Improvements in and relating to Electrical Communicators for use on Public Vehicles and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 18th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 23rd May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Electrical Communicators for
use on Public Vehicles and the like.
We, JOHN WILLIAM EYRE of 211 Tufnell Park Road, London, Gentleman,
aud CHARLES GRAHAM of 389 Kennington Road London Civil Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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position.
The object of our invention is to enable the drivers of vehicles such as cabs, to
be guided in any required direction by the passenger. For this purpose we.
construct a case or box of metal, wood, or suitable material, one side of which is
enclosed by a sheet of glass, mica or other transparent material. This is placed
with the open side towards the driver, on the splash board of the vehicle or in the
hansom" below the fork, or rein guide, or in other suitable
Inside this box, we place one or more but preferably three incandescent lamps to
signify right, left, or stop, having corresponding buttons or pushes in the most
convenient position inside the vehicle in connection therewith. An ordinary battery
may be carried on any part of the vehicle, having the usual electrical connections.
By pressing the corresponding button the passenger can direct the driver on the
darkest night. Semaphores may be used in the day time with or without the
addition of a bell or gong.
Dated this 9th day of February 1891.
JOHN WILLIAM EYRE.
CHARLES GRAHAM.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Electrical Communicators for
use on Public Vehicles and the like.
We, JOHN WILLIAM EYRE of 211 Tufnell Park Road London, Gentleman,
and CHARLES GRAHAM of 389 Kennington Road, London, Civil Engineer, 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:-
The object of our invention is to provide means by which the passenger using
such vehicles as cabs, broughams, and the like, can guide the driver from the
interior in any direction at will. With this object we construct a case or box
preferably of either wood or metal, one side of which is enclosed either by a sheet
of glass, mica or some other transparent substance. This case or box is placed in
any convenient position on the vehicle but preferably on the splash board, or in the
case of a "hansom" below the fork or rein guide, in each case with the
transparent side towards the driver. In the interior of this case one or more but
preferably three incandescent electric lamps are placed, each of some distinctive
colour or form, to signify "right," "left," and "stop." In any convenient position or
positions in the interior of the vehicle, corresponding buttons or pushes are affixed
în connection with these lamps, and also with an ordinary battery placed in any
part of the vehicle. By means of these lamps the passenger can direct the driver
in any direction on the darkest night by simply pressing the button or buttons
required in the interior. For use in daylight, discs, or semaphores may be provided
to be raised by suitable electro magnets placed in such a position that the discs are
raised immediately in front of their corresponding lamps, the light of which can be
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page_text: seen through a hole cut for that purpose in the centre of each disc.
These discs may
be used either separately or in conjunction with the lamps, as found most convenient
in practice. If found necessary a bell or gong may be used in addition to either or
both the above means of communication.
For the better illustration of this our invention, we have hereunto annexed a
sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1. represents a front elevation and
Fig. 2. a side elevation of our invention in which latter view the side of the case
is shown partly removed to exhibit the interior mechanism.
In these figures A. A. A. is the case or box, B. B. the incandescent electric lamps.
C. (Fig. 2.) electro magnets for raising the discs, the normal position of which is
shown by the dotted line D' in Fig. 2, and the position when in action by D
(Figs. 1 & 2.). The centre of the disc is cut away as at E (Fig. 1.) to allow the
light of the lamp to be seen through the disc when raised.
Fig. 3 represents the back view of the body of a hansom cab to which the
apparatus is fitted in the rein fork as shown at F.
Fig. 4 shows a portion of the body of a cab or brougham with the apparatus
fixed to the splash board at G.
The battery and pushes are not shown as they are of the ordinary description,
and can be placed in any part of the vehicle where found most convenient.
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 :--
The construction and use of electrical indicators for. vehicles generally as
substantially herein set forth, described and illustrated.
Dated this 18th day of April 1801
JOHN WILLIAM EYRE.
CHARLES GRAHAM.