Year: 1885

page_text: I, ARCHIBALD ROBINSON HENDERSON, of 60 North Street, Glasgow, in the
County of Lanark, North Britain, Carriage Builder, do hereby declare the nature
of this Invention to be as follows: that is to say:-
My said Invention has for its object to improve the construction of Broughams
80 as to render them capable of being used as open carriages without in their
closed state differing in appearance from ordinary Broughams and without the use
of leather in any part.
In carrying out my Invention the side panels of the upper and after part are
hinged so as to be capable of folding inwards against the back, and the upper part
of the back is hinged to the lower part so as to be capable of turning backwards
whilst the roof is hinged to the top of the back so as to be capable of folding down
when the back is lowered, a portion of the roof being hinged to the other part
so as to fold over upon it. The front upper part of the vehicle is constructed to
fold together in a similar manner; and the upper parts of the side posts of the
door frames are hinged so that they can be turned down when the other parts are
folded together.
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page_text: Improvements in Broughams.
I, ARCHIBALD ROBINSON HENDERSON, of 60 North Street, Glasgow, in the
County of Lanark, North Britain, 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, that is to
say:―
My said Invention has for its object to improve the construction of Broughams
so as to render them capable of being used as open carriages without in their closed
state differing in appearance from ordinary Broughams and without the use of
leather in any part.
A Brougham as made with my improvements is shown on the accompanying
sheet of explanatory drawings, figure, 1, being a side elevation of the Brougham
as in a closed state, and figure, 2, being a side elevation as with the upper parts
open, whilst figure, 3, is a horizontal section of the body of the Brougham. In
these drawings the same reference numerals are used to mark the same or like
parts wherever they are repeated.
In carrying out my Invention the side panels, 4, of the upper and after part of
the Brougham are hinged to the back, 5, so as to be capable of folding inwards
against the back. In figure, 3, the right-hand panel, 4, is shown as turned out
into the position it assumes when the Brougham is closed, whilst the left-hand
panel, 4, is shown as folded against the back, 5. The back, 5, that is to say, the
upper part to which the panels, 4, are hinged is itself hinged to the lower part, 6,
so as to be capable of turning backwards into the position in which it is shown in
figure, 2. The side panels, 4, when folded upon the back, 5, are retained by a
cross handle, 7, so as to be turned backwards along with the back. The after part,
8, of the roof is at its back edge, hinged to the top of the back, 5, so as to be
capable of assuming the position in which it is shown in figure, 2, when the back,
5, is lowered or turned outwards. A portion, 9, of the roof is hinged to the after
part, 8, so as to fold back upon it as shown in figure, 2; the roof may however be
made without the folding part, 9, if desired. The front upper part of the vehicle
is constructed to fold together in a similar manner, the glazed frames, 10, at the
sides being hinged to the front, 11, so as to be capable of turning in upon the
front, whilst the top of the front, 11, has the fore part, 12, of the roof hinged to it
so that the parts can assume the positions in which they are shown in figure, 2.
In figure, 3, the right-hand glazed frame, 10, is shown as turned out and the
left-hand one as folded in and secured by the cross handle, 13. The driver's seat,
14, is hinged in a usual manner so that it can be turned over to allow of the front,
11, and other parts being folded down or turned up. The upper parts, 15, 16, of
the side posts of the door frames are hinged to the body so that they can be turned
down as shown in figure, 2, when the other parts are folded together.
Each door, 17, has hinged at each upper corner a grooved metal guide piece, 18,
which when turned up as shown in figure, 1, supports and guides the window

page_text: frame, 19, in such a way that the door can be opened without dropping the
window frame. When the vehicle is converted to the open arrangement the guide
pieces, 18, are folded down into the top of the door,
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 :-
The making of a Brougham with both after and fore parts above the seats
constructed with inflexible parts hinged so that they can be folded together to
allow of the Brougham being used as an open carriage, substantially as hereinbefore
described and as shown in the accompanying drawings.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent,