Improvements in Carriages, Carts, and such like Vehicles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 5th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 5th Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carriages, Carts, and such like Vehicles.
I, HENRY KINSEY of 13 Terrace Road Swansea in the County of Glamorgan
Consulting Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Instead of making the box or body of the vehicle in the usual way that is with the
ends, sides, and bottom or parts of them rigidly fixed together I make it so that
the sides, ends, bottom (and top if required) are held together by hinges, or bolts, or
both, so that when desirable 1 can conveniently make the box or body collapse so as to
occupy a small space.
I attach the wheels to sides by arms which are hinged or otherwise connected to the
body at the sides, the arms in some cases are preferably double or slotted, or forked
so that the wheels run between the two arms or in the fork or slot, one end of each
arm carrying the wheels may be conveniently hinged by a pin to a bracket fixed to the
side in any suitable position, again the arms may extend the whole length of the body
if required, and may be held in place by a suitable guide or guides and may rest against
springs fixed in a convenient position, or the arms themselves may be made elastic and
act as springs themselves, the wheels rotate on pins fixed to the arms, or in some cases
the pins may form part of the arms. In this invention the bottom is hinged to one
side and can be raised turning on said hinges, when in place with vehicle open for use
it keeps the body rigid, when it is desired to collapse the body, the bottom is raised
and the sides easily pressed together. If the body or box is used without its wheels,
arms, etc it forms a very convenient collapsible packing case.

page_text: I attach each wheel to the side by means of a forked arm or guide A which
is connected to a pin B on which said wheel revolves. The arms of this guide A as
well as the projections ff, attached to same are permitted a sliding movement on a
bracket C secured to the side of the truck. The forked part of this arm bears upon a
spiral spring D which is retained in place by a cap g which may form part of
the bracket C.
For some purposes it may be desirable to stay the sides of the truck and in such case
I provide one or more stay bars w, w, which may be pivotted to brackets attached to
the side of the truck, the pivots of course being in a line with the end hinges.
These stay bars will also serve to support the bottom of the truck..
A modified form of truck and method of attaching the wheels is shown in Fig. 7
which is an elevation of same, Fig. 8 being a rear end view, and Fig. 9 a plan of same
in its open condition. Fig. 10 is an elevation of the same truck closed or collapsed.
Fig. 11 a rear end view of same, and Fig. 12 a plan. Figs. 13 and 14 are views on an
enlarged scale of the wheel suspending or attaching device.
In trucks of this description it is sometimes convenient that the back portion should
fall down when required, and this I provide for by forming the end portion a in two
parts, the lower of which a' extends below the floor of the truck and is hinged simply
to the sides, the upper portion a being hinged to the part a' as shown, so that when
the pins h, h, are removed it will fall down and allow of articles being readily placed
on the floor of the truck. When the pins h, h, are in place they form part of the
hinges on which the ends pivot. Either or both ends of the truck may be formed in
this way. Each wheel in this case revolves on a pin B projecting from an arm F
which is pivotted at the point i on the side of the vehicle. The other end of the arm F
has attached to it a pivotted rod k passing through the framework of the vehicle and
terminating in a cap g which serves to confine a spiral spring D through which the
rod k passes. The arm F is permitted a sliding movement between the plate of a
bracket H affixed to the side of the vehicle, said arm carrying a guiding arm 7 which
gives a wider bearing in said bracket and serves to steady the wheel. In Fig. 15 is
shown a hand barrow constructed according to my invention open and ready for use.
Fig. 16 is an elevation of the same closed, and Fig. 17 is a plan of said
Fig. 16.
The barrow is similar in construction to those at present in use but to strengthen the
open end near the handle and afford a place for the hinges I provide a part b¹
extending below the bottom which may be hinged to the legs as shown. At the other
end I hinge or pivot the top rail a and pivot the bars m, m, at each end to the rail a
and the part a¹. The purpose of this latter part is similar to that of 61, and it is hinged
to the dropper posts n, n, provided for the purpose. The ordinary springs D may be
employed, but the axle is dispensed with, and the block of the pin B on which the
wheel revolves carries projections f,f, which slide on the bracket C as shown in Fig 1.
This bracket C may be stayed if desired by the tie bars o, o, running from end to end
of the truck.
In Fig. 18 another method of attaching the wheel is shown where it is carried on a
pin B by a rod A, the two arms of which p, p, slide in the grooves of channel iron
brackets s, s, affixed to the side of the carriage or vehicle. The other end of the
rod A is connected to a plate spring D, one end of which is hung to a link v
on the side of the vehicle while, the other end is pivoted to a pin 'or bolt.
In Figs. 19 and 20 I show how a cover t may be applied to a folding cart, truck,
or other vehicle of this description, Fig. 19 representing the truck open and
the cover closed, and Fig. 20 the truck closed, the cover being consequently
open.
It will be, evident that many other classes of vehicles than those shown may be
constructed according to my invention, and that other devices for attaching the wheels
to the sides of the vehicle may be employed without departing from the spirit
of my invention. I do not however broadly claim a folding truck or yehicle.
1.

page_text: 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 vehicle having its ends and bottom suitably hinged, and its wheels hung or
attached to its sides, substantially as described and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 5th day of December 1889
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Applicant's Agent.