An Improved Partition or Bulkhead for Separating Material in Warehouses, Ships, or other Situations.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left. 1st Apr. 1897-Accepted. 12th June, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Partition or Bulkhead for Separating Material in
Warehouses, Ships, or other Situations.
MARJORY HUNTER, wife of David Hunter, Merchant 11 Goldenacre Terrace,
Edinburgh do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I use horizontal sleepers of suitable length, which are placed on the floor of the
space to be occupied by the material. On the outer ent of each sleeper is fixed a
chock against which is placed a vertical standard, the top of which is connected
with the inside end of the corresponding sleeper by a tie bar. The boarding of
suitable length, breadth and thickness is placed against the standards. The weight
of the material dealt with proviles fixity of base for the structure.
No nails or
screws are used in erection of bulkhead. Suitable chocks or shoes are adapted to
the corners where necessary.
Dated this Oth dow of Fahru 1907
JOHNSONS,
115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.
An Improved Partition or Bulkhead for Separating Material in
Warehouses, Ships, or other Situations.
I, MARJORY HUNTER, wife of David Hunter, Merchant, 11, Goldenacre
Terrace, Edinburgh, 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 relates to an improved bulkhead for separating material in
warehouses, ships or other situations and bas for its object to provide a simple
and efficient bulkhead which can be readily erected and held firmly in position,
during use and which when not required can be readily taken down and stored into
a small compass.
But in order that my invention may be more readily understood and easily
carried into effect I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is an end view and
Fig. 2 a plan shewing a single bulkhead.
Fig. 3 is an end view and
Fig. 4 a plan of a double bulkhead constructed in accordance with my
invention.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the said drawings I employ horizontal sleepers A
which are placed at suitable intervals on the floor of the space to be occupied by
the material being dealt with. On the outer end of each of the sleepers A is a

page_text: chock a of hardwood which may be secured to the sleepers by screws or other
suitable means, and against these chocks a are placed vertical standards B, the top
ends of which are connected to the inside ends of the corresponding sleepers by tie
bars b which are preferably made of steel and are provided with hooked or bent
ends adapted to fit over the ends of the upright standards and the sleepers.
The ties a are also preferably formed with a twist as shewn so as to increase their
strength. The boarding C of suitable length, breadth and thickness is placed
against the standards B and is retained in position by the pressure of the material
being dealt with, the weight of which material also provides fixity of base for the
structure.
By the use of the foregoing tie bars B it will be seen that no nails or screws are
used in the erection of the bulkhead so that it can be erected and taken down with
ease; and the boarding is not deteriorated.
Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings illustrate a double bulkhead which is constructed
in a similar manner to that first described with the exception that the sleepers A
are made twice the length and are provided with two upright standards B, the
boarding C being placed between same.
I may also arrange the sleepers and provide chocks where necessary to enable
two bulkheads to be placed at right angles to each other or I may arrange them so
that a square may be formed.
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My said bulkhead is applicable to grain "silos or the silo system of storage.
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. The improved bulkhead for separating material in warehouses, ships or other
places, substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying
drawings.
2. The tie bars b, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described
and shewn in the accompanying drowings.
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ay of March 1897.
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.