IMPROVEMENTS IN VEHICLES AND PORTABLE STEAMING APPARATUS
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Herbert John Haddan, of the Firm of Herbert and
Company, Solicitors of Patents, of 67,. Strand, in the City of Westminster,.
Civil Engineer, for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN VEHICLES AND
PORTABLE STEAMING APPARATUS." A communication from abroad by Amos
Herbert Crawford, of Liverpool, State of New York, United States of
America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Herbert John Haddan at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th May 1880.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN VEHICLES AND PORTABLE STEAMING APPARATUS."" A communication from
abroad by Amos Herbert Crawford, of Liverpool, State of New York, United States
of America.
This Invention consists of a simple and convenient portable steaming apparatus,
by means of which fodder, or food for live stock, willows for wicker work, and
various other substance requiring steaming can be furnished in a properly and
freshly steamed condition at localities situated remotely from a steam generator or
steam supply. The Invention also consists in a peculiar arrangement of diagonal
perches or reaches and their connections with the two axles of the vehicle, which
allows the tongue or thill to be attached to either end of the vehicle, and also
compels the hind wheels to follow the .tracks of the forward wheels..
The portable steaming apparatus consists of a receptacle of wood or metal
mounted on wheels or runners and provided with a suitable steam inlet and with a
removable cover, also having both axles pivoted to their respective head block or
bolster, and diagonal perches connecting said axles respectively at opposite ends,.
and having the clip bars formed with thill couplings in front of the axles, and.
diagonal perches pivoted to said clip-bars at the rear of the axles. The whole may
be of wood, or of wood and metal combined.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Herbert John Haddan in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th November 1880.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN VEHICLES AND PORTABLE STEAMING APPARATUS." A communication
from abroad by Amos Herbert Crawford, of Liverpool, State of New York,
United States of America.
This Invention consists in a simple and convenient portable steaming apparatus,
by means of which fodder or feed for live stock, willows for wicker work, and
various other substances requiring steaming can be furnished in a properly and
freshly steamed condition at localities situated remotely from a steam generator or
steam supply. The Invention also consists in a peculiar arrangement of diagonal
perches or reaches and their connection with the two axles of the vehicle, which
allows the tongue or thill to be attached to either end of the vehicle, and also
compels the hind wheels to follow the tracks of the forward wheels, all as
hereinafter more fully described. In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 is a side
view of the improved steaming apparatus in position for receiving steam; Fig. 2 is
a rear end view of same; Fig. 3, a transverse section; Fig. 4, a top view with the
cover removed, and Fig. 5 an inverted plan view. R represents the case or
receptacle for the substance to be steamed. It is mounted on wheels or runners,
according to the condition of the roads, and provided with a suitable steam inlet a,
which is adapted to be readily connected and disconnected with the exhaust pipe
of a steam engine or other suitable steam supplier. Its top is provided with a
removable cover c. This steaming apparatus being transportable over ordinary
roads, the substance to be steamed can be carried in it to the steam supply, then
steamed, and then delivered to the consumer, without either handling or exposing
said substance to the air from the time it is loaded into the apparatus until its
delivery to the consumer. By using cloth for the removable cover c the steam is
sufficiently, retained in the chamber R without adding much weight to the
conveyance. To obtain access to the contents of the chamber R, for observation
and examination during the steaming process without removing the cover c, I
provide the sides of the said chamber with an aperture closed either by a glass or
removable plate d, as shown in Fig. 1 of the Drawing. A, A, denotes the two
axles of the vehiclo pivoted to their respective bolsters so as to allow them to swing
in a horizontal plane. B, B, are the perches or reaches which connect the two
axles with each other, said perches being arranged diagonal and pivoted at their
ends respectively to opposite ends of the two axles. Said connection may be made
either by an extension of the perches pivoted directly to the axles at a point in
line with the central pivot thereof, or by pivoting the end of the perch to an extra
strap or clip-bare attached to the axle, as shown in the Drawing. The former
construction will more effectually prevent variation in the distance between tho
two axles when cramped or turned on the king-bolt. When the perches are pivoted
directly to the axles in the manner first stated the extremities of said perches are
provided with thill-couplings, or suitable means for connecting thereto the thill or
tongue, and when the perches terminate at the rear of the axle, the extra strap or
clip bar e to which said perches are pivoted are formed with the aforesaid thill-
couplings, thus admitting the attachment of the tongue or thill at either end of the
vehicle, and obviating the necessity of backing the same out of places which do not
afford the requisite room for turning it around. Both axles being pivoted to their
respective bolster or head block allows the vehicle to be guided in either direction,
and since the diagonal perches compel the hind wheels to invariably follow the
tracks of the forward wheels the guiding of the vehicle is greatly facilitated.

page_text: CLAIMS.
1st. The portable steaming apparatus herein described, consisting of the
receptacle R mounted on wheels or runners and provided with a suitable steam
inlet and with a removable cover, substantially as described and shown.
2nd. A vehicle having both axles pivoted to their respective head-block or
bolster, and diagonal perches connecting said axles respectively at opposite onds,
substantially as described and shown.
3rd. In combination with the vehicle axles pivoted to their respective bolster or
head-block, the clip-bars e, e, formed with thill-couplings in front of the axles, and
the diagonal perches B, B, pivoted to said clip bars at the rear of the axles,
substantially as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Herbert John Haddan, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of November, A.D. 1880.
H. J. HADDAN. · (L.S.)