IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON- STRUCTION AND WORKING OF SLOP CARTS AND WAGGONS
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Hodson Bayley, of 42, Newington
Causeway, in the Borough of Southwark, Wheel, Van, and Cart
- Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION AND WORKING OF SLOP CARTS AND WAGGONS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Hodson Bayley
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 13th November 1874.
I, EDWARD HODSON BAYLEY, of 42, Newington Causeway, in the
5 Borough of Southwark, Wheel, Van, and Cart Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION AND WORKING OF SLOP CARTS AND WAGGONS;" to be as follows:—

page_text: receptacles.
In carts and waggons hitherto used for the purposes the height of the
top of the tank or receiver from the roadway has been such that the
labour to the attendants upon them has been excessive. It is well t
known that a man may lift a weight with ease to the height of about
four feet, which he lifts with great difficulty to the height of himself or
higher. Therefore it has become of great importance for the economy
of labour to make the carting of mud and slush an easy operation to the
men employed.
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The object of this Invention is to 'accomplish this purpose by bringing
the top of the tank lower than it has hitherto been. This Invention
likewise provides for the tipping of the cart into the receptacle or shoot
for the collection of its contents. This waggon consists of a tank
supported upon framing, with which are connected the shafts, front and 1
hind wheels, axletrees, and hinge for tipping; the two front wheels are
connected with the axle which is secured to the fore carriage.
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For the purpose of raising the centres of the two hind wheels without
raising the tank, the hind axle is cranked or bent upwards so as to afford
an efficient support for the framing, one portion of which is carried 2
horizontally, and other portion of which is cranked so as to give proper
support to the middle part of the tank. The tank itself may or may not ·
be entirely separate framing or cradle, and it having been found that the
effluvia arising from the present open carts is injurious to health, and
that inconvenience arises from the contents of the carts slopping or 2
blowing over, the present waggon may be fitted with lids. It has its
front portion much shallower that its hinder part to permit the front
wheels to be of full height and to lock round under the body, and to
have free play upon the axletree. At or near to the hinder end of the
tank its framing has a joint or hinge, and by this means the tipping is 3
accomplished. The joint is placed far back, so that the shoot may be
cleared by the back of the cart in tipping, otherwise the lowness of the
tank would be a disadvantage in respect to tipping.
To tip the cart either blocks and falls provided at the shoot, and

page_text: The apparatus attached to the cart consists of a semicircular toothed
rack (fixed to the cart) into which a pinion gears, and the hundle to
regulate the tipping may either be attached to a second (possibly a
smaller) pinion, or it may be attached to the pinion that gears into the
semicircular rack, the pinion axes having bearings on the framing.
When the contents of the cart are emptied, it may be replaced by
means of a chain fixed at its front. On pulling this chain the empty
tank rises on its hinges and attains its ordinary position.