IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT AND APPLICATION TO VEHICLES OF MOVEABLE OR TRAVELLING TRAMWAYS OR RAILWAYS, AND IN THE MODE OF WORKING THE SAME.
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Joseph Halcombe, of Balsham, in the County of
Cambridge, Clerk in Holy Orders, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE ARRANGEMENT AND APPLICATION TO VEHICLES OF MOVEABLE OR TRAVELLING
TRAMWAYS OR RAILWAYS, AND IN THE MODE OF WORKING THE SAME.'
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Sealed the 25th June 1878, and dated the 23rd April 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Joseph Halcombe at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd April 1878.
JOHN JOSEPH HALCOMBE, of Balshain, in the County of Cambridge, Clerk in
Holy Orders. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT AND APPLICATION TO
VEHICLES OF MOVEABLE OR TRAVEL ING TRAMWAYS OR RAILWAYS, AND IN THE
MODE OF WORKING THE SAME."
In carrying my Invention into effect the vehicle may be arranged to run upon
three or four wheels, preferably three, the under carriage with the front wheel or
wheels being arranged to turn upon a perch bolt, as is well understood, for the
purpose of enabling the vehicle to be turned and guided as required.
The rails or tram plates, upon which the wheels run, are formed of broad plates
with a raised edge or flange at each side thereof.
Upon each side of each wheel is mounted a horizontal rod or shaft supported at
its extremities in slotted frames, which allow of the said rods or shafts moving
slightly from side to side as the vehicle moves in other than right lines. Upon
these rods are hung the rails, which are not only capable of running freely from
end to end of the rods, but are also capable of turning out of the way to enable
them to pass clear of the wheels whilst being drawn forward into position for use.
For this latter purpose two or more drums and pinions are mounted underneath
the body of the vehicle, and one rail on each side of the vehicle is fitted with a rack,

page_text: which takes into the pinion, whilst the wheel of the vehicle is passing along such
rail, and thereby gives motion to its drum, by means of which the other rail is
moved into position in front of the advancing wheel of the vehicle.
The rails are moved out of the way of the wheels by means of a curved bar or
suitable guide acting upon suitable connections as the rails are moved forward.
The supporting rods or shafts of the front rails are carried by the under carriage,
by which means 1 cause the rails to be laid in the path of the leading wheel or
wheels.

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Joseph Halcombe, of Balsham, in the County of
Cambridge, Clerk in Holy Orders, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE ARRANGEMENT AND APPLICATION TO VEHICLES OF MOVEABLE OR TRAVELLING
TRAMWAYS OR RAILWAYS, AND IN THE MODE OF WORKING THE SAME."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Joseph Halcombe at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd April 1878.
JOHN JOSEPH HALCOMBE, of Balsham, in the County of Cambridge, Clerk in
Holy Orders. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT AND APPLICATION TO
VEHICLES OF MOVEABLE OR TRAVELING TRAMWAYS OR RAILWAYS, AND IN THE
MODE OF WORKING THE SAME."
In carrying my Invention into effect the vehicle may be arranged to run upon
three or four wheels, preferably three, the under carriage with the front wheel or
wheels being arranged to turn upon a perch bolt, as is well understood, for the
purpose of enabling the vehicle to be turned and guided as required.
The rails or tram plates, upon which the wheels run, are formed of broad plates
with a raised edge or Hange at each side thereof.
Upon each side of each wheel is mounted a horizontal rod or shaft supported at
its extremities in slotted frames, which allow of the said rods or shafts moving
slightly from side to side as the vehicle moves in other than right lines. Upon
these rods are hung the rails, which are not only capable of running freely from
end to end of the rods, but are also capable of turning out of the way to enable
them to pass clear of the wheels whilst being drawn forward into position for use.
For this latter purpose two or more drums and pinions are mounted underneath
the body of the vehicle, and one rail on each side of the vehicle is fitted with a rack,
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page_text: which takes into the pinion, whilst the wheel of the vehicle is passing along such
rail, and thereby gives motion to its drum, by means of which the other-rail is
moved into position in front of the advancing wheel of the vehicle.
The rails are moved out of the way of the wheels by means of a curved bar or
suitable guide acting upon suitable connections as the rails are moved forward.
The supporting rods or shafts of the front rails are carried by the under carriage,
by which means 1 cause the rails to be laid in the path of the leading wheel or
wheels.