An Improvement or Improvements in the Construction and Manu- facture of Cant Rail Hinges and Head Joints and Appliances for Raising and Lowering Carriage Heads of all Descriptions.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Feb., 1886.
Complete Left, 11th Nov., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 14th Jan., 1887.
An Improvement or Improvements in the Construction and Manu-
facture of Cant Rail Hinges and Head Joints and Appliances
for Raising and Lowering Carriage Heads of all Descriptions.
WILLIAM RANK ALLAN Coach Maker No. 12 Edge Vale Liverpool in the county
of Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
In the ordinary construction of cant rail hinges and methods of striking the head
joints it is necessary for the whole or part of the hinge to be let into or sunk into the
woodwork of both cant rail and upper pillar.
My Invention consists in forming cant rail hinges and head joints as hereafter
described whereby the labor of letting the hinge into the woodwork is wholly or
mainly done away with.
My said Invention consists principally in forming the bearings of the cant rail and
upper pillar hinge at the parts to be secured or fixed at the back of the upper pillar
and top of cant rail with a Flat bearing and a projecting piece at right angles from the
flat bearing in the centre at either end where jointed and so jointed as to bring the
cant rail clear of the upper pillar when open.
In the projecting piece from the flat bearing of that part of the hinge to be attached
to the cant rail, I form a joint so as to receive a connecting rod to strike the head
joint.
At the back of the flat bearing of that part of the hinge to be attached to the upper
pillar, 1 form a stud with either a he or she joint to take the head joint.
I also form in the same part of the hinge a boss or stud whereunto the usual lifting
or any method of lifting the head may be fixed.
I form the head joint with a crank close up to where jointed to the stud at the back
of the hinge and so cranked as to clear the lifting appliances when the head is open or
the head joint is struck.

page_text: When the cant rail is not cut or in Carriages such as Barouches, Victorias,
Phaetons, Gigs or Buggys where hoop sticks are used.
I form a stud either fixed in the pillar joint or secured with a flat bearing and
secured by means of screws or bolts to the hoop stick or pillar.
The stud to have either a he or she joint so formed as to receive the lifting
appliances and also the prop and head joint.
I make the stud so as to bring the head joint clear of the lifting appliances when
the joint is struck, I do not limit myself as to the stud being jointed to the lifting
appliances as the same effect can be obtained by using them separately.

page_text: An Improvement or Improvements in the Construction and Manu-
facture of Cant Rail Hinges and Head Joints and Appliances
for Raising and Lowering Carriage Heads of all Descriptions.
WILLIAM RANK ALLAN Coach-maker, No. 12 Edge Vale Liverpool in the County of
Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN CANT
RAIL HINGES AND HEAD JOINTS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
In the ordinary construction of Cant rail hinges and method of striking the head
joint it is necessary for the whole or part of the hinge to be let into or sunk into the
wood work of both Cant rail and upper pillar.
My Invention consists in forming cant rail hinges and head joints as hereafter
described whereby the labor of letting the hinge into the woodwork is wholly or
mainly done away with.
I form the cant rail hinge Fig. 1-being the plan, Fig. 2. the elevation when open
Fig. 3. the elevation when closed, for the Inside joints, Fig. 4 being the plan, Fig. 5,
the elevation when open Fig. 6 the elevation when closed for outside joints.
The flat bearings A Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 being screwed to the pillar and cant rail,
and the projecting piece B. Fig. 12, 3, 4, 5 & 6 being at right angles to the bearing
or seating A is let into the woodwork.
The projecting piece or part of the hinge marked B is so jointed together that when
open the seatings A lie parallel with each other as shown in Figs. 2 & 5 marked A & B.
and when closed so that the seatings A lie at right angles with each other Figs. 3 & 6.
In the projecting piece B I form at C a joint Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 to which the
connecting rod D is jointed and also jointed to the inside joint E Figs. 1, 2 & 3.
The connecting rod D is then attached to the inside joint E. F. 12 & 3, this inside
joint is attached to outer seating of the hinge by means of the stud or projection L
Figs. 1, 2 & 3, when the hinge is opened from the position as shewn in Fig. 3 to the
position as shewn in Fig. 2 the inner joint E is struck or brought into position as
shewn in Figs. 2 & 3 respectively.
The inside joint E. Figs. 1, 2 & 3 I form in a crank shape as shown in Fig. 1 and
marked E. F. this crank or sett off is constructed for the purpose of clearing the
ordinary lifting appliance plans and sections of which are shewn in Figs. 4, 5 & 6 and
marked H these tubes or springs are then attached or jointed to the inside joint Fig. 1
at point marked E.
In Figs. 4, 5 & 6 I attach the upper prop N to the outer seating of the hinge by
means of a top plate. 1, Fig. 4 at the inner part of the seating I form a projecting
lip M. to which the prop N. is also secured or jointed as shewn.
I also form on the upper prop N. a projecting piece G one part attached to the
connecting rod D the other part attached to the lifting appliance H. Figs. 4, 5 & 6.
This connecting rod 1) is moved nearer or farther away from the upper prop N. along
the projecting piece G as may be desired according to bodies or quarters on which
they are fixed.
Fig. 7 shews the arrangement for lifting the head of a Victoria Barouch or such
like carriage head Fig. 8 being the clevation and Fig. 7 the plan.

