Improvements in Wheelbarrows.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 20th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 22nd Dec., 1894
Improvements in Wheelbarrows.
I, HENRY HOULDSWORTH Junior of 112 Ingrow Lane, Keighley in the County
of York, Cashier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows, that is to say :-
In accordance with my invention I make use of means in connection with wheel-
barrows whereby the load thereon may be thrown more or less upon the wheel as
the user desires or may find to be to his convenience.
To attain this object I preferably employ the usual formation of framework for
the body part of the wheelbarrow, although this may be varied in many ways to
suit the alterations of the parts hereinafter described.
On this framework I mount bearing pieces for the reception of the wheel these
bearings being arranged to be detachable in order to allow the wheel to be placed
nearer to or at a greater distance from the handles on the body part so that if
brought centrally beneath the load all the weight is borne by said wheel, and the
arms of the user are thereby relieved and his labour lightened, while if said wheel
is moved further from said handles then the use of the wheelbarrow on steep or
rising ground is facilitated.
The method of arrangement of the bearing pieces so that they may be detachable
in order to allow the axle of the wheel to be placed in one or other of the holes
(which are two, three or more in number in each of said bearing pieces) may be by
one part being hinged to the other to allow the necessary lateral movement on the
loosening or displacement of its holding holt or screw, or this part may be simply
bolted or otherwise detachably fixed to the other part or the whole bearing piece
may be bolted or detachably secured to the body's framework.
Dand thin 5th day of M 1804
COMPLETE DI CULTIVATION
Improvements in Wheelbarrows.
I, HENRY HOULDSWORTH Junior of 112 Ingrow Lane Keighley in the County
of York, Cashier, 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, that is to say :-
In accordance with my invention I make use of means in connection with wheel-
barrows whereby the load thereon may be thrown more or less upon the wheel as
the user thereof desires or may find to be to his convenience.
To attain this object I make use of the means or parts illustrated in the
accompanying sheets of drawings, in which ;-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a common wheel-barrow with my improved parts
applied.
Fig. 2 is end elevation of a sufficient portion of the parts shown by Fig. 1 to
illustrate the application of my said improved parts.
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page_text: Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 1 but shows the wheelbarrow in a position of
rest hereinafter explained.
Eigs. 4 and 5 are side and end elevations of a modification in the formation of
my said improved parts.
Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are side elevations and end view respectively of further modified
forms as hereinafter described.
The body part a, the framework pieces which terminate in the handles ¹,
supports c and wheel d are of well known formation or construction and although
they are shown of a certain configuration or shape it will readily be understood
that any other well known shapes or formations of these parts may be made use of,
since the application of my improved device in no way interferes with such said
formation or shape.
On the framework pieces 6 I mount bearing pieces ff1 for the reception of the
wheel d, these bearing-pieces f f being arranged (by having the bar g held at one
end by entering an opening at g' and at the other by the detachable bolt g2) so
that the wheel d may be taken or separated therefrom in order that it may be
placed in any other of the bearing-holes h either nearer to or further from the
handle b' as the user may desire, by which as said wheel d is brought nearer being
ceutrally under the load of the wheelbarrow more of the weight of said wheel-
barrow is borne by said wheel, and the arms of the user are thereby relieved and
his labour lightened, while if the wheel d is moved further from the centre of
gravity of the wheel barrow then the weight thereof is thrown more upon the arms
of the wheeler and its said wheel is thus relieved to facilitate its running or being
pushed or forced up an incline or rising ground.
The method of arranging or constructing of the bearing pieces ff so that the
wheel may be detachable in order to allow the axle d' of the wheel d to be placed
in one or other of the holes (which may be three, four or more in number as
occasion may require and as shown by Figs. 1, 3, 6 and 7) may be as above
described, that is by having the bar g detachable, or this bar may be hinged as
illustrated by Fig. 6, (wherein the hinged part is shown as open) the hinge
being at while the bolt g2 is again made use of. Or instead. of several holes h
being made in said bearing pieces ff, the bolt holes k (see Fig. 4) may be made
therein and detachable pieces m m¹ (having one hole h) attached thereto by the
bolts n n which on being detached leave said pieces m'm² free to be moved and
again fixed nearer to or further from the handles b.
Again a simple bearing 2 having the usual holes formed in it may be
mounted on one side (see Fig. 8) while the bearing 3 having a hinged part p
mounted thereon may be used on the other side of said wheel d, this part p is
hinged so that ou its holding or retaining bolts being removed, it is at liberty
to be turned on its pivot p¹ to allow the detachment of the axle d' as described.
The bearings ff are preferably mounted on the framework pieces in such
a manner as to allow these pieces to extend beyond the periphery of the
wheel d when in the position shown by Figs. 1 and 3 so that their outer ends 6²
may hold the wheelbarrow when same is tilted into the position shown by
Fig. 3.
The wheelbarrow being left in this position when not in use and yet
exposed to the weather, so that any rain falling thereon may be quickly
drained away.
In order to enable the load of the wheelbarrow to be kept within the base
of the wheel and so render it less liable to sway laterally, I employ two wheels d
on one axle as shown by Fig. 8.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to bè performed, I declare that what
I claim is;.
1. The combination with a wheelbarrow of bearings formed so that the wheel
of same may be adjusted in several positions substantially as specified.
2. The combination in a wheelbarrow of detachable bearings having several

page_text: openings or holes for the reception of the wheel's axle, and said wheel substantially
as herein set forth and described.
3. In a wheelbarrow the combination of bearings for the wheel formed so that
the position of said wheel relatively with the handles and body part of the wheel-
barrow may be altered, said wheel and its axle, and the body part and framework
of said wheelbarrow substantially as specified.
Dated this 19th day of November 1894.
HENRY HOULDSWORTH, JE,
Per Samuel Hey.
Agent.