An Improved Scoop or Shovel for Clearing the Catch-pits of Street and other Gullies
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 5th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Scoop or Shovel for Clearing the Catch-pits of Street
and other Gullies.
We, WILLIAM WRIGHT, of 11 Duke Street, Plymouth, in the County of Devon,
Brassfounder, and FRANCIS JAMES PALMER REED, of 5 Alton Terrace, Plymouth,
aforesaid, Wine Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The improved tool for clearing the catch-pits of street and other gullies in which
this invention consists is a scoop or shovel of iron or steel or other suitable material
shaped variously to suit the different gullies. To it are hinged at suitable points
two handles.
In applying the scoop or shovel to removal of mud or other deposits from a
catch-pit or gully the scoop or shovel is, by adjusting the handles accordingly,
brought into an approximately vertical position and is then thrust into the deposit.
By exerting an upward strain on one of the handles the scoop or shovel is brought
into a horizontal position charged with the refuse collected by it. In this position
and thus charged the scoop is raised by both handles and drawn out of the catch-pit
or gully.
Dated this 8th day of April 1892.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Chartered Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Scoop or Shovel for Clearing the Catch-pits of Street
and other Gullies.
We, WILLIAM WRIGHT, of 11 Duke Street, Plymouth, in the County of Devon,
Brassfounder, and FRANCIS JAMES PALMER REED, of 5 Alton Terrace, Plymouth,
aforesaid, Wine Merchant, 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 :-
This invention consists in a shovel or scoop specially designed for clearing the
catch-pits of street and like gullies. The instrument consists of a shovel or scoop
to which are hinged a pair of handles, the arrangement being such that by moving
the handles in the requisite directions the shovel or scoop may be made to assume,
at will, a more or less inclined position or be made to assume a horizontal position.
In the former position the instrument is adapted for insertion in a gully and for
digging into the accumulated mud or other deposit therein. Prior to withdrawal,
the shovel or scoop is brought to the horizontal position. It is then raised with its
contents out of the gully. The shape of the shovel or scoop may vary according
to the character of the gullies in which it is to be used.
In the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 represents an example of a shovel or scoop arranged, for clearing the
catch-pits of gullies, in accordance with this invention.
In this view the appliance is shown as brought to the position in which it is
adapted for introduction into a gully and for penetration of the deposit in the
catch-pit thereof.
At the rear end of the shovel or scoop a is hinged a handle b. Towards the front
is a second handle e hinged to a bridge-piece d extended over the shovel or scoop a,
ee shown

page_text: After introduction into a gully and penetration of the deposit therein, the shovel
or scoop a is, by bringing the handles b and c together at the top, brought to the
position shown at Fig. 2. It is then with its contents raised out of the gully.
In the Provisional Specification left with our application for Letters Patent to
this invention it is stated that for introduction into a gully the shovel or scoop is
brought to an approximately vertical position. This, however, we find in practice
is not necessary. The shovel or scoop requires only to be sufficiently inclined, as
shown at Fig. 1 in the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
An appliance or tool, for clearing the catch-pits of street and other gullies, con-
sisting of a shovel or scoop such as a hinged either directly or indirectly to two
handles such as b and c and arranged to be brought at will to a horizontal position,
or to a more or less inclined position, substantially as hereinbefore described with
reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of January 1893.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Agent.