IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR RAISING MUD OR OTHER STREET REFUSE OR THE LIKE INTO CARTS VANS OR WAGGONS
Year: 1883

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LETTERS PATENT to Ephraim Burton of White Swan Wharf Nine Elms for
an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR RAISING MUD OR OTHER STREET REFUSE OR THE LIKE INTO
CARTS VANS OR WAGGONS
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Ephraim Burton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th March 1883.
EPHRAIM BURTON of White Swan Wharf Nine Elms. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND
RELATING TO MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR RAISING MUD OR OTHER STREET
REFUSE OR THE LIKE INTO CARTS VANS OR WAGGONS"
My invention consists in improvements in and relating to machinery or
apparatus for raising mud or other street refuse or the like into carts vans or
waggons
In carrying the said invention into practice I employ a framework or carriage
preferably mounted upon four wheels and adapted to be secured by hooks or
chains or by any other suitable means to the rear end of the cart van or waggon
to be filled-This framework or carriage is adapted to support in suitable bearings
two drums or pulleys one arranged near to the ground and the other in such a
position that it is above the level of the top of the cart van or waggon so as to
ensure the proper discharge of the contents of a series of buckets or receptacles
hereinafter referred to into the cart van or waggon. Upon the said drums or
pulleys I arrange an endless band or belt of india rubber or other suitable material
which has attached to it a series of buckets or scoops adapted to raise and discharge
the mud or other refuse into the cart van or waggon.
The lower drum or pulley around which the said endless band or belt passes is
arranged to revolve within a trough or receptacle into which the mud or other
refuse is swept preferably by hand power. To enable such mud or other refuse to
be readily swept into the said trough or receptacle I arrange in connection there-
with an inclined trough. This trough is so pivoted or connected to the said

page_text: receptacle that when it is desired to sweep up the mud or other refuse the said
trough is lowered so that its rear edge rests upon the ground.
An attendant of the cart van or waggon then sweeps such mud or other refuse
up the said trough and into the aforesaid trough or receptacle whose contents the
buckets or scoops on the endless belt or band are adapted to elevate and discharge
into the cart van or waggon. When the mud or other refuse at any particular
point or place has been removed I provide for the retention of the said trough in
an elevated position so that it is out of contact with the ground by employing
chain wheels and chains and a winch for elevating such trough or chute or by
employing other suitable means for retaining the said trough in an elevated
position when the cart van or waggon is being drawn from one place to another.
The aforesaid trough through or over which the mud or refuse is swept is
preferably tapered or, made flaring from its rear edge towards the trough or
receptacle into which the mud or refuse is swept.
In order to impart movement to the aforesaid endless band or belt carrying the
buckets scoops or elevators I provide the shaft or spindle of the upper drum or
pulley around which the said band or belt passes with a chain wheel or pulley
which is connected by a chain with another chain wheel or pulley fixed upon a
shaft supported in suitable bearings upon the aforesaid framework or carriage
Upon this shaft I secure a crank wheel winch or handle which is adapted to be
revolved by the driver or other attendant of the cart, van or waggon so as to
revolve the band or belt carrying the elevators or buckets and thus raise the mud
or refuse from the aforesaid trough or receptacle and discharge such refuse into the
body of the cart van or waggon.
To ensure a proper tension of the aforesaid belt or band carrying the buckets
or elevators and consequently its proper revolution so as to elevate the mud or other
refuse I prefer to arrange in suitable bearings which are adjustable upon the
aforesaid framework or carriage a shaft or spindle which carries a roller adapted to
come in contact with the inner surface of the band or belt and to stretch the same
as desired.
To provide for an uniform movement of the band or belt carrying the buckets
or elevators I sometimes arrange upon the shaft to be revolved by the driver a fly
wheel and in order to prevent the accumulation of heavy matter or straw or other
material (which would be liable to impede the movement of the aforesaid buckets
or elevators) in the trough or receptacle before referred to I preferably arrange
upon the aforesaid band or belt carrying the buckets or elevators one or more
forks or stirrers which in the revolution of the said band or belt agitate the
contents of such trough or receptacle and serve to raise any material which the
buckets or elevators might fail to elevate.
Although in the above description I have referred to the use of an endless band
or belt for carrying the buckets or elevators and passing over drums or pulleys it
will be evident that without departing from the spirit of my invention I may
employ in place thereof a chain or chains for carrying the said buckets or elevators
and passing around suitable chain wheels.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Ephraim Burton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
10th September 1883.
⚫EPHRAIM BURTON of White Swan Wharf Nine Elms "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND
RELATING TO MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR RAISING MUD OR OTHER STREET
REFUSE OR THE LIKE INTO CARTS VANS OR WAGGONS."
My invention consists in improvements in and relating to machinery or
apparatus for raising mud or other street refuse or the like into carts vans or
waggons.
The said invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which
Figure 1 is an elevation of one side of my improved machinery or apparatus
and
Figure 2 is an elevation partly in central vertical section of the same looking
from the opposite side of the apparatus to that shewn in Figure 1
Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the said machinery or apparatus
Like letters indicate the same parts throughout the drawing
In carrying the said invention into practice I employ a framework or carriage a
preferably mounted upon four wheels b and adapted to be secured by hooks or
chains or by any other suitable means to the rear end of the cart van or waggon
to be filled or if desired to the rear axle thereof. This framework or carriage a
is adapted to support in suitable bearings the chain-wheels c d the chain-wheels o
being arranged in close proximity to the ground and the chain-wheels dat such a
height that they are above the level of the top of the cart van or waggon to be
filled so as to ensure the proper discharge of the contents of a series of buckets
or receptacles e into the said cart van or waggon. ff represent endless chains
passing around the aforesaid chain-wheels cd; to these chains are secured the
buckets or scoops e adapted to raise and discharge the mud or other refuse into
the body of the cart van or waggon to be filled. The lower chain-wheels c around
which the chains f carrying the buckets or scoops e pass are arranged to revolve
within a trough or receptacle g into which the mud or other refuse is swept
by hand power. To enable such mud or other refuse to be readily swept into the
Baid trough or receptacle g I arrange in connection therewith an inclined trough h.
This trough is so pivoted or connected at h¹ to the said receptacle g or to the
framework a that the said trough may be raised or lowered at will so that its rear
edge will rest upon the ground when it is desired to sweep up the mud or other
refuse into the receptacle g or so that such rear edge may be raised from the ground
when it is desired to move my improved machinery or apparatus from one position
to another. In other words when the trough his lowered an attendant of the
cart van or waggon sweeps the mud or other refuse up the said trough and into
the trough or receptacle g whose contents the buckets or scoops e on the endless
chains fare adapted to elevate and discharge into the body of the cart van or
waggon to be filled. When however the mud or other refuse at any particular
point or place has been swept up and discharged by the buckets or scoops e into
the van or the like to be filled I raise by means of chain-wheels and chains and a
winch the said trough h so that its rear edge is out of contact with the ground
when the cart van or waggon is being moved from one place or position to another.
Instead however of the said chains chain-wheels and winch I may employ the
chains and the levers or arms j connected to a transverse shaft supported in
suitable bearings on the framework a such shaft being operated through the
medium of a lever k attached thereto and provided with a pawl adapted to
engage with the teeth of a toothed sector so that the trough h may be retained
at any desired height from the surface of the ground when the apparatus is being
moved from one place to another. The trough his preferably made tapered or
flaring from its rear edge towards the trough or receptacle g and may be provided

