Improvements in or connected with Haulage on Roads, Plate, and similar or equivalent Ways.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 23th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 31st July, 1899-Accepted, 28th Oct., 1899
Date of Application, 23th Oct., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 31st July, 1899—Accepted, 28th Oct., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Haulage on Roads, Plate, and
similar or equivalent Ways.
I, HENRY WILCKE, of 70, Brainard Street, Tuebrook, Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:.
This invention has reference to the haulage-more particularly-of goods from
place to place by steam power; and has chiefly for its object to provide improve-
iments by which large quantities of goods can be hauled efficiently and economic-
ally over ordinary roads, or plate or other railways laid in such roads, or over
the natural contour of the ground. And a further object is to effect these ends
by simple and practical machinery and mechanisms, and such as are not likely
to get out of order or are difficult of management.
According to this invention, the vehicles on which the goods are carried
are made up into trains, or coupled together, say three or more, or less; and
each vehicle is provided with a steam engine or motor operating upon the
road wheels in a convenient way; and all the several engines are supplied with
steam from a single boiler, say in front of the train, and connected to it; this
boiler being preferably mounted on wheels and having its own engine for pro-
pelling it, similarly to a traction engine: in fact it may be a traction engine.
But in this case, in addition to propelling itself, the boiler supplies steam to
the engine of each car or vehicle, and also assists in hauling the vehicles; which
service in this respect being of the greatest value when going uphill.
ways
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Thus by this mode and means of hauling goods over common roads, or
on, or having the contour of, such roads, I provide steam traction motor cars
or vehicles, without the usual steam generator employed; and this obviates all
the defects and disadvantages which obtain in this class of steam generators, besides
offering other advantages.
In some cases, when the boiler supplying steam to the vehicles is not a traction
engine in itself, it may be dragged or pushed by the cars or vehicles.
Suitable steering means would be provided on the cars; and also they may be
provided with brakes operated from the single boiler of a traction engine, in the
manner of railway brakes.
Of course, in the case of this mode of haulage being applied on plateways and
railways following the undulations of the common roads or ground, the wheels of
the vehicle will be of a suitable kind.

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Haulage on Roads, Plate, and
similar or equivalent Ways.
I, HENRY WILCKE, of 70, Brainard Street, Tuebrook, Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Engineer, 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 reference to the haulage-more particularly of goods from
place to place by steam power; and has chiefly for its object to provide improve-
ments by which large quantities of goods can be hauled efficiently and economic-
ally over ordinary roads, or plate or other railways laid in such roads, or over
the natural contour of the ground. And a further object is to effect these ends
by simple and practical machinery and mechanisms, and such as are not likely
to get out of order or are difficult of management.
According to this invention, the vehicles on which the goods are carried
are made up into trains, or coupled together, say three or more, or less; and
each vehicle is provided with a steam engine or motor operating upon the
road wheels in a convenient way; and all the several engines are supplied with
steam or power, as the case may be, from a single boiler, say in front of the
train, and connected to it; this boiler being preferably mounted on wheels and
having its own engine for propelling it, similarly to a traction engine; in fact
it may be a traction engine. But in this case, in addition to propelling itself, it
supplies steam or power to the engine or motor of each car or vehicle, and also
assists in hauling the vehicles; which serve in this respect being of the greatest
value when going uphill.
This invention is illustrated in the annexed drawing, which shows a motor train
arranged and operating according to it.
In the case shown, a represents the locomotive engine, say a traction engine,
and 6 represents two coupled-up motor wagons or vehicles, each having an engine
or motor c, and a motor fluid conduit or pipe d running throughout its length, with
a coupling pipe e at each end, and a branch pipe f connecting the said pipes d
with the motor c. The foremost coupling e is connected with the boiler of the
engine a by the pipe h; and when steam is supplied from the boiler to the pipe h,
it passes to the main supply pipes d, and to the motors c by the branches ; and
these motors propel the wagons or carriages through suitable driving gear.
It will now be seen that the load on each of these wagons or vehicles is the
means of obtaining a gripping and propelling power of its driving road wheels,
with the road surface; and consequently the propulsion of a motor train is dis-
tributed over the train, thereby enabling sufficient tractive force between the
driving road wheels, and the road surface to be obtained, to enable the trains
to start, mount hills, and work in wet weather without slipping, damaging the
road, or straining and breaking of parts of the vehicles.
Other trucks or wagons i, not self propelled, may be attached to and brailed
behind that last motor wagon b, but the number if any, of such trucks which may
be added to a train, of course will depend upon the nature of the road over which
it has to travel, the power of the train proper, and other circumstances.
It will be noticed that each pipe d has a stop cock upon it, by which the
pipes on the last motor vehicle may be closed behind the supply branch f.
It will be plain that in lieu of employing steam direct as the distributive
motor power for the train, as just described, the engine a may compress air, and
supply such compressed air through the pipes h and d to the motor wagons or

page_text: vehicles b. Or again, the engine may generate electricity, and the electric power
is distributed similarly as the steam or air to electro-motors on the motor
vehicles b.
In some cases, when the boiler supplying the steam for the motor wagons or
vehicles is not a traction engine in itself, it may be trailed or pushed by the cars
or vehicles.
Suitable steerage means will be provided on the wagons or vehicles, and also
they may be provided with brakes operated from the boiler or power supplied from
it, in the manner of railway brakes.
Of course, in the case of this mode of haulage being applied on plateways and
railways following the undulations of the common roads or ground, the wheels of
the wagons or vehicles will be of a suitable kind.
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:-
1. The herein described improvement connected with haulage on roads, or
equivalent ways thereon, namely a vehicle or vehicles for carrying the load, having
a motor on same operating the road wheels, or some of the road wheels thereof;
and a portable boiler coupled up with same, and from which power is supplied
to the motor or motors of the said vehicle or vehicles: for the purposes set
forth.
2. The herein described improvement connected with haulage on roads, or
equivalent ways thereon, namely a plurality of vehicles for carrying loads coupled
together, cach having a motor, connected with, and adapted to drive the road wheels,
or some of the road wheels thereof and a supply conduit or main for conveying
power to the said motors; and a locomotive steam engine connected with the said
vehicles, and supplying the power to the said vehicle motors, substantially as
and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this day of July 1000.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
Applicant's Patent Agents, 15, Water Street, Liverpool.