Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1887
Complete Left, 17th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 20th Apr., 1888
We, SOLOMON ANDREWS and FRANCIS EMILE ANDREWS both of Cardiff in the
County of Glamorgan, Carriage Builders, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention bas for its object an omnibus in which the passengers can all sit
inside facing the horses, just as they can, on the more modern omnibuses in London,
face the horses, in the seats on top.
For this purpose we arrange the omnibus with a central or side passage or two side
passages, and all the seats one behind the other facing the horses. "We prefer for
most purposes a central passage with one, or in some cases even two, seats abreast on
each side that passage.
In order to avoid the omnibus being of unnecessarily great height, we sink the
central passage a little below the level of the floor of the seats.
The springs can be either outside the wheels or inside, as desired.
In some cases the floor can be made level; in others the part which comes over the
wheels under the seats can be a little higher than the other part of the floor, and in
some cases the opposite arrangement can be employed, namely, with side seats just
over the four wheels but cross-seats in all other parts.
Dad : il Dambor 1907
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We, SOLOMON ANDREWS and FRANCIS EMILE ANDREWS both of Cardiff in the
County of Glamorgan Carriage Builders 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 has for its object an omnibus in which the passengers can all sit
inside facing the horses, just as they can, on the more modern omnibuses in London,
face the horses in the seats on top.
This object, we attain as follows; reference being had to the accompanying
drawings, which depict an omnibus constructed in accordance with our invention.
Figure 1, is a side elevation.
Figure 2, is a back elevation, with parts removed and broken away and
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing a modified form of construction.
We arrange the omnibus with a central or side passage A, or with two side
passages, and all the seats B are placed transversely one behind the other facing the
horses. As shown in Figure 2, we prefer for most purposes a central passage A with
one or in some cases, even two seats abreast, on each side that passage-Or the
passage may be located as shown in Figure 3, with single seats on one side of it,
and with the seats two or three abreast on the other side.
In order to avoid the omnibus being of unnecessarily great height, we sink the
central passage a little below the level of the floor of the seats, as seen in Figures 2
and 3.
The springs C can be either on the outside of the wheels as in Figure 1 or on the
inside, as desired.
In some cases the floor can be made level; in others the part D which comes over
the wheels and under the seats can be a little higher than the other part of the floor,
and in some cases the opposite arrangement can be employed, namely; side seats
can be placed just over the four wheels, but cross seats in all other parts.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1st. An omnibus, having the inside seats arranged transversely on one or both
sides of a passage, such as A, running from back to front of the vehicle, and sunk
below the level of the floor thereof, substantially as and for the purposes described.
2nd. An omnibus, having the inside seats arranged transversely in the centre of
the vehicle, and approached at each side thereof by a passage, such as A, substantially
as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 16th day of Morah 1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
Patent Agents for the Applicants.