Improvements in Cabs.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 22nd June, 1898-Accepted, 27th Aug., 1898
Improvements in Cabs.
I, JOHN OWEN, 63, Stourbridge Street, Kidderminster, Coach Builder, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in improvements in cabs and the object is to arrange
the cab so as to take up less room and also to enable the drivers seat to be
adjusted so as to facilitate the balancing of the cab.
In carrying out my invention I provide a cab in which the door is at the back
or rear of same. The seat for the driver is carried in the front of the cab or
vehicle and may be adjusted so as to balance the cab by the driver. The cab is
carried upon any suitable form of springs and wheels.
Dated this 22nd day of September 1897.
I, JOHN OWEN, 63, Stourbridge Street, Kidderminster, Coach Builder, 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:
This invention consists of improvements in cabs, and the object is to årrange
the cab so as to take up less room, and also to enable the drivers seat to be
In carrying out my invention
adjusted so as to facilitate the balancing of the cab.
The seat for
I provide a cab in which the door is at the back or rear of same.
the driver is carried in the front of the cab or vehicle and may be adjusted so as to
balance the cab by the driver. The cab is carried upon any suitable form of
springs and wheels.
For purposes of illustration I will now refer to the annexed drawings, in
which :-
Figure 1, is a side elevation of a cab constructed according to my invention.
Figure 2, rear view of same.
Figure 3, section through line xy in Figure 1.
The cab is supported upon the axle q and the wheels through the medium of
the springs in any convenient and usual manner, s being ordinary shafts to which
the horse or other animal may be attached. The door e (Fig. 2) is carried in the
rear of the cab, and when opened, the individuals may enter the cab and seat

page_text: themselves upon the seat a (which is shaped as shewn) at or about the points b, b
and c, c, this seat being secured to the body of the cab in any convenient manner.
The occupants of the seat at c, c may look through the window u in the door e
conveniently, or the windows in the sides of the vehicle, and the occupants of the
seat at b, b may also look through the window u in the door e or the windows w
in the sides of the vehicle.
If desired, slight modifications in the position and shape of the seat a may be
made according to the circumstances and size of the body of the cab. The scat i
upon which the driver sits is connected by the rod x and pivot h (Fig. 2) to the
lever f, which is pivoted at g to the body of the cab. The lever fis pivotally
connected by the rod i to the handle at k, which is again pivoted at m to the
quadrant o provided with a rack. The other end of lever flis pivoted to lever f
at f (Figs. 1 & 2). p is a pawl for the purpose of securing the handle in its
required position in the racked quadant o. It will be seen that by operating the
handle the position of the seat may be varied as required in a backward or forward
direction in order to adjust the balance of the cab according to the number of
individuals carried therein, the seat sliding in a suitable groove or guide.
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:
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1. In cabs of the class herein described: the combined construction and arrange-
ment of the various parts substantially as illustrated and described herein and for
the purpose set forth.
2. In cabs of the class herein described; the combination therewith of a seat
for the driver, the position of which can be adjusted through the medium of pivoted
levers rods and a racked quadrant for the purpose of balancing the cab upon its
axle or spindle according to the number of individuals carried therein, said in-
dividuals being carried upon a seat attached to the body of the cab in such a
position and so shaped that the individuals may enter at the rear of the cab, said
entrance being closed by a door suitably arranged, the body of the door of said cab
being provided with windows or apertures, substantially as described and illus-
trated herein and for the purpose set forth.
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