A COMBINED PERAMBULATOR AND ROCKING CRADLE
Year: 1884

page_text: HENRY WILSON 34 Independent Street, New Radford Nottingham, Lacemaker
and FRANK WOODS 32 Independent Street New Radford Nottingham Mechanic
do hereby declare the nature of their invention for A COMBINED PERAMBULATOR
AND ROCKING CRADLE, to be as follows:-
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Two hard wood rockers with a bush at the rocking contact are attached to the
crib as in the case of ordinary cradles. These rockers being or of an inch in
thickness will rest upon two metallic stretchers or crossbands, uniting the springs
towards each end of the crib. In the middle, half way across the stretcher, is
placed on each of the two cross bands a bearing or groove about 2 or 3 inches long.
The rocker is placed within this groove, secured by an axle pin with screw and nut
attachment, but so as to rest upon the stretcher. When the crib is to be used as a
carriage without rocking it is fixed in a firm position, by two upright bars rising
from the springs underneath each side of the crib about the middle, part of the bar
to slide up and down in a slot and to be fixed when drawn out by a thumb screw
The crib is not to be fixed to this sliding or telescopic upright, but when the
upright is drawn out on either side, the crib will just touch the top as well as rest
upon the rocker, the two sliding uprights when extended and screwed preventing
any rocking.
The perambucot will thus be capable of being rocked without detachment from
the wheels. The only cradle perambucot combinations, now known to the trade,
requiring, removal of the crib, to rock upon the floor. The present invention gives
a saving of floorspace, prevents undue disturbance of the infant prior to rocking,
and obviates the more serious danger which would arise from insecure, fixing on,
after a removal from the wheels.

page_text: Combined Perambulator and Rocking Cradle.
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I HENRY WILSON of 34 Independant Street New Radford Nottingham, Notting-
hamshire Lace Maker and FRANK WOODS, of 32 Independant Street New Radford
Nottingham Nottinghamshire Mechanic do hereby declare the nature of our
invention for A COMBINED PERAMBULATOR AND ROCKING CRADLE and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
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Our said Invention relates to Perambulators of the kind in which the cot of the
vehicle may be used as a cradle whichout detaching the same from the framing and
has a sideway motion as ordinary cradles and is made of the ordinary materials.
1. The Perambulator or Rocking Cradle will thus be capable of being rocked
without detaching from the wheels or frame with sideway rocking motion and the
cradle will be rocked without the handle rocking with it.
2. The advantage of our Perambulator and Rocking Cradle will be that with
only removing the lever either by moving it away from you on the right or
towards you on the left converts the Perambulator into a Cradle immidiatly.
3. The present Invention gives a saving of floor space prevents undue disturb-
ance of the infant prior to rocking and obviates the more serious danger which
would arise from insecure fixing after a removal of the cot or Cradle from the
wheels or frame.
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In order that our said. Invention may be properly understood we hereunto
append a sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter referred to and
representing our improved arrangments of our combined Perambulators and
Rocking Cradles.
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In these drawings the same reference numerals are used to mark the same or
like parts whereever they are repeated.
Figure 1 on the accompanying drawings is a side elevation of our combined
Perambulator and Rocking Cradle.
Figure 2 is an inverted plan of the body of a Perambulator detached from tho
wheels.
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Figure 3 is the end view of the improved Perambulator and Rocking Cradle
body detached from the wheels.
Figure 4 shows the framework of the Perambulator and how the crossbands or
metallic strechers are attached to the framework.
The body or cot 5 has two hard wood or metallic rockers 7 which are half to.
threequarter of an inch in thickness secured to the bottom of the body or cot 5
with ordinary śrews as used in wood. In the centre of each rocker 7 is a shaped
hole (such) to allow for the motion of the cot or body the rockers will rest on
two metallic strechers or crossbands 8 uniting the springs or frame towards each
end of the body or cot 5. Half way or in the centre of the crossbands or strechers 8
is placed a baring or groove about two to three inches long and one and a half
-inch deep in the shape of half a circle the rockers 7 are placed whitin this
baring or groove secured by a bolt an fastened with a splitt pin attachment the
same is secured through the rockers 7 and prevents the body or cot from

page_text: disarranging itself. Underneath the centre of the body or cot 5 is attached a flat
metallic rod or bar 9 with a handle on each end the rod or bar 9 is secured in the
centre of the cot 5 with a bolt and nut acting as a lever which slides in two angle
brackets 10 with are sloated right and left, the same angle brackets are secured
to the framing 11 with ordinary bolts and nuts.
Our handle 12 is fasten to the crossband or strecher 8.on the framework 11 on
which are four little tablets by which the handle is conected with four bolts and
nuts. In the centre of the end of the Perambulator or cot 5 is a angle bracket 13
fastened with bolts and nuts in which locks a metallic bar or lever which is
attached in a loose manner to the handle so that you can move it in a upright
position just to enable the cot or cradle 5 to be rocked without the handle.
Having now particularly decribed and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1. The Perambulator or Rocking Cradle will thus be capable of being rocked
without detachment from the wheels of frame with sideway rocking motion and
the cradle will be rocked without the handle rocking with the cot or cradle as
herein before decribed with refference to the accompanying drawings.
2. The advantage of our Perambulator and Rocking Cradle will be that with
only removing the lever 9 either by moving it away from you on the right or
towards you on the left converts the Perambulator into a Cradle immidiatly as
hereinbefore decribed with reference to the accompanying drawings.
3. The present Invention gives a saving of floor space prevents undue disturbance
of the infant prior to rocking and obviates the more serious danger which would
arise from insecure fixing after a removal of the cot or cradle 5 from the wheels or
frame as hereinbefore decrived with reference to the accompanying Drawings.
Witness & Agent,
WILLIAM HILLEBRANDT,
Wood Carver,
N° 9, Stubbs Yard,
Bottle Lane, Nottingham.
HENRY WILSON.
FRANK WOODS.