Year: 1887

page_text: I WILLIAM HASSALWOOD CARMONT of the Patent Steel Frame Carriage Works,
Ardwick, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
My said Invention relates chiefly to hansom cabs or vehicles in which the occupants
of the cab are protected in front by a window capable of being drawn or folded or
slid up and let down by the driver. An objection to this otherwise convenient type of
window is that it cannot be partially lifted so as to admit air to the cab without at the
same time giving admittance to rain in wet weather and dust when the roads are dry
while an additional drawback is that the ventilation of the cab is not usually under
the direct control of the occupant. According to my invention 1 construct the said
window in such a manner that it can be opened at the foot to a greater or less extent
at the pleasure of the occupant so as to admit air while at the same time excluding
rain and dust. With this object I form the frame and window in such a manner that
the window or a portion thereof hangs in the frame like the leaf of a book the window
leaf being pivotted or otherwise suitably attached to the frame so that it can be pushed
open at the foot by the occupant of the cab. In order to keep the sides of the window
or leaf weathertight I connect them to the frame by means of a piece of leather,
rubber or other suitable material which will expand or extend like the sides of bellows
when the window is opened and will collapse or fold up when the window is closed,
so that the only ventilating space existing when the window is open is at the lower edge
thereof. I employ a notched arm or other suitable arrangement to adjust and fix tho
window when opened to the required extent. In wet weather the rain is kept out by
the inclined surface of the open window while the atmosphere has free ingress through
the space at the bottom. The entrance of dust is also in a great degree prevented
by the same arrangement. Instead of the collapsing material at the sides of the
window or leaf it might swing between confining end plates which would cover in the
openings at the sides. When it is desired to have the front of the cab open the driver
or it might be the occupant can draw or fold the window up to the roof of the cab in
the usual manner. The improvement constituting my invention can be applied at a
small expense to the windows of existing cabs and vehicles.
Dated this 31st day of December 1886.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hansom Cabs and other Wheeled Vehicles.
I WILLIAM HASSALWOOD CARMONT of the Patent Steel Frame Carriage Works
Ardwick, Manchester in the County of Lancaster, 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 and
accompanying drawings :-
:-
My said Invention relates chiefly to hansom cabs or vehicles in which the occupants
of the cab are protected in front by a window capable of being drawn or folded or slid
up and let down by the driver. An objection to this otherwise convenient type of
window is that it cannot be partially lifted so as to admit air to the cab without at the
same time giving admittance to rain in wet weather and dust when the roads are dry
while an additional drawback is that the ventilation of the cab is not usually under
the direct control of the occupant. According to my invention I construct the said
window in such a manner that it can be opened at the foot to a greater or less extent
at the pleasure of the occupant so as to admit air while at the same time excluding
rain and dust.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I will now proceed
more particularly to describe the same with reference to the annexed sheet of
drawings.
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of part of a hansom cab body. Fig. 2 is a front view of
part of the side of the cab. In these drawings only the parts of the cab body which
are necessary to illustrate my invention are shown. The usual front window com-
posed of the two sliding parts a and b is carried by the movable frame c which
constitutes my invention. The window a, b is of the usual construction, the lower
half b which meets the upper edge of the apron g being capable of being lifted upward
by an attachment operated from the driver's seat, and slid over the upper part a, the
two halves being then turned on the hinge d till they lie against the roof e of the cab
in which position they are secured and held by a spring catch or bolt or other hold-
fast of the ordinary or of a suitable construction. The frame c containing the window
is let into the front of the cab and is hinged thereto at the point f. When the frame
is closed that is to say in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1, and the window
down, no entry of air is permitted to the interior of the cab, but if it is wished to
ventilate the cab the occupant can push the frame open at the foot as shown in dotted
lines at Fig. 1 thus allowing free admission of air while,the angle of the opening is such
as to prevent the entry of rain and for the most part of dust also. The ventilating
aperture can be made greater or less at the wish of the occupant of the cab by the
provision of suitable means such as an ordinary stepped rack attached to the frame,
and engaging with a fixed stop in the interior of the cab or a bar perforated at intervals
and engaging with a stud; or a quadrant or bar with a slot occupied by a fixed
screwed stud furnished with a wing nut to hold the quadrant or bar in its adjusted
position; or I may arrange a fixed curved path furnished with a series of recesses or

page_text: indentations to receive the nose of a spring knob or catch sunk in the side or sides of
the movable frame. These and various other means which will suggest themselves to
the mechanician may be employed to adjust the open frame to any desired degree.
The aperture which exists at the sides of the movable frame when open, is closed by
connecting the sides of the frame to the body of the cab by a strip of leather rubber
or other suitable material which will expand or extend, when the frame is opened and
will collapse or fold up when the frame is closed so that the only ventilating space
existing when the frame is open is at the lower edge thereof. Instead of the collapsing
material at the sides of the window frame it might swing between confining end plates
which would cover in the openings at the sides. When it is desired to have the front
of the cab open the driver or it might be the occupant can draw or fold the window a b
up to the roof of the cab in the usual manner. The improvement constituting my
invention can be applied at a small expense to the windows of existing cabs and
vehicles.
.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
In a Hansom cab making the frame containing the front window separate from the
body of the cab and suspending it upon hinges or pivots so that it can be opened at
the foot and adjusted to any desired position by the occupant of the cab so as to
permit of ventilation without disturbing the windows and without admitting rain or
dust substantially as hereinbefore described and shown.
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DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.