IMPROVEMENTS IN PUBLIC CARRIAGES FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF PASSENGERS
Year: 1850

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
ALEXANDER FRANKLINSKY, of Stanhope Place, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by
Her Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Fifth
day of December, One thousand eight hundred and fifty, in the four-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Joseph Alexander Franklinsky, my
exors, admors, and assigns, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege
and authority, that I, the said Joseph Alexander Franklinsky, my exors,
adiñors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph Alexander Frank-
linsky, my exors, adiñors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times during the term of years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PUBLIC CARRIAGES FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF PASSENGERS;" in
which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the said Joseph
Alexander Franklinsky, shall cause a particular description of the nature of
my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her said

page_text: Majesty High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in
and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large
appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Joseph Alexander Franklinsky, do hereby declare that the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully
described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference
being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters
marked thereon, that is to say:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a
plan and Figure 2 a side elevation of an omnibus con-
structed according to my Invention. It is well known that great inconvenience
is experienced by persons in getting into and out of omnibuses, and this
inconvenience is not alone to the party getting in and out but also to the
parties sitting in the carriage, and parties do not at all times find their
neighbours agreeable or desirable from various causes. Now the object of
this Invention is to divide an omnibus into numerous compartments, each
compartment having its own door or entrance, with ready means of approach
thereto, and this is accomplished by having several doors on either side, and
a suitable platform with guard rail on either side, all which will readily
be understood by reference to the Drawing. The omnibus shown in the
Drawing is built suitable for eleven inside passengers, but this may be varied,
and the eleven seats are contained in ten separate compartments, which have
each their separate door, that is, there are five doors on either side. By this
arrangement, with one exception (the seats Nos. 1 and 2) each passenger will
be in a separate compartment, and will have the window up or down, and he
or she will in no way inconvenience nor be inconvenienced by other passengers,
and each passenger will have all the comfort and privacy of a private single
carriage.
The partitions dividing the omnibus into separate compartments may
be closed, or they may for convenience of communicating with friends in
other neighbouring compartments have sliding panels with or without glass,
but in such cases it is suggested that parties on either side of such panels
should have the means of fastening the same, so as to be exclusive and
private when it is the wish of a party to be so. a, a, a, are the series of
doors in the carriage shewn, there are five on either side, but this will be varied

page_text: according as the carriage when constructed according to my Invention is
divided into more or less compartments; b, b, are the platforms with projecting
rails; c, c, by which passengers may get to or from any of the compartments
without inconvenience and without inconveniencing others; d, d, are steps up
to the platforms, by means of these platforms the conductor may pass readily
to and from any of the compartments; and by means of a bell or speaking
tubes the passengers may be readily able to communicate with the conductor,
and he with them, by walking on the platforms to the several compartments.
I would remark that similar omnibuses may be constructed for railways.
I will now describe the second part of the Invention, which has for its
object an improvement in the construction of cabs, to render them suitable for
running continually between places, and taking separate passengers who may
happen to be going in the same direction between such places; for this
purpose I construct the the body in such manner that the passengers may
enter on either side and take a seat in a separate compartment. And, in
order that each passenger may be exclusive and separate from the other inside
passengers, the body is divided into three compartments, each suitable for one
passenger, there being a door for each compartment. The driver sits in front,
and I prefer that his seat should be wide enough to take two passengers, so
that a cab or public carriage of this kind may carry five passengers, three
inside and two outside. Figure 3 shows a plan, and Figure 4 is a side
elevation of such a carriage. I would however state that the exterior form
of the body and the other parts may be varied, so long as the peculiar cha-
racter of this part of my Invention be retained, that is, that the body of the
carriage shall be divided into three compartments, each having its own door,
so that each inside passenger may have a separate compartment, entered by
its own doorway, as above explained. By the construction and use of such
carriages it is anticipated that inany persons who now object to the expense of
hiring cabs, and also object to ride in ordinary omnibuses will be induced to
ride in such carriages as are herein described, by reason of the privacy thereby
obtained.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Alexander Franklinsky, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of June, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.
JOSEPH ALEXANDER (L.S.) FRANKLINSKY.

page_text: I AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Fourth day of June, in the
year of our Lord 1851, the aforesaid Joseph. Alexander Franklinsky, came
before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the
Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified
in form above written. And also. the Specification aforesaid was stamped
according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and fifty-one.