Year: 1895

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 11 of the Patents, &c., Act, 1883), as required by
the decision of the Chief Examiner of the 1st day of December 1896.
I, ALEXANDER WOOD of 10 Stockwell Street, Glasgow, Weighing Machine
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to weighing machines of the platform class for weighing
cattle, etc.
The main object of the invention is to enable the standards to be easily fitted
and locked securely in place.
In carrying out my invention I make the four standards, one for each corner, of
iron of channel or like section and I provide them at their lower ends with a toe
piece or catch and with a foot plate or support, the upper ends of the standards
are arched over and those at each end meet at the centre where they are provided
with curved or arc butting plates or pieces. Fitted to one or other of each pair of
curved butting plates is a screw or bolt arrangement preferably hinged so as to
fold back out of the way and which is capable of fitting in a jaw on or in the
other butting plate. The bolt or screw is capable of being tightened up by means
of a nut or like suitable device.
The sockets in the platform for receiving the lower ends of the standards are
preferably wider towards the bottom so as to allow the bottom of each standard
with its toe piece to enter readily. The sockets are also provided with a recess,
ledge, or projection against or on or in which the aforesaid toe piece catches.
The wood side bars of the pen or enclosure are fitted on each end with dowel
plates which butt against the channel iron standards and are held at suitable
distances apart by the dowels fitting into holes in the channel iron standards. The
standards are braced together by long stay bolts or diagonal bracings arranged
to cross between the bars at right angles to prevent locking of the horns or feet of
the animal being weighed.
The whole arrangement is such that any farm hand or any unskilled person
merely requires to insert the standards in their sockets and then by tightening up
the bolts of the butting plates to brace the two sides firmly and securely together.
The aforesaid bracing causes the toe pieces to enter the recesses or catch against the
projections in the sockets and thereby be securely locked in position against vertical
movement. The foot plates prevent the standards swaying longitudinally.
Dated this 18th day of June 1895.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.

page_text: I, ALEXANDER WOOD, of 10 Stockwell Street, Glasgow, Weighing Machine
Maker, 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 :-
This invention relates to weighing machines of the platform class for weighing
cattle, etc.
The main object of the invention is to enable the standards to be easily fitted in
position and to be securely locked in place when fitted.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon,
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the weighing machine.
Fig. 2 is a plan.
Fig. 3 is an end view.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged end view of one of the boards i showing the dowel
plate j.
In carrying out my invention I make the four standards a, one for each corner,
of iron of channel or like section and I provide them, at their lower ends, with toe
pieces or catches b (see also view Fig. 4) and with foot plates or supports c the
upper ends of the standards of each pair are arched or bent over towards each
other and meet above the centre of the platform. Their meeting ends are provided
with curved or are butting plates d. Fitted to one of each pair of butting plates d
is a locking screw or bolt e which is capable of fitting in a jaw f in the other
butting plate and of being tightened up, so as to brace the standards together, by
means of a butterfly nut g or a like suitable device. The bolt or screw e is hinged
in position as shown at e' so as to be capable, when the standards are disconnected,
of being folded back out of the way.
The sockets h in the platform, for receiving the lower ends of the standards, are
made, as shown more particularly at Fig. 4, with their inner sides inclined towards
the bottom and of a sufficient width to allow the bottom of each standard with its
toe piece to enter readily. Each socket is also provided with a recess h', or a
ledge or projection, in or against which the aforesaid toe pieces catch.
The wood side bars i of the pen or enclosure are provided at each end with
dowel plates (see also Fig. 5) which, when the bars are fitted in place, butt against
the channel iron standards. The bars i are held at suitable distances apart by the
dowel pins which fit into holes made for their reception in the channel
iron standards. The four standards are braced together by longitudinal stay
bolts k.
up
The whole arrangement is such that any farm hand or other unskilled person can fit
the pen as he merely requires to insert the standards a in their sockets h and then,
by tightening up the bolts e of the butting plates d, brace the two sides firmly and
securely together. The aforesaid bracing causes the toe pieces b to enter the
recesses (or catch against the projections) in the sockets and thereby securely
lock the standards in position against any upward movement. The foot plates
prevent the standards swaying longitudinally and also prevent them sinking in the
sockets.
is the platform and m is the usual gate.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion. and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understoo

page_text: detachable and separable parts and in particular I am aware of the Specification
of M Jannet No. 16393 of A.D. 1893 and I do not claim anything described and
claimed therein, but I declare that what I consider novel and desire to claim is :-
:-
1. In a platform weighing machine having removable standards which are fitted
at their lower ends into sockets in the platforms, the use of a screw or equivalent
arrangement for bracing together the said standards, substantially as hereinbefore
described with reference to the drawings annexed.
2. The combination, in a weighing machine, of a platform, removable standards a,.
fitted in sockets h in the platform and provided with bracing devices such.
as d, e, g, and bars i held in place in the standards by means of dowel pins.
or equivalent, substantially as hereinbefore described and shown on the drawings
annexed.
Dated thin 10th Jan S Mach 1000
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent..