IMPROVEMENTS IN BARROWS, CARTS, TRUCKS, OR OTHER VEHICLES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Price, of Hampton Wick, in the County'
of Middlesex, Engineer and Manager of Gasworks, for the Invention'
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BARROWS, CARTS, TRUCKS, OR OTHER VEHICLES."
Sealed the 27th July 1866, and dated the 7th February 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Price at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th
February 1866.
I, EDWARD PRICE, of Hampton Wick, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer and Manager of Gasworks, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BARROWS, CARTS, TRUCKS, OR OTHER
VEHICLES," to be as follows:-
My improved barrow, cart, truck, or other vehicle is mounted on an axle
tree and two wheels. The body is constructed in two parts, the part next the
handles or shafts being fixed to the frame, while the other or front part is, by
the contrivance mentioned below, made capable of being turned nearly bottom
upwards, so as to leave an opening at the bottom of the vehicle through which
the load is discharged. I propose to make this moveable or front part to
work on hinges or joints formed by bolts passing through eyes made with
flaps, and fastened on each side of both parts of the vehicle at the top directly
over the axle tree. The part intended to work on the hinges is in the form of
a quadrant at the bottom, and is raised by means of a bar of iron attached to
it horizontally at the top on the right side, forming a lever, the fulcrum of

page_text: which is at a point near the right hinge, to which lever at the end nearest the
shaft is joined a handle made to double upon the lever and lie on it when not
in use, but to be raised into a position nearly at right angles with the lever
when about to be used, and within reach of the man working it, who by
pulling the handle towards him with a downward pressure operates upon the
lever, raises the front part of the vehicle, and forms the opening at the bottom
to rid it of its load. In order to facilitate the discharge of the load the
bottom of the back part next the shafts is made to slope from the top of the
frame to the point of discharge, so that when the separation of the parts takes
place the load falls out easily of its own gravity.
By the above improvements the weight of the load is made to rest on the
axle tree, and when the vehicle is fairly filled will balance on it.
The advantages arising from my Invention will be a great saving of labor,
owing chiefly to the facility with which the load can be discharged, while the
vehicle can be made lighter and at the same time capable of holding a greater
load than upon any other known plan or principle.
My Invention is specially adapted for the removal of coke from the retorts
in gasworks, but it is also adapted for all other purposes and requirements of
the kind.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edward Price in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd
August 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
PRICE, of Hampton Wick, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer and Manager
of the Gasworks at Hampton Wick aforesaid, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Edward Price, Her special licence that I, the said Edward Price, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Edward
Price, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS. IN BARROWS, CARTS,

page_text: TRUCKS, OR OTHER VEHICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Edward Price, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Price, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say)
:-
My Invention consists of improvements in the construction of barrows,
carts, trucks, or other vehicles, by means of which greater facility in their use
is obtained and much labor saved. The body of the vehicle is mounted on
a spindle or an axle tree with one, two, or more wheels, and is divided into
two parts, the part next .the shafts being fixed to the frame, and the other,
which I call the moveable part, is, by the contrivance presently described,
made capable of being turned nearly bottom. upwards, so as to leave. an
opening at the bottom of the vehicle through which the load is discharged. I
propose to make this moveable part to work on hinges or joints F formed by
bolts passing through eyes made with flaps, and fastened on each of both
parts of the vehicle at the top directly over the axle tree, this being the only
connection of the two parts. The moveable part A intended to work upon
the hinges is. in the form of a quadrant, and I raise it by means of a bar
passing along the top of the right-hand side of the vehicle, but to be fastened
to the moveable part only, thus forming a lever C, whose fulerum is at a point
near the right hinge. To this lever at the end nearest the shafts is joined a
handle E, made to double upon the lever and lie on it when not in use, but to
be raised into a position nearly at right angles with the lever when about to
be used, and within reach of the attendant, who by pulling the handle towards
him with a downward pressure operates upon the lever, raises the moveable
part of the vehicle, and thus forms the opening at the bottom through which
the load will easily pass, as shewn in Figure 2. In order to facilitate the
lischarge of the load the bottom of the part next the shafts (being the fixed
art) is made to slope from the top of the frame to the point of discharge at
he bottom, so that when the separation of the parts takes place, accompanied
y a slight lift or jerk of the shafts with the left hand, the load falls out easily
f its own gravity.

page_text: In the accompanying Drawing Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the
vehicle in the position to receive the load. A is the moveable part; B, the
fixed part; C, the lever; D, stay to strengthen lever; E, handle in position to
work the lever; F, hinge or joint connecting the two parts; G, the shafts;
H, H, stays to foot; I, I, stays to body and shafts.
Figure 2 represents the vehicle with the moveable part raised for the
discharge of the load; Figure 3, plan taken over all, shewing the handle (E
in Figure 1) resting on the lever; Figure 4; end view shewing shafts and
stays.:
The advantages to be gained by my Invention will be a great saving of
labor in its use; owing chiefly to the facility it affords for the discharge of the
load, while the vehicle can be made lighter in proportion to its capacity than
upon any other known plan; be when fairly filled the weight of the load will
rest and in fact balance upon the axle tree.
My Invention is specially adapted for the removal of coke from the retorts
in gasworks, but its use will be found to be advantageous for all other
purposes for which vehicles of the kind are required.
Having now explained the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, it must be understood that I do not confine
myself to any particular: form of the various parts of the vehicle; nor to the
lever principle as applied to the separation of the two parts, although for the
sake of description I. have specified. that method, but under the above in part
recited Letters Patent I claim. opening the vehicle at the bottom, whereby I
am enabled as above described to decrease the labor at present entailed in the
use of vehicles of this kind, and to render them of greater utility.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Price, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the 3rd day of August, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six.
EDWARD PRICE, (L.S.)
August 3rd, 1866.