Improvement in Road Carriages
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1886.
Complete Left, 20th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 20th May, 1887.
I RICHARD GLOVER 57 Romford Road Stratford, E. do hereby declare the nature
of my said invention to be as follows:-
An Improvement in Road Carriages consists of the following arrangement designed
to prevent the overturning of carriages with fixed axles from accidents to the wheels
axles thereof. A bar of iron is carried along (preferably the under side of) the
axle and secured thereto. Towards each end of the axle, a short distance before
reaching the wheel, the bar is turned downward at right angles or thereabouts and is
continued until each extremity is within a few inches of the road level. A small
wheel (kept clear of the road) may be attached to each extremity of the bar. My
Invention consists of the whole of the above arrangement.
RICHARD GLOVER.
I, RICHARD GLOVER of 57 Romford Road Stratford Essex E. Veterinary Surgeon,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to.
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following.
statement:-
An Improvement in Road Carriages consists of the application to Road Carriages
having fixed axles of the following apparatus designed to prevent the overturning of

page_text: the carriage when damage has occurred to the wheel or axles. I take a bar of
wrought iron which I carry along the under side of the axle. This I turn downward
immediately under the middle of the spring and prolong it in a nearly vertical
direction to within a short distance of the road surface. I secure it to the axle by
means of a clip of the same material and substance as the bar, which I weld across
the bar and shape so as to embrace the bottom and sides of the axle. The clip is
shouldered on each side an th of an inch before reaching the upper surface of the
axle and is continued in the form of a bolt sufficiently long to allow a inch plate to
lay on the top of the axle and be screwed down by the nut of the bolt, the bolt on
either side passing through a hole in the plate. This clip has a position on the axle
immediately within the spring. I vary this by arranging the apparatus for each end of
the axle seperately, there being then no connection from one side to the other. In
this case I take a similar iron bar which I lay along the axle for a space of a foot or
thereabouts and which I then turn downward, at its outer end in a nearly vertical
direction and prolong it to within a short distance of the road surface. I secure it to
the axle by two clips similar to the one described above, one of these has a position as
close to the inner side of the spring as practicable and the other as close to the outer
side of the spring as practicable. When the second clip occupies this position the
point at which the bar makes its downward turn will be the outer border of the clip.
When there is not sufficient space between the spring and the wheel for the fixing of
the clip I place the second clip within the first and as far from it as the flattened
surface of the axle extends but I do not recommend the distance between the two
clips to exceed 9 inches. When both clips are within the spring the point at which
the bar turns downward will be immediately under the middle of the spring. The
bar I make of best wrought iron. Size-When the carriage and load together do not
exceed one Ton I make the size 1" x 1" when above one Ton 11" x 3". The
wider surface having relation to the axle. The clips I make of similar material and
substance to the bar and the bolts (which I weld into the clips) inch diameter and
inch respectively.
The plate laying on the top of the axle is a wrought iron inch plate, the length
and width of the clip, having a hole drilled in each end to receive the bolts of the clip.
I describe the bar as being turned down in a nearly vertical direction. It should ho
quite so as seen from the side but as seen from behind I give it such an inclination
downward and outward as will cause it to be vertical should the carriage rest on its
extremity. The inclination outward will consequently be in proportion to the distance
between the extremity and the road surface. I recomend the distance to be 3 inches
for paved roads and from 4 to 6 inches for unpaved road.
Where springs are absent, the positions of the clips and of the turning point of the
bar will be the same as if springs were present.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
The use of the apparatus consisting of the bar and the clips as above described.