Improvements in Body-shifting and Break Apparatus for use with Carts and other Two-wheeled Road Vehicles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Nov., 1891-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Body-shifting and Break Apparatus for use with
Carts and other Two-wheeled Road Vehicles.
1, RICHARD STOREY, of Ings Saw Mills, near Kendal, in the County of West-
moreland, Joiner and Wheelwright, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide carts and other two-wheeled road
vehicles with apparatus whereby (in one arrangement by automatic means and in
another arrangement by means of a hand lever) the body of the vehicle may be
shifted or moved forwards or rearwards relatively to the wheel axle accordingly as
the vehicle is drawn uphill or downhill respectively and in such manner that the
load on the back of the horse or other animal may be increased when going uphill
and when going downhill that the load may not only be decreased but in addition
that break apparatus may be caused to meet and rub against the wheels of the
vehicle.
In carrying out my invention by means of an automatic arrangement as applied
to an ordinary construction of cart, I employ drawing gear apparatus of the kind
described in the Specifications lodged in the matter of my prior application for a
Patent No. 1807 of 1890 but instead of connecting the draw-bar therein referred to
to an axle rigidly fastened to the underside of the cart body in the usual way I
attach the rear end of such draw-bar to the upper end of a lever fulerummed to a
metal arm fastened to the lower part of the cart body the other or lower end of the
said lever being jointed to one end of a short connecting rod whose other end is
jointed to the front portion of a movable or sliding bracket or frame in which is
held that part of the cart axle which adjoins the inner side of the wheel. Each of
the two shafts and sides of the cart body is provided with corresponding parts as
above described the arrangement being such that when the two draw-bars are
drawn or pulled forward (as when going uphill) the pull on the fulcrummed levers
causes the movable or sliding frames in which the axle is carried to be pushed rear-
wards thus moving or shifting the cart body and its load forward of the axle the
reverse operation resulting when the cart is going downhill and the draw-bars are
pushed backwards.
Any suitable method may be adopted for holding the cart body down on the
movable or sliding frames but I prefer to provide the said frames on their upper
sides with anti-friction rollers or wheels and to arrange metal plates or runners on
the underside of the cart body such plates having recessed or inclined parts so
formed that when the cart is going over level ground or along a very slight declivity
and requiring little or no pull to draw it along the cart body may be automatically
assisted to return to its normal or central position over the axle.
When the drawbar is not employed for operating the mechanism as above
described the movable or sliding frames carrying the axle may be moved forwards
or rearwards by means of a hand lever fulcrummed to the side of the cart body
such lever being preferably provided with notched quadrant mechanism of the
usual well-known kind. The lower or short end of the hand lever is connected to
one end of the short connecting rod hereinabove mentioned the other end of the
said rod being jointed to the front part of the movable or sliding frame.
But that
end of the said rod which is connected to the hand lever is preferably slotted so as
to allow of a certain amount of "dwell" and to prevent the apparatus from working
too rigidly under certain conditions.

page_text: In conjunction with each of the above described arrangements I place on each
of the two sides of the cart body a fixed or stationary break block in such a
position that when the cart body is moved rearwards to the required distance the
periphery of the cart wheels may meet and rub against the said break blocks.
Dated this 3rd day of February 1891.
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. Brougham,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Body-shifting and Break Apparatus for use with
Carts and other Two-wheeled Road Vehicles.
I, RICHARD STOREY, of Ings Saw Mills, near Kendal in the County of West-
moreland, Joiner and Wheelwright, 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 has for its object to provide carts and other two-wheeled road
vehicles with apparatus wliereby (in one arrangement by automatic means and in
another arrangement by means of a hand lever) the body of the vehicle may be
shifted or moyed forwards or rearwards relatively to the wheel axle accordingly
as the vehicle is drawn uphill or downhill respectively and in such manner that the
load on the back of the horse or other animal may be increased when going uphill
and when going downhill that the load may not only be decreased but in addition
that break apparatus may be caused to meet and rub against the wheels of the
vehicle.
In carrying out my invention by means of an automatic arrangement, as applied
to an ordinary construction of cart, I employ drawing gear of the kind described
in the Specifications lodged in the matter of my prior application for a Patent
No. 1807 of 1890 but instead of connecting the draw-bar therein referred to to an
axle rigidly fastened to the underside of the cart body in the usual way I attach
the rear end of such draw-bar to the upper end of a lever fulcrummed on a metal
rm fastened to the lower part of the cart body the other or lower end of the said
lever being jointed to one end of a short connecting rod whose other end is jointed
to the front portion of a movable or sliding bracket or frame in which is held that
part of the cart axle which adjoins the inner side of the wheels. Each of the two
shafts and sides of the cart body is provided with corresponding parts as above
described the arrangement being such that when the two draw-bars are drawn or
pulled forward (as when going uphill) the pull on the fulcrummed levers causes the
movable or sliding frames in which the axle is carried to be pushed rearwards thus
moving or shifting the cart body and its load forward of the axle the reverse
operation resulting when the cart is going downhill and the draw-bars are pushed
backwards.
Any suitable method may be adopted for holding the cart body down on the
movable or sliding frame but I prefer to provide the said frames on their upper
sides with anti-friction rollers or wheels and to arrange metal plates or runners on
the underside of the cart body such plates having recessed or inclined parts so
formed that when the cart is going over level ground or over a very slight declivity
and requiring little or no pull to draw it along the cart body may be automatically
assisted to return to its normal or central position over the axle.
When the draw-bar is not employed for operating the mechanism as above
described the movable or sliding frames carrying the axle may be moved forwards
or rearwards by means of a hand lever fulcrummed to the side of the cart body

