Display of Various Kinds of Goods.
Year: 1885

page_text: Display of Various Kinds of Goods.
'I ALFRED WILLIAM HITCHIN of 24 Radford Street, Coventry Watch Jewel
Hole Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
" IMPROVEMENTS IN CARS OR VEHICLES FOR THE CONVEYANCE AND DISPLAY OF
VARIOUS KINDS OF GOODS" to be as follows:—
I will describe this invention as applied to a butchers cart although it is equally
applicable to a variety of other trades or purposes.
The chief features are as follows. The vehicle is so arranged that a person
wishing to examine the contents or stock can enter by the door as into a shop and
inspect the meat which is hung from suitable hooks, or placed on shelves or counters
so as to be easily accessible.
· The upper portion of the car is glazed so that the contents can be seen from
outside by persons in the street.
The vehicles may be designed for two or four wheels and may have one or more
doors in the best position for the purpose for which it is intended, preferably in
the middle of the side or sides, or at the ends thereof.
It will be at once seen that this car possesses many advantages over the
ordinary vehicles used for similar purposes.
Dated this 29th day of June 1885.

page_text: I ALFRED. WILLIAM HITCHIN of 24 Radford Street Coventry do hereby declare
the nature of invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
I will describe this invention as applied to a butcher's cart although it is equally.
applicable to a variety of other trades or purposes.
The chief features are as follows
The vehicle is so arranged that a person wishing to examine the contents or
stock can enter by the door as into a shop and inspect the meat which is hung
'from suitable hooks or placed on shelves or counters so as to be easily accessible.
The upper portion of the car is glazed so that the contents can be seen from outside
by persons in the street.
The vehicles may be designed for two or four wheels and may have one or more
doors in the best position for the purpose for which it is intended, preferably in
the middle of the side or sides or at the ends thereof.,
It will be at once seen that this car possesses many advantages over the ordinary
vehicles used for similar purposes.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side, elevation of a four wheeled
vehicle and Figure 2 is a similar view of a two wheeled vehicle.
From these views it will be seen that an ordinary shaped vehicle is employed,
but instead of ordinary plain sides. and ends, or sides and ends having windows in
them through which persons within the vehicle can look out, these improved
vehicles or portable shops are made with the whole of the upper part of the walls
and doors of glass so that persons outside the vehicle can easily see all that the car
'contains. The vehicles shown in the drawings are designed for butcher's purposes
and some of the joints are shown resting upon a counter or bench, while others are
hung from the roof but the glass A is so arranged that a full view of the contents
can be readily had from outside. The doors B are placed and arranged so as to
give ready access to the interior of the "shop" to purchasers who desire to inspect
more closely the meat they are going to buy. The doors will generally be situated
in the centre or either end of the four wheeled car and at the back or sides of the
two wheeled car.
By the use of this invention the meat need be handled very little if any more
than it would in a regular shop, whereas with the vans now generally in use it is
necessary to remove each piece of meat to enable the purchaser to inspect it; the
amount of handling to which it is thus subjected being very great and liable to
spoil it.
The glass or other portion of the vehicle may be perforated or open to allow of
ventilation.

page_text: These portable shops are applicable for a number of trades and would of course
be fitted up to suit the particular requirements of each.
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
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1. The herein described portable shop or vehicle in which the contents are
exposed to view from the outside substantially as and for the purpose specified.
2. A vehicle adapted for use as a portable shop and provided with one or more
doors, for the purposé of giving public access to the interior substantially as and
for the purpose specified.
Dated this 20th
1000