Improvements in Hand Wagons or Trucks for Street Cleaning Purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: . Date of Application, 4th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hand Wagons or Trucks for Street Cleaning
Purposes.
I, THOMAS HILL, of No. 7, Mercer Street, in the City of Jersey City, County
of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, United States of America, Manufacturer,
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:-
The invention relates to improvements in hand wagons, for use in the cleaning
of streets, and consists in the novel features, arrangement and combinations of
parts hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.
The object of the invention is to produce a push wagon which shall be light
durable and inexpensive of construction and perfect in the detail of its parts,
and which shall be adapted for removably supporting and transporting cans
within which the collected dirt and refuse may be placed.
The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description herein-
after presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which: -
Fig. 1 is a top view of a wagon constructed in accordance with and embodying
the invention ;
Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view through the hub of one of the side wheels
and illustrating the manner of securing the axles, for the wheels, to the wagon
frame.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the wagon, with one wheel removed;
Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the platform on which the can, while being carried,
may rest, and this figure illustrates the manner of securing said platform to the
supporting portions of the wagon frame, and
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a metal pipe or tube bent to form the handle
and side frames of the wagon and also the arms to which the aforesaid platform
is secured.
In the drawings A designates the side wheels of the wagon; B the handle
portion of said wagon; C the platform upon which the can may rest, and
X the spring adapted for retaining the can in position upon said platform. The
wheels A are of usual construction, and therefore need not be specifically described.
The wagon is supported upon the wheels A and a rear wheel E, the latter being
a small wheel and located to the rear of the axles of the wheels A and about
on a vertical plane with the rear edges of said wheels A, as illustrated in Figs. 1
and 3. The handle portion B comprises the transverse section or handle bar F,
the forwardly and downwardly inclined sections G, G, the vertical sections H, H,
and the inwardly extending sections I, I, to the latter of which the platform C
is secured, as hereinafter described, and to the sections H, H, of which the
The portion B com-
axles, hereinafter described, for the wheels A are secured.
prising the sections F, G, H and I is clearly illustrated in Fig. 5, and is formed
of one integral metal pipe or tube bent to create said sections, and, as illustrated,
said portion B constitutes one of the main elements of the wagon frame.
Upon the outer sides of the sections H of the portion B and adjacent to the

page_text: The rear central portion of the platform C is formed with the downwardly
extending arms f between which the small rear wheel E is mounted, as illus-
trated in Figs. 3 and 4. The platform C may be a light open frame, as illustrated
in Figs. 1 and 4, and said platform is directly below the space outlined by the
spring X and is centrally intermediate the wheels A, A.
For convenience in carrying the broom, the wagon frame is provided with the
clips or rests g, h, the clip g being secured to one of the side sections G adjacent
to the handle bar F, and the clip or rest h being formed integrally with the
bracket Q carrying the tubular axle J at one side of the wagon frame.
The lightness, durability, simplicity and inexpensive construction of the
wagon frame would seem to be apparent. The said frame is composed of the
minimum number of parts, and these parts are so constructed and disposed that,
when put together by simple bolts, they constitute a wagon frame of extreme
strength and one capable of withstanding the severe punishment to which push
wagons are subjected in the cleaning of streets. Not only is the wagon, con-
structed as above described, both durable, simple and inexpensive of construction,
but it possesses great utility and convenience, and imposes the minimum labor
upon the person using the wagon. The construction of the frame of the wagon
is such that the energy of the person pushing the same is directed on such lines
that the wagon has an easy action, no matter what load may be placed within
the can carried by the wagon, and the construction and disposition of the parts
thereof are such also that the wagon will have no tendency to tilt forward but
may be safely permitted to stand while the dirt and other refuse is being
thrown into the can. The spring X affords a convenient means for sufficiently
firmly holding the can upon the platform, but at the same time said spring,
without undue exertion on the part of the attendant, may be caused to release
the can, the attendant being simply required to pull the can from the wagon
without other manipulation. It is also to be observed that the platform C is
adjacent to the ground, and thus the attendant is not required to exert undue
energy in removing the full can from the wagon. It is apparent also that with
the construction above described, the attendant may, when removing the loaded
can from the wagon, tilt the front end of the wagon frame downward so that the
can may practically slide down off of the platform C without requiring any exertion
on the part of the attendant further than to guide and direct the can.
The wagon
though simple in construction designedly possesses many features of advantage,
and is admirably adapted for the purposes for which it is intended.
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:-
1. The wagon having the wheels and handle portion, combined with the plat-
form suspended below the axles to receive the can, and means for detachably
securing the can upon said platform; substantially as set forth.
2. The wagon having the wheels and handle portion, combined with the plat-
form suspended below the axles to receive the can, and the spring to detachably
retain the can upon said platform; substantially as set forth.
3. The wagon having the frame and side wheels, combined with the rearwardly
extending handle, the platform suspended below the axles of said wheels to receive
the can, the wheel at the rear end of said platform, the vertical rod intermediate
the said platform and main frame, and the spring for clasping the upper portion
of the can; substantially as set forth.
4. The wagon comprising the portion B having the sections F, G, H, I, and
the side wheels mounted upon axles secured to said sections H, combined with
the platform secured upon said sections I, the transverse rod R connecting said
sections G, and the spring X secured to said rod R and opening frontward to
clasp the can to be placed upon said platform; substantially as set forth.
5. The wagon comprising the handle, the vertical sections H carrying the