Improved Seats for Vehicles, Gardens, and other like places, and Means for Reversing the Exposed Surfaces thereof.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improved Seats for Vehicles, Gardens, and other like places, and
Means for Reversing the Exposed Surfaces thereof.
I, JOSEPH HENRY BETTELEY, Engineer, of 44, Clapham Road, Kennington,
London, S.W., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improved seats for vehicles as for instance
omnibuses and tramway cars, gardens, parks and other like places exposed 10
the weather; and to means for reversing the exposed surfaces thereof.
In carrying the invention into practice the seating surfaces are made up of
slats or bars of wood or other suitable material mounted upon trunnions or
studs at each end of the slats or bars, said trunnions or studs having bearing in
side plates affixed to the framing of the seats.
The said slats or bars of the seating surface are made turnable on the support-
ing studs thereof so as to reverse the sides of the slats or bars to expose as may
be required, one side or the other of the said slats or bars of the seating surface.
The reversing of the slats or bars is effected as follows:-
The slats are turned over from the centre bearing- or supporting-studs either
in continuous manner by toothed wheels carried on said studs and gearing
together; or,
In the case of a modification the turning means will consist of side-bars
linking all the slat trunnions together; which said side link-bar will, when
raised and pushed forward or backward, as the case may be, cause the slats or
bars of the seating surface to turn upon the supporting studs carried in the said
side-plates of the seats' framing; so, by pushing the link-bars in backward or
forward direction the slats or bars of the seating surface will be alternately
operated to expose one or other of the sides of the seating slats or bars according
to whether the seat is to be used or to be reversed to prevent the seating surface
being exposed to the weather.
The surface of the slats for seating purposes may be covered with india-rubber
bands, strips, or tubes or otherwise be surfaced. In order that rain-water may
be readily carried off from the reversed side of the seats a weathering" groove
may be provided in close proximity to the edges of the slats, on the surface
thereof.
Another method of fitting may be by arranging the full scat and carrying same
upon central trunnions with end stops or studs or bolt holes on the frame of the
seat so that the seat may be turned upon the said trunnions or centre and the
end stop-studs will aid in supporting the seat whether it be turned in one or

page_text: other direction. Catches or bolts may be employed to secure the seats in position
after being put into position for use.
Thuth Manah 1808
J. H. BETTELEY,
44, Clapham Road, Kennington Park, S.W.
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Improved Seats for Vehicles, Gardens, and other like places, and
Means for Reversing the Exposed Surfaces thereof.
I, JOSEPH HENRY BETTELEY, of 44, Clapham Road, Kennington, London, S.W.,
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:-
This invention relates to certain improved seats for vehicles as for instance
omnibuses and tramway cars, gardens, parks and other like places exposed to
the weather, and to means for reversing the exposed surfaces thereof.
In carrying the invention into practice the seating surfaces are made up of
slats or bars of wood or other suitable material mounted upon trunnions or
studs, at each end of the slats or bars said trunnions or studs having bearing in
side plates affixed to the framing of the seats.
The said slats or bars of the seating surface are made turnable on the support-
ing studs thereof so as to reverse the sides of the slats or bars to expose, as may
be required, one side or the other of the said slats or bars of the seating surface.
The reversing of the slats or bars is effected as follows.
The slats are turned over from the centre bearing- or supporting-studs either
in continuous manner by toothed wheels carried on said studs and gearing
together or :-
In the case of a modification the turning means will consist of side bars
linking all the slat trunnions together; which said side link-bar will, when
raised and pushed forward or backward as the case may be, cause the slats or
bars of the seating surface to turn upon the supporting studs carried in the
side-plates of the seats framing; so by pushing the link-bars in backward or
forward direction the slats or bars of the seating surface will be alternately
operated to expose one or other of the sides of the seating slats or bars according
to whether the seat is to be used or to be reversed to prevent the seating surface
being exposed to the weather.
The surface of the slats for seating purposes may be covered with india-rubber
bands, strips, or tubes or otherwise be surfaced. In order that rain water may
be readily carried off from the reversed side of the seats a weathering" groove
may be provided in close proximity to the edges of the slats on the surface
thereof.
Another method of fitting may be by arranging the full seat and carrying same
upon central trunnions with end stops or studs or bolt holes on the frame of the
seat may be turned upon the said trunnions or centre and the end stop-studs
will aid in supporting the seat whether it be turned in one or other direction.
Catches or bolts may be employed to secure the seats after being put into position
for use.

page_text: In the drawings annexed hereto Fig. 1, is an end view of the fitting according
to the modification herein before referred to in Fig. 1; the stats being shown in
the half turned position, and Fig. 2 is a plan.
are the side bars upon which the motion is centered at b. t are the slats, b
are the centres of turning, e are the studs that take bearing according to the
position, in the dwells of the rest bars z.
In addition the studs e, are at one side of the scat slats centered in the side
connecting bar d, which links the slats a together by studs c.
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:-
The improved seats for vehicles gardens and other like places and means for
reversing the exposed surfaces thereof.
Dated this 26th day of January 1800
WALTER A. BARLOW,
300, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
For the Applicant.