Improvements in Tip Carts.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 4th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 12th Dec. 1391
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tip Carts.
We, TIMOTHY FLANIGAN of 131, East Vanburen Street, Chicago, Cook County,
and State of Illinois, United States of America, Foreman Builder, and FRANK
GRIMES of 100, Lake Street, Chicago, aforesaid, Porter, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to a tipping cart, especially suited for transporting semi-
liquid matters.
"The cart body is semi-cylindrical and is pivoted upon the upwardly-cranked
middle part of the axle of the travelling wheels. The frame is fixed to the said
cranked axle by braces above and below the side members of the frame, the upper
ones being clamped to the vertical members of the cranked axle so as to hold the
latter rigid for the body to pivot on. The bearings of the body on the axle are
packed to prevent leakage, and one of them is a sprocket wheel over which passes
an endless chain and over another mounted alongside the driver's seat and operated
by a lever handle whereby the body may be tipped as required, stops, which meet
the cranked axle, limiting the tipping motion. The body is locked in horizontal
position by a swing bar engaged by springs, with catches on the body and released
when required by a treadle. The body has a hinged lid at back also locked by a
swing bar engaged by springs with catches, a chain tackle, connected to said cover
and worked from the driver's seat, enabling the cover to be raised as required.
Dated this 10th day of February 1891.
T. FLANIGAN.
F. GRIMES.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tip Carts.
We, TIMOTHY FLANIGAN of 131, East Vanburen Street, Chicago, Cook
County, and State of Illinois, United States of America, Foreman Builder, and
FRANK GRIMES of 100, Lake Street, Chicago, aforesaid, Porter, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
Our invention relates to a tip-cart suitable for ordinary purposes and especially
for transporting garbage and semi-liquid matters.
The cart has a semi-cylindrical body pivoted upon an upwardly-cranked axle and
is provided with means for operating the body, as hereinafter fully described with
reference to the accompanying drawings forming part of this Specification, in
which
Figure 1 is a broken plan view of a cart embodying our invention.
Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a detail sectional view of the sprocket wheel as attached to the

page_text: Figure 4 is a detail sectional view of the plate by which one side of the body is
connected with the axle.
Figure 5 is a detail view of one of the catches by which the body is locked in
position.
Figure 6 is a detail view of a locking catch secured to the opposite side of
the body.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
A is the frame fixed to the axle B mounted in the wheels C in the usual manner,
the axle being upwardly cranked at B¹ upon which cranked part the body D is
pivoted. The frame A is fixed to the axle B by the braces E and E. The
braces E are bolted to the top sides of the frame and are clamped to the vertical
portion of the axle and the braces E¹ are bolted to the under side of the frame
and attached to an arm a¹ of the clamp a which encloses the lower portion of
the axle B and is bolted to the under-side of the frame, the axle B being thus
held in a fixed position so that the body D may turn thereon. The body D is
semi-cylindrical in form and is made preferably of steel. It is provided with a
fixed top D' covering the front half of the body and a cover D at d, and with
stops D³ fixed to the sides so that when the body is tipped they will come
against the crank portions B¹ of the axle B and prevent the body from tipping
too far. A locking bar e is centrally pivoted on the rear portion of the cover D'
and its ends which project beyond the sides of the cover play in staples e fixed
on the cover D2 and engage in notches of upwardly-projecting catches f fixed to
the sides of the body D thereby locking the cover D². The bar e is made to
engage with the catches f by springs g so attached to the cross-bar and to the
cover D that the springs will force the bar into engagement with the catches f
which are rounded at the upper ends so that when the cover D' is dropped the bar
will strike said rounded ends and automatically lock the cover. A chain e is
attached to one end of the bar e leading to a point near to the seat A' whereby the
cover may be unlocked. To a staple centrally fixed to the rear edge of the
cover D³ is attached an ordinary pulley block h' through which and over a grooved
pulley i runs a chain h by pulling upon which chain the cover may be easily
raised when unlocked, the one end of the chain being made fast to the pulley block
and the free end being hitched to a ring on the bracket j. The pulley i is mounted
in brackets j fixed to the top D', a guard j¹ retaining the chain * upon the pulley.
Rivetted to one side of the body D by a flange F is a collar-bearing F' that fits
closely upon the crank portion B¹ of the axle and has an annular groove containing
a packing (Figure 4) which will prevent leakage around the axle, the said
collar being conveniently made in halves. To the opposite side of the body is
rivetted a sprocket wheel G, also made in halves and formed with a collar
bearing G which embraces the crank portion B¹ of the axle and is packed as at k
to prevent leakage. A chain H runs round wheel G and another sprocket
wheel J mounted in a bracket K fixed on the frame A alongside the seat A³ the
sprocket wheel J having a lever handle J¹ fixed to it which is within convenient
reach of the driver whereby motion may be transmitted to the sprocket wheel G
for tilting the body D. The handle J' may be locked so as to hold the body in any
position, by pins inserted in holes in a quadrant frame L, the pins being
attached by a chain to the seat A³. A swing locking bar n is centrally pivoted
to the front part of the frame A and engages with the notches m of catch
plates mm (shewn separately in Figures 5 and 6) fixed to the sides of the body,
the ends of the locking bar playing in staples on the frame A and being forced
into engagement with the catches by springs g' attached to the bar and to the
frame A, the catches having rounded portions m² which strike the locking bar,
force it back, and lead it into the notches. The body D is thus locked in the horizontal
position. The barn is unlocked by a treadle lever p connected to said locking
bar by a link o, thus leaving the body D free to turn. To facilitate loading the
cart, the body D may be slightly tilted backwards by means of the lever J and

