Improvements in or connected with Hand Carts or Trucks or other Two Wheeled Vehicles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 10th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 12th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Hand Carts or Trucks or other
Two Wheeled Vehicles.
I, JOHN HOWLAND, of No. 14, Bank Street, Ashford, in the County of Kent,
Wholesale Confectioner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates, primarily, to hand carts or trucks having two wheels and
which are commonly used by the employés of tradesmen for the delivery of goods,
but it also relates to other two wheeled vehicles, and the object of my invention is
to provide means whereby, in the event of the draught handle being released, or
the horse being taken out of the shafts, the vehicle will be prevented falling
on to either of its ends, and that without imparting any appreciable jar to its
contents.
For this purpose, I fix, to the underside of the vehicle, the upper ends of two
guard legs which descend to within a short distance of the ground, the opposite
end of each leg being furnished with a small caster or other wheel or roller.
These guard legs are formed of spring steel, or are otherwise sprung, and they
are bent or curved ontwards towards the front and rear of the vehicle, so as to
approach the ground near to those points, and they are, if desired, at some suitable
part of their length, braced together by a tie rod.
By these means, when the draught handle or shafts of the vehicle are released,
in lieu of either end coming into violent contact with the ground, and thus tipping
out the goods or injuring any fragile articles or spilling any liquid or semi-liquid
articles that it may contain, the vehicle will be supported by one of the legs in a
horizontal or approximately horizontal position, and by reason of the peculiar
construction of the legs, no injurious concussion will be communicated to the
contents, and a further advantage of my invention, as applied to a hand truck, is,
that the vehicle may, at any time, be run upon three wheels, thus relieving the
person wheeling the same of considerable labour.
Dated this 10th day of February 1891
VAUGHAN & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Hand Carts or Trucks or other
Two Wheeled Vehicles.
I, JOHN HOWLAND, of No. 14, Bank Street, Ashford, in the County of Kent,
Wholesale Confectioner, 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 :-
My said invention relates primarily to hand carts or trucks having two wheels
and which are commonly used by the employés of tradesmen for the delivery of
goods, but it also relates to other two wheeled vehicles, and the object of my
invention is to provide means whereby in the event of the draught handle being
released, or the horse being taken out of the shafts, the vehicle will be prevented
falling on to either of its ends, and that without imparting any appreciable jar to
its contents.
For this purpose, I fix to the underside of the vehicle, the upper ends of two

page_text: guard legs, which descend to within a short distance of the ground, the opposite
end of each leg being furnished with a small caster or other wheel or roller.
These guard legs are formed of spring steel, or are otherwise sprung, and they are
bent or curved or inclined outwards towards the front and rear of the vehicle, so as to
approach the ground near to those points, and they are, if desired, at some suitable
part of their length, braced together by a tie rod.
By these means, when the draught handle or shafts of the vehicle are released,
in lieu of either end coming into violent contact with the ground and thus tipping
out the goods or injuring any fragile articles or spilling any liquid or semi-liquid
articles that it may contain, the vehicle will be supported by one of the legs in an
approximately horizontal position, and by reason of the peculiar construction of
the legs, no injurious concussion will be communicated to, the contents, and, a
further advantage of my invention, as applied to a hand truck is that the vehicle
may at any time be run upon three wheels, thus relieving the person wheeling the
same of, considerable labor.
In order that my said invention may be more clearly understood, I will now
proceed to refer to the accompanying drawings in which the same letters of
reference indicate like parts in both the figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hand truck constructed in accordance with this
invention, and
Figure 2 is a bottom view thereof.
The said
a. is the body of the truck which is mounted by means of the springs b. b. on the
axle c.; fixed to the underside of the body a., are the guard legs d. d., the lower
ends of which are furnished with small caster wheels or rollers e. e.
legs d. d. which descend to within a short distance of the ground, are formed of
spring steel, or are otherwise sprung, and they are curved or inclined outwards
towards the front and rear of the truck. The legs d. d. are illustrated braced
together by the tie rod f. When the body a. of the truck is in a horizontal
position, the ends of both the guard legs d. d. will be clear of the ground, but on
the said body a. being tilted "to one end or the other, one of the guard legs will be
brought into contact with the ground and will support the body of the truck in an
approximately horizontal position.
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 :-
The improvements in the construction of two-wheeled vehicles consisting in fixing
to the underside thereof two guard legs formed of spring steel or otherwise sprung
and curved or inclined outwards, the lower ends thereof being furnished with caster
wheels or rollers, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings and for the purposes stated.
Dated this 10th day of November 1891.
VAUGHAN & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.