IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WAGGONS, CARTS, AND VANS
Year: 1850

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HAZELDINE, of Lant Street, Southwark, in the County of Surrey, Carriage
Builder, send grecting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Iler
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-third day of
July, One thousand eight hundred and fifty, in the fourteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said George Hazeldine, my exors, adññiors, and assigns, Her especial licence,
full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said George Hazeldine.
my exors, admors, and assigns, and such others as I, the said George
Hazeldine, my exors, adññiors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and all times during the term of years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WAGGONS, CARTS, AND VANS;" in
which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said George
Hazeldine, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's
High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the
same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
George Hazeldine, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described an .d

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thereon (that is to say) :-
My Invention consists of improvements in the construction of waggons,
carts, and vans; and in order that my Invention may be most fully under-
stood and readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the means
pursued by me.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shews a side view of a van constructed according to my Invention,
and a waggon is similarly constructed, but without springs.
Figure 2 shews a side elevation of a cart constructed according to my
Invention. In constructing waggons, carts, and vans, it has heretofore been
usual to employ numerous cylindrical stafs, driven through the "raves," and
into the framing of the bed or bottom of the waggon, cart, or van; and the
"raves" or side framings, in addition to the "stafs," have been supported
and strengthened by what are called "stud stafs;" and it is well known that
the "stafs" are very liable to be broken, and the cost of repairs of such
waggons, carts, and vans is very considerable; and heretofore the upper
raves" had screw nuts on the upper surfaces, which prevented goods which
might be placed thereon at one end being slided to or towards the other end
without causing injury to the packages. And my improvements have for their
object to dispense with the use of stafs so driven through the raves, and to
employ raves of angle iron for supporting and strengthening the sides of the
waggon, cart, or van, and I employ an iron bar with projections or belaying
pins to attach or fasten the ropes to. I also apply diagonal iron stays to the
pillars to suspend the tail-board from; and I also apply diagonal iron stays to
the front corner posts and binding plates with rings. And 1 also construct
the driving seat with a box under it to receive the sheets or wrappers, or
horge cloths or nose bags, the seat moving on hinges to admit of the introduc-
tion of such sheets or wrappers, horse cloths or nose bags.
The Drawings show the general construction of waggons, carts, or vans
according to my Invention; and it will only be necessary to call particular
notice to those parts which constitute the improvements. a, b, are two
"raves" on each side of a waggon, cart, or van; they are formed of angle
iron, the outer one a being of T-angle iron, the inner one 6 being of T-angle
iron. The angle iron raves a procced from the back end of the waggon or
"
rave or rail of the
van, and is bent at the fore end, and forms the upper
waggon or van; and such is also the case in respect to a cart, as will be seen
on examining the Drawings. The angle iron a is carried by the irons c, c, as

page_text: shown, which are similar to those heretofore employed, except that they do
not pass through the "raves," as heretofore; nor do they have their ends
screwed to receive screw nuts, but on the contrary they are fixed to the under
part of the angle iron a, as will be better understood by reference to Figures
3 and 4, which respectively show a longitudinal section and a transverse
section of the body of a waggon, showing the parts on a larger scale than
that to which Figures 1 and 2 are drawn. d are the iron bars with projections
to act as belaying pins for fastening the ropes to. d', d', are the stud
stafs of iron. e, e, the diagonal stays of iron to support the tail-board or
ladder by the ordinary chains. f, f, diagonal iron stays to the fore part of the
waggon. 9, 9, are the plates with rings. h is the box for receiving the sheets
or wrappers, the opening into it being covered by the driving seat i, which is
hinged in front, as is shewn. j is a hinged catch or stop, such catch being
hinged to the pole socket drops into a recess formed on the pole. The above
description is applicable for the most parts to the construction of carts, and
the differences in the construction of the fore part of a cart will be evident by
inspecting the Drawing thereof.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, I would state that I do not confine myself to the
details so long as the peculiar character of any part of my Invention be
retained. But what I claim is the mode herein described of combining the
parts a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, in the construction of waggons, carts, and vans,
and also the mode of applying stop j for the poles of waggons or vans.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Hazeldine, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, this Twenty-third day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.