Improved Arrangement of Awning or Cover for Passenger and other Vehicles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 11th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 13th Nov., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Arrangement of Awning or Cover for Passenger and other
Vehicles.
We JOSEPH HENRY GILBERT and ARTHUR HENRY GILBERT both of 285 Kings-
land Road London, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an arrangement of movable Awnings screens or covers
for fitting on or to Omnibuses Tramcars, Breaks, Garden and other outside seats
as a protection to passengers and sitters generally when desired, the invention
being also available for the protection of goods or material in Vans, Carts, and
open vehicles generally.
For the purpose of this invention, say for an Omnibus or Tramcar for which
it is chiefly intended, we provide a space between the mid rails or the side rails,
according to the arrangement of of the seats on the Vehicle down which upright
portions of a Screen can be drawn or be pushed, the upper part being preferably
of flexible material with thin steel strips which can be drawn over the heads of
the Passengers by cords or straps, and be then secured to foot rings by hooks,
or be secured to upper ends of pedestals standing up from the roof or top flooring.
The screen and cover is in one (for the combined purpose of shielding the
passengers back as well as serving as a cover for the head) is connected to spring
rollers which when the fasteners are released will draw down the screen and hide
most of it from view.
For an ordinary Omnibus, or Break, or Tramcar, or like Vehicle we prefer
to arrange two of such screens and covers for each row of seats, and parts can
be so arranged that the cover portion can be locked down over the seat to protect
it from wet on a rainy day, or while standing exposed to the weather.
The spring roller or gatherer can be affixed to any convenient part of the
Vehicle body, and if the screen be wholly enclosed by the panelling no incon-
venience could be experienced by passengers on a dry sunny day.
As a Cart or Van cover the steel frame can be so made that they meet, with
an overlap to protect the goods from the wet.
Toted the 19th A 1807
H. GARDNER,
166 Fleet Street, London, Patent Agent.
Agent for J. H. and A. H. Gilbert.

page_text: Improved Arrangement of Awning or Cover for Passenger and other
Vehicles.
We JOSEPH HENRY GILBERT and ARTHUR HENRY GILBERT both of 285 Kings-
land Road, London, Engineers, 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:―
This invention relates to an arrangement of movable Awnings screens or covers
for fitting on or to Omnibuses Tramcars, Breaks, Garden and other outside seats
as a protection to passengers and sitters generally when desired, the invention
being also available for the protection of goods or material in Vans, Carts, and
open vehicles generally.
For the purpose of this invention, say for an Omnibus or Tramcar for which
it is chiefly intended, we provide a space between the mid rails or the side rails,
according to the arrangement of the Seats on the Vehicle down which upright
portions of a Screen can be drawn or be pushed, the upper part being preferably
of flexible material with thin steel strips which can be drawn over the heads of
the Passengers by cords or straps, and be then secured to foot rings by hooks,
or be secured to upper ends of pedestals standing up from the roof or top flooring.
The screen and cover is in one (for the combined purpose of shielding the
passenger's back as well as serving as a cover for the head) is connected to spring
rollers which when the fasteners are released will draw down the screen and hide
most of it from view.
For an ordinary Omnibus, or Break, or Tramcar, or like Vehicle we prefer
to arrange two of such screens and covers for each row of seats, and parts can
be so arranged that the cover portion can be locked down over the seat to protect
it from wet on a rainy day, or while standing exposed to the weather.
The spring roller or gatherer can be affixed to any convenient part of the
Vehicle body, and if the screen be wholly enclosed by the panelling no incon-
venience could be experienced by passengers on a dry sunny day.
As a Cart or Van cover the steel frame can be so made that they meet, with
an overlap to protect the goods from the wet.
Our invention is clearly represented in the annexed sheet of drawings, in which
Figure 1 shows a side elevation of the upper side of an Omnibus.
Figure 2 a top or plan of a Tramcar.
Figure 3 a back end view, and
Figure 4 a skeleton or diagram of our apparatus. It will be observed that
all the Seats are of the Garden kind.
A, upper part of Omnibus Tram or other Vehicle.
B, Garden Seats with or
without reversible backs and arranged transversely on the roof. C, C, spring
rollers.
D, D, curtains or screens thereon or secured thereto arranged between the outer
advertisement board E and the inner longitudinal rails or fence F, the top edge
of the Screen (flexible) being furnished with a broad beading G to rest upon
both the advertisement board and the guard rail or fence F to prevent it dropping
down and to facilitate it being lifted and drawn over bars H, H, the legs I, I,
of which are in pedestals J, J, fitted on the roof clear of the ends of the Seats as
not to interfere with the comfort of the Passengers whether said bars and legs
be up or down. The pedestals are hollow and when the legs I, I, are not down
in them they can be readily fixed by spring catch K, K, to hold them and the
screens D, D, sufficiently taut over the heads of the Passengers when drawn over
and looped to attachments at L, L.

page_text: If the Screen be released from the bars H, H, the spring or winding rollers
will return them to their normal positions, the catches K, K, being then released
for the legs I, I, to fall in the pedestals J, J, and the bars H, H, be about flush
with the back rail of the Seats.
The bars H, H, are shaped to slope to the side of the vehicle for draining the
water clear of the Passengers and who are thus protected from the weather.
Figure shows one of our Awnings drawn over the raised bars and over the
Seats on one side of the Vehicle, the other side showing the Screen and the bars
returned, such as during fine weather.
When both Awnings are expanded or drawn over the respective bars H, H,
a mid sheet can be unrolled over the middle gap to cover the roof completely.
This mid sheet is specially serviceable to Breaks, Pleasure Vans, Goods Vans,
and the like for protecting the Passengers or Goods on the roof.
The mid sheet may if desired be part of one of the Awnings to be folded
lengthwise on same and capable of being drawn over the gap and secured as found
convenient.
The Awning or Screen can be of any soft material for easy manipulation, and
waterproof if so desired and it may be panelled for Mica, close woven wire, or
other material through which light can pass for the accommodation of Readers
while travelling and instead of the spring roller being next the roof, it may be
arranged on the top rail or rails both at the sides and at the front so that the
Awnings can be drawn up next the Driver and be hooked over the side Awnings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. The hereinbefore described improved arrangement of Awning or Cover for
Passenger and other Vehicles as specified and substantially as shown.
2. The employment of spring roller Awnings or Screens D, D, pedestals J, J,
and extension bars H, H, with legs I, I, affixable as and in the manner described
and substantially as represented on the drawing for the purpose set forth.
The 11th day of October 1807
H. GARDNER,
166 Fleet Street, London, Patent Agent.
Agent for the said:
Joseph Henry Gilbert, and
Arthur Henry Gilbert.