page_text: at its rear end with plates or pieces pivotted to the sides of the trough in such a
manner that they may be turned rearwardly so as to come in contact with the
curbstone at the side of a road or highway so as to form practically an extension
of the sides of the trough and facilitate the sweeping of the mud or other refuse
into the receptacle g
In order to impart movement to the chains f carrying the buckets scoops or
elevators e I attach to the shaft or spindle whereon the upper chain-wheels d are
secured a chain-wheel m which is connected by a chain n with another chain-
wheel o fixed upon a shaft o' supported in suitable bearings upon the framework
or carriage a. Upon this shaft o¹ I secure a crank-wheel or a winch handle or
crank-lever P which is adapted to be rotated by the driver or other attendant of
the cart van or waggon to be filled so as to impart revolution to the chains f
carrying the buckets scoops or elevators e and thus raise the mud or refuse swept
by hand into the trough or receptacle g into the body of the said cart van or
waggon.
In order to provide for an uniform movement of the buckets scoops or elevators e
I sometimes arrange upon the shaft o' a fly wheel q and in order to prevent the
accumulation of straw or other material (which would be liable to impede the
movement of the aforesaid buckets scoops or elevators e) in the trough or
receptacle g I preferably attach to the chains f carrying the buckets scoops or
elevators e one or more forks or stirrers e' which in the revolution of the said
chains agitate the contents of such trough or receptacle g and serve to raise any
material which the buckets or scoops e might fail to elevate.
To ensure a proper tension on the chains f carrying the buckets or elevators e
and consequently their proper revolution so as to elevate the mud or other refuse
I prefer to arrange in suitable bearings, which are adjustable on the framework or
carriage a, a shaft or spindle 7 carrying rollers r¹ that serve as supports for the
chains and when properly adjusted ensure the proper tension of the same
Although in the above description I have described the buckets scoops or
elevators e as attached to the chains f passing around the chain-wheels c and d it
will be evident that without departing from the spirit of my invention I may
employ in place thereof an endless belt or band of india-rubber or other suitable
material which is designed to travel over two drums instead of over the chain-
wheels c d and has attached to it the aforesaid buckets scoops or elevators e
motion being imparted to the said belt in a similar manner to that above
described.
Having thus fully described the said invention and shewn how the same may
be conveniently and advantageously carried into practice I wish it understood that
I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed to construct an elevator for raising
mud and other street refuse in which the mud or other refuse is supplied to buckets
by means of rotating brushes which are driven from the axle of the machine or
apparatus during and only during the time that the said machine or apparatus is
being moved over the ground and therefore I make no claim to any such nachine
or apparatus but what I claim is
A machine or apparatus consisting of the parts constructed combined and
operating and adapted to be operated substantially as herein described and shewn
in the drawing for the purposes specified
In witness whereof I the said Ephraim Burton have hereunto set my hand and
seal this Fifth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty-three.
EPHRAIM BURTON (L.S.)