IMPROVEMENTS IN BRAKES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Walter Foreman, of Windsor, in the County of Berks,
and Alfred Harvey Bennett, of Old Kent Road, in the County of Surrey, for
an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BRAKES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Walter Foreman and Alfred
Harvey Bennett at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st
March 1880.
WALTER FOREMAN, of Windsor, in the County of Berks, and ALFRED HARVEY
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
BENNETT, of Old Kent Road, in the County of Surrey.
BRAKES."
The improvements consist in applying the brake to the nave of the wheel instead
of the tire, and in providing the nave with a stop for arresting the rotary motion of
the wheel, if this has not already been effected by the friction of the brake. In
carrying out our Invention we attach to the inner stock of the nave a strong hoop
or band provided with an external projection, which impinges against a corre-
sponding projection of a crank lever when the latter is pressed against the hoop.
The said lever turns on a bolt attached to an eye, which forms part of a metal flap
plate morticed to the ordinary flap plate of axletrees. Or a continuation of the
Hap plate itself may form the eye for supporting the lever, which may be placed
We prefer to place
under the control of the driver by any suitable connections.
the brake lever in front of the hind axle, and the stop projection of the brake lever
nearly vertically over the axle, so that the contact with the projection of the stock
hoop takes place when the latter is near its highest position. One or more wheels
may be provided with these brakes.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Walter Foreman and Alfred Harvey Bennett in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 1st September 1880.
WALTER FOREMAN, of Windsor, in the County of Berks, and ALFRED HARVEY
BENNETT, of Old Kent Road, in the County of Surrey. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BRAKES."
"
The improvements consist in applying the brake to the nave of the wheel instead
of to the tire, and in providing the nave with a stop for arresting the rotary
motion of the wheel, if this has not already been effected by the friction of the
brako. In carrying out our Invention we attach to the inner stock of the nave a
strong hoop or band provided with an external projection which impinges against a
corresponding projection of a crank lever when the latter is pressed against the
hoop. The said lover turns on a bolt attached to an eye, which forms part of a
metal flap plate morticed to the ordinary flap plate of axletrees. Or a continuation
of the flap plate itself may form the eye for supporting the lever, which may be
placed under the control of the driver by any suitable connections. We prefer to
place the brake lever in front of the hind axle, and the stop projection of the brake
lever nearly vertically over the axle, so that the contact with the projection of the
stock hoop takes place when the latter is near its highest position. One or more
wheels may be provided with these brakes.
In the accompanying Drawings which illustrate our Invention Fig. 1 is a front
view, Fig. 2 a plan, and Fig. 3 a side view of a brake with adjoining parts of the
axle and nave.
A is the nave; B, an iron hoop provided with a projection b; C, the cranked
break lever provided with a stop or nose c and turning on a bolt d; D, the supple-
mentary flap plate; E, the corresponding carriage spring; F, the axletree, and G, a
lever controlled by the driver and serving to set the cranked lever C in motion.
In Figs 2 and 3 the carriage spring is not shown.
It is evident however that the details of construction may be made and arranged
in many other ways than that illustrated by the Drawings without departing from:
the nature of our Invention.
In witness whereof, we, the said Walter Foreman and Alfred Harvey Bennett,
havo hereunto set our hands and seals, this Thirty-first day of August,
A.D. 1880.