Improvements in Covers for Vans for the Collection and Removal of Dust, Ashes, and Town Refuse Generally.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 29th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 30th Sept., 1899
DI MULTICATION.
Improvements in Covers for Vans for the Collection and Removal of
Dust, Ashes, and Town Refuse Generally.
I, JAMES WILLIAM GLOVER, Wagon & Cart Builder, Eagle Works, Warwick,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My improvements consist of semi-circular wings or boards standing vertically
6 inches or more above the cover of the van, the object of which is to prevent
the wind from blowing the dust about the street while the van is being loaded.
The wings or boards may be permanently fixed or removable as desired.
June 13th 1899
Improvements in Covers for Vans for the Collection and Removal of
Dust, Ashes, and Town Refuse Generally.
I, JAMES WILLIAM GLOVER, Wagon and Cart Builder, Eagle Works, Warwick,
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:―
The object of this invention is so to modify the construction of the cover of
my improved tip-van, cart, or waggon (Patent No. 137 of 1882), as to prevent the
wind, while the loading takes place, from blowing the dust about the streets.
The cover, as hitherto constructed, is arched, and consists, say, of four sliding
curved panels, mounted in arched ribs grooved to receive the panels; two of these
panels, set side by side, constitute one half of the cover, and the two halves are
so arranged with regard to each other, that they will slide, one side either over
or under the other, to open a space for the admission of the dust.and refuse to
the van or waggon.
The opposite ends of the cover are closed in, the one by the name board of the
waggon and the other by a semi-circular vertical panel.
To provide for the deflection of the dust arising from the rubbish, as it is
pitched into the waggon, I provide, on the top of the cover, wings or boards, which
extend along the central line of the waggon; by this means, each opening in the
cover is surrounded on three sides with a deflector, which will serve greatly to
mitigate, if not entirely to prevent, the distribution of dust into the surrounding
atmosphere.
In the accompanying drawing,—

page_text: Fig. 2 in cross section, so much of a tip waggon, with its cover, as will serve
to explain the nature of my invention.
A is the body of the waggon; B, B¹, and B2, are the grooved arched ribs
secured to the waggon body by bolts or otherwise; and C C are the curved sliding
panels. D is the name board closing the front end of the arched cover; and
D¹ is the panel closing the rear end thereof. The name board D, which takes at
the top the curve of the arched cover, stands up above it some six or more inches,
to act as a deflector. Corresponding with this upper portion of the name board,
are arched shaped deflectors E, E', fitted securely to the ribs B1, B2, respectively.
These deflectors follow the side lines of the openings in the cover presented to
view, when the panels are raised to receive the deposit of dust and refuse.
To form a shield or deflector at the centre of the cover, I provide wings or
boards F, F, which correspond to the centre line of the waggon, and are connected
by a socket attachment to the transverse deflectors.
It will now be understood that, whichever of the sliding panels is raised to
give access to the waggon, the opening will be shielded on three sides, and the
discomfort hitherto experienced in loading the waggon will be effectually
prevented.
The wings or deflecting boards of the cover will, by preference, be fixtures, but
they may be made removable, if desired...
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-
The means above described whereby, in covered tip vans-or-waggons_the_rise
and distribution of dust into the atmosphere, consequent on the loading of the
van, is prevented, such means consisting in the application to the cover, of
deflecting boards or their equivalent, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 28th day of August 1899.
NEWTON & CON
NEWTON & SOM
Agents for the Applicant.