Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 4th Aug., 1887.
Complete. Accepted, 7th Oct., 1887
I, JOHN SMITH of Eastgate Peebles in the County of Peebles Carriage Builder do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The Invention has for its object a.novel method of mounting the springs whereby a
perfect balance of the Vehicle may be obtained with great facility and ease. In two
wheeled Vehicles as hitherto constructed, the Scrolls or props to which the Springs
are attached are made rigid and fast to either the Shafts or the Body, and the relative
position of the load on the axle as the centre of gravity attained by inaking the seats
to move, or by moving the body on the shafts, the arrangements for moving which
are often very inconvenient and the cause of much annoyance.
According to my present Invention I make two front Scrolls or Props in one piece,
to which the springs are attached, these being fixed to the Body by means of Sockets
in which the body or rollar of Scrolls are free to move. The Scrolls having a tongue
or connecting rod that may be actuated by lever handle, or worm and wheel, or
any other suitable arrangement.
Said Scrolls or Props being actuated backward or forward throwing the weight of
the Body forward or backward on the Axle, thereby suiting the weight on the horse's
back to varying loads or roads.
AT1000

page_text: I, JOHN SMITH of No. 1 Eastgate, Peebles in the County of Peebles, Carriage-
buildor, 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:
The Invention has for its object a novel construction and method for mounting the
springs, whereby a perfect balance of the Vehicle may be obtained with great facility
aud case.
In Two-wheeled Vehicles as hitherto constructed, the scrolls or props, to which the
springs are attached, are made rigid and fast to either the shafts or body of the
Vehicle, and the relative position of the load on the axle as the centre of gravity
attained, by making the seats to move, or moving the body on the shafts, the
arrangements for which are often inconvenient and cause annoyance.
According to my present, invention I make two scrolls or props in one piece,
joined together by rod or roller to suit the width of body, to these the springs are
attached in the usual manner, the props being fixed to the under side of the carriage
body at front by means of sockets in which the roller of props is free to move; a
stud or fulcrum is formed on prop or roller having a connecting rod that may be
actuated by lever handle, worm and wheel, screw or any other suitable arrangement.
Said props being moved backward or forward, thereby throwing the weight of the
body forward or backward on the axle, thus suiting the weight on the back of the
horse to varying loads or inequality of roads.
In order that my invention be clearly understood, I proceed, aided by the
accompanying drawings to more fully describe the same.

page_text: the under side of carriage body by means of socket 6, to this prop the springs are
attached in any way that will admit free movement of the prop. form a stud on
prop at c, said stud being connected to stud on wheel d, having a toothed edge moved
by worm E, the handle of worm spindle f being placed convenient to driver's hand.
When wheel d is moved round, it carries back the prop and moves the body forward,
as shewn by dotted lines, or to any point between, required to make carriage balance.
The inovable prop may be moved by lever, screw, or any other combination most
convenient, the rear end of spring G being carried by prop constructed in the same
manner as prop a in front or in any other manner that will admit of free movement
in unison with moving prop a.
Figure II represents the position reversed, the moving prop a being placed at
rear, being most accessible to the driver.
Figure III represents side view of props a, same letters indicating same parts as
in figures I & II.
Having now particularly described the nature of my invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, 1 declare what I claim is :—
1st. Constructing two-wheeled Vehicles with two props joined together connecting
them in such a way to carriage body that they may be moved backward or forward
throwing the weight of boily in front of or behind the axle, and by whatever
mechanical arrangement the said movement of props or scrolls is effected.
Dated this Third day of August 1887.