IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BODIES OF PERAMBULATOR AND SIMILAR VEHICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I GEORGE PRINCE LEE, of Vernon Works, Longsight, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BODIES OF PERAMBULATOR AND
SIMILAR VEHICLES, to be as follows:-
The improvements relate to the construction of the bodies of perambulators and
such like vehicles, and consist in the employment of strips or rods of thin metal,
such as steel, iron, brass, zinc, copper or tin, bent into a curve in their cross
section, either by means of a suitable die and press, or by fluting or corrugating
rollers.
Thin, narrow strips of metal, which are thus curved in cross section, or fluted or
corrugated along their length, form a very light, and yet strong material where with
to build up the bodies of such like vehicles as perambulators. By preference, a
short piece of every strip, at each end, is left flat or plain, and a hole is punched
in each plain portion, forming a convenient means of attachment to the framework
of the vehicle, but other modes of attachment may be employed.
The strips may be arranged either vertically, diagonally, or longitudinally, upon
the framework, and may be bound together or not with wire or other metal strips
crossing or interlacing the same in any suitable direction.
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WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester,
Agent for the Patentee.

page_text: I, GEORGE PRINCE LEE, of Vernon Works Longsight Manchester, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF PERAMBULATOR BODIES," and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The improvements relate to the construction of the bodies of perambulators and
such like vehicles, and consist in the employment of strips or rods of thin metal,
such as steel, iron, brass, zinc, copper or tin, bent into a curve in their cross-
section, either by means of a suitable die and press, or by fluting or corrugating
rollers.
Thin narrow strips of metal, which are thus curved in cross section, or fluted or
corrugated along their length, form a very light and yet strong material wherewith
to build up the bodies of such like vehicles as perambulators. By preference, a
short piece of every strip, at each end, is left flat or plain, and a hole is punched
in each plain portion, forming a convenient means of attachment to the framework
of the vehicle, but other modes of attachment may be employed. The strips may
be arranged either vertically, diagonally, or longitudinally upon the framework, and
may be bound together or not with wire or other metal strips crossing or interlacing
the same in any suitable direction.
But that the invention may be better understood, I will by the aid of the
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Fig 1 shews an elevation of a metal strip, and Fig 2 a plan view thereof, and
Fig 3 a cross section. Fig 4 shews a number of strips in position upon a portion
of a framework, and with an interlacing of wire.
The form of curve, the manner of attachment, and position of the strips when
mounted, may be varied without departing from the peculiar character of my
invention.
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
1st The employment, in the manufacture of the bodies of perambulators and
similar vehicles, of strips of metal which have been bent into curves in their cross

page_text: section, that is to say, fluted or corrugated longitudinally, either by dies or rolls,
substantially as shewn and described.
2nd The inounting of such strips of metal upon a framework, and binding them
together for the purpose and in manner substantially as shewn and described.
Dated this 94th day of FebrTQQK
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
6+, Barton Arcade, Manchester,
Agent.