IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLEANSING AND SANDING TRAMWAY ROADS
Year: 1884

page_text: I CHARLES DOUGLAS NORTON of N° 17 Arthur Road Stoke Newington in the
County of Middlesex Builder do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLEANSING AND SANDING TRAMWAY ROADS
to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object an improved apparatus for cleansing and
sanding tramway roads and consists of a wagon constructed for the purpose by
preference divided into three compartments the centre for the apparatus, the ends
for the refuse.
I construct a shaft or axle running through the centre of the wagon to which is
attached two wheels extending on either side beyond the tram way rails for
actuating the apparatus, from each side of the axle is loosely supported by suitable
bearings a shoe or scoop from the bottom of which shoe or scoop is attached a
flange or plough, extending slightly in front of the shoe or scoop, which drops into
the groove of the tramway automatically thus loosening any substance therefrom,
this shoe or scoop is so constructed that it will work automatically either way as
may be desired, I also connect to the shaft or axle, brushes, fitting into the scoop
or shoe which sweeps the refuse matter into the compartment provided for its
reception.
To this apparatus I also attach a sand box or hopper of a triangular form the
bottom of which is slightly open, at the bottom of the opening I construct a roller
fitted with small studs or spikes to prevent the sand from caking or clogging, which
roller can be raised or lowered from a cross bar above by means of a screw rod on
to the axle below and which axle being smaller in diameter than the roller allows
the sand or gravel to drop clear; and over the roller on to the tramway.
Dated this Second day of January 1884.

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I. CHARLES DOUGLAS NORTON of 17 Arthur Road Stoke Newington in the
County of Middlesex Builder do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLEANSING AND SANDING TRAMWAY ROADS
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 for its object the cleansing and sanding tramway roads and
consists of a wagon or trolly constructed for the purpose by preference divided into
three compartiments the centre for the apparatus, the ends for the refuse.
I construct a shaft or axle which runs through the centre of the wagon to which
is attached two wheels extending on either side beyond the tramway rail for
actuating the apparatus across this axle is fitted a horizontal bar from which is
loosely suspended the shoe or scoop from the bottom of which scoop is attached a
flange or plough which drops into the groove of the tramway thus loosening any
substance therefrom, this scoop or shoe is so constructed that it will work either
way automatically as may be desired. I also connect to the shaft or axle a brush
fitting into the scoop or shoe which brushes or takes (by its revolution) the refuse
matter into the compartment provided for its reception.
To this apparatus I also attach a sand box or hopper of a triangular form the
bottom of which is open, at the bottom of the opening I construct a roller fitted
with studs or spikes or fluted, to prevent the sand from clogging, which roller can
be raised or lowered from a cross bar above by means of a screw rod on to the axle
below, which axle being smaller than the roller allows the sand to drop over the
roller clear of the axle on to the tramway. The whole of the apparatus works
automatically in any direction.

page_text: The two shoes are connected together by a tension rod g bolted loosely so that if
either shoe comes in contact with any obstruction they will immediately rise and
pass over the same simultaneously.
Fig 3 h is the hopper or sand box.
:
Fig: 4 is an end view of the trolly at a'. b'. Fig: 1,
Fig: 6 is the brush which can be made either in tufts or continuous as may be
most convenient.
The shoe at Fig: 5 when the debris is not required to be taken away I make in
the shape or form of a ploughshare so that the debris may be thrown on either side
as may be desired, this may then be used with or without the brush.
In some cases I prefer to fix on the brush axle two wheels at either end instead
of the driving wheels as shewn in the centre of the brush axle at Figs 3 and 2 a.
I may also instead of brushes use a wheel fitted with studs or projections or
serrated in such a way that by its revolution it carries the debris through openings
in the bottom of the trolly to the compartment provided for its reception.
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 as my invention is the apparatus as described and setforth in the above
Specification and accompanying Drawings.
DILAN TA
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