Year: 1899

page_text: I, ROBERT WADSWORTH, of the Sanitary Implement Works, Thomas Street,
Halifax, in the County of York, Sanitary Implement Manufacturer, &c., do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to carts such as are used by corporations and
local authorities generally, for collecting house, street or market refuse, or the
same design or construction of cart may be applied to many other uses with
manifest advantage..
The object of my improvements is the construction of a cart of a more suitable
kind than those at present in use, for the purposes above mentioned and having
the following advantages:-
1st. A cart having an extra large body without being unwieldy to the horse
which has to draw same. 2nd. A cart with an extra wide body without necessita-
ting the propelling wheels to be beyond a reasonable ordinary running gauge in
width, or the shafts beyond a reasonable width at the hinder end for the horse.
3rd. A cart although extra deep does not stand very high from the ground to
the top of the sides without necessitating the use of a crank axle. 4th. A cart
which when a horse is yoked in the shafts, the body of same and the shafts stand
level or nearly so. 5th. A simple mechanical means for tipping the cart body
over and bringing same back into position again. In carrying out my improve-
ments I construct the body of the cart with about one third of the length and about
half of the depth from the bottom nearest to the fore end, narrower than the rest.
At the hinder end of the narrow part of the body on each side, I fix an upright,
on the inside of which the sides of the narrow part are secured and to the outside
of same the sides of the wide part are secured.
To the said uprights, I hinge the hinder end of the shafts so that the narrow
part of the body hangs between the shafts and projects below, which has the
effect of placing the shafts at a corresponding height to the height of a horse,
the narrow part of the body being made such a width as to allow the shafts to
be a comfortable width for a horse to work in.
To enable the body to be low on the ground, I fix the iron axle arms in the
upper side of the wood axle bed, instead of in the underside as usual.
I am aware that this has been done hitherto occasionally, but such has not
been the case with a cart as herein described.
To enable the body to be a wider width than usual without having the wheels
to run a wider width I make the wide part of the body wide enough to fill
in the space from the back of the spokes in one wheel to the back of the spokes
in the other wheel, leaving only just sufficient space for the spokes to nicely
clear the body, when the wheels are revolving. I also splay the sides of the
cart out, to follow the position of the inner side of the spokes in the upper halves
of the wheels. As a portion of the wheel naves extend up the sides of the cart
body, when the axle arms are fixed as above described, I make a recess on each
side of the cart body for same,

page_text: The means I employ for tipping over the body of the cart is a well known
means used for tipping over the bodies of sanitary "tumbler" carts which
consists of a drum or roller fixed to the shafts, across the front of the cart
body, and which is caused to rotate by a worm and wheel device. To the drum
or roller two chains are attached, the reverse ends of same being attached to
the body of the cart, one to the upper part and the other to the under part of
the front end, a special iron stay being provided underneath the cart to attach
the chain to.
I also construct the tail door somewhat different from those hitherto used on
dust carts viz.:-
I make the door in two parts, one part to swing on hinges at the top and the
other part to swing at the bottom, the bottom half when opened swings under-
neath the cart and as it swings under, it is caught by a spring catch and is
there held during the process of tipping the body. The spring catch consists
of a rocking bar having an arm projecting from same with a catch head on, which
is mounted in bearings underneath the hinder end of the cart body, the end of
the rocking bar extends to the outside of the near side of the cart and has a
lever placed thereon to which a spiral spring is attached.
I am aware that dust carts have been made with tail doors opening in two
parts, with the lower part to swing underneath the cart and there held by a
catch, but the catch has been a fixture and has caught to a spring door bar.
I have not described any form of cover for the cart but I would have it under-
stood that I intend to fit the cart with my own well known "lift up lid" metallic
cover, or any other cover which I may find to be in demand; or when required
the cart can be fitted with side-boards, either hinged to the cart or portable in
lieu of the cover.
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Improvements in Dust Carts.
I, ROBERT WADSWORTH, of the Sanitary Implement Works, Thomas Street,
Halifax, in the County of York, Sanitary Implement Manufacturer, &c., 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 follow-
ing statement:—
My invention has reference to carts such as are used by corporations and
local authorities generally, for collecting house, street or market refuse, or the
same design or construction of cart may be applied to many other uses with
manifest advantage.
The object of my improvements is the construction of a cart of a more suitable
kind than those at present in use for the purposes above mentioned and having
the following advantages:-
1st. A cart having an extra large body without being unwieldy to the horse
that has to draw same.
2nd. A cart with an extra wide body without necessitating the propelling
wheels to be beyond a reasonable ordinary running gauge in width, or the
shafts beyond a reasonable width at the hinder end for the horse.
3rd. A cart although extra deep does not stand very high from the ground
to the top of the sides without necessitating the use of a crank axle.
4th. A cart which when the horse is yoked in the shafts, the body of same
and the shafts stand level or nearly so.

page_text: 5th. A simple mechanical means for tipping the cart body over and bringing
same back into position again.
In carrying out my improvements I construct the body of the cart with about
one third of the length and about half of the depth from the bottom, nearest
to the fore end, narrower than the rest. At the hinder end of the narrow part
of the body on each side, I fix an upright, on the inside of which the sides of
the narrow part are secured.
To the said uprights, I hinge the hinder end of the shafts so that the narrow
part of the body hangs between the shafts and projects below, which has the
effect of placing the shafts at a corresponding height to the height of a horse,
the narrow part of the body being made such a width as to allow the shafts to
be a comfortable width for a horse to work in.
To enable the body to be low on the ground I fix the iron axle arms in the
upper side of the wood axle bed, instead of in the under side as usual.
I am aware that this has been done hitherto occasionally, but such has not
been the case with a cart as herein described.
To enable the body to be a wider width than usual without having the wheels
to run a wider width I make the wide part of the body wide enough to fill
in the space from the back of the spokes in one wheel to the back of the spokes
in the other wheel, leaving only just sufficient space for the spokes to nicely
clear the body when the wheels are revolving. I also splay the sides of the
cart out to follow the position of the inner side of the spokes in the upper halves
of the wheels. As a portion of the wheel naves extend up the sides of the cart
body, when the axle arms are fixed as above described, I make a recess on each
side of the cart body for same.
The means I employ for tipping over the body of the cart is a well known
means used for tipping over the bodies of "sanitary tumbler" carts which
consists of a drum or roller fixed to the shafts, across the front of the cart
body, and which is caused to rotate by a worm and wheel device. To the drum
or roller two chains are attached, the reverse ends of same being attached to
the body of the cart, one to the upper part and the other to the under part of
the front end, a special iron stay being provided underneath the cart to attach
the chain to.
I also construct the tail door somewhat different from those hitherto used on
dust carts viz.:-
I make the door in two parts, one part to swing on hinges at the top and the
other part to swing at the bottom, the bottom half when opened swings under-
neath the cart and as it swings under, it is caught by a spring catch and is
there held during the process of tipping the body. The spring catch consists
of a rocking bar having an arm projecting from same with a catch head on, which
is mounted in bearings underneath the hinder end of the cart body, the end of
the rocking bar extends to 'the outside of the near side of the cart and has a
lever placed thereon to which a spiral spring is attached.
I am aware that dust carts have been made with tail doors opening in two
parts, with the lower part to swing underneath the cart and there held by a
catch, but the catch has been a fixture and has caught to a spring door bar.
I have not described any form of cover for the cart but I would have it under-
stood that I intend to fit the cart with my own well known "lift up lid" metallic
cover or any other cover which I may find to be in demand, or when required
the cart can be fitted with sideboards either hinged to the cart or portable, in
lieu of the cover.
The accompanying sheet of drawings illustrate my invention as herein before
described.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a cart constructed according to my invention.
Fig. 2 is the hinder end elevation of same.
Fig. 3 shews the shape of the cart body at the fore end.
The letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures;.

page_text: A is the body of the cart, B the propelling wheels, C the axletree in the top
side of which the axle arms D are sunk. A recess is formed in each side of the
body A as shown by letter E to receive the inner ends of the wheel naves B2 or
if a crank axle is used to receive the crank of the axle. The part of the body A
which is marked F falls back and is narrower than the rest which admits of
the shafts G being placed on each side without being an unreasonable width
between same.
At the part where the shaft coupling or joint H is shown, a
pillar is fixed, against which the hinder end of the shafts & abut and to which
the shafts are coupled or hinged. On the inner side of the said pillar the boards
forming the narrow part of the body F are secured, and to the outer side of the
said pillar the boards forming the wide part of the body are fixed. J is a worm
and wheel device for actuating a windlass or roller as shown by Fig. 4, which is
fixed to the shafts G across the front of the body A. As the roller K is caused
to rotate one of the two chains L L will roll off whilst the other will roll on and
by being coupled, one to the fore end of the body A and the other to the iron
stay M, the body of the cart can be easily tipped over or be brought back to
position for travelling again. N is the spring catch, which is also shown by
the detail view Fig. 5, which I make use of for catching and holding the bottom
half of the tail door 0, as it swings underneath the body A. By pressing down
the lever handle P', the door can be instantly released from the catch, the
catch being always held in position by the spiral spring Q.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
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1st. Constructing the bodies of carts substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2nd. The combination of the several parts herein before described and repre-
sented by the drawings.