Improvements in Starting, Stopping, Reversing, and Speed Altering Gear for Motor Road Vehicles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July; 1898
Complete Specification Left, 6th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 27th May, 1899
DI MULTIVATION
Improvements in Starting, Stopping, Reversing, and Speed Altering
Gear for Motor Road Vehicles.
We, ISAAC CORDINGLEY and THOMAS WILLIAM CORDINGLEY, of Trowbridge, Wilts,
and JOHN SMITH, of Westeroft House, Carshalton, Surrey, Engineers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for starting and stopping
motor cars and also relates to means for varying the speed of same, while provision
is also made for the reversing of the direction of travelling at will, the object of
this invention being to provide means of simple construction whereby the various
actions above specified may be effected by the operation of a single lever. In carry-
ing our invention into practice we provide in suitable guides a sliding bar capable
of movement (backward or forward) in a horizontal direction varying distances
according to the operation of the lever by which same is worked. In this bar
are cut angular and parallel slots in which slots work, in cam-like fashion, two
roller pins attached to two rods which rods are disposed one on each side of the
sliding bar aforesaid and are capable of movement in guides in a direction at right
angles to the said sliding bar. These rods are arranged in such position with
relation to the driving belts on each side of the motor-car that when the same
move in either of the directions of which they are capable, they carry the belts
with them.
In operation, assuming that the driving belt is running on a loose pulley and
it is desired to shift same on to a fast one on the same shaft, the sliding bar
would, by means of the lever, be pushed in the direction which would cause (by
means of the cam-like action of the roller pin on the belt rod, in conjunction with
the slot in the sliding bar) the rod in connection with such belt to move in the
required direction thus carrying with it the belt. The movements of the belt
rods being governed by the direction of the slot in the sliding bar, it will be easily
understood that the belts can be carried in any direction or distance according as
the said slot is arranged in the sliding bar and thus the varying speed pulleys
can be brought into and put out of operation at will and the direction of travelling
can be reversed by bringing into use pulleys driven by crossed belts.
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HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Starting, Stopping, Reversing, and Speed Altering
Gear for Motor Road Vehicles.
We, ISAAC CORDINGLEY and THOMAS WILLIAM CORDINGLEY, of Trowbridge, Wilts,
and JOHN SMITH, of Westcroft House, Carshalton, Surrey, Engineers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for starting and stopping.
motor cars and also relates to means for varying the speed of same, while provision
is also made for the reversing of the direction of travelling at will, the object of
the invention being to provide apparatus of a simple construction whereby the
various actions above referred to may be effected by the operation of a single
lever.
And in order that this our said invention may be the more readily understood
and carried into practical effect reference is hereby made to the accompanying
sheet of illustrative drawings wherein :-
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the main feature of our invention.
Fig. 2 being a diagrammatical view explanatory of the operation of same, all
the belts being on loose pulleys and consequently the motor car being at rest.
Referring to these said drawings in which like letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts throughout both figures, a is a sliding bar working in suitable
guides (not shewn) and capable of moving backward and forward in a horizontal
direction varying distance according to the operation of the lever by which the
same is worked. In this bar a are provided angular and parallel slots a¹ and a²,
in which slots work, in cam-like fashion, two roller-pins or projections b¹ and ci
attached to sliding bars or rods b and c which rods and care disposed one on
each side of the aforementioned sliding bar a and are capable of movements in
guides (not shewn) in directions at right angles to the sliding bar a aforesaid.
These rods are arranged in such position with relation to the driving belts on
each side of the motor car that when they move in either of the directions of which
they are capable they carry the belts with them.
In operation, assuming it is desirable to throw the cross-belt into operation on
the fast pulleys e and e¹ and thus cause the bar to move in one direction, the bar a
by means of the lever (not shewn) attached to the bifurcated end of the bar a,
is moved in the direction of the arrow until the roller pin c¹ on the sliding bar eis,
by means of its cam-like action, at the lowest point a of the slot a when the
sliding-bar e would have carried the cross belt d from the loose pulley f on to the
fast pulleyse and e¹ but the belt would only have been shifted onto another
portion of the loose pulley h and the cross belt i would not have shifted but the
roller pin on the rod b would now be at the point a in the slot a¹ of the rod a.
The movement by similar means of the sliding bar a a similar distance in the
same direction causes the belts & and g to take up their original position and the
cross belt to gear with the fast pulleys j and j. It will readily be. understood
from these examples that by the means employed the motor car can be run in either
direction and by the same means the speed may be varied.
It is obvious that we can arrange the slots in our sliding bar a in various direc-
tions to effect different movements of the belts without departing from the spirit
of our invention.

page_text: 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 means for stopping, starting, reversing and altering the speed of motor
cars, consisting in the horizontal sliding bar having suitably arranged angular and
parallel slots in which work roller-pins attached to rods or bars for carrying the
operating belts, said rods being disposed in suitable guides on each side of the
motor car and capable of movements at right angles to the direction of the move-
ment of the horizontal sliding bar, all arranged, combined and operating sub-
stantially as specified.
Dated this fith dar of Anvil 1900
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., for the Applicants.