the Body for Balancing Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 15th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 18th Jan., 1887.
the Body for Balancing Purposes.
I THOMAS SLINGER of Bawdlands, Clitheroe, Lancashire, Coach Builder, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain detail arrangement of appliances for use with two
wheeled vehicles such as dogcarts, to enable the body to be shifted and balanced and
thus be caused to occupy a position over or more in advance of, or to the rear of the
axle, to remove undue strain upon the horse, to render the vehicle less subject to
vibration while travelling, to make it more easy for the occupants and by connecting
the shifting appliances to a break the descent down a hill can be regulated.
For the purpose of my invention I support the front portion of the body of the
vehicle by rigid rods or rigid scroll-irons to the fore ends of the springs or to exten-
sions therefrom so that one can move upon or within the other, the springs or
equivalents being slotted or otherwise fitted and provided with bolts by which such a
motion can be had.
The rear ends of the springs are shackled to oscillatory bars or back scroll irons on
which said ends have a circular movement the scroll irons having the break irons
attached or in piece with so that a movement of the body in one direction may put
the break on the wheel.
The rear scroll or break irons are pivotted to the rear body or they may be to the
shafts and a short lever and rod connects them to a transverse bar to put them in
relation with a hand lever working over a ratchet or notched quadrant for determining
the degree of throw, another or other rods connecting the hand lever bar with the front
sliding ends of the springs or their equivalents.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said T. Slinger.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Two Wheeled Vehicles, and in Means of Moving
the Body for Balancing Purposes.
I, THOMAS SLINGER of Bawdlands, Clitheroe, Lancashire, Coach Builder 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 certain detail arrangement of appliances for use with two
wheeled vehicles, such as dogcarts to enable the body to be shifted and balanced and
thus be caused to occupy a position over, or more in advance of, or to the rear of the
axle, to remove undue strain upon the horse,-to render the vehicle less subject to
vibration while travelling, to make it more easy for the occupants, and by
connecting the shifting appliances to a break, the descent down a hill can be
regulated.
.
For the purpose of my invention, which is represented at Figure 1 of the annexed
drawing, I support the front portion of the body a of the vehicle by rigid rods, or rigid
scroll-irons b, b, to the fore ends of the springs c, c, or to extensions d, d, therefrom, so
that one can move upon, or within the other, the springs c, c, or equivalents being
slotted as shown in plan Figure 2 or otherwise fitted and provided with bolts e by
which such a motion can be had.
The rear ends of the springs c, c, are shackled to oscillatory bars or back scroll-
irons f,f, on which, said ends have a circular movement, the scroll-irons ff, having
the break irons g, g, attached or in piece with, so that a movement of the body 'a in
one direction may put the break h, h, on the wheel.
The rear scroll or break irons f,f, are pivotted to the rear of the body a, or they
may be to the shafts sockets, p, p, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, a short lever i and
rod j connecting them to a transverse bar k to put them in relation with a hand
lever 1, working over a ratchet or notched quadrant m for determining the degree of
throw a similar or other rod n, n, connects the hand lever bar ke with the front sliding
ends of the springs or their equivalents.
By a modification shown at Figure 5 the extension d of the spring c may be carried
through a rigid scroll iron b at the back end of the vehicle whether said extension be
slotted or not.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The employment of fixed scroll-irons or connections b to the front lower portions
of two wheeled vehicles and having a clip e in which the fore ends of the springs c can
move for adjusting the balance of draught of the vehicle as set forth.
2. The employment of springs in two wheeled vehicles, each spring having an
extension d at the fore end for sliding in a socket piece e connected with a rigid
iron b fixed to the vehicle as and for the purpose described.

page_text: 3. A rigid iron b to carry a sliding spring plate d when used in combination with a
coupled brake rod to which the back end of said spring c is connected as and for the
purpose described.
4. Connecting the pull lever with sliding plate d of the spring c by an intermediate
rod n whether used in combination with the back link i and rod j or otherwise as and
for the purpose described.
5. The modification herebefore mentioned and shown at Figure 5 of the drawings.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said T. Slinger.