Improvements in the Construction of Opening Broughams or Landaulettes and other Carriages, Applying more Particularly to their Front Falling Pillars, Heads, and Glassframe Runs
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd July, 1886.
Complete Left, 19th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 13th May, 1887.
Improvements in the Construction of Opening Broughams
or
Landaulettes and other Carriages, Applying more Particularly
to their Front Falling Pillars, Heads, and Glassframe Runs
We WILLIAM JOHN RIDGES and ROBERT HUNTER RIDGES Coach Manufacturers
both of 83 Darlington Street Wolverhampton Staffordshire do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to so construct or arrange the Front and Back
Pillars of Opening Broughams, that in opening the same, only that part of the Head
behind the line of the front standing pillars may be lifted up and made to fall over and
down upon the back of the carriage in the usual way.
The front pillars and remaining portion of the roof are then made to fall forward
over the Driver's seat till the pillars lie in an almost flat position, the portion of the
roof then being nearly vertical and directly under and behind the drivers legs when
the Carriage is in use.
For the purposes of this invention the roof is divided laterally just in front of the
line of the front door joint the latter part of which may fall over and down upon the
back of the Carriage in the usual way. That part of the Roof in front of the division
hereinbefore mentioned is made a fixture to the front falling pillars which are hinged
at the level of door tops and made to fall forward and downward till they lie in an
almost flat position and rest upon bearings left in the lamp iron or other stays.
When in this position the portion of the Roof attached rests almost vertically
directly behind and beneath the drivers legs.
To carry out the latter part of this invention the front edge of Driver's seat is
made circular so as to admit of the roof passing easily on its way up or down.

page_text: The joints of the Front Falling pillars at the point where they are hinged to the
Body are fitted with specially invented spring catch bolts which hold the pillars firmly
in position when upright and which can be set in motion. or retarded from action
readily.
.
The Circular Sliding Glassframes of Opening Broughams and other Carriages in
which they are usually used are so arranged that instead of sliding one behind the
other to the centre they only slide part of the way and by an ingenious arrangement
of an irregular sweep in the inside of the garnish rail of circular front combined with
grooves fixed on the outside and inside rails they are made to fall into and rest in the
boot in much less space than has hitherto been the case.

page_text: Improvements in the Construction of Opening Broughams or
Landaulettes and other Carriages, Applying more Particularly
to their Front Falling Pillars, Heads, and Glass Frame Runs
and Grooves.
We WILLIAM JOHN RIDGES and ROBERT HUNTER RIDGES Coach Manufacturers
both of 83 Darlington Street, Wolverhampton Staffordshire 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:-
The object of this invention is so to construct or arrange the Front and Back Pillars
of Opening Broughams that in opening the same only that part of the Head behind
the line of the front standing pillars may be lifted up and made to fall over and down
upon the back of the carriage in the usual way.
The Front Pillars and remaining portion of the Roof are then made to fall forward
over the Driver's Seat, till the pillars lie in an almost flat position the portion of the
roof then being nearly vertical and directly under and behind the driver's legs when
the carriage is in use.
This part of our invention as applied to circular or other fronted Broughams or
Landaulettes or other Carriages will be understood by reference to Figure 1 of the
annexed drawings which is a ropresentation of the Front part of a circular fronted
Landaulette or opening Broughamn in which A A are the front door pillars having the
front Falling Pillars B hinged to them at C about in line with the level of the door top
so that they may fall downwards and forwards towards the driver's seat. The Roof is
divided laterally about the line of the Front door joint and all that part of the Roof
behind the door joint falls over and down upon the back of the carriage in the usual
way. The remaining portion of the roof D is fixed firmly to the upper ends of the
Front falling pillars B and for the purposes of this invention is made to fall forward
and over the driver's seat F till it rests in an almost vertical position inside the boot E
and directly behind and beneath the driver's legs as shown by dotted lines D. I and the
falling pillars lie in an almost flat position as shown by dotted lines B. I thus making a
complete Open Brougham.
In order to effectually carry out this part of our invention without waste of space
the front edge of the Driver's seat F is made circular in shape so that the portion of
Roof D may pass it more readily.
At the point where the Front Falling Pillars B are hinged to the standing pillars A
they are fitted with a specially invented catch spring bolt by which they are held firmly
in position when upright and without the aid of the back part of the roof.
The Circular Sliding Glass Frames of Circular or Segmental or other Fronted
Broughams Landaulettes or other carriages are so arranged that in sliding sideways
to be ready to be pocketed in the Boot when the carriage is to be used as an open one
they may not go directly to the centre and remain one in front of the other but that

page_text: they shall only slide part of the way and by an ingenious arrangement of an irregular
sweep in the inside garnish rail of the circular or other front combined with grooves
fixed on the inside of such front and also of the garnish rail aforesaid in which the
outside edge of each glass frame slides they are made to drop into the Boot and
occupy much less space than is usually the case.
This part of our invention will be understood by reference to figure 2 of annexed
drawings shewing in detail the circular front with the openings in the Boot in which
the sliding Frames are let down E represents the Boot H the circular Front in which
the frames G G are let down. J is the garnish rail K K are the metal or other
grooves in which the outer edge of each frame G slides and by which it is kept in
position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is
1. Fitting and arranging the Front Pillars Roof and parts of Opening Broughams
and like vehicles in the manner described for the purpose set forth and shewn at
Figure 1 of annexed drawings.
2. So arranging the Front Glasses of Broughams Landaulettes and like carriages
that they can be moved only partially towards the centre and be made to occupy
positions within the Boot as described and substantially as shown at Figures 1 and 2
of enclosed Drawings.