IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF SUPPORTING THE BODIES OF RAILWAY AND OTHER VEHICLES."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Stroudley, of Brighton, in the County of
Sussex, and James Cleminson, of 5, Westminster Chambers, in the County
of Middlesex, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF
SUPPORTING THE BODIES OF RAILWAY AND OTHER VEHICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Stroudley and
James Cleminson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th
July 1880.
WILLIAM STROUDLEY, of Brighton, in the County of Sussex, and JAMES CLEMINSON,
of 5, Westminster Chambers, in the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MEANS OF SUPPORTING THE BODIES OF RAILWAY AND OTHER VEHICLES."
In the Specification of a Patent granted to W. Adams and J. Livesey on the
18 December 1875, No. 4390, were described means of supporting the bodies of
vehicles by flexible connections to their under frames, so as to reduce lateral
oscillation of the former, and in the said Specification it was proposed to make such
connections elastic. The present Invention relates to improved means for preventing
the transference of shocks or oscillations from the underframing to the body of a
vehicle by a simple and compact construction which we will now describe. From
the carriage body we extend downwards a number of struts or.bolts, which we
attach at their lower ends to extensible springs, the upper ends of which are
attached to the under framing of the carriage or to brackets projecting therefrom.
Thus when the underframing is subjected to oscillations, caused by inequalities in
the road or otherwise, the springs give freedom of play in all directions to tho
struts projecting from the carriage body, and being in extension they tend always
to restore the body to its normal position. The springs may obviously be inverted in
position, that is to say, the struts may project upwards from the underframing and
support the upper ends of the springs, the lower ends of which are attached to the
carriage body or to brackets projecting therefrom.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Stroudley and James Cleminson in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 11th January 1881.
WILLIAM STROUDLEY, of Brighton, in the County of Sussex, and JAMES CLEMINSON,
of 5, Westminster Chambers, in the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
-MEANS-OF-SUPPORTING THE BODIES OF RAILWAY AND OTHER VEHICLES."
In the Specification of a Patent granted to W. Adams and J. Livesey, on the
18th December 1875, No. 4390, were described means of supporting the bodies of
vehicles by flexible connections to their underframes, so as to reduce lateral
oscillation of the former, and in the said Specification it was proposed to make
such connections elastic. The present Invention relates to improved means for
preventing the transference of shocks or oscillations from the underframing to the
body of a vehicle, by a simple and compact construction which we will now
describe. From the carriage body we extend downwards a number of struts or
bolts, which we attach at their lower ends to extensible springs, the upper ends of
which are attached to the underframing of the carriage or to brackets projecting
therefrom. Thus when the underframing is subjected to oscillations, caused by
inequalities in the road or otherwise, the springs give freedom of play in all
directions to the struts projecting from the carriage body, and being in extension
they tend always to restore the body to its normal position. The springs may
obviously be inverted in position, that is to say, the struts may project upwards
from the underframing, and support the upper ends of the springs, the lower ends
of which are attached to the carriage body or to brackets projecting therefrom.

page_text: Having thus described the nature of our Invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, we claim,-
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Supporting the body of a railway or other vehicle on extensible springs
suspended from the underframing of the vehicle, substantially as and for the
purpose herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Cleminson, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty one.
JAS. CLEMINSON. (L.S.)