Improvements in the Construction of Two-wheeled Vehicles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 9th Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Two-wheeled Vehicles.
1, ROBERT GATES, of Bank Street, High Street, Gravesend, County of Kent,
Carriage Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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This invention relates to improvements in the construction of two-wheeled
vehicles, the object being to make a cart kind of gig with a low body for ease
of entering and leaving from the front and having said body well balanced to avoid
oscillation and vibration, the springs being under the back or rear and hung from
side scroll irons or supports at convenient parts of the body lower frame.
For the purpose of my invention, I make the body of curved or rounded frame
both front and rear with a full fall or foot and a recess under for deposit of small
parcels or bags. The sides of the body have splashes with the intervening spaces
filled in with leather or other screen as a protection to the occupants.
The back is raised above the level of the sides, and serves as a rest for leaning
back with comfort:
The front has a rounded splash and carries the lamps, the shafts being also
attached by their back bow thereto. The lower front and the shafts are affixed by
struts scroll or other to which the steps can be attached, or form part of or they
can be separately fitted.
The side springs of half elliptic or grasshopper kind have their forward ends
connected from below the body by supports which clear the footboard or entry, and
the hind ends are toggled, or otherwise secured to a cross spring, the centre of
which is held to the back of the upper body to allow for the rise and fall also the
balancing of the weight of the occupants.
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Improvements in the Construction of Two-wheeled Vehicles.
I, ROBERT GATES, of Bank Street, High Street, Gravesend, County of Kent,
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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of two-wheeled
vehicles, the object being to make a car kind of gig with a low body for ease of
eutering and leaving from the front and having said body well balanced to avoid
oscillation and vibration, the springs being under the back or rear, and hung from
side scroll irons or supports at convenient parts of the body lower frame.
For the purpose of my invention, I make the body A of curved or rounded
form both front and rear with a full fall or foot B and a recess under for deposit
of small parcels or bags. The sides of the body have splashes E with the
intervening spaces filled in with leather F, or other screen as a protection to the
occupants.

page_text: The back G is raised above the level of the sides D, and serves as a rest for
leaning back with comfort.
The front has a rounded splash H, and carries the lamps J, J, the shafts K, K,
being also attached by their back bow thereto. The lower front L and the
shafts K, K, are affixed by struts M, M, scroll or other, to which the steps N, N,
can be attached, or form part of, or they can be separately fitted.
The side springs P of half elliptic or grasshopper kind have their forward ends
connected from below the body by supports Q which clear the footboard or
entry R and the hind ends are shackled, or otherwise secured to a cross spring S,
the centre T of which is held to the back of the upper body by the iron U to allow
for the rise and fall, also the balancing of the weight of the occupants, the whole
being supported upon the axle V and wheels W, W.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is: ―
The newly constructed low set body gig shown in the annexed drawing, the
specialities being the parcel boot or recess C under the seat, arm screens F, F,
between splashes E, E, and body A, bow front L, splash H, high back G, clear
wide entry R, the whole being mounted on side springs P, P, and back cross
spring S as and for the purposes described.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Robert Gates.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Robert Gates.