Year: 1898

page_text: I, JAMES BOARLAND, Granby Place and Halford Street, Leicester, Carriage
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to road vehicles of the landau type having a
folding or closing head so that they can be used as open or closed carriages at
will.
One of the principal defects of construction of this class of vehicle is that the
door cannot be opened when the window or side light is in its raised position,
without damaging the latter which is of frequent occurrence when the door is
opened by inexperienced persons.
This difficulty has been partially met by an additional or folding grooved
pillar in the head of the vehicle which would move in coincidence with the door
and while the window or glass frame was in its raised position.
This construction however had attendant disadvantages in that the actual
width of door space when the door was opened was reduced by the thickness
of the door and further the slot or chamber in the latter which was occupied by
the glass frame when in its lowered position was left unprotected and open to
the entrance of wet in rainy weather when the window was raised.
Now after considerable experiments I have devised an improvement in the
construction of vehicles of the character mentioned which will effectually obviate
the disadvantages herein before enumerated.
According to my invention a folding or auxiliary grooved pillar in the head,
and the door are arranged so that the centres upon which they move or are
hinged are located in a vertical line outside of and preferably somewhat to the
side of the edge of the door when the latter is closed.
By means of this construction the door when open is carried back so that the
whole of the door space is available for ingress or egress.
Further by this construction I am also enabled to employ a very light glass
frame the bottom edge of which is adapted to pass over a stile or fence on the
upper edge of the door to preclude the entrance of wet into the compartment
therein in which the glass frame is fitted, this construction being impossible in
existing vehicles of the character referred to.
The door and pillar may cach be hinged by an outrigger and the door also by
a concealed hinge whose combined centres of movement are located in the vertical
line hereinbefore referred to.
Total th: 95th low of Databan 1900
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, JAMES BOARLAND, Granby Place and Halford Street, Leicester, Carriage
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 has reference to road vehicles of the landau type provided with
a folding or closing head which permits them being used as open or closed car-
riages at will.
One of the principal defects in the ordinary construction of this class of vehicle
is that the door cannot be opened when the window or side light is in its raised
position, without damaging the latter which is of frequent occurrence when the
door is attempted to be opened by inexperienced persons.
It has been proposed to meet this difficulty by an additional or folding grooved
pillar in the head of the vehicle which would move in coincidence with the door
and while the window or glass frame was in its raised position.
This construction however had attendant disadvantages in that the actual width
of the door space when the door was opened, was reduced by the thickness of the
door, and further, the slot or chamber in the latter occupied by the glass frame,
when in its lowered position, was left unprotected and open to the entrance of
wet in rainy weather when the window was raised.
Now after considerable experiments I have devised an improvement in the
construction of vehicles of the character mentioned which will effectually obviate
the disadvantages herein before enumerated.
According to my invention a folding or auxiliary grooved pillar in the head,
and the door are arranged so that the centres upon which they move. or are
hinged are located in a vertical line outside of and preferably somewhat to the
side of the edge of the door when the latter is closed.
By means of this construction the door when open is carried back to such
an extent that the whole of the door space is available for ingress or egress.
Further by this construction I am also enabled to employ a very light glass
frame the bottom edge of which is adapted to pass over a stile or fence on the
upper edge of the door to preclude the entrance of wet into the compartment
therein in which the glass frame is fitted, this construction being impossible in
existing vehicles of the character referred to.
The invention will be fully understood from the following further description
in reference to the accompanying drawings in which,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of sufficient of a carriage of the type herein before
mentioned to illustrate my invention which is shown applied thereto.
Figure 2 is a side elevation drawn to a larger scale than Figure 1, of the door,
raised window and folding pillar, the latter being partly in section.
Figure 3 is a central vertical section on the line X X of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 2 but with the carriage door shown open.
Figure 5 is a vertical section on the line Y Y of Figure 2. Figure 6 is a per-
spective detail of a portion of the door and the folding pillar, the latter, shown
in the position it occupies when the head is collapsed and the vehicle is used as
an open carriage.
Figure 7 is a horizontal section on the line Z Z of Figure 2 to show the con-
cealed hinge. Figure 8 is a horizontal section on the line W W of Figure 4.
A represents the body of the vehicle, B the folding head, C the door, D the
window or side light in its raised position and E the folding grooved pillar.

page_text: The folding grooved pillar E is hinged at E¹ on the exterior of the vehicle
to the framing of the head or hood B and on its lower end it is furnished with
two pegs or pins E2 which take into holes C¹ made to receive them on the upper
edge of the door C as shown most clearly in Figure 6.
When the head of the vehicle is raised to form a closed carriage as in Figure 1
and the folding pillar is in its vertical position, the pegs 2 on the pillar enter
the holes C in the door so that when the door is opened the pillar also turns
upon its hinge E' and carries with it the glass window D as indicated in Figure 4
which shows the door in its open position.
The folding pillar E has a plate E3 let into it transversely of the groove E
and fastened by screws E and when the window sash is raised a cranked fric-
tional locking plate D2 Figures 1 and 2 screwed or otherwise connected to the
edge of the sash frame Di passes under the said plate E3 and fits sufficiently
tightly in the groove to prevent the window tilting on its opposite unsupported
side 13 Figure 4 and falling away when it is in its raised position and the door
is open. The bottom edge of the window sash is provided with two angular
friction plates D which when the window frame is in its lowered position bear
frictionally against the adjacent side of the slot or chamber C in the door C
and act in conjunction with the locking plate 12 which bears with friction against
the end of the said chamber and prevents the window rattling when in its lowered
position.
When the window is in its raised position the said angular plates D* as most
clearly shown in Figures 3 and 4 hang down and bear with pressure against the
back of a fence or stile C³ over which the bottom edge of the sash frame Dis
sprung when the side of the latter is removed out of the groove and while in
this position the bottom edge of the sash also covers the entrance to the sidelight
chamber C in the door and prevents rain getting therein.
In order to obtain the full or maximum width of door space as in Figures 4
and 8 for the purpose of entering or leaving the vehicle when the door is opened,
the door and the folding auxiliary grooved pillar are arranged with their hinges
in the same vertical line as will be most clearly observed upon reference to
Figure 5, the door C and the pillar E being each hinged by an outrigger E C
and the door also by a concealed hinge of well known construction. To fix
the latter in position a part of the edge or thickness of the framing of the body A
is cut away and the hinge secured therein and to the inner edge of the door C
so that it permits the latter to open as shown in dotted line in Figure 7.
By hanging the door as herein before described, it, when opened, is completely
removed out of the door space and the full width of the latter is therefore avail-
able. I am also aware that it has been proposed to use a hinged support with
spring for holding the frame of the side light in its raised position but this had
to be adjusted by the occupant of the carriage each time the window was to be
raised or lowered and to this extent was objectionable.
My improvement obviates the necessity for this support and also for any adjust-
ment of parts by the occupant of the vehicle before the window can be raised
or lowered.
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:-
1. The construction of landaus, landaulettes or similarly built vehicles, in such
a manner that the door, without any previous adjustment of parts by the occu-
pant of the vehicle, can be opened with the window or side light in its raised
position so that the full width of the door space is available for ingress or egress.
2. In a landau, landaulette or similarly constructed vehicle, the combination
of a door and a vertical pillar connected to the head and grooved to receive the
window frame, both the door and the said pillar being hinged in a vertical line
outside of and at the side of the edge of the door substantially as described.

page_text: 3. The improved landau, landaulette or similarly built vehicle consisting of
the parts constructed and arranged substantially in the manner and for the
purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying-drawings.
JAMES
BOARLAND.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant..