IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF VEHICLES FOR CARRYING FURNITURE
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John William Davey and Henry James Davey, both
of the City of Bristol, Railway Carriers, for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF VEHICLES FOR CARRYING FURNITURE
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John William Davey and
Henry James Davey at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
7th April 1883.
JOHN WILLIAM DAVEY and HENRY JAMES DAVEY, both of the city of Bristol,
railway carriers, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF VEHICLES FOR
CARRYING FURNITURE,"
This Invention has for its objects to effect economy in cost of construction of
vehicles or vans for carrying furniture, to reduce the weight and to increase the
capacity of such vehicles.
It consists, first, in constructing the sides of the bodies thereof of iron or stoel
plates instead of wood as heretofore. The plates are secured to suitable ribs and
posts either of wood or of iron or steel. The roof and front and back ends may
also be of iron or steel.
It consists, secondly, in dispensing with the well and the cranked axle carrying
the hind wheels with which the vehicles for like purposes are ordinarily provided,
and the floor or bottom is placed at au uniform level throughout the vehicle to
afford increased accommodation or capacity. The fore-carriage is pivotted below
the body of the vehicle, towards the front end thereof, in the usual manner, and
the whole underframe or carriage is of reduced weight.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John William Davey and Henry James Davey in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 6th October 1883.
JOHN WILLIAM DAVEY and HENRY JAMES DAVEY both of the City of Bristol,
Railway Carriers, IMPROVEMENTS THE CONSTRUCTION OF VEHICLES
CARRYING FURNITURE
IN
FOR
Our said invention consists, firstly, in constructing the sides of the bodies
of vehicles or vans for carrying furniture, of iron or steel plates instead of
wood as heretofore. The roof and front and back ends may also be of iron
or steel.
Secondly, it consists in dispensing with the well, and cranked axle, carrying
the hind wheels, with which such vehicles are ordinarily provided, and the floor
or bottom is lowered to an uniform level throughout the vehicle.
And in order that our said invention may be properly understood, we now
proceed more particularly to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
sheet of illustrative drawings and the figures and lotters marked thereon.
Fig. 1. represents a side elevation of a van for carrying furniture, having the
sides of the body constructed of iron or steel plates A secured to ribs or posts a
and at other desired points, by rivets bolts or other means. Fig. 2. is a rear end
view of the van. The doors B are of iron or steel plate and are hinged as usual
to the side frames b, as shewn. The front end of the van is also preferably
constructed in like manner, that is to say of iron or steel plates, as may be
also the roof or top which is represented at Fig 1 as of tarpaulin or canvas.
A further improvement consists in dispensing with the well, and cranked axle,
carrying the hind wheels, with which such vehicles are ordinarily provided, and
the floor or bottom C is of an uniform level throughout the vehicle.
Vehicles constructed according to our said invention, while of increased capacity,
are of greatly reduced weight and cost as compared with like vehicles constructed,
as hitherto, principally of wood.
The fore carriage D is pivotted below the body of the vehicle, towards the front
end thereof, in the usual manner.
Having now described our said invention and the mode or manner in which
the same may be used or practically carried into effect, we claim as the invention
secured to us by the herein before in part recited Letters Patent.―
The construction of vehicles for carrying furniture, commonly called furniture
vans, principally of iron or steel, and the arrangement thereof, substantially as
herein before described and shown on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
In witness whereof I, the said John William Davey, have hereunto set my
band and Seal this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.
TON TTTTAM DAVEV (ra)