Improvements in the Construction of Carriages for Ordinary Roads.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Carriages for Ordinary Roads.
We, THE BRISTOL WAGON AND CARRIAGE WORKS COMPANY LIMITED
of Lawrence Hill, Bristol, Wagon and Carriage Builders, and WILLIAM STUDLEY
HEK of the same place, Foreman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
Our invention has reference to carriages, whether four wheeled or two wheeled,
for ordinary roads, and it consists in constructing a carriage in such manner that
it can be converted at pleasure from a carriage having a transverse front seat and
two seats behind the front seat arranged laterally as in a wagonette to a carriage
having a front seat and a back seat both placed transversely as in a dog cart,
and vice versa.
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The manner in which our invention may be carried into effect is as follows:-
We make the lateral seats each in two pieces which are hinged together so that
When the
the said pieces can be folded one upon the other or opened out at will.
carriage is to be used as a wagonette the pieces are opened out and they then
constitute the lateral seats. When on the other hand the carriage is to be used as
a dog cart the said pieces are folded one upon the other and then constitute a
We make the.back
guide and support for a detachable transverse back seat.
member of the carriage in three pieces viz.: a middle piece and two side pieces;
the middle piece is hinged to one of the side pieces like the door of a wagonette.
and can be fixed at will to the other side piece by bolts or other fastenings which
may have a handle for operating them. The two side pieces are hinged to the
body of the carriage in such a way that they can move on a horizontal axis.
When the carriage is to be used as a wagonette the two side pieces are secured in
an upright position to the sides of the carriage by locks or other fastenings so as
to constitute two fixed ends and the bolts or fastenings for securing the middle
piece to one of the side pieces are removed; the middle piece is then free to
turn as a carriage door on the hinges by which it is attached to the other vide
When
piece and this door can be opened and closed at pleasure in the usual way.
on the other hand the carriage is to be used as a dog cart the middle piece is
bolted to the side piece to which it is not hinged and the two side pieces are
released from the sides of the carriage; the three pieces can then be let down
together as one piece so as to constitute a foot board as used on a dog-cart.
Din 4th day of Anil 1805
J. C. MEWBURN & ELLIS,
55 and 56 Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents..

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Improvements in the Construction of Carriages for Ordinary Roads.
We, THE BRISTOL WAGON AND CARRIAGE WORKS COMPANY LIMITED
of Lawrence Hill, Bristol, Wagon and Carriage Builders, and WILLIAM STUDLEY
HEк of the same place Foreman, 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 :-
Our invention has reference to carriages, whether four-wheeled or two-wheeled,
for ordinary roads, and it consists in constructing a carriage in such manner that
it can be converted at pleasure from a carriage having a transverse front seat and
two seats behind the front seat arranged laterally as in a wagonette, to a carriage
having a front seat and a back seat both placed transversely as in a dog cart, and
vice versa.
The manner in which our invention may be carried into effect is represented in
the accompanying drawings in which
Figures 1, 2 and 3 are respectively a transverse section, a plan and an end
elevation of our convertible carriage when arranged as a wagonette and
Figures 4, 5 and 6 are respectively a transverse sectiou, a plan and a side
elevation of the carriage when arranged as a dog cart.
AA are the lateral seats of the wagonette and C is the front transverse seat.
We make each of the lateral seats in two pieces as shown, these pieces being
hinged together so that they can be folded one upon the other or opened out at
will. When the carriage is to be used as a wagonette these pieces are opened out
as seen in Figures 1 and 2, and they then constitute the lateral seats.
When on
the other hand the carriage is to be used as a dog cart the said pieces are folded
one upon the other as seen in Figures 4 and 5 and then constitute a guide and
support for a detachable transverse back seat B.
We make the back member of the carriage in three pieces, namely a middle
piece and two side pieces D₁ D*; the middle piece D is hinged to the side
piece D like the door of a wagonette and can be fixed at will to the other
side piece D¹ by bolts or other fastenings which may have a handle for operating
them. The two side pieces D1 D2 are hinged to the body of the carriage in such
a way that they can move on a horizontal axis E, Figure 6. When the carriage
is to be used as a wagonette the two side pieces D'D' are secured in an upright
position to the sides of the carriage as seen in Figures 2 and 3 by locks or other
suitable fastenings so as to constitute two fixed ends and the bolts or fastenings for
securing the middle piece D to the side piece D' are removed; this middle piece
is then tree to turn as a carriage door on the hinges by which it is attached to the
side piece D and this door can be opened and closed at pleasure in the usual way.
When on the other hand the carriage is to be used as a dog cart the middle
piece D is bolted to the side piece D and the two side pieces are released from
the sides of the carriage; the three pieces can then be let down together as one
piece on the axis E, so as to constitute a foot-board as used on a dog cart,—see
Figures 5 and 6.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A carriage which can be converted from one having a transverse front seat
and two back seats arranged laterally as in a wagonette, to one having a front
transverse seat and a back transverse seat as in a dog cart and vice versa,
substantially as hereinbefore described.

page_text: 2. In a carriage which is convertible as described in Claim 1, the folding lateral
seats A A in combination with a detachable transverse back seat, such as shown
at B for the purpose set forth.
3. In a carriage which is convertible as described in Claim 1, a back member
consisting of three pieces such as D, D', D', of which the middle piece D is hinged
to one of the side pieces and can be fixed at will to the other side piece, and the
two side pieces can either be fixed in an upright position to the sides of the
carriage in which case the middle piece constitutes a door, or be lowered on a
horizontal axis together with the middle piece, so as to constitute a foot board,
substantially as hereinbefore described.
4. The improved convertible carriage constructed substantially as herein before
described and represented in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 4th day of Jenuer 1896
J. C. MEWBURN & ELLIS,
55 and 56 Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.