A NEW OR IMPROVED WAGON OR LURRY TO HEAVY WEIGHTS. BE EMPLOYED FOR RAISING CARRYING AND DEPOSITING
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Hollingworth of Dobcross in the County of
York Machine Maker for an Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED WAGON
OR LURRY TO
HEAVY WEIGHTS.
BE EMPLOYED
FOR RAISING CARRYING AND DEPOSITING
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Hollingworth at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd August 1882.
EDWARD HOLLINGWORTH of Dobcross in the County of York, Machine Maker
A NEW OR IMPROVED WAGON OR LURRY TO BE EMPLOYED FOR RAISING, CARRYING,
AND DEPOSITING HEAVY WEIGHTS
37
This Invention relates to a wagon or lurry of new or improved construction
specially applicable for the purpose of removing weights such as machine tools,
castings, shafting stones and other materials, instead of employing travelling cranes
or excessive manual labor as hitherto.
My improved wagon consists of a platform carrying a turntable, the said.
platform being mounted upon wheels, the front wheel being mounted on a
swivelling disc. The platform is supported above the wheels by means of lugs
cast on the underside thereof which are connected by through pins to links placed
on the main shaft and on the swivel mechanisin of the front wheel. Around the
swivelling link which carries the front wheel is a stationary annular ring or rim
which supports one end of two arms; the other end of such arms supporting a cross
shaft carrying the back wheels by which means the turntable is capable of
revolving without disturbing position of back wheels.
The table is supported upon three short-jointed arms or links capable of being
set at an angle by raising a lever or handle in connection with the front link in
which case the table is lowered.
If the wagon be placed under a casting or other body when thus lowered and
the lever handle depressed, the jointed arms or links are straightened and the table
raised thereby.
The casting can then be drawn to the required position and supported either by
blocks of wood or other means when the handle of the wagon is again raised and
the table lowered leaving the casting stationary and the wagon at liberty to be
taken else where.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Edward Hollingworth in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd February 1883.
EDWARD HOLLINGWORTH of Dobcross in the County of York Machine Maker,
"A NEW OR IMPROVED WAGGON OR LURRY FOR RAISING, CARRYING, AND DEPOSITING
HEAVY WEIGHTS.
"
This Invention relates to a waggon or lurry of new or improved construction
specially applicable for the purpose of removing weights such as machine tools,
castings, shafting, stones, and other materials instead of employing travelling
cranes or excessive manual labour as hitherto.
In order that my Invention may be better understood I herein give reference to
tho accompanying Sheets of Drawings wherein Fig 1 is elevation and Fig. 2 plan
view of a machine or lifting and travelling carriage constructed and arranged
according to my Invention.
The machine or apparatus is borne upon and carried by three pulleys or
wheels A. B. C, the former is the guiding pulley supported by a pin D passing
through lugs or bearers E projecting from the grooved swivelling disc F; the
pulleys B. C, are supported by and revolve upon the shaft G which is connected
to the outer rim of the swivelling disc by two arms H. The swivelling disc F
has an annular ring or groove I formed in it, around which is placed the ring J,
kept in position by set screws, or screw bolts K at each side thereof, the same
set screw's also support one end of the cranked arms H. It will be seen by this
arrangement that the shaft G is kept parallel and square with the centre of the
annular ring J, and this is maintained in whatever direction the waggon is moving
the front wheel A and disc F acting independently of each other. The swivelling
disc F is also provided on its upper surface with other lugs L into which fits the
lug M formed on the underside of the circular plate N and secured together by
pin O. The casting L has a semicircular arm P projecting from its side with a
socket formed in the centre thereof for receiving one end of the lever R. Upon
the shaft G are two links or levers S connected by pin a to the platform or
table T and capable of being set at an angle by tilting or canting the arm P
so as to lower the height of the table. On a close examination of the drawing
it will be observed that when the table is at its highest point and the links S
in a vertical position, that the centre of the pin a is not exactly over the
centre of the shaft G but is placed a little towards the left hand, this I find
necessary, as when a great weight is on the table and lifted off the ground for
removal there is no oscillation of the vertical link, nor any tendency for it to go
back to an inclined position as would be the case if the centres were over one
another; the bottom of the lug bis also made square or angular on one side, for
resting on a flat part of the link c which also keeps the table firm and prevents
it canting or tilting.
The circular plate or turntable is placed underneath an article to be lifted and
removed, and when lifted, the turntable with the weight thereon will remain
stationary, whilst the waggon can be moved sideways in any direction. The table
is made with an opening for receiving a peg or stud formed on the underside
of the circular plate or turntable U.
The various parts comprised in this waggon are shewn in detail on Sheet 3.
The special advantages of any Invention consists in being able to lower the upper
surface of the table in order to get it underneath a heavy body requiring to be
moved, and then in being able to raise the table back again with the said heavy
body thercon so that they can be moved from place to place.

page_text: To give an illustration of how this apparatus may be put into practical
operation, I will assume that Looms after being erected in a Mechanic's Shop
have to be removed for loadening; or that Looms require to be re-arranged in
a Weaving shed; for this purpose the lever R would be raised in the direction
of the arrow W, the effect of this movement is to throw the platform T, and
links S forward (as shewn in detail Sheet 2. Fig 3) causing them to lower an
inch or more according to length of links. A waggon would then be pushed
under the Loom frame, one at each end thereof, and when set in proper position,
the lever R would be lowered in the direction of the arrow X bringing the
links back again to a vertical position, thereby raising the table with the Loom
thereon from the floor, and in whatever direction on the floor line the loom had to
be removed, it can easily be done as the wheels and turntable act with great
freedom.
Although I have shewn with what advantage this form of Carriage can bo
employed in lifting and removing Looms, it will be understood that it can be used
with equal advantage for lifting and removing other description of machinery or
goods if the table can be placed underneath some of the parts.
In order to accommodate the height of the Carriage to articles or parts of
machinery that are higher than the platform table the loose circular plate U may
be removed and a thicker one substituted or blocks may be placed thereon.
Having now shewn and described my Invention, and the manner in which the
same is to be performed, and carried into practice I would have it understood that
I do not confine myself to the exact details herein shewn and described, as they
may be varied, and although I have only shown one link S, at each side of the
Waggon they may be doubled, or compounded so as to get more height and larger
wheels, but what I consider to be new and therefore claim is,
Firstly. The use and employment of the swivelling disc F and parts in
connection therewith for supporting the front wheel A all arranged and combined
so that they will act independently of each other substantially as herein shown
and described.
Secondly. The use and employment of the links S for lowering and raising the
supporting table substantially as described.
Thirdly. The combination and arrangement of parts substantially as are herein.
shewn and described whereby the operation of the lever R controls the raising and
lowering of the carriage.
In witness whereof I the said Edward Hollingworth have hereunto set my
hand, and seal this Thirty first day of January, in the year of our Lord, oue
thousand eight hundred and eighty three.