Year: 1899

page_text: I, DAVID MITCHELL SMITH, of Birniehill, Cleland, Lanarkshire, Farmer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide simple and efficient apparatus for
drawing and tightening the ropes used for securing hay or like loads upon carts
or wagons.
For that purpose I secure in bearings on the rear shafts of the cart or wagon
frame a transverse spindle carrying a roller and having keyed on it a ratchet
wheel with which engages a pawl pivoted on the cart shaft or frame. The ropes
which are passed over the load and under the cart or wagon are bound at their
ends to eyes on the roller which is turned by means of a crank or other handle
to wind around it the rope ends, whereby the load is drawn firmly down, and
the roller, with the rope ends attached, is secured by means of the pawl.
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WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents. 62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agent for the Applicant.
I, DAVID MITCHELL SMITH, of Birniehill, Cleland, Lanarkshire, Farmer, 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 has for its object to provide simple and efficient apparatus for
drawing and tightening the ropes used for securing hay or like loads upon carts
or wagons.
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The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 being a side
clevation of a hay cart to which the invention is applied. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are
respectively end elevation, side elevation and plan of part of a hay cart shewing
to a larger scale the apparatus for securing the load thereon.
In carrying out the invention I secure in bearings A on the rear of the shafts B
of the cart or wagon frame B a transverse spindle C carrying a roller 1) and
having keyed on it a ratchet wheel E with which engages a pawl F pivoted on

page_text: the rear shaft B₁ or the frame B, and serving to prevent the rotation in one
direction of the ratchet wheel E. The ropes H which are passed over the load I
round guide pulleys G at the front ends of the frame B and under the cart or
wagon are bound at their ends to eyes D on the roller 1) which is turned by means
of a crank or other handle J centred on the spindle C and carrying a pawl J
which engages the ratchet wheel E to wind around the roller D the rope ends,
whereby the load I is drawn firmly, and the roller D, with the rope ends
attached, is secured by means of the pawl 1'; or a handle, ratchet and pawl may
be provided on each side of the cart.
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. Apparatus for securing hay or like loads upon carts or wagons, the parts of
which apparatus are constructed, combined and arranged to be operated, sub-
stantially as described.
2. In a cart or wagon for carrying hay or like loads, the combination of a
transverse spindle carried in bearings at the rear ends of the shafts and having
a roller secured to it, eyes in said roller to which the ends of the ropes for securing
the load are attached, guide pulleys for the ropes carried on the shafts at the
front end of the frame, a ratchet wheel keyed on the transverse spindle, a crank
or other handle centred on said spindle and carrying a pawl adapted to engage
with and turn the ratchet wheel, and a second pawl to prevent the backward
movement of the ratchet wheel, substantially as described.
Dated this 12th day of April 1900
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents, 62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agent for the Applicant.