An Improved Shield or Guard for Protecting Garments from Muddy Wheels of Vehicles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1895-Accepted, 10th Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL. SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Shield or Guard for Protecting Garments from Muddy
Wheels of Vehicles.
1 FREDERIO HUGHES of No. 20 Paget Road, West Dulwich in the County of'
Surrey Mechanical Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be.
as. follows:-
:-
My invention relates to apparatus for protecting the garments of persons from.
muddy wheels when entering or alighting, from vehicles. For this purpose I fix
on the axle of the wheel or any convenient part of the bottom of the vehicle a shield,
or guard of metal or any other suitable material made in segments or parts mounted
or pivotted on a common axis and capable of expauding and closing like a ladies.
fan. This shield is held in its normal position by means of a spring or balance.
weight so that it entirely covers. the rim of the wheel at the part where persons,
would enter or alight from the vehicle and thereby prevents their garments coming
in contact with same. When not in use it is kept folded up by means of a cord
or chain running in guides and fastened' to a hook or button near the coachman's
seat.
Dated this 6th day of October 1894'
An Improved Shield or Guard for Protecting Garments from Muddy
Wheels of Vehicles.
I, FREDERIC HUGHES, of 20 Paget Road, West Dulwich, in the County of
Surrey, Engineer, 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 :-
My invention relates to apparatus for protecting the garments of persons from
muddy wheels when entering or alighting from vehicles.
For this purpose, I fix on the axle of the wheel or any convenient part of the
bottom of the vehicle a shield or guard of metal or any other suitable material made
in segments or parts, mounted or pivotted on a common axis and capable of
expanding and closing like a lady's fan.
This shield is held in its normal position by means of a spring or balance weight,
so that it entirely covers the rim of the wheel at the part where persons would
enter or alight from the vehicle, and thereby prevents their garments coming in
contact with same.
When not in use, it is kept folded up by means of a cord or chain running in
guides and fastened to a hook or button near the coachman's seat.
A modification of the above described arrangement may in some instances be
adopted, the segments or parts composing the shield or guard being arranged to fall
within one another at the front part of the wheel, and to be opened or expanded
simultaneously with the opening of the doors of a cab or vehicle by the attachment
of the cord or chain thereto.

page_text: In order that the nature of my said invention may be more clearly understood,
I will now proceed to describe the construction of the apparatus with reference to
the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is side elevation of a wheel having my improved shield or guard attached
thereto, the shield or guard being let down into position required for protecting the
dress of a person entering or leaving the vehicle from contact with the wheel!
Fig. 2 shews the wheel with shield or guard in its closed position.
Figs. 3 and 4 shew corresponding views of a modification of my invention.
In the arrangement illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. the segments or parts a a
composing the guard or shield are held in the closed position (Fig. 2) by a cord or
chain which is carried up to the driver's seat or other convenient part of the
vehicle.
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Upon the cord or chain being released, the segments or partsla a are brought to
the open or expanded position (Fig. L) by means of spring or suitable device.
The casing d serves to protect the segments or parts of the guard or shield when
in the closed position, so that whenever opened for use, the guard is clean.
In the arrangement illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 the segments or parts a asare kept
in the closed position (Fig. 4) inside the lower part or segment of the series.
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When the shield or guard is required to be opened for use, it is actuated by
pulling the cord or chain b attached thereto and brought into the position shewn in
Fig. 3. When the cord or chain is released; the segments. or parts'a aifall by
their own weight again into the closed position (Fig. 4); on fir
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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:-
CLAIM...
The improved shield 'or guard for protecting garments from muddy wheels of
vehicles, comprising a series of segments or parts capable of being opened or closed
as required, constructed and operated substantially as herein before set forth and
described and illustrated by the accompanying, drawings.
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HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.