Improvements in "Mail-carts" and other Vehicles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 18th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 24th Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in "Mail-carts" and other Vehicles.
I WILLIAM HENRY BEAL of Whitehall, Halifax in the County of York,
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction of " mail-carts,'
perambulators, and like vehicles which are provided with long handles or shafts
the object being to allow of such shafts being readily turned or folded back, or to
the body of the carriage so that when not in use the vehicle occupies a much less
space and is more convenient for storage.
According to this invention I form each shaft or handle in two parts hinged
together preferably near to the body of the vehicle. On the front or loose part of
each-shaft I secure one end of a hinged elbow joint the other end of which is fixed
to the body of the vehicle.
When the shafts are turned back on their hinges the elbow joints also bend;
when the shafts are straightened the elbow joints are also straightened and the
shafts remain rigid until the elbow joints are bent or moved by hand.
Dated this 21st day of April 1893.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in "Mail-carts" and other Vehicles.
I WILLIAM HENRY BEAL of Whitehall, Halifax, in the County of York,
Mechanic, 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 the construction of "mail-carts,"
perambulators, and like vehicles which are provided with long handles, or shafts,
the object being to allow of such shafts, or handles being readily turned, or folded
back, or close to the body of the carriage, so that, when not in use, the vehicle
occupies much smaller space, and is more convenient for storage, and the invention
consists in making the shafts or handles in two parts hinged together, and provided
with appliances for holding, or locking them in the normal position.
Such being the nature, and object of the said invention the following is a
complete description of same reference being made to the accompanying drawings
in which :-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of part of a "mail-cart," and shaft having my improve-
ments applied thereto.
Fig. 2. is a plan view of Fig. 1.
According to this invention I form each shaft, or handle in two parts 1. 2.
hinged together at 3, preferably near to the body 4 of the vehicle. On the front,
or loose part 1 of each shaft, or handle I secure one end of a hinged elbow jointed
rod 5, the other end of which is secured to the body 4 of the vehicle. The loose
parts 1. 1. of the shafts, or handles are secured together by means of the "stay
rod 6 which steadies the handles, or shafts, and makes them rigid.
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page_text: When the shafts, or handles 1. 1 are turned back, or folded on their hinges 3, the
elbow joints 5 beud, and the shafts, or handles lie close to the body of the vehicle.
When the shafts or handles are straightened out, the elbow joints 5 are also
straightened, and the shafts are then held quite rigid in position either by the
elbow jointed rods 5. 5. alone, or with the assistance of the hooks 7. 7. which are
attached to the loose parts 1. 1. of the shafts, and engage with eyes 8 secured to
the body of the vehicle, or to some fixed part of same, or the elbow jointed rods 5. 5.
may be dispensed with, and the hooks 7 and eyes 8 only employed.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature, and object of the
said invention, and in what manner the same is to ho performed I declare that
what I claim is :-
1. The hinged, or jointed shafts, or handles 1. 1. elbow jointed rods 5. 5. and
"stay" rod 6 all in combination, as, and for the purpose herein described, and
substantially as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
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2. The hinged or jointed shafts, or handles 1. 1. elbow jointed rods 5. 5. "stay'
rod 6 hooks 7. 7. and eyes all in combination, as and for the purpose herein
described, and substantially as illustrated by the drawings annexed.
3. The hinged, or jointed shafts, or handles 1. 1. "stay" rod 6, hooks 7. 7. and
eyes all in combination as, and for the purpose herein described, and substantially
as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 17th day of January 1894.
WILLIAM HENRY BEAL,
By his Agent, Walter Brierley,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.