IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF OPENING AND SHUTTING DOORS OF VEHICLES, AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE MORE PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO COMMON ROAD CARRIAGES
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Smith, of Halesworth, in the County of
Suffolk, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF OPENING
AND SHUTTING DOORS OF VEHICLES, AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR, WHICH
IMPROVEMENTS ARE MORE PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO COMMON ROAD
CARRIAGES."
Sealed the 15th November 1872, and dated the 27th May 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Smith at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th May 1872.
I, SAMUEL SMITH, of Halesworth, in the County of Suffolk, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE
OF OPENING AND SHUTTING DOORS OF VEHICLES, AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR,
WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE MORE PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO COMMON ROAD
CARRIAGES," to be as follows:-
The improvements consist in making suitable communication between
the doors or fasteners thereof of common road carriages and the driving
seat or seats of such carriages for the purpose of enabling the driver or
occupant of the driving seat to open or shut the said doors without
descending from the driving seat.
The improvements may also be applied to railway carriages, and. may
be performed by applying various cords, wires, or rods, acting by means

page_text: of convenient pulleys and attached or communicating with locks, bolts,
springs, or fastenings on or in the door or doors, and furnished with
convenient handle or handles, lever or levers, situated at or near the front
or driving seat, or in the case of railway carriages in or near the guard's
van, so that the occupant thereof may by pulling, pushing, lifting, or
pressing, or by other suitable means move the handle or handles
aforesaid, and cause the cords, wires, or rods to open or shut the door or
doors of the said carriages.
The accompanying Drawing will serve further to illustrate the Inven-
tion, and a convenient mode of carrying the same into effect.
a is the handle made with a joint at b, and hung on a pin at c, resting
on a plate at d. e is the cord for opening the door, and is attached to
the handle a at f, and runs over convenient pulleys round the roof, and
is attached to the lever g at the point h; the lever g is hung on a pin or
joint i, and has the needle j attached at the joint k. Inside the door is
the needle connected at m with the shaft n working on the pin o,
having the plate p attached at q, which runs to the self-acting slam lock
r, and is attached to the bolt of the lock at 8. The handle a being lifted
up and working on the pin c draws the cord round the pulleys and raises
the lever g which forces out the needle j; this needle strikes another
needle which moves the shaft n, and by means of the plate p draws
back the bolt of the lock r, and the door instantly opens. t is the spring
of the slam lock; u is the spring to force the shaft n to its proper
position when the door is open or shut; and is the spring to keep the
lever g in its proper place when the door is open or shut; w is the cord
attached to the handle a at x for shutting the door, running round the
roof parallel with the cord e, and attached to the door at y; by moving
the handle a forward, which will then work upon the joint b, the cord
will shut the door and the spring lock r fastens it.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, a
filed by the said Samuel Smith in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 26th November 1872.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Samuel Smith, Her special licence that I,
the said Samuel Smith, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Samuel Smith, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF OPENING
AND SHUTTING DOORS OF VEHICLES, AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR, WHICH IM-
PROVEMENTS ARE MORE PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO COMMON ROAD CARRIAGES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Samuel Smith,
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 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 Samuel Smith, 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:―
The improvements consist in making suitable communication between
the doors or fasteners thereof of common road carriages and the driving
seat or seats of such carriages for the purpose of enabling the driver or
occupant of the driving seat to open or shut the said doors without
descending from the driving seat.
The improvements may also be applied to railway carriages, and may
be performed by applying various cords, wires, or rods, acting by means
of convenient pullies, and attached or communicating with locks, bolts,
springs, or fastenings on or in the door or doors, and furnished with
convenient handle or handles, lever or levers, situated at or near the
front or driving seat, or in the case of railway carriages in or near the
guard's van, so that the occupant thereof may by pulling, pushing,

page_text: lifting, or pressing, or by other suitable means move the handle or
handles aforesaid and cause the cords, wires, or rods to open or shut the
door or doors of the said carriages.
The accompanying Drawing will serve further to illustrate the Inven-
tion and a convenient mode of carrying the same into effect.
a is the handle made with a joint at b, and hung on a pin at c, resting
on a plate at d. e is the cord for opening the door, and is attached to the
handle a at f, and runs over convenient pulleys round the roof and is
attached to the lever 9 at the point h; the lever g is hung on a pin or
joint i, and has the needle j attached at the joint k. Inside the door is
the needle connected at m with the shaft n working on the pin o,
having the plate p attached at q, which runs to the self-acting slam lock
r, and is attached to the bolt of the lock at 8. The handle a being lifted
up and working on the pin c draws the cord round the pulleys and raises
the lever g, which forces out the needle j; this needle strikes another
needle which moves the shaft n, and by means of the plate p draws
back the bolt of the lock r and the door instantly opens. t is the spring
of the slam lock; u is the spring to force the shaft n to its proper
position when the door is open or shut; and is the spring to keep the
lever g in its proper place when the door is open or shut; w is the
cord attached to the handle a at x for shutting the door, running round
the roof parallel with the cord e, and attached to the door at y; by
moving the handle a forward, which will then work upon the joint 6, the
cord will shut the door and the spring lock r fastens it.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Smith, have hereunto set my a
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.