1,537,580 10- is alloaved to spend freely therewith from the drum 3. AA/'Iien the scraper reaches the poiiit for diimping brali:es are@ applied to the, drum 3 aDd druin 4 is @stopped, tlitis 5 bringing the scrapei- to rest. Driim 2 is then caused to rotate by the enaine operator, to, Avincl the st,,tnding cable 9, tliereoln to tauten the san-ie. As the c,,tble 9 begins to tigbtel'i, t-lie suspension, cable or chain 13 10 fastened between the scraper ai-icl tl-ie pulley carriage 1,1, will become taut and lift the i-e@l,r of the, scraper free fro@m the ground. VIThen the cable 9 becomes talit or nearly taut, the cable or ch,,tin 13 will consequently 15 hoist the scraper entirely clear of the gro@tind andcompletely -Lipset it, thus effectually dumping the scraper, whereupon the drum 2 is allowed to run free relieving the tension on the, st,,tnding cable 9 and loosen20 ing the same permitting it to assume its normal slack state so th,,tt the scraper will be lowered again to the ground. The drum 4 is then allowed to spend the pulling cable 12 as the drtim 3 is ao@ain rotated to wind 25 the bacl@ing cable 15 thereon by which meolns the sci-aper is drawn bacl@,wardly to the poiiit for reloading. This operation is repeated until the, proper depth of exc@v,,ttion has been effected, the earth being thus 30 loaded, distributed or dumped at any desired point between the fixture 10 and the scaffold 5. The aret to,f excavation operation may be broadened or expanded at -will merely by movin the fixtures 10 or @ l@3 35 either by len,-thenin- or shortening tl-ie measured distance bet-@veen s-Lich fixtures and the scaffold, or by moving the fixtures one w-,ty or the other in ,in are, with the scaffold as @L center. If pref erred, as a matter of 40 expedieney, the free en(I of c,,tble 9 may be secured to the plish ctr 20, so that the line of scraper operations may be readily changed simply by pushing the car forwa;rd or bacl,-,w,,ird the desirecl distance, or re45 -ferring to Fig. 2, the platform on which the eiigine, aind scaffold. are moiinted, may be moved to, establish a new line of operations. Should it be desired to cart the earth a-way from the excavating area- an inclined rtin50 -w, ay 5a may be titilized, up which the scraper mav be draivn and upset,. to unload into a di,i@-ip cai-t or c@ir drawn iin position thereiinder where it will rpeeive, the load. 5@5 Vari.ous changes may be i-nacte iii the details andarra-iigement of parts shown ancl describecl without departing from tl-ie spirit ancl scope of my invention, and I do not desire to be i-estrieted in the ap eiided cl,,tims to the specific sti-Licture shown. 60 Tlavino- tlius described my inveiitioii, -,wha,t I claim as ne-w and desire to seelire by Letters-PateDt of the United St,,ttes is: 1. Iii t coi@abined loading and dumpin(y device, ,i scraper; pullinu ca,bles having r@-' 65 spectiye ends attached tb said sera er for p drawitig the latter forwardly and back-,var Lily; a nornially slacl@ cable elevated above the stirface of the o,rotiiid @'and secu'red at oiie end to a fixture; nie,,tns'@actiiig on s,,tid last named cable i.ndependelitly of said piill- 7o ino, cables for stispei-idiiig the scraper ther - @n e from, b@, which the scraper will be lifted. aboie the (yi,o-Lii-id wlien the 6able is drawn taut; a series of independently rotatable cable drums moulited iipon a platform Nvhich 75 is supported on wheels aiid movable traiisvel-sely of the line of movemeitt of said pulling cables; ,tnd a power de-vice for @seleetii,ely actuat.ing the druins,: each of said cables having their 6pposite ends wo-Lind 8o tipon It druni by which the respoetive cables are independently controlled. 