Improvements in Shafts for Mail Carts, Bassinets, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 28th Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shafts for Mail Carts, Bassinets, and the like.
I, WILLIAM SCALING DOVE, of 31 Saint Andrew Street, in the County of the
City of Glasgow, Perambulator Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to mail carts, bassinets and the like and has for its object
the provision of shafts therefor which shall be capable of being folded backward
against the vehicle when not in use, whilst forming a rigid shaft during use.
To that end 1 form each of the shafts of the mail cart, bassinet or like vehicle
in two parts which abut together one part being secured to the bottom of the
vehicle in the usual manner whilst the second or grasping part is attached to the
first part by a hinge or pivot. Along the under side of the movable part and near
its abutting end there is secured one end of a spring piece the other end of which
is formed with a cross head which enters a transverse recess in a plate secured
along the under side of the fixed portion of the shaft and thus locks the two
portions together thereby constituting a rigid shaft. The cross head on each shaft
projects slightly beyond the sides of the shaft so that it can be withdrawn from the
transverse recess by means of the fingers when it is desired to fold back the
shafts.
Toted this 10th day of November 1894
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agent,
2 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shafts for Mail Carts, Bassinets, and the like.
1, WILLIAM SCALING DOVE, of 31 Saint Andrew Street, in the County of the
City of Glasgow, 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 :-
This invention relates to mail carts, bassinets and the like and has for its object
the provision of shafts therefor which shall be capable of being folded backward
against the vehicle when not in use, whilst forming a rigid shaft during use.
The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 being a side
elevation of a bassinet with the improvements applied to the shafts and Figure 2
a perspective view of the hinge to a larger scale.
Each of the shafts of the mail cart, bassinette or like vehicle A is made in two
parts B, B', which abut together the part B being secured to the bottom of the
vehicle A in the usual manner whilst the second or grasping part B₁ is attached to
the first part by a hinge or pivot C. Along the under side of the movable part B¹
and near its abutting end there is secured one end of a spring piece D the other
end of which is formed with a cross head D' which enters a transverse recess E
in a plate F secured along the under side of the fixed portion B of the shaft and
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page_text: thus locks the two portions B, B', together thereby constituting a rigid shaft.
The cross head D' on each shaft projects slightly beyond the sides of the shaft
so that it can be withdrawn from the transverse recess E by means of the fingers
when it is desired to fold back the shafts.
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 :-
In shafts for mail carts, bassinets and the like a self locking hinge constructed
as described and arranged to connect the two parts of the shaft as and for the
purpose set forth.
Dated the oth 1
100-
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agent,
62 Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.