A New and improve
Year: 1888

page_text: Jate of Application, 2nd Mar., 1888
Complete Specification Left. 1st Nov., 1888
Complete pecification Accepted. 7th Dec., 1888
A New and improved Daley Dav
I, WALTER DAVID FAGG, of Folkestone, in the County of Kent, Manager of
Bathing Establishment, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide and fit carriages for the use of bathers at
the sea side, or on the banks of rivers and lakes, so constructed that increased
facilities for bathing may be thereby afforded together with increased safety.
My improved safety carriage is mounted on a frame, the lower part of which is
made to assume a similar angle or slope to that of the beach, or approximately thereto;
the upper part of this frame is horizontal, or thereabouts.
The lower part of the frame is fitted with a sufficient number of tramway wheels to
support the superincumbent weight.
A suitable tramway is laid down upon the beach, of sufficient length to support the
carriage from "high and dry" to a reasonable bathing depth. This tramway may be
constructed upon piles sunk in the sand, or upon timbers secured to the rock, or in
any other manner, according to the nature of the beach.
The carriage is secured upon the under frame, and is fitted with separate dressing
rooms provided with doors, seats and all other necessaries for privacy and comfort.
A central or other passage is provided in a longitudinal direction, whereby the
bathers can gain access to the dressing rooms, from the shore end of the carriage,
and whereby also they pass to the platform and steps at the outer end.
At the outer end of the lower frame, and either in one therewith, or detachable
therefrom, I construct an extended platform or crate, having railings on each side and
an open-boarded floor, to allow the free access of the water.
In this crate non-swimmers can take their bath with perfect safety, protected by
the side rails, and swimmers can use it as a starting platform.

page_text: New and improved Safety Bathing Carriage.
WALTER DAVID FAGG, of Folkestone, in the County of Kent, Manager of Bathing
Establishment, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide and fit carriages for the use of bathers at the
sea-side, or on the banks of rivers and lakes, so constructed that increased facilities
for bathing may be thereby afforded, together with increased safety.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal elevation of two safety carriages and a bathing crate and
platform, with the rail or tramway shown in section.
Fig. 2 is an end view of one of the carriages, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal
section of a carriage.
a a are the rails supported by piles b b. cc are the carriages, mounted upon
wheels d d. The diameters of the wheels are made to suit the inclination of the shore
and railway, in order that the floors of the carriages may be as nearly horizontal as
practicable.
The floor of the crate e is preferably made with an inclination to accommodate the
stature of different hathers who cannot swim. The upper part of the crate is for the
same reason made horizontal, and is fitted with a platform from which the swimmers
can plunge into the water.
Each carriage is fitted with an elevated fresh water cistern or tank g, from which
fresh water is conveyed by tubing to the wash basins / h, and to shower baths in the
rooms.
The carriage is divided into a number of dressing rooms kk, fitted with doors m m
for securing privacy, and a central passage n for the bather's convenience.
The dressing rooms are fitted with looking glasses, clothes pegs, hat racks, and
other conveniences.
The carriages are coupled together, and secured by rope or other cables; being
lowered down the inclined railway into the water by gravitation, if steep enough,
and in other cases moved by horses, steam or gas engines or other suitable means.
Turnstiles are usually fitted in the entrance at p, and a W.C. at r.
Also a
waiting room at s.
In adapting my invention to a very flat shore, the wheels of the carriages may be
of uniform size, and the bottom of the crate inclined to accommodate children and
grown persons who cannot swim.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In combination with carriages used for bathing, the application and use of a
permanent way composed of rails, sleepers piles, and other usual requirements for
securing such permanent way, substantially as herein before described and illustrated
by the drawings.
2. In combination with a permanent rail or tramway as aforesaid, the application
and use of the improved carriages, constructed, arranged and fitted substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
3. In combination with my improved safety bathing carriages as aforesaid, the
application and use of the improved crate, constructed and arranged substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
GEO. DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C.,
Agent for Applicant.