page_text: bar n.
chain gear and afterwards returned to the horizontal position and locked by the
To deposit the load, the bar n is released by means of the foot lever p
and then the body tilted by the lever J' and gear, as shewn by dotted lines in
Figure 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is-
1. The combination, with a frame A, of the crank-axles B clamps or boxes
securing the sides of the frame to the lower axle cranks and provided with arms a¹,
longitudinally-extending braces E' secured to the lower faces of the sides of the
frame and connected between their ends with the arms a', the upper braces E secured
at their ends to the sides of the frame and clamped between their edges to the
vertical members of said cranks, and a cart body mounted on the inwardly-projecting
upper cranks B₁, substantially as set forth
2. The combination, with a wheeled frame having a driver's seat at its front end
and a closed tipping body mounted on the frame in rear of the seat and provided
with a door, of a locking mechanism for the door and a connection leading from the
said locking mechanism to the driver's seat, substantially as set forth.
3. The combination, with a wheeled frame having a driver's seat at its forward
end and a tipping body in rear of the seat, of gearing for rotating the body on its
axis and a lever mounted adjacent to the driver's seat for operating said gearing to
tip the said body, substantially as set forth.
4. The combination, with a wheeled frame having a driver's seat at its front end
and a closed tipping body in rear of the seat provided with a hinged cover and a
locking device for the cover, of gearing for tipping the body provided with an
operating lever extending up alongside the driver's seat and means for releasing
and raising the cover from the driver's seat, substantially as set forth.
5. The combination, with a wheeled frame having a driver's seat at its front
end, a closed tipping body in rear of the seat having a vertically-swinging cover
opposite catches on the tipping body and a spring-actuated centrally-pivoted
locking bar engaging said catches, of a flexible connection leading from said bar to
the forward end of the frame in reach of the driver, a chain for operating the
said cover from the driver's seat and guide pulleys for the chain, substantially as
set forth.
6. The combination, with a wheeled frame having a driver's seat at its forward
end and a tipping body in rear of the seat, of a locking bar securing the body at its
forward end to the frame to prevent it from tipping, a treadle pivoted in reach of
the driver's foot and a connection between said treadle and the locking bar,
substantially as set forth.
7. The combination, with a cart body having opposite side openings, of separable
flanges recessed on their inner faces provided with a suitable packing and entering
said opposite openings to receive the axles and form a tight joint, substantially as
set forth.
8. The combination, with a cart body having opposite side openings, of a two-
part sprocket wheel bolted to one side of the body and having Hanges on its two
parts entering one of said openings and provided with a suitable packing, a two-part
plate bolted to the opposite side of the cart and having flanges entering the opening
therein and also provided with a suitable packing, the flanges of the sprocket wheel
and plate forming beurings for the axles supporting the cart body substantially as
set forth.
9. The combination, with the body D pivoted upon the axle B, as shewn, of
means, as the sprocket wheel G chain H sprocket wheel J and lever J', for operating
said body, substantially as set forth.
10. The combination, with the sprocket wheel J mounted in a suitable supporting
frame and connected with the body D, as shewn, of the cover L having perforations

page_text: therein and means, as the pins A, for fixing the position of the sprocket wheel,
substantially as set forth.
Dated this 4th day of November 1891.
T. FLANIGAN.
F. GRIMES.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.