Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 6th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1895

page_text: fixed at each end, one on each side of the boat. On each side of the treadle are
metal trays for the feet: these will be fixed on an axle so that when the treadle
goes down, the feet will not be out of plumb.
THE BRAKE.
Under one of the seats is the brake which is worked by a lever from the treadle
turning a ratch wheel at M. From the axle of the ratch wheel a small cog wheel
works a catch on the outside of the boat. The catch on going round knocks off
the self acting brake & the lever brake is applied to the underside of the boat,
catching the boat each time as it passes it thus gradually brings it to a standstill.
Dated this 9th day of November 1894.
improvements in Swings.
ELON WILLIAMS Miner 64 Longacers Castleford GEORGE FARQUHAR
PENNINGTON, Architect and Surveyor, Bridge Street, Castleford, 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:
Herewith one drawing accompanies this Specification, and it will be seen that
the improvements consists in working the swing by means of the feet or hands in
the boat.
The framework is constructed in the usual manner, as is also the boat.
Attached to the top or cross bar A are two straps of iron B secured to A by
means of bolts with heads nuts and washers. The bottom part of strap B is formed
as a semicircular seat for the 1" inch wrought iron or steel bar C. to swing in and
move freely to and fro.
On one side of each of the semicircular seats is a projecting piece D left on the
strap.
Just over the projecting pieces D the bar C is brought to the square, or has a
stud fixed in it, and made so that the piece D shall catch the bar, and only allow
the hanging ends of the bar C to describe an arc, about four or five inches in
circumference. The ends of the rod C are turned over and hang in a vertical
position after passing through the seat or strap B for a depth of 8 inches.
Attached to one side of the strap B and secured by the same bolts that hold the
strap in position, is a piece of iron E 2" x 1" bent and twisted so as to hang in the
centre, and cover the hanging end of rod C and parallel to it, being plumb and of
the same length. At the end of the rod C is a joint by which are fastened the
inch rods which hold up the boat. At the end of the bent iron E is a right
angled lever G held in position by a bolt, upon which the lever turns and which
serves as an axle for the lever. The angle H of the lever G is fastened to the
bar C by a loose bolt, that is a bolt fixed to the angle of the lever, with a larger
hole in the bar C. At the end of the arm of the lever which is 12 inches long is
secured a rope which is attached to a lever on the outside of the boat, one lever
being on each side of the boat and acting in opposite directions. A rod I crosses
the centre of the boat from lever to lever, the levers being fixed on each side of
the rod.

page_text: Attached to the rod I is a vertical lever K in the boat by means of which the
swing is set in motion, the same being worked to and fro by hand.
By doing away with the vertical lever K and putting in a false bottom to the
boat, detached from all the sides and fixed only to the rod I. The false bottom
really serves as a treadle to be worked by the feet, and in so doing sets the swing
in motion, in the same manner as by the lever in the boat.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said iuven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
I. The construction of swings which may be put and kept in motion by means of
a lever worked by the hand in the boat.
II. The construction of swings which may be put and kept in motion by means
of a treadle lever worked by the feet in the boat.
Dated this 5th day of August 1895.
ELON WILLIAMS,
64 Longacers, Castleford.
GEORGE FARQUHAR PENNINGTON,
Bridge Street, Castleford.