An Improved Self-loading Street Mud Cart.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 31st May, 1890.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Self-loading Street Mud Cart.
I, THOMAS WILLIAMS, of 3 Adulam Row, Felinfoel, Llanelly, Retired Accountant
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:-
My invention relates to an improved self loading street mud cart, which consists
of an apparatus supported on wheels to drag a scavenger or revolve a brush
(as the case may require), for the purpose of collecting mud into troughs or
the like.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
This
The figure represents an isometrical perspective view of the mud cart.
invention is constructed with a frame or body with a shaft for a horse, and
supported on three wheels, one fore, and two aft connected together by an axle-
tree M; the frame is intended to keep the axletree from turning until required
to discharge a semi-circular tank, p shewn in dotted lines on the drawing, supported
and fitted by being suspended or hanged on the axletree in the simplest way;
pegs P P P P keeping it in position from swinging.
Quadrant A is the side of the scavenger in working position, or dragging on
the ground to stop its work, or to heave it up from the ground, the shaft C is
pressed to the hook D; and brush E bearing the cog G if desired for use,
may then be pressed down (by hand or lever) the slides F against the big cog H
fixed on the cart wheel I.
Two troughs J J to fill the semi-circular tank are fixed on the two sliding
boards K, sliding at L on the axletree M, and through the straps N buckled to
the cart wheels I; the troughs being stopped by unstrapping the boards K from
the wheels I. Pegs PP on the axletree M are knocked out when ready to discharge,
leaving the tank free to capsize or over-turn of itself or with a little assistance like
the common coal or other cart.
The shafts C, C, are pressed down to the hooks D, D, to heave up the scavenger
along the dotted lines to B, B, the scavenger is then "out of work," or at rest,.
or in disuse and out of the way to bring the brush into operation.
The scavenger as on the drawing is now on the ground and therefore in a.
working position.
The axletree of the two wheels is to drag a quadrant-shaped scavenger, to be
heaved up when a brush is essential by pressing down shaft C. to the hook D,
and a brush in the rear pressed to a cog fixed on the wheel.
This said axletree to carry two troughs, crossing from wheel to wheel, but
fixed on two boards as long as the wheels' diameter, strapped to the wheels, free
to slide some inches beyond the wheels' rims-and to revolve with the wheels
through the collected mud and over the semi-circular tank for the purpose of filling
the tank with mud or the like.
The revolving troughs to let go the wheels or to cease working when the tank
is full while taking the load to be discharged.
And the oblong-shaped frame to let go the axletree to allow the tank to be.
capsized to discharge the tank.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, .1 declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination of the self-loading street mud-cart, for the purpose of collecting
mud or sweepings, substantially as herein described and according to the accom-
panying drawing.
Dated this 14th of March 1900
THOMAS WILLIAMS,
Applicant.