Improvements in Motor Carriages, and the adaptation of same to Electrical Advertising.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 24th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 13th Nov., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Motor Carriages, and the adaptation of same to
Electrical Advertising.
We, EUGEN SANDOW of 150 Oxford Road, Manchester, Professional Athlete,
and ANDREW GEORGE ADAMSON of 18 Eldon Street, London, Electrical Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
According to our invention we propose to adopt means for displaying words,
letters, figures, signals, pictures, or other devices or designs, specially for adver-
tising purposes, on a suitably constructed motor car.
In carrying out our invention, the body of the car is of such dimensions and
construction as will permit the placing of suitable frames to which are attached,
and electrically connected, incandescent lamps intended to be used for displaying
the advertisements. These lamp frames shall be so constructed as to display
advertisements on the sides and ends of the cars, or on the sides or ends only as may be
desired, and shall have the switching arrangements so placed that either the
driver of the car, or an assistant, or any suitable automatic devices will manipulate
the changes of advertisement as the car moves, or if it may be standing still.
We also propose to propel the car by means of electric motors, but we do not
bind ourselves to this means of propulsion as any other means may be equally
suitable. But whatever the nature of the motor adopted, it, together with the
batteries, which supply the electric current to the lamps, (and to the motors, if
electric motors be used) and which may be composed of primary or accumulator
cells, shall be so placed in the car that when the car is not in use for advertising
purposes, the lamp frames may be detached and the car used for any suitable
purpose.
In order to avoid the vibration of the body of the carriage caused by the motor
when not stopped but simply thrown out of gear, we propose to construct the
carriage either in one, or two or more sections, if in two a front and an after
section, and to so support the motor that its vibratory motion and weight will be
borne chiefly by the axles of the front wheel or wheels or upon the hind ones or
upon both. In this way the body of the carriage whether composed of one or
more sections may be supported on its springs, independently of the motor.
prefer to construct the carriage at least in two parts as stated and for the reason
that as both parts will be joined by a suitably constructed pivoted arrangement
(which may be either electrical or not according to the character of the motor
employed) the carriage may be turned in a much more limited space and moved
more readily through busy streets than when it is all in one piece.
In order to further facilitate the turning of the carriage the guiding wheels
and central pivotal arrangement will have a certain latitude in turning inde-
pendently of each other.
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AT
1000

page_text: Improvements in Motor Carriages, and the adaptation of same to
Electrical Advertising.
We, EUGEN SANDOW of 150, Oxford Road, Manchester, Professional Athlete,
and ANDREW GEORGE ADAMSON formerly of 18, Eldon Street, but now of
88 to 90 Tabernacle Street, London, Electrical Engineer, 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:-
According to our invention we propose to adopt the means for displaying words,
letters, figures, signals, pictures, or other devices or designs, as described in the
Specification of Patent No. 7498 A.D: 1896, specially for advertising purposes on
a suitably constructed motor car.
In carrying out our Invention the body of the car is of such dimensions and
construction as will permit the placing of suitable frames to which are attached,
and electrically connected, the incandescent lamps intended to be used for dis-
playing the advertisements as described in the Specification of the latent already
referred to. These lamp frames shall be so constructed, as to display advertise-
ments on the sides and ends of the cars, or on the sides or ends only as may be
desired, and shall have the switching arrangements so placed that either the driver
of the car, or an assistant, or any suitable automatic device will manipulate ine
changes of advertisement as the car moves, or if it may be standing still.
We also propose to propel the car by means of electric motors only, but whatever
the nature of the motor adopted, it, together with the batteries which supply the
electric current to the lamps and to the motors, and which may be composed of
primary or accumulator cells, shall be so placed in the car that when the car is
not in use for advertising purposes, the lamp frames may be detached and the
car used for any suitable purpose.
In order to avoid the vibration of the body of the carriage caused by the motor,
we propose to construct the carriage in two sections, a front and an after-section
and to so support the motor that its vibratory motion and weight will be borne
chiefly by the axles of the front wheel or wheels. In this way the body of the
carriage may be supported on its springs independently of the motor.
to construct the carriage in two parts as stated and for the reason that as both
We prefer
parts will be joined by a suitably constructed electrical or non-electrical pivotal
arrangement, the carriage may be turned in a much more limited space and moved
more readily through busy streets than when it is all in one piece.
In order to further facilitate the turning of the carriage the guiding wheels
and central pivotal arrangement will have a certain latitude in turning inde-
pendently of each other.
In order that our invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect we have hereunto appended 1 sheet of Drawings of which,..
Figure 1 is part section and elevation of side, of complete car.
Figure 2 is view of front end of car also partly in section.
Figure 3 is section shewing the details of electrical pivot designed to support
the car at the divisional junction and also pivot the front section, enabling it to
be turned in any direction whether the car be in motion or at rest.
Figure 4 is a side elevation shewing our improvements applied to a hansom.
We propose to carry the motor on the front section and may also, if found
required on the driving wheels, and convey the current to it either by means of
the electrical pivot, or by continuous cables direct from the batteries.

page_text: If the pivots be used, current would be conveyed to the terminal A and then
by the washer B to the flanged tube CC CC thence to the washer D and terminal E
and by the conductor to the controlling apparatus and switching gear at F and
finally to the brushes of the motor H at G returning from the brushes I
(Figure 1) by the conductor J to the terminal J attached to washer K which
transmits it in turn to the flanged tube L to which is screwed the binding nut M
and by the terminal N and conductor O to the batteries.
We provide a supporting bridge R (Figure 3) to bear the flanged tube L and
enable the electrical parts to be bound together at their rubbing surfaces under-
neath the front section of the car.
The spaces Q indicate the insulation between the flanged tubes L and C and
their respective washers and nuts.
S and T represent the floors of the two respective sections of the car. Any
convenient method may be adopted to lessen the friction of rubbing surfaces of
these floors at the pivotal parts say at N.
The motor may be placed in front of the pivot as shewn or it may be placed
directly over the pivot, and the gearing chains, if any, may be so arranged as to
work through the tube L on to the axle, the tube L being of any convenient
diameter.
Of course it is to be understood that the upper part of the car may be removed
at will and the body or frame of the car used for any suitable purpose, or it may
primarily be used for purposes other than that specially mentioned.
For instance, our improvements may be applied to ordinary vehicles for
travelling purposes such as cabs, hansoms, and the like. In the case of a hausom
the batteries may be contained in the walls of the same, as shewn in Figure 4.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
1. The construction of motor carriages with suitable frame for carrying incan-
descent lamps for displaying advertisements with switching arrangements whereby
the advertisement may be changed automatically or by the driver or assistant,
substantially as described.
2. In motor carriages the division of the car into two sections, one section
carrying the steering and driving apparatus, substantially as described and
illustrated on the accompanying sheet of Drawings.
3. In motor carriages divided into sections, the use of pivotal arrangement by
which the carriage may be turned round and so constructed that the current can
be conducted from one section to the other, substantially as described.
Dated this 23rd day of September 1897.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicants' Patent Agents.