Improvements in Apparatus to be Attached to Tram Cars, Busses, and other Conveyances, to Protect the Knees of Passengers from Exposure to the Weather.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus to be Attached to Tram Cars,
Busses, and other Conveyances, to Protect the Knees of
Passengers from Exposure to the Weather.
GEORGE REEVES SMITH the Younger Holte Hotel, Aston Lower Grounds,
Birmingham General Manager to the Aston Grounds Co Limd Birmingham do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO
BE ATTACHED TO TRAM CARS, BUSSES, AND OTHER CONVEYANCES TO PROTECT THE
KNEES OF PASSENGERS FROM EXPOSURE TO THE WEATHER, to be as follows:-
Of an arrangement by means of which a covering of waterproof, or other
suitable material may be readily drawn up over the knees, and on being released
will easily return to its original position, so as to be out of the way of the
passengers.
To effect this, I attach the waterproof or other material in suitable lengths, to
rollers actuated by means of springs or weights, and these are attached to the
sides of the tram car, 'bus, or other conveyance, so that when not in use the
covering remains rolled up, and out of the way, when it is desired to bring the
coverings into use they can be at once drawn out in a similar manner to the well
known window blinds, which have springs attached to their rollers.
In order to remove as much of the moisture as possible from the outer surface
of the covering when it is being rolled up, I fix'a rubber or scraper of any suitable
material in such a position as to press upon the covering as it is passing on to the
rollers..
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page_text: Busses, and other Conveyances, to Protect the Knees of
Passengers from Exposure to the Weather.
GEORGE REEVES SMITH the Younger, Licensed Victualler, Holte Hotel,
Aston-juxta-Birmingham. I do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE ATTACHED TO TRAM CARS, BUSSES, AND OTHER
CONVEYANCES TO PROTECT THE KNEES OF PASSENGERS FROM EXPOSURE TO THE
WEATHER 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 & the manner in which it is carried out I will
describe more particularly as applied to the top of a tram car but at the same time
it will readily be seen that it can be applied to busses, and other conveyances in
substantially the same manner.
I fix rollers in suitable lengths along the footboard of the tram, these rollers
being actuated by springs or weights, but preferably by the former as in an
ordinary spring roller blind, and to these rollers I attach stout waterproof cloth
in such a manner that the cloth is wound upon the roller by the agency of the
spring or weight.
The mode of action is as follows, upon a passenger taking his seat he draws up
the apron over the knees, and is thus protected from the weather, & upon leaving
the sent on discontinuing to hold the apron it is automatically rolled upon the
roller by the agency of the spring or weight, & is thus kept out of the way &
ready for use again.
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 use of automatically acting aprons or screens to protect the knees of
passengers as herein substantially described.
Deted this 10th day of June 1986.
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