IMPROVEMENTS IN RAISING AND LOWERING. VICTORIA, LANDAU AND ALL CARRIAGE HEADS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM HENRY BAILEY of N° 43 Brighton Road, South Hornsey, in the
County of Middlesex, and Cashier to Messrs I. Aldebert and Compy Carriage
Builders, of 57, 58 and 59 Long Acre, London W.C. do hereby declare the nature
of my Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN RAISING AND LOWERING. VICTORIA,
LANDAU AND ALL CARRIAGE HEADS to be as follows :—
This Invention is formed with a spiral spring working on a rod, the top end of
which runs through a swivel fixed behind front hoop stick or pillar. A wheel
is placed in the end of rod so that a revolving locking stop, supplied with a roller
or otherwise rounded at bottom and,fixed above the swivel, is, in connection with
an inside handle or the cant rail hinge, made to press against the wheel and slidė
over the top end of rod thus straining the leather perfectly tight till let down, by
pulling the inside handle back or raising the cant rail. The parts that I consider
my original Invention are, the swivel slide which gives the rod perfect freedom of
action, the wheel on end of rod, and the revolving locking stop connected with the
inside handle or cant rail, all of which are fixed in the manner above described.
Dated this Eighteenth day of January 1884

page_text: I, WILLIAM HENRY BAILEY of 43 Brighton Road, South Hornsey, London, N. in
the County of Middlesex, Inventor and Coachbuilder's Cashier, do hereby declare
the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RAISING AND LOWERING
VICTORIA LANDAU AND ALL CARRIAGE HEADS" and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This Invention, which has for its object a simpler and easier method of raising
and lowering victoria, landau, and every description of carriage heads from the
inside, is formed with spiral springs working on rods fixed at the back of both
sides of the front hoop sticks of victorias and behind each of the four pillars of
landaus. These rods are pressed down and the hoop sticks or pillars forced in
their proper positions by revolving locking stops working in bearings fixed above
the ends of rods and connected with inside handles or the cant rail hinges, all of
which are fitted in the manner hereinafter described as the accompanying Drawings
will show.
Fig. I, represents a victoria or single hooded carriage head when up and in its
locked position.
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Fig II, is the same head down with the different parts as they will then appear.
Fig. III, is a representation of one quarter of a landau head when up.
Fig. IIII, shows the same down.
A, is the spur which takes bottom end of rod. B, is the spiral spring working
on rod and pressing against the revolving swivel, C. C, is the swivel which
revolves with rod and gives the spring perfect freedom of action. D is the end of
rod so rounded that when the locking stop is made to press against it by pushing
the inside handle, G, forward or pulling the cant rail, I, down it slides beneath it
and thus causes the leather to be drawn perfectly tight. I may use a small wheel
in end of rod if desired, but generally prefer to do without it. E, is the revolving
locking stop working in bearings, F, and connected with inside handle, G, in
victorias, or with the aid of an extra joint, H, to the cant rail hinge, I, of landaus. It
will therefore be seen that when the inside handle, G, is pressed forward or the cant
rail, I, pulled down that such a great leverage is obtained over the locking stop, E,
which is brought to bear on the slanting end of rod, D, that it slides over the top,
thus forcing the head to its proper position and drawing the leather perfectly tight
without the aid of outside joints, though they can be used if desired. The bottom
part of this locking stop, E, assumes different shapes according to the carriage it is
fixed on; it is generally made solid, but may have a small roller fitted in the
bottom if desired. When the said locking-stop is pulled over the end of rod, D, it
is quite clear it will hold the head as firm as when outside joints are used, but, if
any fear is entertained of the webbing loosening and letting the pillars forward,
I screw a pin in the rod so that it comes down on the swivel, C, when the head is
in its locked position, the top end of rod is then held quite firm between swivel
and locking stop so that the head cannot possibly move either way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The swivel slide which gives the spring perfect freedom of action,
2. The rounded shape of the end of rod fitted with a wheel if desired

page_text: 8. The revolving locking-stop connected with an inside handle or the cant rail
hinge; made so that it will slide over and fit on the end of rod, and varying in
shape accordingly.
Dated this Sixteenth day of September 1884, -