A NEW OR IMPROVED SYSTEM OR MODE OF. AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING OR TRANSPORTING MONEY, DOCUMENTS, AND PARCELS IN MERCANTILE AND OTHER LIKE ESTABLISHMENTS
Year: 1881

page_text: ETTERS PATENT to Edwin Powley Alexander, of 14 and 36, Southampton
Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and British and
Foreign Patent Agent, for an Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED SYSTEM
OR MODE OF. AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING OR TRANSPORTING MONEY,
DOCUMENTS, AND PARCELS IN MERCANTILE AND OTHER LIKE ESTABLISHMENTS."
A communication from abroad by Joseph Carus White and Harris Haskell
Hayden, both of the City, County, and State of New York, in the United
States of America.
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edwin Powley Alexander at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th February 1881.
EDWIN POWLEY ALEXANDER, of 14 and 30, Southampton Buildings, in the
County of Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and British and Foreign Patent Agent.
"A. NEW OR IMPROVED SYSTEM OR MODE OF AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING
OR TRANSPORTING MONEY, DOCUMENTS, AND PARCELS IN MERCANTILE AND OTHER
LIKE ESTABLISHMENTS." A communication from abroad by Joseph Carus White
and Harris Haskell Hayden, both of the City, County, and State of New York,
in the United States of America.
This Invention relates to a peculiar system or mode of and apparatus for
effecting automatically by means of mechanical appliances the work heretofore
performed in mercantile establishments by messengers, who convey or carry the cash,
documents, goods, or other parcels from the different departments, counters, or
stations in such establishments to the main desk, and carry back the parcel with
the change to the counter.
The employment of messengers, results in delays, mistakes, loss of articles and
money, and the resulting disputes are vexatious and troublesome.
Now this Invention by dispensing with the attendance of messengers obviates
these objections.

page_text: In carrying out this Invention three things are essential; first, a guide way or
track which may be stationary or moveable, or may consist of an endless or other
travelling conductor leading from or past a series of counters or stations to the
main desk or station; second, a guide way, track, or travelling conductor leading
from the desk back to the counters; third, appliances or carriers whereby money,
documents, goods, parcels, and the like may be carried through the medium of such
guide ways or conductors from each counter to the central desk, and back to the
counter from which it was sent.
The appliances used and their construction may vary according to circumstances,
for instance, the guide ways may consist of rods, wires, or rails along which the
carriers travel by gravity, or are rendered self moving under the action of any
suitable motor, mechanical or electric, or they may consist of travelling ropes or
bands supporting the said carriers.
The carriers employed may also be variously constructed, consisting either of
wheeled cars, trays, ortboxes, or other receptacles travelling along the rails, or of
hollow spheres, or of cylinders travelling in grooves, or otherwise suitably guided,
or of other equivalent means for supporting the articles sent upon.
the travelling
bands, conductors, or tracks aforesaid. Provision is made for arresting and releasing
the carriers, and for transferring them as may be required from one way or track to
another, or across passages where there are no ways.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Edwin Powley Alexander in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
29th July 1881.
"
EDWIN ALEXANDER POWLEY, of 14 and 36, Southampton Buildings, in the
County of Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and British and Foreign Patent Agent.
A NEW OR IMPROVED SYSTEM OR MODE OF AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING
OR TRANSPORTING MONEY, DOCUMENTS, AND PARCELS IN MERCANTILE AND OTHER
LIKE ESTABLISHMENTS." A communication from abroad by Joseph Carus White
and Harris Haskell Hayden, both of the City, County, and State of New York,
in the United States of America.
The said Invention relates to a peculiar system or mode of and apparatus for
effecting automatically by means of mechanical apparatus the work heretofore
performed in mercantile establishments, by messengers who convey or carry the
cash, documents, goods, or other parcels from the different departments, counters, or
stations in such establishments to the main desk, and carry back the parcel with
the change to the counter.
The employment of messengers results in delays, mistakes, loss of articles and
money, and the resulting disputes are vexatious and troublesome.
Now this Invention by dispensing with the attendance of messengers obviates
these objections.
