Improvements in Two-wheeled Road Vehicles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 17th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 19th Apr., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Two-wheeled Road Vehicles.
WILLIAM FARROW SMEE Adstocks Great Baddow Chelmsford, Essex Brewer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to place in the streets of our cities & other populons
places a useful commodious & well ventilated Two Wheeled Vehicle or Cab capable of
being drawn by one horse.
To manufacture my Invention I construct the body of my vehicle of light wood
with iron supports in a form similar to the bodies of two Hansom Cabs placed back to
back as shewn in drawing.
I place this body upon ordinary springs & axle as shewn in drawing.
The wheels I make of the diameter of sixty inches or thereabouts.
The bottom or platform of the cab I bring to within about 15 or 20 inches from
the ground.
I make the seats back to back as shewn in drawing, or by the use of a cranked axle
I place them lengthwise beneath the windows at the side of the cab, thus dispensing
with a centre partition.
In constructing the seats back to back, I run the axle through the centre of the
cavity shaped thus (^) and marked (A) on the drawing, this enables me to make the
wheels of larger diameter.
I place a glass shutter or window (B) which can be raised or lowered at the will of
the driver, between the top edge of the centre partition & the roof of the cab, such
shutter to be lowered into a receptacle provided in the centre partition at the back of
one of the seats. To meet the case of the partition slanting at an angle, I divide the
glass shutter in the centre & hinge the two parts together to admit of the shutter
passing freely in and out of the receptacle provided.
I close the front & back of the cab either with the usual folding doors and glass
shutters falling at the will of the driver, or with square fronted doors hinged either
upon the side of the cab or a centre post & opening both inwards & outwards.
I place the drivers seat at the point (C) shewn on the drawing, to diminish its
height I make a box or cavity in the centre of the roof of the cab in which I propose
the driver should place his feet.
The driver will mount to his seat by steps and handles on the body of the cab.
To enable the driver to watch his fares I fix a mirror (D) oblong shape about
15 inches in length beneath the rein support in such a position that he can see at a
glance the whole interior of the cab.
The passengers can communicate with the driver either through an aperture in the
roof or by means of speaking tubes & whistles.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Two-wheeled Road Vehicles.
I WILLIAM FARROW SMEE of Adstocks Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex Brewer
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 object of my Invention is to place in the streets of our cities, and other populous
places, a useful commodious & well ventilated Two Wheeled Vehicle or Cab capable

page_text: To manufacture my Invention I construct the body of my vehicle of light wood with
iron supports in a form similar to the bodies of two Hansom Cabs placed back to back-
see drawing accompanying the Provisional Specification.
I place this body upon ordinary springs and axle as shewn in drawing.
The wheels I make of the diameter of 60 inches or thereabouts.
The bottom or platform of the cab I bring to within about 15 or 20 inches from the
ground.
I make the seats back to back as shewn in drawing, or by the use of a cranked axle,
I place them lengthwise beneath the windows at the side of the cab, thus dispensing
with a centre partition.
In constructing the seats back to back I run the axle through the centre of the
cavity shaped thus (^) and marked (A) on the drawing, this enables me to make the
wheels of larger diameter.
I place a glass shutter or window (B) which can be raised or lowered, at the will
of the driver, between the top edge of the centre partition & the roof of the cab, such
shutter to he lowered into a receptacle provided in the centre partition at the back of
one of the seats; to meet the case of the partition slanting at an angle I divide the
glass shutter in the centre & hinge the two parts together to admit of the shutter
passing freely in and out of the receptacle provided.
I close the front & back of the cab either with the usual folding doors and glass
shutters falling at the will of the driver, or with square fronted doors hinged either
upon the side of the cab or a centre post and opening both inwards and outwards.
I place the drivers seat at the point (C) shewn on the drawing; by means of a lever
the driver can move his seat either backwards or forwards while seated, thereby
adjusting the balance of the cab; to diminish the height of the seat, I make a box
or cavity in the centre of the roof of the cab in which I propose the driver should
place his feet.
The driver will mount to his seat by steps and handles on the body of the cab.
To enable the driver to watch his fares I fix a mirror (D), oblong shape, about
15 inches in length beneath the rein support in such a position that he can see at a
glance the whole interior of the cab.
The passengers can communicate with the driver either through an aperture in the
roof or by means of speaking tubes & whistles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be carried into practical effect, I would have
it understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details indicated, but the
features of novelty which I do claim are-
1. A vehicle constructed in the form of a double Hansom Cab.
2. A two wheeled vehicle of lighter draught, better ventilated, and more commodious,
than the four wheeled cab now in use, but which can fulfil all the purposes for which
such latter vehicle is used, and can be drawn by one horse.
Dated thin 15th J
M
L 1000
W. F. SMEE,
Inventor.