THDRAWENDETS TV THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY AND OTHER WAGGONS.”
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Julius Homan, of No. 30, Coal Exchange,
Lower Thames Street, in the City of London, for the Invention of
" THDRAWENDETS TV THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY AND OTHER WAGGONS.”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Julius Homan at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th March 1870.
I, JULIUS HOMAN, of No. 30, Coal Exchange, Lower Thames Street,
in the City of London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY AND OTHER WAGGONS,"
to be as follows:-
Σ
This Invention has for its object the construction of railway or other
waggons in which the bodies are formed of rclled iron beams rivetted
together one over the other, thus ], the effect of which is to impart

page_text: Hitherto waggons have been constructed of plate iron rivetted together
with angle pieces, and it is found that such waggons quickly become
bent and crippled, and that when repairs have to be effected much labour
in cutting away the damaged plate and replacing with new plate has to
be expended.
The improvement herein effected admits of any injured beam being
removed and a new one replaced instantly, thus advoiding all detention
of the waggon, an important consideration where rolling stock is
employed. The whole is likewise strengthened by the designing of the
under frame in the form of a trussed girder, whereby great strength and
great lightness are secured.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Julius Homan in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 16th September 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JULIUS
HOMAN, of No. 30, Coal Exchange, Lower Thames Street, in the City
of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-third
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Julius Homan, Her special licence that I,
the said Julius Homan, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Julius Homan, my exccutors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF RAILWAY AND OTHER WAGGONS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Julius Homan, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
.

page_text: sufficient rigidity to prevent the buckling of the iron when in use, and
especially when being shunted on sidings.
Hitherto waggons have been constructed of plate iron rivetted together
with angle picces, and it is found that such waggons quickly become
bent and crippled, and that when repairs have to be effected much labour
in cutting the damaged plate and replacing with new plate has to be
expended.
The improvement herein effected admits of any injured beam being
removed and a new one replaced instantly, thus avoiding all detention
of the waggon, an important consideration where rolling stock is
employed. The whole is likewise strengthened by the designing of the
under frame in the form of a trussed girder, whereby great strength and
great lightness are secured.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to
describe more fully the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
In the Drawing hereunto annexed is shown a railway waggon con-
structed as above described. Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section;
and Figure 2 is an end view partly in section of the railway waggon;
Figure 3 is a plan view of the same, with part of the flooring removed.
The rolled iron beams a, a, of which the sides are composed, are in
addition to being rivetted to one another, also rivetted at the angles of
the waggon to angle iron pieces marked b, b, and the four sides of the

page_text: waggon are thus united together; c is a door at the side of the waggon,
the door is capable of turning down on hinges d as is usual; e, e, are
angle irons to which the beams a, a, are rivetted on each side of the
door. The under frame of the waggon is made up of rolled angle iron
beams rivetted together so as to make a trussed girder, a convenient
arrangement being that shewn by the Drawing; over the framework so
constructed are fixed the flooring boards by suitable bolts.
The way in which I prefer to connect the angle iron beams forming
the sides of the waggon to the under. frame, is also shown by the
Drawing.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
of performing the same, I would have it understood that what I claim
is,—
First. The construction of the sides of railway and other waggons of
rolled iron beams rivetted together one over the other, substantially
as herein described.
Second. The construction of railway and other waggons, substantially
as herein described and shewn by the Drawing annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Julius Homan, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
JULIUS HOMAN. (L.S.)