Improvements in the Manufacture of Tipping Vans or Carts, parts of same being applicable to other Road Vehicles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 15th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Tipping Vans or Carts, parts
of same being applicable to other Road Vehicles.
I ERNEST HORA of the firm of E. & H. Hora of 250 and 252 Camberwell
Road, Camberwell, in the County of London, Carriage, Cart and Wagon Builders
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to $6
tipping" or tilting vans such as the well known
dustmen's tilting van or such like four wheeled road vehicles capable of being
tipped or tilted parts of my present invention being applicable to other road
vehicles.
The first part of my present invention as applied to a four wheeled dustman's van
or the like vehicle to be tipped is as follows:-
The body of the vehicle (instead of being pivotted or hinged direct on to the
tipping bar as heretofore) is connected to the tipping bar by short intermediate
links or rods.
Advantageously two of these connecting links are mounted so that at one end
thereof they are each free to turn or move round with or on the tipping bar and
the other end is pivotted or otherwise hinged to lugs or bearings rigidly attached
or mounted on the bottom or underside of the body of the vehicle.
By these means a double movement is given to the tipping action.
One or more stout bars of metal or suitable material are fixed rigidly to the
tipping bar which bar rotates in bearings in or on the side frame of the vehicle.
These stout bars project backwardly and in a curvilinear direction from the
tipping bar so that when the body of the vehicle is tipped it turns first on the ends
of the said connecting links and then these projecting bars come in contact with the
axle of the back wheels (which axle may be made quite straight) and thereby
throws the body of the vehicle backwards so that it finishes the tipping action on
the tipping bar and so clears the axle.
The second part of my present invention relates to the side parts of the main
frame of either tipping or non-tipping vehicles and this part of my invention
consists in forming the back end of the supporting frame on each side in a curved
or angular form that is each side at its rear end is "compassed or curved or
carried in a downward direction so as better to resist the strain of the load.
Strengthening plates of metal may be used in addition on the frame as is well
understood.
The third part of my present invention consists in forming and mounting or
arranging a lubricator just over the "free" ends of the laminated springs or over
another working part of the springs of the vehicle.
This lubricating device consists of a tube or vessel to hold the lubricant closed
at its top by a removable cap and having an opening or aperture just above the
working parts of the spring so that the lubricant will pass out and constantly keep
the desired part of the spring lubricated.
This lubricating device being embedded in the frame is not liable to injury.
The hereinbefore described "double-action" tipping arrangement may also be
applied to two wheeled tipping carts if desired.
Dated this 15th day of March 1802

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Tipping Vans or Carts, parts
of same being applicable to other Road Vehicles.
I, ERNEST HORA of the firm of E. and H. Hora of 250 and 252 Camberwell
Road, Camberwell, in the County of London, Carriage Cart and Waggon Builders,
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 "tipping" or tilting vans such as the well known
dustmen's tilting vau or such like four-wheeled road vehicles capable of being
tipped or tilted-parts of my present invention being applicable to other road
vehicles.
In order to fully explain all the parts of my said present invention and the
manner of carrying same into effect I will proceed to fully describe same with
reference to the drawings hereunto annexed :-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation (partly in section) showing a tipping van arranged and
constructed according to my present invention.
Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1 showing the van tipped.
Fig. 3 is a view in elevation (on or about the line 11 Fig. 2) of the van tipped
as in Fig. 2-looking in the direction of the arrow x.
Fig. 4 is a separate side view of the supporting frame with downwardly curved
back end thereto.
Fig. 5 is a "local" longitudinal section of the back end part of the supporting
frame (on an enlarged scale) and
Fig. 6 is an end view of Fig. 5 both showing device for lubricating the springs-
to which device however I make no separate claim.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout.
A is the body of the vehicle.
B hind wheel axle.
C front wheel axle.
D supporting frame each side of vehicle curved or “compassed" (i.e. carried
downwards) at its back end a the better to resist the load strain.
E bearing in said frame D for the tipping bar F; or said tipping bar F may be
journalled in said frame D so as to be free to turn therein.
F tipping bar-placed behind the centre of balance of the body A.
G lugs or bearings firmly secured on the bottom H of the body A.
I links or connecting rods journalled to the fixed tipping bar F as shown (or
rods I may be rigidly fixed to F if the latter be mounted free to turn) and also
pivotted or hinged to G on axis .J.
Jaxis whereon the front ends of the links or rods I turn.
K projecting ends of I which extend rearwardly of the tipping bar F and of the
hind wheel axle B.
Lordinary tipping release lever.
M springs.
N spring lubricating device.
O removable cap over lubricator.
The double tipping action obtained according to my present invention is as
follows:-
The axis J being about the centre of balance of the body A (or forward of
same) immediately the body A is released by a lever such as L (or other suitable
releasing contrivance) the body A will commence tipping-turning on the axis J.
The hind part of the van A will consequently sink down (turning on said
centre J) until same settles down on the extension arms K to the rear of F (or on

page_text: the tipping bar F) and then the tipping action will be instantly transferred from J
to the bar F-thus the body A will be thrown clear of the hind axle B and finish
the tipping without striking the axle B at all.
The tipping being finished the body A. can readily be returned to its normal
position-the centre of motion being changed exactly as in tipping only in reverse
order.
In case of tipping as over the edge of a wharf-the arms K will strike the hind
axle B and prevent the body A tipping too far.
In place of the arrangement illustrated-the rearwardly extending arms K may
be made separate from I and rigidly keyed or fixed on the tipping bar F which
latter would be journalled so as to be free to revolve in the side frames D. Thus
when the lever L (or the like) is released the tipping action would commence on
centres J then be transferred to the other centre Fand there be finished.
A great advantage gained by my present invention of the tipping action is that
by thus transferring the centre of motion I am enabled to place the tipping bar F
so far back as to throw the tipped body quite clear of the hind axle and thus
enabling me to make these axles straight without same coming in contact with the
tipped body part of the vehicle.
The next part of my present invention relates to the supporting frame D which
is made curved or "compassed" at its rear end substantially as shown in the
drawings hereunto annexed and has a strong metal plate of corresponding shape
bolted or otherwise strongly secured to the side thereof (this metal plate is not
shown in the drawings as a straight metal plate is well known on the supporting
frames of such vehicles as heretofore constructed) by which means I construct a
supporting frame of great strength and capable of resisting heavy strain and I thus
prevent the curving upwards of the rear end of such frames which often occurs in
a very short time (and thereby often causing breakage) with such vehicle frames as
heretofore constructed.
For the purpose of lubricating the springs of such vehicles I arrange and mount
a cup or vessel and small tube (or it may be a tube only) N in and through the
supporting frame D just over the "free" end of the spring M (or over any other
working part of the springs of the vehicle) and the top part of this tube N is
closed by a screw cap such as O which can be readily unscrewed and the tube filled
with lubricant and the cap O replaced-the lubricant will then slowly pass out and
thus constantly keep the desired part or parts of the spring lubricated.
This lubricating device being embedded in the frame D is not liable to injury.
The herein before described double tipping action may also be applied to two
wheel tipping carts-if desired.
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 :-
1. In tipping vans carts or the like-the combination therewith of short inter-
mediate links or rods pivotted or connected to lugs or bearings on the bottom of
the body of the vehicle and to the tipping bar and thus connecting the body of the
vehicle to the tipping bar-instead of connecting said body direct to the tipping
bar as heretofore arranged and acting so as to give a double tipping action substan-
tially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
2. In tipping vans carts or the like-the arrangement and combination of lugs
or bearings such as G on the bottom H of the body of the vehicle short inter-
mediate arms or links such as I having their axes on said bearings G and tipping
bar F respectively and the rearwardly extending arms such as K all arranged to
act in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
drawings annexed.
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3. The improved construction of the supporting frame for vans carts and other
similar road vehicles consisting of forming the rear end of such frames "compassed
or curved in a rearward and downward direction and having a strong.metal plate of

page_text: same form bolted or otherwise secured to the side thereof arranged combined and
acting substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
4. The improved combination arrangement and construction of tipping vans carts
or the like substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described
and.illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 15th dex of December 1899
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.