Improvements in the Construction of Carriages for Common Roads.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Carriages for Common Roads.
We, ERNEST JOHN CLUBBE and ALFRED WILLIAM SOUTHEY, both of 16, Elm
Street, Gray's Inn Road, in the County of Middlesex, Electrical Engineers, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :——
This invention relates to the construction of common road carriages, and
particularly of the bodies thereof, and it has for its object to enable advantage to
be taken of the well known properties of aluminium and alloys of that metal by
rendering possible the adoption of such metal or alloy for the purpose of such
construction without the incidental drawback of excessive vibration consequent on
such use, which has heretofore rendered the employment of such metal or alloy
practically impossible for purposes of personal transport. It has also for a
further object to provide means of readily fitting the parts of the carriage body
together.
In carrying the invention into practice, the framework of the carriage body is
cast in separate pieces or members of suitable form according to the position they
are to occupy in the frame and the ends or parts of such pieces which are to be
united to adjoining pieces in building up the frame are tongued or otherwise adapted
to be overlapped and fitted together so as to enable a firm union to be obtained by
rivetting screwing or bolting. Upon this framework the panels of the body formed
of sheet metal are secured by rivetting their edges to the frame. These metallic
pieces, members, and panels are not however in any case directly united metal to
metal but a thickness of flexible material, such as leather, indiarubber, or the like,
is in all cases interposed between the abutting surfaces of the joints of the frame
and likewise between the edges of the panels and the frame to which they are
secured so as to act as an absorbent of vibration and isolate vibrations set up in
any one part when travelling over rough roads, and prevent their transmission to
the adjoining parts of the body and their consequent reinforcement by sympathetic
vibrations set up in such parts which would otherwise render personal transport
very unpleasant and uncomfortable.
Dated this 20th day of August 1895
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
We, ERNEST JOHN CLUBBE and ALFRED WILLIAM SOUTHEY both of 16, Elm
5 Street, Gray's Inn Road, in the County of Middlesex, Electrical Engineers, 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 the construction of carriages and particularly of the
o bodies thereof and it has for its object to enable advantage to be taken of the well

page_text: known properties of aluminium and alloys of that metal or of other similar metals
or alloys by rendering possible the adoption of such metal or alloy for the purpose
of such construction without the incidental drawback of excessive vibration
consequent on such use which has heretofore rendered the employment of such
metal or alloy practically impossible for purposes of personal transport. It has
also for a further object to provide means of readily fitting the parts of the
carriage body together.
In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification we have
illustrated an example of the invention Figure 1 representing in perspective view
a portion of the framework and Figure 2 a similar view of said framework with
the panel of the vehicle body attached.
In carrying the invention into practice the framework of the carriage body is
cast or otherwise made in separate pieces or members A, A of suitable form
according to the position they are to occupy in the frame; and the ends or parts
of such pieces which are to be united to adjoining pieces in building up the frame
are adapted to be overlapped and fitted together so as to enable a firm union to be
obtained by rivetting, screwing, or bolting. Upon this framework A the panelз B
of the body formed of sheet metal are secured by rivetting their edges to the
frame. These metallic pieces, members, and panels are not however in any case
directly united metal to metal but a thickness of flexible material such as leather,
indiarubber, or the like is in all cases interposed between the abutting surfaces of
the joints of the frame as at C and likewise between the edges of the panels and
the frame to which the panels are secured as at C¹ so as to absorb and isolate
vibrations set up in any one part when travelling over rough roads and prevent
their transmission to the adjoining parts of the body and their consequent reinforce-
ment by sympathetic vibrations set up in such parts which would otherwise render
personal transport very unpleasant and uncomfortable.
It is evident that our invention is also applicable to the construction of the
bodies of carriages in which the panels are of papier-maché or other non-metallic
substance; in this case the interposition of the flexible material between the panels
and the metallic framework may be dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
In the bodies of vehicles for personal transport constructed in whole or part of
aluminium or alloys of aluminium or similar light metals or alloys :-
:-
I. The combination of a framework formed of cast sections, sheet metal panels,
the said sections and panels being connected by rivets screws or bolts and a
flexible material interposed between all metal to metal joints as and for the
purposes described.
11. The special construction of framework consisting of cast sections connected
together by bolts rivets or screws, a flexible material being interposed between all
metal to metal joints as and for the purposes described.
III. The use of a flexible material between all metal to metal joints as and for
the purposes described.
Dated this 21st day of May 1896
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.