In carrying out this Invention three things are essential; first, a guide way or
track which may be stationary or moveable, or may consist of an endless or other
travelling conductor leading from or past a series of counters or stations to the
main desk or station; second, a guide way, track, or travelling conductor leading
from the desk back to the counters; third, appliances or carriers whereby money,
documents, goods, parcels, and the like may be carried through the medium of such
guide ways or conductors from each counter to the central desk, and back to the
counter from which it was sent.
The appliances used and their construction may vary according to circumstances
for instance, the guide ways may consist of rods, wires, or rails along which the
carriers travel by gravity, or are rendered self moving under the action of any
suitable motor, mechanical or electric, or they may consist of travelling ropes or
bands supporting the said carriers.
The carriers employed may also be variously constructed consisting either of
wheeled cars, trays, or boxes, or other receptacles travelling along the rails, or of
hollow-spheres, or of cylinders travelling in grooves or otherwise suitably guided, or
of other equivalent means for supporting the articles sent upon the travelling bands,
conductors, or tracks aforesaid. Provision is made for arresting and releasing the
carriers and for transferring them as may be required from one way or track to
another or across passages where there are no ways.
And in order that the said Invention may be fully understood, I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose shall refer
to the several Figures on the explanatory Sheets of Drawings hereunto annexed, the
same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts in all the corresponding
Figures.
In the accompanying Drawings are illustrated various plans for carrying out this
Invention, and appliances used in connection therewith.
Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a system of gravity rails in connection
with the counters and desks of a store.
Figure 2 is a side view showing a hanger, rail stop, and carrier.
Figure 3, a section on the line 1-2, in Figure 2.
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page_text: Figures 10 and 11 illustrate details of Figures and 3.
Figure 12 illustrates a modification where the carriers are driven on fixed rails
by a travelling band.
Figure 13 is an elevation illustrating a means used for moving carriers to and
from.rails at different heights.
Figure 14 is a section on the line 5-6, Figure 13.
Figure 15 is a plan view of the rail and attachments shown in Figure 13 drawn
to an enlarged scale.
Figure 16, an inverted plan of Figure 15.
Figure 17, a section on the line 7-8, Figure 15.
Figures 18, 19, and 20, views illustrating different forms of carriers.
Figure 21, a perspective view showing another form of carrier supporting way
and stop device.
Figure 1 illustrates the application of the Invention to the central desk a and
counters B, B, of a store where the carriers D are moved by the action 'of
gravity.
A represents the ways leading from the central desk to the-counters, and A! the
return way, such an arrangement being employed so far as the disposition of the
ways in relation to the counter and desk is concerned as will most facilitate the
business to be performed. As shown,. the ways consist of rails of steel or other
material supported by brackets or standards C attached to the floor, desks, or
ceiling.
The ways may be plain bars, or they may be in the shape of gutters or troughs
in which hollow balls may be placed, and a single rail extending, from the desk a
past the counters and back to the desk may constitute in action the two ways
required for conducting a carrier from, say, the counter d, Figure 1, to the central
desk in the direction of the arrow 1, and from said desk back to the counter in the
direction of the arrow 2.
The rails are situated in reach of the attendants at the desk, and each attendant
is provided with one or more carriers and with means if necessary for placing them
upon the rail.or way, whereby the money or goods held by the carrier will be
conducted from the several counters to the desk.
:
The carriers as specially described hereafter are constructed to receive or hold
the memorandum books, cash, or parcels or other matter, and may be provided
with antifriction wheels so that they may move readily by gravity along the
rails.
Where a series of separate ways extend from a central desk there is danger of
misplacing the carriers upon the rails and thereby sending them to the wrong
counters. To prevent this.each line of rail or way is marked with an indicating
letter, figure, or. colour; all the carriers belonging to such way are correspondingly
marked, and each is also marked to indicate the counter upon such line or way to
which it belongs. Any memorandum books or wrappers used in connection with
such carriers are also marked with a device indicating the line of way and with the
number indicating the counter thereon to which it pertains..
Thus in Figure 1 the ways are lettered from 1 to 4, and the desks on each line
are lettered from b.upward, so that a carrier belonging to the desk d on the line 1
will be marked 1d, while one belonging to the desk c on the line :4 will be
marked 4 c.
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It is important to provide some means of automatically arresting each carrier at

page_text: its proper destination after it has been placed upon the return rail A¹ by the clerk
at the central desk.
