An Improved Construction of Road Vehicle.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr., 1886
Complete Left, 31st Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 1st Mar., 1887
TRUVIDIVAAT DIMITIVATION.
An Improved Construction of Road Vehicle.
I, DANIEL ALBONE, of the Ivel Cycle Works, Biggleswade in the County of
Bedfordshire, Bicycle and Tricycle Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved construction of road vehicle, and is applicable
more especially to that class of vehicles known as trotting traps and the like, which
require to be built both light and strong.
In carrying this invention into effect I make the shafts of a length of metal tube,
steel by preference, taking it round the body of the trap. The body is framed in
metal (steel tubing by preference) and may be left open or panelled in.
The springs are attached to the body in any convenient way.
The bearings are of the double ball type, and their connection to the axle is by
means of a detachable lower cap.
A suitable knuckle joint, the axis of which is at right angles to that of the ball
bearing, is inserted in each of the brackets by which the bearings are bolted to the
springs, to allow of lateral oscillation of the body.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, DANTEL ALBONE, of the "Ivel" Cycle Works, Biggleswade, in the County of
Bedfordshire, Bicycle & Tricycle Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an improved construction of road vehicle, and is applicable
more especially to that class of vehicles known as trotting traps and the like, which
require to be built both light and strong.
In carrying this invention into effect I make the shafts of a length of metal tube,
steel by preference, taking it round the body of the trap. The body is framed in
metal (steel tubing by preference) and may be left open or panelled in.
The springs are attached to the body in any convenient way.
The bearings are of the double ball type, and their connection to the axle is by
means of a detachable lower cap.
A suitable knuckle joint, the axis of which is at right angles to that of the ball
bearing is inserted in each of the brackets by which the bearings are bolted to the
springs, to allow of lateral oscillation of the body.
In order that my invention and the means by which it can be carried into practical
effect may be thoroughly understood, I will now describe it in detail referring in so
doing to the accompanying figures which are to be taken as part of this specification
and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, with the near wheel removed for the sake of clearness.
Fig. 2 is a detail elevation on a larger scale illustrating the connection of the spring
to the ball bearing by means of a knuckle joint.
The shafts A are shewn as continuous and tubular, although I wish it to be
distinctly understood that my invention does not limit me to this method of making
them, inasmuch as both the materials and the construction may be varied.
The body of the trap is shewn as constructed of metal tubing B and filled in with
removeable panels C.
The axle D revolves in double ball bearings E, the boxes of which are fixed to the
springs by means of clamps as illustrated in Fig. 1 or by bolts and nuts as illustrated
in Fig. 2.
Between the box of the bearing and the extensions by which it is attached to the
spring I interpose a knuckle joint F the axis of which is at right angles with that of
the axle D.
The wheels are of the kind known as double suspension spider wheels.

page_text: The practical advantages of the embodiment of the above described structura
novelties are
1. Great strength with diminished weight.
2. Abolition of rattle.
3. Easy running as far as the occupants of the vehicle are concerned.
4. Frictionless and light running as far as the horse or pony is concerned.
5. The facility with which the vehicle can be changed from one type to another by
removing or putting in the panels, c.g., from an ordinary trap to a trotting-machine."
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. In a road vehicle the combination of metallic tubular framing, spider wheels and
double ball bearings substantially for the purpose described with reference to the
accompanying figures.
2. In a road vehicle the combination with the springs thereof of a knuckle joint
interposed between the body of the vehicle and the springs, the axis of said knuckle
joint being at right angles with the axis of the axle of the vehicle substantially as
described with reference to the accompanying figures.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Patent Agents,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.