Improvements in Perambulators.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 5th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 7th .Dec., 1889.
PROVISIONAL.. SPECIFICATION.:
Improvements in Perambulators.
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I, WALTER FEATHER BOTTOMLEY: of Pollard's Yard, Milgarth Street, Leeds, in'the
County of York, Perambulator Manufacturer; do, hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows, that is to say
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It consists of improvements in the construction and forination of perambulators
whereby the body portions thereof may be supported in a more suitably yielding or
springing manner while the bearings for same are rendered more rigid and firm
than heretofore.
This I attain by making use of the common and well-known class of wheels with
their usual kind of axles. Upon these axles I mount suitably formed-supports.which
consist of appropriately bent tubular pieces of metal. Or instead of several pieces of
tubular metal being employed for forming the supports, only one piece may be made
use of, its outer ends being bent so that when placed crosswise over both the axles of
the carriage-wheels, they (the said outer ends) will extend somewhat perpendicularly.
To each of these outer ends is attached a handle (for the purpose of manipulating the
carriage in the usual manner) as also a cross piece, and to each outer end of each cross
piece is attached a suitably formed spring such as a metal spiral spring or a suitable
piece of india rubber (caoutchouc). These springs (or pieces of india rubber) are also
attached to the body portion of the carriage in such a manner that said body portion
(which may be any of the common and well known kinds) is suspended by thein from
the above described bearings and so the springiness desired is obtained.
By the employment of bearings formed of tubular pieces of metal considerable
rigidity and firmness in the parts is obtained without increasing the weight of the
perambulator.
When two or more tubular pieces of metal are employed as above described, (if
these are not made to reach from one axle to the other), a suitable binding rail may
be employed as means for joining the two axles of the carriage together; and this rail
I preferably form of tubular pieces of metal, which if desired to be joined together I
accomplish by placing them in moulders sand and pouring or running molten metal to
the joining places, or suitable. screwed joints may be employed for this purpose or
for the purpose of joining any other parts of these tubular pieces as may be desired.
Dated this 4th day of January 1889.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Perambulators.
1, WALTER FEATHER BOTTOMLEY of Pollard's Yard, Milgarth Street; Leeds in the
County of. York, Perambulator 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; that is to say:
It consists of improvements in the construction and formation of perambulators
whereby the body portions thereof may be suspended in a more suitably yielding
or springing manner while the bearings for same are rendered *more rigid and
firm than heretofore. *
In order that my said invention may be more readily understood I have here-
unto appended a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof to which by figures and
letters reference is made in the following description.-

page_text: Fig. 1 is side view of a perambulator made in accordance with this invention.
Fig. 2 is an end view of same. Fig. 3 is end view similar to fig. 2 but shews a
modification.
Fig. 4 shews a perambulator as seen. from above, the body part of same being
omitted to shew articles beneath.
Like letters and figures of reference indicate like parts throughout the several
views.
The object of this invention is attained by making use of the comminon and well
known class of wheels a, a, a¹, a¹, with their usual kind of axles b
Upon these axles I mount a suitably formed support consisting of the
tubular piece of metal e having its outer ends made to extend upwardly and being
otherwise of the shape shewn by fig. 1, said support being attached by the
respectively.
pieces to said axles
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To each of the outer ends c¹ and of the tubular piece c I attach the cross
pieces and respectively, and from these cross pieces d and d', I suspend the
body part of the perambulator e by means of the yielding bands or straps f; f¹ƒ^ƒ³
which are attached to said handles d d and body part e and which may be of India
rubber, or metal spiral or other springs as will be readily understood.
The cross pieces d and d' suit the purposes of handles for manipulating or moving
the perambulator.
Perambulators made in accerdance with the above description have only one tubular
supporting piece c as illustrated by fig. 2, however two of these pieces ce³ may be
employed as shewn by fig. 3, without departing from the nature of this invention.
Or again instead of the said piece c or being made to extend the whole distance
from the outer end at c¹ to that at 2, it might be made in two parts h¹ (see fig. 4)
each part extending only from the axle or to the position c¹ or c³ as will easily be
seen, but in this case instead of these separate parts being formed to only have one
end for attachment to the said axles, I preferably form these ends somewhat bifurcated
as shewn by fig. 4. h³, h³, by which means said tubular parts are held more
firmly.
When the parts are made use of it is necessary that the axles should be
joined together rigidly, and for this purpose I employ the rail which I also form out
of tubular pieces of metal k² the same being attached to each other by the joining
which may be detachable or permanently fixed to them as by being poured there in a
molten form in a manner common and well known.
The bifurcations 2 3 of the tubular parts or I preferably form by joining saine
to the main part or by the employment of molten metal as above described.
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 employment in the construction of perambulators, of a tubular piece of metal
shaped as shewn at c fig. 1 and means for supporting the body part e in combination
substantially as and for the purposes specified.
2. The improvement in perambulators consisting of forming the supports for the
body parts, of tubular pieces of metal shaped as shewn by the several views and other-
wise formed substantially as specified.
3. The parts h' formed as shewn, the rail k, said rail k and parts h¹ being formed
of metal tubing, and the other parts necessary to form a perambulator as herein
described, in combination, all said parts being constructed and arranged substantially
as specified.
Dated thin 4th
T
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1000
W. F. BOTTOMLEY.
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.