Volume Eleven - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - some more aspects - Patent Applications by George Taylor, of Penarth, 1883 . . .

The periodical 'Engineering' [717] [499] published on the 3rd July 1885, listed the following Patent application attributed to George Taylor. Upon further research, it was established that this Patent was Abandoned or became a Void Application and hence the application did not proceed. Possible reasons sited by the British Library [531] included ; they ran out of money to proceed with the Patent, it was withdrawn due to errors, Mr. Taylor received objections or perhaps, the Patents Office just failed to grant permission to proceed. I decided to print what was published just for the record!

10,236. G. Taylor, Penarth, Glam. Staiths or Apparatus for Raising, Lowering, and Tilting Coal Wagons, &c. - July 16, 1884.

The tipping is performed by the back hoisting chains. The weight of the platform and unloaded wagon is counterbalanced. Referring to the illustration, the rear framework of the staith is constructed of two uprights A of rectangular box section, each composed of four upright pieces of section suitably braced together by plates rivetted thereto. The uprights A are strutted and connected together at the base, top, and intermediate points by horizontal girders. The weight of the rear frame is supported by four pairs of wheels, and the frame is constructed with an opening to allow the wagons to be run in between the two uprights. The front frame is constructed somewhat similar to the backframe, and is supported by struts G. Two pairs of horizontal girders are supported upon the back and front top girders C, sufficient space being left between the pairs to allow each wagon to be raised therein if required to be tilted.