel on to the skids. 



To enable the machines to be taken 

 through low doorways from one room 

 to another they are provided with 

 hinges in the uprights at a point six 

 feet, si.\ inches from the floor. The hand- 

 operated machines are provided with 

 a patented safety-hoist which makes it 

 absolutely impossible for the operator 

 to be hurt by a flying crank. 



Not only does this machine do its 

 work quickly and without danger, but 

 its operation is not costh", since one 

 man can run it easily. Furthermore, 

 much space is saved by packing articles 

 closely. 



