Improvements in the Construction of Vehicles for the Conveyance of Carcases and other Dead Meat.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 14th Aug., 1890-Accepted, 20th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Vehicles for the Conveyance
of Carcases and other Dead Meat.
1, WILLIAM CRASTER MOWBRAY of 87 Evelyn Street Deptford London, S.E. Coach
and Van Builder, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to manufacture improved vehicles for the conveyance
of carcases and other dead meat.
My invention may consist of any ordinary wheeled vehicle, but I prefer to fit vans
having four wheels, such vans being suitable for horse or other draught or ordinary
roads and also for conveyance by railway upon ordinary railway trucks.
I erect upon the floor, and on each side thereof, or centrally, or otherwise a suitable
number of vertical metallic standards preferably formed of tube.
To the upper ends of these tubes, I fit horizontal tubes or rods, by means of T
and joints and unions, uniting the same so as to form a rectangular or other suitable
framing.
Intermediate framing may, in some cases, be fitted, if required.
The horizontal bars or tubes are fitted with rollers, to which hooks are attached for
suspending carcases of beef, or other dead meat. The loading is effected from the back
of the vehicle, and the hooks, with the carcases attached thereto, are successively
pushed forwards towards the front of the van, until the same is loaded. The carcases
are suspended in such a manner that the air has free access to the same, and the meat
is kept cool and fresh, and preserved from the damage and deterioration arising from
the ordinary method of packing, for conveyance to market, and otherwise, as required.
Immediately the meat is killed it may be placed in the van, and the cooling of the
meat, which is usually effected in the slaughter house, takes place while travelling to
its destination, thereby saving the time usually lost in the slaughter-house.
The following advantages are obtained by the use of vans fitted in accordance with
my invention.
1. The meat is conveyed to market in a bright state.
2. Packing is rendered unnecessary.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Vehicles for the Conveyance
of Carcases and other Dead Meat.
I, WILLIAM CRASTER MOWBRAY, of 87 Evelyn Street, Deptford, London, S.E.,
Coach and Van Builder, do hereby declare the nature of any said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer
tained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to manufacture improved vehicles for the conveyance
of carcases and other dead meat.
My invention may be fitted to any ordinary wheeled vehicle, but I prefer to fit vans
having four wheels; such vans being suitable for horse or other draught on ordinary
roads, and also for conveyance by railway upon ordinary railway trucks.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
D

page_text: reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicato corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a four wheeled van fitted with my improvements.
Fig. 2 is a back view of the same.
Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are detail views of appliances, used in raising and securing the
meat in the van.
a is the floor of the van. bbare pillars fitted to the vehicle, preferably formed of
boiler tube. C c¹ are cross steadying tubes formed of the same material. These tubos
are lined with wood on the sides next to the carcases for securing cleanliness. To the
upper ends of the tubes bb, I fit longitudinal bars of channel iron, as shown at d d
in Fig. 2. Above these bars 1 fit other longitudinal bars of L iron, as shown at ee
These hars may be secured to the pillars bbby plates for by any other suitable
h are two pulloy wheels. 7 may be fitted with a handle g' and also with a
spring which keeps the driving rope i in tension. The wheel drives an axle k,
having two barrels m m keyed to the axle, for raising the meat to the roller bars an
These roller bars consist of iron tubos, fitted with rollers 'n' at their ends, which
run in the channels of the bars dd, the rollers being prevented from leaving tho
channels by the bars e e, above the rollers. As many roller bars are used as there are
carcases to be carried.
means.
6
Chain wheels and an endless pitch chain may be substituted for the grooved wheels gh
and rope i, and the handle may be dispensed with.
A chain is wound upon each of the barrels mm for raising the meat into the van.
The triple hook o shown in Fig. 5 is used for raising the carcases. The hook 1 is first
booked into the knuckle or other part of the meat. Hook 2 is then attached to the
lifting chain. The handle g' is then turned or the rope is pulled and the carcase is
thereby raised until the hook 3 is above the roller barn. The book 3 is then dropped
on to the roller bar n. The chain is then ensed down and automatically disengages
itself from hook 2, leaving the caroase sustained by the roller bar n. The bar with
its load is then pushed along towards the front of the van by means of the double
hook p shown in Figs. 3 and 4, of which Fig. 3 is an end view with the handle
attached, and Fig. 4 is a side view. The hook 4 being used to push the bars n along
the channels, and the hook 5 to pull the same. The forms of these hooks enable tho
operator to keep the roller bars square to the channels.
As the carcases are successively loaded and pushed forward, bars of wood, of suitable
lengths, are laid in the channels between the rollers, forming distance pieces, which
fix the positions of the rollers in the channels. The bars are also secured by means of
chains running from front to back, whereby the whole of the roller bars, with their
loads, are securely locked in position in the van.
The carcases are suspended in such a manner that the air has free access to the
same, and the meat is kept cool and fresh, and preserved from the damage and
deterioration arising from the ordinary method of packing for conveyance to market
and otherwise.
Immediately the meat is killed it may be placed in the van; and the cooling of the
meat, which is usually offected in the slaughterhouse, takes place while travelling to
its destination, thereby saving the time usually lost in the slaughterhouse.
The following advantages are obtained by the use of vans fitted in accordance with
my invention:-
1. The meat is conveyed to market in a bright state.
2. Packing is rendered unnecessary.
3. The meat can be loaded hot, as soon as it is killed.
4. An early market is secured.
5. The slaughterhouse is kept clear.
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

page_text: sustaining channel and L bars, substantially as and for the purposes aforesaid, and
illustrated by the drawings.
2. The improved method of raising the meat by means of wheels g h axle k and
barrels m m for carrying chains, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
by the drawings.
3. The improved method of loading the meat on to the roller bars n n² by means of
the barrels m m and hooks o and p, the rollers being secured in position by distance
pieces, and still further secured by longitudinal chains, substantially as herein before
described, and illustrated by the drawings.
4. The general construction, combination and arrangement of the several and
respective parts together forming my invention of improvements in the construction of
vehicles for the conveyance of carcases and other dead meat, substantially as herein
before decribed and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated 12th August 1890.
GEO. DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.