2 . Iii a combined loading and dumping device, a scraper; a pulling ctble havilig one eiid attached to said scraper for draiv@- 85 ing it forwardly and a backing cable having ojie end att,,tched tliereto for drl-wincy I it rearwai-dly; a Doi-maEy slack cable -suspended above the surface @of the ground and sectired at one end to a fixture car- oo i-ied by a platform whiel-i is n-iounted 6n wheels ancl movable transversely of the Iiiie of movement of the cable,; a puiley movable along the length of said normally slack cable; a normally slack means for suspend- 95 il the scraper irom s,,Lid pulley, by which t scraper will be hoisted above tl-ie gro Lind -when said cable is drawn taut indepeiideiitly of said pulling and backilig cables; drums upoii whicli the respective opposite elids of ioo sliid c,,tbles are iiidepeiidently wouiid, said drums beilig mounted upon ,t supportiiig struct ure which is mouiited on wlieels and inovable transvei,sely, of the line of movement of said c,,ibles; and means for inde- 105 peiide ntly i-otatinu and selectively controlliti g s,,ticl drums. 3. A combined loading alid duinpin deA,ice comprisiiig a scrape@ haviiig an g arin projec ting rearwii-dly aiid i-ipwai-dly froi-ii 11( its rear end, a normally slack cablp. b.avidg oiie end fixed, at. a di@taiiec froiyi said scraper aild tlie other end secured to a drum on which it may be wo@iiid for tightel'liii(r and looseiii ng said cable, a flexible connection be- 11.5 tween said cable..and said incliiied arm ineltidin g a pulley arrailged to travel aloli-Y said cable, a ptilling cable having 6 e en sectire d to the front end of said scraper and the other end sectired to a pulley over which 120 it may be '%NloLind for dr,,twing the setaper for",ar dly, ,i haul-back cable haviiig oi-ie ei-id secured to the rear end of @aid scraper. and the otl-ier end seciired to a pulley over which it may be 'Wound for drawing tlle 125 e rearwardly, said pulleys being ,irscr' r r,,tn@ ed lipon ,t supporting structlire whi@h is mounted upon wheels and movable transi,ersel y of tl-ie line of movement of said 6ables, and means for inde-0endentlv rotatin g, 130

14L @,,tid,d:t@u@nis@@;,said @eraiper haiting a for-v@@,irdl-y a,nd bqck-",a,rdly swing@ ing b-a@il @ thereon, a flexible @coniie@iion betweeii tl-ie upper eiid of, said@ bail @and SaLi-d pullihg cable a lever jl7o 1 p tod ion the Tear end of said @c,,tble and a rod -@,onnecting said levei- a-iid,ba-il, wher6by tile scrapet h-iay be, held in oporatiie 'Dosition witil its uttiiig 6d,ge lowo re@d and its S P08itjon @ll "re.tr etid rai@ed, ;,,iiid it ifted, 8o as to raise its front @end A;hd lowet its rear en-d when said lever;is shifted to tli w @Aid ro ball forward, thus ,permittill'lg the loaded ser,,ipe@ t L L' ith,its intern-iediate o be 'drawn w bot@tom:s-Lirfqce iesting @on the ot'touiid. m 0 Ifi testi @ oiiy whe're f IL aLffiX 'My signa- zn tWo L , i t, t@Lire iii t@he. pre 'eiled 6f w iiesses. !RA E. BURKETT.@ AVittiess@e8@, s. M6P@RIS H@kPIlf,9.

Paten,ted May 12, 1925. 1 537 580@ UNITED STATES PA@TE@NT OFFICE, IRA E. BURKETT, OF YLACON, O-EOR.GIA, ASSIGNOR TO SC--,-IOFIELDBURKETT CONSTRUCTIOX COXPANY, Of., 1',IACON, G20RCIA, A COPPOPL.TION OF. GEORGIA. COMBINED SR@'RAPER AN'-g DUIIEPINC-R DEVICE. Application filed September 11, 1922. Serial No. 587,411. Ta all zvhoi?b it nzay con,,-@ern: Be,it k-,io-i-vn that 1, IrA E. BURKETTI a citize-n o' tl-ie Un-tecl States, i-esiclin(y at an of ill, con, in the cotinty of Bibb d State ' 5, (-,ceoi,gi,,t, have iiivented cei,ttin new ancl useftil linproveiiients in Combined Scraper aDd Di,impiDg Devices; and I (--Io bereby declare the follo-vvino@ to be a -fL'Lill, cle,,tr, and exact description of tl-ie ip-vei)-tion, sLich as will 10 e,.nlble otliers skilled in tl-ie ,trt to which it ,t e. ..ppertain s to m,@tl@e a-@ad itse the sam This invention relates to excavators, aiiil ii-iore,l pai@ticiilarl.