or Distributing Liquid Manure, Water, or for other Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 30th May, 1888
Comolete Specification Left, 28th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 13th Apr., 1889
or Distributing Liquid Manure, Water, or for other Purposes.
I GEORGE BRAY, of the Steam Wheel and Van Works, Deptford Green, in the
County of Kent, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to carts waggons or other vehicles for transporting or
distributing liquid manure, water or for other purposes.
The main object of my said invention is to provide a tail board or tail piece
for a cart, waggon or other vehicle that shall have a perfectly water tight joint
when closed, and at the same time shall be capable of being raised or opened when
desired so as to allow the contents of the said cart waggon or other vehicle to
escape. My said invention comprises moreover various other improvements herein-
after set forth.
In carrying my said invention into practice I provide a tail board or tail piece
binged or pivoted to suitable brackets either forming part of or attached to the upper
part of the rear extremity of the tank or body of the cart waggon or other vehicle.
The said tail board or tail piece is moreover provided with a channel iron, or channel
In the said channel iron or
irons suitably attached to, or forming part of the same.
channel irons is fitted India-rubber or other suitable packing, in such a manner that
when the said tail board or tail piece is closed, the rear extremity of the sides and
bottom of the tank or body of the cart, waggon, or other vehicle, will bear against the
same and thus form a perfectly water tight joint.
To close the tail board, or tail piece, I provide a catch piece, or lever, pivoted to the
said tail board or tail piece and adapted to fit into suitable sockets upon the extremity
of the sides of the hereinbefore mentioned tank or body. In some cases I provide the
said catch piece or lever with a projection adapted to engage in a socket either attached
to or forming part of the rear extremity of the bottom of the tank or body or to a cross
piece of the frame of the said cart, waggon or other vehicle.

page_text: In some instances in order to allow the tank or body of the said cart, waggon, or
other vehicle to clear the axle when the said tank or body is tipped or thrown back-
wards to discharge its contents, I construct the said tank or body in such a manner
that the latter will slide backwards, and thus bring the centre upon which it swivels
in such a position relatively to the said axle, that the said tank or body will clear the
Satne. For this purpose I prefer to form suitable slots in the frame of the cart,
waggon, or other vehicle, or in angle irons, or any other suitable section of iron
attached to the said frame and arrange the swivelling centres of the tank or body
to slide in the said slots, either with or without rollers, or other device for reducing
friction.
The tank or body of the said vehicle is normally retained in position or prevented
from tipping by a suitable bolt or catch which is preferably so arranged as to be under
the control of the driver.
In order that the tank or body of the said vehicle may not go back too far when
tipped or thrown back I sometimes provide a rest or stop or rests or stops adapted to
bear upon the ground when the said tank or body is tipped or thrown back, and retain
the same in a suitable position.
In some cases I moreover provide a suitable hole or aperture for distributing the
liquid manure water or other contents of the cart, waggon, or other vehicle. This
aperture or hole is situated in the rear extremity of the bottom, of the tank or body,
of the cart waggon, or other vehicle, and may be caused to communicate by means of
suitable pipes, or tubes with a perforated pipe, or tube, or any other convenient means
of distributing the liquid manure, water or other contents of the said tank, or
body.
I sometimes moreover construct the tank or body of the vehicle so that it can be
moved backward to clear the axle whon tipped. For this purpose I prefer to employ
rails or guides fixed upon the frame of the said vehicle in which are adapted to run
rollers carried by spindles or axles fixed to the said tank. I also place rollers carried by
suitable spindles or axles fixed to the extremity of the frame of the vehicle and adapted
to bear against suitable augle irons or guides attached to the tank or body of the vehicle,
and thus prevent the said tank or body from tilting too suddenly. I sometimes place the
angle irons or guides upon the front of the frame of the vehicle and rollers adapted to
bear against the same upon the tank or body.
To move the tank or body backwards in order to tilt the same I sometimes employ
a toothed wheel and rack or other suitable gearing.
I prefer to construct the tank, or body, and other parts of my said improved cart
waggon, or other vehicle of iron or other metal, but it is obvious that I can employ
wood or any other suitable material to form either a part or the whole of the
same.
Although I have herein before described a convenient and advantageous method
of carrying my said invention into practice, it is obvious that I can somewhat
modify the construction of my improved cart, waggon or other vehicle, without
however in any way departing from the nature of my said invention.
Dated this 30th day of May 1888
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: or Distributing Liquid Manure, Water, or for other Purposes.
I, GEORGE BRAY, of the Steam Wheel and Van Works, Deptford Green, in
the County of Kent, Engineer, 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 :-
My invention relates to carts, waggons or other vehicles for transporting or
distributing liquid manure or water, or for other purposes.