page_text: such lever being provided with a notched quadrant retaining mechanism of the..
usual well known kind. The lower or short end of the hand lever is connected to
one end of a short connecting rod preferably jointed to the rear part of the sliding
bracket or frame. But that end of the said rod which is connected to the hand
lever is preferably slotted so as to allow of a certain amount of "dwell" and to
prevent the apparatus from working too rigidly under certain conditions.
In conjunction with each of the above described arrangements 1 place on each
of the two sides of the cart body a fixed or stationary break block in such a
position that when the cart body is moved rearwards to the required distance the
peripheries of the cart wheels may meet and rub against the said break blocks.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 represents in side view an ordinary form of cart having my said improve-
ments applied thereto;
Fig. 2 illustrates (also in side view but drawn to a larger scale) certain parts of
my said invention; and
Fig. 3 is a detail cross sectional view shewing the arrangement of the anti-
friction rollers or wheels and attendant parts hereinabove referred to.
A is the cart body; a the cart shaft; and drawing gear of the kind described
in my said Patent Specification No. 1807 of 1890 c being the draw-bar thereof.
The rear end of the said draw-barc is attached or jointed to the upper end of
the rocking lever fulcrummed at e to a metal arm el projecting from a casting /
fastened to the lower part of the cart body A. the lower end of the lever d being
jointed to one end of the connecting rod whose other end is jointed at to the
front portion of the sliding bracket or frame in which is held the axle block j
and the axle k. are anti-friction rollers rounded on their peripheries to fit a
groove in the underside of the casting f (as shewn at Fig. 3). The pulley groove
in the casting is made longitudinally with recessed parts or undulations (shewn
by the broken lines m m at Figs. 1 and 2) so that the cart body may the more
rapidly be assisted to find its place on the pulleys when going up or down hill
or on level ground as hereinbefore indicated. is a projecting flange on the
side of the casting and y an overhanging stud for the purpose of preventing the
cart body from being lifted off its axle.
P
n is a hand lever for moving the cart body A independently of the draw-bar
mechanism and c. I preferably make the upper part of the lever n separate
from its lower part n¹ and mount it loosely on the end of the cross shaft the
lower arm being fastened to the cross shaft p and having a slot at its upper
parts (see sectional view at Fig. 4) with a stop thus providing for a certain
amount of "dwell" to the lever as that the cart body may be moved forwards
and rearwards by means of the draw-bar mechanism without interference from the
levers and is a notched quadrant of the usual kind for retaining the hand
lever in the required position.
e is a fixed break block against which the tyre of the wheel B comes in contact
when the cart body is moved back upon its axle there being a corresponding break
block at the opposite side of the cart.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is: -
1. In combination with drawing gear mechanism of the kind hereinabove indicated
the arrangement of apparatus for shifting a cart body relatively to its axle
substantially as hereinabove described and shewn in the drawings.
2. In combination with drawing gear mechanism of the kind hereinabove
indicated and the arrangement of apparatus for shifting a cart body relatively to
its axle the use or employment of a fixed break block arranged substantially as
hereinabove described and shewn in the drawings.
3. The arrangement and combination of parts for shifting a cart body relatively

page_text: to its axle by means of a hand lever substantially hereinabove described and
shewn in the drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of November 1891.
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. Brougham,.
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC., Agent for the Applicant.