Improvements relating to Mudguards for the Door Handles of Carriages.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Feb., 1896-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Mudguards for the Door Handles of
Carriages.
We, GEORGE ERNEST FLETCHER, and HENRY HORACE MITCHELL, trading
as Charles Dutton, and CHARLES DUTTON, all of 60 Bissell Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in mud guards for attachment to the door
handles of carriages, our object being to so construct the mud guard that it may be
readily attached or detached without disfiguring the door or necessitating removal
of the handle, and in such a manner that the guard shall remain stationary when
the handle is turned for the purpose of fastening or unfastening the door.
In carrying our invention into effect we construct our improved mud guard
preferably of a circular or part circular configuration from brass or other metal,
having a base bar or attachment piece for fitting over or on to the ordinary
escutcheon.
The boss or central portion of the base bar or attachment piece has a hole formed
through it, and one side of the boss is cut through to permit of its being passed
over the handle stem, and thus on to the top of the escutcheon attached to the carriage
door by wood screws in the ordinary manner. On the under-side of the base bar or
attachment piece we cut or form a groove or depression of such a depth that the
mud guard shall obtain a good seating over the escutcheon, but without touching
the surface of the carriage door.
The mud guard is rigidly secured by the same screws which attach the
escutcheon to the carriage door, such screws being withdrawn before the guard is
placed in position, and passed through both the base bar or attachment piece and
the escutcheon after the base bar has been seated. When not required the mud
In this
guard is readily detached on the withdrawal of the escutcheon screws.
manner our improved mud guard is attached and detached quite independently of
the door handle itself, and without in any way interfering with the same.
We do not limit the application of our invention to handle mud guards of any
particular pattern or configuration but make such modifications in the design as
may be desired for varying services.
1005
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, Loudon, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Mudguards for the Door Handles of
Carriages.
GEORGE ERNEST FLETCHER, and HENRY HORACE MITCHELL, trading as
Charles Dutton, and CHARLES DUTTON, all of 60, Bissel Street, in the City of
Birmingham, 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 improvements in mud guards for attachment to the door

page_text: handles of carriages, our object being to so construct the mud guard that it may be
readily attached or detached without disfiguring the door or necessitating removal
of the handle, and in such a manner that the guard shall remain stationary when
the handle is turned for the purpose of fastening or unfastening the door.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter
referred to.―
Figure 1 is a front elevation showing an improved mud guard fixed in position
over a carriage door handle.
Figure 2 is a side elevation with a portion of the guard cut away in order to
reveal the handle.
Figure 3 is a front view of the mud guard detached from the handle, and Figure 4
a back view showing the base bar or attachment.
Figure 5 is a front view of a carriage door handle and escutcheon.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
In carrying our invention into effect we construct our improved mud guard A
preferably of a circular or part circular configuration from brass or other metal,
having a base bar or attachment piece A' for fitting over or on to the ordinary
escutcheon B¹ of the carriage door handle B.
The boss or central portion of the base bar or attachment piece A' has a hole
formed through it, and one side of the boss is cut through as shown at Figures 3
and 4, to permit of its being passed over the handle stem, and thus on to the top of
the escutcheon B' which is attached to the carriage door by wood screws in the
ordinary manner. On the under side of the base bar or attachment piece A¹ we
cut or form a groove or depression as a Figure 4 of such a depth that the mud
guard shall obtain a good seating over the escutcheon, as shown at Figure 2, without
touching the surface of the carriage door.
The mud guard is rigidly secured by the same screws which attach the
escutcheon to the carriage door, such screws being withdrawn before the guard is
placed in position, and passed through the base bar or attachment piece A¹ and the
escutcheon B' after the base bar has been seated. When not required the mud
guard can be readily detached on the withdrawal of the escutcheon screws. In this
manner our improved mud guard is attached and detached quite independently of
the door handle itself, and without in any way interfering with the same.
We do not limit the application of our invention to handle mud guards of any
particular pattern or configuration, but make such modifications in the design as
may be desired for varying services.
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. The improved method of attaching a mud guard to a carriage door handle by
means of a base bar or attachment piece having an opening to permit of its being
passed over the handle stem and formed suitably for seating upon the escutcheon
substantially as hereinbefore described, and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. The improved mud guard for a carriage door handle arranged for attachment
and detachment substantially as described.
Dated this 21st day of February 1896
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants.