Improvements in Means for Suspending the Bodies of Carriages and other Vehicles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left; 7th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Suspending the Bodies of Carriages
and other Vehicles.
I, EUGENE VINCENT, of 3 Rue du Louvre, Paris, in the Republic of France,
Manufacturer of Carriages and Velocipedes, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be. as follows:-
The various systems of suspending perambulator bodies now in use do not give
sufficient flexibility and they cause inconvenience to the child, who receives shocks
during transport.
I have invented a system of. apparatus remedying these inconveniences and
enabling a greater flexibility of the body of the carriage to be obtained, by the
combination of suitably strained springs with levers jointed to the body and to the
supporting arms of the carriage.
An illustration of my present invention is represented in the accompanying
drawing..
This drawing shows the arrangement which I by preference apply but to which
I do not intend to confine myself so far as concerns the details, accessories and
applications.
my
In the drawing Figure 1 is a side view of a perambulator to which invention
is applied.
Figure 2 is a plan.
Figure 3 shows separately in elevation and in plan the details of a lever for a
carriage having single supporting arms.
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Figure 4 shows in elevation and in plan the details of a lever for a carriage
having double supporting arms.
In all the figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
As shown, the cylindrical coiled springs a connected to the double hook 6 fixed
Each arm d
underneath the body c, are connected with the arms d of levers e.
carries a convenient number of hooks d' by which the tension of the springs a may
be regulated.
The levere connected with the body c by a lug and with the supporting arm h
by a lug g, is jointed at the points f¹ and g¹.
The fork which receives the handle is provided with a socket / in which the
stick of an umbrella or parasol can be fixed, see Figures 1 and 2.
In the application of my apparatus to a carriage having double supporting arms,
the lever e can be arranged, for example, as shown at Figure 4.
From the foregoing it will be understood that during the movement of the
carriage, the flexibility of the body c is obtained. by the levers e, which, by
turning around the points f¹ g', cause the arms d to move from one another and
consequently cause the springs a to elongate.
It will be understood that the springs a may be arranged horizontally or
vertically and they may be made of any extensible material, such as india-
rubber, &c.
I do not confine myself to the particular forms, dimensions, details, materials or
accessories.
I can also apply my invention to invalid chairs and other vehicles without
changing the principle thereof.
Dated this 9th day of May 1893.
T VINCENT

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Suspending the Bodies of Carriages:
and other Vehicles.
I, EUGENE VINCENT, of 3 Rue du Louvre, Paris, in the Republic of France,
Manufacturer of Carriages and Velocipedes, 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 :-
The various systems of suspending perambulator bodies now in use do not give
sufficient flexibility, and they cause inconvenience to the child, who receives shocks
during transport.
I have invented a system of apparatus remedying these inconveniences and
enabling a greater flexibility of the body of the carriage to be obtained, by the
combination of suitably strained springs with levers jointed to the body and to the
supporting arms of the carriage. .
An illustration of my present invention is represented in the drawing accom-
panying my Provisional Specification and in the drawing filed herewith..
These drawings show the arrangement which I by preference apply, but to which
I do not intend to confine myself so far as concerns the details, accessories and
applications.
In the drawings Fig. 1 is a side view of a perambulator to which my invention is
applied.
Fig. 2 is a plan.
Fig. 3 shows separately, in elevation and in plan, the details of a lever for a
carriage having single supporting arms.
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Fig. 4 shows, in elevation and in plan, the details of a lever for a carriage
having double supporting arms.
Fig. 5 shows separately, to a larger scale, the double hook or arc shaped piece.
In all the figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
As shown, the cylindrical coiled springs a connected to the double hook or arc
shaped piece 6 fixed underneath the body c, are connected with the arms d of
levers e. Each arm d carries a convenient number of hooks d, by which the
tension of the springs a may be regulated. The tension of the springs may also be
regulated by the arc shaped piece b shown at Fig. 5. The lever e, connected with
the body by a lug and with the supporting arm by a lug g, is jointed at
the points and g.
The fork i, which receives the handle k, is provided with a socket 1, in which
the stick of an unbrella or parasol can be fixed, see Figs. 1 and 2.
In the application of my apparatus to a carriage having double supporting arms,
the lever e can be arranged, for example, as shown at Fig. 4..
From the foregoing it will be understood that, during the movement of the
carriage, the flexibility of the body c is obtained by the levers e, which, by turning
around the points f¹g, cause the arms d to move from one another and consequently
cause the springs a to elongate.
It will be understood that the springs a may be arranged horizontally or
vertically and they may be made of any extensible material such as india-
rubber, &c.
I do not confine myself to the particular forms, dimensions, details, materials or
accessories. I can also apply my invention to invalid chairs and other vehicles
without changing the principle thereof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The system of suspension for carriages and other vehicles consisting in the

page_text: combination of springs a, strained by means of the double hook or arc shaped
piece b, with the levers e jointed to the body and to the supporting arms of
the carriage or other vehicle, substantially as herein shown and described and for
the purpose stated.
2. The peculiar combination and arrangement of parts substantially as herein
shown and described and for the purpose stated.
Dated this 7th day of March 1804
EUGÈNE VINCENT,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.