An important feature of my said invention is the combination, with the tank or body
of the vehicle, of a tail-board or tail-piece which, when closed, will form with the
adjacent edges of the said tank or body a perfectly water-tight joint, and which is
capable of being raised or opened when desired to permit the discharge of the contents
of the said tank or body.
Another important feature of my said invention consists in the provision of novel
means for tipping or tilting the body of the vehicle.
My said invention comprises, moreover, other improvements hereinafter set forth.
In the accompanying drawings I have shown how my said invention my be con-
veniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a waggon intended for transporting or distributing
liquid manure, water or the like, and having my improvements applied thereto.
Figure 2 is a rear elevation thereof.
Figure 3 is a plan, partly in horizontal section, the front portion of the said waggon
being removed.
Figure 4 is a side elevation illustrating a slight modification hereinafter described.
Figure 5 is a side elevation.
Figure 6 a rear elevation and,
Figure 7 an underside view showing a dust-waggon with my improvements applied
thereto.
Figuro 8 is a perspective view, drawn to a reduced scale showing the said waggon
with the body thereof in the position which it assumes when tilted or thrown back.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
A is the tank or body of the waggon, A' is the frame of the carriage, B is the tail-
board or tail-piece, C, C are the wheels, D, D are the axles.
In the waggon shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the tail-board or tail-piece B is hinged
or pivoted at a to suitable brackets 6 forming part of, or attached to the upper part of
the rear end of the tank or body A. The said tail-board or tail-piece B is, moreover,
provided with a groove or recess c which is suitably formed by firmly attaching
channel-iron to the said tail-board. In the groove or channel-iron
is fitted

page_text: packing d of india-rubber or other suitable material. When the tail-board or tail-
piece B is closed, the said packing will bear against the rear edge of the sides and
bottom of the tank or body of the waggon and thus form a perfectly water-tight joint.
For retaining the tail-board or tail-piece B in its closed position, I provide a
locking lever or catch e pivoted at e to the said tail-board or tail-piece and adapted
to engage with projections or lugs fupon the rear edge of the sides of the tank
or body A, or to enter sockets thereon. In some cases 1 provide the said locking
lever or catch e with a projection e adapted to enter a socket f¹ attached to or
forming part of the rear edge of the botton of the tank or body or to a cross-piece
of the frame of the said tank or body.
The tank or body A is pivoted at y to brackets or bearings 9 attached to the
frame A¹ of the carriage so that the said tank or body can be tipped or thrown
back when it is desired to discharge the contents thereof. A is a bolt or catch which
normally retains the tank or body A in the position shown. The bolt or catch h
is preferably so arranged as to be under the control of the driver.
In order that the tank or body of the said vehicle may not go back too far when
tipped or tilted, I provide rests or stops i adapted to bear upon the ground when the
said tank or body is tipped or thrown back, and thus retain the same in a suitable
position.
In some cases I provide a suitable aperture ; in the tank A at or near the rear end
thereof for the distribution of the liquid manure, water or other contents of the said
tank. This aperture ; may communicate with a perforated pipe or tube, or other
convenient means for distributing the liquid manure, water-or the like..
To provide for keeping the tank or body A of the said waggon clear of the rear
axle D when the said tank or body-is tipped or tilted to discharge its contents, I prefer
to construct the said tank or body in such a manner that it will slide backwards, and
thus bring the centre upon which it swivels into such a position relatively to the said
axle, that the said tank or body when tipped will not come in contact with the said
axlo. For this purpose I form suitable slots (Figure 4) in brackets & attached to
the frame A¹ of the carriage and arrange the pivot-pins g of the tank or body A
to slide in the said slots, with or without rollers or other devices for reducing the
friction.
Figures 5 to 8 illustrate a modification of the tipping device which I prefer to
employ in the case of a dust cart or waggon. In this modification, the body A of the
said waggon is provided with rollers, arranged to turn freely upon their axes.
The rollers are arranged to run upon suitable paths m upon the upper surface of the
frame A'; and the rollers are arranged to run upon roller-paths m' which may
consist of angle-irons firmly attached to the said frame A. The axles of these rollers (¹
serve as the pivot-pins of the tank or body A. Guards or casings are provided
to prevent clogging of or injury to the rollers and to remove dirt or other
substances from the roller path m¹. Rollers are arranged to turn freely upon axes
provided at or near the rear end of the frame A'. The said rollers are adapted to
bear against arc-shaped or curved guides or roller paths » firmly attached to the tank
or body A, when the latter is tipped or tilted into the position shown in Figure 8,
thus preventing too sudden tipping or tilting of the said tank or body. The guides or
roller-paths n may be formed of angle-irons bent to the requisite form and firmly
attached to the tank or body A of the vehicle in any suitable manner. The lower
extremities of the said guides or roller-paths n are horizontal or in line with the
frame A and the said guides are so arranged that, when the tank or body A is in
its normal position as shown in Figures 5 to 7, the rear extremity of the said tank or
body will rest upon the rollers 13 through the medium of the horizontal portions or
extensions of the said guides or roller-paths n, and the said tank or body cannot there-
fore be tipped or tilted until moved backward a short distance.
To provide for moving the tank or body A backward to permit the. tilting of the
same, I employ a device comprising lazy-tongs o, more clearly shown in Figure 7.
The rear extremity of the lazy-tongs o is coupled at o' to a V-shaped connecting
rod p jointed at p to a cross-piece or stay upon the underside of the tank or body.A.

page_text: The other extremities of the lazy-tongs o are coupled at o² to nuts 9, 9'. These nuts are
fitted upon a spindle provided with right and loft-hand screw-threads 1, 2, and
carried in bearings s firmly attached to a cross-piece or stay of the frame A¹. Tho
spindle is provided with a square portion adapted to receive a removable crank
handle Figures 6 and 8, by means of which the said spindle can be rotated. When
the spindle is turned in one direction, the nuts q, q' are caused to travel away from
each other and consequently the lazy-tongs o are closed and the tank or body A is
retained in its normal position relatively to the frame A¹ of the waggon. If however
the said spindler is turned in the reverse direction, the nuts q, q¹ are caused to move
towards or approach each other and consequently the lazy-tongs o are opened or ex-
panded, thereby causing the tank or body A to move hackwards upon the frame A¹
and to be tilted or thrown over into the position shown in Figure 8. t is a chain
attached at t to the tank or body A and at t² to the rear axle D. The chain t
ensures the tilting of the said tank or body A at the proper time in cases where the
load may be unevenly distributed in the said tank or body.
I sometimes provide for the automatic unlocking of the tail board or tail-piece B in
the backward movement of the tank or body A preparatory to the tilting or tipping
thereof. For this purpose I employ a cam or wiper u, more clearly shown in figure 5,
firmly attached to the frame Â¹. The free end of the cam or wiper u is suitably
curved, so as to bear against the extremity of the locking lever or catch e and
in the backward movement of the tank or body A, depress the said lever and
release it from the sockets or lugs f, thus allowing the said tail-board or tail piece to
turn upon its axes or pivots a and swing open automatically when the tank or body A
is tipped or tilted to discharge its contents.
By means of this device, the tank or body A can be easily moved backward to
permit the tilting of the same, or brought back to its normal position. Moreover it
can be moved backwards any desired distance and will remain in the required position
upon the crank-handler being released, thus obviating the inconvenience and danger
experienced in waggons with tilting tanks or bodies as hitherto constructed, by
reason of the liability thereof to tilt or fall over suddenly when moved backward.
Although I have hereinbefore described my improvements as applied more especially
to four-wheeled waggons, it is obvious that some of the said improvements are also
applicable to two wheeled carts or other vehicles, and that the said waggon cart or
other vehicle can be made wholly or partly of wood or metal. Moreover can some-
what modify the construction of my apparatus without departing from the nature of
my said invention. For instance, I can fix the herein before described guides or
roller paths upon the front of the frame of the waggon or other vebicle and the rollers
adapted to bear against the same upon the tank or body. I can employ any other
suitable gearing for moving the tank or body A relatively to the frame A¹, in place of
that hereinbefore described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it understood that
I claim :-
First. The combination, with the tank or body of a waggon or other vehicle, of a
tail-board or tail-piece pivoted thereto and provided with a suitable locking lever or
catch and with a groove or recess containing packing adapted to bear against the
rear edges of the said tank or body and to form therewith a water-tight joint, sub-
stantially as described.
Second. The combination, with the sliding and tilting tank or body, of the
rollers and roller-paths, and the lazy-tongs and means for expanding and contracting
the same (with or without the check-chain), all substantially as, and for the purposes,
set forth.
Third. The combination, with the sliding and tilting tank or body, of the rollers and
the curved guides or roller-paths provided with the horizontal extensions, substantially
as, and for the purposes, set forth.

page_text: Fourth. The combination, with my improved tail-board or tail-piece, of means for
automatically unlocking the same in the backward movement of the tank or body
of the waggon or other vehicle preparatory to the tilting or tipping thereof, sub-
stantially as described.
Fifth. The waggon having my improvements incorporated therewith or embodied
therein substantially as described with reference to Figures 1 to 3 or with reference
to Figures 5 to 8 of the accompanying drawings, and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 28th day of February 1889.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.