Improvements in that Class of Trucks known as Rocking Trucks.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in that Class of Trucks known as Rocking Trucks.
1, FREDERICK WILLIAM BRAMPTON, of Brockencote Hall, Chaddesley, Corbett,
Kidderminster, in the County of Worcester, Justice of the Peace, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
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My invention has for its object improvements in that class of trucks known as
rocking trucks which are more substantial in their character generally and more
easily steered and manipulated in crowded workshops warehouses and other parts
and they are more durable in their character and better adapted for the purpose.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings
upon which I have illustrated a rocking truck made according to my invention.
It will of course be obvious that the proportions and sizes may be varied and
the design also to some extent without departing from the invention.
Figure 1, is a side elevation of one of my new rocking trucks.
Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same truck.
Figure 3 is a plan view of the truck.
Figure 4 is an inverted plan view of the same truck.
Figure 5 is an end elevation shewing a modification in certain parts of the
construction.
Figure 6 shows the truck in side elevation with the handle H raised into posi-
tion as the truck would usually be used.
My rocking truck is constructed upon a foundation of L or T irons, such as
are seen at Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 as irons, and at Figures 5 and 6 as T irons,
and to which the timber or other cross pieces F, F, F, F are secured by bolts or
screws f¹ in a thoroughly secure manner. In the case of T iron supports two
rows of bolts or screws fi may be used when found necessary. The flange a³ of
the Lor Tirons should be as thick as consistent and the top part bearing against
the wood or other floor F thinner so that the part a³ forms substantial bearings
or supports for the ends of the axles or spindles X where they are held with great
firmness. The six rollers all run loose upon the spindles between the collars a
and the webs of the L or Tirons and the middle rollers R¹, R' are set below
the four end rollers R, R, R, R so that the bearing of the carriage or truck in
carrying its load, if well balanced, is usually carried by the centre rollers which
as usual allows the carriage to easily turn upon its centre when in use. To facilitate
the manipulation of the truck I make a U shaped handle H which is either
mounted direct to the web a³ of the L or T iron by a bent end h¹ Figure 6 or
riveted at 3 to separate ears or plates a² fastened by rivets a to the webs of
the Lor Tirons as seen at Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4. In any case this handle H
is so shaped as to be narrower at the top end than at the bottom which is
sufficiently wide to take hold of the truck as far as possible from its centre so
that a great leverage is obtained for manipulating the truck and for steering it
through narrow spaces. Hitherto trucks have becu manipulated by placing the

page_text: hands on the article being conveyed on the truck which is attended with great
inconvenience and risk to the attendant. My handle H it will be noticed is so
cranked hung and formed as to lie quite flat upon the floor of the truck as seen
at Figures 1 and 2 and the truck may be used with the handle there if
bulky load had to be carried but generally it will be found more convenient to
any very
use the handle as full and convenient control is thereby obtained. The L or T
or other similar carriers may be made from either steel, iron or other metal.
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:
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CLAIM.
The improvements in that class of trucks known as rocking trucks constructed
essentially from Lor Tirons or the like upon which the floor is mounted and
with the axle journals formed in the webs of the supporting irons and either with
or without the handle H all mounted and constructed substantially as and for
the purpose herein set forth and as shewn upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of September 1899.
FREDERICK WILLIAM BRAMPTON.
By George Barker,
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agent for Applicant, 77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.