AN IMPROVED WHEELBARROW
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick John Wilson, of 32, Cadogan
Place, Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of
"AN IMPROVED WHEELBARROW."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick John
Wilson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 23rd April 1853.
I, FREDERICK JOHN WILSON, of 32, Cadogan Place, Chelsea, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "AN IMPROVED WHEELBARROW" to be as follows:
The wheel is sunk in the bottom of the barrow, the axle resting on
the sides underneath, about 14 inches from the end of the barrow.
The part of the wheel that is sunk into the bottom of the barrow is
covered with an iron cap, which is attached to the floor of the barrow;
and one inch above the wheel. The diameter of the wheel is eighteen
inches.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Frederick John Wilson, in the Great Seal Patent
Office, on the 4th October 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
FREDERICK JOHN WILSON, of 32, Cadogan Place, Chelsea, in the
County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the six-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Frederick John Wilson, Her special
licence that I, the said Frederick John Wilson, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Frederick John
Wilson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the terin 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 IMPROVED WHEELBARROW," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Frederick John Wilson, by an instrument in writing under
my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, 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 Frederick John Wilson, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:
The wheel is sunk into the bottom of the barrow, the axle support-
ing the sides underneath, about 14 inches from the end of the barrow.
The part of the wheel that is sunk into the bottom of the barrow is
covered with an iron cap, which is attach'd to the floor, and about one
inch above the wheel. The diameter of the wheel is about 18 inches.

page_text: The handles are a separate joint from the body, and are placed at an
increased angle, so as to decrease the lift. The cap over the wheel,
inside the barrow, may have wooden sides to it; a scraper is attach'd
underneath, to keep the dirt from clogging the cap. A brass knob is
placed in front board, at the top, in the middle, to serve as guide if
required. These specified dimensions are not intended to be unalter-
able, as they may be altered to suit, should the wheel be placed more
forward or backward, to increase or decrease the ballance weight on
the hand.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick John Wilson, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of October,
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
FREDERICK JOHN WILSON. (L.S.