An Improved Skid for Vehicles and Means for Attaching the same.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 29th Oct., 1889-Accepted, 30th Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Skid for Vehicles and Means for Attaching the same.
I, JOSEPH MORRELL of Poole Road Bourniñouth Dorset Contractor
"do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to enable the driver of a vehicle, to place a skid
upon, the wheel without leaving his driving seat, and also to detach the said skid
from the wheel under similar circumstances.
On the underside of the vehicle near the wheel which is to be skidded or blocked,
I fix a
projecting bracket reaching down to within a short distance of the ground.
A stout curved iron rod is hinged or pivoted by means of a cross rod at or about
the, top of this bracket, and the lower end of this rod is formed after the manner of an
ordinary skid.”
From this skid a chain is arranged passing thro an eye-bolt fixed to the vehicle,
and a stop-link is provided at the upper side of this eye-bolt, so as to allow, only,
a sufficient length of the chain for the proper working of the skid.
Fixed to this stop-link is a pliable chain, or cord, reaching up to the drivers
seat, and by means of this chain the driver is enabled to pull up the skid, when
required, and maintain the same away from the wheel, by a hook or contrivance.
When it is required to block, or skid, the wheel, this chain is released and the
skid will fall into its position, under the wheel, by means of its own weight. The
aforementioned bracket is provided with an arn through which the rod works
carrying skid-by this means the motion of the skid, in being raised and lowered
is kopt in the same plane as the tyre of the wheel, thus ensuring it accurate
action.
As my improvements are capable of some modifications without departing from
the principal thereof, I do not restrict myself to materials or dimensions or the
precise placement of the various parts thereof.
Dated this 18th day of Sentember 1889
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lano, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Skid for Vehicles and Means for Attaching the same.
I, JOSEPH MORRELL of Poole Road Bournemouth Hampshire, Contractor 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, and
accompanying drawings:-
The object of my invention is to enable the driver of a vehicle to a place a skid
the wheels without leaving the driving seat, and also to detach the said skid
from such wheels under similar circumstances when required.
upon
I-construct my improvements after the following manner-I fix the skid proper,
which will be of wrought iron bevelled and tapered so as to slide into a chilled iron
sole at the end of a trussed bracket and this bracket is hinged on to a bar held
out from the axle of the wheel by means of two short arms fixed on the axle.
This bracket is of such a shape and is so fixed as to maintain the skid at all
times in the same vertical plane as the tyre of the wheel which it is intended to

page_text: This bracket and skid combined, is capable of being raised and lowered by the
following means-
A chain or wire rope is attached at that end of the skid towards the fore part
of the carriage, and this chain continues up and through a strong metal eye-piece,
the said eye piece being securely fixed to the vehicle itself.
At this end of the said chain, a stout pin, or bar is formed, which prevents this
end of the chain from withdrawing through the eye-piece. The length of the chain
from this bar to the skid is nicely regulated, so that when the skid is applied
under the wheel, the whole strain is placed upon the eye-piece and the chain. A
connection is now made from the before mentioned bolt at the end of the chain,
to the driver's seat, by means of metal rods or leather straps, having connecting
levers if required, and at the end of such rods or straps-near the driver. I propose
to form a ring, and this I intend to attach to a hook fixed on the vehicle. I
propose to use a skid formed in two parts in such a manner that the sole which
I intend to be of Chilled cast iron can be slid into a frame of wrought iron, this
enables me to easily replace the worn sole with a new one.
My whole contrivance will work as follows when the connections for the driver
are fixed upon the hook, the skid will be suspended in the air, as the bracket will have
turned upon the hinged bar near the axle..
When it is required to use the skid the driver releases the connection to the hook,
and the skid now falls by its own weight underneath the wheel dragging with it
the chain to such a distance as the bolt will allow, which is upon the other side
of the eye-piece. When the chain becomes taut the skid is properly applied. When
it is required to again remove the skid from the wlieel, it is only necessary for
the driver to back the vehicle until the wheel is off the skid, when it may be pulled
up by the contrivance before mentioned, and securely upheld by the ring being placed
over the hook.
In order that my invention may be better understood I will proceed to describe the
two figures of the drawings hereunto annexed, the like parts of which are marked
with the like letters of reference throughout.
Figure 1, is a longitudinal section of a four wheeled vehicle.
Figure 2, is a portion of a cross section of the same showing my improvements.
In Figure 1. A is the body of the vehicle, and B indicates the drivers seat. Cis
the trussed bracket which is hinged upon the bar D, and this bar is firmly secured to
the axle of the wheels on short arms: E. is the skid proper, and F is the chain
terminating with the bolt or pin G after passing through the eye-piece H. J and J
are rods or straps which connect the bolts G at the end of the chain, to the driver's
seat. I may if I desire, use cranks or levers to assist in raising or lowering the skid,
such as I have here indicated by the crank K. L is the ring to be passed over the
hook M for holding up the skid.
In Figures 2. N is the axle. The other letters of reference upon this figure
represent the parts already referred to in Figure 1.
I do not limit myself to the precise method, shown here, of hinging or pivotting
my skid upon the axle, and, if I find it necessary I may place guides so as to insure
my skid being at all times exactly in the same vertical plane, as the tyre of the wheel
which it is intended to block.
A slight variation of my improvements as here described for a four wheeled vehicle,
may be designed and adapted for a two wheeled vehicle; if necessary.
As my improvements are capable of some modifications, without departing from the
principle thereof I do not limit myself to materials, or to dimensions or to the precise
form or placement of the several parts thereof.
Having now fully described the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
1. The improved means and appliances for skidding; and unskidding the wheels of

page_text: vehicles, direct from the driver's seat all as herein before described in this specifi-
cation, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. A skid for vehicles as herein before described permanently fixed to the end of a
bracket which is hinged on a bar attached to the axle. The said skid and bracket
being raised and lowered upon the hinge by means of a chain.
D
CO 1000
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.