Improvements in or applicable to Tail-board Fastenings of Carriages.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 18th Apr., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Tail-board Fastenings of Carriages..
MARK SAMUEL LUCK 91 and 93 Lewisham Road Lewisham in the County of
Kent Coach Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as.
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or applicable to tailboard fastenings-
of carriages &c. by the introduction or intervention of blocks or buffers of india
rubber or other springs, so as to prevent vibration and wear. These fastenings in
the above case can be attached in the ordinary way to the tailboard and standing
pillar of carriage. By this arrangement the unpleasant vibration, so common in
tailboard fastenings is obviated, and consequently the fastening is rendered more.
durable.
Dated this 13th day of December 1895.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Tail-board Fastenings of Carriages..
I, MARK SAMUEL LUCK, of 91 and 93, Lewisham Road, Lewisham, in the
County of Kent, Coach Builder, 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 improvements in or applicable to the tail-board
fastenings of carriages and consists in the arrangement of blocks or buffers of
india-rubber, or other springs, between the two parts of the fastening so as to.
prevent vibration and wear.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a tail-board fastening having my improvements.
applied thereto; and
Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2, Figure 1:
Figure 3 is an elevation of one part of the fastening; and,
Figure 4 is an elevation of a portion of the other part of the fastening:
Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5, Figure 3; and,
Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6, Figure 4:
Figures 7 and 8 are front and side views respectively of one of the india-rubber
buffers which I employ.
a, b are the two parts of the fastening, the former of which is provided with an
eye c and adapted to be attached in the ordinary way to the standing pillar of a
carriage, whilst the latter has pivoted to it a hook d designed to enter the eye o
and is fixed to the tail-board.
e, e are my buffers. These buffers which are preferably made of india-rubber or
the like are provided with flanges f and inserted through holes g, g in the part a of
the fastening, the said holes being rebated to receive the flanges of the buffers so.
C.

page_text: that when the said part a is fixed in position the buffers will be prevented from
becoming detached.
h, hare conical holes which are formed in the part of the fastening and the
positions of which coincide with those of the buffers e, e, the said holes h, h being
of such size that they will not allow the part of the fastening to come into contact
with the part a.
Instead of forming holes h, h in the plate b, I may form recesses,
in which case the buffers will not be visible when the two parts of the fastening
are locked together by the hook d.
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 :-
1. The combination with the tail-board fastening of a carriage of a buffer or
buffers so arranged as to prevent the two parts of the fastening from coming into
contact, substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved tail-board fastening for carriages,
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
.
Dated this 16th day of March 1896
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.