

Louden Cross Draft Hay Carrier — Continued 



Fig. 822 



the barnyard. The lock is entirely automatic and will hold at any 

 height, so the load does not have to be elevated any higher than is 

 necessary to let it pass into the mow. The empty Sling comes down 

 easier and quicker than with ordinary sling carriers. It does not 

 start into the mow with a jerk and cause loose hay to shake off, 

 but goes in smoothly and steadily. 



Cross Draft Carrier in Center Hoist Barn 



Fig. 822 shows our Cross Draft Carrier at work in a center hoist 

 barn. The sling load has been elevated by the Draft Rope D until it is high enough to pass into the 

 mow, the automatic lock in the carrier holding it at any desired height. The Shift Rope C has 

 been connected to the trip of the Rope Hook, the horses have been turned back toward the barn and 

 the Sling load is being drawn into the right-hand end of the barn and the operator is ready to trip it 

 when it reaches the proper place. The draft rope is first secured to the Spring Clevis E of the Carrier 

 B by means of our patent swivel, then passed down through the Sling Pulleys P, then up through the 

 carrier and on through the Draft Pulleys F and G and is connected to the Rope Hook. The Shift Rope 

 C is fastened to one of the swivel eyes on the carrier, and is then passed through the Shift Pulleys I, 

 J, K, and L. 



In elevating the hay the team is driven from the Pulley G to or past the Pulley L, as may be required 

 by the distance the hay is to be elevated, and in turning back, the shift rope is connected to the trip of 

 the Rope Hook, which draws the carrier with its load into the mow as the team is driven to 

 the barn. The shift rope is then tripped from the rope hook, the carrier is drawn back to the Release 

 Block A, by the Weight W, when the empty sling will descend of its own weight, and when 

 unhooked from the Pulleys P everything will be ready for another load. 



The instant the horses stop, or if a singletree or anything else should break, the lock takes the weight 

 of the load and holds it securely without a particle of slipping. While loaded, the lock is always in 

 position to hold the load at any point of elevation. 



The carrier will work without the Release Block A by removing the lock-latch, but it works much better 

 with it, as by this means the empty sling or fork can not drop down in the mow. This is a fault 



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