New or Improved System or Mode of and Vehicles and Appliances for Conveying and Delivering Coal, Minerals, and other Materials.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 17th July, 1891-Accepted, 22nd Aug., 1891
A
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved System or Mode of and Vehicles and
Appliances for Conveying and Delivering Coal, Minerals, and
other Materials.
I, NICHOLAS MCWHIRTER REID, of Camlachie Station, East Nelson Street,
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Coal Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to and comprises a new or improved system, or
mode of and appliances for storing, carrying, or conveying and delivering on
combined wheeled vehicles, coal, coal dross, coke, ores, shale, clay, earth, limestone
or other minerals, grain, pig-iron, wood, or other material, such as from railway
stations or ship docks to manufacturing works or stores in towns and districts, and
which will be more economical and advantageous than by the system heretofore in
use of conveying these materials on carts and single vehicles and the like.
The improvements consist in constructing four wheeled road vehicles with flat
horizontal open strong frames or platforms on top, somewhat of the size and
formation that one and two horse lorries are made at present. And in mounting
on the top of these vehicles, sets of rails, secured either transversely or longi-
tudinally preferably two pair at transverse distances apart for each to receive the
wheels of a box shaped hutch, wagon, trolly or similar low wheeled rail vehicle,
and hereinafter termed the hutches, which would be held in position by appliances
as hereinafter described. These hutches would be fitted with opening up or
movable doors at one or both ends hinged at top or side for emptying them, and
with tilting mechanism, and conveyed from the rails at railway or ship sidings or
platforms on to the rails mounted on the road conveying vehicles, or they might
be first filled and lifted by cranes or hoisting gear on to the rails on the road
vehicles; or otherwise the material might be lifted by buckets or otherwise by
said hoisting gear into the rail vehicles. The rails on these road vehicles, under
one arrangement for the convenience of tilting and emptying the hutches, would
consist of a central transverse stationary part, and a portable swivelling or
removable part at each side or end of same curved up as stops to the wheels of
the hutches, and be fulcrumed to the side frames of the road vehicle, so that
when both of the low wheels of each hutch were rolled on to these jointed end
rails, these and the hutch would be tilted up vertically on said transverse joints,
and the end doors of the hutch opened to empty the material in it down at the side
of the road vehicle, either on to the ground or into shoots as may be required, and
the hutch be again tilted down and rolled back on to the centre stationary rails
where they could be secured by lever chocks or otherwise fitted to the side of the rails.
And for rolling the filled hutches on to the rails, one set of the curved up stops
for the wheels might be hinged on vertical joints at the inner ends of the tilting
parts of the rails to open out laterally from the outer ends of the rails to roll the
filled hutches on to the rails of the road vehicle from the sidings, which would be
raised to the level of these rails on the vehicle and lock the inner ends of the tilting
rails automatically; and springs would draw these curved end stops close up to the
rails again, ready for tilting the hutches on as before described. These transporting
and tilting hutches would preferably have their frames made of steel and their
sides of sheet steel all for securing strength, lightness and durability in these.
for some loose materials such as for wood staves or waste wood, or pig iron, these
hutches might be made in the form of strong wood or metal frames without the
sheet metal sides, with the ends or sides hinged for tilting off the material; and for
some substances such as draff, and chemicals, the box sides might be made of
Or

page_text: wood or lined with wood to prevent the corrosion of the metal or the effects of this
on the materials.
This system of using special transporting hutches and their carrying rails
mounted on. road vehicles, is also applicable for transit on platform railway wagons
by mounting sets of transverse or longitudinal rails on the upper frames of these
fitted in an equivalent manner to that herein before described for the road vehicles,
so that these hutches could be fitted at and rolled direct from the coal pits or
mineral mines on to the rails on the railway wagons and rolled from these at the
railway stations on to the rails of the road vehicles, either direct or on to special
high sidings ready for being put on to the rails of the road vehicles.
Dated the 17th September 1890.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
A New or Improved System or Mode of and Vehicles and
Appliances for Conveying and Delivering Coal, Minerals, and
other Materials.
I, NICHOLAS MCWHIRTER REID, of Camlachie Station, East Nelson Street,
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Coal Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement in writing, that is to
say:
This invention has reference to and comprises a new or improved system, or
mode of and appliances for storing, carrying, or conveying and delivering on
combined wheel vehicles, coals, coal dross, coke, ores, shale, clay, earth, limestone,
or other minerals, grain, pig-iron, wood, or other material, such as from railway
stations or ship docks to manufacturing works or stores in towns and districts; and
which will be more economical and advantageous than by the system heretofore in
use of conveying these material on carts and single vehicles and the like.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into effect or practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings in which
Figures 1 and 2 are longitudinal and transverse sections respectively of a
railway waggon having mounted transversely on rails thereon three hutches or
wheeled vehicles in accordance with my improvements.
Figures 3 and 4 are longitudinal and end elevations respectively of a lorry or
road vehicle having mounted on rails thereon two hutches or wheeled vehicles and
connecting fittings all in accordance with my improvements. And
Figures 5 to 7 represent views of details hereinafter referred to.
Referring first to Figures 3 to 7 of these drawings:-The improvements consist
in constructing four wheeled horse lorries or other road vehicles A with flat
horizontal open strong frames or platforms A' on top, somewhat of the size and
formation that one and two horse lorries are made at present. And in mounting
on the top of these vehicles, sets of rails A, secured either transversely or longi-
tudinally or both, as shown in Figure 3, preferably two pair for each to receive the
wheels B¹ of a box shaped hutch B, B¹, or it may be a waggon, trolly, or similar
low wheeled rail vehicle, and hereinafter termed the hutches, which are held in
position by appliances as hereinafter described. These hutches B, B', are fitted
with opening up or movable doors B2 at one or both ends preferably hinged at B",
at top, as shown in Figure 3 or it may be at the side, for emptying them, and
secured below by turning bolts B³ and with tilting mechanism, as hereinafter
described, and conveyed from the rails at railway or ship sidings or platforms or
from rails on railway waggons on to the rails A2, mounted on the road conveying
vehicles A, or they might be first filled and lifted by cranes or hoisting gear on to

page_text: the rails A² on the road vehicles A; or otherwise the material might be lifted by
buckets or otherwise by said hoisting gear into the rail vehicles B. The rails A²
on these road vehicles A, under one arrangement for the convenience of tilting and
emptying the hutches B, would consist of a central transverse stationary part A²,
and a portable swivelling or removable part A", at each side or end of same curved
up at A³, as stops to the wheels B' of the hutches B, and hinged or fulcrumed at a
to the top A¹, or side frames of the road vehicle A, so that when both of the low
wheels B, of each hutch B were rolled on to these jointed end rails A", these and
the hutch B would be tilted up vertically on said transverse joints a, and the end
doors B2 of the hutch B opened to empty the material in it down at the end or
side of the road vehicle A, either on to the ground or into shoots, or the hutches
may be rolled on to special rail platforms with tilting arrangements as may be
required, and the hutch B be again tilted down and rolled partially back on to the
centre stationary rails A², where these are fitted and be secured by hinged lever C.
These lever chocks would preferably be formed, as shown in longitudinal elevation,
and transverse section in Figures 5 and 6, consisting of blocks of wood C, secured
by hinged screwed plates C, to the top frame A' of the lorry A, at the side of
one or both rails A² or A", and would overlap the rails and lie between each pair
of longitudinal wheels B' to act as stop brakes when the hutches are in their inner
position over their rails. These hinged lever chocks C, C', are shown in their
folded out inactive position in dotted lines in Figure 6. And for rolling the filled
hutches B, on to the rails A2, A", one or both sets of the curved up stops A³ for
the wheels B would or may be hinged on vertical pins or joints at a', locked in
their outer longitudinal position by a chain pin all on the ends of the tilting
parts A of the rails to swivel or open out horizontally and laterally from the
outer ends of the rails A2, A", as shown in sharp lines on the right of Figure 4, to
roll the filled hutches B on to the rails A", A2, of the road vehicle A, from the
railway waggons or sidings, which would be at the level of these rails A1, A2, on
the vehicle A, and have the inner ends of the tilting rails A" locked by a hinged
link a² and a pin a³, as shown in Figure 7, or it might be automatically in which
case springs might draw these curved end stops A³ close up to the rails A2 again,
ready for tilting the hutches B on, as before described. These transporting and
tilting hutches B, would preferably have their lower frames B₁, made of steel
and their sides and ends B, B2, of sheet steel all for securing strength, lightness, and
durability in these, or these frames may all be made of wood. Or for some loose
materials such as for wood staves, or waste wood, or pig iron, these hutches might
be made in the form of strong wood or metal frames B1, with hinged side frames
without the sheet metal sides B, B2, with the end or side frames hinged for tilting
off the material; and for some substances such as draff, and chemicals, the box
sides B, B2, might be made of wood or lined with wood to prevent the corrosion of
the metal or the effects of this on the materials. In discharging the contents of
these hutches B from the lorries A, the hook link a², Figure 7 is released from the
pin a³ of the rail A", and the hutch B being run out to the curved stop ends A³,
will tilt with the rails A" on their hinge joints a; but blocks and tackle are
preferably fitted at a so as to gradually release and hold the hutches B when being
tilted over to discharge their contents; and a vertical plate a would preferably
be attached to the under frame B of the hutches B and work through a slot in
the frame A¹ of the lorry, so as to secure the hutch B in its tilting position by a
pin a passing through one of the holes formed in the plate a³, and in the frame A,
all as indicated at the end of the lorry A, to the right in Figure 3, but this might
take place at the sides of the lorry when the rails are mounted transversely as in
Figure 4.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2, this system of using special transporting
hutches B, B', and their carrying rails A² mounted on road vehicles A, is also
applicable for transit on platform railway waggons D by mounting sets of transverse
or longitudinal rails D² on the upper frames of these fitted in an equivalent manner
to that hereinbefore described for the road vehicles A, so that these hutches B

page_text: could be filled at and rolled direct from the coal pits or mineral mines on to the
rails D², on the railway waggons D and rolled from these at the railway stations
on to the rails A2 of the road vehicles A, either direct or on to special high sidings
ready for being put on to the rails A2 of the road vehicles A, or being discharged
to load ships or vessels; and these railway wagons D, would or may have hinged
side or end frames D¹, to fold down and enable the vehicles B, to pass from the
rails D² on to the rails A² of the lorries as indicated in Figure 2. And those rails D³
may be made in two parts D2, D', and have curved stop ends D³, equivalent to
those A", A³, on the lorries for tilting the hutches B and material directly from the
railway waggons D, at the sidings of public works into shoots, or rolled on to
special tilting rail sidings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is :-
First. The system, or mode of and vehicles and appliances for conveying and
delivering coal, minerals, and other materials, consisting in the combination and
use of railway waggons, and road lorries or vehicles both mounted with transverse
or longitudinal lines of rails, and carrying wheeled hutches or vehicles, substantially
as and in the manner herein described, in reference to and by way of application
shown in the accompanying drawings.
Second. The combination and use of lorries or road vehicles mounted with
transverse or longitudinal lines of rails, carrying hutches or wheel vehicles, sub-
stantially as and for the purposes herein described, in reference to and by way of
application shown in the accompanying drawings.
Third. The combination and use of waggons or other railway vehicles mounted
with transverse or longitudinal lines of rails, and carrying hutches or wheeled
vehicles, substantially as and for the purposes herein described, in reference to and
by way of application shown in the accompanying drawings.
Fourth. The combination aud use of lorries or road vehicles having hinged or
tilting rails provided with swivelling end stops and with hinged or lever chocks for
placing between the wheels, substantially as and for the purposes herein described,
in reference to and by way of application shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 16th July 1891.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.