Improved Dust Cover and Shoot Suitable for a Cart or Waggon to Avoid Dissemination in the Removal of House and other Refuse.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 18th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 16th Dec., 1899
DI MULTICATION.
Improved Dust Cover and Shoot Suitable for a Cart or Waggon to
Avoid Dissemination in the Removal of House and other Refuse.
EDWARD JAMES HITCHCOX, Mechanical Engineer, 9, Heathwood Gardens, Little
Heath, Charlton, Kent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
A design to cover any open dust cart or waggon with a light iron covering
standing above the cart or waggon from 6 to 28 inches to prevent dust from being
blown about the streets. Also an automatic shoot used in conjunction with the
cover into which house hold refuse can be shot into the cart or waggon without
dissemination. Herewith I hand a further description.
A design to cover any open cart or waggon particularly those used by the local
authorities in the removal of house refuse, to prevent the dissemination of dust
& other matter from creating a public nuisance in the streets. The cover stands 6
to 26 inches above the cart or waggon, it can be made of iron steel plate or wood
& can be unshipped, it is flat on the top bevelled off from the depth of the shoot
to the sides of the cart or waggon. The shoot & trap can be made adjustable on
a cart or a waggon, in the latter, it is fitted with loose doors, so that at which
ever end of the cart or waggon the shoot is used the opposite end door is closed.
The shoot can be used from the side of a waggon or the back of a cart. To make
it as noisless as possible, it will be worked by means of rubber or springs.
This automatic shoot & trap is used, in conjunction with the cover of the cart or
waggon, whereby dust can be deposited without dissemination. A square bin,
or a circular one with a rectangular guard can be used, "or a basket made on the
same lines." The projecting plate on the bin coming in contact with the front
plate of the shoot opens the flap to admit the refuse.
This invention can also be used for other purposes e.g., the collection of animal
excrement from street pedestals, or shooting any waste containing dust. It can be
made of iron, steel plate & other metals. It is fitted with a hood working on a
centre bolt at the back. A bin of refuse is to be shot into a cart. As soon as the
plate on one side of the bin comes into contact with the plate on the shoot, the trap
opens to receive the contents (before the bin rests on the body of the shoot) as the
bin is tipped the plate on the opposite side of the bin forces the trap back, at the
same time allowing the bin to be put into a perpendicular position, until it comes
to the stop (at the back, inside the shoot) & the dust &c. &c. is emptied into the
cart or waggon; on the attendant putting the bin back, the shoot closes
automatically.
Tonno 17th 1900

page_text: Improved Dust Cover and Shoot Suitable for a Cart or Waggon to
Avoid Dissemination in the Removal of House and other Refuse.
I, EDWARD JAMES HITCHCOX, of 97, Heathwood Gardens, Little Heath, Charlton,
in the County of Kent, Mechanical and Marine 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:-
This invention has reference to an improved construction of cover and shoot
suitable for use with carts and wagons such as are used for the removal of house
and other refuse but applicable also to other receptacles and designed to prevent
the escape of refuse from the cart or other receptacle during or after tipping refuse
from a bin, and also to prevent any nuisance arising from any offensive refuse
which may be contained in the cart or other receptacle (hereinafter generally
referred to as a cart).
For this purpose the improved cover and shoot is constructed as I shall.now
describe with reference to the accompanying illustrative drawings wherein Figs. 1
and 2 show the cover and shoot in longitudinal section and cross section respec-
tively. Fig. 3 shows the shoot in vertical section together with a bin the contents
of which are about to be tipped into the shoot. Fig. 4 is a similar view to Fig. 3
but showing the. bin in its completely. tipped attitude. Fig. 5 is a similar view to
Fig. 4 showing a modified construction of shoot. Fig. 6 is a detail view. Figs:, 1
and 2 are drawn to a smaller scale than the remaining figures.
1 is a cover formed with a flat central portion and bevelled side and end portions
and capable of being secured in a practically air and dust tight manner over the
top of a cart or wagon, as for example by the aid of lugs 2 and fastening devices
not shown. This cover, which may be made of sheet metal, as shown, or of wood,
is formed in its flat upper portion with an opening 3 over which is secured the
shoot. This shoot comprises a sheet metal casing 4 that is of rectangular shape
in horizontal section and has an opening 4 in its front side 4b and an opening
through the top, the upper ends of the two sides that are at right angles to the
side 4 being inclined as shown at 4°; a hood that consists of a flat top plate 5
and side plates 5ª mounted to work on a bolt or other pivot 6 on the back of the
casing 4 and adapted to normally rest upon the inclined upper ends of the side
walls; and a trap 7 consisting of a flat rectangular plate hinged to the hood at 8
so as to normally hang by its own weight in the position shown in Fig. 1.so as to
practically close the rectangular opening 4 in the casing 4. Pivoted to the front
side 4 of the casing 4 is a plate 9 that extends in an outward direction from
the said front side and is provided with two arms 9" that extend through the
opening 4 and normally bear against the trap 7. 10 (Figs. 3 and 4) is a portable
dust bin of rectangular section that approximately fits the sides of the casing 4-
and is provided on two opposite sides with stops 11 and the ordinary handles 10".
12 is a stop in the form of an angle iron, secured across the inner side of the rear
wall of the casing 4.
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As will be seen, the construction is such that when the contents of a bin 10 are
about to be shot into the cart, as soon as one side of the bin comes in contact with
the plate 9 this plate will tilt about its pivots 9b and cause the arms 9" to partly
open the trap 7 as shown in Fig. 3 so that any refuse falling out of the inclined
bin will fall into the cart. As the bin is tipped up. its opposite side is caused to
bear against the pivoted trap 7, as shown at 10b Fig. 3. and force the same and the
hood 5 upward and backward. the bin. trap and hood finally assuming the posi-
tions shown in Fig. 4 in which one of the stops 11 rests on the plate 9 and the

page_text: opposite side of the bin rests on the stop 12, thereby completely closing the upper
end of the casing 4 through which the refuse is shot. Upon the bin being turned
outward and downward, the trap 7 continues to rest against the one side of the bin
until the bin leaves the opening 4 when the trap rests against the inner edge of
the plate 9 and so again closes such opening. Thus it will be understood that not
only is the shoot closed when no refuse is being shot, but also when refuse is being
shot, so that dust or offensive odours will be at all times prevented from being
disseminated in the external air from the interior of the cart.
To adapt the shoot for use with portable dust bins of circular section, the open-
ing 4 in the shoot is fitted, as shown in Fig. 5, with a loose rectangular plate 13
(Fig. 6) that is formed with a circular hole 14 of sufficient size to admit of the
passage therethrough of the bins of circular section, and is provided at its lower
end with trunnions 15 by which it is pivoted in slotted bearings 16 in opposite
sides of the casing 4, and at its upper end with antifriction wheels 17 that hear
against the outer side of the pivoted trap 7 which in this case is provided with a
hook or catch 18 to prevent the plate 13 falling outward when the trap and plate
move into the positions shown in Fig. 5. With this arrangement when a bin
containing refuse is pushed through the hole in the plate 13 this plate acts against
the trap 7 and moves it and the hood upward and backward, the various movable
parts and the bin finally assuming the positions indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5
and closing the top of the shoot as before. When the bin is withdrawn, the
movable parts automatically assume the positions shown in full lines in which
they also close the shoot.
In the case of large carts, the cover 1 may be formed with two or more holes,
and the shoot made detachable so that it can be withdrawn from above one hole
and secured over the other, or any one of the others, so as to admit of refuse
being better distributed within the cart. The cover shown in Fig. 1 is formed
with three holes 3 at opposite sides of each of which are guideways formed by
angle iron bars 19, one or other of the holes being closed by the shoot and the
others by sliding plates 20, the arrangement being such that the shoot can be
arranged for discharging refuse endways into either end of the cart or sideways in
the central portion of the cart. The full and dotted lines in Fig.
different positions the shoot can assume, to suit requirement.
show the
Shoots constructed as described can be applied to receptacles of various kinds
for preventing the dissemination of dust or other matter from such receptacles
both during and after the discharge into such receptacles of refuse or other material
that is liable to cause a nuisance or inconvenience. Thus such shoots may be
applied to the top or cover of the pedestals or receptacles commonly provided in
streets for the collection of street refuse; also to the tops or covers of receptacles
designed to contain coal, lime, cement, flour and other substances of a dusty nature.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A dust cover adapted to close the top of a cart or other receptacle for house
and other refuse and provided with a shoot having an opening in one side, a pivoted
hood, a trap adapted to normally close the opening in the shoot, and a movable
plate adapted when operated in one direction to partly open the trap, the arrange-
ment being such that upon bringing a bin into position to discharge its contents
into the cart or other receptacle, the trap will be partly opened by contact of one
side of the bin with the said plate, and upon tipping over the bin its opposite side
will move back the trap and hood so as to allow of the bin assuming an inverted or
nearly inverted position and upon withdrawing the bin the trap will automatically
return to its normal position and close the shoot, substantially as described for the
purpose specified.
2. A combined dust cover and shoot constructed substantially as hereinbefore

page_text: described with reference to and shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings annexed
for the purpose specified.
3. A shoot constructed arranged and operating substantially as hereinbefore
described with reference to and shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, or modified
according to Figs. 5 and 6, of the drawings annexed.
Dated this 18th day of October 1899.
For the Applicant,
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Chartered Patent Agent.
Ober 1899.
For the Applicant,
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Chartered Patent Agent.