Improvements in and connected with Motor Cars.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Motor Cars.
We, WILLIAM THOMAS BURBEY and HERBERT ANSTED HUTTON both of No. 57 Hatton
Garden in the City of London Electrical Engineers do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to motor cars.
According to this invention the motor is mounted on a frame which is suspended
by springs from the axle of the hind wheels and from the perch pin or pivot of the
forecarriage. In order to prevent vibration and to absorb as much of the shock as
possible, the motor frame is also provided with another set of springs which act as a
cushion to prevent the rapid return of the motor frame to its original position with
regard to the road wheel's axle after displacement. The road wheel or wheels is or are
provided with a ring having teeth for a chain or spur wheel and secured to the spokes
by clamps or bolts, but it is obvious that other intermediate means of transmitting
the power from the motor may be employed. In order to permit of the distance
between the axis of the road wheel and the axis of the driving chain wheel or pinion
being constant, the bearings of the chain wheel or pinion are mounted in guides on
the frame.of the motor and are connected to the road wheel's axle by means of a
connecting rod, there being one on each side of the frame. In order to permit of both
road wheels being driven when the carriage goes round curves there may be
differential gearing on the axle of the chain wheels or pinions. Motion is
communicated to the chain wheels or pinions from a countershaft by means of
suitable gearing. The countershaft is preferably provided with two discs mounted
on a sleeve which revolves therewith but is capable of being displaced longitudinally.
Between these two discs and at right angles to their axis is a friction wheel covered
with leather or other suitable material. This friction wheel is mounted on the motor
shaft. If it be desired to go forward the friction discs are slided on their shaft by
means of a lever or other suitable device mounted in a convenient position until
one disc engages with the friction wheel. If the other friction disc is caused to engage
with the other side of the friction wheel, the motor will cause the vehicle to
go back-
wards. If the friction discs are both held away from the friction wheel, there will
be consequently no transmission of motion. In order to permit the carriage to run.
at different speeds the friction wheel is so mounted on the motor shaft that it may be
moved further away from or nearer to the countershaft. The motor carriage is
provided with a brake and suitable means for effecting the steering.
By our invention we are enabled to transform any carriage, unless built very low,
by merely hanging the motor frame on to the hind wheel's axle and to the perch pin
clamping on one or both of the hind wheels a ring having teeth or the like and
providing the fore carriage with a steering device such as a semicircular tooth wheel
and mounting on the box seat a steering shaft having a handle or wheel at the top
and a spur wheel at the bottom.
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page_text: We WILLIAM THOMAS BURBEY and HERBERT ANSTED HUTTON both of No. 57B Hatton
Garden in the City of London, Electrical 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 motor cars and in order that it may be more easily
understood we will describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings
of which-
Figure 1 is a part sectional elevation and
Figure 2 a plan with the body of the carriage removed.
According to this invention, as shown in Figures 1 and 2 the motor A is mounted
on a frame B which is suspended by springs C from the axle D of the hind wheel and
from the perch pin or pivot E on or attached to the axle E of the fore carriage. In
order to prevent vibration and to absorb as much of the shock as possible, the motor
frame B is also provided with another set of springs F which act as a cushion to
prevent the too rapid return of the motor frame B to its original position with regard
to the road wheels' axle D after displacement. The axle D of the road wheels G is
provided with a sprocket wheel H or there may be a ring having teeth for a chain or
spur wheel secured to the spokes of the road wheel or wheels by clamps or bolts, but
it is obvious that other intermediate means for transmitting the power from the
motor frame may be employed. In order to permit of the road wheels G revolving
at different speeds when the carriage goes round curves there may be differential
gearing on the axle D or on the countershaft I of the driving sprocket wheel K or
pinion as the case may be, if both road wheels be driven from the said countershaft.
Motion is communicated to the sprocket wheel H by means of suitable gearing
such as a chain L as shown. The countershaft I is mounted in bearings I 12 and
provided with two discs M. and N mounted on a sleeve N¹ which revolves therewith
but is capable of being displaced longitudinally. Between these two discs M and N
and at right angles to their axis is a friction wheel O covered with leather or other
suitable material and this friction wheel is mounted on the shaft A1 of the motor A.
If it be desired to go forward, the friction discs M and N are slid on their shaft I
until the disc M for instance is in contact with the friction wheel O by means
of a lever N which is connected to a bell crank lever N³. This bell crank lever N³
which is mounted in a bearing on the frame B and in the body of the carriage as
shewn is operated from a hand lever N by a connecting rod N4 or the friction dises
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may be operated by any other suitable device or combination of devices.
other friction disc N is caused to engage with the other side of the friction wheel O
the motor will cause the vehicle to go backwards. If the friction discs M and N
are both held away from the friction wheel O there will be consequently no
transmission of motion. In order to permit the carriage to run at different speeds
the friction wheel O is so mounted on the motor shaft A' say on a sleeve A' with
feather and feather way (not shown) that it may be moved further away from or
nearer to the countershaft. There is a forked lever O' which embraces the sleeve A
and pivotted to a bracket 02 on the frame B and a connecting rod 03 connects the
forked lever O' to a double armed lever 04. This double armed lever 04 is connected
to a hand lever 05 by connecting rod 0. The motor carriage is suitably provided
with a brake to be operated by foot or otherwise in any well known manner and the
steering may conveniently be effected by hand wheel P mounted on a shaft P¹ capable
of revolving in bearings in the carriage and to which is keyed a pinion P² gearing
with a spur wheel P³ attached to or forming part of the fore carriage. There may be

page_text: applied a jockey pulley or jockey sprocket wheel mounted on a spring arm on the
frame B to always keep the driving chain taut irrespective of the distance of the
frame B from the axle D.
By our Invention we are enabled to transform any carriage unless built very low by
merely hanging the motor frame on to the hind wheels axle and on a perch pin or
the like attaching a sprocket wheel to one or to each of the hind wheels or clamping
a ring having teeth or the like on to one or both of the hind wheels providing the fore
carriage with a steering device such as a circular or semi circular tooth wheel and
mounting on the box or drivers seat a steering shaft having a handle or wheel at the
top and a spur wheel at the bottom.
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 :--
1. A motor car or carriage provided with a frame on which is mounted the motor
said frame being suspended from the axle of the road wheels by springs and
having also other springs which act as a cushion to prevent the rapid return of the
frame with regard to the road wheels' axle substantially as set forth.
2. A motor car or carriage having a frame B which is suspended from the
axle D of the road wheels by springs C and F and from the front axle, a motor
on said frame provided with a shaft A¹ carrying a friction wheel movable
longitudinally thereon and means for moving same from the driver's seat, two
friction discs M and N mounted on a shaft I running in bearings on the frame
and capable of sliding on said shaft means for moving said friction discs from
the driver's seat and means for effecting the steering of the vehicle substantially as
described and shewn.
3. The construction of motor car shewn on the drawings.
JENSEN & SON,
77 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.