Improvements in the Construction of Two-wheeled Vehicles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 28th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 3rd May, 1890)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Two-wheeled Vehicles.
I, THOMAS WATTS of High Street Pershore in the County of Worcester Carriage.
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
This invention relates to two-wheeled vehicles for carrying two persons, and is of
the gig or phaeton type.
The invention consists 1st-in providing the rear of the body part, with a parcel
box, under the seat: 2ndly, in narrowing the rear of the body part, to accommodate
the position of the springs, which are preferably of a C shaped configuration. 3rdly,
in the fittings of the said body part. 4thly; in improvements in the construction of
the body and 5thly, in the position and arrangement of the side irons, upon which is
mounted the top side rail.
In carrying out my invention, I mount the body upon opposite C shaped springs;
secured to an axle, disposed about midway between the ends of the body, consisting
essentially of bottom panels, sloping downwards at rear; and disposed underneath
the said panels constituting the body part, under which is the seat, is a parcel box,
also inclining downwards.
In front of the parcel-box, which has a door at its back, is the boot, or fore-part of
the vehicle, and inclined upwards from the bottom panels on the body part and from
stays directed from it, are side irons, nearly surmounted by top side rails, and above it
comes the wings banging over the wheels.
Fitted to the back of the vehicle;.and body part, is the back, rest which is supported
by: vertical irons or fittings.
The boot, which hangs below, and is. broader than. the parcel-box, has its back-side
inclined, whilst its front side carries the dash-board.
The front side irons, carry handles; whilst the shafts are connected. at its extreme
ends, and at intermediate parts, by fulcrum fittings, attached to the body, and to these.
fittings, the double steps, with banging brackets, are suitably attached.
The step connections are arranged branching from a common depending bracket.
The lower ends of the. C shaped springs which are interposed between the axle and
body, are attached to connections on the shafts, whilst the upper ends come under the
body of the vehicle..
By making the rear part of the body, narrower than the front, room is made for
the supporting springs.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Two-wheeled Vehicles.
I, THOMAS WATTS of High Street, Pershore, in the County of Worcester, 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 two-wheeled vehicles, of the gig or phaeton type, and
consists 1st, in providing a said vehicle, with a parcel-box, under the seat, and opening
rearwardly 2ndly, in narrowing or reducing the rear of the body part of the vehicle,
to make room for the springs, which are preferably of a C shape-3rdly in the
fittings of the said body part-4thly in the general construction of the vehicle,-5thly
the arrangement of the top-side-irons, upon which the top side rail is mounted.

page_text: Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, represents in side elevation, a two wheeled
vehicle, constructed and arranged according to my said invention.
Figue 2 represents a back elevation of the same, showing the parcel box, and the
disposition of the parts of the vehicle, with respect to the said box.
Figure 3 represents a transverse vertical section of the said veliicle, whilst figure 4
shows a top sile plan of figure 3, with a portion of the front broken away.
The same letters of reference, indicate corresponding parts, in the several figures of
the drawings.
The body of the vehicle, which is marked a, is mounted and supported upon
opposite C shaped springs b, with their rest sides secured to the axle c, of the
wheels d.
The said axle is disposed transversely under the body of the vehicle, about midway
between its ends, or about opposite the junction of the inclined rear part of the boot,
which is marked a², with the seat, which is marked a
Disposed underneath the seat, is a parcel-box e, with a door e², at its rear, and
opening outwardly.
The panels constituting the sides of the parcel-box, and also the sides of the vehicle,
are inclined downwards, from the top side, to which the side irons, supporting the
top rails g, are carried, and from which said top side rails, the wings h, carried by
upright brackets ², are mounted.
The back of the vehicle, inclines or slopes downwards, alike unto the sides, which
taper, both downwardly and rearwardly, whilst the fore part of the vehicle a²,
designated the "boot," has its front panel sloping upwardly, to which the dash-boardi,
is connected.
Connected to the sloping back.of the vehicle, is the back-rest, supported by back-
rest irons j².
Attachedly connected to the body and top side rails, are handles k, and to the sides
of the "boot," are double steps 1, 1; whilst the shafts m, are connected to the fore part
of the "boot," and to the rear part, of the body respectively, by anti-vibration bearing
fittings n.
Thus the vehicle is mounted upon C or other shaped springs, suitably connected to
the axle of the wheels, and with the side panels of the vehicle, sloping downwards,
with a parcel box, disposed under the rear of the said body part.
Disposed in front of the parcel-box, comes the "boot," which is broader than the
said parcel-box, and with the sides thereof, sloping downwards, alike unto the general
sides of the vehicle, whose top panels a, extend a little rearwardly, and are sur-
mounted by top side rails and wings, respectively fitted with side irons or brackets.
In the drawings, it will be seen, that the "boot" part of the vehicle, which is broader
than the parcel-box, hangs below the underside of the latter.
By the making of the rear part of the body of the vehicle, narrower than the front,
room is thus made for the supporting springs.
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 :-
First A two wheeled vehicle, disposing at the rear underside of the seat, and
back of the said vehicle, a parcel-box, substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly-The construction and arrangement of the body part, and the arrange-
ment and combination of the panellings of the said body part, as set forth.
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Thirdly The combination with a body and "boot" part of a vehicle, as herein
described, of a parcel-box, or other enclosure, as set forth.
Fourthly-The improvement or improvements in the construction of wheeled
vehicles, as herein described and set forth.
Dated this 11th day of March 1890
THOMAS WATTS.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicants.