CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN VEHICLES OR CARRIAGES FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF PASSENGERS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Day, of Ardwick, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Coach Builder, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Day at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd
October-1866.
I, JOHN DAY, of. Ardwick, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
5 Coach Builder, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN VEHICLES OR CARRIAGES FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF
PASSENGERS," to be as follows:-
1.
My Invention is designed for the purpose of economizing the space, usually
occupied by four-wheel vehicles, and also utilizing such space both for the
comfort and easy conveyance of passengers and also of their luggage; and
-the Invention consists in constructing the hind part of the vehicle in the
form of an improved "safety cab," that is, a cab with a circular or angular.
front having the "dicky" or "boot" behind, this portion of the vehicle is
constructed so as to ride over the hind wheels similar to the ordinary "safety,"
the door being formed-behind for the entrance-of-the passengers; in front of

page_text: this portion of the vehicle, and immediately over the front wheels, in the space
usually occupied by the seat of the driver of a four-wheeled coach a platform
is arranged upon which the passengers' luggage or other articles or merchan-
dize may be placed, or seats may be so arranged that in fine weather the
passengers may ride upon such platform if desired.
By this novel construction and arrangement the distance between the axles
of the front and back wheels is considerably reduced and the passengers are
enabled to have their luggage in view when travelling.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Day in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 20th
April 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
DAY, of Ardwick, in the County of Lancaster, Coach Builder, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of: October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for. Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John Day, Her special license that I, the said John Day, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Day, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others,, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS. IN
VEHICLES OR CARRIAGES FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF PASSENGERS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said John Day, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Day, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement and accompanying Drawings (that is to say) :-

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My Invention is designed for the purpose of economising the space usually
occupied by four-wheel vehicles, and also utilizing such space both for the
comfort and easy conveyance of passengers and also for their luggage, and the
Invention consists in constructing the hind part of the vehicle in the form of
an improved "safety cab," that is, a cab with a circular or angular front
having the "boot" behind; this portion of the vehicle is constructed so as to
ride over the hind wheels, similar to the ordinary "safety," the door being
formed behind for the entrance of the passengers; in front of this portion of
the vehicle and immediately over the front wheels, in the space usually
occupied by the seat of the driver in a four-wheeled coach, a platform is
arranged upon which the passengers' luggage or other articles or merchandize
may be placed, or seats may be so arranged that in fine weather the passengers
may ride upon such platform if desired. By this novel construction and
arrangement the distance between the axles of the .fr.nt and back wheels is
considerably reduced, and the passengers are enabled to have their luggage in
view when travelling.
In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained in
detail, I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings, made upon a scale of
about half an inch to the foot, similar letters of reference being marked upon
corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 represents a general side elevation of the improved construction and
arrangement of a four-wheeled vehicle, in which is shewn the arrangement-of
front platform employed and arranged for the purpose of carrying luggage ;
Fig. 2 represents a back view of the same, shewing the position of the door;
Fig. 3 represents a plan view having the top portion of the body removed;
and Fig. 4 represents a detached plan view of the carriage supporting the
doors; in this view an arrangement of sliding door is shewn for the purpose
of economising space.
In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, a, a, is the under carriage, and 6, the body of the
vehicle, which is constructed in the form of an improved safety cab having a
circular front. The boot and driver's seat c'is secured behind the body on one
side, the entrance or door & being arranged and formed at the opposite side.
A platform o is arranged on the front portion of the carriage a immediately
over the the front wheels in the space usually occupied by the seat of the driver
in a four-wheeled coach; upon this platform the passengers' luggage or other
articles may be placed. In order to equalize or adjust the pressure or rigidity
of the front platform an adjustable link is provided, which connects the
platform and front axle in such a manner that by turning the wheel 9 they
may be brought into close and firmer contact, thus effecting greater

page_text: compactness and steadiness in the front part of the vehicle. Sliding doors i,
as seen in Fig. 4, may be employed in place of the ordinary hinged door if
desirable.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with the
method of carrying the same into practical effect, I wish it to be distinctly
understood that I claim the novel arrangement and construction of the vehicle
and combination of the various parts, as herein-before described, set forth, and
fully illustrated in the Drawings attached.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Day, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eighteenth day of April, in the year. of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witnessed by
JOHN L. DAVIES, C.E.,
Office for Patents,
Manchester.
JOHN DAY. (L.S.)