New or Improved Apparatus or Appliance for Attachment to Vehicles for Distributing Sand or other Substance to Prevent the Draught Animals from Slipping.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec., 1892
. Complete Specification Left. 13th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 18th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Apparatus or Appliance for Attachment to
Vehicles for Distributing Sand or other Substance to
Prevent the Draught Animals from Slipping.
WILLIAM NIXON WILLIAMSON 11 Barnsdale Road Elgin Avenue London W.
Traveller do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An invention for preventing horses or other animals from slipping by an apparatus
or appliance for distributing grit or liquor in front or beneath the horses or animals
drawing the vehicle to which the apparatus or appliance is fixed, under the control
of servant or servants in charge. By lever mechanical pneumatic or electrical
power. By a box containing sand or other substance attached to the vehicle, can
by means of a lever attachment caused to be ejected thro' tube or tubes in front of
the draught animals the sand or other substance contained in the box intermittently
or in a continuous stream. The lever can be worked by hand or foot as most
convenient to the vehicle to which it is attached.
December 13th 1892.
WILLIAM NIXON WILLIAMSON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Apparatus or Appliance for Attachment to
.Vehicles for Distributing Sand or other Substance to
Prevent the Draught Animals from Slipping.
I, WILLIAM NIXON WILLIAMSON of 11, Barnsdale Road, Elgin Avenue,
London, W. Traveller, 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 relates to an improved apparatus for the purpose of distributing
sand or other suitable material in front of horses and other animals used in hauling
vehicles, to prevent them slipping on wet or slippery roads.
The apparatus is completely under the control of the driver or other person in
charge, who can regulate the amount of material distributed, or stop the supply
immediately. The control may be obtained by pneumatic or electrical means, but
I prefer to use mechanical arrangements actuated by the foot or hand of the driver.
A box containing the substance to be used is, fixed in a convenient position on the
vehicle, and a tube or tubes connected to the said box extending in front of the
animals and directing the material to suitable points, the sand flowing through
the tubes. A lever or valve arrangement is connected to the box or shute which
governs the flow of the sand, and allows it to flow in either a continuous or inter-
mittent manner as desired.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, showing the mechanical device I propose to
employ for the control of the material, in which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the complete arrangement,
Fig. 2 is a plan with the box removed,
.
Fig. 3 a section of the end of the guiding tube or shute, as used for two horses,
the end branching in two directions,
Fio 4 is a front view of the box or container and

page_text: A is the box or container holding the required quantity of material, and
narrowing towards the bottom. The box is fixed preferably to the front of the
vehicle and to a foot or other board B, through which the lower end a projects.
This end is connected to the guiding tube or shute C, which is held by any suitable
means in front of or. under the horses, by means of the flexible rubber or other
tube c, which allows the angle at which the shute is held to be varied as required.
As shown in Fig. 3 the end of the shute is divided into two parts C³ diverging
so as to direct the sand or other material used under both horses, where two are
employed. The angle at which the shute is held will help to determine the rate
at which the sand is supplied, but in order that the distribution may be completely
under control, the valve or lever arrangement shown more clearly in Figs. 1 and 5
is employed. The foot lever D is carried on a fulcrum d fixed to the board B,
and is arranged so that whenever desired the operator can press it down in either
direction, that is to say on either side of the fulcrum. To this foot lever is con-
nected one arm of a bell crank lever E through a link d¹ passing through the board.
To the other arm of the lever E is attached the plate F extending across the neck
of the box, and serving as a valve to control the passage of the sand or other
substance used. When the front part of the lever is pressed down, this plate will
be withdrawn enlarging the passage and allowing more sand to escape into the
shute. When it is desired to reduce or cut off the supply, the lever is reversed,
causing the plate to close the passage.
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. An improved apparatus for distributing sand or other material from vehicles
to prevent the horses slipping, consisting of a box or container on the vehicle for
the material to be used, with tubular connections or shute leading in front of or
under the animals, to deliver the said material, substantially as and for the purposes
specified.
2. An improved apparatus for distributing sand or other material from vehicles
to prevent horses from slipping, consisting of a receptacle fitted on the vehicle,
having a tube connected to its lower end and supported so that its open end directs
the material in front of or under the animals, and means whereby the person in
charge can control the supply substantially as described and for the purposes
specified.
3. An improved apparatus of the kind described in which a box or receptacle is
employed, fitted to the vehicle having a tube or tubes connected to it, and arranged
so as to direct the sand or other material in front of or under the horses, and a
lever arrangement regulating the supply at the will of the person in charge,
substantially as and for the purposes specified.
4. In an improved apparatus of the kind described the combination of a box or
receptacle fitted to the vehicle, and a tube or tubes connected to the said receptacle
and directing the material used in front of or under the horses, with a lever or
valve device to control the supply operated by a foot lever or pedal, substantially
as described and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 13th day of October 1893.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.