Improved Automatic Brake or Check for Luggage Trucks or Lorries.
Year: 1898

page_text: SAMUEL KENYON, 61, Nether Hall Road, Doncaster, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The apparatus consists of an iron or other socket, provided with a bracket or
arm, and a slot hole on both sides and is fixed (in a vertical position) under the
body of the truck at one end, a spiral spring is placed in the socket, and a ram
with a pin or trunnion on both sides, which works in the slot holes of the socket.
A double ended box lever (with one end turned up at right angles forming a
third lever) is connected at the centre to the pins or trunnions, the straight end
of the lever is connected to a vertical rod at one end of the truck, this rod is also
connected to a double ended lever the centre of which works on a pin attached
to the end of the truck, at the other end of this lever is connected a rod or
pusher which works through a guide, a rod is connected to the right angle lever,
and also to a right angle lever at the other end of the truck, this lever is also
connected to a rod, lever, and pusher so that the brake may be released at either
end of the truck.
The spring in the socket presses the ram down on the ground, sufficiently to
lift two. of the truck wheels off the ground when the truck is unloaded, thus the
brake is applied. By placing one hand on the pusher (at either end of the
truck) and pressing it down the gear draws up the ram and the truck is free to
move on it's wheels, one or more rams may be used, and the gear may be
arranged to suit different kinds of trucks.
Dated this Tenth day of November 1898.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Automatic Brake or Check for Luggage Trucks or Lorries.
I, SAMUEL KENYON, 61, Nether Hall Road, Doncaster, Yorkshire, 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:-
The object of this invention is to provide an automatic brake or check for
luggage trucks or lorries and the like. The principal application of it will be
to luggage trucks used on railway station platforms, which unless provided with

page_text: a brake are liable to run off the platform on to the line, during a high wind, or
by carelessness. At some stations the platform inclines towards the line, and
this makes it more necessary that the luggage trucks should be prevented by a
brake or check from moving from the place where they are left when not in use.
This invention consists of an automatic brake or check, which is particularly
adapted to luggage trucks or lorries, without acting upon the tyre of the wheel
or wheels.
The invention may be best described by reference to the accompany sheets of
drawings, in which-
Fig. 1-Sheet 1-is a side elevation of an ordinary luggage truck fitted with
the automatic brake or check, the centre part of the truck omitted.
Fig. 2 Sheet 1-is an end elevation of the same.
Fig. 3-Sheet 2-is a luggage truck in which the two front wheels work on
a swivel and bolster, so as to turn about, and it is fitted with two brakes or
'checks on that account.
Fig. 4 Sheet 2-is a side elevation of the same.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2-Sheet 1-
A is an iron, or other socket, on one side of which is an arm or bracket B.
The lower part of this socket, leaving flange C at the bottom, is cut away on
each side, so as to form a slot or opening in the socket.
The socket is fixed by bolts or otherwise, underneath the body of the truck, a
few inches from the end of it, and in a vertical position, from the centre.
A spiral spring E is placed within the socket, and below the spring there is a
ram or plunger R, having a pin or trunnion F on each side of it, which works
in the slot or opening of the socket.
A double ended box lever H (with one end turned up at right angles H¹
forming a third lever,) is connected at the centre to the pins or trunnions-the
long or straight end of this box lever is connected with a vertical rod T outside
the end of the truck.
Referring now to Fig. 2 Sheet 1, the vertical rod T is connected with a double
ended lever M, the centre of which works on a pin fixed to the end of the truck.
At the other end of this lever M', is attached a rod or pusher N, which works
through a guide, or the top bar of the truck end.
In the case of a truck having two ends, as shown in the drawing, there is a
double arrangement of lever, pusher, and rod, M, N, T, so that the brake can be
released at either end, but in order to effect this purpose and to connect the far
end of the truck with the brake or check, there is an intermediate double ended
right angled lever V, and a long connecting rod X as shown in the drawing
Fig. 1, Sheet 1.
The spring in the socket presses the ram or plunger down to the ground,
when the truck is unloaded, sufficient to lift two of the near wheels off the
ground. In this way the brake or check is automatically applied, and it is
released by placing one hand on the pusher N (at either end of the truck) and
by pressing it down, the gear, levers, and other parts, draw up the ram from
the ground, and the truck is free to run on its wheels.
One or more rams may be used, and they may be arranged to suit different
kinds of trucks, with levers and gear, adapted.
In case of a truck having no upright ends, the spring inside the socket is
omitted, the handle of the truck being made use of, and weighted sufficiently
to press down the ram. When the front wheels are fixed on a bolster worked
on a swivel, two sockets and rams are attached, one on each side of the
swivel Figs. 3, 4, Sheet 2 show a truck of this kind, the end of the handle
bar taking the place of the double ended box lever H, H-Fig.1 Sheet 1.
The result is the same, that is to say, the ram or rams are lifted by the handle as a
lever, in the same manner as it is by the pusher N, Fig. 2, Sheet 1.
The surface of the ram which touches the ground is roughed or crossed by
grooves to give it a better grip or hold.

page_text: 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:-
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1. An automatic brake or check particularly adapted to luggage trucks or
lorries, so as to stop the motion of the truck or lorry, without acting upon the
tyre of the wheel or wheels, substantially as described with reference to the
accompanying drawings, Sheets 1 and 2.
2. In combination with an automatic brake or check, a socket, having a spring
and a ram or plunger in it, substantially as and for the purpose described with
reference to Figs. 1 and 2-Sheet 1-of the accompanying drawings.
3. In combination with an automatic brake or check, a socket having a ram
or plunger in it, but no spring, the handle of the truck being weighted and
arranged to act as a lever, substantially as described and shown with reference
to the accompanying sheet of drawing, Figs. 3 and 4, Sheet 2.
4. The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts constituting
the improved brake or check, herein specified, and shown by the accompanying
drawings, Sheets 1 and 2.
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Dated this Fourteenth day of January 1800