Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1837
Complete Specification Left, 23rd July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 28th Sept., 1888
We FREDERICK HENRY AYRES of 111 Aldersgate Street in the City of London.
Manufacturer and EDWARD GRIMSDELL of the same place Wood Turner, in the
employment of the said Frederick Henry Ayres, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of the invention is to provide a toy or exercising horse or vehicle for
children or others capable of limited locomotion by drawing with the hands upon a
cord or other line and running on wheels, preferably these wheels are Hanged and run
on a section of rails laid down in the room or other place where the article is to
be used.
The carriage on which the person using the apparatus sits or is supported is mounted
on wheels carried on axes mounted on the underframe or platform thereof and pre-
ferably these wheels are flanged and run on rails which are either straight, curved,
circular, corrugated or similarly adapted to give variation of direction of motion and
for convenience of use the portion of line may be inclined from a central point down
to the ends, or be inclined from the ends down to the middle, or a succession of such
parts, or parts of a track may be made interchangeable and transposable.
The curves of the track may give some approach to the motion of the swerving of
a horse or carriage the rocking of a boat at sea or such like.
The motion is attained by a cord band line or flexible connection or duplicate
connections attached to the track, if a track is employed, passing from the middle say
of the track where the ends of the lines are attached thence the cords pass each to
and between two pulleys attached in pairs at each side of the carriage and thence are
passed up and grasped by their ends by the hands of the rider or user, these ends
being for greater convenience provided with handles.
The carriage may be a seat and footboard, an open carriage of phaeton form, a close
brougham, a locomotive, a boat, a horse, an elephant or other device to fancy.
The head of the horse may rock or oscillate or turn borizontally on a joint worked
by supplemental reins or otherwise.

page_text: In operating the carriage with the track the cords are drawn upon to cause the
carriage to traverse the first half of its course and then the impetus will carry it over
the rest or the inclination of the track will operate for one portion and the hauling
on the cords the rest. The ends of the track may be curved or turned up or blocked
to prevent over running.
Or, when a track is required to be more portable it may be flat and capable of
folding. taking to pieces or jointed in various ways.
Or, to attain the to and fro motion with or without rails, trams or other track a
winding wheel in addition to the running wheels may be provided at either or both
sides or centrally to the periphery of which in a groove or otherwise may be attached
the ends of the cords, the other portions being mainly wound thercon and the opposite
ends grasped by the user and as drawn off the carriage is caused to run along to the
end of its tether and then the impetus winds up the cords afresh in the opposite
direction until the handles are drawn home when à fresh haul on the cords repeats the
run in the opposite direction and so on.
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WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: Figure 1 is a side view OF CHO CHITnge there are
rails.
Figure 2 shews a sectional plan of the truck of the carriage taken at about the
line 1-1 Fig. 1 and showing the railway.
Figure 3 shews the entire railway in side elevation to a scale of about one half the
size of Fig. 1 and Figure 4 shews the same on plan.
Figure 5 is an underside view of a piece of the bar ².
The upper carriage a on which the person using the apparatus sits or is supported
is mounted on wheels carried on axes mounted on the underframe or lower plat-
form c thereof and preferably these wheels are flanged and run on rails d which are
either straight, curved, circular, corrugated, or similarly adapted to give variation of
direction of motion and for convenience of use the portion of line of railway is
inclined from a central point d* up to the ends as shewn or it may be inclined from
the ends up to the middle, or a succession of such parts, or parts of a track may be
made interchangeable and transposable.
The platforin e consists of longitudinal bars c¹ and cross tie and axle bars c² c³ pulley
frames and the wheels b.
The curves of the track may give some approach to the motion of the swerving of
a horse or carriage the rocking of a boat at sea or such like.
The impetus to give the travelling motion to the carriago a to and fro on the track,
when a special form of track is employed, is attained by means of a cord, band,
line or flexible connection or duplicate connections e, e upon which draught is put
when the carriage is at either side of the centre d'. This cord e is or these cords are
connected at about d¹ to a stud or studs on the cross or tie bar either by passing a
loop on these cords over the studs or in equivalent fashion securing the cords for the
time being. The cords e pass from dthrough the passages formed by the grooves of
the rollers, up to the hands of the rider when say the carriage has been run to a

page_text: position at the left hand end of the track and the cord is taut and then a smart pull
sends the carriage running tail foremost towards the opposite or right hand end of the
track.
As the carriage wheels b at the head end comes over the centre d¹ or thereabouts
the cord e would run in contact with the cross bar c² forming the axis of the wheels b
with loss of speed by friction and to prevent this pulleys friction reels or rollers e³ are
applied to that cross bar and the cords e run on these rollers c³.
The ends of the cords e to facilitate grasping by the hands of the user are provided
with handles. In the dotted lines A a part of the front wheeled platform supporting
the horse is shewn in a backed position so as to indicate how the line e runs over the
friction pulley ' in its rearward extensions.
In the drawing Fig. 1 the carriage is supposed to be running past the centre of the
track under the impulse of the draught on the cords.
The horse shaped carriage a may be replaced by a carriage consisting of seat
and foot board, an open carriage of phaeton form, a close brougham, a locomotive, a
boat, an elephant or other device may be imparted to the carriage to fancy.
The head g of the horse may be capable of being rocked or oscillated or turned
horizontally on a joint g' worked by supplemental reins or otherwise and the junction
hidden by the leather *.
In operating the carriage a to and fro upon the track d the cords e are drawn upon
to cause the carriage to traverse the first half of its course and then the impetus will
carry it over the rest; for the inclination of the track will operate for one portion and
the hauling on the cords the rest. To ensure greater safety in use the ends of the
track may be curved or turned up or blocked or by means of folding stops i i at each
end of the track turning on centres and folding down as shewn by dotted lines
prevention of over running the track by the wheels is secured.
Or when a track is required to be more portable it may be flat and capable of
folding, taking to pieces or jointed in various ways.
Or to attain the to and fro motion with or without rails, trams or other track a
winding wheel in addition to the running wheels may be provided at either or both
sides or centrally to the periphery of which in a groove or otherwise may be attached
the ends of cords, the other portions being mainly wound thereon and the opposito
ends grasped by the user and as drawn off the carriage is caused to run along to the
end of its tether and then the impetus winds up the cords afresh in the opposite
direction until the handles are drawn home when a fresh haul on the cords repeats the
run in the opposite direction and so on.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
A horse shaped or other carriage mounted on wheels running on a rail or guide
way capable of transport said carriage being impelled by means of flexible cords or
connections between the moving carriage and stationary track substantially as set
forth.
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WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicants.