An Improved Axle Bracket for Hand Wheel Barrows, Sack Trucks, Trolleys, Sheep Racks, Cattle Troughs, and for other like purposes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 27th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 2nd Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Axle Bracket for Hand Wheel Barrows, Sack Trucks,
Trolleys, Sheep Racks, Cattle Troughs, and for other like
purposes.
We, HENRY SMITH, of The Brierley Hill Iron Works, Brierley Hill, Stafford-
shire, Fencing Manufacturer, and JABEZ EVANS of Tividale Galvanizing Works,
Tipton, Staffordshire, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention consists in the herein described improved bracket for supporting
the axles of hand wheel barrows, sack trucks, trolleys, sheep racks, cattle feeding
troughs, and for other axles which have outside wheels and which do not require
long or well fitting bearings.
We will describe our invention as applied to one of the axles of a cattle feeding
trough.
One form of our invention consists of a bar of iron or steel (preferably of a flat
section) which extends across and is fixed to the bottom of the cattle trough outside
and is hent down near each end and then upwardly so as to form two downwardly
projecting loops one loop near cach end of the bar. The upwardly projecting ends
of the bracket are bolted or otherwise fixed to the sides of the cattle trough.
The axle, which may be a plain bar without collars, passes through holes in and
crosses the two projecting loops which thus form the bearings for the axle. Or
instead of making the bracket in one piece as above described it may be made as
two half brackets.
In a modification of our invention the said two loops of the bracket are dispensed
with and the bracket is not fixed to the underside of the cattle trough but is a
short distance below the same, the axle being situated between the bracket and
the bottom of the cattle trough and passing through the said upwardly projecting
ends of the bracket.
Dated this 30th day of May 1891
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Axle Bracket for Hand Wheel Barrows, Sack Trucks,
Trolleys, Sheep Racks, Cattle Troughs, and for other like
purposes.
We, HENRY SMITH, of The Brierley Hill Iron Works, Brierley Hill, Stafford-
shire, Fencing Manufacturer, and JABEZ EVANS, of Tividale Galvanizing Works,
Tipton, Staffordshire, Manager, 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:-
This invention consists in the herein-described improved bracket for supporting
the axles of hand wheel barrows, sack trucks, trolleys, sheep racks, cattle feeding
troughs, and for other axles which have outside wheels and which do not require
long or well fitting bearings.
As an example we will describe our invention as applied to one of the axles of a
sheep feeding trough and we will refer to the accompanying drawing on which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation Fig. 2 an end elevation and Fig. 3 a plan of a sheep

page_text: feeding trough on wheels and furnished with two axle brackets made according to
this invention ;
Fig. 4 shews one of the axle brackets and axles of the same on an enlarged
scale;
Fig. 5 represents a modified form of the said axle bracket and
Fig. 6 shews a further modification.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawing.
One form of our invention (see Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4) consists of a bar A of iron
or steel (preferably of a flat section) which extends across and is fixed to the
bottom of the sheep trough outside and is bent down near each end at c
and then upwardly at d d so as to form two downwardly projecting loops c¹²
one loop near each end of the bar. The upwardly projecting ends d' d² of the
bracket A are bolted or otherwise fixed to the sides of the trough b. The
axle E which may be a plain round bar without collars, passes through holes e¹ e²eet
in and crosses the two projecting loops c c which thus form the bearings for the
axle E.
Or, as shewn by Fig. 5 instead of making the bracket A in one piece as above
described and shewn in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 it may be made as two half brackets
(marked respectively A' and A²).
In the modification of our invention shewn by Fig. 6 the said two loops el c² of the
bracket are dispensed with and the bracket A is not fixed to the underside of the
trough but is a short distance below the same, the axle E being situated between
the lower part of the bracket A and the bottom of the trough and passing
through the holes e e² in the said upwardly projecting ends d' d² of the bracket.
When the said brackets are used for supporting the axles of hand wheel
barrows, sack trucks, trolleys, sheep racks, cattle troughs, and for other like
purposes the said brackets are made substantially of the shapes shewn on the
drawing except that the upwardly projecting parts d' are made more or less
curved or straight or inclined to suit the shape of the hand wheel barrows, sack
trucks, trolleys, sheep racks, cattle troughs or other like articles to which the said
brackets are fixed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The improved axle bracket for hand wheel barrows, sack trucks, trolleys,
sheep racks, cattle troughs and for other like purposes, herein before described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawing, that is to say, a bracket for the purposes
described consisting of a bar of metal (Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4) or a divided bar of
metal (Fig. 5) bent so as to form downwardly projecting loops such as cc (for the
axle to pass through) and upwardly projecting end parts such as d' d² (for fixing the
bracket) substantially as herein before set forth.
2. In combination with the axles of hand wheel barrows, sack trucks, trolleys,
sheep racks, cattle troughs or other like axles, the use of the improved axle supporting
brackets substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this 25th day of February. 1892.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.