Purposes
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1886. .
Complete Left, 30th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 3rd May, 1887.
and other Purposes.
I ROBERT WADSWORTH, of the Patent Wheel, Axle & Waggon Works, Thomas
Street Halifax, in the county of York, Wheelwright &c. do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
Firstly, a new device or screw arrangement for effecting the tipping of a Waggon,
Van or Cart body, or setting the same to any desired angle; and in which the screw
when operated is in a vertical position, and does not rotate, and when not required
can be turned to a horizontal position underneath the waggon or cart body quite out
of the way, and consists of a ring of iron or other suitable metal having two barrels
formed thereon in parallel line with each other, through which a screw pin is passed,
which also passes through a mitre wheel that is bored and chased to receive the same,
said mitre wheel being placed between the two barrels on the ring.
On each side of one of the said barrels, a round projecting pin is formed to act as
an axis for the said barrel ring to swivel on, and on one or both of which a mitre
wheel with a long boss is placed, which act as bearings for the barrell ring & which
take into the mitre wheel on the screw pin before mentioned.
In the outer ends of the long boss on the mitre wheel or wheels just mentioned,
which are about double the length of the projecting pins on the barrell ring, a
horizontal spindle or shaft is inserted and secured thereto, the other end of which is
made to receive a hand wheel or winch handle.
The barrel ring or as I will now term it, the "Swivel Screw Carrier" with the
mitre wheel or wheels, screw pin & horizontal spindle thereon, are mounted in suitable
bearings to the underframe of a waggon, behind the fore carriage or other convenient
part, or to the frame work of the shafts in carts.
The upper end of the screw pin has a circular hook formed thereon and when
the waggon or cart body is in position, the screw can be hooked on or off to a
self locking device fixed to the underside of the waggon or cart body, which consists
of a pair of loops or brackets, with a oval shaped axle working in the same, one end
of which is squared to receive a lever, and as the waggon or cart body is tipped by
operating the hand wheel or winch handle previously mentioned, the lever by its
own weight falls & turns the oval shaped axle in its bearings, and the hook head of
the screw pin being attached thereto, the turning of the oval axle prevents the hook
from becoming detached from the body until it is brought into ordinary position

page_text: again, when the screw can be detached & swivelled over to a horizontal position
underneath the body & there held by suitable means.
In addition to Tipping Waggons & Carts, this device or screw arrangement is
likewise applicable to Water Vans & Carts, or other vehicles, for adjusting the bodies.
My invention next relates to hingeing or connecting the bodies of Tipping Waggons
& Carts to the underframe or carriage, and consists in fixing to the underside of a
waggon or cart body, two brackets of suitable materials, one on each side, and for a
waggon or cart having springs, a long slot hole in the form of a quadrant is formed
in the brackets, through which a bar is passed, said bar being secured at each end
to the frame between which the waggon or cart body is tipped, and as the underside of
the body when being tippod comes in contact with the hinder axletree, which to make
the operation so that very little manual exertion is required, has two rollers fixed
thereto; the slot holes in the brackets admit of the waggon or cart body being tipped
more erect.
For waggons or carts not having springs the brackets have not a slot hole formed
therein, but only a round hole at the lower part of the brackets, through which a bar
is passed, which passes also through loops or iron straps that are fixed to the front
side of the hinder axletree, the axletree being bolted or otherwise secured to the
underframe.
For securing the bodies of Tipping Waggons & Carts to the underframe or carriage
when in position for travelling, & also securing the tail board or door & division board,
to the underside of the body near the hind end I mount in suitable bearings a rocking
bar of iron, the ends of which are cranked to go up each side of the waggon or
cart body, and on the parts which extend up the sides, are portions which project
outwards from each side of the body & other portions which project at right
angles to the other projecting parts, namely, towards the hinder end of the waggon
or cart body, the two latter having their outer ends bent upwards so as to press
against a plate which is attached to the tail board or door. On the drivers side of
the Waggon or Cart, a rod is coupled to the upper end of the said rocking bar,
which extends along the side & terminates at a fever or screw near the fore end of
the waggon or cart body, by the operation one way of which, two of the projecting
parts are turned on to the hinder ends of the side pieces of the underframe, thereby
securing the body in position, & the other two projecting parts press against the tail
board, thereby securing the tail board, & the division board being connected to the
door or tail board by means of a rod & loops, this is secured also, or by operating the
lever or screw the reverse way, the body, fail board & division board are released.
My invention further relates to the construction of the Tail Boards or Doors of
Scavenging Waggons and Carts, so that thereby the water collected with street refuse
in wet weather can he strained or sifted from the mud and run off into the street
channels, and consists of the tail board being made with one or two compartments,
but preferably two, which act as sieves, each compartment being made separate, but
coupled together by means of hinges or swing irons through which a long pin is
passed, which also couples the compartments or sieves to the hinder end of the
waggon or cart. On the sides of the compartments nearest the inside of the waggon
or cart body two thirds or thereabout of the depth nearest to the top, are sheeted with
perforated zinc, copper, or other suitable sifting material, of a suitable gauge. The
perforated metal or other sifting material on the compartment or sieve, nearest the
inside of the waggon or cart body, is coarser than that on the other compartment,
and any dirt or mud which may pass through the first sieve, will settle to the
bottom of the first compartment, the water passing through the finer sieve into the
second compartment, at the lower portion of each end of which are outlets fitted with
a length of hose; so that whichever side of the road or street the waggon or cart may
be passing along, the water can be run off into the channel. The compartments or
sieves are made portable so that in dry weather they can be removed and the ordinary
tail board applied to the waggon or Cart.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tipping Waggons, Vans, and Carts for Scavenging
and other Purposes.
I, ROBERT WADSWORTH, of the Patent Wheel, Axle and Waggon Works Thomas
Street, Halifax, in the County of York, Wheelwright &c. do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Firstly a new device or screw arrangement for effecting the tipping of a Waggon,
Van or Cart Body or setting the same to any desired angle, and in which the screw
when operated, is in a vertical position, and does not rotate, and when not required
can be turned to a horizontal position underneath the waggon or cart body quite out
of the way, and consists of a ring of iron or other suitable metal having two barrels
formed thereon in parallel line with each other through which a screw pin is passed,
which also passes through a mitre wheel that is bored and chased to receive the same,
said mitre wheel been placed between the two barrels on the ring. On each side of
one of the said barrels a round projecting pin is formed to act as an axis for the said
barrel ring to swivel on; and on one or both of which a mitre wheel with a long boss is
placed, which act as bearings for the barrel ring & which take into the mitre wheel on
the screw pin before mentioned.
In the outer ends of the long boss on the mitre wheel or wheels just mentioned
which are about double the length of the projecting pins on the barrel ring, a
horizontal spindle or shaft is inserted and secured thereto, the other end of which is
made to receive a hand wheel or winch handle.
The barrel ring or as I will now term it, the "Swivel Screw Carrier" with the
mitre wheel or wheels screw pin & horizontal spindle thereon are mounted in suitable
bearings to the underframe of a waggon behind the fore carriage or other convenient .
part or to the frame work of the shafts in Carts.
In my provisional Specification I described a self locking device by which the upper
end of the screw pin could be attached or detached to the Waggon, Van or Cart
body, but which I now abandon as I find by forming a eyelet hole on the upper
end of the screw pin, and fixing a common female bracket or coupling on the
underside of the Waggon, Van or Cart body, & attaching or detaching the screw pin
thereto by an ordinary slot pin, said slot pin been long enough to pass through a hole
bored through the framework of the Waggon, Van or Cart body, so that it can be
inserted in or withdrawn from the female coupling without having to get underneath
the Waggon, Van or Cart, this answers the purpose better than the Self Locking
Device described in my provisional Specification. When the Waggon, Van or Cart is
in position for travelling the screw pin is detached from the body & held by suitable
means, in a horizontal position underneath, and when it is desirable to alter the
position of the body or tip over the same, the screw pin is swivelled to a vertical
position and attached to the body by the female coupling & slot pin before mentioned.
In addition to Tipping Waggons & Carts this device or screw arrangement is
likewise applicable to Water Vans or Carts or other vehicles for adjusting the bodies.

