IMPROVE- MENTS IN LANDAUS AND OTHER CARRIAGES
Year: 1870

page_text: · LETTERS PATENT to Henry Edward Brown, of Redmonds Hill, in
the City of Dublin, Coachmaker, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN LANDAUS AND OTHER CARRIAGES."
Sealed the 31st January 1871, and dated the 3rd August 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Edward Brown
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 3rd August 1870.
I, HENRY EDWARD BROWN, of Redmonds Hill, in the City of
Dublin, Coachmaker, do hereby declare the nature of my said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LANDAUS AND OTHER CARRIAGES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists in the employment of iron for the curves,
slatts, rails, and pillars of landaus and other carriages, whereby the
carriages may be constructed in a much lighter manner and a greater
amount of internal space is afforded, whilst any description of head
employed may, if desired, be so arranged as to fall below the level of
the carriage, whilst great facilities are given for repairs. The prop at

page_text: present in use for the head joints is also dispensed with, whereby the
outline of the body is not broken or disfigured, and by dispensing with
the timber work in the door, standing and other pillars, strong plate glass
without frames may be used for the lights, whereby a large increase of
light is obtained in the interior of the carriage when closed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters' Patent,
filed by the said Henry Edward Brown in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 3rd January 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
EDWARD BROWN, of Redmans Hill, in the City of Dublin, Coachmaker,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-fourth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Henry Edward Brown, Her special license that
I, the said Henry Edward Brown, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Edward Brown, my executors,
administrators, or 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
LANDAUS AND OTHER CARRIAGES," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Henry Edward Brown, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, 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 Henry Edward Brown, 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, reference being had to the annexed

page_text: Drawing, and to the letters and figures marked [thereon (that is to
say):
My said Invention consists in the employment of iron for the curves,
slaths, rails, and pillars of landaus and other carriages, whereby the
carriages may be constructed in a much lighter manner and a great
amount of internal space is afforded, whilst any description of head em-
ployed may if required be so arranged as to fall below the level of the
carriage, whilst great facilities are given for repairs. The props at
present in use for the head joints are also dispensed with, whereby the
outline of the body is not broken or disfigured, and by dispensing with
the timber work in the door, standing pillars and other pillars, strong
plate glass without frames may be used for the lights, whereby a large
increase of light is obtained in the interior of the carriage when
closed.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings represents a perspective view
of a landau head constructed according to my Invention and shewn
elevated or closed; and Figure 2 is a similar view of the same, shewn
with one half open and the other half closed.
.
In these two Figures A represents the leather work of the head; Bis
the frame upon which it is constructed, which is made of wood, or of
wood and iron combined. The framework of the roof is of iron, or
wood and iron combined, wood being used for the races in which the
frames or stiles of the windows move up and down. C, C, are the head
joints, which require no props. The peculiar position of the several
joints or hinges D, D, enables the head to be lowered behind the driving
seat and within a much smaller compass than when such joints or hinges
are at the corner of the door as heretofore. The window frames or stiles
E, E, are also of iron, or of wood and iron combined, as above men-
tioned, and are jointed or hinged at F, F; G, G, are iron frames or
slaths for supporting the roof..
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the
said Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used
or carried into effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I
consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention
secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the
construction of the curves, slaths, rails, and pillars of landau and other

page_text: pleasure carriages of iron, or of wood and iron combined in lieu of wood
alone, as and for the purpose herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Edward Brown, have to this
my Specification set my hand and seal, this First day of February
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
HENRY EDWARD BROWN. (L.S.)