AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF CERTAIN PARTS OF OMNIBUSSES AND OTHER VEHICLES
Year: 1844

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
HAYMAN, of Mount Street, Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, Corn Dealer;
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
; Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Thirtieth day of April, in the seventh year of Her reign, did, for
Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said James
Hayman, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I,
the said James Hayman, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said James Hayman, my exors, admors, or assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the term
of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
Invention of "AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF CERTAIN PARTS
OF OMNIBUSSES AND OTHER VEHICLES;" in which said Letters Patent is contained
a proviso, that I, the James Hayman, shall cause a particular description
of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said in
part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto
had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Hayman, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon,
that is to say:-
The Invention consists, first, of having two doors or half doors to the
entrances at the backs of omnibusses or other carriages.
And, secondly, the Invention consists in mode of applying a guard rail to
the back steps or platforms of omnibusses and other carriages which have
their entrances for passengers behind, when in combination, with the use of
double doors, as hereafter explained, and mode of arranging the step for the
conductor. And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I will describe the Drawing hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
:
Figure 1 is a side view of an omnibus having my improvements applied
thereto; Figure 2 is a back view thereof; and Figure 3 is a plan of part of the
omnibus with the half doors closed, and Figure 4 is part of a plan with the
half doors open. a, a, are two half doors which close the passengers' entrance
at the back of the carriage, and they are so formed as to admit of the passage
through of a passenger when both of the half doors are open; the half doors a¹,
if not fastened, would at all times remain open by means of a spring in the
box b. These doors a, a¹, are shut when desired by first closing the door' a,
the edges of the doors being rabitted, so that when the door a¹ is closed it
laps over the door a, and the door a¹ is then secured by a spring bolt c, which
slides in an opening in the door a³, and enters a socket fixed in the sill or
lower framework of the doors; and when it is desired to open the doors, the
bolt c is raised, tlie door a¹ will then fly open by its spring, and will allow the
door a to be opened for the admission or exit of a passenger. d is the board
on which the conductor usually stands; the board is capable of sliding out of
the way when a passenger is about to enter or leave the carriage, as hereafter
explained. The board d slides in suitable openings formed in the back of the
carriage and under the passengers' seat, and to the board d' is affixed one
end of a chain é, the other end of which being affixed to, the door a and the
links. of this chain are so formed that the opening of the door a will slide the
board d under the seat of the carriage, and on closing the door a the board d
will again .be protruded, and serve as a support for the conductor. To the
platform there is a step 9 applied on either side, so that a passenger may

page_text: conveniently step off the footpath on to a step 9, and thence on to the plat-
form f, in place of passengers having to step into the road before entering such
descriptions of carriages.
I would remark, that, in case the height of the platform f requires it, more
than one step 9 may be applied on either side. h, h, is a guard or rail affixed
to the platform f, which will prevent passengers being thrown off should the
horses move whilst a passenger is standing on the platform f. and this guard
also assists passengers when ontering or leaving the carriage; i, i, are handles,
which may be used to assist the passenger on entering or leaving the omnibus,
or to enable the conductor to step upon his footboard. I have only thought it
necessary in the Drawing to show the improvements applied to an omnibus,
but it will be evident that the improvements may in like manner be applied
to any construction of carriage where the passengers' entrance is from behind,
similar to omnibusses. And I would, in conclusion, state, that I do not confine
myself to the details of fastening the doors, nor to the arrangement of the parts
of the guard rail at the back, or of the footboard of the conductor, as these
may be varied without departing from my Invention; but what I claim is, the
combining a platform with a guard rail and side steps with the use of double
doors as.herein described, I also claim the mode of applying two half doors, as
herein described, where both are required to be opened in order to the passage
of a passenger. And I also claim the so arranging the step of the conductor
that it may move out of the way.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Hayman, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty-four.
JAMES (Ls.) HAYMAN.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Thirtieth day of October, in the
year of our Lord 1844, the aforesaid James Hayman came before our said
Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the
tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
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