Various means, as stop pins, catches, and the like, on the carriers, with corre-
sponding appliances on the track or way, may be used for this purpose, each pin
being so arranged as to arrest only the carrier which pertains to the counter or
sections of counter, adjacent to which the stop arranged to engage the said pin is
situated.
An effective arrangement is shown in Figures 2 and 3, in which the carrier D,
consisting of a frame supported by grooved wheels g, g, is provided with an arched
bar h, and the stop consists of a a pad i carried by a bracket E, and so adjusted
that the bar h will strike the underside of the same. The carrier is thus arrested
by being wedged between the stop and the rail, with but little noise or shock. Of
course the stops are arranged at different heights from the rail, the highest being
nearest the desk a, so that each carrier will pass beneath all the stops, except the
one to which it is adjusted.
The bars h may be secured adjustably to the carriers to facilitate fixing them at
the proper heights; the pads i may also be secured to adjustable bars for a like
purpose, and rods 2 may extend to the brackets to prevent the turning of the pad
plates.
By thus bringing the carriers between the stops and the rail they are prevented
from jumping from the latter when the motion of the carrier is suddenly arrested.
To further prevent the derailment of the carriers there is used a retainer f,
Figure 7, which is preferably moveable to facilitate the placing of the carrier upon
the rail.
Such retainer may be made in various forms. As shown it is crank pivotted by
a pin, and locked by a slide f', which is provided with a handle f2, by which it
is raised when the carrier is lifted, so as to permit the retainer to turn to the
position shown in dotted lines; and a spring f³ is arranged to depress the slide
when the handle is released, thereby turning it to the position shown in full lines,
and preventing the carrier from moving vertically off the track, or from swinging
to an undesirable extent.
Other modes of locking the retainer may however be employed, and it may be
weighted or provided with a spring, or connected directly with the slide to ensure
its turning back out of the way when the carrier is lifted.
Instead of the frame. I may graduate the wheels of the carriers, and adjust the
stops so as to bear upon the upper edges of the said wheels, which are thus jammed
between the stops and the rail, the carriers belonging to the farthest counter or
location on any line or way having wheels of the smallest diameter.
To avoid the noise, expense, and weight of metal wheels, they may be made of
what is known as vulcanized fibre, consisting of paper treated with a salt of zinc,
so as to harden it, this material being strong, durable, and emitting but little sound
in travelling over the metal.
Openings y may be cut in the wheels to reduce the weight. To adapt the carrier
to retain both large and small articles I combine therewith a holder c, connected
flexibly, and in some instances jointedly, to the frame W.. Thus a crate or frame
or basket may be connected by elastic straps to the frame of the carrier, or the
holder may consist of elastic straps; in either case the article is confined closely
between the holder and the frame.
With the frame may be combined an elastic cross belt I, against which the
articles are pressed upward, and between which and the cross bar E of the frame
smaller articles may be inserted and retained. The holder may consist in part of a
wire frame J, having at one end a loop j pivotted at w to the bar E, and at the
opposite end a loop 1 adapted to engage a hook k on the frame. The said hook k
has an overhanging shoulder and inwardly turned lip, which serve to prevent the
loop from jumping out of place; or it may be kept in place by a flat or curved
spring set in the underside of the lip or hook,

page_text: Elastic bands and m serve to retain the. articles in the holder, and yield to any
desired extent, according to the bulk of the article.
When the article is small it may be readily slipped between the holder and the
frame, but when it is large the holder is swung back to receive the article and then
again clamped in place.
Usually each article must be accompanied by a memorandum, and the money in
payment for the goods placed in a memorandum book or shallow box Y.
To prevent loss of money or memoranda the carrier is provided with a clamp
consisting of bent metal jaws L, L, adapted to receive the book or box and hold it
tightly.
To prevent injury resulting from the breaking of the bolts connecting the rails
to the bracket a fish plate is used, or other supplemental means adapted to retain
the rail should the bolt or bracket break. One arrangement is shown in Figures 2
and 3. where each bolt e passes through a fish plate d, one of the rails A, and
through a flange of the bracket C.
In place of this arrangement a strong wire passing through holes in the bracket
and through both plates may be used.
