Year: 1886

page_text: I INSULL EDWIN BURMAN of Southlea Mayfield Road Moseley in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be
as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in perambulator handles which gives
the
person in charge more effective control and offers greater facilities for steadily
guiding them in a safe manner, and besides this the health of nurses and others is less
effected by pushing such machines.
1 make the centre of the handle which comes between the two stays which are
joined on to the back of the body or frame hollow and fit the inside with two internal
slides which draw out at each end so as to lengthen the handle very considerably in
fact several tubes inside each other may be used at one or both ends and the small end
of each would finish with a suitable ornament which is made sufficiently large to be a
stay for the end and to form an abutment when closed in. Such handles may be used
as ordinary ones and when necessary be drawn out thus avoiding the necessity of
always having the hands in a closed condition thus cramping the chest besides when
the handles are drawn out the control of the machine is proportionately greater as the
leverage is increased.
1000
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: 1 INSULL EDWIN BURMAN of Southlea Mayfield Road Moseley in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object improvements in perambulator handles, which gives
the person in charge more effective control and offers greater facilities for steadily
guiding them in a safe manner, and besides this the health of nurses, and others is
less effected by pushing such machines.
I make the centre of the handle which comes between the two stays which are
joined on to the back of the body or frame hollow and fit the inside with two internal
slides which draw out at each end so as to lengthen the handle very considerably, in
fact, several tubes inside each other may be used at one or both ends and the small
end of each would finish with a suitable ornament which is made sufficiently large to
be a stay for the end and to form an abutment when closed in. Such handles may be
used as ordinary ones and when necessary drawn out thus avoiding the necessity
of always having the hands in a closed condition, thus cramping the chest besides
when the handles are drawn out, the control of the machine is proportionately greater
as the leverage is increased.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and easily carried into
practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have illustrated
an example of the same in three Figures.
Figure 1 is an elevation of one of my handles showing the left extension drawn out
and the right extension pushed in.
Figure 2 is a part sectional elevation of the same handle with the parts in the same
position as in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a small sized elevation of the handle with both the right hand end and
the left hand end extensions drawn out to their full limits.
It will be seen that the permanent centre part A is hung in the eyes 6¹ of the usual
supporting rods B and that the part A is tubular or hollow as seen at Figure 2 so that
the ends and D may slide therein when not in use as seen at the right hand end
where D is shown in its compact condition in Figures 1 and 2 and the left hand end C
is shown extended. The ends C and D may be made from timber with ends c¹ and d¹
of brass or they may be made from metal tubes or any other suitable material but it
is necessary to pack them with rubber, cork asbestos or other suitable packing in the
recess c and d and then the part c³ or d' whether wood metal or other material may
be made to fit as nearly tightly as possible and thus a sufficient tightness with an easy
action is secured. The part d³ acts as a stop or collar to limit the distance to which
the ends may be drawn out as they cannot pass beyond the projections e' of the cap E

page_text: or f¹ of the cap F. It will be noticed that these handles are capable of numerous
variations in shape and in the ornamentation thereof and that the extensions C and D
may be made in more than one part i.e. to further telescope into one another so as to
further reduce the length of the centre part A and of the parts C and D.
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 :-
:-
The improvements in perambulator handles of the telescope ends C and D whether
in one or more lengths substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.
Dated this 30th day of July 1887.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.