An Improved Butcher's Travelling Cart, applicable as a Portable Shop.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 1st Mar., 1894-Accepted, 2nd June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Butcher's Travelling Cart, applicable as a Portable
Shop.
HENRY JAMES WAY of 16 Bush Street Pembroke Dock S.W. Butcher do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention relates to an improved construction and arrangement of butcher's
travelling cart, for service of meat in country villages where there are no butcher's
shops and also applicable for any other line of business in the country generally.
For this purpose I construct the cart of a rectangular form, the upper part of
the sides of which are provided with sliding windows that can be slid into recesses
in the body of the cart.
These windows are provided with flap shutters hinged at the top, which when
open can be thrown back over the roof of the vehicle, so that when the shutters
on both sides are thus thrown back they meet along the middle of the roof thus
forming a double roof which aids in keeping the interior cool.
The back end of the cart is made with sliding doors, a fan works by one of the
hind wheels and keeps the place cool, in a convenient part of the inside of the
vehicle is arranged a sausage machine which can be driven by hand or by a strap
from a pulley on one of the wheels.
The interior is arranged with suitable drawers, dressers, chopping blocks and
hooks for hanging meat and a mirror may be fixed at the end to give the appearance
of extended space.
The two hind wheels
can be made to hold fast and let go the same time to answer any weight concerning
the apparatus by turning round three thumb and finger screws which are attached
to the wheels.
This invention can be worked by man or horse with ease.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Butcher's Travelling Cart, applicable as a Portable
Shop.
HENRY JAMES WAY of 16 Bush Street Pembroke Dock South Wales, Butcher
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 cart consists essentially of a body mounted upon four wheels, two hind and
two front, the hind wheels being furnished with a special arrangement for keeping
the cart stationary when stopped; to the hind wheel is also attached a series of
chain wheels by which means, in conjunction with a similar arrangement operated
by means of gearing placed at the side of the cart the whole is propelled. The
interior of the cart is also furnished with a block for cutting meat, hooks and bars
for hanging and displaying same.
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And in order that my invention may be more readily understood I have appended
accompanying 3 sheets of drawings in which :-
Fig. 1. Sheet 1. is a side elevation of my improved cart.
Fig. 2. is a view of the front end, and

page_text: Fig. 3. is a view of the back end.
Fig. 4. Sheet 2 is a longitudinal section showing the arrangement of the interior.
Fig. 5. is a plan of the interior.
Fig. 6. Sheet 3 is a view of one side of the driving wheel, showing the chain
wheels above mentioned, also the arrangement for holding the cart when stopped.
Fig. 7. is a view of the other side, but with the holding arrangement omitted.
Fig. 8. is a side elevation of the propelling mechanism.
Fig. 9. is a detailed view of the driving handle.
Fig. 10. is a view of the arrangement for adjusting the spring of the hind
wheels.
Fig. 11. is a view of a window showing the spring catch by which it is held in
position when opened.
A is the body of the cart which may be built of wood sheet iron or any other
suitable metal or material.
A are the hind wheels which may be either cast or otherwise formed. B the
spokes of same. C is an iron band secured to the said spokes, and serving as a
guide to a number of spring forks D which may be either cast in metal or otherwise
the prongs of which pass through holes in the rim of the wheel A', and which
constitute the holding arrangement above mentioned.
E are the free ends of the forks, which when not in use can be held back by
means of the pins e, which may be passed through holes formed in the said ends of
the forks.
a a a² are chain speed wheels cast or otherwise attached to the spokes B of the
wheel A¹ and to which motion is imparted by means of a chain or equivalent b
which passes round a second series of chain wheels F which form part of the
driving mechanism to be hereinafter described as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4.