@7 to a distantly coiitrolled combined sci-apei,tncl d-umping device foi@ 15 use in connectioii -witli engineerino, projects ii-tvolving tb.e e.,@eavation of large, or extenclecl ,treas where it is conven;- ent or necess,,try to convey, distriblite ,Lncl clump dirt, or gravel to and from points remote from tl-ie 20 soiirce of locon-iotive power ancl control, s-Lieli ,is: gracling extensive areas, levee construction or repair, railroacl cuts and embankiiients, canal constrliction ancl the like. The object of my invei -ition, is to provide ,t 25 deiice of the character referred to in -which ,tii orclinary dirt scraper inay be -Litiliz6d to collect dirt or gravel from any clesired poiiit arlqe and convey ,tnd cILimp the s tt any pollit )vithin or outside the excavlttion or grading,, .30 ,Lueas e,@ther to clistribiite the same over suel-i ai-ea, or to diii-np it into siiit,@ible, ha-tililig vebiele's for removal. Fiirtl-ier objects of my,invention are to provide ,t de-@ice of the character referred 3,5 to -wliiel-i -will be simple, durtble and inexp(- nsive in consti-uctioti, tise ,tnd tra-nsport,,ttion froi-a place to place, iTi wb-i-ch an ordi7 n,trv scraper in,,ty be reaclilv connected or clisconnected af, tl-ie will of the oper-,itor. 40 The specific @urpose of my invention is to. provide meel-ianical rneads for clra-wing an oi,di-Tiary serv@per for-wardly alonu a Iiiie from ,i vari-,tblv fix,,tble p'oint . t@' fill thc@ scraper ,Lnd ,tfter-,Aard convey it to any de45 sired point ,t,long such line for dumpi@g to prov-ide nieeliaiii-ctl means for dlimping the se"',Ipel- tt ',Iny point -,tlon,y the @lide of its forward ni6ve ment over the ground and to provide rqeclianical naeip-s for- retiirning th(,, 50 sci,,ctper by drawing it bac-kwarclly for @repeated refilling and dumpii-ig at @ny point or points aloncr its Iiiie o-r propressive move,iiient over the stirf ace of the i-ound -with9 O-Lit reqtiiring manual control for so doing. 55 Afy inven-tion will first be, bqreinafter niore particularly clescribed, with reference t:o the ac6on-ipanyiiig drawinus, -whiel-i are to be, tctkeii as a oari,. of this s@ecification and theii pointe -Li d o't i-n the claiins at the en,d of the descri@tion co In stid drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective eleiiie ntai-y vie-w of n4y device in posit-ion for iise, illustrating the fundamental arrangement of the @various eleiiients and sl-iowing the m I eaiis -Li@nder power control for drawing 05 the scraper for-wardly or b,,tckwardly and the means for d-Limpi@o, the scraper at will. In tliis view tlae scraper is sho-wn in@ loadi-na positio n as it is being drawn forwardly to be a,ft(@,rivard conveyed to the desired point To for dumping - Fig. 2 is a, sicle elevatioiial view of the cle-vice ill-Listratiiio, a convenient arrangpment of the@ variolts elements for levee construetion, tl-ie sera I per and standing line being 75 shoivn in f-Lill lines in duinping position, ancl, in dotted lines in conve@7inu -Dosition. IA7ii @. 3 is a side elevation @f 'the scraper @ii bei loadin g position, the standing line ng slacli:. 80 Fio-. 4 is a sicle elevation Of tile sera-per in ll',I,- Lilfrig Position;. and Fi-. 5 is plan view of the same. P,(;@erring to the dr,,twings, in which lil-,e reference numerals are I used to denote.,corre- 85 the several spondiTi-Y p,,trts througholit vie-Ws, I deiiot@'s an ordin,,iry st@ai@ eiigliie or IQCOmotive adapted - Linder s-Liit@bl'e lever control by an operato@ to actuate I ,issociated rotat-, able cable drums 2, 3 and 4, each of which 9o are pro ided with the usuti do- and ratchet v t, locking mean's ,ind with the usliallbrake de., vices ,tpplied thereto for a -well lknown purpose. An.ordinarv I scaffiDIA 5 6-- P@any preferred design is P-rected (,,onvenientl-v adia@ 95 cept thereto,or tipqn a S-Lilt,,tble platform there with, which ma be moiinted on y road trucks,@ as illiistr,,tted, iii,Fio,,. 