Improvements in and in connection with Railway Rolling Stock.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 1st Oct., 1898-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Railway Rolling Stock.
I, JOHN DUNLOP, of 14, Catherine Terrace, The Hove, Brighton, in the County of
Sussex, Colliery Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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My invention relates to improvements in and in connection with railway trucks
and carriages, and has for its objects to strengthen the structural formation of
such vehicles, and prolong the life of same by providing greater protection from
weather, and to afford greater facilities for cleaning and keeping clean such
vehicles, and to utilize the means employed to attain these ends, as a means for
advertizing.
My invention applies more particularly to open and closed trucks as used for the
conveyance of luggage and merchandise, and consists in screwing or otherwise
fixing upon the outside of such vehicles, during their construction or subsequently,
plates of embossed or plane enamelled iron, which may be arranged to occupy
the whole of the spaces between the usual metallic cross stays or supports of the
sides and ends of the vehicles, and may be retained or partly retained in position
by the means of such stays or supports, and such enamelled plates may bear any
desired reading or other matter of the nature of an advertisement or otherwise,
and when such plates are employed during the manufacture or building of such
vehicles, I am enabled to employ in the construction of the body of the vehicle
timbers of lesser thickness and strength than at present used, for the reason,
that the said iron plates would materially add to the strength of the vehicle, and
being enamelled may be more easily and quickly cleaned and kept clean than
obtains with painted wood work, while affecting a great saving in the use of.
paint.
When such plates are used for casing or covering the outside of passenger
carriages, I may arrange that the said plates are embossed or raised in such parts as
may represent the fancy beadings, mouldings, panels and the like at present provided
upon such vehicles, and bear such letters, numerals, device or devices as at present
used to indicate class, name of the company and the like.
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GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in and in connection with Railway Rolling Stock.
I, JOHN DUNLOP, of 14, Catherine Terrace, The Hove, Brighton, in the County of
Sussex, Colliery Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement: ―
My invention relates to improvements in, and in connection with, railway trucks
and carriages, and has for its objects to strengthen the structural formation of
such vehicles, and prolong the life of same by providing greater protection from
weather, and to afford greater facilities for cleaning and keeping clean such
vehicles, and to utilize the means employed to attain these ends, as a means for
advertizing.
My invention applies more particularly to open and closed trucks as used for the
conveyance of luggage and merchandise, and consists in screwing or otherwise
fixing upon the outside of such vehicles, during their construction or subsequently,
plates of embossed or plane enamelled iron, which may be arranged to occupy
the whole of the spaces between the usual metallic cross stays or supports of the
sides and ends of the vehicles, and may be retained or partly retained in position
by the means of such stays or supports, and such enamelled plates may bear any
desired reading or other matter of the nature of an advertisement, or otherwise,
and when such plates are employed during the manufacture or building of such
vehicles, I am enabled to employ in the construction of the body of the vehicle,
timbers of lesser thickness and strength than at present used, for the reason,
that the said iron plates would materially add to the strength of the vehicle, and
being enamelled may be more easily and quickly cleaned, and kept clean than
obtains with painted wood work, while effecting a great saving in the use of
paint.
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In order that my invention and the manner of its use may be fully understood,
reference is hereinafter made to the accompanying drawings, in which I have
chosen to illustrate my invention as applied to railway trucks.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an ordinary railway truck as at present constructed
and used, while Fig. 2 is a like elevation of same with my improvements partly
applied thereto.
The railway trucks and vans of ordinary construction consist of a frame, the
lower and horizontal portion of which A has suitable uprights, to which are con-
nected boards or planks B, to form the sides and ends, the said boards being
strengthened by upright metallic stays or ties C and D, and in some cases diagonal
stays or ties E, and (according to the uses for which said truck is intended) the
sides or ends or both, of the said truck, are sometimes furnished with doors or
flaps F. provided with separate ties or stays G, which also form the hinges for
connecting F to A.
My invention consists in placing upon the outside of the sides and ends of
such trucks, plates of enamelled iron, which when no door or flap such as F is
provided, may be of such size, that one of the said plates may cover the whole of
either side of the vehicle, while similar plates may cover the whole of the ends,
and I may arrange that the said plates may be connected to the body of the vehicle
by the ties or stays C and D, (the ties E being unnecessary when the said plates
are used) in which case such a plate as H, (Fig. 2) may have bolt holes a formed
therein to correspond with the bolts holes in the removed stays or ties C and D,
so that when these are returned to their original position, the bolts used, may pass
through the holes in the stays and the plate H, and this arrangement would be,
preferably, that pursued by me when building new trucks, in which I am enabled to
employ timber of lesser thickness for the planks B, than at present used, the
stability of the truck being adequately insured by the use of the plates H. Or I
may by the mere removal of the ties or stays E (when used) provide such an
enamelled plate as H¹, the size of which may be such as to fit between the stays or
ties C and D (Fig. 2) the same being held in position by bolts, or bolts and nuts b.
In Fig. 2 I have shewn the door or flap F not so covered by an enamelled plate H
or H¹, my object for this being to more clearly shew the application of the plates H.
and H in the position shewn, but I wish it understood that it is my intention to
cover such flaps or doors (where provided) and the ends of the trucks, and any and

page_text: every part of the exterior of the vehicle, with enamelled plates, fixed thereto either
as H or H¹, or by any other means most convenient according to the design of the
vehicles.
The said plates wherever applied may contain any desired reading or other
advertisement, as suggested at Fig. 2, which, in the case of existing trucks, may, if
desired, be exactly the same as that which was upon the vehicle before such plates
were applied, as shewn by comparison of Fig. 2 with Fig. 1.
In like manner I may cover the whole or any part or parts of the outside of
passenger-carriages, either fixed upon the present panelling, or in lieu thereof, in
which case I may arrange that the said plates may be embossed or raised in such
parts as may constitute the equivalent of, or represent the fancy beading, moulding,
panels and the like ornamentation as at present provided upon such vehicles, and
bear such letters, numerals, device or devices, as may be desired to indicate class,
name of company, and the like, in such manner as to compare favorably with
such parts, devices, or reading as at present used.
By the application of my invention in the manner stated the outside of such
vehicles will remain clean much longer than when of painted wood, would be less
acted upon by atmospheric influence, and when dirty, may be cleaned by the mere
use of a sponge or mop and water, and the use of paint for external, decorative
purposes can be dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
my said
I claim is:-
(1) The decorating, strengthening, preserving and easy cleaning of railway
rolling stock, and for advertising purposes, by the application thereto of enamelled
iron plates, substantially as herein described and shewn.
(2) The application of enamelled iron plates to the whole, or any desired portion,
of the outside of railway vehicles, and the fixation of same by bolts such as b
as at H', or by the mere fixing of the stays or ties C or D, or both, as at H Fig. 2,
substantially for the purposes set forth and as shewn by the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 1st day of October 1808
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
No. 1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.