Year: 1899

page_text: I, HARRY OLDFIELD COOPER, of BS Exchange Buildings, Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Secretary, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to hand trucks for moving with little labour,
and without injury; articles and packages such as barrels, casks, boxes and
bales of mechandise, and the like, for short distances; and for handling such
goods in the action or operation of loading and unloading, and for other similar
purposes.
According to this invention, the hand truck or conveyor consists of a frame
carried by a pair of wheels, one on each side; and from just inside the wheels the
frame extends upwards, and also forwards, and is braced or connected together at the
latter part, and provided with a shaft or shafts, or a pole or the like, for pushing
or pulling it along. The raising or upright members of the frame on each side
are constructed of tubular or telescopic form, or have parts working in con-
nection with them, which can be raised up and down, in or on them; and these
parts, in one construction, are connected together by a cross bar above, or
formed practically in one piece by having a bridge part above.
The guide parts or main supports, may be carried down below the level of the
axles in some cases to give a firm support for the vertical moving or sliding
parts.
Then in connection with these parts, a winch or equivalent raising and lower-
ing mechanism is provided at a suitable point, say on the shaft or pole, handy
to the user; and a wire or other rope, chain or the like is carried from this winch
or mechanism over suitable poles or wheels on a fixed part, to, and fixed to the
moving parts.
The article, such as a barrel box, or other package, may be attached directly
by chains, hooks, or suitable fastenings, to the upper part of the movable frame;
or, according to a modification, it may be supported to the movable frame by
and from an overhanging part or jib carried by this frame.
In action or use the truck is tipped up and the barrel or package or article is
fastened to the movable part or frame when in its lower position. When this is
done the truck is pulled down into its normal position by the pole or shaft, which
raises the goods from the floor or surface; and then the truck with its load can
be wheeled to the place where it is required to deliver the package, say onto a
waggon, cait, or other vehicle. When here, the moving frame with its article
is raised by means of the winch or raising gear referred to, until the required
level is reached, when it is pulled or moved into the position required and
lowered into the vehicle. The article is then detached from the truck fastening
or carriers, and the action is complete.

page_text: Obviously, the reverse mode of use can be employed, namely, the unloading
or taking away of goods or packages from a waggon, cart, vehicle, or other
level.
Datad this 23rd day of March 1890.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
Applicant's Patent Agents,
15, Water Street, Liverpool.
I, HARRY OLDFIELD COOPER, of B8 Exchange Buildings, Liverpool, in the
County of Lancaster, Secretary, 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 has reference to hand-trucks for moving with little labour,
and without injury, articles and packages, such as barrels, casks, boxes and bales
of merchandise, and the like, for short distances; and for handling such goods
in the action or operation of loading and unloading, and for other similar pur-
poses.
According to this invention, the hand-truck or conveyor consists of a frame
carried by a pair of wheels, one on each side; and from just inside the wheels
the frame extends upwards, and also forwards, and is braced or connected to-
gether at the latter part, and provided with a shaft or shafts, or a pole or the like,
for pushing or pulling it along. The upright members of the frame on each
side are constructed of tubular or telescopic form, or have parts working in con-
nection with them, which can be raised up and down, in or on them; and these
parts, in one construction, are connected together by a cross bar above, or
formed practically in one piece by having a bridge part above.
The guide parts or main supports, may be carried down below the level of the
axles, in some cases, to give a firm support for the vertical moving or sliding
paris.
Then in connection with these parts, a winch or equivalent raising and lower-
ing mechanism is provided at a suitable point, say on the shaft or pole, handy
to the user; and a wire or other rope, chain or the like, is carried from this
winch or mechanism over suitable poles or wheels on a fixed part, to, and fixed
to the moving parts.
The article, such as a barrel, box, or other package, may be attached directly
by chains, hooks, or suitable fastenings, to the upper part of the movable frame;
or, according to a modification it may be supported to the movable frame by and
from an overhanging part or jib carried by this frame.
In action or use, the truck is tipped up and the barrel or package or article
is fastened to the movable part or frame when in its lower position. When this
is done the truck is pulled down into its normal position by the pole or shaft,
which raises the goods from the floor or surface; and then the truck with its
load can be wheeled to the place where it is required to deliver the package,
say onto a waggon, cart, or other vehicle. When here, the moving frame with
its article is raised by means of the winch or raising gear referred to, until the
required level is reached, when it is pulled or moved into the position required,

page_text: and lowered into the vehicle. The article is then detached from the truck
fastening or carriers, and the action is complete.
Obviously, the reverse mode of use can be employed, namely, the unloading or
taking away of goods or packages, from a waggon, cart, vehicle, or other level.
In the drawings illustrating this invention, a hand-truck having the character-
istics above described is shewn in plan and end view, Figure 1 being the plan,
and Figure 2 the end view.
In the drawings, a represents the main horizontal or substantially horizontal
frame members of the truck, and bare two upright tubes placed one at either
side of the truck, and forming vertical parts of the frame; these parts being
suitably connected with the ends of the frame a below, as well as above this
frame. care the wheels, the axles of which are supported from the frame:
and are diagonal stays, extending between the upper parts of the tubes b
and the front part of the frame a, and by means of which these uprights are
given rigidity, and the whole frame is braced up. e is the moving and manipu-
lating pole or shaft of the truck.
e represents the parts of the truck which are adapted to be raised and lowered,
and by which the weight to be conveyed is connected and carried. These parts c
are connected together by the horizontal member e¹, or are formed in one with it;
and they may be of tubular or solid form, and work or move up and down in the
frame tubes 6, by which they are guided and supported.
In the case shewn, the means of raising parts e e¹, or elevator, consists of a
hand operated shaft f, mounted in bearings on the frame members a, which
rotates counter shafts g, through worms f¹, and worm wheels g¹, and this motion
is transmitted to the members c through pinions on the shaft g, which gear
with a rack on the outside faces of the members c That is to say, by rotating
the shaft f, by means of the hand cranks f, the moving members e c¹, are,
through the shaft g, and gear specified, raised and lowered, and the load, such as
a barrel, box, or other article, raised from a lower level to the height required,
or lowered from a higher to a lower
The means however, of effecting the raising and lowering of the elevator is
by no means restricted to the gear shewn, as any known or convenient form of
gear may be used in lieu of it.
In the truck illustrated, the load, namely, the barrel is shewn supported by
chains from the cross or bridge member c', but any form of suspending and
fastening means for carrying the load may be employed; and these, naturally,
will vary, according to the different kinds of articles to be dealt with.
The load may be raised wholly by means of the elevator parts e el; or, partly
by tipping up the frame a, and securing the package or article to it, and then
pulling the frame down again, and partly by raising the elevator by the gear,
afterwards.
By this hand truck, various kinds of packages or goods may be lifted from
the ground or a floor at one spot, conveyed to the place required, and lifted
to a higher level, and transferred to a cart, waggon, or floor, without direct
handling or lifting; or moved and manipulated in various ways.
With regard to the different parts or members of the truck, those shewn may
be taken as being mainly of tubular form; but the invention is not restricted to
these, as they may be of other suitable forms of sections, such as angled bars,
or the like, giving at once strength and lightness.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:-
1. A hand-truck comprising a frame supported on wheels. and having a raising
and lowering part, adapted to be worked up and down in or on the frame at
either side; and raising and lowering mechanism or gear, carried by the frame,
and connected or gearing with said raising and lowering part; substantially
as described.

page_text: 2. The hand-truck comprising a frame «, upright parts b, and movable parts e,
guided and supported by the parts b, and wheels c, the axles of which are carried
by the frame; substantially as set forth with reference to and shewn in the
drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1899.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
Applicant's Patent Agents,
15, Water Street, Liverpool.