Improvements in and in connection with Wheeled Vehicles for Carrying and Discharging Coals, Sand, Gravel, Grain, and like Materials in Bulk.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Loft 1ot Jan 1890 Accented 1st Feb. 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Wheeled Vehicles for
Carrying and Discharging Coals, Sand, Gravel, Grain, and like
Materials in Bulk.
I JAMES BROWN, of 11, Scacome Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to vehicles, such as carts, for carrying coals, sand, gravel,
grain, and like materials in bulk and has for its object to provide a means for
discharging the contents of the cart.
According to this invention the inside of the cart is so formed by inclining the
sides and ends thereof that the inclination of the material in the cart will be towards
the centre and side or sides thereof so as to enable the discharge to be at either or
both sides of the cart and between the front and back wheels, and at the same time
the material will be evenly balanced in the cart. Underneath the cart there is provided
a lever with a head or knocker at ono end, which is used to knock or jar the bottom
of the cart to induce the materials to discharge. One, or both sides of the cart is at
the bottom provided with a door through which the materials are discharged, and
with a shoot preferably detachable for conveying the coal or other material over
side walks in discharging. By constructing coal and like carts with a side discharge
I am enabled to discharge the cart without turning the cart at right angles to the
side walks and thus blocking the roadway.
By the use of a cart provided with the improvements according to this invention,
bulk materials, for example coals, can be discharged without having to keck the cart
and they can be discharged directly into the coal hole or shoot in the footwalk or
street, without obstructing either such footwalk, or the street.
Dated this 30th day of March 1889.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Wheeled Vehicles for
Carrying and Discharging Coals, Sand, Gravel, Grain, and like
Materials in Bulk.
I, JAMES BROWN, of 11, Seacome Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention to be as follows and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This Invention relates to vehicles, such as carts, for carrying coals, sand, gravel,
grain, and like materials in bulk, and has for its object to provide a means for
discharging the contents of the cart.
According to this Invention the inside of the cart is so formed, by inclining the
sides and ends thereof, that the inclination of the material in the cart will be towards
the centre and side or sides thereof, so as to enable the discharge to be at either or
both sides of the cart, and between the front and back wheels, and at the same time
the material will be evenly balanced in the cart. Underneath the cart there is
provided a lever with a head or knocker at one end, which is used to knock
or jar the bottom of the cart to induce the materials to discharge. One, or both
sides of the cart is, at the bottom, provided with a door through which the inaterials,
are discharged, and with a shoot-preferably detachable for conveying the coal or
other material over side walks in discharging. By constructing coal and like carts.
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page_text: Figure 1' is a side elevation of a cart provided with the improvement according to
my invention.
.
Figure 2 is an end view of the cart shown at Figure 1, showing the discharging:
shoot in position.
.. With reference to the Drawings a designates the body of the cart; b (in dotted
lines) the inclined ends thereof; c is the door at the bottom of the cart through which
the contents of the cart are discharged; d are guard plates at the side of door; e is
the detachable shoot for conveying the coal, or other contents of the cart, over side
walks is a lever for opening and closing the discharge door c of the cart, the said
lever being mounted on the shaft g which is carried by the bracket gland the guard
plates d. Between the guard plates d and carried by the shaft g there are two levers.h
the ends of which are provided with rollers which bear under the door c.
i is a
winch fixed on the back of the cart, for operating the lever f, shaft g, levers h, and
thereby the door c. The winch operates the lever by means of the chain k. e is
the movable shoot which is provided with hooks m which take onto a cross bar n
between the guard plates d, and support the shoot e. p is a guard placed round the
coal hole mouth in the footwalk. is a lever mallet which is placed under the cart
and used to knock or jar the bottom of the cart so as to induce the materials to
discharge freely.
To discharge the cart, the shoot e is fixed on to the cross har n, and by means of
the winch, the door c is allowed to open, the contents then, dischargo down the
inclined door cand:shoot, e.. Should the contents of the cart not discharge-freely; the
lever mallet s is used to strike the bottom of the cart and induce the discharge.
I have herein described a cart constructed to discharge its contents at one side only,
but I would have it understood that the cart may be fitted with a door on each
side, and also that the shoot e can be arranged to stand out at. right angles from
the cart as shown, or it can be arranged to lie, alongside of and parallel with the
cart.
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
1. A wheeled vehicle of the type herein referred to, for carrying and discharging
coals, sand, gravel, grain and like materials in bulk, constructed and operating sub-
stantially-as described; that 'is to say, a wheeled vehicle or cart comprising a body
having inclined interior surfaces, a discharging door or doors, and a means of
operating said door or doors.
2. The improvements substantially as herein described connected with wheeled
vehicles, consisting in providing the body of the vehicle with a door or doors and a
shoot so arranged that the contents of the vehicle may be discharged at the side or
sides clear of the track of the vehicle; for the purposes set forthi

page_text: 3. The employment in connection with a wheeled vehicle of the kind herein before
referred to, of a mallet or knocker adapted to cause the body of said vehicle to vibrate,
whereby the discharge of the contents of the vehicle is assisted.
4. The combination and construction of parts substantially as set forth with
reference to the drawings, consisting of the wheeled vehicle a, having inclined sides b,
discharge door c, operating gear f, g, h, i, shoot e and guard p operating as and for
the purposes specified.
Dated this 31st day of December 1889.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.