improvemщелье аррисате го до у одного.
Year: 1899

page_text: improvemщелье аррисате го дови у одного.
I, MICHAEL EVANS STEDMOND, of 15, Tantallon Place, Edinburgh, in the County
of Mid Lothian, North Britain, Contructor, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows, that is to say:-
My said invention has for its object to apply certain improvements to. road
vehicles so as to prevent or greatly diminish the possibility of the horse, or other
animal propelling same, falling or running away, my invention also including
certain improvements in brakes applicable to road vehicles.
In carrying out my invention in the case of a two-wheeled vehicle, for example,
the body of the vehicle is supported on springs extending up from the axle in the
usual manner but the shafts instead of being attached to the body of the vehicle
are made separate therefrom. A metal bar is embedded in each shaft and extends
along under each side of the body towards the back. A transverse metal bar is
fixed across the underside of the body at the middle and projects more or less at
each side and on these projecting ends the shaft bars are centered so that they can
turn thereon. A chain is attached to each shaft bar at a part behind the trans-
verse bar and each chain extends down to and round a sprocket wheel loose on
the axle then up to a bracket extending across underneath the rear end of the
vehicle. If a horse stumbles and tends to fall the shaft bars will turn on their
centres. This raises the back ends of the bars sufficiently to tighten the chains
causing them to tend to pull down the rear end of the vehicle but the weight of
the vehicle acting through the parts described will be sufficient to supply the
necessary leverage to counteract the falling motion of the horse and support it
until it regains its feet. As a precaution to prevent the possibility of the vehicle
being tilted completely up on end, under any circumstance, catches extend down
from the underside of the front of the vehicle so that if that end should be raised
to any great extent each catch will engage with one of the shaft bars and stop the
upward movement of the front part of the vehicle.
When the rear end of the shaft bars are raised as described they may be also
made so as to encounter a brake centered on the bracket extending across under-
neath the rear end of the vehicle and cause this brake to be automatically applied
either to the rim of the wheels or in the case of a rubber tire, by preference, to a
separate rim fixed on either side of each felloe, or to both.
The outer side of each sprocket wheel on the axle and of the nave of each wheel
may be made as a clutch the two parts being ordinarily held apart through levers
and rods by the foot of the driver. When the clutch is in gear the part of cach
chain extending down from the shaft bars is tightened stopping the turning of
the sprocket wheels and through the clutches also stopping the rotation of the
wheels thus applying a brake action on the wheels in the event of the horse
attempting to run away.
A brake may also be applied to the vehicle to be applied as usual by a hand

page_text: lever this brake being according to my invention so shaped that it will act not only
on the rim of the wheel but extend round on the inside of the felloe and also act
on an additional rim fixed on that side of the felloe.
Dated this Treante fourth day of March 1899
Improvements applicable to Road venicies.
1, MICHAEL EVANS STEDMOND, 15, Tantallon Place, Edinburgh, in the County
of Midlothian, North Britain, Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement; —
My said invention has for its object to apply certain improvements to road
vehicles so as to prevent or greatly diminish the possibility of the horse or other
animal propelling same, falling or running away, my invention also including
certain improvements in brakes applicable to road vehicles.
In order to render the description of my invention clearer I have appended a
sheet of drawings in which Figure I is a side elevation Figure 2 a back elevat.on
and Figure 3 is a plan of the bottom part of the vehicle.
In carrying out my invention in the case of a two wheeled vehicle as illustrated
in the drawings the body of the vehicle is supported on springs extending up from
the axle in the usual manner, as the method is the usual one the springs are
omitted from the drawings for the sake of clearness, but the shafts A instead of
being attached to the body of the vehicle are made separate therefrom. A metal
bar is embedded in each shaft and these extend along under each side of the body
towards the back, the shafts being forked round the front as shown in Figure 3.
A transverse metal bar B is fixed across the under side of the body at the middle
and projects more or less at each side and on these projecting ends the shaft bars
are centered so that they can turn thereon. A chain Jis attached to each shaft
bar at a part behind the transverse bar B and each chain extends down to and
round a sprocket wheel K loose on the axle and then up to a bracket or other fix-
ture underneath the rear end of the vehicle. If a horse stumbles and tends to
fall the shaft bars will turn on their centres. This raises the back ends of the
bars sufficiently to tighten the chains causing them to tend to pull down the rear
end of the vehicle acting through the parts described which will be sufficient to
supply the necessary leverage to counteract the falling motion of the horse and
support it until it regains its feet. As a precaution to prevent the possibility of
the vehicle being tilted completely up on end, under any circumstance, catches
extend down from the under side of the front of the vehicle so that if that end
should be raised to any great extent each catch will engage with one of the shaft
bars and stop the upward movement of the front of the vehicle. These catches
are not shown in the drawings.
When the rear ends 1) of the shaft bars are raised as described they may be also
made so as to encounter a brake E centered on the bracket Funderneath the rear
end of the vehicle and cause this brake to be automatically applied either to the
rim of the wheels as shown in the drawings or in the case of a rubber tyre, by
preference, to a separate rim fixed on either side of each felloe or to both.
The outer side of each sprocket wheel may be made as a clutch the two parts
being ordinarily held apart through levers and rods by the foot of the driver.
When the clutch is in gear the part of each chain extending down from the shaft

page_text: bars is tightened stopping the turning of the sprocket wheels and through the
rotation of the wheels thus drawing down the rear end of the shaft, raising the
fore-end, which gradually lifts the horse's fore feet from the ground thereby stop-
ping his career in the event of bolting.
A brake may also be applied to the vehicle to be applied as usual by a hand
lever this brake being according to my invention so shaped that it will act not only
on the rim of the wheel but extend round on the inside of the felloc and also act
on an additional rim fixed on that side of the felloe.
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:-
(1) In two wheeled vehicles the employment of shafts revolving about a hori-
zontal axis affixed to the body of the carriage and projecting backwards beyond
such axis in conjunction with a chain or chains secured at one end to the rearward
projection of the shafts and at the other to the back part of the bottom of the
vehicle the said chain or chains to pass round the axle (carrying the wheels) on
loose sprocket wheels or the like all substantially as described and illustrated.
(2) In conjunction with revolving shafts as specified and claimed above the
automatic brake mechanism whereby the brake is applied when the rear ends of
the shafts are raised substantially as set forth.
(3) In conjunction with revolving shafts as specified and claimed above a
friction clutch to be operated by the driver whereby the front end of the shafts
is raised by the drawing down of the rear end of the shafts.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1899.
M. E. STEDMOND,
Edinburgh.