Improved Means or Apparatus for Suspending Perambulators, Children's Carts, and other Vehicles
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 14th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 1st Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means or Apparatus for Suspending Perambulators,
Children's Carts, and other Vehicles,
WILLIAM HENRY DUNKLEY Carriage Manufacturer 303 Witton Road Aston
Birmingham do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Two or more spiral, corrugated, or coiled metal springs, and the covering of same
with solid or inflated india rubber the fixing and securing same to the frames or
underwork of childrens carts and carriages, upon which the bodies of childrens.
carriages or carts of any shape can be readily attached or detached..
Dated this 14th day of April 1892.
W. H. DUNKLEY..
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means or Apparatus for Suspending Perambulators,
Children's Carts, and other Vehicles.
I, WILLIAM HENRY DUNKLEY of 57 Almack Road Clapton London in the
County of Middlesex Cycle and Perambulator Manufacturer 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 :-
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This invention has for its object improvements in perambulators wherin the
bodys or seats are suspended. The underwork or frames are provided of any suitable
shape and attached to the axles and extend mainly underneath the bottom sides and
ends of the vehicle. Near the ends are fitted handles that can be adjusted to
various heights and keept in position by means of a thumb screw or lock nut.
At suitable distances from the ends of the frame or underwork cross bars are.
fixed to the frame having eyes hooks or other means at their enda for receiving
longitudinal spiral coiled or corrugated springs by which springs the bodys or
seats may be readily held or suspended.
My invention will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings, Fig. 1 being an elevation of a construction of carriage (somewhat of
the so-called "mail-cart" type) wherein the body is composed of spiral or
equivalent springs, Fig. 2 being a transverse vertical section of same. Fig. 3 is
an elevation and Fig. 4 a part plan of a carriage having the body hung upon.
spiral springs extending from one end frame to the other. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are
detail views of parts.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, A are the spiral springs or springs of corrugated or
other equivalent form stretched between parts of parallel frames BB supported by
the wheel axle, and these springs are so arranged, say as shewn at Fig. 2, to-
support cushions or seats. The springs may be any distance apart from one
another according to requirements, what I may call a carriage body being thus
formed of an extremely resilient nature. Any number of metal springs may be
employed.
In some cases a body C of ordinary construction as shewn at Fig. 3, may be
provided with hooks or eyes DD and thereby hung upon longitudinally extending
springs A carried upon each side of the body C and held at their ends by hooks
or the like at each end framework. In the example shewn Fig. 3, the frame
consists of a tube or bar B extending centrally under the carriage body, fixed to
the axles and rising upwards at the ends, B₁ B¹ Figs. 3 and 4 being arms to take
the ends of the springs A. The amount of elasticity given to the body of the

page_text: carriage may be regulated by the distance apart the hooks or eyes D D are placed.
Seats or the like may be supported from the springs in a manner similar to the
body shewn at Fig. 3. The handles of such carriages may conveniently be of a
construction similar to the handles and handle bars commonly employed in bicycles
and other velocipedes, and I arrange such so as to be adjustable in height and
inclination by pivotting same at E to the under frame and providing the
contiguous parts of the handle rod and the frame with serrations as will be seen
by reference to Fig. 5, which shews the handle part removed from the carriage,
whereby as will be readily understood, the handle may be adjusted and fixed in
any desired position.
In some cases I cover each of the spiral springs A with an indiarubber tube in
the manner illustrated at Fig. 6 by the sectional elevation and transverse section,
where a portion of such a spring A is shewn covered as described. Figs. 7 are
similar views where the covering is constructed with a chamber F which may be
inflated with air.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. In perambulators or the like, supporting the cushions, seats, or bodies of
the vehicles upon extended spiral or equivalent springs, or forming the said bodies
of such springs substantially as described and illustrated with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
2. In perambulators as claimed in Claim 1, covering the springs thereof with
india rubber, with or without inflated chambers thereto, all substantially as
herein before described.
3. The general arrangement and construction of perambulators, children's carts,
and other vehicles, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of January 1893.