Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1893
I WILLIAM GROOM of Eaton Bray, Dunstable in the County of Bedford,
Coach Builder and Wheel-wright do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
n what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention consists in the adaptation of tip carts and wagons, of means
whereby the body of the cart or wagon may be retained at any convenient inclination,
while the contents are being distributed, as, for instance, when unloading manure
on the land.
In the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 is a partial front view of a cart body showing my invention applied
thereto.
Fig. 2 is a partial side view of the same, showing the body tipped; and
Fig. 3 is a partial plan view.
A is the body, A' are side bars, and A2 is a cross bar. B are the shafts, which
fit between the side bars A', and are provided with a cross bar B', which practically
underlies the bar A².
To the front of the bar A² is attached, by bolts or otherwise, what I term a bar
case C. This bar case C is slotted horizontally to receive a locking slide D, and
vertically to receive a notched bar E. At one end, the locking slide D is attached
to a spring contained in the spring box a, secured to one of the side bars A¹, and, at
the other end, the slide is attached to a lever handle b suitably pivotted to the
other side bar A¹. The slide is slotted in two places (see the plan view) to receive
catches c, bolted or otherwise permanently secured to the shafts B, and it is by
means of these fixed catches that the body is locked to shafts under ordinary
circumstances.
The slide D is held down in position by a staple or straps d at the handle end,
and by the spring case a at the other end, and it is also notched at the part where
passes through the bar case C, to receive the nctehed bar E, which is pivotted to
a boss E' firmly secured to the cross bar B1 by bolts or otherwise.
By the action of the spring a, one edge of the notch in the slide D is caused to
lock into one or other of the notches of the bar E, according to the position to
which the body of the cart is tipped.
Two or more of the upper notches of the bar E have the lower side inclined, so
that the inclination of the body may, if desired, be changed from the rear, by
simply raising the cart tail, the inclined surfaces permitting of this action readily.
taking place.
To prevent the parts becoming unlocked through the automatic moving of the
slide D, from any cause, I may provide safety pins, which may be dropped through
holes in the slide, just inside the side bars A¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The means substantially as herein shown and described, for locking the body
to the shafts, and for retaining the body at any suitable inclination, for the purpose
set forth.
2. The combination of a horizontal locking slide on the cart body, with a vertical

page_text: pivotted notched bar and fixed catches on the shafts, as and for the purpose set
forth.
Doted this to
3
2000
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.