AN IMPROVED TIPPING APPARATUS, APPLICABLE TO CARTS AND OTHER VEHICLES
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Garn, of Sevenhampton, in the County of
Wiltshire, Wheelwright, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED TIPPING
APPARATUS, APPLICABLE TO CARTS AND OTHER VEHICLES."
Sealed the 29th February 1856, and dated the 4th December 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Garn at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th
December 1855.
I, SAMUEL GARN, of Sevenhampton, in the County of Wiltshire, Wheel-
wright, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for AN IMPROVED.
TIPPING APPARATUS, APPLICABLE TO CARTS AND OTHER VEHICLES, to be as
follows:-
My said apparatus consists of an upright brace or sword drilled with several.
holes to receive a stud or pin, and is secured to the centre or front shoot of
the shafts by a strong hinge joint; to the frame of the fore part of the cart
body is attached a double or slotted staple, embracing the sword and allowing
it to slide through when tipping the cart. To regulate the action of tipping,.
I bolt to a suitable staple in the front of the cart frame an horizontal lever,
one end protruding at the cart side with a handle for operating it, and the
other end passing behind the vertical brace or sword, and made to press.
against the back thereof by means of a strong spring. This end of the lever
is furnished with a pin or stud which fits the several holes in the vertical
sword piece, so that when tipping the cart the pin is pressed by the spring
into each hole in succession, acting as a stop, and thereby the elevation of the

page_text: cart body or other vehicle can be regulated to and retained at any required
angle. At the side of the vehicle I place a long tipping lever, which is kept
in its place and slides through staples fixed to the side framing; at the front
of the vehicle this side lever is bolted to the front lever, which it serves to
operate from behind the cart or other vehicle by means of a handle when
required to be so used.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Samuel Garu in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
23rd May 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEl
GARN, of Sevenhampton, in the County of Wiltshire, Wheelwright, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Samuel Garn, Her. special licence that I, the said Sanuel Garn,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Samuel Garn, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for AN IM-
PROVED TIPPING APPARATUS, APPLICABLE TO CARTS OND OTHER VEHICLES, upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Samuel Carn, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and scals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the sanic was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Garn, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:--
My said apparatus consists in an arrangement of an upright brace and
sword with regulating holes and pin, acting on a lever actuated by a suitable

page_text: handle or bandles, so as to enable the driver of the vehicle to which it is
attached to tip the body of the same from before or behind with facility, and
regulate its angle of inclination.
And for the better understanding of my said Invention, I will now proceed
to detail the particulars thereof. The upright brace or sword which I employ
is drilled with several holes to receive a stud or pin, and is secured to the
centre bar or front shoot of the shafts by means of a strong hinge joint. To
the frame of the fore part of the cart body is attached a double or slotted
staple embracing the sword, and allowing it to slide easily through when in
the act of tipping the cart or other vehicle. To regulate the action of tipping,
I bult to a suitable staple in front of the cart frame a horizontal lover, one
end of it protruding at the cart side, where it is supplied with a handle for
operating it, and the other end of the said lever passing behind the vertical
brace or sword is made to press against the back thereof by means of a strong
spring; this back end of the lever is furnished with a pin or stud which fits
the several holes drilled through the vertical sword piece, so that when tipping
the cart to deliver its contents the pin is pressed by the spring into each holo
in succession, and can be stayed at any one of the same at the will of the
operator while guiding the lever handle, and thereby the elevation of the cart
body or other vehicle can be regulated to and retained at any required angle.
At the side of the vehicle I place a long tipping lever, which is kept in its
place and slides through staples fixed to the side framing; at the front of the
vehicle it is bolted to the front lever, which it serves to operate from behind
the cart or other vehicle by means of a handle when required to be so used.
Having thus fully described the nature and construction of my said Inven-
tion, I would observe that I do not limit myself to materials or dimensions in
the manufacture of my said apparatus; but what I do claim as my Invention
is, namely, the peculiar self-adjusting tipping apparatus for carts and other
vehicles, operating before or behind the same, as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Garn, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord
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SAMUEL GARN. (L.B.)