Improvements in or relating to Reversible Seats for Vehicles, Gardens, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Reversible Seats for Vehicles,
Gardens, and the like.
I, GEORGE NOBES, of 23, Somerford Grove, High Road, Stoke Newington,
London, N., Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said inven-
tion to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a new or improved means whereby
the seats more particularly of tramcars and other vehicles may be readily reversed
when necessary for obtaining a dry seat.
According to my invention, I fit a central pivot or pin to the reversible seat so
that the seat is balanced thereupon.
On the ends of the pivots and close to the supporting frame toothed pinions
are fitted which are adapted to gear with a toothed segment fixed to the reversing
back which is capable of swinging on a centre. Suitable stops are provided to
prevent too great an amount of motion and the gearing is so arranged that on the
back being swung on its centre to the full extent the seal is given a half turn thus
providing a dry seat.
100 J 1906
Improvements in or relating to Reversible Seats for Vehicles,
Gardens, and the like.
I, GEORGE NOBES, of 23, Somerford Grove, High Road, Stoke Newington,
London, N., Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
The object of my invention is to provide a new or improved means whereby
the seats more particularly, of tramcars and other vehicles may be readily reversed
when necessary for obtaining a dry seat.
According to my invention, I fit a central pivot or pin to each side of the
reversible seat, so that the seat is balanced thereupon. On the end of one or both
of the pivots and near to the supporting frame a toothed pinion is fitted which is
adapted to gear with a toothed segment fixed to the reversing back which is
capable of swinging on a centre.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascer-

page_text: tained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a side view, partly in section and Fig. 2 is a sectional front elevation.
a is the supporting end frame of the seat and b is the reversible seat carried
by pivots c on which a pinion d is fixed, outside the frame. The pinion d is
in gear with a toothed segment e secured to or forming part of the hinged back f
suitably pivoted at g to the side frames.
It will thus be seen that if the back is moved from the position shown on the
drawing to a corresponding position, on the other side of the vertical, the seat
will be given a half turn thus reversing the seat.
The side frames are provided with stops h or guard frame for limiting the
movement of the hinged back f.
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. The improved reversible seat for vehicles, gardens, and the like, substantially
as specified.
2. In reversible seats for vehicles, gardens, and the like, the application and
use of a pinion mounted upon the end of the central pivot of the seat adapted and
arranged to gear with a toothed segment secured to or forming part of the hinged
back the whole arranged so that by swinging the back on its pivots from one side
to the other the seat is given a half turn, substantially as described.
3. The general construction and arrangement of the means or apparatus for
reversing seats, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings.
Dated 22nd December 1897.
GEORGE DOWNING & SONS,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agents.