Improvements in or relating to Motor Vehicles or Traction Motors.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 18th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 30th Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Motor Vehicles or Traction Motors.
I, HENRY JOHN LAWSON of 40 Holborn Viaduct, in the County of London,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
1 invention relates to motor vehicles or traction motors, whether the motor
be applied direct upon the vehicle itself, or on what I may describe as a motor
"horse," that is a motor to take the place of a horse for towing vehicles. The
object is to enable the person in charge of the "horse" or vehicle to back or move
the vehicle for short distances so as to bring it to any required position, or to start
the motor; this is desirable as the explosion engines now usually employed for
vehicles of this description are not usually arranged to reverse or move the vehicle
in a backward direction, and as they also usually require to be started by hand,
the power which I now propose to give to the rider to assist the movement, is
desirable.
The invention comprises the application of cranks, pedals and the other
necessary appurtenances to enable the driver to operate, by hand, or foot or both,
one or more of the road wheels of the vehicle or "horse" in either direction, or to
operate the motor itself for starting purposes either independently of the other
gear or in connection with it. This gearing may also be employed for assisting
the vehicle when over-loaded though its primary purposes are stated above. The
power imparted by the driver may be connected with the wheels or other parts to
be driven by chain or other gearing or connections and would preferably be
geared down considerably as the driver is not intended to have power to drive the
vehicle, at any speed, but merely to move it for required purposes; where the
object is merely to operate the motor for starting or assisting purposes the gearing
may be higher.
Dated this 18th day of February 1896.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
I, HENRY JOHN LAWSON of 40 Holborn Viaduct in the County of London,
Engineer, 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 relates to motor vehicles or traction motors, whether the motor
be applied direct upon the vehicle itself, or on what I may describe as a motor
"horse," that is a motor to take the place of a horse for towing vehicles. The
object is to enable the person in charge of the "horse" or vehicle to back or move
the vehicle for short distances so as to bring it to any required position, or to

page_text: start the motor; this is desirable as the explosion engines employed for vehicles of
this description are not usually arranged to reverse or move the vehicle in a
backward direction, and as they also usually require to be started by hand, the
power which I now propose to give to the rider to assist the movement, is
desirable.
The invention comprises the application of cranks, pedals and the other
necessary appurtenances to enable the driver to operate, by hand, or foot or both,
one or more of the road wheels of the vehicle or "horse" in either direction, or to
operate the motor itself for starting purposes either independently of the other
gear or in connection with it. This gearing may also be employed for assisting
the vehicle when over-loaded though its primary purposes are stated above. The
power imparted by the driver may he connected with the wheels or other parts to
be driven by chain or other gearing or connections and would preferably be geared
down considerably as the driver is not intended to have power to drive the vehicle,
at any speed, but merely to move it for the required purposes; where the object
is merely to operate the motor for starting or assisting purposes the gearing may
be higher.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 illustrates one form of my invention applied to a motor carriage;
Fig. 2 illustrates another form applied to a motor tricycle.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
In the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 1, the pedals A are arranged to be put in
or out, of gear and operated by the driver seated on the box B of the vehicle.
The pedals A, together with a small pinion wheel A', which is operated by them,
are carried in bearings at the ends of the:arms C of a U-shaped frame, which is
pivotted beneath the seat B in such a manner that the frame C may be swung
forward or back by the movement of a handle C connected thereto, and
.arranged at the side of the seat. A toothed wheel D together with a chain-
wheel D' are carried by a short spindle in bearings.in the foot-board E, the
toothed wheel D being so arranged that on swinging the frame C forwards the
pinion A¹ may be caused, to engage with the toothed wheel D, the handle C¹
being provided with a spring catch to engage with a toothed rack F in order to
maintain the engagement of these wheels. A chain G passing over the chain-
wheel D' and over another.chain-wbeel H on the motor shaft, affords a connection
by means of which the motor,. and consequently the vehicle, the driving wheels of
which are connected with the motor shaft by another chain J, may be moved by
operation of the pedals on the box. A ratchet and pawl, clutch or disconnecting
gear may be used if desired.
The rear portion of the motor tricycle illustrated in Fig. 2 is shown to be
provided with an arrangement for starting or backing the same, this arrangement
being adapted to be operated by hand. In this device a vertical shaft K carrying
bevel-wheels K' and K' is arranged to run in bearings L and L' in the framing
of the machine. The lower bevel-wheel K on this shaft engages with another
bevel-wheel M carried by a spindle which also carries a chain wheel M',
this spindle being arranged horizontally. A chain G connects the chain-wheel Mi
with the chain-wheel H on the motor shaft. Engaging. with the upper bevel
wheel K is a bevel-wheel N upon a spindle, which carries a hand-wheel O
provided with a handle O'. To enable this mechanism to be disengaged when
desired, the lower bevel-wheel K is provided with a short. sleeve K and is
arranged to slide longitudinally upon the.shaft K, but caused to rotate therewith
by means of a feather K. A lever O pivotted to the framing at O' is
provided at its. free end with a fork O2 which engages with a groove in the
sleeve K³, a rod P connects the lever O with a bent lever Q which has a
handle Q by the manipulation of which it will be readily understood that the
bevel-wheel K may be moved down or up the shaft K so as to be in or out of
engagement with the bevel wheel 'M. It is obvious that other similar arrange-
ments may be employed.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with a motor-driven vehicle of hand or foot propelling
mechanism for the purpose described.
2. In motor vehicles or traction motors the combination with the motor driving-
shaft of foot or hand-operated mechanism adapted to be thrown in or out of gear
with the motor shaft substantially as and for the purpose described.
3. In a motor vehicle the combination with the motor driving-shaft of a pinion
operated by pedals and carried by a swinging frame such as C, a toothed wheel D
and chain wheel and chain substantially as and for the purpose described and
illustrated in Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings.
4. In a motor tricycle the combination with the motor driving-shaft of a
band-wheel and bevel-wheel upon a spindle shaft such as K with bevel-wheels
such as K and K2, the latter capable of being moved longitudinally upon the
shaft by means of levers, bevel M, chain wheels and chain substantially as
and for the purpose described and illustrated in Figure 2 of the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 18th day of November 1896.
H. J. LAWSON.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.