Improvements in and connected with Perambulator Carriages for the Use of Children.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 6th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 8th Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Perambulator Carriages for
the Use of Children.
I, WILLIAM WILSON, of Dewsbury Road, in the City of Leeds, Mail Cart and
Perambulator Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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The object of my invention is to provide perambulator carriages with handles
which can be adjusted, raised or lowered, or moved up and down so as to suit the
height of the wheeler or person in charge of the carriage.
In carrying out my said object the handles are attached to rods or arms which
pass through eyes or slots in or attached to a cross-bar from which the carriage
body is suspended. The lower ends of the said rods or arms extend under the
carriage and fit in slots or slotted bars secured to the axles or they may form part
of the bed-plate to which the springs and axles are secured and are provided with
wing nuts or other suitable device for fixing the said rods or arms at the height
required. The length of the slots regulate the extent to which the handles can be
raised or lowered. Or the said rods or arms may be provided with spiral springs
or other elastic cushion and fit into or be carried in suitable bearings upon the bed-
plate or axles, so that when the rods or arms are pushed down the said springs will
contract, and by means of a suitable device such as a pin fitting into a hole in the
cross-bar or other convenient part of the carriage, the said rods or arms can be
fastened at any required position to suit the height of the wheeler or person
propelling the carriage. Or the said rods or arms may have combined with them
a central rod, or rack, to act as a guide rod, and the length of such rod will
regulate the extent to which the handles can be adjusted for the purpose aforesaid.
The notches on the said guide rod are adapted to engage with the end of a spring
stud or bolt carried in a boss attached to a cross-bar the parts being so arranged
that on the pressing down of the handles the guide rod will release itself from the
spring stud or bolt and on the taking off of such pressure will be locked at that
position by the spring stud or bolt engaging with the guide rod. Or the handles
may be carried by short arms, attached to a cross-bar from which the carriage is
suspended the said arms being capable of being turned on the said cross-bar and
fastened by means of holes, and spring studs or pins, or equivalent device. Or the
said handles may be carried by short arms having notched bosses adapted to
engage when operated by a right and left hand screw with similar notched bosses
upon the cross-bar suspending the carriage. Or the cross-bar may be made with a
right and left hand screw for this purpose and turn or revolve in eyelets or in the
turned up ends of the springs.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1894.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Perambulator Carriages for
the Use of Children.
I, WILLIAM WILSON, of Dewsbury Road, in the City of Leeds, Mail Cart and
Perambulator Maker, 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 object of my invention is to provide perambulator carriages with handles 5
which can be adjusted, raised, or lowered, or moved up and down, so as to suit the
height of the wheeler, or person in charge of the carriage.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation (in section through the axles) of perambulator carriage,
showing handles attached to rods or arms which pass through eyes or slots in 1
carriage crossbar, and adapted to slide upon slotted bars, at their lower ends.
Fig. 2, is a plan showing handles attached to short arms and crossbar which is
capable of turning in a bearing secured to the ends of the springs, and plain pin
arrangement for fastening the handles at the required elevation.
Fig. 3, is a side elevation in section through the centre of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4, is a plan showing handles attached to short arms or crossbar which is
capable of turning in a bearing secured to the ends of the springs, and a threaded
pin for fastening the handles at the required elevation.
Fig. 5, is a side elevation in section through the centre of Fig. 4.
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Fig. 6, is a plan showing handles secured to arms having notched bosses and 2
right and left hand screw for engaging and disengaging such notched bosses with
similar notched bosses upon a crossbar from which the carriage body is suspended.
In carrying out my said object the handles A are attached (at one end of the
carriage), see Fig. 1, to rods or arms B which pass through eyes or slots C in or
attached to a crossbar D (such as patented by me under Patent No. 15467 of 2
1889) from which the carriage body È is suspended.
The lower ends of the said rods or arms B3 extend under the carriage E and fit
in slots, or slotted bars F (by means of plates F to which they are pivotted)
secured to the axles G, or they may form part of the bed plate H, to which the
springs J and axles G are secured, and are provided with winged-nuts K and 3
bolts L or other suitable device for fixing the said rods or arms A at the height
required by adjustment in the slotted bars F.
The length of the slots regulates the extent to which the handles F can be raised
or lowered. Or the said rods or arms B may be provided with spiral springs or
other elastic cushion at their lower ends and fit into or be carried in suitable 3
bearings upon the bed-plate H or axles G, so that when the rods or arms B are
pushed down, the said springs will contract, and by means of a suitable device,
such as a pin fitting into a hole in the crossbar D or other convenient part of the
carriage E, the said rods or arms B can be fastened at any required position to suit
the height of the wheeler or person propelling the carriage.
Or the said rods or arms B may have combined with them a central rod or rack
to act as a guide rod, and the length of such rod will regulate the extent to
which the handles can be adjusted for the purpose aforesaid.
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The notches on the said guide rod are adapted to engage with the end of a
spring stud or bolt carried in a boss attached to a crossbar the parts being so 4
arranged that on the pressing down of the handles the guide rod will release itself
from the spring stud or bolt and on the taking off of such pressure will be
locked at that position by the said spring stud or bolt engaging with the
guide rod.

page_text: Or the handle A may be carried by short arms B attached to a crossbar D
from which the carriage E is suspended, the said arms A being capable of being
turned up and down on the said crossbar D, by means of the said crossbar D,
turning at D and D in the bearing D3 which is fixed to the springs J, and
fastened by means of holes K in the boss L upon the crossbar D, and spring
studs, or pins, M, see Figs. 2 and 3, or by means of a threaded pin or thumb
screw N, screwing into the bearing D³ and passing into the boss L upon the
crossbar D, see Figs. 4 and 5.
In Figs. 3 and 5, the dotted parts show the handles and arms turned down as
when moving them out of use.
Or the said handles A may be carried by short arms B, having notched
bosses B' adapted to engage when operated by a right and left hand screw B*
with similar notched bosses B³, upon the crossbar D, suspending the carriage E.
S are slots in crossbar D to allow the notched bosses B³ to slide as required by
the action of the screw B. Or the crossbar D may be made with a right and
left hand screw for this purpose, and turn or revolve in eyelets or in the turned up
edges of the springs.
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 1
claim is :-
1. A perambulator carriage having handles secured to rods or arms which are
capable of being raised or lowered so as to adjust the height of the handles to the
wheeler of the carriage, substantially as shown and described.
2. A perambulator carriage having handles A secured to rods or arms B, passing
through guides C upon crossbar D, and at their lower ends connected to plates FI,
capable of moving upon slotted bars F, by which the said handles can be raised or
lowered to suit the height of the wheeler of the carriage, such as shown and
described with reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings annexed.
3. A perambulator carriage having handles secured by short arms to a crossbar
from which the carriage body is suspended, so that the said handles can be raised
or lowered by turning the said crossbar in its support or bearing, substantially as
and for the purposes shown and described.
4. A perambulator carriage having handles A secured to short arms B upon a
crossbar D which is capable of turning in a bearing D³ secured to springs J, and
has a boss L provided with holes K for receiving a plain pin M or screwed
pin N passing through the bearing D³, substantially as and for the purposes
shown and described with reference to Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the drawings
annexed.
5. In perambulator carriages, the combination with handles A secured to short
arms B having notched ends B' for engaging and disengaging with notched ends B³
by means of right and left hand screw B2, of a crossbar for sustaining the
notched ends 13 and allowing them to slide in slots S according to the action
of the screw B2, as shown and described with reference to Fig. 6 of the drawings
annexed.
Dated this 5th day of November 1894
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.