Year: 1802

page_text: Fig. 1 represents a metal' box fixed' on the 'body' end of the nave of the hind
wheels for the purpose of dragging or drugging either that or the fore-wheels
which may have' the same box' fitted to it, if there should be occasion. A is
tlie end to be fixed on the nave by screws, &c., as seen by the holes; B is a
coarse screw, to'wlich' is applied the half screw, Fig. 2, at the end; B is a, joint
or hinge, fixed in such a manner that it may be lifted up and down or drawn
backwards or forwards as the nature of the movement' or the discrétion of the
workman may require. The levers or cranks A serve for the purpose of lifting
up the half 'screw, Fig: 2, and confines the same so tight that when- the half
screw by the motion of the wheel is drawn up close to the shoulder of the male-
screw, it then will effectually stop the wheel as long as the person wlio pulls
the dragg may think proper. The same levers or cranks A will also serve to
conduct the cord, or chain, or wires, or any other proper substance that may
best answer the purpose, to any other part of the carriage it may be-convenient
to fix the pull of the dragg. Fig. 10 is also a metal box, with a female screw,
fixed'in the manner as Fig. 1. The hole Ċ is the passage for the arm of the axle,
and where likewise is to be fixed' the round plate D; which serves to confine-
the wheel on the axle; if required so to do. Fig. 11 is a bolt or lever with-
tongue A, which when the dragg is pulled up is inserted in the
box; Fig 10. B is a joint screw; which fastens the spring C.
screw of the
D'is part of

page_text: the bolt, made thinner than the rest, that it may clear itself from the screw and
play backwards and forwards by the joint E. F is a strong spring. Fig. 12,
No. 2, shews the wheel with the dragg fixed to it, as for action; when the wheel
goes round and you want to dragg it, put the rod or chain E, which is fixed to
the joint screw that fastens the spring C, by which the tongue of the bolt is
pulled into the worm of the screw, and as the wheel goes round the screw
running outward forces back the bolt, Fig. 11, against the strong spring F, the
end of which is made fast in the end E of the case A that is screwed or
otherwise fastened on to the axle C of a phaeton by the crab D, Fig. 12,
No. 2; the continued pressure of the bolt against the spring being harder in
proportion as the wheel goes round, it gradually retards the motion till by the
time the tongue of the bolt reaches the stop B at the end of the screw, Fig. 10,
the wheel is completely stopped, without any sudden shock; when it is wanted
to let the wheel go on, loose your hold, the small spring C immediately throws
back the tongue of the bolt out of the screw, and is then forced back into its
place at the bottom of the screw by the strong spring F. Fig. 12, No. 1, is
the section of the nave and box of a wheel to lessen the usual friction. The
arm C of the axle A has two grooves cut round it, which, when the wheel is on,
serves to receive the end of the screw pins d, d, that screw through the nave
and the box, and effectually secure the wheel from coming off. This has less
friction than the common way, and the end of the box, Fig. 18, being solid,
will not require oiling near so often. Fig. 6, the upper part of a dragg that
may be applied with great success to all waggons or cart wheels or travelling
carriages. A is a loop to hang it by when not used, there being no occasion
for a chain; B, the inside where the wheel goes. Fig. 7, A shews the bottom
of the dragg; B, a small roller that works in the bottom part. Fig. 8, a wheel
with a drag applied to it. Fig. 9, No. 1, is an engine to be fixed to the under
fore bed or futchells of a carriage, for the purpose of suddenly releasing the
horses from the same. A, Fig. 17, is a tongue at the end of the trace which
enters in at the holes G of Fig. 9, No. 1, as at E; when all the tongues at the
ends of the traces are fixed in their respective holes, they will be confined by
the circular piece No. 3, Fig. 9, which slides down into the notches of
the tongues, and keeps the traces all fast; when it is wanted to release
the horses, pull the string K, that goes over the wheel B, Fig. 9, No. 2,
which string or chain passes down into the box under the small sheave A,
Fig. 9, No. 4, upon the other side, and is fastened to the pillar C; when
the string or chain is pulled, the part No. 3 is lifted out of the notches in
the tongues, and the traces are drawn out with the greatest facility; there
is a spring fixed in such a manner that that pressing against the top No. 2

page_text: confines the part No. 3 down tight, while the horses are in the carriage;
the strong pin L, No. 6, Fig. 9, passes through the hole M, No. 4, Fig. 9,
and serves to keep the whole steady and firm. H, H, No. 1, Fig. 9,
are holes to fasten the engine to whatever part of the carriage may be
deemed most convenient. No. 1, Fig. 9, is the engine as ready for 1
use; No. 2,
Fig. 9, is the top part with the pillar and wheel; No. 5, Fig. 9, another view
of No. 2; No. 8, Fig. 9 is the part that confines the tongues; No. 4, Fig. 9,
another view of the same; No. 6, Fig. 9, is an inside view of No. 1; No. 7,
Fig. 9, a view of No. 4 when fixed in No. 6. Fig. 4 is a drawing buckle with
a small buckle and strap to keep it together, and is fixed to the traces, as at
Fig. 17, for the purpose of travelling with post harness. The above is to be
used instead of the studds in the splinter bar; the two middle traces go between
the middle studds; the two outside traces go round the two end studds and are
prevented from slipping off by a joint staple fixed on to the end of the splinter
bar, Fig. 20. Fig. 5 represents a drawing buckle discharged, which is fixed to
the back strap of a gig harness, either above or below the buckle, as at Fig. 18.
Fig. 16, No. 1, represents the horses discharged without their traces; C is a
spring, cased over as at B; No. 2, D, a pull that draws back the bolt or pin
inserted into the strap, as at E, No. 2. When you want to discharge the
horses, pull the chain or string D, which is fastened to the end of the bolt E,
and contracts the spring C, which always forces the bolt forward; the string
D is conducted to the end of the traces at the splinter B, and from thence by
means of the pulley, Fig. 19, to any part of the carriage. The whole of the
bolt must be boxed with metal. The same traces answer for a gig or curricle.
Fig. 14, the pole of a carriage; C, a drawing buckle, as fixed when the horses
are attached to the carriage; .D, the drawing buckle, with the ring or dee as
when discharged; B, a drawing buckle, fixed to the pole of a curricle. The
steerage may be fixed at A, or any other convenient part of the curricle.
Fig. 15, No. 1, represents the carriage of a gig, with a steerage fixed thereto
as when travelling; B, a socket, fixed by a joint to the fore bar; C, a wheel
fixed in the end of a pole or staff, and which serves as a third wheel upon
occasion; the other end of the pole goes through the socket B, and has a
handle fixed to the top for the purpose of guiding the carriage after the horses
are released, as seen at A. This shews the steerage as fastened up when not
in use; when wanted to be used, slip off the ring from the button at D, the
weight of the wheel C brings it to the ground, and the handle starts up ready for
use, as seen, at Fig. 15, No. 2; it may be drawn up again immediately by pulling
the ring D, when the handle will fall down into its place as at No. 1. E and F
are pullies for the line to run in, and may be fixed to the bottom or any other

page_text: convenient part of the carriage. Fig. 3 is a spindle or reel, with its handle,
which may be fixed to the foretop transom or any other convenient part of the
carriage, and may be applied to a gig or curricle; A is the end of the reins, to
which is fastened the detaining line B; C, the handle; when the horses are
disengaged, the whole weight or draught of the carriage will be on their
mouths. The drags, Figs. 12 and 1, can equally be applied to all carriages,
and a steerage may also be fixed to a four-wheel carriage.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JAMES
ROBERTS, of Portsea, in the County of Hants, Mechanic, and EDWARD BRINE,
of the same Place, Coppersmith and Founder, send greeting,
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of His United Kingdom, bearing
date at Westminster, the Twenty-ninth day of November, in the forty-third
year of His reign, give and grant unto us, the said James Roberts and
Edward Brine, His especial licence that we, the said James Roberts and
Edward Brinc, during the term of years therein mentioned, should and lawfully
might use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, our Invention of "CERTAIN MACHINERY FOR THE PURPOSE
OF DRUGGING OR LOCKING THE WHEELS OF CARRIAGES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, AND
FOR INSTANTLY DISENGAGING THE HORSES THEREFROM, EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT
THEIR TRACES, AND FOR STEERING THE CARRIAGE AFTER THE HORSES ARE SO DIS-
ENGAGED;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso, obliging
us, the said James Roberts and Edward Brine, or one of us, by an instrument
in writing under our hands and seals, or under the hand seal of one of us,
to cause a particular description of the nature of our said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's
High Court of Chancery within one calendar month after the date of the
said recited Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, we, the said
James Roberts and Edward Brine, do hereby declare that our said Invention
is described by the above Drawings and description thereof.
In witness whereof, we, the said James Roberts and Edward Brine,
have hereunto, set our hands and seals, the Twenty-fourth day of
December, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and tra

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-fourth day of December,
in the forty-third year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third,
the said James Roberts and Edward Brine came before our said Lord the
King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the instrument aforesaid, and
all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above written.
And also the instrument aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of
the several Statutes made in the sixth year of the reign of the late King and
Queen William and Mary of England, and so forth, and in the seventeenth,
twenty-third, and thirty-seventh years of the reign of His Majesty King
George the Third.
Inrolled the Twenty-seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and two.