page_text: My invention next relates to hingeing or connecting the bodies of Tipping Waggons
or Carts to the underframe or carriage and consists in fixing to the underside of a
waggon or cart body two brackets of suitable materials, one on each side, and for a
waggon or cart having springs, a long slot hole in the form of a quadrant is formed
in the brackets, through which a bar is passed, said bar been secured at each end
to the frame between which the waggon or cart body istipped and as the underside of
the body when been tipped, comes in contact with the hinder axletree, which to make
the operation so that very little manual exertion is required, has two rollers fixed
thereto, the slot holes in the brackets admit of the waggon or cart body been tipped
more erect.
For waggons or carts not having springs the brackets have not a slot hole formed
therein but only a round hole at the lower part of the brackets through which a bar
is passed which passes also through loops or iron straps that are fixed to the front side
of the hinder axletree the axletree been bolted or otherwise secured to the underframe.
For securing the bodies of Tipping Waggons and Carts to the underframe or carriage
when in position for travelling, and also securing the tail board or door, and division
board, to the underside of the body, near the hind end I mount in suitable bearings
a rocking bar of iron, the ends of which are cranked to go up each side of the
waggon or cart body, and on the parts which extend up the sides, are portions which
project outwards from each side of the body & other portions which project at right
angles to the other projecting parts, namely:-towards the hinder end of the waggon
or cart body, the two latter having their outer ends bent upwards so as to press
against a plate which is attached to the tail board or door.
On the drivers side of the waggon or cart, a rod is coupled to the upper end of
the said rocking bar, which extends along the side and terminates at a lever or screw
near the fore-end of the Waggon or Cart-body, by the operation one way of which
two of the projecting parts are turned on to the hinder ends of the side pieces of the
underframe, thereby securing the body in position, and the other two projecting parts
press against the tail board, thereby securing the tail board, and the division board
been connected to the tail board by means of a rod & loops, this is secured also, or by
operating the lever or screw the reverse way, the body, tail board, and division board
are released.
My invention further relates to the construction of the Tail Boards or Doors of
Scavenging Waggons and Carts, so that thereby the water collected with street refuse
in wet weather can be strained or sifted from the mud and run off into the street
channels, and consists of the tail board been made with one or two compartments, but
preferably two, which act as sieves, each compartment been made separate, but coupled
together by means of hinges or swing irons through which a long pin is passed, which
also couples the compartments or sieves to the hinder end of the waggon or cart..
On the sides of the compartments nearest the inside of the Waggon or Cart body
two thirds or thereabout of the depth nearest to the top, are sheeted with perforated
zinc, copper, or other suitable sifting material, of a suitable gauge.
The perforated metal or other sifting material on the compartment or sieve, nearest
the inside of the waggon or cart body, is coarser than that on the other compartment,
and any dirt or mud which may pass through the first sieve, will settle to the bottom
of the first compartment, the water passing through the finer sieve into the second
compartment, at the lower portion of each end of which, are outlets fitted with a
length of hose, so that which ever side of the road or street the waggon or cart may
be passing along the water can be run off into the channel.
The compartments or sieves are made portable so that in dry weather they can be
removed and the ordinary tail board applied to the waggon or cart. Figs. 1. 2. 3. 4 & 5.
Sheet 1 of the accompanying Drawings illustrate my new Tipping Device or Screw
arrangement, for effecting the tipping of a Waggon, Van or cart body, or setting the
same to any desired angle. Fig. 2 shews the device double geared so that two winch
handles may be used when desired.
The letters of reference in all the Figs. indicate corresponding parts. A is the
ring of iron or other suitable metal with barrels a a formed thereon through which the

page_text: is placed, said mitre wheel C
On each side of one of the
screw pin B is slided and between which a Mitre wheel
been bored and chased to receive the screw pin B.
barrels a a of the ring A a round projecting pin D is formed to act as an axis for the
said barrel ring A to swivel on; and on one or both of which a mitre wheel E with a
long boss is placed, which act as bearings for the barrel ring A and which take into
the mitre wheel C. In the outer ends of the long boss on the mitre wheel or wheels E
a horizontal spindle or shaft F is inserted and secured thereto, the other end of which
is made to receive a hand wheel or winch handle G.
