Improvements in Wheelbarrows and Hand Carts.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Wheelbarrows and Hand Carts.
WILLIAM CORDEAUX, Church Fenton, Leeds, Yorkshire, Barrister-at-Law, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
This invention consists in having the wheel of a barrow so fixed as to be under-
neath the body of the barrow, or sufficiently underneath, as to allow the front
side or end of the barrow, nearest the wheel, to open for the purpose of empty-
ing the barrow when tilted, without the necessity of turning it over in the usual
way. The side of the barrow nearest the wheel is suspended or hinged on a bar
or rod fixed across the top ends of the two sides. This hanging side or flap is
secured when the barrow is loaded by means of a catch, which is the turned
up end of a long rod or lever passing underneath the body of the barrow to the
front, where the end is again turned up forming a crank or handle. The catch
or locking end of this lever, can be turned up or down by the crank handle,
that is to say, when the barrow is loaded the catch is turned up and secures the
flap, and when the barrow is to be unloaded, the catch is turned down, and the
weight of the contents of the barrow open the suspended side or flap, and by
tilting the barrow, the contents are thrown or tipped out. The flap then falls
back to its place, and the catch is turned up to secure it.
This contrivance may be applied to hand carts having two or more wheels,
without altering the position of the wheels, as in the case of an ordinary single-
wheel barrow.
Dated this Twenty-sixth day of May 1898.
Improvements in Wheelbarrows and Hand Carts.
WILLIAM CORDEAUX, Church Fenton, near Leeds, Yorkshire, Barrister-at-Law,
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 consists in having the wheel of a barrow so fixed as to be under-
neath the body of the barrow, or sufficiently underneath, to allow the front side
or end of the barrow, nearest the wheel, to open for the purpose of emptying the
barrow when tilted without the necessity of turning it over in the usual way.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawing, the side of the barrow
DQ1

page_text: nearest the wheel is suspended or hinged on a bar or rod, E, Fig. 1, being about
half an inch thick round iron, which is fixed across the top ends of the two sides
of the barrow. The ends of this rod work in holes in two small plates, H, Fig. 1,
attached to the side corners of the barrow; one on each side. They thus hold the
suspended side or flap in its place, and allow it to open and shut, as required.
This flap C is secured, when the barrow is loaded, by means of a catch-B,
Fig. 2, which is the turned up end of a long lever or rod about half inch thick
round iron Fig: 3: the catch being flattened and made as shown in Fig. 3.
This lever passes underneath the body of the barrow to the end near the handles,
where it is turned up so as to form a crank or handle, A, Fig. 1-The rod or
lever D, Fig. 3, is held in its place by small holdfasts, Fig. 4, screwed on the
bottom of the barrow.
The catch or locking end of the lever can be turned up or down by the crank
handle, that is to say, when the barrow is loaded, the catch is turned up, and
secures the flap, and when the barrow is to be unloaded the catch is turned
down and the weight of the contents of the barrow, open the flap and by tilting
the barrow the contents are thrown or tipped out.
The flap then falls back to its place, and the catch is turned up to secure it.
This contrivance can be applied to hand-carts, with two or more wheels, with-
out changing the position of the wheels, as in the case of an ordinary single-
wheel barrow. The body of the barrow may be made with sloping sides, or
movable sides, and used for other purposes besides tipping.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1-The suspended side or flap applied and attached to wheelbarrows or hand-
carts, substantially as herein described, with reference to the sheet of drawing
annexed, and for the purpose set forth.
2-The use and application of the lever or rod herein described, and for the
purpose set forth.
3. The combination of the flap or suspended side of the barrow or handeart,
with the lever or rod substantially as and for the purpose set forth and described.
Dated this Twenty-fourth day of February 1899.
WILLIAM CORDEAUX.