It may not always be desirable to use inclined rails, in which case horizontal
rails or ways may be employed and some motor for driving the carriers is used.
Thus tubes and air or other blast may be used for driving the carriers through the
tubes, or the carriers may run on rails and be provided with pistons fitting slotted
tubes in which the pistons are moved by the force of a blast; or they may be
carried along the rail by frictional contact with lugs on an endless driving belt D,
as indicated in Figure 12.
In place of this the endless band before referred to may be used, as shown in
Figures 8 to 11, in which the ways A, A¹, consisting of the opposite parallel
portions of a horizontal continuous band of steel, leather, or other flexible material
passing around pulleys a on vertical shafts F, and resting upon grooved pulleys b
supported at suitable intervals by the hangers C.
A travelling motion is imparted to the band by a belt G driving one of the
shafts F, or by gearing of any suitable character driven from a steam engine or
any available motor. Each carrier is provided with some means whereby it may
be supported upon the ways A, A1, slotted plates adapted to hooks e projecting
from the ways, being shown in Figure 10, and hooks whereby the carrier may be
hung directly upon the ways, being shown in Figure 11. In either case any
carrier.may be placed upon the way A by the attendant at any counter, and then
be carried by a positive movement in a horizontal line to the desk and thence back
to the counter.
Each carrier is automatically arrested when it reaches the desk, and also when
it reaches the counter from which it was sent by means of a pin i or other
projection upon such carrier, and an inclined rod or plate d is supported by the
hanger or by a bracket near the desk, in such position that the pin will ride over
the same as the carrier is propelled in its course, thereby lifting the carrier from
the way.
The pins and plates of the respective carriers are relatively so proportioned and
arranged that each carrier on its return from the desk will strike only the plate d
at the counter, or at that part of the counter from which it was sent so as to
automatically arrest each carrier at its destination. All the carriers are however
disconnected at the desk by a plate d¹.
In the apparatus above described the bands A, A¹, constitute both the ways and
propelling device. This however is not essential, as the ways may be stationary
and the carriers self propelling by clockwork, electricity, or otherwise.
In some instances it is not possible or desirable to employ ways which extend
continuously between the counters and the desk, in which case means may be
provided for transferring the carriers from one way to another or across passages
where there are no ways. Appliances for this purpose are illustrated in Figures 13
to 17, in which are illustrated tracks extending on the same inclined plane from

page_text: the desks to the counters, but broken into sections, the ends of one section being
in some cases higher than the end of the adjacent section.
By this arrangement the end of the higher section may cross a passage way at
a higher level than would be practicable with a continuous line.
In some instances the way must terminate at one side of a passage having a
desk at the opposite side; in such case the carrier and contents must be transferred
from the way to the desk at such a level as not to obstruct the passage. Between
the way and the desk or between the adjacent sections is arranged a transfer
device, into or onto which, the carrier or contents pass and by means of which
they are transferred.
The transfer device may be made in various ways, as will be hereinafter
described, but in Figure 13 is shown a carriage and appliances for moving it
vertically to coincide alternately with the different sections of rail.
A represents the lower, and A¹ the upper, section of the rail or way upon which
carriers D travel over the counters B towards the desk a of the store. These
ways, which may be inclined or horizontal, are supported in any suitable manner.
The transfer device, as shown in Figure 13, consists of a vertically reciprocating
frame or carriage I, to which is connected an inclined rail a' with bevelled ends
adapted to the corresponding bevelled ends of the sections A, A', with which the
rail a coincides according as the carriage is in its upper or lower position.
The frame I is provided with adjustable grooved rollers a bearing upon upright
guides H, and is so balanced by a weight J connected to a rope K passing from
the carriage over pulleys J, J', that the carriage will remain in its upper position
except when positively drawn downwards;. which movement may be effected from
the cashier's desk by means of a rope Q, or in any other manner.
At the inner side and below the upper edge of the rail A is secured an L shaped
bracket E, to the arm b of which by a pivot c is secured a wedge shaped stop
plate F, having at the free end a bevelled edge lip e that extends through a guide
loop d.
