APPARATUS FOR REMOVING MUD OR DEPOSITS FROM STREET GULLIES AND OTHER PLACES
Year: 1885

page_text: and other Places.
I, EPHRAIM BURTON of White Swan wharf, Nine Elms in the County of
Surrey, Contractor and engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said inven-
tion for "APPARATUS FOR REMOVING MUD OR DEPOSITS FROM STREET GULLIES
AND OTHER PLACES to be as follows:-
او
My invention relates to improved apparatus for removing the sludge or muddy
deposit which accumulates in gully holes or catchpits leading into the sewers from
street gutters.
The apparatus consists of an endless chain of elevating buckets running round
drums mounted on a ladder or box frame adapted to be lowered to the bottom of
the gulley hole to enable the buckets to scoop up the mud or sludge deposited
therein. At the upper part of the apparatus the bucket chains are caused to pass
round guide pulleys so situated beneath the upper drum as to cause the buckets
after passing over the said drum to discharge their contents into a shoot at such
an elevation as to convey the spoil into a van or other receptacle. The elevator
ladder is mounted in a guide frame at the rear of the van and is provided with
means of lowering it into operative position in the gulley hole and of raising it
clear of the surface of the ground for transporting it through the streets.

page_text: Apparatus for Removing Mud or Deposits from Street Gullies
and other Places.
I, EPHRAIM BURTON of White Swan Wharf, Nine Elms, in the County of
Surrey, Contractor and 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 improved apparatus for removing the sludge or muddy
deposit which accumulates in gully holes or catchpits leading into the sewers from
street gutters.
The apparatus consists of an endless chain of elevating buckets running round
drums mounted on a ladder or box frame adapted to be lowered to the bottom of
the gulley hole to enable the buckets to scoop up the mud or sludge deposited
therein.
The elevator ladder is attached to a van into which the buckets discharge the
mud or spoil, suitable means being provided for lowering the apparatus into
operative position in the gulley hole and for raising it clear of the surface of the
ground.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
Specification, wherein :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus, and Figure 2
an elevation (partly in section) of the same Figure 3 is a horizontal section, on
line 1-1, Figure 1.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Figures.
A is the upper drum, B the lower drum, and C the buckets attached to a central
endless chain D passing round the drums.
The leg or frame in which the drums are mounted, is of such dimensions as to
pass down and reach to the bottom of the gully-hole, the upper part of the frame
which remains above the ground being curved outwards, or splayed towards the
rear to admit a drum A of comparatively large diameter and to guide the descending
side of the chain inwards beneath the upper drum, so as to pass down clear of the
back of the van over which the splayed or outwardly curved part of the frame
projects, and so facilitate the direct discharge of the buckets into the van.
The leg or frame is constructed of corner members E of angle iron extending
down at each side and around the lower end of the frame, and forming guides
for the buckets, which are provided with rubbing pieces c that bear against the
guides.
The upper ends of the corner members E, are braced together by cheeks or side
frames F, and cross-bars G at front and back and the bearings of the upper drum A
are fitted in guides in the side-frames, and adjusted by screws to regulate the
tension of the chain, the bearings of the lower drum being stationary, and fixed to
the corner members E. Besides the outer guides E, there are also a pair of inner
guides H to prevent the inward sagging of the chain under the weight of the load,
these guides being central, and fixed by brackets to suitable points at the top and
bottom of the main frame.

page_text: The apparatus is worked by a crank handle applied to the shaft of the upper
drum and would be suspended by any suitable means, at the rear of the van
preferably at the near side corner in position to be brought directly over the gully
hole and to discharge directly into the van when in operation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
A portable apparatus for cleaning out gully holes, or catch-pits consisting of an
endless chain of buckets running around drums mounted at the upper and lower
ends of a ladder or frame adapted to be lowered into the gully hole, and con-
structed substantially as herein shown and described for use in connection with a
receiving van.