2, for eQnveiiieti ce of iransportation, o@ expeditious and r,,tP,id transfer from place to plplce. The loo se,- LIT-old 5 is provided with plilleys 6 'i Ind 8, and may be adeqliately braced b)T suitable guy@; , (not shown). Referrinv-, pa . rtic-Lllarly to Fig. 1, a tension co]-itrollable faiiding liiie, or cable 9 is see-Lired @tt one elid to Alid, wo-Lind 105 uipon the drui-n 2, its other or free end being p,,isse d over the uppermost pulley 6 on th6 se,-Lff olcl 5 ,iiid from thence to a fixt re or u stal@e 10 to which it is SeeLlred; The cable may be drawn taut or allowed to stispend II 0

lacl@ by i,ii-tue of its owi-i we@iglit betweeii beiiig connected to ,t, pair of traveling th6 top of the scaffold 5 and the -fixt-Lire, 10, pulleys or pulle carriao-e I t e latter siinply by -@vinding or uilwiii.ding the elble over the (Ii-uii:i 2, the ptirpose therefore to be her6inafter j-x,ioi-e p,,ti@ticuJai@1-y defined. To the f orwtrd eiid of @tii oi@diiiary scrapei11, prefei,-.Lbl3, by iaicaiis of divided'ehalii sections, the encis of @vliieh -,tre secilired to @-uitable reiiifoi@eiiig bi-,icketed plcites pr(,)- 10 vided 6n either side of the scrapell oi,i I e eiad of a hauliiig or pillliii!-y c@,ible 12 is att,ached, said cable: be' , passed o@@ei- t] @, 8 Ing -ie j)ulle(in the ,@e-,tgold 5 a,iid hav' , its otl-ier 0 iicl iti@Y Avound upon tind secured to@the 4, so 15 that N@l-ieii the clruin 4 is (iiu,,@ed '@o rotate ii-i sucli NiT,,ty as to wiiid the cable 12:thei-Lupoii, the scrapei-- It @@will be drawri forNv,,Lrd to load with earth al-id ,tftell-vvard convey tlle load@ to the clesired poiiit for duli-ipll'lg. 20 @ To tl-ii@ Llppei',side sections of the sci-,,ipoi11, the respective, extren-iities of ,iii invej@ted U-shaped bail ai-e pi-%,ot@lly sectired, the ceiitra I P,,trt tliereof beiii(, adapt6d to p' ivot,@t cohil6etioii Niifh ;one. end of ,t. suitable UO( I 25' the'op@o@ite of the latter bei I ng piirotilly coniiected to an aettiatiii-- liaiid levei- li@ b.y wliieh the b,@tif iiia@ be c,,t'used to iiiove f orNvai-d or backward beyoiid the baltlicinocentor of the serliper. A i-each or btilan(@ 30 @able llb,; Is attaclied.,at one encl to the t6@ center of @ tj-ie bail,. ai@d at its other end to the li@t@l'iiio- or ptilling line 19,, at. a poiiit foi@-w,,trd Qf'tlle,lattei@@s point of attachnient w,ith the scr,I'@er 11. It will be readily Lin35' detstood that by means of the lever ll-al.lLlie :bcqil r@a:@3i be drtiivii b,,icl@Nv, ,ird beyon d, @the balancing conter o,f,tlie ser-,Lper, thus causing the @eael-i o@ b@liiiee c,,Lble@ Ilb to becoiii6 tatit aiid piiI.1 tli6 f6ri@arc.1 end of the scrape,r @40' '@,clowii'''beyol-ld dead ceiiter ii-i lo@idiiig,@osiso 'ts spili:ecl tion,@lIlLi,,@tr,ited by Fi(r. 1, tli@it @i ed(-Ye 6i- I)ottoiii ;@ill @e foi@c CT t lity into c0 gi!Qtiiid tis tli@ s@ri pei- is drLwai-a@ly by tli.(,, cable 1,2 to load tl,.ic sa,iiie, 45 Aftet, the 6r lias becoi-iie filled ivitl:i p etirth@; th(,'h@incl lever@ Ila isrvian.il)tilated t.