Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Aug., 1886
Complete Left, 25th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 27th May, 1887.
I DANIEL WESTON of 31 Abingdon Street Blackpool in the Counter of Lancaster
Perambulator Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention' to be
as follows:
The object of my invention is to manufacture perambulators, or alter existing
perambulators, by furnishing the same with a combination of one or more tilt rod or
rods, and a brake, or lock, and to enable the wheels to be safely fixed under the contro
of the vehicle so giving ease in steering.
My invention is applicable to all kinds of vehicles, but more especially to the
"Bassinette" class and spinal and Bath chairs.
To the axle of the hind wheels I fit two zig-zag shaped brackets which nearly
touch the wheels and to which is fitted an L shaped moveable tilt rod which can bo
made to touch the ground and prevent the perambulator from being tilted backwarks,
from the occupants leaning over the back, or otherwise.
This shaped tilt rod is utilized in combination with a lock or brake for which
purpose a connecting rod is fitted thereto. This connecting rod is also a tilt rod
which rises and falls in connection with a vertical toothed rack forming the handle.
This toothed rack or handle passes to and through a support, fitted to the side of the
perambulator, near the handle whereby it can be fixed in the support at various
heights and it is held fast by a spring.
The box or hub of the wheel next to the connected tilt bar, is made square, and is
fitted with a slotted spanner, or link the slot in such spanner or link being made to
fit the square of the hub at one end, and is enlarged at the other end to allow the
wheel to turn freely. At one end of the connecting tilt rod there is a fork which is
pivotted to one end of the slotted spanner or link; to the other end of the link or
spanner is pivotted a short rod which is connected with and pivotted to the vertical
toothed rack or handle bar near the centre of the vertical handle bar or toothed. This
vertical handle rod is also pivotted to the connecting tilt rod so as to actuate and

page_text: engage the same. By the application of the connecting rod or rods which lift up the
spanner or link and put down the tilt rods thus preventing the wheel or wheels from
revolving backward or forward and the perambulator from overturning backwards,
from the restlessness of the occupants or otherwise; and to prevent its accidental
running in either direction, the lock or brake is applied to the wheel or wheels so as
to effectually prevent rotation. The tilt rods are at the same time forced down to
prevent tilting until the lock or brake is takon off; which latter operation is effected
by disengaging the slotted spanner or link from the square of the hub.
It is obvious that my invention may be very much varied in its details, and in the
number of parts above described.

page_text: and other Vehicles.
I, DANIEL WESTON of 31 Abingdon Street, Blackpool in the County of Lancaster,
Perambulator Manufr. 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:—
It consists in certain improvements whereby I am enabled to place the main axle
of a bassinette or other carriage under the centre of tho vehicle, (so giving ease in
steering,) without danger of the vehicle tilting backward, and also to fix or lock the
wheels when desired, so as to prevent the vehicle from starting down an incline if
left. To accomplish this I affix to the axle of the hind wheels, or to the rear of the
under part of the vehicle one or more (preferably two) suitablo brackets, or the rear
end of the springs may be so formed into loops as to take the place of the brackets.
Through the outer or lower end of these brackets or through the loops, I pass a
horizontal rod or shaft parallel to the axle of the vehicle. To one or both of the ends
of the horizontal shaft is fitted at right angles to the horizontal shaft a curved tilt rod
of suitable length. This tilt rod is raised or lowered by means of a perpendicular
shaft or handle-bar working in suitable slides which is pivoted by its lower end to
the tilt rod and furnished with notches or indentations or a suitable rack at its upper
end, so that it may be fixed at any desired height, in a suitable catch or bracket, the
handle end is placed beside the handle of the bassinette or other vehicle or in any
other convenient position. The foregoing is used if a tiltrod only is required but if it
is further desired to lock the wheels, one (or both) of the tiltrods is lengthened at its
inner end so as to form a projection beneath the hub of the wheel, at the end of this
projection is formed a suitable spanner which rises and locks the hub, (which is
formed of square, octagonal or other suitable shape to fit it) when the tilt rod is
lowered.
Or, if it is desired to lock the wheels without the use of a tilt-rod, the hub of the
wheel is made of square, octagonal or other suitable shape as already described and a
suitable spanner or link attached to the lower end of a suitable handlebar working in
suitable slides is fitted over it. The handlebar is made with indentations or a rack as
before described so that it can be fixed at different heights.
If a link is used instead of a spanner, one end of the link is made larger than tho
other so as to allow of the free rotation of the wheel.
In order that the foregoing may be better understood, I send herewith a sheet of
Drawings, in which:-
Fig. 1 shows the apparatus fitted to act as a tilter and locking motion a indicating
the bracket, b the horizontal shaft, c the tilt rod, d the handle-bar, e the indentations
or rack working in the catch f-g the projection of the locking motion which engages
with the octagonal hub h by means of the spanner i. The dotted lines indicate

page_text: different positions into which the tiltbar and locking motion can be drawn by the
handle bar d Fig. 2 shows the spanner enlarged. Fig. 3 shows the apparatus when
fitted for locking only. The square hub k is locked by means of the spanner / which
is raised and lowered by means of the handlebar m working in slide n and secured by
means of the catch o to the projection p.
Fig. 4 shows the link enlarged which may be used instead of the spanner the large
end allowing the square hub to revolve freely.
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 :-
1st. The combined apparatus, substantially as described and shown hereinbefore,
and in the accompanying drawing for the purposes set-forth.
2nd. The combination of a moveable spanner or link, with a square, octagonal, or
other suitably shaped hub, for locking the wheels of a bassinette or other vehicle,
substantially as described and shown.
JOHN HENRY TOPHAM.
Agent to Applicant.