CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN OMNI- BUSES;
Year: 1842

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HAZELDINE, of Lant Street, Southwark, in the County of Surrey, Coach
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Twenty-seventh day of October, in the sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said George Hazeldine, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and
authority, that I, the said George Hazeldine, my exors, admors, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said George Heseldine, my exors, adñors, 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 "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN OMNI-
BUSES;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the
said George Hazeldine, shall cause a particular description of the nature of
my said Invention, and in what manner the same is performed, to be
inrolled in Her said Majesty's 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
George Hazeldine, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,

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Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of an omnibus constructed
according to my Invention. Figure 2 shows a horizontal section of the same
omnibus, which is constructed to carry twelve passengers. The two nearest
the front of the carriage will sit face to face on the seats a, a, and sideways in
respect to the horses; the eight passengers sitting on the seats b, b, will
:sit with their faces towards the horses, and the passengers on the seats
c, c, may sit with their faces towards the horses or otherwise; and I make a
back and elbow to each seat, as is shown. I have not thought it necessary to
enter into any description of the arrangement of springs or axles, or of the
.body or other parts of the carriage, as these parts may be made in such
manner as the builder may consider desirable; and although the omnibus
'shown is made suitable for twelve passengers, other omnibuses may be made
according to my Invention to carry other numbers of passengers.
The Drawing shows so much of the outline of the construction of an
omnibus, wheels, axles, springs, and body, with seats arranged therein, as will
enable a workman readily to construct omnibuses according to my Invention.
And I would remark, that I make no claim to any of the parts separately
nor combined, other than what relates to the mode of arranging the seats in
combination with the body, as shown and described, and if desired, all the seats
may be so arranged that the passengers might sit with their faces or backs
towards the horses, in which case the length of the omnibus would require to
be in some degree increased.
Having thus described my Invention, and the best means I am acquainted
with for carrying the same into effect. I wish it to be understood that what I

page_text: claim is, the mode herein described of combining seats within an omnibus
carriage body, whereby each passenger may have a separate seat, leaving the
centre of the omnibus open, and free for the passengers to enter and leave,
without the inconvenience heretofore experienced from the centre of the
carriage being occupied by the legs and feet of other passengers.
claim is, the mode herein described of combining seats within an omnibus
carriage body, whereby each passenger may have a separate seat, leaving the
centre of the omnibus open, and free for the passengers to enter and leave,
without the inconvenience heretofore experienced from the centre of the
carriage being occupied by the legs and feet of other passengers.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Hazeldine, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty-three.