Temperley transporter
{{short description|Early form of overhead crane}}
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A Temperley transporter is an early form of overhead crane invented by John Ridley Temperley in 1892.{{Cite journal
| author = Claude William Hill
| title = Electric crane construction
| journal = Nature
| publisher = C. Griffin and Company, Ltd.
| year = 1911
| volume = 87
| issue = 2187
| page = [https://archive.org/details/electriccraneco00hillgoog/page/n93 33]
| doi = 10.1038/087411b0
| bibcode = 1911Natur..87..411K
| s2cid = 3973783
| url = https://archive.org/details/electriccraneco00hillgoog
}} They were manufactured by the Temperley Transporter Company of London.{{Cite journal
| author = Edward Charles Robert Marks
| title = The construction of cranes and other lifting machinery
| publisher = The Technical Publishing Company, Ltd.
| year = 1904
| page = [https://archive.org/details/constructioncra00markgoog/page/n256 244]
| url = https://archive.org/details/constructioncra00markgoog
}}
Relevant patents
- GB0021170 issued in the United Kingdom in 1892
- {{Cite patent
| country-code = US
| patent-number = 615370
| title = Means For Supporting Ropes of Elevated Carriers
| issue-date = Dec 6, 1898
| inventor-last = Temperley
| inventor-first = Joseph
|ref=
}}
- {{Cite patent
| country-code = US
| patent-number = 637182
| title = Apparatus for Dumping, Depositing, or Releasing Loads Suspended From Cranes, &c.
| issue-date = Nov 14, 1899
| inventor1-last = Temperley
| inventor1-first = Joseph
| inventor2-last = Temperley
| inventor2-first = John Ridley
|ref=
}}
- {{Cite patent
| country-code = US
| patent-number = 883841
| title = Transporting Appliance And The Like
| issue-date = Apr 7, 1908
| inventor1-last = Temperley
| inventor1-first = Joseph
| inventor2-last = Temperley
| inventor2-first = John Ridley
| inventor3-last = Alexander
| inventor3-first = William
|ref=
}}
- {{Cite patent
| country-code = US
| patent-number = 887873
| title = Cable Transporter
| issue-date = May 19, 1908
| inventor1-last = Temperley
| inventor1-first = Joseph
| inventor2-last = Temperley
| inventor2-first = John Ridley
| inventor3-last = Alexander
| inventor3-first = William
|ref=
}}
- {{Cite patent
| country-code = US
| patent-number = 894,083
| title = Apparatus for Raising, Lowering, and Conveying or Transporting Loads
| issue-date = Jul 21, 1908
| inventor1-last = Temperley
| inventor1-first = Joseph
| inventor2-last = Temperley
| inventor2-first = John Ridley
| inventor3-last = Alexander
| inventor3-first = William
|ref=
}}
References
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