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 AND SPECIALTIES 
 
 CHARLES K. ERNST 
 999-1007 E. FERRY ST. | BUFFALO, N. Y. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Introduction 
 
 N presenting this catalog it is our endeavor to 
 bring to your attention some patented devices 
 of unusual merit. Each fulfills a long-felt want. 
 
 Each deals with a situation in a simple, effective 
 manner, leaving no doubt that it is practical and 
 efficient—a genuine necessity. 
 
 These devices include the (1) Ernst Disappear- 
 ing Hoist, (2) Ernst One-piece Checkered Top 
 Sidewalk Door, (3) The Ernst Perfect Elevator, 
 (4) Ernst Conveyor, (5) Ernst Automobile Turn- 
 table. 
 
 Each one of these is designed and patented by 
 Mr. Chas. K. Ernst, and manufactured under pat- 
 ents owned and controlled by this concern. 
 
 For municipal buildings, stores, factories and 
 private dwellings, each device performs perfectly 
 the function for which it is intended. 
 
 Though each of these articles is covered by 
 patents, the prices only cover the manufacturing 
 cost, with a legitimate profit added. The prices 
 are exceptionally low, but the goods are well made 
 and reliable. 
 
 Architects and builders specifying any or all of 
 these devices can rest assured that they have in- 
 cluded equipment that are modern necessities of 
 any structure, genuinely approved and appreciated 
 by owners and occupants alike. 
 
 A careful reading of this catalog will convince 
 you of the real value of the Ernst patented pro- 
 ducts, 
 
CHARLES K. Ernst, -MANUFACTURER 
 
 
 
 Ernst Disappearing Hoist 
 
 
 
 (Patented) 
 
 This cut shows the Arm lowered into Cellar by 
 using the Brake. 
 
 Single Ash Can Holder furnished with Hoist. 
 Capacity of this machine 400 pounds. 
 
 ERNST TELESCOPIC DISAPPEARING HOIST 
 
 HIS patented device deals with the removal 
 or entrance of ashes, barrels or boxes to or 
 from the cellar. It is particularly suited for 
 
 stores, office buildings or apartments. 
 
 The Ernst Disappearing Hoist is constructed 
 throughout of metal in a thorough and workman- 
 
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BASEMENT ELEVATORS AND SPECIALTIES 5 
 
 
 
 Ernst Disappearing Hoist 
 
 
 
 This Cut Shows the Arm Swung Above Sidewalk with 
 2 Cans Ready to be Lowered by Brake. 
 
 Double Ash Can Holders Cost 
 $5.00 Extra. 
 
 like manner. It is strong and serviceable to give 
 the utmost of usefulness and dependability. 
 
 The uprights are made of 5” channel iron, into 
 which the hoist proper slides. The hoist is made 
 of 2, 1'%x2 angles stiffened and riveted together, 
 while the bottom is 7” channel. The entire equip- 
 ment as shown, including cables and pulley, is 
 furnished with each hoist. 
 
6 CHARLES K. Ernst, MANUFACTURER 
 
 
 
 Ernst Disappearing Hoist 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bringing Ashes from the Cellar and Swinging 
 Onto the Sidewalk. 
 This Cut Shows it with the Ernst one-piece Patented 
 Door. Fits as well with any Other Door. 
 
 Operation—To operate the Ernst Disappearing 
 Hoist, simply turn handle until hoist reaches the 
 desired height, when the automatic clutch springs 
 out and holds the hoist. It is then ready for work. 
 By simply turning the crank, ashes, refuse, boxes or 
 barrels may be quickly transported from cellar bot- 
 tom to sidewalk or the reverse. 
 
 Features—A primary feature of the Disappear- 
 ing Hoist is the ability to return the arm to the 
 cellar when not in use. The hoist is now equipped 
 with brakes, both for lowering the arm and lower- 
 ing a load. This allows load to be lowered with 
 ease. 
 
 To release clutch to lower arm when hoisting is 
 done, pull on the wire attached to the stand, and 
 the arm can be lowered by either crank or brake. 
 
BASEMENT ELEVATORS AND SPECIALTIES 7 
 
 
 
 Ernst Disappearing Hoist 
 
 
 
 Shows how strong and perfect the Machine is 
 built and the 2 brakes. 
 
 It can be made to fit any cellar by simply short- 
 ening the length of the floor channel and arm. It 
 is easily set up and has nothing to get out of order. 
 
 Price, complete, f.o.b. Buffalo, $65.00. Prices 
 are for cellar 6 to 10 feet deep. Additional heights 
 $1.25 per foot extra. 
 
 When ordering state height of cellar to under 
 side of door frame; also whether right or left hand 
 operating equipment is desired. 
 
 We also make a Disappearing Hoist capable of carrying 
 600 to 700 pounds at a small additional cost. 
 
8 CHARLES K. Ernst, MANUFACTURER 
 
 
 
 Ernst One Piece Checkered 
 Top Sidewalk Door 
 
 
 
 (Patented) 
 
 Showing the Door open with the Automatic Guard making 
 
 a strong and safe rail all around the Door. 
 
 Is made of one piece of quarter-inch checkered 
 steel plate, counter-balanced by weights, making it 
 easy to raise and holds door in place when closed. 
 
 Being absolutely water-tight and flush with the 
 sidewalk, with Automatic Guards, it is the most de- 
 sirable sidewalk door on the market. 
 
BASEMENT ELEVATORS AND SPECIALTIES 9 
 
 
 
 Ernst One Piece Checkered 
 Top Sidewalk Door 
 
 
 
 Showing the Door partly opened, the weights acting to keep 
 
 the Door perfectly level and well balanced, making 
 it very easy to open or close any size 
 
 Door thereby saving the Door. 
 
 Is only one inch wider than total opening, and 
 does not have a slippery 3 or 4 inch frame around 
 the outer edge. 
 
10 CuaArLes K. Ernst, MANUFACTURER 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ernst One Piece Checke 
 
 Look at all the Double Doors and see the conc 
 
 Bent down or up in the center—Strips cot 
 
 
 
 Shows that it is perfe. 
 
 Shows Gutters in Cement walk t 
 
 The “‘Ernst’’ Door costs no more than the or 
 
 and give 100% 
 
 
 
 Door as it looks ready to be set in concrete. 
 
 The frame is made of a 3x3x% angle, strongly 
 riveted together. 
 
 All doors now have an iron stop on the front 
 and the two sides, which allows concrete to butt 
 up tight against the stops, which will not permit the 
 edge of concrete to chip away from the door. 
 
BASEMENT ELEVATORS AND SPECIALTIES ski! 
 
 
 
 ed Top Sidewalk Door 
 
 ion they are in after being used a short time. 
 
 ng off—A regular Stumbling Block 
 
 
 
 r level with Walk. 
 
 jrain water away from Door. 
 
 ary kind, and will last longer, look better, 
 
 lore satisfaction. 
 
 PRICES 
 
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 NOTE—In placing order, please designate how 
 door is set. For instance, a 4’x5’ door, state whether 
 the 5 feet run with the building or from the building 
 toward the curb. 
 
12 CHARLES K. Ernst, MANUFACTURER 
 
 
 
 Ernst Perfection Elevator 
 
 
 
 (Patented) 
 
 Showing the can on platform as it has been 
 
 lowered by brake. 
 
 By simply turning the crank ashes are raised and 
 automatically stopped at window opening. ‘The 
 ashcan may then be swung through the window 
 onto sidewalk. 
 
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 Ernst Perfection Elevator 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Showing the can as it is ready to swing out of the window 
 
 ready to be taken off or to be lowered in cellar. 
 
 When the can is in this position it may be swung 
 through window and the elevator is then ready for 
 a second load. It may be lowered from this height 
 by the brake without touching the crank handle. 
 
14 CHARLES K. Ernst, MANUFACTURER 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 As it looks when swung out of window. 
 
 
 
 The Ernst Hand Truck. 
 
BASEMENT ELEVATORS AND SPECIALTIES 15 
 
 
 
 ERNST PERFECTION ELEVATOR 
 
 S you can see by the illustration, the Ernst 
 Perfection Elevator is a hoisting device to 
 quickly and efficiently handle ashes or pro- 
 
 duce from the cellar floor to the sidewalk, or vice 
 versa. 
 
 The elevator consists of a 214” pipe extending 
 from. the cellar floor to the beams of the cellar 
 ceiling and fastened securely to them. A platform 
 or carrier rides up and down on this, operated by a 
 handle on a drum winding or unwinding a 3%” wire 
 cable. 
 
 Operation—To operate the Ernst Perfection Ele- 
 vator, simply place the can on the platform, turn 
 the handle a few times until the load reaches the 
 sidewalk level. Then swing the load through the 
 window opening and unload. 
 
 Features—This elevator is equipped to raise any 
 load weighing up to 300 pounds. It is provided 
 with a lock to keep the platform stationary and a 
 stop which regulates height of the platform to the 
 height of the window. 
 
 Two speeds are provided for hoisting either a 
 light or heavy load, as well as a brake permitting the 
 load to be lowered with ease without the use of 
 
 the crank handle. 
 
