Improvements in Broughams, Landaus, and other Carriages having Doors.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 30th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1888
Improvements in Broughams, Landaus, and other Carriages
having Doors.
I, WILLIAM BOTWOOD of Woodbridge Road Ipswich in the County of Suffolk
Carriage Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I fix the springs on the bottom side of the body and arrange the springs in such a
manner as to allow of bringing the hind axle several inches forward to play under or
closer to the hind seat than heretofore, the result of this is that the front edge of the
hind wheel is brought in advance of the pillar on which the door turns and I hang the
door on such pillar by unusually long hinges so that the door turns outside the face of
the wheel and backwards of its front edge thereby obtaining a freer and fuller access
through the doorway than when the door is hung in advance of the front edge of the
wheel in the usual manner, such hinges can project outside the side of the body or
pass through mortices having guide plates for them to work in to form long inside
hinges which are concealed between the inside lining and the outside panel when the
door is closed.
I further reduce the space between the front and hind wheels by having an arched
panel in front curved from side to side of the body in a similar circle to that made by
the wheels in being turned under the carriage and placed at or near the back edge of
the front pillar. The result of these arrangements is that the wheels are placed many
inches closer together and under the seats of the carriage and consequently under the
weight to be carried thereby much reducing the straining of the underworks and
twisting of the axles from the horizontal as is the case at present by the weight being
suspended more between the wheels.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Broughams, Landaus, and other Carriages
having Doors.
I, WILLIAM BOTWOOD of Woodbridge Road, Ipswich in the County of Suffolk,
Carriage 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:-
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I fix the springs on the bottom side of the body and arrange the springs in such a
manner as to allow of bringing the hind axle several inches forward to play under or
closer to the hind seat than heretofore, the result of this is that the front edge of the
hind wheel is brought in advance of the pillar on which the door turns and I hang the
door on such pillar by unusually long hinges so that the door turns outside the face of
the wheel and backwards of its front edge thereby obtaining a freer and fuller access
through the doorway than when the door is hung in advance of the front edge of the
wheel in the usual manner, such hinges can project outside the side of the body or
pass through mortices having guide plates for them to work in to form long inside
hinges which are concealed between the inside lining and the outside panel when tho
door is closed or the hinge may be carried by the splash board.
1 further reduce the space between the front and hind wheels by having an
arched panel in front curved from side to side of the body in a similar circle to that
made by the wheels in being turned under the carriage and placed at or near the front
edge of the front pillar. The result of these arrangements is that the wheels are
placed many inches closer together and under the scats of the carriage and conse-
quently under the weight to be carried thereby much reducing the straining of the
underworks and twisting of the axles from the horizontal as is the case at present by
the weight being suspended more between the wheels.
Figure 1 is a side view of a brougham constructed in accordance with my
invention.
Figure 2 is a rear view of the same with the door open, and
Figure 3 is a perspective view also with the door open.
In these figures the door is hung on long outside hinges, which is the arrangement
I prefer although, as before explained, the same result can be obtained in other ways.
As is shown in figures 1 and 3 the hind wheel is brought in advance of the pillar
on which the door is hung. As is shown in figure 3 the front of the carriage is of a
circular form, so that the front wheels can be placed further back than is usual and
yet be fully locked without coming into contact with the carriage.
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. My improvements in broughams, landaus, and other carriages consisting in

page_text: bringing the front edge of the hind wheels up to or in advance of the pillar on which
the door is hung and hanging the door so that, as it opens, it turns outside the face of
the wheel substantially as described.
2. My improvements in broughams, landaus, and other carriages consisting in
making the front of a curved form so that the wheels can be fully locked without
coming into contact with it.
3. My improvements in broughams, landaus, and other carriages substantially as
described and shown in the drawings.