page_text: No. 6 being the front neck plate on which I form a projecting piece 7 which is
turned up as a lip to which lip the lifting appliance is attached as shewn.
I also form on 6, a projection as shown, to which the prop 12, is fitted so as to
take the outside joint 9, which is secured in the ordinary manner by the neck 13 and
also so as to take the inside joint 10, which is secured in the ordinary manner by the
mut 11.
The arrangement Fig. 9 being the plan Fig. 10 the elevation is where the inside
joints are used. 5 being the front neck plate on which a projecting piece 1. is formed
which is also turned up with a lip to receive the inside joint 2 which is secured in the
ordinary manner by means of the nut 5 the inside lever 3 is fixed on the inside
joint 2 in the ordinary way and carried round the front hoop stick to the corresponding
joint on the other side.
The inside joint 2 I crank as shown in Fig. 9 so as to clear the lifting appliance 4
this lifting appliance is attached to the inside joint 2 as shewn in Fig. 9 & 10 and
marked 2 & 4.
In figures. 8, 7. I show only the part of the joint wherein my invention is, the parts
marked 6 & 7-being only the parts of the ordinary neck plate, when welded or shut on
and carried down to the pillar joint at the elbow of the carriage, the other parts 9-10
being shut or welded to their respective lengths in the ordinary manner,--this
arrangement is shown for outside joints.
In figures 9-10. the parts marked 1. & 5 are shut or welded on to the ordinary
neck plate in the usual manner, the inside joint levers 3, Fig. 9-10, and Fig. 7, 8.
and marked 10. may be made either oval, flat, or any section that may be desired.
The lifting appliances as shewn in Fig. 7-8 and marked 8, and in Fig. 9-10 and
marked 4, is the ordinary telescopic tube, but any ordinary lifting appliance may be
used.
In sheet. 2. Fig. 11-& 12. shows how the Cant rail hinges are fixed to the upper pillar
and cant rail, this although only shewing the outside joints as in Fig. 4, 5, 6. Sheet 1-
the arrangements for the inside joints are exactly the same in regard to the fixing of
the hinges as shown in Fig. 1-2. 3, in sheet 1.
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
1st. The construction of the Cant rail hinge as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6
substantially and for the purpose described and shewn and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
2nd. The fixing of the lifting appliances to the inside joint for the purposes and
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3rd. The forming of inside joint with a crank or sett off to clear the lifting
appliances for the purposes and substantially as herein before described & illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
4th. The forming of the upper prop with a projecting piece so as to take the
connecting rod and in conjunction with the attachment of the lifting appliance for
the purposes and substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
5th. The forming of the neck plates with projections & lips & the fixing &
attaching the lifting appliances, levers, & props, for the purposes and substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
In witness whereof I the said William Rank Allan have hereunto set my hand
and my seal this tenth day of November in the year of our Lord-one thousand eight
hundred and eighty six.
WILLIAM RANK ALLAN.