IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO RAILWAY GOODS TRUCKS OR WAGONS
Year: 1885

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by William Richardson Tarver, of No. 103, Knott
Street, Iron Founder, and Augustus Bryan, of No. 23, Station Street,
Labourer, both in Port Melbourne, Colony of Victoria.]
Wagons.
"
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO RAILWAY GOODS
TRUCKS OR WAGONS" to be as follows:
:
This invention relates to railway goods trucks or wagons, and comprises
improvements first and mainly in a swivelling ridge, and second in the contrivances
for locking it in position.
The swivelling ridge is for the purpose of enabling a truck to be readily adapted
to receive a tarpaulin, which, when fastened down, will assume the form of a tent,
but which ridge, when not wanted, can be swung down out of position and rest on
the edge of the truck, where it is out of the way until wanted.
This ridge is supported by an arm or standard at either end, which swivels on a
stud on the outer side of the end of the truck and continues beyond such stud, and
terminates in an outwardly projecting lug through which a hole is made. To this
lower end is attached a bolt which passes through said hole in said lug and also
through a corresponding hole in another lug or bracket projecting from the end of
the truck, so as to lock the standard in a vertical position to the truck. To allow
of the unlocking of this connection and yet prevent the loss of the bolt, a slot is
made in said bolt and a pin is inserted through said slot and into the standard.
Dated this 9th day of June 1885.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.

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Wagons.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:-
My improvements in railway goods trucks relate first and mainly to an oscillating
or swivelling ridge and second to the contrivances for locking its arms in their
vertical position.
The oscillating or swivelling ridge is for the purpose of enabling a truck to be
readily made fit to receive a tarpaulin which when fastened down would assume
the form of a tent but which ridge when not wanted could be swung down out of
position and rest on the edge of the truck where it would be out of the way until
wanted.
This ridge is supported by an arm or standard at either end which is centred and
-oscillates on a stud on the outer side of the end of the truck and continues beyond
such stud and terminates in an outwardly projecting lug through which I make a
hole. To this lower end I also attach a bolt which passes through said hole in said
lug and also through a corresponding hole in another lug or bracket projecting from
the end of the truck so as to lock the standard in a vertical position to the track.
To allow of the unlocking of this connection and yet prevent the loss of the bolt,
I make a slot in said bolt and insert a pin through said slot and into the
standard.
Referring to the drawings,
Figure 1 is a longitudinal view of a goods truck shewing the body in section
with the improved oscillating or swivelling ridge attached to it and locked in its
vertical position.
Figure 2 is an end view of the same, shewing in dotted lines the ridge-bar lying
down on the edge of the truck,
In these figures, A is the body of the truck and A¹ its ends. B the ridge-bar
formed on or secured to the arms B' which are centred on the pins B2, supported
in the castings B³, which are secured to the ends of the truck, A', by the
bolts B. B³ B' are the lower tails of the arms B¹ and these tails have lugs B at
their ends to correspond with the lugs of the brackets B7 which are also bolted to
the ends of the truck. These lugs have holes through them to receive the draw-
bolts BB which are of the form shewn and have a slot Bº in them to receive the
pin B10 which allows it to move up and down and at the same time prevents its
being removed altogether. A'A' are the vertical props for supporting the ends of
the truck and A³ the steadying pieces for preventing lateral play of the ridge-bar.
C, shewn in dotted lines (Figure 2), is the tarpaulin stretched over the ridge-bar B
to form a covering for the truck.
I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to any particular
contrivance for fastening or locking the arms or standards, so long as the oscillating
or swivelling ridge is retained.

page_text: 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 :-
1. Constructing said trucks with an oscillating or swivelling ridge and without
reference to the contrivances for locking its arms in their vertical position.
2. My peculiar contrivances for locking the arms or standards of such oscillating
or swivelling ridge in their vertical position and consisting of the combination of
parts marked B to B10 with the arms B¹ and ridge-bar B, substantially as herein
described and explained and as illustrated in the drawinga
Dated this krantus second date of Jonuarv One thousand eight hundred and