Improvements in or relating to the Outside Seats of Tramcars and other Exposed Places.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1896
10th Luche 1007 Accented
21st Ave
1907
Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Loft, 16th July, 1907 Accepted, 21st Aug, 1207
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Outside Seats of Tramcars and
other Exposed Places.
We, JAMES CADMAN, of 142 Carlton Terrace Greenheys Lane, Agent, and
EDWIN MALLEY, of 47 Masonic Street, Oldham Road, Engineer, both in Man-
chester, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to seats such as are employed in places that are exposed
to the weather.
The object of this invention is to protect said seats from rain or dust when not
occupied, and irrespective of any action on the part of the last user. We attain
this object by the means hereinafter described and as shown on the accompanying
sheet of drawings in which Fig. 1 is a sectional end view of a seat constructed
according to this invention with the mechanism shown in the position in which
it would be placed when the back of the seat is raised and the seat occupied. Fig. 2
is a like view showing the mechanism in the position it would be placed for per-
mitting the back to be closed down so as to cover the seat when the seat is vacant.
In this invention we construct a seat or seats such as may be fitted to the out-
side of tramcars or other vehicles, or seats that are or may be employed in places
of resort gardens, or other exposed places with backs as 6 that are hinged to the
rear portion of the frame as at c. An angle board 'd is attached to the bottom
portion of said back and has a pulley or roller e fitted thereto. We connect a
seat as f to the back portion of the frame a by means of studs g or equivalents, the
front portion of said seat resting on springs as j that will by compression permit
the upper surface of the seat f to come level with the front rail of the frame a
when the seat is occupied. We attach a bracket as k to the front rail of the seat f
and connect therewith a lever l which is fulcrumed on a rod m that is supported
between the two sides of the frame a. We form the inner end of said lever with
a jaw . The seat f when unoccupied will be raised a little above the frame a at
the front as shown in Fig. 2, and the back b which is constructed so as to be water-
proof will lie down over and cover the seat. In applying our invention, when a
seat is required to be occupied the back b is lifted as in Fig. 1. The weight of the
occupant causes the front of the seat f to be placed level with the front rail of the
frame a. By these means the projecting stud 12 on the jaw end of the lever
engages with a slot e¹ on the angle board d and retains the back b in a vertical
position. When the occupant rises and thereby takes the weight off the seat the
springs j raise the front of the seat f thereby causing the jaw end of the lever
to be disengaged from the angle board d as in Fig. 2. and the back b will then fall
down and cover the seat irrespective of any attention on the part of the user.
THOMAS PRESCOTT.
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Outside Seats of Tramcars and
other Exposed Places.
We, JAMES CADMAN, of 142 Carlton, Terrace. Greenleys Lane, Agent, and
EDWIN MALLEY, of 47 Masonic Street, Oldham Road, Engineer, both in Man-
chester, in the County of Lancaster, 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 seats such as are employed in exposed or public places.
The object of this invention is to protect said seats from rain or dust when not
occupied irrespective of any action on the part of the last. user. We attain this
object by the means hereinafter described and as shown in the accompanying two
sheets of drawings illustrating our invention in which Fig. I is an end view of a
seat; Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation; Fig. 3 is a front view, and Fig. 4 is a
plan of the same; in each of these views the mechanism is shown in the position
in which it would be placed when the seat is occupied, and the back or cover
thereby raised. Fig. 5 is a sectional end view of the same seat showing the
mechanism in the position it would be placed by the seat being vacated and said
seat thereby automatically covered by the back; Fig. 6 is an end view, and Fig. 7
a front view of an extension of the frame a, so as to form a row of seats, each seat
acting independently of the other.
In these views similar letters refer to similar parts.
In this invention we construct a seat or seats such as are or may be fitted to the
outside of tramcars or other vehicles, or seats such as may be employed in places of
resort, gardens, cricket and like grounds, or on the decks of ships or other exposed
places, with backs or covers as 6 that are hinged as at c to the rear portion of the
frame a. An angle board d is attached to the bottom portion of the back, and said
angle board has a catch plate e fitted thereto. We connect a seat as f to thic
back portion of the frame a by means of studs g or equivalents as g2 shown in
Figs. 6 and 7, the front portion of said seat resting on springs as j. We attach
a bracket k to the underside of the front rail f¹ of the seat f and connect therewith
a lever which is fulcrumed on a rod m that is supported between the two sides of
the frame a. We form the inner end of said lever with a jaw formed so as to
fit on the catch plate e, the front portion of the seat when unoccupied will be raised
a little by the springs j as in Fig. 5 and the back or cover b which when employed
in exposed places is constructed so as to be waterproof will lie down and cover the
seat. In applying our invention when a seat is required to be occupied, the back
or cover is lifted as shown in Fig. 1, the weight of the occupant depresses the
springs and causes the front of the scat f to be placed lineable with the front
rail a of the frame a; by these means the catch on the jaw end of the lever
engages with the slot el in the catch plate e that is fitted on the aforesaid angle
board, thereby retaining and preventing the back or cover b from leaning forward
against the back of the occupant if said occupant does not wish to sit in a back-
wardly reclining position. When the occupant rises and thereby takes the weight
off the seat, the springs j raise the front of the seat f causing the
jaw end of the lever to be disengaged from the angle board d
as in Fig. 5 and the tongue 3 pressing on the plate e the back b will
then fall down and cover the seat f irrespective of any attention, on the part of the
user. India rubber or other elastic pads may be inserted in the upper part of the
frame and, or, the inner side of the back to meet and prevent concussion and noise
when the back falls. Seats such as hereinbefore 'described may be made to

page_text: accommodate two or more persons as shown in Fig. 7 by extending the frame a to
any length and duplicating or multiplicating the seats f, the backs b and the
mechanism therefor.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:
1st. In seats for use in tramcars and other vehicles, seats for gardens, public
grounds, decks of ships, and other exposed places, the means for automatically
covering the seat by the back when the seat is vacant, irrespective of any action on
the part of the last user for the purpose and in the manner substantially as herein-
before described.
2nd. In seats for use on tramcars, and other vehicles, seats for gardens, public
grounds, decks of ships and other exposed places, the combination of a fulcrumed
portion as f with mechanism for retaining and preventing the backs of said seats
falling forward on to the back of the occupant, substantially as herein before
described.
Doted this 19th day of T1 100%
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicants.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicants.