Improvements in or connected with Brakes for Road Vehicles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Brakes for Road Vehicles.
I, WALTER BEILBY, of Church Street, Bingley, in the County of York, Coal
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct apparatus whereby the back
pressure exerted by a horse or other draught animal harnessed in a vehicle,
shall cause a brake or brakes to be applied, thus taking the strain off the horse
and retarding the vehicle at the exact moment when the brake is required.
According to my invention, I employ one or more lever brakes which are
fulcrumed on the shafts or other suitable place on the frame of the vehicle, and
the levers are coupled so as to balance one another and they are also so connected
to the breeching or other portion of the harness, in such a manner that the hold-
ing back of the horse actuates the levers and applies the brakes. The way in
which the levers may be actuated by the backward movement of the horse, differs
according to the harness employed in the vehicle, and a suitable means of form-
ing the connection is to carry the ends of the breeching strap round two pullies
on the shafts and back to.straps connected to the levers, or the breeching strap
may be sufficiently long to enable the ends of the same to be attached to the
levers direct.
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I, WALTER BEILBY, of Church Street, Bingley, in the County of York, Coal
Merchant, 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:-
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The object of my invention is to construct apparatus whereby the back
pressure exerted by a horse or other draught animal harnessed in a vehicle,
shall cause a brake or brakes to be applied, thus taking the strain off the horse
and retarding the vehicle at the exact moment when the brake is required.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I will proceed to describe
same with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which similar letters refer
to like parts in all the figures.

page_text: Figure 1 is a front view, Figure 2 a side view, and Figure 3 a plan, of a portion
of a road vehicle fitted with apparatus constructed according to my invention.
A, A are the shafts, B is the foot board, and C, C are the wheels of the vehicle.
D and E are brake levers, which are fulcrumed on brackets F and G attached
to the shafts A, A; and H is the breeching strap, from which adjustable continua-
tion straps or chains H¹ after passing round pullies J and K, are led backwards
and connect to the extremities of the levers D) and E. The levers D and E are
connected together by means of a slotted joint L, and the said joint L is con-
nected by means of a spring M with an adjustable bracket N attached to the base
of the body of the vehicle. This spring M tends to keep both brake levers D
and E out of action, and the crossing of the said levers as seen particularly in
the plan view at Figure 3, limits the extent to which they are pulled back. P is
a spring catch which on being depressed by means of a foot piece R, locks the
two levers D and E simultaneously.
When a vehicle, fitted with the apparatus as above described, is proceeding
down hill, the pressure on the breeching strap H pulls the inner end of the levers D
and E in a forward direction, thereby applying the brakes in an even manner to
both wheels, the pressure on the brakes being varied in accordance with the
amount of back pressure exerted by the horse. On the pressure being relieved
from the breeching strap H, the spring M brings the centre L back, and thus
throws the brake out of action. In cases where it is desired to back the vehicle,
the foot piece R is depressed, thereby causing the catch P to lock the levers D
and E, and as the brake is thus thrown out of action pressure may be brought
onto the breeching strap H for the purpose of backing the vehicle, without apply-
ing the brake.
In four wheeled vehicles or where two horses are employed, the levers D and E
may be applied to the back wheels, and straps or chains attached to the ends of the
said levers, may be connected in a V form in the centre and then be led forwards
in a single line as shewn in the dotted lines S at Figure 3, and attached to the
horse collars, whose backward movements have the same effect as that already
described with reference to the breeching strap.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The brake levers D) and E, fulcrumed to the shafts or other portion of the
vehicle, and actuated from the harness by the backward pressure of the draught
animal or animals, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. The combination of the brake levers and E, brackets F & G, slotted
joint L, and spring M, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
3. The combination of the shafts A, foot board B, wheels C, brake levers D
and E, brackets F and G, breeching strap H, continuation straps H¹, pulleys J
and K, slotted joint L, spring M, bracket N, catch P, and foot piece R, sub-
stantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 10th der of Tule D 1000
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant.