Improvements in Vans suitable for Removing Furniture.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 15th Jan., 1891--Accepted, 21st Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Vans suitable for Removing Furniture.
I, GEORGE MASTERS, of New Road, Gravesend, Road, Railway; & Shipping
Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention the van is made so that it can be taken to pieces and
packed in a small compass.
The base of the van consists of a trolley or platform upon wheels, similar to the
trolleys now commonly employed for vans known as lift vans, that is to say, vans
without wheels, which are carried either upon such trolleys or upon railway trucks.
The body of the van is made in four parts, namely, the two sides, the front and the
back. The uprights of the framework of the sides are prolonged downwards and
drop into sockets in the trolley. The front and back are received into rabbits in
the uprights at the ends of the sides, and are secured to the sides by bolts and nuts.
These sides are also secured to the trolley by bolts and nuts. When the body of the
van has been removed from the trolley the latter may be employed for the conveyance
of ordinary lift vans.
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G. MASTERS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Vans suitable for Removing Furniture.
I, GEORGE MASTERS, of New Road, Gravesend, Road, Railway, & Shipping
Contractor, 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 :-
According to this invention the van is made so that it can be taken to pieces and
packed in a small compass.
The base of the van consists of a trolley or platform upon wheels, similar to the
trolleys now commonly employed for vans known as lift vans, that is to say, vans
without wheels, which are carried either upon such trolleys or upon railway trucks.
The body of the van is made in four parts, namely, the two sides, the front and the
back. The uprights of the framework of the sides are prolonged downwards and
drop into sockets in the trolley. The front and back are received into rabbets in
the uprights at the ends of the sides, and are secured to the sides by bolts and nuts.
The sides are also secured to the trolley by bolts and nuts. When the body of the
van has been removed from the trolley the latter may be employed for the
conveyance of ordinary lift vans.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section of the body of the van looking towards
the rear end.
Figure 2 is an elevation of one of the side frames.

page_text: bis the front frame or panel,
a a are the two side frames or panels of the van.
and c is the rear frame in which the doors c¹ c¹ are hung.
The uprights of the side frames are prolonged downwards at a' a¹ and they are
received into recesses or sockets in the trolley platform. The side frames are
secured further to the trolley by bolts and nuts; the bolt passes through a strap a²
fixed to the panel and through a lug d upon the trolley platform. The end frames b
and c are received into rabbets in the uprights at the ends of the sides as is seen in
Figure 4 and they are also furnished with projections and c² which enter recesses
or sockets in the trolley platform. The end frames are secured to the side frames
by screw bolts d' d' fixed to the former which pass through corresponding holes in
the latter near the ends and receive nuts d² d². The side frames are also connected
together overhead by arched irons e e the ends of which are received into sockets as
is shewn in Figure 7. The irons e also serve to support a tarpaulin cover or roof f.
The tarpaulin is secured round the edges in the manner shewn in Figure 5. The top
board a of the side frame or panel may be hinged as is shewn in Figures 5 and 7 so
that it can be turned down when desired for convenience in stowing the side frame
when out of use or for any other purpose.
The top of the trolley platform serves as the floor of the van body or a light
flooring may be laid upon the platform if desired; such a floor is shewn at g g in
the drawings.
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 :-
:-
A furniture van so made that it can be taken to pieces and consisting of a trolley
or platform upon wheels and sides and ends separable the one from the other and
from the trolley; the whole arranged substantially as herein described.
Dated this 12th day of January 1891.