IMPROVEMENTS IN CARRIAGE BODIES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM. WAINWRIGHT, of Alfred House, Newtown, Ashford, in the County
of Kent, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent to the South Eastern Railway
Company do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CARRIAGE BODIES" to be as follows:-
My invention of improvements in carriage bodies has reference to tho construction
of bodies of carriages for use either on railways or tramways or on common roads.
Carriage bodies as heretofore usually constructed with panels of wood or other
material coated with paint require not only frequent washing but also they are very
costly to keep in repair, as they require somewhat frequent painting which takes a
considerable time to do-In the case of railway carriages the periodical expenditure
involved is heavy. Not only so, but as respects the interiors of railway carriages
it is to be observed that as usually constructed they harbour dust and dirt and
their surfaces consequently become darkened and non-reflective.
Now according to my invention the carriage body is constructed with panels of
sheet metal with an external surface rendered bright and reflective by plating or
coating with suitable metal such as nickel or silver. Such panels are secured -to
the frame-work of the carriage body and at the borders are or may be provided
beads of silvered or other metal such as brass or copper suitably stamped or formed
to impart to the vehicle the desired ornamental appearance. Metallic panels or
plates with bright surfaces as described can be used with advantage not only to
form the exteriors. but also for the interiors or linings of parts of carriages
including the roofs and when applied in the interiors will serve as reflectors and
materially aid in the better diffusion of light. It will usually be advantageous
also to construct the door pillars and frames of the carriage bodies of metal having
their exposed portions coated or covered as above set forth.
W. LLOYD WISE,
-Per F. J. Brougham,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: CUMPLEIE
SPECIFICATION,
I, WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, of Alfred House, Newtown, Ashford, in the County
of Kent, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent to the South Eastern Railway
Company, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN CARRIAGE BODIES" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention-of-improvements in carriage bodies has reference to the construction
of bodies of carriages-for-use.either on railways-or-tramways or on common roads,
Carriage bodies as heretofore usually constructed with panels-of_wood_or_other
material coated with paint require not only frequent washing but also they are
very costly to keep in repair, as they require somewhat frequent painting which takes.
a considerable time to do. In the case of railway carriages the periodical expenditure
involved is heavy. Not only so, but as respects the interiors of railway carriages
it is to be observed that as usually constructed they barbour-dust-and-dirt_and_
· their surfaces consequently become darkened-and non-reflective. Now according
-to-my-invention the carriage body is constructed with panels of sheet metal with
an external surface rendered bright and reflective-by-plating or coating with
suitable metal such as nickel or silver. Such panels are secured to the frame-work
of the carriage body and at the borders are or may be provided beads or mouldings
of silvered or other metal such as brass or copper suitably stamped or formed to
impart to the vehicle the desired ornamental appearance. Metallic panels or plates
with bright surfaces as described can be used with advantage not only to form tho
exteriors but also for the interiors or linings of parts of carriages including the
roofs and when applied in the interiors they will serve as reflectors and materially
aid in the better diffusion of light. It will usually be advantageous also to
construct the door pillars and frames of the carriage bodies of metal having their
exposed portions coated or covered as above set forth.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig 1 represents
parts of the body of a railway carriage constructed according to my invention and
which is shown partly in side elevation, partly with the outside panels removed,
and partly in longitudinal vertical section. Fig 2 is a horizontal section showing
the construction of part of the side of the carriage, the section being taken in the
line c, d Fig 1 except the portion marked with a star, which is a section in the
line a, b Fig 1.
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A is the framework. B, B are panels or plates of any suitable metal such as
hereinabove referred to. C is the "ventilator bonnet or cover of the ventilator D
and is of similar material. E, E are door pillars and F F are beads or mouldings
of metal which may be imitation silver, or may be copper pressed or otherwise
formed to the desired shapo and secured in place for the purpose already set forth.
It will be noted that the panels or plates B are secured to the framework A to
form the carriage body similar panels or plates for the doors being secured to the
door pillars E.

page_text: 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. The combination in the construction of a carriage body of panels or plates of
metal having their exposed surfaces rendered bright, with suitable framework in
such manner as to dispense with painted surfaces substantially as described.
2. In a carriage body forming the interior walls or linings (including the roof)
of panels or plates of metal having their exposed surfaces rendered bright and
reflective substantially as described.
3. A carriage body constructed with metallic frames, panels or plates, ventilator
bonnets or covers, and other parts, all plated or coated with bright metal such as
silver or nickel, as described with reference to the drawings.
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.