IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR COVERING AND PROTECTING THE CONTENTS OF RAILWAY TRUCKS AND THE " JIKE
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Seymour King at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd September 1882. A communication
to him from Abroad by Henry Davies Assistant Traffic Manager Sindh Punjab
and Delhi Railway Lahore in the Empire of India
HENRY SEYMOUR KING of the firm of Henry S. King & Company of Cornhill in
the City of London East India Agents and Bankers "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS
FOR COVERING AND PROTECTING THE CONTENTS OF RAILWAY TRUCKS AND THE
"
JIKE a communication to me from Abroad by Henry Davies Assistant Traffic
Manager Sindh Punjab and Delhi Railway Lahore in the Empire of India
This Invention has for its object to provide a means of covering and protecting
the contents of Railway Trucks and for other like purposes which shall obviate the
many objections to, and inconveniences in the use of the ordinary loose coverings
at present employed without the excessive weight and cost of the covered trucks or
Vans as now constructed.
In carrying the said Invention into effect upright standards of iron or wood are
fixed on to the tops of the ends of the truck at their centres and on these standards
is fixed, longitudinally, a round tubular or other bar as a ridge pole and another
similar bar parallel to it is fastened by moveable arms to the standards so that it
can be moved backwards and forwards across the wagon :
The cover or sheet may be of sail or other cloth or canvas either dressed or
undressed and it is made in two parts both parts are attached by one end to rods
fixed outside one end of the vehicle both pointing upwards towards the line of the
ridge in a sloping position,
These rods may be hinged at the upper ends and elevated or depressed according
to requirements at the edges of the wagon and rested (when the angle of slope has
been determined) on a rack according to the height of the load. The covers are
provided with hooks along the inner side and with eyelet holes along the outer
side-When required for use they are drawn out and the inner side of one cover
is hooked on to the fixed bar whilst the other cover is hooked on to the moveable
bar which is pushed over the other so as to overlap it, and thus cover the ridge:
In this way there is a peutroof from the ridge pole to the sides of the wagon,
clear of the load, and rain is thrown off as froin the roof of a house-The outer

page_text: sides and the ends of the covers are made taut by means of a rope rove through
the eyelet holes and passed under hooks fixed points downwards along the frames
of the Vehicles.
The hooks and eyelets should be of galvanized iron.
When not in use the sheets can be folded up and dropped into receptacles below
the rods to which they are attached or they may be strapped or tied to the rods :
The receptacles may be boxes or canvas expanding bags.
For low sided wagons without gable ends, that is to say, built with square bodies
as the end rods must rise high enough to admit of the sheet clearing the load, the
sheet must be continued beyond and below the rod so that it can be fastened down
to the end of the wagon frame and similar rods must be provided at the other end
of the wagon over which to stretch the sheet. Both pairs of rods should be of
galvanized iron.
To prevent the sheet from sagging at the sides and also to raise it to the desired
level one or more staunchions must be fixed on the middle of each side of the
wagon with eyes at the upper ends through which must be run either a rod or a
wire cord drawn tight:
To suit any class of vehicle the height of the ridge can be made variable by
making the standards to slide up and down and to be fixed by pins at the desired
level,
In this case both ends of the end rods should be made adjustable.