Improvements in Barrows or Trucks.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Dec., 1886.
Complete Left, 21st Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Barrows or Trucks.
I HENRY EDWARD TURNER of 62 West Street Dorking in the County of Surrey
Implement Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
The object of this invention being to obtain increased strength & durability
combined with lightness & simplicity, for this purpose 1 use steel or iron bent
into a UU or U shape in cross section. Fig. 1 on the accompanying drawing
represents a sack barrow or sack truck the side rails A being of U shaped bent stecl
or iron; the stays or braces B are of steel or iron, both ends being bent back &
round so as to enter the U section side rails A and fill the spaces from side to side,
either by themselves or with the assistance of washers or packing, the whole being
firmly held by bolts or rivets, a bolt or rivet passing through each U section side rail A
and the shaped end of the stay or brace B as shown in Fig. 2 or brace Bas
shown in Fig. 2 which is a cross section of Fig. 1 from X to X. The brackets
carrying the axle bar and wheels are clasped by the U section side rails A &
fixed with bolts or rivets; the bracket on the one side is connected with the bracket
on the other side by the footplate D, the whole being made in one continuous piece,
thereby giving great rigidity to the barrow or truck. In the case of barrows or
trucks having one wheel only, which would be placed in front, the brackets carrying
the axle would be enfolded in a similar manner by the U section side rails, but would
not necessarily be connected one with the other except by the axle. In the case of
barrows or trucks having legs, the legs would also be bolted between the Ŭ section
side rail on ether side. The U O or □ section bent steel or iron forms an
important feature of my invention
Dated this 2nd day of December 1886.

page_text: I HENRY EDWARD TURNER of 62 West Street Dorking in the County of Surrey
Implement Manufacturer 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 :-
The object of this invention being to obtain increased strength and durability
combined with lightness and simplicity for this purpose I use steel or iron bent into
a UU L or shape in cross section. Figure 1 on the accompanying drawing
represents a sack barrow, the side rails A being of U shaped bent steel or iron; the
handles are either continuations of the side rails, bent into an Oshape as shown in
figure 2, which is a cross section of side rail A at Y, or the handles may be made of
wood or other substance and fixed to the end of the side rails; the stays or braces B
are of steel or iron, both ends being bent back and round so as to enter the U section
side rails A and fill the spaces from side to side, either by themselves or with the
assistance of washers or packing, the whole being firmly held by bolts or rivets, a bolt
or rivet passing through each section side rail A and the shaped end of the stay
or brace B as shown in figure 3 which is a cross section of figure 1 from X to X.
The Brackets carrying the axle bar C and wheels are clasped by the U section side
rails A and fixed with bolts or rivets, the bracket on the one side is connected with the
bracket on the other side by the foot plate D, the whole being made in one continuous
piece, thereby giving great rigidity to the barrow. In the case of barrows having
one wheel only, the brackets carrying the axle would be enfolded in a similar manner
by the section side rails, but would not necessarily be connected one with the other
except by the axle. In the case of barrows having legs, the legs would also be bolted
between the U section side rail on either side.
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 :-
1 Side rails for Barrows formed of bent steel or iron as shown herein and on
accompanying drawing.
2 Arched ends of stays or braces, attached to side rails in such a manner as to be
secure against becoming loose by ordinary wear, as shown herein and on accompanying
drawing.
3 Axle brackets enfolded between side rails, and in the case of sack barrows and
luggage barrows and the like, the axle brackets and foot plate made in one piece as
described herein.
Dated this 21st day of February 1887