IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF CARRIAGES OR OTHER VEHICLES
Year: 1870

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LETTERS PATENT to William Bush, of the Firm of Messieurs Bush,
Hinson, and Bush, of the Town and County of the Town of
Nottingham, and of Mansfield, in the County of Nottingham, and
also of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, Carriage Builders, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF
CARRIAGES OR OTHER VEHICLES."
Sealed the 9th December 1870, and dated the 11th June 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Bush at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th June 1870.
I, WILLIAM BUSH, of the Firm of Messieurs Bush, Hinson, and Bush,
of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, and of Mansfield,
in the County of Nottingham, and also of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham,
Carriage Builders, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF CARRIAGES OR OTHER
VEHICLES," to be as follows:-
These improvements consist in constructing and arranging the door

page_text: or foot board and the back seat of a Stanhope phaeton, mail phaeton,
wagonet, or other vehicle, that they shall act in unison, and this I effect
as follows:-
:-
Near one end of the back seat of a carriage or other vehicle, hereafter
called carriage only, and underneath it I place an iron or other pillar
which turns in a thimble, or socket, or equivalent firmly secured to the
floor of the carriage. The top of this pillar turns in a thimble or socket
or equivalent secured to the side of the carriage, such socket forming
part of an angle iron, which has also another socket or eye, which socket
or eye also lies under the seat of the carriage, but somewhat nearer to the
front seat. The pillar has a projecting arm at or near its upper end
lying in the direction of the length of the seat; this arm is slotted
for a portion of its length, and it has a piece projecting at a right
angle to the arm at its end, which piece assists in supporting the
seat near the centre of its length. On the arm near the pillar a
bracket projects, and the end of this bracket forms an axle pin which
carries one end of a link having an eye and swivelled screw pin or
equivalent at the other end, which may be placed in another eye or
equivalent secured to the door or foot board at the back of the carriage.
The back seat has on its under side a plate extending across it, from
which plate a screwed pin is secured and projects; such pin when placed
in the slot of the arm on the pillar before mentioned is secured therein
by a ring, or thumb nut, or equivalent. At the same end as the pillar the
seat is secured to the side by a screw pin passed through it, on which
pin the seat turns. The other end of the seat has a socket, or thimble,
or equivalent on its under side which falls on a pin secured to the side
of the carriage and secures the seat in position which faces the front of
the carriage, the door or foot board being closed up. Suppose in such
case the passenger or passengers occupying the back seat in the carriage
wish to descend or alight therefrom, he, she, or they may rise from the
seat and slightly raise the end of the seat farthest from the iron or other
pillar and push the seat from the front so as to project over the back
of the carriage. This movement will enclose the door or foot board and
will place the foot board so that it may rest upon a pair of stop
hinges, by which it is secured to the floor of the carriage, thus opening
the back of the carriage for free egress of the passenger or passenger by
steps at the back of the hind axle of the carriage instead of having, as
heretofore, to pass over the hind wheel or at the side of the carriage.
When the hind seat is free from the slot in the arm of the pillar the seat

page_text: may be reversed and be placed with its back to the front seat and secured
to the sides of the carriage, and the back or foot board may be securely
closed by the link before mentioned being reversed and having its swivel
pin or equivalent placed and secured in the second eye of the angle iron
before mentioned.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Bush in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 10th December 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
BUSH, of the Firm of Messieurs Bush, Hinson, and Bush, of the Town
and County of the Town of Nottingham, and of Mansfield, in the County
of Nottingham, and also of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, Carriage.
Builders, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-third
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said William Bush, Her special licence that I, the
said William Bush, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William Bush, 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 CONSTRUCTION
AND ARRANGEMENT OF CARRIAGES OR OTHER VEHICLES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said William Bush, 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 William Bush, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to

page_text: be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to
say:
These improvements consist in constructing and arranging the door
or foot board and the back seat of a Stanhope phaeton, mail phaeton,
waggonette, or other vehicle, in such manner as to cause them to act
in unison, and this I effect as follows:-Near one end of the back seat
of a carriage or other vehicle, hereafter called carriage only, and under-
neath it I place an iron or other pillar, which turns in a thimble, or
socket, or equivalent contrivance firmly secured to the floor of the
carriage. The top of this pillar turns in another thimble, socket, or
equivalent contrivance secured to the side of the carriage and forming
part of an angle iron, which has also another socket or eye, which lies
under the seat of the carriage, but somewhat nearer to the front seat;
the pillar has a projecting arm at or near its upper end, lying in the
direction of the length of the seat. This arm is slotted for a portion
of its length, and it has a piece projecting at a right angle to the arm
at its end, which piece assists in supporting the seat near the centre
of its length. On the arm near the pillar a bracket projects, and the
end of this bracket forms an axle pin, which carries one end of a link
having an eye and swivelled screw pin or equivalent appliance at the
other end, which may be placed in another eye or equivalent appliance
secured to the door or foot board at the back of the carriage. The back
seat has on its under side a plate extending across it, in which plate a
screwed pin is secured, and from which plate this screwed pin projects;
such pin when placed in the slot of the arm on the pillar is secured
therein by a ring, thumb nut, or equivalent. At the same end as the
pillar the seat is secured to the side by a screw pin passed through it,
on which pin the seat turns. The other end of the seat has a socket,
thimble, or equivalent contrivance on its under side, which falls on a
pin secured in the side of the carriage and secures the seat in position,
which seat faces the front of the carriage, the door or foot board being
closed up. Suppose in such case the passengers occupying the back
seat in the carriage wish to descend therefrom, they rise from the
seat and slightly raise the end of the seat farthest from the iron or other
pillar and push the seat from the front, so as to project over the back
of the carriage. This movement will unclose the door or foot board and
will place the foot board so that it may rest upon a pair of stop hinges,

page_text: by which it is secured to the floor of the carriage, thus opening the
back of the carriage for free egress of the passengers, who descend by
steps at the back of the hind axle of the carriage instead of having,
as heretofore, to pass over the hind wheels or at the side of the carriage.
When the hind seat is freed from the slot in the arm of the pillar the hind
seat may be reversed and be placed with its back to the front seat and
secured to the sides of the carriage and the back or foot board may be
securely closed by reversing the link before mentioned and placing and
securing its swivel pin, or the equivalent appliance in the second eye
of the angle iron before mentioned.
Having thus set forth the nature of my said Invention, I now
proceed more fully to describe the manner of performing the same,
with reference to the accompanying Drawings, and to the letters and
figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents in plan the hind part of the body of a mail
phaeton, with my improvements applied thereto, shewing the hind seat
thrown open and the foot board down to afford free egress of the
passenger or passengers; Figure 2 is a sectional view showing one side
of the hind part of the body of the carriage. These improvements
consist in constructing and arranging the door or foot board and the back
seat of a carriage in such manner that they shall act in unison, and this
I effect as follows:-Near one end of the back seat of a carriage, and
underneath it, I place an iron or other pillar A which turns in a socket
B on the floor of the carriage, such socket forming a portion of the iron
framing B¹ of the body of the carriage. The top of the pillar turns in a
socket B secured to the side of the carriage; B³ is a socket also let in
and secured to the side of the carriage and tapped to receive a holding
screw. The pillar A has a projecting arm near its upper end lying in the
direction of the length of the seat. This arm is slotted for a portion of
its length, and it has a piece projecting at a right angle to the arm at its
end, which piece assists in supporting the seat near the centre of its
length. On the arm near the pillar a bracket A¹ projects downward; the
end of this bracket forms an axle pin which is passed through the eye of
a swivelled screw pin A³ which carries one end of a link A³, the other
end of which is carried by a swivelled screw pin A', which turns in and
is supported by an eye A³, which stands up from a plate which is let
in flush with and screwed to the top or inner side of the door or foot

page_text: board C of the carriage. This door or foot board is secured to the floor
of the carriage by a pair of stop hinges C¹ upon which the foot board rests
when in the position shewn at Figure 2. These stop hinges are let in
flush with the top side of the foot board and are cach attached to the
under side of the floor of the carriage by two screw bolts, one bolt to
each hinge passing through the floor of the carriage and the other bolt
passing through the iron framing D of the carriage; this framing is let
into the floor flush and is secured to the sides of the carriage by screws
in the usual way.
The back seat E has on its under side a plate E¹
extending across it (shewn by dotted lines in Figure 1) from which
plate a screwed pin projects. This pin when placed in the slot of
the arm of the pillar before-mentioned is secured therein by a
thumb nut, as seen at Figure 2. At the same end as the pillar the
seat is secured to the side of the carriage by a screwed pin passed
through it and into a screwed hole in the socket B³, the seat turning
upon the pin. The other end of the seat has a socket F in a plate,
which is screwed to its under side (shewn by dotted lines in Figure 1.)
This socket falls on a pin F¹ secured in the side of the carriage and
secures the scat in position, which faces the front of the carriage, the
door or foot board being closed up. Suppose in such case the passengers
occupying the back seat in the carriage wish to alight therefrom, they
rise from the seat, and slightly raise the end of the seat farther from
the iron or other pillar, and push the seat from the front so as to
project over the back of the carriage. This movement will unclose the
door or foot board, and will place the foot board so that it may rest
upon a pair of stop hinges by which it is secured to the floor of the
carriage, thus opening the back of the carriage for free egress for the
passengers, allowing them to descend by steps at the back of the hind
axle of the carriage instead of having as heretofore to pass over the hind
wheel or at the side of the carriage. When it is desired to use the
carriage as a dog cart, the thumb nut on the screwed pin in the slot
of the arm of the pillar A must be unscrewed so as to allow the pin to
slide in the slot, and the link A³ and swivel pin A* being released from
the cyc A³, the link may be turned up and dropped over into the catchi
hook A which projects from the one side of the arm of the pillar A, and
the screw pin being taken out of the socket B³, the hind seat may be
reversed and placed with its back to the front seat and then be secured
to the sides of the carriage by two screw pins, which are screwed respec-
tively through each end of the seat and into sockets B' and B' in the

page_text: sides of the carriage (as seen in Figure 1,) the back or foot board being
lowered into the position seen at Figure 2, the slotted arm, bracket, and
link will then lie under the seat, and the space between the back of the
hind seat and the front seat of the carriage may be covered by the water
deck B³, shewn in Figure 2, in the usual way.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention and in what
manner the same may be performed, I declare that I claim,-
Arranging and combining the door or foot board and the back seat of
a carriage or vehicle in such manner as to cause them to act in unison,
substantially as described.
The general arrangement and combination of parts herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Bush, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eighth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
Witness,
GEO. JON. ROBINSON,
Patent Office,
Nottingham.
WILLIAM BUSH. (L.S.)