IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OF APPARATUS TO BE ATTACHED OR CONNECTED TO VEHICLES FOR WEIGHING THE CONTENTS THEREOF
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Carr, of Bradford, in the County of York, for an
Invention of "IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OF APPARATUS TO BE ATTACHED
OR CONNECTED TO VEHICLES FOR WEIGHING THE CONTENTS THEREOF."
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Carr at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th April 1880.
IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT
JAMES CARR, of Bradford, in the County of York.
OF APPARATUS TO BE ATTACHED OR CONNECTED TO VEHICLES FOR WEIGHING THE
CONTENTS THEREOF."
The object of this Invention is to weigh a vehicle and its contents without
placing the vehicle outo a platform machine, or onto one that is placed within the
ground, as at present; and this I accomplish by attaching a weighing apparatus
underneath the vehicle, so placed and arranged that when the contents require to
be weighed the apparatus is moved in position, and when the apparatus is not in
use it is disconnected, and is no impediment to the tilting or general use thereof.
The improvements consist in fixing to the shafts or other convenient place under
a vehicle suitable bearings for supporting the weighing machine, which is contained
in ouo continuous frame. On the top or other suitable part of this frame are
connected friction rollers which bear or rest upon the bearings connected to the
shafts, so that the weighing machine can be easily put in and out of position, which
may be done by rack and pinion or other mechanical appliance. When it is
required to weigh the vehicle, the weighing machine is pushed underneath, and
as there are inclines on the frame of the machine acting under friction rollers,
the top part of the vehicle is raised clear of the shafts, leaving the weight
thereof upon the machine, and when the weight is taken off the machine is
withdrawn.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said James Carr in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th October
1880.
JAMES CARR, of Bradford, in the County of York. "IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT
OF APPARATUS TO BE ATTACHED OR CONNECTED TO VEHICLES FOr Weighing the
CONTENTS THIEREOF."
The object of this Invention is to weigh a vehicle and its contents without
placing the vehicle onto a platform machine, or onto one that is placed within the
ground, as at present; and this I accomplish by attaching a weighing apparatus
underneath the vehicle; so placed-and-arranged that when the contents require
to be weighed the apparatus is moved in position, and when the apparatus is not
in use it is disconnected, and is no impediment to the tilting or general use
thereof.
In order that the Invention may be better understood I have given reference
to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof. Fig. 1 is sectional
elevation of a cart or other vehicle with a weighing apparatus applied, and Fig. 2
is an end view of same; Fig. 3 is plan view of the weighing apparatus when in
position for weighing; and Fig. 4 is another plan of weighing apparatus shewing
its position when at rest and ready for the vehicle travelling.
The same letters refer to the same parts in the various Figs. A is the body
of the cart attached to the tilting frame B, and resting upon the shafts C in the
usual manner. By preference-the-construction of the weighing apparatus is that
known as a
"lever weighing machine," and it is built up within and connected to
the angle iron frame D, which is capable of moving backward and forward upon
pulleys E on the angle iron rail Fattached to the cart shafts C.
When it is desired to weigh the contents of a cart the lever G is moved upward
in the direction of the.arrow, operating the levers H in such a manner as to move
the weighing apparatus backward, at the same time the incline I come underneath
the friction pullies J, by which means the upper part of the cart is lifted clear of
the shafts, as shown in detail Fig. 5, bringing the whole weight of the upper part
of the cart and its contents upon the weighing machino, when the weight thereof
can be at once ascertained by weights placed upon pendant K, and by the indicated
lever M in the ordinary manner. By this arrangement of apparatus the contents
of a vehicle can at any time be weighed without the use of a platform weighing
machine, and a portion of goods may from time to time be removed from the cart
and the quantity thereof easily ascertained by weighing the cart, and this may
be done without at all interfering with the ordinary use of the vehicle, and in somo
districts this convenience will be found a very great advantage.
Having now described the nature and particulars of this my said Invention, and
shewn how the same may be carried into practice, I would have it understood that
I do not limit myself to the details herein shewn and described, as some of them
can be varied without departing from the main features thereof; but what I
consider new and therefore claim is, tho use and employment of a weighing
apparatus in combination with a vehicle, whereby the contents thereof may be
weighed, in manner substantially as herein shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Carr, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand
icht L..
JAMES CARR. (LS.)