IMPROVEMENTS IN BRASS COVERED CART HAMES
Year: 1885

page_text: I THOMAS PHILIP MARSH trading as S. Marsh and Son of Churchfield West
Bromwich in the County of Stafford Cart Hame Manufacturer do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN BRASS COVERED CART
HAMES" to be as follows:-
"
In brass covered cart hames as ordinarily manufactured the wooden body or tree
of the hame has a covering or cap of iron and the brass covering is either composed
of a plating of thin sheet brass brazed or soldered to the iron cap or the brass
coating is made of thin sheet brass unattached to the iron cap excepting by its
edges being turned under the edges of the iron cap. In brass covered hames made
by these the ordinary methods of manufacture the brass coating is readily indented
and the hame disfigured the brass especially in the case of plating is rapidly worn
through and the edges of the worn part become ragged and the coating peels off
more or less. In making brass coated hames according to my invention I dispense
with the covering or cap of iron and replace it by a covering or cap made wholly
of brass. This covering or cap of brass I make of such strength that when closed
upon the wooden hame in the same manner as the iron covering or cap it.does not
require to be fixed by nailing to the tree as the closing process attaches it firmly.
For the purpose of attaching the bottom tackle to the hame I take a strip or
light bar of iron and by bending it upon itself I form a loop or other shaped
connection the nearly parallel arms of the bent bar are fixed by rivets or screws
to opposite sides of the lower part of the hame. This bent bar terminating in the
loop or connection for the bottom tackle is covered by the brass covering or cap.
By this arrangement a strong support for the bottom tackle is provided without
any strain on the brass covering. The said bent bar by being prolonged beyond
the centre of the draught of the hame increases the strength and rigidity of the
hame and prevents rupture at the line of draught.

page_text: I THOMAS PHILIP MARSH trading as S. Marsh and Son of Churchfield West
Bromwich in the County of Stafford Cart Hame Manufacturer 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:-
In brass covered cart hames as ordinarily manufactured, the wooden body or
tree of the hame has a covering or cap of iron and the brass covering is either
composed of a plating of thin sheet brass brazed or soldered to the iron cap or the
brass coating is made of thin sheet brass unattached to the iron cap excepting by
its edges being turned under the edges of the iron cap. In brass covered hames
made by these the ordinary méthods of manufacture the brass coating is readily
indented and the hame disfigured the brass especially in the case of plating is
rapidly worn through and the edges of the worn part become ragged and the
coating peels off more or less.
In making brass coated hames according to my invention I dispense with the
covering or cap of iron and replace it by a covering or cap made wholly of brass.
This covering or cap of brass I make of such strength that when closed upon the
wooden hame in the same manner as the iron covering or cap it does not require
to be fixed by nailing to the tree as the closing process attaches it firmly.
For the purpose of attaching the bottom tackle to the hame I take a strip or
light bar of iron and by bending it upon itself I form a loop or other shaped
connection; the nearly parallel arms of the bent bar are fixed by rivets or screws
to opposite sides of the lower part of the hame.
This bent bar terminating in the loop or connection for the bottom tackle is
covered by the brass covering or cap, By this arrangement a strong support for
the bottom tackle is provided without any strain on the brass covering.
The said bent bar by being prolonged beyond the centre of the draught of the
hame increases the strength and rigidity of the hame and prevents rupture at the
line of draught.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in elevation a pair of brass
covered cart hames made according to my invention and Figure 2 is a cross section
of the same taken on the dotted line a Figure 1; Figure 3 represents in side
elevation and edge view the wooden body or tree of the hame and Figure 4 is a
cross section of the same taken on the line 6 Figure 3; Figure 5 represents in side
elevation and edge view the strong brass cap or covering of the hame before it is
closed upon the wooden body or. tree and Figure 6 is a cross section of the same
taken on the line c Figure 5. The hames represented in the Drawing are of the
kind commonly called "part cased "hames.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of
the Drawing.
d is the wooden foundation or tree of the hame and e is the strong cap or
covering of brass, the said cap or covering being attached to the tree d by the
closing process herein after described. To the lower part of the wooden body
or tree d of the hame is a loop or connection f by which the bottom tackle
is

page_text: attached to the hame. The tackle loop or connection f is made from a light bar
or strip of iron bent or doubled upon itself the loop or connection of being formed
at the bend. The nearly parallel arms h, i of this bent bar are fixed by rivets (or
screws) to the opposite sides of the lower part of the tree hame d as represented in
Figure 3 thereby forming a strong support for the bottom tackle and relieving the
brass covering from strain. The arm i on one side of the hame tree d is shorter
than the arm h on the other side, the said arm h being prolonged upwards beyond
the middle of the draught of the hame, that is, a little above the staple k carrying
the draught hook l. By prolonging the bar h in the manner represented in the
Drawing the strength and rigidity of the hame is increased and rupture of the tree
at the line of draught is prevented. The parallel arms or parts h, i carrying the
tackle connection fare covered by the brass cap or covering e as seen in Figure 1.
Although I have only represented one of the arms of the bent tackle bar h, i
prolonged upwards yet both arms may be made in the manner represented with
respect to the arm h.
I make the brass cap or covering e from strong sheet brass by a stamping or
raising process effected by raising tools worked in the ordinary way; that is, I
take a pierced blank of brass of the required size and shape and give a trough
figure to the said blank by the use of one or more pairs of raising tools as shown
by the cross section Figure 6. The ends of the straight trough are next bent
nearly to the configuration of the ends of the wooden body or tree of the hame.
The trough shaped cap or covering being placed upon the wooden body or tree d
the edges of the said trough shaped cap are closed by the operation of a pressing
tool or by dies upon the opposite sides of the wooden body or tree d so as thereby
to securely fix the said cap to the said body or tree.
When a hame completely covered with brass or what is technically called an
"all over covered" hame is required to be made the sides of the trough shaped cap
are made longer for the purpose of covering the whole of the wooden body or tree.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my
invention of "Improvements in brass covered cart hames "
First. Dispensing with the ordinary covering or cap of iron and substituting for
it a strong covering or cap made of brass the said brass covering or cap being
attached to the wooden body or tree of the hame by a closing process substantially
as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
Secondly. Attaching the bottom tackle to the hame by means of a loop or
connection made from a doubled or bent bar or strip of iron, the said doubled or
bent bar or strip being secured to the opposite sides of the lower part of the
wooden body or tree of the hame for the purpose and substantially as herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
Thirdly. Extending or prolonging upwards the bent or doubled bar or strip of
iron carrying the bottom tackle loop or connection beyond the middle of the
draught of the hame for the purpose and substantially as herein before described
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
Dated this fifteenth day of Februar 1886