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{No Model.)

J. E. WALSH.-

SUPPLY WAGON.

Patented Jung 16, 1896.

h A L UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. lVALSl-I, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

SUPPLY-WAGON;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,162, dated June 16, 1896.

Application filed November 30, 1895. Serial No, 570,678- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN E. WALSH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supply-WVagons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in storage-wagons, and the object of my invention is to provide a wagon in which groceries, coal, meat, and other articles can be stored in measured quantities for the purpose of supplying customers at the doors of their residences with all the necessities of a household.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of-the supply-wagon, parts in view. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the wagon-box. Fig. 3 is avertical section through the wagon near the rear end of the boX.

Similar letters indicate similar throughout the several views.

The wagon-box A of my supply-wagon is preferably divided into a number of divisions, of which the central part is occupied by a number of small coal-bins c with slanting bottoms, each containing a fraction of a ton of coal. The rear part D is entered through a door cl and contains, besides a central passage-way d, a number of shelves d distributed along both sides and fitting all the re maining space of the rear part D with the exception of that occupied by one or more ice-boxes I, as illustrated in the drawings.

The front part of wagon-box E is preferparts ably divided by a central partition and separated into a number of compartments 6 ac cessible by the doors 6' in the side walls of the wagon-box. In addition to these compartments a number of bins F are secured upon the roof of the wagon-box, where the seat for the driver is also located.

The walls to of the wagon-box are made hollow and are lined outside with packing 19, while a portion of the air-space ais connected with the ice-boxes, keeping the air in the walls cool and thereby protecting the merchandise from being spoiled by heat.

In employing the supply-wagon, the coalbins are fitted With coal, and groceries or meat are stored in measured quantities preferably, upon the shelves and in the bins of the wagon, and the wagon is then ready to proceed to the doors of the customers, and a dealer is thus enabled to supply his customers at the threshold of their homes.

. Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by' Letters Patent, is

A wagon provided with central coal-bins and end departments having shelving and cooling devices as and for the purposes herein shown and described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York.

JOHN E. WALSH. W'itnesses HENRY O. MEoKLEM, Jr., ALEX. T. STEWART.

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