Improvements in Carriers for Use with Cycles or other Conveyances.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carriers for Use with Cycles or other Conveyances.
SAMUEL DUNSEITHI MCKELLEN, 4, Bulls Head Yard, Manchester, Photographic
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention is for improvements in carriers for use with cycles or other
conveyances. I construct such carriers with air cushions attached to such part
of the carrier as the article to be carried has to rest upon or against. Such
cushions may also be attached to or used with the straps which are used to secure
the articles to the carrier so that they may be held on all sides by air cushions
and thus the vibration incidental to locomotion may be avoided. The air cushions
may be made either permanently inflated or may be made to admit of being
inflated or deflated. The cushions may be of any convenient shape and any
Carriers with such cushions
suitable material may be used in their manufacture.
may be used with cycles, motor & horse carriages as well as railway carriages
or any kind of vehicle where it is desirable to convey fragile goods or goods
that may be injured by shaking with comparative freedom from vibration. If
preferred water or any suitable fluid or gas may be used with which to fill the
cushions instead of ordinary air.
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1000
Improvements in Carriers for Use with Cycles or other Conveyances,
I, SAMUEL DUNSEITH MCKELLEN, formerly of 4, Bull's Head Yard, Market
Place, Manchester, but now of Mill Street, Long Millgate, Manchester, Photo-
graphic Apparatus Manufacturer, 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:.
My invention is for improvements in carriers for use with cycles or other
conveyances. I construct such carriers with air cushions attached to such part
of the carrier as the article to be carried has to rest upon or against. Such
cushions may also be attached to or used with the straps which are used to secure
the articles to the carrier so that they may be held on all sides by air cushions
and the vibration incidental to locomotion may be avoided. The air cushions
may be permanently inflated or may be made to admit of being inflated or deflated.
The cushions may be made of any convenient shape and any suitable material
may be used in their manufacture. Carriers with such cushions may be used

page_text: with cycles, motor or horse carriages as well as railway carriages or any kind
of vehicle by which it is desirable to convey fragile goods or goods that may be
injured by shaking with comparative freedom from vibration.
If preferred water or any suitable fluid or gas may be used with which to fill
the cushions instead of ordinary air.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood I append drawings
of a method which I find it convenient to adopt, but I do not confine myself to
this or any other method.
Fig. 1 is a partial, side elevation of a cycle showing pillar and handle bar with
carrier attached. Fig. 2 is a front view of same. In Fig. 1 a represents the
steering pillar, b the handle bars, c the carrier hung on the handle bars and resting
against the pillar, d the pneumatic pads attached to carrier, the pad d being
attached to the band or strap e which secures the carrier to the cycle or motor.
The same letters of reference apply to corresponding parts of Fig. 2.
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:-
1. The use of cushions filled with air or other suitable fluid for the purpose above
described.