 To install this elevator is the work of but half an 
 hour. Any size window can be used, but a large 
 one is preferred. This of course depends on the 
 size of can you wish to use. 
 
 As a _ labor-saving device the Ernst Perfection 
 Elevator is unexcelled. It permits the easy re- 
 moval of ashes, the entrance into the cellar of pro- 
 duce or the conveying in or out of anything not 
 
 handled easily by hand. 
 
 THE ERNST HAND TRUCK 
 
 Is a convenience to be used with the Perfec- 
 tion Elevator. It permits of a quick and efficient 
 way of transporting ashes from furnace to elevator. 
 Its metal construction guarantees it strong and 
 serviceable, and it is adapted to handling any size 
 can or barrel. 
 
 Cost of elevator, complete, up to 8 ft. in height, 
 f.o.b. Buffalo, $24.75. For elevators above 8 ft., 
 75 cents per foot extra. Hand trucks, $2.50. 
 
16 CHARLES K. Ernst, MANUFACTURER 
 
 
 
 The Ernst Conveyor 
 
 
 
 Saves carrying Ashes through the cellar, kitchen and halls and 
 tracking dust all through the house. 
 Views showing the inside of Cellar with Conveyor ready for Use 
 
 THE ERNST CONVEYOR 
 
 HE Ernst Conveyor is similar in principle to 
 the Ernst Perfection Elevator, with the added 
 feature of providing a conveyor for ashes to 
 
 the sidewalk when it is some distance from the ele- 
 vator. I[t is manufactured of steel, consisting of two 
 shafts between which the platform rides. Raising 
 and lowering is accomplished by turning the crank 
 on drum which in turn winds or unwinds a 3%” cable. 
 
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 The Ernst Conveyor 
 
 
 
 Operation—The conveyor is raised or lowered 
 by turning the crank. The load is raised to the 
 height of the window and the platform is conveyed 
 through the window and unloaded. The uprights 
 have a clamp at side which is adjustable to height 
 of window. 
 
 A steel door and frame with an |8"x24” window 
 frame is also furnished. We do not supply glass 
 for window because of the danger of breaking in 
 transit. A steel chute is also furnished in connec- 
 tion with conveyor for receiving coal, when speci- 
 fied. Price, $66.00 for height up to 10 feet; 
 $1.25 per ft. additional for each foot in height. 
 
18 CHarLes K. Ernst, MANUFACTURER 
 
 Ernst Light Sidewalk 
 Elevator A 
 
 Prices on Application. 
 
 
 
 
 
 (Patented) 
 Platform 1’ 6” x 1’ 6”—2/ 6” x 2’ 6” up. Capacity of 
 lift 400 pounds. 
 Equipped with strong brake. 
 
 HE Ernst Light Sidewalk Elevator is another 
 application of the Perfection Elevator prin- 
 ciple. It is manufactured to supply an eleva- 
 
 ting device furnished with a platform that can be 
 raised to the level of the sidewalk. It is particularly 
 adaptable for handling barrels, boxes, etc., with a 
 minimum of hand labor. 
 
 The operation machinery is similar to that of 
 the other elevators, and all the features of the Per- 
 
BASEMENT ELEVATORS AND SPECIALTIES 19 
 
 Ernst Light Sidewalk 
 Elevator A 
 
 
 
 
 
 Needs only a small Pit about 1’ 3” deep. 
 
 Fastens up against the Wall nothing projecting above the Side- 
 walk, level with the Cellar Floor and also Cement sidewalk. 
 
 Prices on Application. 
 fection Elevator are duplicated in this model, with 
 the exception that the crank drum and brake mech- 
 anism are removed to one side to make way for the 
 platform. 
 
 This elevator when lowered is level with the 
 cellar floor, and when raised has nothing projecting 
 above the sidewalk. 
 
 It is easy to install, takes up but little room, has 
 a capacity of 400 pounds, and a platform with a 
 surface of 3 to 7 square feet. 
 
20 CuarLes K. Ernst, MANUFACTURER 
 
 
 
 Ernst Light Sidewalk 
 Elevator B 
 
 Prices on Application. 
 
 
 
 situated at some distance from the sidewalk, 
 
 this elevator is particularly applicable. It 
 is practically a duplicate of the model on pages 18 
 and 19, with the exception that the mechanism is 
 directly connected on the upright. 
 
 It is built with all the features that are found in 
 the Ernst Perfection Elevator. The platform is 
 differently constructed, however, to comply with 
 the requirements of an elevator that will raise 
 a load to the level of the sidewalk with nothing 
 protruding above. 
 
 It has a capacity of 400 pounds, platform surface 
 of 3 to 7 feet square. 
 
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