Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 6th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 12th Oct., 1888
We JAMES KENYON JONATHAN BARNES and RICHARD WALTON KENYON all of
Accrington in the County of Lancaster Machinists, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to trucks upon which boxes barrels bags or other heavy
packages may be by hand moved from place to place for a short distance its object
being to provide a truck of light construction, that may be held or operated by one
hand & inexpensive.
It consists essentially of a single board or framework terminating in a single handle
at one end & fitted at the other with wheels or runners on one side and at the other
and
with projecting points to receive a box or barrel a swinging nose to receive a
bag or other package.
or
In carrying out the invention we take by preference a single board of a strong
tough wood and shape it to the required shape broad at the base & narrower or
inclined towards the top or handle. It is obvious however that a light framework of
the proper shape may be used in substitution for the board. At the top or narrow
end is placed a handle of convenient shape and at the base on one side a bracket
carrying a pair of runners and at the other a couple of projecting points which serve
as brackets to hold in position a swinging nose. For convenience in manufacture the
brackets are placed opposite one another so that they may be secured by one bolt or
screw passed right through the board. When opened out the swinging nose extends
beyond the projecting points and is fitted with a spring to cause it to remain in an
open or closed position as may be required.

page_text: In use it will be found unnecessary to tilt the box or barrel to place the points or
nose below it.
The box or barrel may simply be pulled over onto the points & the
handle lowered the points retaining it in position while being conveyed a short
distance. Sacks or bags may in a similar way be drawn over the swinging nose.
The invention will be found very convenient for use in shops mills warehouses &
the like where boxes & packages require often to be moved quickly for a short distance
and it can often be used for turning round counters and the like where a two handled
one would be inconvenient.

page_text: Improvements in Hand Trucks.
We, JAMES KENYON, JONATHAN BARNES, and RICHARD WALTON KENYON, all of
Accrington, in the County of Lancaster, Machinists (a communication from Thomas
C. Massey, of Batavia, Illinois, in the United States of America 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:
This invention relates to small trucks upon which boxes, barrels, bags, or other
heavy packages may by hand be moved from place to place for a short distance, its
object being to provide a truck of light construction which can be held or operated by
one hand and will be inexpensive to produce.
It consists essentially of a board or framework terminating in a single handle at
one end and at the other fitted with wheels or runners on the under side, and on the
upper side with a projecting bracket or rail in the form of points to engage with a
box or barrel and of a swinging or pivoted nose or rail to engage with a bag, bale, or
other soft package.
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1, is a perspective view of the improved truck.
Fig. 2, side elevation of same.
Fig. 3, end elevation at foot of truck.
Fig. 4, side elevation in section.
Fig. 5, detailed sectional elevation of foot of truck showing the attachment for the
swinging nose.
The body A of the truck is preferably comprised of a single board of strong tough
wood shaped as shown, broad at the base and inclined or narrowed to the top to the
breadth of a single handle. Instead of the board A, however, the body of the truck
may be formed of a light framework of wood or metal in external contour of similar
shape.
At the top or narrow end of the body A, is fitted a handle B of any suitable shape.
That shown in the drawing is a metal casting connected to the body A by screws a
passing through the lugs b.
At the foot of and on the under side of the body A is fitted a bracket C, carrying a
spindle D on which revolve a pair of runners E. We prefer to make the bracket C
of one casting extending across as shown, though two separate castings one at either
end of the spindle may be employed. On the upper side of the body A are fitted a
couple of brackets F terminating in points f which project outwardly from the face
of the body. The brackets F also serve to secure a swinging or pivoted nose G with
turned ends or pivots g which pass beneath the brackets, springs H engaging with the
ends or pivots g retain the swinging nose in either its open or closed position as
desired. For the convenience of manufacture the brackets C and F are placed
directly opposite one another on the body and are secured by the bolts c passing from

page_text: one to the other through the board. The bracket C carrying the runners E and the
brackets F forming the projecting points fare placed as closely as practicable to the
bottom end or foot of the body A.
In use either the projecting points F or the swinging nose G may be employed
according to the nature of the package to be handled or moved. The points are
intended to be used with barrels, boxes, or the like and the swinging nose with bags,
sacks, bales, or other soft packages. The swinging nose stands out the furthest from
the body of the truck and when in use rests against the projecting points preventing
the soft package coming in contact with them. When the projecting points are
intended to be used the swinging or pivoted nose G is laid flat against the body of
the truck.
It is not necessary in loading the truck to place the points or nose below the
package which would necessitate the tilting of it for the purpose. The package
should merely be pulled over onto the points or nose after the truck has been placed
against it and the handle then lowered. The contact with the points or nose will
prevent the load slipping.
Although we prefer to make the combined truck with the projecting points and
the swinging or pivoted nose or rail G to render it serviceable for both hard and
soft packages, it is obvious that the truck may be formed with either, separately, in
which case the nose or rail would be secured rigidly to the body A instead of being
pivoted.
The invention will be found very convenient for use in mills, warehouses, shops,
and the like where boxes and packages require often to be moved quickly for a short
distance and it can be used readily for turning round counters and the like where the
common two handled truck would be inconvenient.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
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1. A hand truck for moving heavy packages from place to place having a light body
inclined or narrowed at one end to a single handle and at the other end on the
under side fitted with runners and on the upper side fitted with projecting points
or nose or both to engage with a box, barrel, bag, or other package, substantially as
described.
2. A hand truck to be operated with one hand, having a light body inclined or
narrowed to the top end and fitted with a single handle, in combination with runners
or wheels on the under side and projecting pointed brackets and swinging or pivoted
nose or rail on the upper side, fitted at the foot or bottom end substantially as and for
the purposes described.
3. In a hand truck with light tapering body the combination of the two projecting
pointed brackets with the swinging nose pivoted thereto substantially as described
and shown.
J
1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester,
Patent Agents.