IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS
Year: 1885

page_text: I JAMES WISEMAN of 216 and 217 Whitechapel Road in the County of Middlese
Coach Builder and Perambulator Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS" to be as follows:-
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I form the perambulator so that it can be folded to occupy the minimum floor
space, the body assuming an approximately vertical position between the side rods
carrying the handle and the front wheel or wheels coming back as far as is
permitted by the axle of the hind wheela
.
The construction I prefer to adopt is as follows. The side rods carrying the
handle are pivotted to the underside of the body of the perambulator and are
prolonged downwards and forwards and are attached to the axle of the front
wheel or wheels. If desired their ends may be arranged to act as springs-near
the front of the body of the perambulator there are pivotted the ends of a pair of
short rods which lie horizontally beneath the body when the perambulator is in its
normal position but stand out at an angle to the body when the perambulator is
folded. To the other ends of these rods are pivotted the ends of another pair of
rods which pass backwards and downwards their other ends carrying the springs
attached to the hind axle whilst at about their middles they are pivotted to the
downward prolongation of the rods carrying the handle.
In place of making the above mentioned side rods project both upwards to carry
the handle and downwards to the front axle they may be made to extend only
from their pivots on the body to the front axle. When this is done the rods
carrying the handle may either be made so as to attach to them or be separately
pivotted to the body-the latter arrangement has the advantage of making the
handle reversible so that the perambulator may be pushed in either direction.
In order to make the hood easy to be folded and unfolded I prolong its front
pair of stay rods downwards below their pivots on the body-the hood is kept up
by fastening the lower ends of these stay rods.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

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I JAMES WISEMAN of 216 and 217 Whitechapel Road in the County of Middlesex
Coach Builder and Perambulator Manufacturer 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 :-
I form perambulators so that when out of use they occupy very little floor space.
The parts are so connected that the perambulator can fold, the axles approaching
gach other and the body assuming an upright position over the wheels.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a perambulator constructed according to my
invention as it appears when in use.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same as it appears when folded.
Figure 3 shows a part separately..
a is the body of the perambulator. b b are the front wheels and c c the back
wheels. b and c are the axles. d d are levers (one on either side) jointed to the
body of the perambulator at al; these levers & may be prolonged to carry the
handle but preferably as is shown rods ee are jointed to them and to these
the handle is fixed at e¹. a a² are eyes or guides on the body which hold the
rods e in position. The handle can when desired be connected with the body
at a* instead of to the levers d d and it can be passed to the front turning about
the joint at a* and it is then retained by the eyes or guides at a³*. ff are levers
pivoted at a¹ they have fixed to them the springs f¹ f¹ and these are fastened to
the front axle b¹. The levers ff are also connected with the levers d d by a long
bolt g passing through from side to side beneath the body of the perambulator.
Thus the levers ff act simply as prolongations of the levers d and they move with
them. The axle c¹ is fixed to springs h¹ h¹ and these are prolongations of
levers hh. The levers h are at their upper ends jointed to links ii which in turn
are jointed to the body a at a³. The two links ii one on either side are formed
in one piece with a crossbar i¹. The bolt g passes through the levers h and so
connects them with the levers d and f. k is a catch which engages with the cross-
bar and retains the parts in the position indicated by Figure 1 until the catch is
liberated. Figure 3 shows the detail of the eyes or guides a³; by means of a lever
handle the eyes can be moved outwards to release the rods ee or made to
approach to embrace and hold these rods. The hood of the perambulator is shown
in Figure 1 in its distended position as it is used when required as a protection
from sun and rain. In Figure 2 the hood is shown folded back. The hood how-
ever may advantageously when the perambulator is in the position represented by
Figure 2 be unbuttoned from the back and thrown completely forward, it will then
be more out of the way. I are the frames on which the hood is distended; the

page_text: front frame is prolonged beyond the pivot at m and is notched to receive a turn
over fastening n; by these fastenings n one on either side the hood is retained or
released at pleasure.
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.) A perambulator in which the axles are attached to levers jointed together
so that the axles can be made to approach and in which the said levers are so
connected with the body that when the axles are brought together the body
assumes an upright position substantially as described.
(2.) A perambulator substantially as described and represented by the annexed
drawings.