Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 31st Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1888
I EDWARD VIGERS of 31 Fernhead Road St. Peters Park London W. Architect do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
1 construct open top boxes of suitable material preferably square in plan. I round
off the two opposite corners and on these corners about half way down the depth of
the box 1 fix suitable trunnions.
I construct a special skeleton cart or frame upon suitable wheels and springs with
shafts and attachments for horse haulage using two large wheels for bearing the
weight and two smaller pivotted wheels in front. I pass two of these boxes thro
the frame of skeleton cart and support them by carriers or slings attached to frame
& passing under said trunnions. Tattach to skeleton cart suitable hinged covers so
arranged as to fall over and cover in said boxes and I employ a screw & crossbar for
securing said lids or covers and thus render them as far as possible dust & water
tight and prevent vibration & noise during transit.
The attendant shovels into the boxes street or other refuse and when nearly fall he
closes down the lid.
Should water accumulate on the surface the cart may be drawn to the nearest grid
and the attendant inclines or heels over the box upon its trunnions and so runs off the
water and in order to accomplish this I leave sufficient space between the boxes &
the skeleton frame. When the boxes are full they are in equilibrium upon the
trunnions & can easily be heeled over.
I attach suitable ears to the boxes preferably near the top & over the trunnions.
On arrival at the depot I lift out the boxes by suitable mechanical means &

page_text: transfer boxes & contents to a canal boat, or to suitable tipping frames whereby they
may be conveyed along a tramway to the depositing ground & discharged by being
tipped over on their trunnions. I replace said boxes by empty ones and the skeleton
cart proceeds to collect as before-Thus I collect & convey street refuse with the
least annoyance to passengers and without disturbing such refuse by releading or
aischarging until it arrives at its destination and I accomplish this with a considerable
saving in labour & cost.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for the Removal of Sewage and Street Refuse.
I, EDWARD VIGERS of 31 Fernhead Road, St. Peters Park, London W. Architect,
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:-
Figs. 1. 2. 3 and 4 illustrate my improved apparatus. I construct open top
boxes A. A preferably square in plan, I round off the two opposite corners at BB
and upon these corners at about half way down the depth of the box I fix suitable
trunnions C C.
I construct a special skeleton cart or vehicle shewn in Figs. 1. 2 & 3 carried upon
suitable wheels D and D2 and springs E with shafts H and attachments for horse or
other haulage. I use two large wheels D to bear the greater part of the weight
and one or two smaller pivotted bearing and guide wheels D in front.
I pass
two boxes A A thro' the frame F of vehicle as shewn and support them by carriers
or slings K, K attached to said frame which pass beneath trunnions C. C. I steady
the boxes A in their position by means of wedge pieces QQ which I fit between said
boxes and frame F. I attach to frame F of vehicle suitable covers M, M, upon
hinges N N. I arrange said covers M M so that they will fall over and cover boxes A A
and secure said covers by screw and crossbar or in other suitable manner and
thereby keep boxes air tight as far as possible and also to prevent vibration during
transit. I secure the boxes A, A, in position by means of two wedges of timber Q
which I fit between the frame F and the boxes A A. The attendant fills street or
other refuse into the boxes A A until nearly full and then closes down the covers.
Should water accumulated on the surface of the refuse the attendant draws the
vehicle to the nearest grid or other suitable place, and after removing the two
wedge pieces QQ slightly heels over the boxes A A upon their trunnions when the
surface water runs off. I leave between boxes A and frame F a sufficient space to
admit of this heeling over when said wedge pieces are removed. The boxes A A.
being nearly full when water is run off the heeling over is easily accomplished as
the weight in the boxes A, A, is then nearly in equilibrium. I attach ears P P to
Boxes A, A, near the top whereby I attach the slings for lifting said boxes from the
vehicle or I may use holes in sides of boxes for the same purpose. When vehicle
arrives at depôt I lift out said boxes with their contents by crane or other suitable
means and transfer them to a canal boat or railway truck or other conveyance
whereby they may be conveyed away for depositing the refuse. I then place two
empty boxes in vehicle which proceeds to collect as before. When said boxes arrive
at depositing ground I lift them from said vehicle or from canal boat or truck and
place them on a suitable tipping frame having wheels for travelling on narrow gauge
railway. The boxes rest upon their trunnions on these tipping frames, they are then

page_text: pushed along the tramway by attendant and tipped over on the trunnions and the
contents discharged where desired. The empty boxes are returned to the depot and
filled again as described. Fig. 4 shews a method of slinging the boxes when it is
desired to discharge the contents, when box A is slung in crane.
I thus convey
away street or other refuse and convey it to its destination without any disturbance
or nuisance and save expense of any intermediate discharging and re loading.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
Apparatus for the removal of street refuse substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 30th day of December 1887.
J. W. HARTLEY,
Agent for Applicant.