Improved Balance for Milk Floats in Carts, Carriages and other Vehicles.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Balance for Milk Floats in Carts, Carriages and other
Vehicles.
I, MICHAEL M. HOBSON, of Catchgate, Annfield Plain, in the County of Durham,
Miller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to give to milk floats a two fold swinging motion
instead of one as at present, so that the floats will always be perpendicular no
matter how unlevel the vehicle may be, also to prevent the churning of the milk,
by means of a hoop or frame on which one or more milk floats can be hung by
their arms or suitable bearings on which to swing in one direction, the hoop or
frame to have arms or the like transverse to the arms on the floats on which to
swing in the transverse direction to which the floats swing in the hoop or frame.
Dated this 5th day of June 1899.
Improved Balance for Milk Floats in Carts, Carriages and other
Vehicles.
I, MICHAEL MOORE HOBSON, Catchgate, Annfield Plain, in the County of
Durham, Miller, 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:-
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The object of my invention is to give to milk floats or the like a two fold
swinging motion instead of one as at present so that the floats will always be
perpendicular no matter how unlevel the vehicle may be also to prevent churn-
ing of the milk or the like thereby. I will describe my invention with reference
to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 illustrates a milk float For the
like suspended on its arms or pivots A or the like on which to swing on the frame
or hoop B or the like which also has pivots C or the like on which to swing in
suitable bearings on the vehicle in the transverse direction to the float on its
arms A.
There are many ways in which the float or vessel or the like can be hung on
the hoop or the like and likewise the hoop on the vehicle. The arms or pivots A
may swing in a hook, eye, fork or the like on the frame or hoop and there may
be one or more on each side so as to hang the vessel in different parts if desired
to balance the vehicle. The hoop B or the like may swing on its pivots C or the
like in a hook, eye, fork or the like or there may be more than one at each end
if desired to put the hoop in different parts of the vehicle. When it is desired

page_text: to have two vessels in one hoop or frame then the hoop is made long to admit two
floats with bearings in duplicate for each to swing upon. The pivots or arms A
are not necessarily to be on the floats and the bearings on the hoop or frame but
vice versa and likewise the pivots C.
Where floats or vessels are now used on stands which have arms or pivots or
the like instead of the arms being on the floats then the stands swing on the
bearings on the hoop just the same as the floats with the arms attached.
Fig. 2 shows a hoop or frame where the bearings for the arms A are not on
the same plane as the arms and pivots on the frame and on both sides so that
it can be used either way up to raise or lower the vessel or alter the balance to
suit the the vehicle, if the pivots are on the hoop or frame instead of on the floats
as shown by the mark P and the eye, hook, fork or the like on the float the hoop
can be used either way up with the same effect.
Fig. 3 shows a bearing or hook which can be fitted to a straight hoop or the
like and can be used either way up for the arms or pivots of the vessel to swing
upon and thus give the vessel a different level the same as in Fig. 2. This bearing
can be used for the hoop or frame to hang on pivots or the like on the vehicle and
give the vessel a different level by being used either way up.
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:-
First: A hoop or frame B for one or more milk floats or the like to swing
upon as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Second: A hoop or frame B to swing with the floats in carts, carriages or other
vehicles transverse to the float in the frame as hereinbefore described and illus-
trated in the accompanying drawings.