Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 28th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 29th Nov., 1887
I SAMUEL HART, of 79 New Bond Street, in the County of Middlesex, Coach-
builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
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My invention relates to improvements in the means of operating the sliding divided
seats of phaetons and wagonettes forming the subject of former Letters Patent
granted to me, dated July 7th 1874 No. 2375. As therein described, the front seat
of a waggonette is divided at the middle, the two parts being made to slide outwards
simultaneously and in opposite directions so as to afford a passage between them, by
which access may be had to the front from the back part of the carriage, and
vice versa so that the occupant of the front seat may mount and alight at the rear
part of the carriage.
My present improvements have for their object to provide a means whereby the
divided seat may be easily operated by one of the occupants of the said seat and this
whilst both occupants are seated thereon, so that it is unnecessary for either to stand
up during the operation of moving the seat.
The two sliding parts of the seat are mounted to slide upon guideways as hitherto
and are connected through racks gearing with the same pinion at opposite sides
thereof, or by other mechanical means whereby motion will be transmitted and the
parts of the seat will be moved in opposite directions.
The one part is operated by a lever arm on a rock shaft mounted beneath the seat
and on the end of this shaft is fixed a lever handle in convenient position for being
operated by the occupant of the seat.
This lever handle is combined with a locking device adapted to engage with studs
on the sliding parts of the scat when the latter are closed together, and hold them
securely in that position. In connection with the lever and operating mechanism,
spring power is applied so as to assist the motion of the sliding seats in one
direction
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By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.

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An Improvement in Wagonettes and Phaetons.
I, SAMUEL HART of 79 New Bond Street in the County of Middlesex Coach
Builder 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 improvements in the means of operating the sliding
divided seats of phaetons and wagonettes forming the subject of former Letters
Patent granted to me, dated July 7th 1874 No. 2375.
As therein described, the front seat of a wagonette is divided at the middle, the two
parts being made to slide outwards simultaneously and in opposite directions, so as to
afford a passage between them by which access may be had to the front from the back
part of the carriage and vice versa, so that the occupant of the front seat may mount
and alight at the rear part of the carriage.
My present improvements have for their object to provide a means whereby the
divided seat may be easily operated by one of the occupants of the said seat and this
whilst both occupants are seated thereon, so that it is unnecessary for either to stand
up during the operation of moving the seat.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specifica-
tion, wherein figure 1 is a plan and figure 2 a front elevation (partly in section) of the
divided front part of a wagonette, the seat being in the closed position. Figure 3 is a
similar view to figure 2, the seat being divided or opened. Figure 4 is a plan and
figure a side elevation of the divided seat moved in one direction by springs and in:
the other direction by a lever handle arranged differently to that shewn in figures 1
to 3. The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
The two sliding parts A A¹ of the front or driving seat are mounted to slide upon
guideways on the box B as hitherto, and are connected through racks CC gearing
with opposite sides of the same pinion D or by a rock lever and connecting links or
other mechanical movement whereby when one of the parts of the seat is moved,
reverse motion will be transmitted to the other part, so that the two parts will be
simultaneously moved in opposite directions. This mechanical movement is enclosed
within the box B of the carriage and is arranged beneath a passage way B' made
across same by which, when the seats A A' are moved apart, a lady may easily pass
to or from the front seat.
In the arrangement shewn in figures 1 to 3, the one part A of the seat is operated
by a lever arm E on a rock shaft F mounted on the floor of the carriage and provided
with a lever handle G in convenient position for being operated by the occupant of
the seat A. The lever E has a slotted end e which engages with a bracket arm a fixed
'to the underside of the seat A. This lever handle G has notches 9 adapted to
engage with studs g₁ on the sliding seats A A¹ when the latter are brought together.
In figures 4 and 5, springs H are used to move the seats A A¹ in the inward
direction, said springs being attached by one end to brackets fixed to the underside

page_text: of the seats and by the other to the sides of the passage way B₁, as shewn. They are
moved in the outward direction by a lever handle G working over a quadrant and
provided with a locking device, said handle being connected with the seat A by a
chain or wire rope I passing round a sheave K mounted on a bracket fixed within the
box B. Reverse motion may be transmitted from seat A to seat A' by rack or other
gear beneath the passage way, as before, or the lever G may be fixed on a rock shaft
extending across to the opposite side of the carriage, as shewn in figure 4, and having
fixed to its opposite end a short lever arm G' corresponding to lever G which is
similarly connected by a chain or rope with the other seat A¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
The combination with a divided sliding carriage seat and with the mechanism con-
necting and operating the two parts thereof as herein described, of means substantially
as herein described and shewn in the drawings, whereby the two parts of the seat
may be moved apart or closed together by the occupant of the seat whilst seated
thereon, as specified.