IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LOWERING AND LOADING COALS MINERALS OR OTHER SUPSTANOrs
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Buckingham Pope, of the West Riding and
Haigh Moor Collieries, near Leeds, in the County of York, Coal Owner,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LOWERING AND
LOADING COALS MINERALS OR OTHER SUPSTANOrs"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Buckingham Pope
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
12th May 1862.
I, JOHN BUCKINGHAM POPE, of the West Riding and Haigh Moor Collieries,
near Leeds, in the County of York, Coal Owner, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LOWERING AND
LOADING COALS, MINERALS, OR OTHER SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:―
My Invention has for its object the combination of apparatus, by means of
which coals, minerals, or other substances, may be lowered. gradually on to the
waggon or receptacle intended. to receive them, so as to avoid breakage. For
this purpose the waggon or carriage containing the coals or other material is
carried on rails from the mouth of the pit or other situation on to the tipper,
which is connected to a moveable stage suspended from a pivot, the front of
which stage may be lowered gradually by means of an ordinary spring brake at
the same time that the tipper is tipped or upset on the release of its brake, the
front of the stage being raised to its original position (after the waggon or
carriage has discharged its contents) by means of counterbalance weights. The
usual screen, which is vertical, has arms mounted on fixed centres in the
framework of the moveable stage, and is moveable on its centres, so as to

page_text: become inclined when pressed forwards, by means of a projection on the front of
the waggon or carriage, or by the pressure of the waggon when upsetting, but
is restored to its vertical position (on the removal of such pressure) by means
of a counterbalance weight. By the combination of apparatus herein-before
referred to the coals or other materials are tipped and lowered gradually as
required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Buckingham Pope in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 12th November 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
BUCKINGHAM POPE, of the West Riding and Haigh Moor Collieries, near
Leeds, in the County of York, Coal Owner, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Buckingham Pope, Her special license that I, the said John
Buckingham Pope, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said John Buckingham Pope, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LOWERING AND LOADING COALS, MINERALS, OR OTHER
SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Jobn
Buckingham Pope, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Buckingham Pope, do hereby
declare that 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, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
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My Invention of Improvements in Apparatus for Lowering and Loading

page_text: Coals, Minerals, or other Substances," has for its object, the combination of
apparatus, by means of which, coals, minerals, or other substances may be
lowered gradually or to the waggon or receptacle intended to receive them,
so as to avoid breakage. For this purpose the waggon or carriage containing
the coals or other material is carried on rails from the mouth of the pit, or
other situation, on to the tipper, which is connected to a moveable stage,
suspended from a pivot, the front of which stage may be lowered gradually,
by means of an ordinary spring brake, at the same time that the tipper is
tipped or upset on the release of its brake, the front of the stage being raised
to its original position (after the waggon or carriage has discharged its contents)
by means of counterbalance weights. The usual screen, which is vertical, bas
arms mounted on fixed centres in the framework of the moveable stage, and
is moveable on its centres, so as to become inclined when pressed forwards,
by means of a projection on the front of the waggon or carriage, or by the
pressure of the waggon when upsetting, but is restored to its vertical position
(on the removal of such pressure), by means of a counterbalance weight. I
also use a horizontal screen in the floor of the swinging stage, a lid, constructed
as herein-after described, being connected to the tipper. By means of the
combination of apparatus herein-before referred to the coals or other materials
are tipped and lowered gradually, as required.
Having thus stated the nature of the said Invention, I will proceed to
describe more particularly in what manner the same is to be performed, by
the aid of the accompanying Drawings, in which is represented the combi-
nation of apparatus above referred to.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a plan or horizontal view of the apparatus; Fig. 2 is a sido
elevation; and Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same; Fig. 4 is a side elevation.
of the tipper and vertical screen detached; and Fig. 5 is an end elevation of
the same.
In all these several Figures, the same letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts.
A, A, are rails, on which the waggon containing coals, minerals, or other
substances is carried from the mouth of the pit, or other situation, on to the
tipper B, which is mounted on a moveable or swinging stage C, suspended
from a fixed centre D. The tipper B is provided with a spring brake E,
which is connected by a rod F to a ratchet lever G, by means of which lever,
the brake may be caused gradually to release its hold on the axis of the tipper,
and allow it to be upset when required. H. is a spring brake applied to a
disc on a shaft mounted on the upper end of the fixed standard I, which brake

page_text: is capable of being caused gradually to release the outer end of the moveable
or swinging stage C, by means of the lever K, and connecting rod L. This
moveable or swinging stage is restored to its horizontal position by the
operation of the counterbalance weights M, M.
In Fig. 1 is shewn a horizontal screen in the floor of the stage C, and in
Figures 4 and 5, a vertical screen, hung on centres, fixed in the side frame of
the stage, and kept in a vertical position by the counterbalance weights N, N.
The operation is as follows:-The waggon being run on to the tipper B, the
brake E is released gradually by means of the lever G, and the tipper upsets
the waggon, being retained in its position by two iron clips, into which the
axles of the waggon have run. At the same time that the brake E is released,
the brake H is also released by means of the lever K, and the moveable or
swinging stage C is allowed to descend, working from the centre pin D. By
this means the coals, minerals, or other substance, are lowered gradually on to
the waggon or receptacle intended to receive them. By means of the horns
or upright bars fixed across one end of the tipper, the coals, minerals, or other
substance are kept within the waggon until they are sufficiently near the screen
to admit of discharge with comparatively little breakage. This object is also
accomplished by means of a lid O working on centres at one end of the
tipper, and free at the other end, such lid being retained in its position during
the inversion of the tipper, until the two catches P, P, (which may be fixed on
the side of the tipper), strike against the framework of the swinging stage, or
other suitable fixed projection.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I hereby declare that what I claim as of my
Invention is, the combination of parts of apparatus, consisting of a move-
able or swinging stage and brakes, the tipper, with its moveable lid and brake,
and the screen, either horizontal, and fixed in the floor of the said stage, or
vertical, and moveable on centres fixed in the side frame of the said stage, as
herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Buckingham Pope, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Twelfth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
JOIN BUCKINGHAM POPE. (L.S.)