IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERING RAILWAY TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Dunkin Lee, of Leadenhall Street, in
the City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
COVERING RAILWAY TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES."
Sealed the 12th January 1853, and dated the 1st October 1852.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Dunkin Lee
at the office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his petition, on
the 1st October 1852.
I, JOHN DUNKIN LEE, of Leadenhall Street, in the City of London,
5 do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN COVERING RAILWAY TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES" to be as follows:-
Heretofore covers of carriages have for the most part been pulled
over hoops; now by my improvements the covers are combined with
and moved by levers, the covers travelling on rods.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said John Dunkin Lee, in the Great Seal Patent
Office, on the 30th March 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JOHN DUNKIN LEE, of Leadenhall Street, in the City of London, send
greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen. Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of October in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty two; in the sixteenth year of
Her reign, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said John Dunkin Lee, Her special licence that I, the said John
Dunkin Lee, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said John Dunkin Lee, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make; use, exercise, and vend, within the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and, Isle of
Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERING RAILWAY TRUCKS
AND OTHER VEHICLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said John Dunkin Lee, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention; and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Dunkin Lee, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be, particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof (that is to say):
Heretofore covers of carriages have for the most part been pulled
over hoops; now by my improvements the covers are combined with
and moved by levers, the-covers-travelling-on-rods.
And in order that my said Invention may be more fully understood, and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the means pursued
by me. Figure 1, shows an end view, and Figure 2, is a side view, of

page_text: a railway truck, shown in two parts, one part being shown covered, and
the other part uncovered; a, is the cover, which consists of macintosh
or other suitable fabric. On this cover is fixed a series of rods b, b, on
and with which the cover travels; the rods are formed with eyes or rings at
the ends, to move on arched rods c, c. The cover is moved by means
of cords passed over pulleys, which act as continuous levers, or the cords
may be put in motion by other form of lever; but I believe the
arrangement shown to be the most convenient for the purpose. The
drawing only shows the improvements applied to a railway truck, but
a workman will readily from the above description, aided by the drawing,
apply the apparatus to waggons or other forms of vehicles.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner of performing the same, I would have it understood that I make
no claim to the parts separately; but what I claim is the combination
of apparatus herein described for covering railway trucks and other
vehicles.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Dunkin Lee, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of March in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
JOHN DUNKIN LEE. (L.S.)
Witness, FRED* HARRIS.