Fixtures for Louden Wire Track Litter Carriers 



The Track 



The track is made of the finest grade of Basic Steel Wire and is manufactured expressly for us. Its 

 tensile strength is remarkable, and while it makes a good spring it will bend double twice without 

 breaking. We furnish the standard size. No. 0000 which is amply strong for all work. This size is 

 13-32-inch in diameter and runs 27 inches to the pound. The track can be run 100 

 feet or more without center supports (see Figure 1068, next page). 



When longer lengths are required additional supports may be used by means of 

 our Patent Spring Suspender, as shown in Figure 746, which supports the wire 

 and permits the carrier to run past the post. The body of the suspender is of 

 inch pipe fitted with a strong spring 10 inches long which supports the track 

 and at the same time makes it flexible to suit the weight of the load and to let the 

 carrier run easily over it. 



A similar suspender made shorter may be used in connection with a pulley, as 

 shown by Figure 747, to raise and lower the track in the stable as may be desirable, 

 and to assist the loaded carrier to run out and the empty carrier to return. The 

 outer end of the track should be set 15 to 18 inches higher by the level than 

 the end in the barn for each 100 feet long. The cut shows the tension bolt passed 

 through the wall below the sill to facilitate the raising and lowering of the track. 

 Otherwise it should be passed through the sill. Common pulleys and hooks may 

 be used to hold up the suspender. When a tackle block hoist is specified, extra 

 charge is made. 



Fig. 746. (Horizon) 



Specifications 



Patent Spring 

 Suspender. 



Length, 17' 2 inches. 

 Weight, 4I4 pounds. 



Sometimes it is necessary to run 

 one end of the track to one side of a 

 straight line. This we do by means 

 of our Angle Iron, as shown in 

 Figure 750. The curved end of the 

 iron has a groove in which the wire 

 fits and the other end is held by a 

 guy secured to a post or otherwise, 

 so as to hold the track in proper 

 position. The guy should be of 

 sufficient length to freely raise and 

 lower with the track. The carrier 

 wheels will readily pass over the 



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Fig. 747. Louden Tackle Block Suspender. 



(Including pulley.) 



Specifications 



Weight, 6j 2 pounds. 



Wire Track to Two Barnsi 



curved end of the iron. We make two sizes, one 

 20 and the other a 35 degree curve. 



Roy L. Moyer of Maroa, Illinois, 

 who has been using a Louden Litter 

 Carrier says: 



"The Louden Litter Carrier outfit 

 that I purchased of you is all that you 

 claim for it. This 

 outfit has been in 

 use now about two 

 years and carries 

 litter without any 

 bother. Before in- 

 stalling this outfit 

 the boys were a 

 little careless about 

 keeping the barn Fig. 750. 



cleaned out, but Angle Iron for 

 now with the Wire Track. 

 Carrier, we nave a r. -c «.• 



clean barn all the bpeClhcatlOns 

 time." Weight, 2 pounds. 



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