Invention for Moving, Fixing, and Attaching together Sliding. Seats of Vehicles.
Year: 1885

page_text: Invention for Moving, Fixing, and Attaching together Sliding.
Seats of Vehicles.
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W ANGUS, Carriage Manufacturer 65 Westgate Road Newcastle on Tyne
DAVID LEWARS, Foreman Coach Builder 10 East Parade Newcastle on Tyne do
hereby declare the nature of our invention for THE IMPROVEMENT. OF THE
WORKING OF SLIDING SEATS OF VEHICLES to be as follows:-
This invention is applicable to the sliding seat of any vehicle. It consists of
bars or stays, fixed to the sides of the body and guiding slides fixed on the sliding
seat and working on these rods or stays The guiding slides are so formed as to be
on the inner and outer edge of the rods or stays thus making the seat act as a stay
to keep the sides of the body in their places and also on the top and bottom, thus
forming a bearance on which the seat slides and a guide which prevents the seat
tilting forward or backwards. The invention in the fastener consists of a cranked
piece of iron or other metal, connected with the seat & coming underneath or above
a fixed part of the body; to this cranked piece of metal may be attached a lever
handle with eccentric joint or any other contrivance by which an occupant of the
vehicle can raise or lower the cranked piece of metal, thus causing it to grip a fixed
part of the body & fix the seat in the position in which it then is or release it and
allow the seat to move freely.
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Where a back & front seat are required to slide the invention provides for
connecting them by means of one or more pieces of iron with bent ends, these ends
fitting into holes or sockets in each seat: these holes or sockets may be made of
any convenient number so that the seats may be placed close together or as far
apart as is necessary to adjust the balance of the vehicle.

page_text: Seats of Vehicles.
WILLIAM ANGUS, Carriage Manufacturer 65 Westgate Road, Newcastle on Tyne,
DAVID LEWARS, Foreman Coach Builder, 10 East Parade, Newcastle on Tyne do
hereby declare the nature of our invention for THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE
WORKING OF SLIDING SEATS OF VEHICLES and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention improves the working of sliding seats of vehicles by reducing the
surface of contact between the sliding seat and the part of the vehicle on which it
slides thus reducing the friction in sliding. It attains this by fixing to each side
of the body of the vehicle a thin bar of iron or other metal in such a way that the
seat rests only on the thin edge of such bars herein after called slide bars: they are
marked "A" in the accompanying drawings.
The friction is further reduced by bearings being placed on each corner of the
seat so that it does not rest on the slide bars for its whole width, but on these
bearings only. The bearings may be made of metal or any material. They are
marked B. in the drawings.
To prevent the seat twisting and jamming its opposite corners against the sides
of the vehicle in sliding, guides are fixed to the seat, so that they fit closely or
nearly so to the inside and outside of the slide bars, the slide bars being placed
parallel to each other to allow the guides to slide freely. The seat thus becomes
a stay, holding the sides of the vehicle together. The guides can be conveniently
combined with the seat bearings as in drawing "C," but they can be made of
other materials and fixed independently.
To prevent the seat tilting backwards or forwards other guides are provided to
be fixed to the seat and to slide underneath the slide bar or other fixed part of the
vehicle. These guides may be combined with the seat bearings or may be fixed to
the seat independently. See drawing D.
For fixing the seat in any position there, is fixed to the seat so that it can slide
with it a cranked piece of iron or other metal connected with a lever handle with
eccentric joint or other contrivance by which an occupant of the vehicle can raise
or lower the cranked piece of metal so that it shall press upon and grip some fixed
part of the vehicle and thus fix the seat in the position in which it then is or to
release it and thus allow the seat to be moved freely. See drawing E.
Where a front and back seat are required to slide together they may be connected
by one or more pieces of metal one or both ends of which are bent, the bent ends
fitting into holes or sockets in one or both of the seats:-the holes may be made
of any convenient number so that the seats may be placed close together or as far
apart as is necessary to adjust the balance of the vehicle.
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. Slide bars and seat bearings by which the friction of the seat in sliding is
greatly reduced.

page_text: 2. Guides fixed on the sliding seat and sliding on each side of the parallel slide
bars thus preventing the seat from twisting and also holding the sides of the
vehicle in their position.
3. Guides fixed on the seat and sliding underneath some fixed part of the
vehicle thus preventing the seat from tilting backwards or forwards.
4. A seat fastener fixed to the seat and sliding with it which can be made to
fix the seat in position by gripping or clasping some fixed part of the body.
5. Method of connecting two sliding seats by means of iron rods one end at
least of which is bent and fits into holes or sockets in the seats. Seats thus con-
nected will slide together and one fastener only is needed. See drawing F.