Improvements in the Iron or Steel Fittings for Shafts that are used to Carriages with Four Wheels.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 25th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 30th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Iron or Steel Fittings for Shafts that are used
to Carriages with Four Wheels.
ALFRED BARNSBY WALKER Coach Builder Oxford Street Accrington
Lancashire do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I make the iron or steel fittings for the hind ends of shafts for carriages with four
wheels. The two peices known as cheek plates & the part known as shaft stop
& the top part of the shaft plate all in one peice of mild cast steel or other metalls
instead of in seperate peices. By this arrangement the long iron shaft plate will
terminate at the bottom end of the shaft instead of going round the end of the
shaft & on the top of the shaft. The cast metal fitting will be secured to the wood
shaft & wrought long plate with either bolts or revits.
Dated this 28th day of August 1890.
ALFRED BARNSBY WALKER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Iron or Steel Fittings for Shafts that are used
to Carriages with Four Wheels.
I, ALFRED BARNSBY WALKER, of Oxford Street, Accrington, in the County
of Lancaster, Coach 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 :--
My invention relates to improvements in the iron or steel fittings for the hinder
ends of shafts for carriages with four wheels, and my improvements consist
essentially in forming together in one piece of mild cast steel or malleable iron or
other suitable metal, the top part of the shaft plate, the two check plates and pre-
ferably also the shaft stop which prior to my invention were in separate pieces. By
this arrangement the long shaft plate (usually made of wrought iron) instead of
passing upwards round the end of the shaft and extending along the top side now
terminates at the end of the bottom side of the shaft.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying sheet of drawings reference being had to
the figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 an end elevation and Fig. 3 a plan of part of
a shaft to which my improved fittings have been applied and
Fig. 4 is a detail view of the several parts above enumerated which I combine as
one part according to my improvements.
In these views a designates the shaft, and B the combined piece (shown detached
in Fig. 4) consisting of the top shaft plate b, the two side or cheek plates b¹ and
the shaft stop all formed together in one piece; c is the bottom shaft plate the
parts B and being secured together and to the shaft a by means of the bolts d or
it might be by rivets.
I wish it to be understood that the part B can be formed either with or without
the shaft stop 6 but I prefer to form them in one piece together.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The herein described improvements in metal fittings for shafts which improve-
ments consist in forming the top part of the shaft plate, the two side or cheek
plates and preferably also the shaft stop all in one piece together as set forth.
Dated this 24th day of April 1891.
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for Applicant.