A spring tends to maintain the stop plate F parallel with the rail A. On a
pin c set in the arm b¹ of the bracket E both slides and vibrates the slotted
shank of an L shaped catch M having a lip e¹, which, when the shank is drawn
out in the direction of its arrow -1, bears upon the lip e and draws the stop F back
to the position shown in Figures 15 and 17. In this position the point e² of the
catch M projects slightly beyond the face of the rail A, see Figure 15.
When the catch M is swung in the direction of its arrow 2 vibrating on the
pin c¹, the lip e will pass from the lip e, and the stop plate F will fly back to its
first. position parallel with the rail A, and when the catch M is thrown forward,
the lip e striking the bevelled edge of the lip e will slip past the sanie, and a
spring will then throw the catch M. inward so as to bring the lipe outside of
the lip e, as in Figure 16, after which a backward motion of the catch M will draw
back the stop F as before.
The sliding motion of the catch M is produced by a bar N pivotted to.one of the
standards Cat 8, its outer end extending through an opening or loop, or between
pins of the shank 1, and its inner end through a socket in an arm t pivotted to a
crank lever P jointed to a stationary bracket n, and connected at its lower end m
to a vertical rod Q' extending through perforated projections j, j, of the carriage I.
The rod Qis provided with adjustable stops p, p', which are struck by the
projections just as the carriage reaches the limit of its movement in either
direction.
A lever R is pivotted to the rail a', and has at the inner end a projection g, the
said end being depressed by a spring, and the outer end projects beyond the rail in
a position to strike any suitable stop, which will tilt the lever as the rail a' is
brought to coincide with the rail A¹.
Each carrier is provided with a stop pin i, Figure 13, which, striking against the
lower edge of the stop F, when the latter is in the position shown in Figure 13,

page_text: arrests the movement of the carrier, the following carriers being arrested successively,.
each by contact with the carrier before it.
I Upon the descent of the carriage I and the contact of the lower projection j with
the stud p¹, the rod Q¹ will be depressed, the lever P tilted, and the lever. N vibrated
so as to draw back the shank l and carry the stop F and catch M to the position
shown in Figure 15.
As the stop F is withdrawn from the pin i, the carrier D moves towards the
carriage I, in doing which a projection u, Figure 17, of the carrier strikes the
end 2 of the catch M, swings the same upon its pivot c', and carries the lip e¹ from
the lip e, when the stop F will spring back to its position in time to be struck by
the pin of the succeeding carrier, which is thus arrested, while the first passes
onto the rail a¹ until it is arrested by its pini striking (the projection g of the
lever R.
When the carriage I approaches the rail A', the contact of the lever R with its
stop tilts the lever and releases the carrier, which then passes to the rail A¹. As
the carriage reaches its upper position the upper lug striking the stud p raises
the rod Q, tilts the lever P, vibrates the lever N, and throws the catch M forward
to the position shown in Figure 16.
By this means each carrier is released and permitted to pass to the carriage,
while an obstruction is presented. preventing the succeeding carrier from moving
beyond the end of the rail A. Other stop devices than those described may be
used; for instance, a lever x (dotted lines, Figure 13) may be arranged to prevent
the motion of the carriage when near the end of the rail A, and a stop may be
arranged on the carriage to tilt said lever as the carriage is brought opposite the
rail a', releasing the nearest carrier, but restoring the lever to its position before
the next carrier can reach the end of the rail.
The return tracks or ways are combined with like transfer appliances, except
that the carrier is in some instances taken from the higher to the lower track.
The carriage of the return tracks may be counterbalanced so as to rise and
coincide with the upper track when unloaded, but descend under the load of a
carrier, thus automatically carrying the latter to the lower track and again rising
for another load.
It will be obvious that the means above set forth are as applicable to moving
the carriers across the passages above or below the floor, but the same result may
be secured by other appliances; for instance, the carrier may be run upon tilting
platforms or swinging arms, the movement of which, automatic or otherwise,
transfers the carriers or their contents at a different level from one track to the
other, or across the passage in the store; or travelling belts with catches may be
used for like purposes.
The rails, tracks, or ways may be variously constructed; in place of the rods or
bars heretofore referred to lighter rods or wires may be used. In Figure 20 a
single rod or wire constitutes the way. In Figs. 19 and 21 there are two
parallel rods or wires. In Fig. 18 is shown a trough, which may also be seen
in Figure 1.
The carriers are constructed and adapted to the ways used and the materials to
be carried. In Figure 20 the carrier is a grooved cylinder running upon the single
wire and guided by two guard wires or rails s', §¹. In Fig. 18 the carrier is a hollow
ball or sphere containing the money or goods. In Fig. 19 a sphere or double
conical carrier is shown. In Fig. 21 is illustrated a case which may be of any
desired shape, either hollow or with a recess w adapted to receive the book or case
in which money or parcels may be placed, and with suitable devices for retaining
said book, the receptacle being supported by wheels V secured to hubs. Said hubs
may be of different diameters, and may be arrested by forked stops E having
elongated pads i, which are adjusted to strike the hubs at varying heights
corresponding to the series of carriers used in connection with each separate way.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into

page_text: effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original,
and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the hereinbefore. in part
recited Letters Patent is,-
First. The within described store service system consisting of ways extending
from or adjacent to the counters or stations in a store, and from a central main
station or desk and carriers adapted to said ways and means, whereby said carriers
are caused to pass upon said ways to and from the main desk, substantially as set
forth.
Secondly. The combination in a store service system of counters, desk, and
inclined ways, along which carriers move to and from the desk by the action of
gravity, substantially as specified.
Thirdly. The combination with the counters and desks of a store of ways
extending adjacent thereto, and operating appliances whereby carriers placed
upon said ways are propelled to and from the desk, substantially as set forth.
Fourthly. The within described system of store service consisting of ways
extending from the counters to the main desk carriers adapted to said ways and
appliances, whereby each carrier is moved from its counter to the desk and back to
and arrested at said counter, substantially as set forth.
Fifthly. The combination with the ways of stops for arresting the carriers
arranged adjacent to the ways, so that the carriers shall be wedged between the
stop and the way, substantially as set forth.
Sixthly. The within described means of arresting the carriers, consisting in
combining stops with the ways, and providing the carriers with wheels or pro-
jections arranged to strike the faces of the stops, substantially as set forth.
Seventhly. The combination with the rails of brackets carrying pads i adjustable
or fixed, as specified.
Eighthly. The combination with the rail supports of rails, bolts, and supplementary
fastenings, substantially as specified.
Ninthly. The combination in a store service system of a series of ways, each
having different stations, all leading to a central point, and each way and station
designated by a special mark or character, and a series of carriers, each marked to
correspond to its way and station, substantially as set forth.
Tenthly. In a store service system the combination with a way on or with
which carriers move of a transfer device and means for operating the saine,
substantially as set forth.
Eleventhly. The combination with the counters and ways of a store, of transfer
appliances, whereby carriers may be conducted over passages at different levels
from parts of the ways, substantially as set forth.
Twelfthly. The combination with sectional ways of appliances for transferring
the section carriers from one section to another.
Thirteenthly. The combination of sectional ways, transfer appliances, and
devices, constructed to hold the carriers in position upon the rails and transfer
devices and appliances, whereby each carrier is released at the proper moment,
substantially as set forth.
Fourteenthly. The combination of the sectional ways, vertically reciprocating
transfer device, and appliances for automatically transferring the carriers to and
from said device, as set forth.
. Fifteenthly. The combination in a carrier for transporting packages and the
like, of a frame and a holder flexibly connected thereto.
Sixteenthly. The combination of a frame and extensible holder jointed to the
frame.
Seventeenthly. The combination of the frame holder and elastic band I.
Eighteenthly. The combination with the carrier of a moveable retainer and
locking device for securing the retainer.
Nineteenthly. The combination with the retainer of devices for withdrawing the
same when the carrier is lifted, substantially as specified.

page_text: Twentiethly. A carrier adapted to the way of a store service system, and provided
with a clamp to hold a book case or other article.
Twenty firstly. A carrier consisting of a case or receptacle connected to the
supporting wheels on opposite sides, substantially as set forth.
Twenty secondly. A carrier provided with wheels of vulcanized fibre perforated
as specified.
Twenty thirdly. A carrier consisting of a spherical case adapted to the way of a
store service system, and to receive and retain articles, substantially as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edwin Powley Alexander, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty second day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
ED
DWIN P. ALEXANDER.
(L.S.)