Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 9th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 9th Sept.. 1887.
We, HENRY CARTER, of Shaw, near Swindon, in the county of Wilts, Machine-
man, and GEORGE THOMAS BISHOP, off 11, Prospect place, Swindon aforesaid, Engine
Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved step for carriages and vehicles of all kinds
whether for road or rail, the object of the invention being to provide a step which will
not be liable to cause slipping as is the case with the usual steps, such slipping
frequently giving rise to serious accidents; by the use of our improved step the
liability to accidents to a person through missing the step from any cause is also
avoided.
In carrying out our invention we employ a step of the ordinary construction
but we protect the surface and edges thereof by covering the same with vulcanized
india rubber, the said india rubber being moulded with a flange in such a manner as
to allow it to be sprung over the step, cement being employed where necessary to
firmly hold the rubber on the step.
Dated the 27th day of Navambar 100%
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: We HENRY CARTER of Shaw, near Swindon, in the county of Wilts, Machine-man,
and GEORGE THOMAS BISHOP, of 11 Prospect Place, Swindon, aforesaid, Engine
Fitter 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 improved step for carriages and vehicles of all kinds
whether for road or rail, the object of the invention being to provide a step which
will not be liable to cause slipping as is the case with the usual steps, such slipping
frequently giving rise to serious accidents; by the use of our improved step the
liability to accidents to a person through missing the step from any cause is also
avoided.
In carrying out our invention we employ a step of the ordinary construction but
we protect the surface and edges thereof by covering the same with vulcanized india
rubber, the said india rubber being moulded with a flange in such a manner as to allow
it to be sprung over the step, cement being employed where necessary to firmly bold
the rubber on the step.
The accompanying drawing will serve to illustrate our invention figure 1
representing an elevation, figure 2 a plan and figure 3 a cross section of a vulcanized
india rubber covering for protecting the surface and edges of steps for vehicles
according to our improvements.
a, is the flange with which we mould the said protecting covering to allow of it
being sprung over the step. We find it advantageous in practice to mould our
covering with grooves such as are shewn in figure 2 in order to further the object of
our invention.
It will be obvious that our protecting covering is applicable to other forms of steps
for wheeled vehicles than that shewn in the drawing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is
1. Providing the steps of wheeled vehicles with a flanged protecting covering of
vulcanized india rubber substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved covering for the steps of wheeled
vehicles hereinbefore described and represented in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 9th day of August 1887.