Improvements in Mud-guards for the Wheels of Cabs and other Road Vehicles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 6th Feb., 1399-Accepted, 25th Mar.,
1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mud-guards for the Wheels of Cabs and other Road
Vehicles.
I, ARTHUR SALE WHITELY, of St. Lawrence, Chepstow, Monmouthshire,
Captain 3rd West Yorks Regiment, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
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This invention has reference to improvements in mud-guards for the wheels
of cabs and other road vehicles and the main object of it is to prevent the
clothes of persons entering or leaving the vehicle from coming in contact with
the muddy tyre and so getting them soiled.
According to my invention such a mud-guard is constructed and fitted as
follows:
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A band or strip of flat metal or other suitable material is so bent or curved
transversely as to follow the contour of the tyre and it is also bent or curved
longitudinally to follow the circumference of the tyre. Its length is preferably
slightly less than half the circumference of the wheel, but it may be either
longer or shorter when desirable. This doubly curved band is connected by
means of stays to or near the axle on the inside (side next the vehicle) of the
wheel, being preferably clamped between the block that clamps the supporting
spring of the vehicle body and the axle.
The said connecting stays are provided with sector or similar joints or hinges
so that the guard may be rotated about the said joints towards the vehicle.
This provision is to enable the guard to be cleaned."
Instead of the above sector joints, similar joints or hinges may be provided
at either or both ends of the curved band and the said band may be divided and
only temporarily connected together in the centre, so that the two halves or the
whole band may be opened out in the same plane as the wheel.
Dated the 6th day of May 1898.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Mud-guards for the Wheels of Cabs and other Road
Vehicles.
I, ARTHUR SALE WHITELY, of St. Lawrence, Chepstow, Monmouthshire,
Captain 3rd West Yorks Regiment, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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page_text: of cabs and other road vehicles; and the main object of it is to prevent the
clothes of persons entering or leaving the vehicle from coming in contact with
the muddy tyre of the wheel and so getting soiled.
I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail with the aid of the
accompanying drawings, in which:-
Figure 1 shews a hansom cab in side elevation, the wheels of which are fitted
with my improved mud-guard.
Figure 2 is a part rear elevation of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a section through the guard only, taken on the line 3-3 of
Figure 1.
Figure 4 shews a detached view in perspective of the strut-supporting block
and two of the radial arms or struts of the guard.
According to my invention such a mud-guard is constructed and fitted as
follows:-
A band or strip of flat metal or other suitable material a is so bent or curved
transversely as to follow the contour of the tyre, and it is also bent or curved
longitudinally to follow the circumference of the tyre. This band, which forms
the guard proper, for convenience, may be made in two pieces united by a
bridge-piece such as b, and clamp such as c. Its length is preferably slightly
less than half the circumference of the wheel, but it may be either longer or
shorter when desirable. This doubly-curved band a is connected by means of
the stays or struts d, e, f and g to or near the axle h on the inside (side next
the vehicle) of the vehicle wheel ; being preferably clamped by means of a
strap such as n between the block j that clamps the supporting spring of the
vehicle body and the axle h.
The said connecting stays d, e, f and g are or may be provided at their upper
ends with sector or similar joints or hinges, but working at right angles to
those shewn and nearer to the periphery of the wheel, so that the guard may
be rotated about the said joints towards the vehicle, this provision being to
enable the guard a to be cleaned; but it has been found preferable to divide
and hinge the guard as shewn in the drawings, thus:-
Instead of the above sector joints, similar joints or hinges 1, p are provided
at either or both ends of the curved band a and the said band may be divided
and only temporarily connected together in the centre as shewn so that either
or both of the two halves or the whole band may be opened out in the same
plane as the wheel, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 1.
To lessen the vibration due to travelling over uneven roads, blocks of rather
hard india-rubber or other suitable material such as q may be inserted between
the outer ends of the stays d, e, f and g, and the guard a. The fact of the said
stays being knuckle-jointed at r and s also tends to ease the vibrations of the
guard.
The stays d, e, f and g are hinged at r and s to the supports t and u which
latter are preferably formed integral with a flat block-like base as clearly shewn
in the detached view Figure 4. The said block-like base is held in position
between the block j and the axle h by means of the strap n.
The upper ends of the stays e and f instead of being connected direct to the
guard a are connected at m and o to the bridge-piece which they hold station-
ary to provide a support for the adjacent ends of the guard a when the latter
is divided as shewn. The said ends of the guard when in position upon the
supporting bridge-piece b are retained by means of the clamp c which overlaps
the junction and is secured by means of the bolt and nut w."
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
1. A mud-guard for cab and other road vehicle wheels, consisting of the com-
bination of a stiff shield or band, divided or whole, of a form corresponding to

page_text: that of the contour of the periphery of the wheel, radial struts or stays hinged
by sector or similar joints at their upper ends to the free ends of said shield or
band and at their lower ends to the upper extremities of two supporting rods,
the lower ends of said rods being fixed to or integral with a flat block-like base
piece, adapted to be clamped to the axle of the vehicle, all substantially as and
for the purposes described and illustrated.
2. The combination with the axle of a cab or other road vehicle wheel, of a mud-
guard consisting of the following elements in combination, namely:-a stiff shield
or band divided or whole of a form .corresponding to that of the contour of the
periphery of the wheel, radial struts or stays hinged by sector or similar joints
at their upper ends to the free ends of said shield or band, and at their lower
ends to the upper extremities of two supporting rods, the lower extremities of
which are fixed to or integral with a block-like base piece which latter is clamped
between the spring-block and the axle of the vehicle, all substantially as and
for the purposes described and illustrated.
3. A mud-guard for the wheels of cabs or other road vehicles constructed and
operated substantially as described and shewn,
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.