Improvements in and connected with Hansom Cabs and other Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Oct., 1896-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Hansom Cabs and other
Vehicles.
We WILLIAM FRANCIS PICKLES of 35 Grosvenor Terrace, Mechanic, and ALBERT
SUGDEN of Violet Street, Mechanic both in Halifax in the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to construct a simple and effective contrivance for
raising and lowering the rests of hansom cabs or other vehicles using a rest, and
securing the said rests in any position in a quick and effective manner.
Preferably upon the side of the driver's seat or in any other position convenient to
or within easy reach of the driver we fix a suitable bracket or plate preferably with a
milled surface having suitable arms or carriers at each side, mounted upon these arms
is a lever, bar, or quadrant, the said bar or quadrant bears against the face of the
aforesaid plate, the strap attached to the rest passes up betwc on the plate and
quadrant. Upon the boss of the lever, bar, or quadrant is a handle for raising the
said quadrant out of contact with the strap, a spring returning same when the handle
is released.
The action is as follows:-When required to raise the rest, the driver pulls the
strap as usual until the rest is in the position required, the strap is then released
and is immediately gripped by the quadrant and plate until the rest is required down
which is effected by the handle before described being pulled back upon which the
rest immediately drops into position.
Dated this Second day of Larissa 1846
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicants.
OMPLETE
ICATIO
Improvements in and connected with Hansom Cabs and other
Vehicles.
We, WILLIAM FRANCIS PICKLES, of 35 Grosvenor Terrace, Halifax, in the County
of York, Mechanic, and ALBERT SUGDEN, of Violet Street, Halifax aforesaid,
Mechanic, 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 :-
The object of our invention is to construct a simple and effective contrivance
for raising and lowering the rests of hansom cabs or other vehicles using a rest, and
securing the said rests in any position in a quick and effective manner, and this is
achieved by passing the strap attached to the rest between a catch or holding
device, from which it can readily be released on the driver pressing a thumb
lever. The catch or holding device is enclosed in a casing fixed near to the
driver's seat, so that the driver can control the rest without moving off his seat.

page_text: Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a complete
description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:-
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improved apparatus for purpose
aforesaid.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. 1, the casing being removed.
According to this invention, we fix upon the side of the driver's seat, or in any
other position convenient to or within easy reach of the driver, a bracket or plate 1
with a milled surface 2 and arms or carriers 3. 3 at each side of same. Mounted in
these arms 3. 3 is a lever or quadrant 4, the outer edge 5 of the said bar or
quadrant 4 bearing against the strap 6 and pressing same against the milled surface 2
of the aforesaid plate 1. The strap 6 attached to the rest of the vehicle passes up
between the milled surface 2 of the plate 1 and the quadrant 4. Upon the boss or
axis 7 of the lever, bar, or quadrant 4 is a handle or thumb piece 8 for raising
or moving the said quadrant 4 out of contact with the strap 6, and a spring 9 returns
same when the handle or thumb piece 8 is released.
The action is as follows:-When required to raise the rest of the vehicle, the driver
pulls the strap 6 as usual, until the rest is in the position required, clear of the ground,
the strap 6 is then released, and is immediately gripped between the edge of the
quadrant 4 and the milled surface 2 of the plate 1. When the rest is to be lowered,
the handle or thumb piece 8 before described, is pressed or pulled back, and the rest
immediately drops into position. The plate 1 is conveniently fixed to the vehicle by
the stem 10 and bracket 11, and the whole of the mechanism is enclosed in a
casing 12 screwed to the plate 1, holes being left in such casing 12 for the passage of
the strap 6 and thumb piece 8.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
(1.) The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts constituting
the improved rest holder, as and for the purpose hereih described, and substantially
as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
(2.) The lever 4, thumb piece or handle 8, spring 9, and strap 6, all in
combination, as and for the purpose herein described, and substantially as illustrated
by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of October 1896
WILLIAM FRANCIS PICKLES,
ALBERT SUGDEN,
By their Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.