AN IMPROVED METHOD OF ADJUSTING THE SHAFTS OF TWO WHEEL VEHICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
EBENEZER HILL JULIAN 12 South Mall Cork, Ireland no calling do hereby
declare the nature of the above invention for AN IMPROVED METHOD OF ADJUSTING
THE SHAFTS OF TWO WHEEL VEHICLES, to be as follows:-
The Improvement claimed consists in the use of a sliding fulcrum bar for
attatching the shafts to the body of the vehicle & thus to enable their adjustment to
any size of horse.
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Two slides or groves, are attached to the foot-board or any other convenient
part of the body of vehicle, as shewn in A, Fig 1 & at A & B in Fig 2 & on these
slides or groves the fulcrum bar C is arranged to slide backwards or forwards as
required, thus enabling the shafts to be simultaneously lengthened & heightened or
shortened & lowered, for different heights of horses.
The hind ends of shafts are adjusted in the usual manner.
Fig 1 shews the side view of vehicle with fulcrum bar slid forward to its limit
for a large horse.
Fig 2 shews the front view of vehicle with sliding fulorum bar slid back to its
limit for a small horse. A & B are the slides or groves on which the fulcrum
bar C slides.

page_text: EBENEZER HILL JULIAN 12 South Mall in the City of Cork, Ireland (no calling)
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for ADJUSTING THE SHAFTS OF
TWO WHEEL VEHICLES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
The improvement claimed, consists chiefly in the application of a sliding fulcrum
bar or rod (to which the shafts are attatched and by means of which they can be
raised or lowered, shortened or lengthened) for connecting the shafts of any two
wheel vehicle to the body.
Two rods, slides, or groves, of iron or other material, are attatched to the sloping
foot board of the vehicle, or other suitable part of the "body" so that they are
inclined upwards & forwards at an angle of 45 degrees more or less, with the the,
line of the bottom of "body," as shewn in fig 1, A, B.
On these rods, slides or groves, two bosses of iron or other suitable material
(one on each rod) are fitted to slide freely from end to end.
To these bosses the fulcrum bar of shafts is attatched by bolts, keys &c or other
suitable manner, or the fulcrum bar inay have the bosses (A, A "fig 3) forged in
the solid.
The hind end of shafts are secured in the ordinary way by a rack & pin as
shewn in fig 1, E, D, or by any other convenient method.
When it is required to alter the height of shafts the pin in rack D, E, fig 1, is
removed & shafts are slid into position desired, the più is then replaced & thus
locking shafts in position & prevents them altering.
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Fig 1, shews a two wheeld vehicle with the "sliding fulcrum bar " slid forward
& upward to "A," for a large horse & the ordinary kind arrangement by which
shafts are locked in position.
Fig 2, shews the same vehicle with fulcrum slid back to its lowest position to
suit a small horse.
Fig 3, shews enlarged view of rods or slides D, D & boss B B, which slides on
rod D, D & fulcrum bar C.
Fig 4, is a view of section through fig 3 at "X, Y."
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. The "sliding fulcrum bar" or pin, as described in the foregoing specification,
whereby the shafts may be adjusted to suit different horses, as set forth and
substantially shewn in the annexed drawings.
2. The rods, slides or groves substantially & for the purpose as hereinbefore
described & shewn in the accompanying drawings Fig 1. A, B, fig 3, D D, and the
bosses A, A, Fig 2, sliding on the said rods & carrying the fulcrum bar or pin
Fig. 2, D D.
3. The construction combination and arrangement of the several & respective
parts together forming my improved method of adjusting the shafts of two wheel
vehicles substantially as & for the purposes herein before described and as shewn on
the drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1884