( iii0ve the bail f i--w I rd of tli(@ bal@iiii@,iii,@y cell'[- o a ter tlierel)ir i,eliei@ijig the tei-isi oli oii tli,e reacil cable 111, a.Iloiviii.ir it to becoitie loose, oi50 sla(,Ii: tl).el Sol-,,tper to the, liauliilg liosit@ioll ilitisti-atej i@ll Fig. 4 )Vfiil its f oi@@%-,ii,d eliid: oi- I-)6ttoiii eclge sligl-it] v N' abo e tlle siii@-face of tl-ie -@rou d @6 tl-i t i t,, 11 a iii,ty be di-@twn fornvftrdly CO COI117ey t@lie 10,Ici to @ tlle diiiiii.)iii(,r poiiit ivitliotit becoiiiiii@,y y @n .,being adlpted t6 luov(2@ tlon(r tl e length Of the siispeiided @st@indiiig cabl.e iiitli i-elafloi-i@ to tl-ic seripei.' as it. is drawii fol'-, 70 in@all@lly or i-e@ii@Ai,tLrdly,.tlie. cli,,tn 13 being shoi'tel- tlipii tl-ie illeastii,ed lieight 6f the cable 9 @iboi,e oi@oiiii@t ivlien tallit. To the rear portion of the sci,@apei11 b37 si-iitable attachinet-it meaiis, one end of a b@Ickilig 75 cable 15 is f@istellecl, 9aid btekiri.g cable ljeiiio@ p-,tssed OlTe[' P Lil@ley@s 16 aild 17, the latter be i ab e sectii-ed to a sii't: I fixttire 1,9 Ayliiel@ be, eitl-ier aii oi@dinai@y 8take driven iii flie gi-o-Liiid, as illustrated in Fi6,. 80 1, c,r iilay be a, stancllion or post, as illustrated iii Fion-. 2, svittbly seeiired and brteed t o p i - i @ h c a t - 2 0 . T I - i e c , , t b l e 1 5 by gliys 1 0 a is passed fi-oiii t-,li6 pulley 17, oi,ei- the ptilley 7@ on the scaffold 5 and is Wotind tipoii th 85 di-tiin .3 its end being seetirely, fastened thereto. It iiill be readily understood tl-itit the drlin-i 4, iipoii Nvhlel-i the ptilling cablo !I-) is u ree, I iv6tind, is ,tllo,wed to r n f aiicl speiid tlii@, ca,ble the drtim @') mty be,, 90 I i-(@t,,tted to ii,iiid the baelcing cable 15 tliereupoli, tliiis cli-aiving the serliper btel@,,,vardly ii-ito position f or reloading and@ conveyance to the poiiit of dui-iipingI'lle ol)el.ntiod of illy imprOA7ed col-nbiiiecl 95 sei,apel, and cl-Linapin- device i@ -,is follows o druni 2 upo which the standing T13. cable 9 is WoLincl is,allowed to run free pprniitting the;cable fo, stispend slack by virtlie of its ov,,n weio,ht betweeii th'e, ptilley 6 ',O( ind the fixture 10. The sci@ape@.- 11 is drawii backii,ardly to t,he po,iiit (under the sl,,tck c,,tb@le 9) at ivhiel-i it I is @ desired to begin loadin(,- by Ai,iiidin(,@ the bacl@iiig cable 15 , I @il-til-ii - - imtiltaneo,tisly alloNviiig 105 upon its o s the drii 4 to r n fre t sp d.,tlie ptTIli III 11 e 0 el'i ng cable 12 is iiecessary. IlThell the sgi-aper has bee- thli- (Ira ii to -the po'lit of .11 s w I I.otidiiio:, brtil@es ai@e applied to tlie: (Ii,till'i 4 S t 110 and tl@'e ritchet lockii-io, iiicans sliolild be c,' to r nt slipl,)-,tge of the di-i-iii -wl-ii le di'tini 'el I 3 'SI 0 ,,le(, @ e I s e t to ruii fj:,ee ancl sl)end tli(@, bacli:ini,- (!@ible 15 as necessat-37. A (yi,ottiid c,pei-ato,r then@ pi-ills the hand lei7er 11 L" so jib 115 tl-iat''tlie ilelich cable oii the scra,pe w be tigliteiled to dra,,i, the ser@ipei, in loacli)-ig positioi@ Avhe'll a Ptill is exei-ted Oil tile pu Iin@), ctble 19@. TI-LE cirl_lm 4 is tlie'n ciused t6 otate, by the eiigii-ic opei-at,l)],, to -vn-ind the ptillino,- cable 19- thei,eon, iN71iereLipo tl,6 120 ii ggecl bi, ilie lijidtil@itioiis of the gi-olljl(,@ sci-apei@i-ill be di-aivn J)e37oiicl; dead 6eiiteisna or bv sji-iail i@o(,ks oi-- otlie@ iiii aiid iiill scr,,,tpe tip a load of dirt oiI)ediiiients eiiil i n o A A T bedded 'i-n the soil. ill the @ well n iniiiiier. AITIle'-@i Llic@Tlie sci-ap6i, 11 is @ilso pi,eforably pro- scraper lias beeii tlitis Ibltded, the @)-i,otilld VI( 0, earwai-dly ext, 10 @ @l d @,@th a r @nded - - ,@l@iapecl oper,,ttoi- i)tisl-ies the ha'nd lever Ila to loosen; 125 fiame bar, the o-ppositely disposed ends of tlie i-&,-tcli cable, 1111, Qo that th6 sci-aper will wliieh- are seelired to the rea 'ti r,side sections assume its liauling posi onlas i t is dra%vn o.f tl-ie s6rdp6r. To the (@entral extrem ty ()f foriyardl T by the p-uilliiig cable 12 to be the frame'bar,, a SuQ-Pension cable or chain conveye(i to, the poiiit f (,,r dumpinol-. As the (,5 10 ae bl o@is:.attaelied@ tl-ie,opp6site end of tlae, (,,haill @praper moves forwtird the b king ea e 130