IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS, AND IN PERAMBULATOR AND OTHER WHEELS HAVING METAL SPOKES, AND IN GRIPS FOR ADJUSTING SUCH SPOKES
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Bevan Lovedee, of Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Manufacturer, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PERAMBULATORS, AND IN PERAMBULATOR AND OTHER WHEELS HAVING
METAL SPOKES, AND IN GRIPS FOR ADJUSTING SUCH SPOKES."
(Void by reason of the Patentee having neglected to file a Specification in
pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Bevan Lovedee at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th July 1881.
AND
GEORGE BEVAN LOVEDEE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS AND IN PERAMBULATOR
OTHER WHEELS HAVING METAL SPOKES AND IN GRIPS FOR ADJUSTING SUCH
SPOKES."
I construct reversible perambulators in either of the two following ways, (1), by
providing a handle which can be removed from one end of the perambulator to
the other, and attaching the same by inserting the handle-rod or rods into a
socket or sockets fixed to the perambulator, and securing the rod or rods in such
socket or sockets by means of a spring catch or catches, and (2), by carrying the
seat or an arm or arms working on a centre underneath, or in other convenient
position, so that the seat may be moved from one end of the perambulator to the
other, and securing the seat or arm in its desired position by means of a spring
catch. According to the second method it is preferred to make the perambulator
body the same shape at each end, and a second seat capable of being entirely
removed may be employed in conjunction with the reversible seat when it is
desired to use the perambulator simply as a double one.
The hood may be
connected to and moved with the reversible seat.
My Invention, as it relates to perambulator and other wheels having metal
spokes, refers to the method of connecting the spokes with the hubs. The inner

page_text: ends of the spokes have a wood-screw-thread formed thereon and are screwed into
wooden hubs: A simple hole may be bored through the wood for the axle, or a
metal tube may be inserted in the hole for the whole depth thereof, or for a part
of the way in from each end; or metal collars may be placed at each end, so as to
give a metallic bearing for the axle. The inner ends of the spokes may if desired
be rendered additionally secure by cutting niches on either side thereof, and then
driving ferrules either into the substance of the wooden hubs from one or both
faces or into the holes through the hubs, the ferrules having projecting parts
formed to clip the niched parts, or the projecting parts may be formed to clip
around the reduced diameter of the screwed parts. The wooden hubs may be
strengthened by metal bands sunk or otherwise fixed around them.
ends of the spokes may also be additionally secured by allowing the ends to
project somewhat into the hole through the hub and then clenching them by
means of a drift into the wood, or into a chambered part; and this method of
clenching the ends of the spokes into a chambered part may be adopted also in the
case of spokes screwed into metal hubs.
The inner
My Invention, as it refers to the grips for adjusting metal screwed spokes,
consists (1), of a wedge having only one side inclined, and having a screwed shank
projecting from the thinner edge thereof; (2), of a block having a recess cut through
from end to end, corresponding in size and shape in cross section to the wedge; (3),
of a fly-nut on the screwed shank aforesaid, and (4) of a spiral spring; the screwed
shank passes through the block, and the wedge is drawn up into the recess by
means of the fly-nut on the screwed shank. The inclined surfaces formed by one
side of the wedge and the corresponding side of the recess are cut similarly to the
teeth of a vice, and the spoke is held between them. The spiral spring is placed
around the shank between the wedge and the block, or in other convenient
position, and acts to move back the wedge as the fly nut is slackened.