IMPROVED MODES OF ADJUSTING THE LOAD CONTAINED IN A DRAG OR OTHER Two-WHEELED VEHICLE TO THE BACK OF THE HORSE
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Peter Hopwood Moore, of Patricroft, near Man-
chester, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, for the Invention
of "IMPROVED MODES OF ADJUSTING THE LOAD CONTAINED IN A DRAG OR OTHER
Two-WHEELED VEHICLE TO THE BACK OF THE HORSE."
Sealed the 27th January 1865, and dated the 1st August 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Peter Hopwood Moore at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st August 1864.
I, PETER HOPWOOD MOORE, of Patricroft, near Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVED MODES OF ADJUSTING THE LOAD CONTAINED IN A DRAG
OR OTHER TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE TO THE BACK OF THE HORSE," to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists of improved modes of shifting the seat or seats of
drags or other two-wheeled vehicles, for the purpose of adapting the weight.
to the back of the horse.
In one arrangement I fix to the front of the seat a bracket carrying a
screw working in a nut fixed to the cross bar or cross frame of the vehicle,
and attach to the top, bottom, and sides of the seat or seats antifriction
bowls or rollers running on metal rods or plates fixed to the body, so that

page_text: when the screw is turned the seat or seats can be moved backwards or forwards
with great ease, and thereby balance the weight; or I reverse the operation
by fixing the screw and causing the nut to revolve.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Peter Hopwood Moore in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 1st February 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PETER
HOPWOOD MOORE, of Patricroft, near Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Cotton Spinner, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Peter Hopwood Moore, Her special license that I, the said Peter
Hopwood Moore, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said Peter Hopwood Moore, my executors, 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 "IMPROVED MODES OF ADJUSTING THE LOAD CONTAINED IN A DRAG OR OTHER
TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE TO THE BACK OF THE HORSE," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Peter Hopwood Moore, my executors or adminis-
trators, 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 calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Peter Hopwood Moore, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say):
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This Invention consists of improved modes of shifting the seat or seats of
drags or other two-wheeled vehicles, for the purpose of adapting the weight to
the back of the horse.
In one arrangement I fix to the front of the seat a bracket carrying a

page_text: screw working in a nut fixed to the cross bar or cross frame of the vehicle,
and attach to the top, bottom, and sides of the seat or seats antifriction bowls
or rollers running on metal rods or plates fixed to the body of the vehicle, so.
that when the screw is turned the seat can be moved backwards or forwards
with great ease, and thereby balance the weight of the load. "
These improvements will be clearly understood by referring to the figures
and letters on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which Figs. 1 and 2
are longitudinal sections of a drag provided with my improved modes of
adjusting the load to the back of the horse; and Fig. 3 is a view of part of
the same drawn to an enlarged scale.
a represents the body of the vehicle; b, the cross bar; c, the front seat;
and d, the back seat. To the front seat are attached antifriction bowls or
rollers e, f, the bowls e for running on the plate g, and the bowls f for running
against the plate h let into the inside of the body, the said bowls and plates
being at each side of the seat and body. The side bowls and plates are for
preventing the top seat from wedging or shifting sideways, and all the bowls
and plates are so placed that the front seat when shifted back shall pass over
and cover the back seat. At the front of the front seat c is fixed the bracket i,
carrying the screw k, fitted to the nut l, fixed to the cross bar 6, and in the
head of the screw k, Figs. 1 and 3, there is a triangular or rectangular hole.
into which is placed a handle m, Fig. 3, having a plug or pin of the same
shape as the hole. When the screw is turned the front seat is moved back
wards or forwards, according to the direction given to the screw, and after the
shifting of the seat either way the handle is removed, so that it may not
interfere with the comfort of the occupants of the seat, and for enabling the
footboard n, Fig. 2, to be always the same distance from the seat; I connect
the said board to the seat by means of the side brackets o, so that the seat
and board both move together.
In the Figures plates are shewn for the bowls or rollers e, f, to roll upon,
but they may roll on rods fixed to the body of the vehicle; or the bowls may
be attached to the body, and the plates or rods fixed to the seat; and also
instead of turning the screw to give backward and forward motion to the
seat by the moveable handle m, Fig. 3, I fix to the screw a bevil wheel p,
Fig. 2, gearing into the bevil wheel q fixed to a shaft which passes through a
longitudinal slot in the side of the body of the vehicle, and carries the wheel
or handle r, which arrangement enables the driver to turn the screw with his
right hand whilst holding the reins with his left.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be understood

page_text: that I claim in drags or other two-wheeled vehicles the screw and nut for
shifting the front seat backwards, and forwards as required for adjusting the
load to the back of the horse; and also the antifriction bowls attached either
to the seat or to the body of the vehicle for enabling the seat to be moved
easily without shifting or wedging sideways, as all such improvements are
herein described and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Peter Hopwood Moore, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Thirty-first day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
PETER HOPWOOD MOORE. (L.S.)