Improvements in and relating to Rail and Road Vehicles for Conveying and Delivering Coals and other Minerals or Material.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 27th June, 1893-Accepted, 29th July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Rail and Road Vehicles for
Conveying and Delivering Coals and other Minerals or
Material.
I, NICHOLAS MC WHIRTER REID of Camlachie Station, East Nelson Street,
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Coal Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my inven-
tion to be as follows:
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to vehicles for
carrying and delivering coals, limestone, pig-iron and other minerals or material,
by rail and road, such as for carrying coal or coal-dross from pit-heads by rail
to stations, and from these to works or buildings in towns and comprises a develop-
ment of the system for which Letters Patent were granted to me No. 14,764
Sept. 18, 1890.
The improvements consist first in constructing sliding vehicles like hutches, with
bottom and fixed side frames, and swivelling doors at opposite ends, but without
travelling wheels. These sliding vehicles would be fitted with longitudinal
parallel rails at each side below their bottom frame, so as to slide on to the rail
and road vehicles. The rail trucks and road vehicles would be fitted with duplex
parallel sets of wheels, rollers, or pulleys, preferably set transversely, especially for
the rail vehicles, but they may be set longitudinally. Three duplex parallel sets
of rollers would preferably be fitted in line for each sliding vehicle, and would be
mounted to rotate loose on fixed pins or studs on the frame of the rail or road
vehicle, with their top edges above the bottom frame, so that when the sliding
vehicle was pushed thereon it would travel with a minimum of friction, and be
held by hooks and pins or other catches at one or both of its ends. Sets of hook
catches would be fitted at or near the line of the rollers at one or both ends of the
frame of the rail or road vehicle, or only at one end of the latter when placed longi-
tudinally, to retard and hold the sliding vehicle when it is to be tipped of its loaded
contents. These hook catches would be mounted loosely by eyes on the transverse
stud pins, preferably those on which the end set of rollers are mounted, and would
be formed with an extended or lateral projecting arm which would abut against
a stop pin on the frame of the vehicle to hold the hook part in an upright
fixed position when a sliding loaded vehicle was to be tilted. Fixed or portable
pins would be fitted in the sides of the sliding vehicle, so as to engage with
the hook catches and hold the vehicle in position when it is to be tilted and emptied
of its contents. When a sliding vehicle is to be travelled on to or entirely off
from the rail or road vehicle, these end hook catches would be oscillated or
swivelled by hand to the opposite side of their fulcrum out of the way for the
sliding vehicle to pass. The rail and road vehicles may have their usual side and
end frames dispensed with and only retain the lower bottom frame, with my
improved system.
Platforms would or may also be fitted at the pitheads, or at railway stations with
these sets of parallel line rollers, for the sliding vehicles to travel on, as while being
loaded, or while changing from the rail to the road vehicles.
The rollers instead of rotating on pin axes, may be fixed, and the axes rotate, or
rollers travelling in bearings or housings may be used, or travelling spherical balls
may be adopted; and the rails used on the bottom of the sliding vehicles may be
of angle, round, square, tee or other equivalent section.
Dated the 27th September 1892.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Rail and Road Vehicles for
Conveying and Delivering Coals and other Minerals or
Material.
I, NICHOLAS MC WHIRTER REID, of Camlachie Station, East Nelson Street
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Coal Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement in writing, that is to
'say :-
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to vehicles for
carrying and delivering coals, limestone, pig-iron, and other minerals or material,
by rail and road, such as for carrying coal or coal-dross from pit-heads by rail to
stations, and from these to works or buildings in towns, and comprises a develop-
ment of the system for which Letters Patent were granted to me No. 14,764
Sept. 18, 1890.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into effect or practice may be properly understood, I have. hereunto
appended two explanatory sheets of drawings, in which the same reference letters
are used to indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where shown.
Figure 1 on Sheet 1 is an end sectional elevation of a railway truck, having
mounted on it a sliding hutch or vehicle in accordance with my improvements.
Figure 2 is a side elevation showing the sliding hutch as mounted on a road
vehicle. And
Figures 3 and 4 are a side elevation and end view respectively of a fixed plat-
form with the sliding hutches or vehicles mounted thereon in accordance with my
improvements.
Figures 5 and 6 on Sheet 2 show a side elevation and plan view respectively of
a road vehicle constructed in accordance with my improvements for carrying the
sliding hutches.
Referring to these drawings:-The improvements consist, first, in constructing
sliding vehicles A like hutches with bottom and fixed side frames, and swivel hung
doors A at opposite ends, but without travelling wheels. These sliding vehicles A,
are fitted with longitudinal parallel rails A' at each side below their bottom frame,
so as to slide on to the rail and road vehicles. The rail trucks B, shown in Figure 1,
and road vehicles C, shown in Figures 2, 5, and 6, are fitted with duplex parallel sets
of wheels, rollers, or pulleys a, preferably set transversely for the rail vehicles, as
shown in Figure 1, but they may be set longitudinally, as shown in the road vehicles
Figures 2, 5, and 6. Three duplex parallel sets of rollers a would preferably be fitted
in line for each sliding vehicle A, and are mounted to rotate loose on fixed pins or
studs a' on the frame of the rail or road vehicle B, or C, with their top edges above
the bottom frame B', or C', so that when the sliding vehicle A was pushed thereon
it would travel with a minimum of friction, and may be guided within collars C2,
Figures 2 and 6, or be held by hooks and pins or other catches at one or both of
its ends. Sets of hook catches would be fitted at or near the line of the rollers a
at one or both ends of the frame of the rail or road vehicle, or only at one end of
the latter when placed longitudinally, as shown at c Figure 5 to retard and hold
the sliding vehicle A when it is to be tipped of its loaded contents. These hook
catches c, shown particularly in Figure 5, would be secured by bolts or otherwise
to the side frame of the road vehicle C, preferably at the back end, and portable
pins c³ would be fitted in the sides of the road vehicle C for being inserted into
holes in the sides of the sliding vehicle A, so that these may engage with the hook
catches c and hold the sliding vehicle A, in position when it is pushed along on the
rollers a to be tilted and emptied of its contents. Or alternatively these pins c³
may be fitted in the sides of the sliding vehicle A, and the hook catches c be

page_text: pivotted at a and supported by a stop pin in the side of the road vehicle C; and
in this case when a sliding vehicle A is to be travelled on to or entirely off from
the road vehicle, these end hook catches c would be oscillated or swivelled by hand
to the opposite side of their fulcrum a¹ out of the way for the sliding vehicle A to
pass. The road vehicles C, as particularly shown in Figures 5 and 6, may have
their usual side and end frames dispensed with and only retain the lower bottom
frame C, C¹, with my improved system.
As shown in Figures 3 and 4, platforms D would or may also be fitted at the
pithead or at railway stations with these sets of parallel line rollers a for the sliding
vehicles A to travel on, as while being loaded, or while changing from the rail
vehicles B, to the road vehicles C.
The rollers a instead of rotating on pin axles a¹, may be fixed, and the axles a¹
rotate, or rollers travelling in bearings or housings may be used, or travelling
spherical balls may be adopted; and the rails used on the bottom of the sliding
vehicles A may be of angle, round, square, or other equivalent section.
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 :-
The improved system of conveying and delivering coals and other minerals or
material, consisting in using sliding hutches or vehicles, to travel over rollers or
equivalent guides on rail and road vehicles, and be capable of having their loads
discharged therefrom, or be conveyed from or on to stationary platforms fitted with
rollers or equivalent guides, substantially as herein described, in reference to and
by way of application shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 26th June 1893
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.