Improvements in Hand Trolleys and in the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 6th Jan., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hand Trolleys and in the Manufacture of the same.
I, 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 hand trolleys and in the
manufacture of the same which by my improvements are rendered stronger and
more durable and easier to manufacture as well as costing less in their production.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which is illustrated an example of my said invention and which will enable
others to apply the same even if the conditions vary somewhat.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hand trolley made according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same trolley.
Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the shoe S.
Hand trolleys have hitherto been made with shoes forged from a strip or strips
of metal and which have generally been tapered from the bottom up the sides a¹, a
of the trolley body which is an expensive form of manufacture and these have
often failed at the knee or bend where the nose turns outwards. Now I make
each shoe from a plate of steel or iron in such a manner that there is but very
little skilled labour required. I take a plate of steel or iron sufficiently large
to make two shoes such as shewn by M Figure 4. In a lathe or suitable
machine I round the plate at its ends as seen at m' m¹ and I cut out the hole m³
and then sever the plate across at m² which makes two shoes. I then perforate
the plates when it is desired to lighten the shoe with such like holes or
perforations and but these may be greatly varied in size shape and number.
When the plate is bent at 2 and dressed it is ready to be fastened to the
lower part of the body of the trolley by means of screws or bolts passing
through the holes, thus binding the plate to the body part a a² or sides
of the trolley A. The handles H and wheels W with their axles may be of
any design or size. Trolleys so made are much stronger as the shoe S imparts
enormous stiffness and stability to the sides a¹, a² and the resistance of the
toe to bending or straightening back is very great on account of the long
section of plate along the bend or line 333 being continuous in contrast with
the two straps in the forged plates now in common use.
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:-

page_text: and stiffened by a shoe plate such as S bent up from the solid metal and fastened
thereto substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shewn upon
the drawings.
Second: The trolley shoe S made from plate wrought steel or iron and bent
and shaped substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shewn
upon the drawings.
Tat 5+1 love of Dam 1800
FREDERICK WILLIAM BRAMPTON.
By George Barker,
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agent for Applicant,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.
FREDERICK WILLIAM BRAMPTON.
By George Barker,
ellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agent for Applicant,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.