Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd May, 1886.
Complete Left, 28th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 29th Mar., 1887.
1 RICHARD CHARLES WILLIAM HORSLEY of Beccles in the county of Suffolk Coach
Builder do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an arrangement of the springs of two-wheeled and other
carriages whereby increased ease in motion is produced.
For this purpose in the case of two-wheeled carriages my invention consists in the
combination on each side of the carriage of a front and hind C spring with an
intermediate spring to which the body of the carriage is fixed by means of an iron
support.
The front and hind C springs are connected to a perch on each side of the carriage
fastened at one end to the shaft and at the other end to the axle or the flap thereof.
By this means the body of the carriage is entirely suspended on the springs without
being supported in the ordinary manner of two-wheeled carriages.
In place of the said front and hind C springs suspending irons may be employed.
In applying my invention to four-wheeled carriages an iron or steel perch is fixed on
the flaps of each axle and at each end of such perch is fixed a Cspring at the upper
end of which is connected by means of iron couplings an intermediate spring on which
is suspended the body of the carriage.
W. SPENCE & SON,
8, Quality Court,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: RICHARD CHARLES WILLIAM HORSLEY of Beccles in the County of Suffolk Coach
Builder 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:-
My invention relates to an arrangement of the springs of two wheeled and other
carriages whereby increased ease in motion is produced.
For this purpose in the case of two wheeled carriages my invention consists in the
combination on each side of the carriage of a front and hind C spring with an inter-
mediate spring to which the body of the carriage is fixed by means of an iron
support.
The front and hind C springs are connected to an iron stay or support on each side
of the carriage fastened at one end to the shaft and at the other end to the axle or the
Hap thereof.
By this means the body of the carriage is entirely suspended on the springs without
being supported in the ordinary mann r of two wheeled carriages.
In place of the said front and hind C springs suspending irons may be employed.
In applying my invention to four wheeled carriages an iron or steel support is fixed
on the flaps of each axle and at each end of such support is fixed a C spring at the
upper end of which is connected by means of iron couplings an intermediate spring on
which is suspended the body of the carriage.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will describe it more particu-
larly by the aid of the accompanying drawings representing my improved arrangement
of springs for two and also four wheeled carriages.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 represents in side elevation a two-wheeled carriage with the arrangement of
the springs for suspending the same in the manner above stated.
1 is the axle of the carriage, 2 is the stay or support of iron or steel, 3 the front
Cspring, the hind C spring. the side or intermediate spring on which the body of
the carriage is suspended, 6 and 7 are two shackles connecting the side or intermediate
spring with the C springs, 8 is the shaft of the carriage.
This arrangement of the springs is applied to each side of a two-wheeled carriage in
order to suspend the same in such a manner as to give increased ease of motion in
travelling over ordinary roads. The form of the springs may be varied so long as the
arrangement described is maintained. Instead of the C springs 3 and 4, suspending

page_text: irons may be employed and instead of the side or intermediate springs 5 being formed
as shown they may be cut in half at 9.
In Fig. 2 is represented the arrangement of the springs adapted for four-wheeled
carriages in which 1 is the axle, 2 the iron support for the C springs, 3 the C springs.
and 4 the intermediate spring upon which the body of the carriage is suspended or
fixed. The carriage is suspended on the springs in the manner hereinbefore stated.
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 :-
The application to two-wheeled and other carriages of the arrangement of end
C springs and side or intermediate springs on which the body of the carriage is
suspended in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.
Hathi Tronix sighth day of Walumory 1887
W. SPENCE & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.