Sheet 2.
g
G is an internally toothed wheel of cast iron or other suitable metal attached to
the side of the wheel A' or it may form part of the said wheel upon the outer
periphery of which acts the break H Fig. 7. Driven by the tooth wheel G is a
smaller wheel g¹ which may be used to actuate light machinery such as a sausage
machine when the cart is running down hill. The mechanism for propelling the
cart consists of a series of toothed wheels 9 q¹ 73 q³ q* arranged as shown in Fig. 8
Sheet 3, a handle n' being attached to the spindle of the wheel q. The handle n
is furnished with a pawl engaging with a ratchet wheel enclosed within a case to
which the body n of the said handle is secured. The handle n² is so constructed
that it may be turned at right angles to the body n when in use as shown in
Figs. 4 5 8 and 9; when not required the handle may be turned back so as not to
interfere with the movement of the person or persons within the cart. r is a lever
attached to the wheel q³ by means of which the said wheel may be thrown out of
gear when it is desired to draw the cart by means of horses or the like. I Fig. 10
are two screws operated by suitable hand wheels by means of which the spring of
the hind wheels may be adjusted according to the load in the cart.
dd are four pieces of flat iron or other suitable metal which run along the bottom
of the cart, and are turned up at the front end, to allow the front wheels to turn
when guiding the cart, and attached to the axle bar d¹ as shewn in Figs. 1 24
and 5.
i is the axle of the front or guiding wheels the movement thereof being effected
by means of the spindle J which is attached to the centre of the axle i and which
has secured to it at its upper end a mitre wheel ; which gears with a second mitre
wheel attached to a spindle 2 which passes through the front of the cart as
shewn in Figs. 1 2 4 and 5 and is actuated from the interior by means of a hand
wheel P also shewn in Figs. 4 and 5.
k are windows of the cart which when raised are held in position by means of
the spring arrangement / shewn in Fig. 11 Sheet 3.
are shutters or flaps attached to the cart by hinges and placed over the
windows at the sides of the cart; to these shutters are secured bars for supporting

page_text: joints of meat or the like, these flaps may be raised or lowered by means of cords
or equivalents passing to the interior of the cart as shewn at Figs. 1 2 and 3.
m'm' are sun blinds attached to the top of the cart and capable of being opened
or closed at will the extended or open position of the blinds being indicated by the
dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3 Sheet 1.
ss are movable bars of iron or the like for hanging meat supported by brackets
attached to the sides of the cart.
NN are sliding doors at the back end of the cart the floor of which is boarded
up the centre as shewn at O the rest being composed of iron bars so as to allow of
the free ingress of air to keep the cart cool; a small fan may also be provided for
the same purpose, which may be driven from the spindle of the wheel g'.
p is the hand wheel herein before referred to for steering or guiding the cart from
the interior.
pl is a second hand wheel for actuating the break H.
p² are dressers. p³ is a chopping block and p' are drawers and L L' are bars on
which to hang meat or the like. The interior may also be fitted with mirrors.
To propel the cart from the interior motion is imparted to the wheel 9 by means
of the handle n' which motion is in turn transmitted through the wheels q₁ 9 q* to
the wheel g³ to the spindle of which wheel is attached the chain wheel F. Motion
is also imparted to the fly wheel R¹ and by means of pinions gearing with the
wheels to the fly wheels R R2. The object of the fly wheels being to assist
the operator when running up a slight incline or over heavy roads.
When the cart has reached its destination the doors may be opened, the shutters
or flaps raised the blinds m drawn over the cart and the whole opened ready for
business in a few minutes.
It will be obvious that carts constructed according to this invention may be made
in various sizes and material and may be either driven entirely by hand power or
they may be so constructed that the propelling mechanism may be used as an
auxiliary to horse power; also that such carts can be used for a variety of different
businesses, such for example as tin ware or drapery.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a travelling cart for butchers and like trades the method of and means for
propelling same from the interior by means of a suitable train of wheels actuated
by a handle in combination with a set of change wheels for altering the speed of
the cart when desired, motion being conveyed from the speed wheels connected to
the gear by means of a chain to a second set of speed wheels attached to the
spokes of the cart wheel all substantially as described and shewn by the annexed
drawings.
2. The travelling cart for butchers and other trades substantially as herein
described and shewn by the accompanying three sheets of drawings.
Dated this 28th day of February 1894.
HENRY JAMES WAY.