An Improved Vehicle for Use by Bakers, Confectioners, and others, and capable of being Readily Converted into an Easily Mountable Carriage for Passengers.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Vehicle for Use by Bakers, Confectioners, and others,
and capable of being Readily Converted into an Easily Mountable
Carriage for Passengers.
I, FRIEDRICH REUTTER, of No. 67 Schloss-strasse, Stuttgart, in the German
Empire, Coachbuilder, 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 a vehicle having a trunk, chest or like structure for the
transport of goods, and which can be converted, in a very simple manner, into a
conveniently and easily mountable carriage for passengers; the trunk, chest or the
like, which is secured to the upper part of the frame of the vehicle by means of
screws, rests upon rollers, so that the said trunk, chest or the like may be easily
drawn off the said frame, and, after the removal of the said chest or trunk, a seat
may be fitted in a suitable manner at the rear part of the carriage-frame, so that
the vehicle can be conveniently mounted or entered by a door arranged at the rear
beneath the chest or trunk, the swinging seat being put into its proper position and
then secured therein by means of an easily operated device.
It
Figure 1 of the drawing shows the vehicle as arranged for trade purposes, for
example, by bakers, confectioners and others for the delivery of their wares.
consists essentially in a vehicle-frame A and the chest or trunk B, which in
addition to the part of the vehicle beneath it, serves for the reception of the goods
to be carried. Access may be had to the trunk or chest by means of its two doors b,
arranged at the rear, and to the underneath part of the vehicle by means of a door a
at the rear of the vehicle A. The door a, unaltered, is also used for the entrance
of persons into the carriage.
The trunk or chest B rests, by means of rollers, on rails or ways D and can
easily be drawn off and removed from the vehicle. The seat C is then placed on
the rear part of the frame A and tightly secured by means of a screw e, Figures 4
and 5 the thread whereof screws both into a sleeve or socket d¹ let into the side
wall of the vehicle, and into a sleeve provided in the seat C, Figures 4 and 5, on
which the seat C can turn or swing round and can be secured to the rail D on the
left by means of a crank f. For the latter purpose the rail D is provided with a
slit d, Figure 5, the side walls of which are engaged, when the crank f is turned,
by the nose or projection f¹ on the bolt F, and the seat thus rigidly held in position.
In order to prevent the lever for the fastening F from turning by itself so as to
let the projection f¹ come out of engagement with the rail D, the cross-section of
the rod lying in the sleeve of the fastening F is made oval instead of round so
that it is held tightly when closed.
In Figure 2 of the drawing the vehicle is shown as arranged for the carriage of
passengers &c.
When it is desired to mount up into the carriage the bolt-fastening F
is first undone and the seat C turned on one side, the turning of the seat being
facilitated by the slacking of the screw. After the door a is opened, the carriage
can be conveniently entered without its being necessary to climb over the seat C.
After the passengers have mounted, the door a is closed and the seat C turned back
again, whereby the screw e again screws itself up and holds the seat in this position,
whilst on the other side the seat is secured by means of the bolt-fastening F and
is then ready for use.

page_text: In this manner it is possible to convert a business vehicle into an elegant carriage
in the simplest manner, and thus combine a business with a pleasure vehicle.
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 :-
First. A vehicle for the transport of light wares, and capable of being readily
converted into a carriage for passengers, substantially as herein before described.
Second. A vehicle comprising a conveniently removable chest or trunk running
by means of rcllers on suitable rails or ways on the carriage-frame and a rotatably
mounted seat capable of being substituted therefor, by placing it on the carriage-
frame in place of the chest or trunk, the said seat being pivotally secured on one
side to one of the side walls of the vehicle by means of a screw or the like, and
firmly secured at the other side by means of a bolt-fastening which can be readily
closed or opened so that, by the further provision of a door arranged beneath the
chest or trunk, at the rear end of the vehicle, the said vehicle can be conveniently
mounted from the rear, without its being necessary to climb over the seat,
substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 7th day of October 1895.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.