Improvements in the Means or Apparatus for Tipping Carts or Waggons, and for Easing or Relieving the Horses when Coming or Going Down Hills or Inclines.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Oct, 1886.
Complete Left, 2nd July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 2nd Aug., 1887.
Improvements in the Means or Apparatus for Tipping Carts or
Waggons, and for Easing or Relieving the Horses when Coming
or Going Down Hills or Inclines.
I HENRY BRIGGS of Victoria Road, Leeds, in the county of York, Wheelwright, do
hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in the mode of or means employed
for tipping carts or waggons, and for easing or relieving the horses when coming or
going down hills or inclines.
I apply my invention to the front of the body of the cart or waggon, and part of it,
preferably, at the side known as the near side of the cart or waggon, and it consists of
a lever, bevelled wheels, worm and worm wheel, and rack and pinion wheel. The lever
I affix to the outerside of the cart shaft, this lever is affixed to or on a rod or shaft
which passes across the shaft of the cart, on the other end of the said rod or shaft I
employ a bevelled wheel which gears into another bevelled wheel fixed on a shaft or
rod at right angles or in a vertical direction to the said rod or shaft itself, on the other
or top end of this second or vertical rod or shaft I employ a worm which gears into a
worm wheel fixed on another rod or shaft at right angles or horizontal to the said vertical
rod or shaft, at the other end of this horizontal shaft I employ a pinion wheel which
gears into a rack affixed to the body of the cart. The action is as follows:-By
turning the lever motion is imparted to the bevelled wheels, which wheels transmit
motion to the worm and worm wheel, and from thence the motion is transmitted or
imparted to the pinion wheel which operates the rack, by the movement up and
down of this rack the cart or waggon is raised or lowered.
JOHN E. WALSH,
30, East Parade, Leeds,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in the Means or Apparatus for Tipping Carts or
Waggons, and for Easing or Relieving the Horses when Coming
or Going Down Hills or Inclines.
I HENRY BRIGGS of Victoria Road, Leeds in the county of York, Wheelwright,
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 certain improvements in the mode of, or means employed!
for tipping carts or waggons, and for easing or relieving the horses when coming or
going down hills or inclines."
I apply my invention to the front of the body of the cart or waggon, and part of it,
preferably at the side known as the near side of the cart or waggon, and it consists of
a lever or handle, bevelled wheels, worm and worm wheel, rack and pinion wheel.
The lever or handle I affix to the outerside of the cart shaft, this lever or handle is
affixed to or on a rod or shaft which passes across the shaft of the cart, on the other
end of the said rod or shaft I employ a bevelled wheel which gears into another bevelled
wheel fixed on a shaft or rod at right angles or in a vertical direction to the said rod
or shaft itself, on the other or top end of this second or vertical rod or shaft 1 employ
a worm which gears in a worm wheel fixed on another rod or shaft at right angles or
horizontal to the said vertical rod or shaft, at or about the centre of this horizontal
shaft I employ a pinion wheel which gears into a rack affixed to the body of the cart.
The action is as follows:-
By turning the lever or handle motion is imparted to the bevelled wheels which wheels
transmit motion to the worm and worm wheel, and from thence the motion is trans-
mitted or imparted to the pinion wheel which operates the rack, by the movement up
and down of this rack the cart or waggon is raised, lowered, or adjusted.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. shews elevation of cart with my invention applied.
Fig. 2. shews plan of cart shafts with my invention applied.
Fig. 3. shews detailed view of means for operating the rack.
I apply my invention to the front of the body of the cart or waggon, and part of it,
preferably, at the side known as the near side of the cart or waggon, and it consists of
Fig. 1. shews elevation of cart with my invention applied.
Fig. 2. shews plan of cart shafts with my invention applied.
Fig. 3. shews detailed view of means for operating the rack.
I apply my invention to the front of the body of the cart or waggon, and part of it,
preferably, at the side known as the near side of the cart or waggon. and it consists of
a lever or handle A, bevelled wheels B and B¹, worm C and worm wheel D, and
rack E and pinion wheel F. The lever or handle A I affix to the outerside of the
cart shaft G, this lever or handle A is affixed to or on a rod or shaft H, which passes
across the shaft G of the cart, on the other end of the said rod or shaft I employ a
bevelled wheel B which gears into another bevelled wheel B¹ fixed on a shaft or rod K
at right angles or in a vertical direction to the said rod or shaft H itself, on the other

page_text: or top end of this second or vertical rod or shaft K I employ a worm C, which gears
into a worm wheel D, fixed on another rod or shaft L at right angles or horizontal to
the said vertical rod or shaft K, at or about the centre of this horizontal shaft L
I employ a pinion wheel F, which gears into a rack E affixed to the body of the cart.
The action is as follows:
By turning the lever or handle A motion is imparted to the bevelled wheels B and B¹
which wheels transmit motion to the worm C and worm wheel D, and from thence the
motion is transmitted or imparted to the pinion wheel F which operates the rack E,
by the movement up and down of this rack E, the cart or waggon is raised, lowered,
or adjusted. To decrease the weight upon the horses' back when going down hill the
cart is partly tilted or tipped, and the reverse when going up hill.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that I
lay no claim to the rack separately but what I do claim is :-
The general arrangement of means or mechanism for operating upon the rack,
substantially as and for the purposes shewn and described.
JOHN E. WALSH,
30, East Parade, Leeds,
Agent for the Applicant.