Improvements in Buckles for Waggon and Carriage Spring
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 9th June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 9th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 1st May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 9th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 1st May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buckles for Waggon and Carriage Spring
We, WILLIAM GEORGE MORETON of No. 15 North Luton Place, Cardiff, in
the County of Glamorgan, Engineer, and JAMES MITCHELL of Moorland
Gardens, Cardiff, in the same county, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows :-
The present invention relates to improvements in buckles for waggon and carriage
springs, and more particularly to the invention described in the Specification of
Letters Patent No. 10830 of 1889.
According to it, the side cheeks of the said specification are made by an improved
method and the U shaped pieces entirely dispensed with.
In carrying it into effect, the side cheeks are bent or lapped over at each end, so
as to form a double thickness where the draw bar pin passes through. A distance
piece with projections at the ends passes through the side cheeks and rests against
the ends of the bent-over portion of the side cheeks, the middle portion of the
spring resting against the flat face of the distance pieces. The projecting ends of
the distance pieces are adapted to receive nuts, and split pins, so as to prevent
them getting loose, or one end of the distance piece may be rivetted to one of the
side cheeks, so that the other cheek may be lifted off for the insertion of the spring,
and then replaced, having the distance pieces firm and secure to the bottom cheek;
thus reducing the number of the loose parts and facilitating the putting together
of the buckle and spring. The distance pieces may, if preferred, pass only through
one thickness of the cheek, as before stated having the flat parts resting respectively
against the spring and against the bent-over end of the cheek; or the holes may
be drilled through the two thicknesses of the bent-over part, the ends of which
would form an abutment for the springs to bear against. The distance piece then
would have its shoulders resting between the double thicknesses of the cheeks and
have the inside faces also resting against the spring.
Dated this 9th day of June 1896.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH;
Agents for the Applicants:
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Buckles for Waggon and Carriage Springs.
We, WILLIAM GEORGE MORETON of No. 15 North Luton Place, Cardiff, in
the County of Glamorgan, Engineer, and JAMES MITCHELL of Moorland
Gardens, Cardiff, in the same county, Engineer, 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 :-
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The present invention relates to improvements in buckles for waggon and carriage

page_text: springs, and more particularly to the invention described in the Specification of
Letters Patent No. 10830 of 1889.
According to it, the side cheeks of the said specification are made by an improved
method and the U shaped pieces entirely dispensed with.
In carrying it into effect, the side cheeks are bent or lapped over at each end,
'so as to form a double thickness where the draw bar pin passes through. A
distance piece with projections at the ends passes through the side cheeks and
rests against the ends of the bént-over portion of the side cheeks, the middle
portion of the spring resting against the flat face of the distance pieces. The
projecting ends of the distance pieces are adapted to receive nuts, and split pins, so
as to prevent them getting loose, or one end of the distance piece may be rivetted to
one of the side cheeks, so that the other cheek may be lifted off for the insertion
of the spring, and then replaced, having the distance pieces firm and secure to the
bottom cheek; thus reducing the number of the loose parts and facilitating the
putting together of the buckle and spring. The distance pieces may, if preferred,
pass only through one thickness of the cheek, as before stated having the flat
parts resting respectively against the spring and against the bent-over end of
the cheek; or the holes may be drilled through the two thicknesses of the bent-
over part, the ends of which would form an abutment for the springs to bear
against. The distance piece then would have its shoulders resting between the
double thicknesses of the cheeks and have the inside faces also resting against the
spring.
Referring to the accompanying figures which are to be taken as part of this
specification and read therewith :--
Figure 1 is a vertical section of our improved buckle.
Figure 2 is a plan.
Figure 3 illustrates a modified form of side cheek.
Figure 4 is a plan illustrating the application of our invention.
A, A are the side cheeks with the ends folded over so as to form an abutment,
for the distance pieces B, B. C, C are the laminated plates forming the body of
the spring and D, D the holes through which the draw bar pin passes. E is the
rivet passed through the spring and distance pieces to hold them together. The
nuts being screwed up holds the side cheeks up against the shoulders of the
distance pieces B, B; and keep the spring in position.
The modification illustrated in Figure 3 consists in the substitution of a recess H
having shoulders I, I, for the folded over ends.
Referring to Figure 4 J is the bilfer heads and K, the side timbers of the
waggon. C is the draw bar spring and G the draw bar. Both the latter are made
fast to the waggon in the usual way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
The hereinbefore described improvement in buckles for waggon and carriage
springs.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH;
No. 22 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.