An Improved Truck or Trolley.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1894
Complete Spécification Left, 26th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 1st June, 1895
An Improved Truck or Trolley.
I, HARRY CROWTHER SLINGSBY, of No. 15, Spring Gardens Road, Heaton,
near Bradford, in the County of York, Wholesale Bottler, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved truck or trolley for use in the corking
and labelling of bottles of beer and other bottles which are labelled subsequent to
corking.
For this purpose I employ a truck preferably mounted on a central wheel at cach
side and a castor wheel at each end which enables it to be turned in a small space.
A series of bottle rests are formed on the bottom of the truck adapted to hold the
bottles at a convenient angle for the person corking them to place them in position,
and for the labeller subsequently pasting and labelling them. The said rests may
be formed of a number of longitudinal strips of wood crossed at right angles by
bars fixed the requisite distance apart. A tray or platform supported on feet or
legs is mounted above the said bottom rests and it is hinged by the fect at one side
to what may be termed the back side of the truck so that it may be lifted back out
of the way whilst the bottom rests are filled. This tray is fitted with rests in
a similar manner to the bottom of the truck and a second and third tray may be
hinged to it in a similar manner. The trays may be divided laterally and they
may be arranged to slide back or aside, instead of being hinged, to move them away
from the tray or truck bottom below.
The truck is provided with ends of any suitable form and a bar may be connected
to them to form a rest for the tray, or trays, when it, or they, are raised. Said
bar is preferably pivoted so that it may be turned over when out of use so as not
to project beyond the side of the truck.
Dated this 24th day of July 1894.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.
An Improved Truck or Trolley.
I, HARRY CROWTHER SLINGSBY, of No. 15, Spring Gardens Road, Heaton,
near Bradford, in the County of York, Wholesale Bottler, 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 an improved truck or trolley for use in the corking and
labelling of bottles of beer and other bottles which are labelled subsequently to
corking.
For this purpose I employ a truck preferably mounted on a central wheel at each
side and a castor wheel at each end which enables it to be turned in a small space.
A series of bottle rests are formed on the bottom of the truck adapted to hold the

page_text: bottles at a convenient angle for the person corking them to place them in position,
The said rests may
and for the labeller subsequently pasting and labelling them.
be formed of a number of longitudinal strips of wood crossed at right angles by
bars fixed the requisite distance apart. A tray or platform supported on feet or
legs is mounted above the said bottom rests and it is hinged by the feet at one side
to what may be termed the back side of the truck so that it may be lifted back out
of the way whilst the bottom rests are filled. This tray is fitted with rests in
a similar manner to the bottom of the truck and a second and third tray may be
hinged to it in a similar manner. The trays may be divided laterally and they
may be arranged to slide back or aside, instead of being hinged, to move them
away from the tray or truck bottom below.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings forming a part of
this Specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in each of the figures.
Figure 1, represents a front elevation of a truck having two trays for two tiers
of bottles above the bottom tier and in which the trays on one side are lifted back
to the position they occupy whilst the bottle rests formed in the bottom of the
truck are being filled with bottles.
Figure 2, represents a plan view, and Figure 3, represents an end view of the
same.
Figure 4, represents a back view of Figure one but in which only one tray is
shown lifted back.
The truck A is mounted upon two side wheels A2, A2 and a castor wheel A³ at
each end. Iron frames A' are also fixed at each end. A number of longitudinal
ribs B are fixed on the bottom A³ of the truck and bars B2 are fixed across the ribs
a suitable distance apart to form divisions for the bottles which are placed therein
in the position shown by the bottles C Figures 2 and 3.
Trays D, D2 are hinged to the standards E, fixed to the bottom A³ of the truck
and these trays have feet D³ at the front which bear upon one of the ribs B and
support them in a horizontal position when they are turned down to receive the
bottles, but the hinges at the back enable them to be lifted up clear of the bottom
when required.
When a second tier of trays d and d are provided (as shown in the drawings) the
flaps of the hinges connecting the lower trays to the standards E are extended to
form standards E to which the trays d and d are hinged. This construction
enables both tiers of trays to be turned up as shown by D and d in Figures 1, 2 and
or the trays D and D' may be turned down over the bottom whilst the trays d and d
remain in the position in which d is represented in Figure 4 and by the broken
lines in Figure 3. The trays are each provided with ribs b and cross bars 6² to
form bottle rests or divisions.
A bar F attached to the end frames A', A* is provided to form a support for the
trays when they are in the raised position, and this bar is preferably pivoted to the
end frames adapting it to be turned up more or less to a vertical position so that it
does not project beyond the sides of the truck.
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 :
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1. A truck or trolley for carrying bottles in which the bottom is subdivided to
form a number of bottle rests adapted to support the bottles side by side in an
inclined position so that they may be conveniently pasted and labelled and
subsequently removed from the truck, substantially as herein shown and described.
2. A truck or trolley for carrying bottles having a castor wheel at each end in
which the bottom is subdivided to form a number of bottle rests adapted to support
the bottles side by side in an inclined position so that they may be conveniently
pasted and labelled and subsequently removed from the truck, substantially as
herein shown and described.

page_text: 3. The combination with a truck or trolley having the bottom subdivided to
receive and support bottles in an inclined position of one or more similarly divided
trays hinged thereto and adapted to be brought down over the bottom of the
truck, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 24th day of April 1895.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.