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Louden Self-Acting 

 Carrier — Fig. 721 



Specifications 



Operates on 0000 Basic Steel Wire Track. (See pages 187-190 

 for Track Fittings.) 



Body of box is made of 20-gauge sheet steel; ends of 16-gauge 

 sheet steel strongly reinforced. 



Length of box, 42 inches; width, 24 inches; depth, 153 2 inches, 

 outside measurements. Capacity, 5 bushels. 



Track Wheels are roller bearing. 



Diameter of Track Wheels, 6 inches. 



Clearance necessary for Track Wheels, 6 inches. 



Total clearance necessary, box upright, 52 inches; box dumped, 

 57 inches. 



Shipping weight, 93 pounds. 



The Self-Acting Carrier is like the Quick Out Carrier 

 except it is not fitted with a hoisting gear. Where it 

 is not necessary to raise and lower the load this is the 

 best litter carrier ever made to run on wire track. It 

 will run the easiest and farthest, trip the most positive at 

 any point along the track, and return to the barn without 

 getting off the track. 



Where the manure shed can be placed immediately 

 opposite the stable door so the track may be run straight 

 from the barn to the manure shed, or if the practice is 

 followed of piling the manure out in the yard, the Self- 

 Acting Carrier is handy and quick and can be installed 

 at very small expense. 



^ In handling the work you simply shovel the litter and manure into the carrier box and when the 

 box is full get behind the carrier and give it a good strong push out into the yard. The trip which 

 fastens to the track at point of unloading is adjustable and can be moved from place to place. When 

 the loaded carrier reaches the trip the latch on the carrier box is released and the box turns over spilling 

 its load. At the end of the track is the Spring End Stop. This prevents the carrier from running 

 into the post or building at the end of the track and also gives the carrier a start on its return trip 

 to the barn. 



The outer end of the track should be elevated about 12 to 18 inches above the inside end — the carrier 

 comes back quickly and smoothly. While the carrier is making the trip out to the shed or yard, the 

 man in the barn is busy getting ready for another load. It makes quick, easy and satisfactory work. 



THE FRAME. The frame of the carrier is solidly constructed of heavy inch pipe, held together at 

 the ends by a double set of malleable iron corner clamps. These clamps form the swivel socket into 

 which fit the lower end of the yokes carrying the wheels. This form.s the strong, easy working swivel 

 knee joint between the carrier trucks and the main frame where the weight of the load hangs, and which 

 is found on all Louden Carriers. 



Fig. 721. (Hymn). 

 Patented Oct. 6, 1908. 



{Continued from, page 162) 



the carrier wheel is of heavy malleable iron. At the upper end of this casting is fitted the steel axle on 

 which the wheels turn. At the lower end the truck is joined on to the main frame of the carrier by means 

 of a swivel joint — one of the strong features in all Louden Carriers. On the upper side of the truck there 

 is a small keeper which prevents the wheels from getting off the track. These special swivel trucks allow 

 the carriers to be operated around very short curves and over switches. 



THE WHEELS. The wheels are made of best quality of gray iron. 

 They are 6 inches in diameter. The wheels have deep wide grooves, 

 turned perfectly true, and these are supplemented by a small groove in 

 the middle to fit the wire. The small groove holds the wheels in line and 

 prevents the wabbling motion which so greatly retards speed, and which 

 is a serious objection in other makes of wire track litter carriers. The 

 spokes in the wheel are heavy, and the wheels turn on roller bearings. 



ROLLER BEARINGS. 



The wheels are fitted with our special case 



Fig. 19. 



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