The barrel ring A with the screw pin B. mitre wheels C and E. Horizontal
spindle or spindles F are mounted in bearings H to the underframe of a waggon or
yan behind the fore carriage or other suitable part or to the framework of the Shafts
in Carts.
Fig. 5 A sheet 1 is the female bracket or coupling which is fixed on the underside of
the Waggon, Van or Cart body to which the loop head of the screw pin B is attached
or detached by an ordinary slot pin which is passed through holes bb Figs. 8 & 9.
bored in the framework of the waggon, van or cart body & through the female
bracket or coupling, Fig. 6. sheet 2. is a side view of a Spring Tipping Waggon,
constructed with my improvements, with the body in position & Fig. 7. is a side view
of the same waggon with the body tipped, J is the body which is supported in the
centre by a bar of iron K secured by its ends to a frame L between which the body is
tipped. M are the iron brackets with a slot hole in the form of a quadrant which are
also represented by Fig. 11, and which are fixed to the underside of the Waggon
body, and through which the bar of iron K is passed, and which admit of the waggon
body been tipped more erect.
N is a roller which is fixed to the hinder axletree and as the body of the waggon
comes in contact with the same when been tipped, the tipping thereof is greatly
facilitated. O is the rocking bar of iron or other suitable metal, as also represented
by Fig. 10. which is mounted in bearings underneath the hinder end of the waggon
and which secures the body of the waggon in position and also secures the door or
tail board. Fig. 8 is a side view of a Block Tipping Waggon constructed with my
improvements with the body in position and Fig. 9 is a side view of the same waggon
with the body tipped. P is the body which is hinged to the front side of the Axletree
by iron brackets Q which are also represented by Fig. 12. and which are fixed to the
underside of the body and coupled by studs to the axletree. R is my new device or
screw arrangement for tipping the body or setting the same to any desired angle.
Figs. 13 and 14 represent my construction of Waggon or Cart doors or tail boards,
whereby water collected with street refuse in wet weather can be strained or sifted
from the mud and run off into the street channels. S is a compartment made of wood
or other suitable material in the form of a case or thin box, and on the side nearest to
the waggon or cart about two thirds of the surface is covered with perforated metal T
or other suitable sifting material and at the lower edge of the case or box at each end
are outlets U on to which a length of hose pipe can be fitted. V is a compartment
made of wood or other suitable material and which fits into the inside of the hinder
end of the waggon or cart.
On the side of this compartment nearest the inside of the waggon or cart, two
thirds or thereabout of the surface is covered with perforated metal W preferably of
a coarser guage than that on the compartment S.
The side of the compartment V which is nearest to the other compartment S is
open, so that when the two compartments are hinged together on the Waggon or cart
body as shewn by Fig. 15, after the water as sifted through the coarser sieve it next
comes in contact with the finer sieve and after passing through this into the outer
compartment is then allowed to run off by the hose pipe X into the street channel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :
1st. The Device or Screw arrangement for Tipping the bodies of Waggons, Vans or
Carts or setting the same to any desired angle, wherein the screw when operated is

page_text: in a vertical position & does not rotate & when not required can be swivelled over to a
horizontal position underneath the Waggon, Van or Cart and there held quite out of
the way substantially as hereinbefore described.
2nd. Hingeing or connecting the bodies of Tipping Waggons to the underframe by
means of Iron brackets having a slot hole in, which admit of the body been tipped
more erect, when the underside thereof comes in contact with the hinder axletree,
substantially as hereinbefore described.
3rd. Hingeing or connecting the bodies of Tipping Waggons to the front side of
the Axletree Bed by means of Iron brackets, said Axletree Bed been secured to the
underframe, substantially as herein before described.
4th. Applying a roller or rollers to the hinder Axletrec of Tipping Waggons so that
as the body comes in contact with the same when been tipped, the tipping thereof is
greatly facilitated, substantially as hereinbefore described.
5th. Securing the bodies of Tipping Waggons & Carts to the underframe or
carriage when in position for travelling, and also the tail board or door and division
board substantially as herein before described.
6th. Constructing the Doors or Tail boards of Scavenging Waggons and Carts to
act as a sifter so that thereby the water collected with street refuse in wet weather can
be sifted or strained from the mud and run off into the street channel substantially as
herein before described.