Year: 1888

page_text: 1 GUSTAV STAEBER of Mügeln, near Oschatz, in the Empire of Germany, Potter,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
The object of my invention is to construct improved carriages, for carrying
passengers or goods on common roads, propelled by manual power.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference, indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the under-
carriage, and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.
The body o may be constructed in any convenient form according to requirements,
either in the shape of an ordinary box, or in that of an elegant carriage body or
otherwise. The body is mounted upon four wheels to w¹ 10² and w³; two wheels being
attached to the foreaxle a and two to the hind axle a¹. k is a box fixed to the body o.
At the lower part of the box k the box k¹is fitted. This box is capable of partial
rotation upon
the pin p by which pin it is held to the under-carriage. Bearings are
also fitted to the box ¹ in which the axle a revolves. The wheel w is keyed to the
axle the wheels tow and w³ being free to revolve upon their respective axle arms.
d is a lever pivotted at p' and fitted with a split handle g, whereby it can be fixed in a
rack in any position. The lower end of this lever works in a hole at d' formed in the
flange of a plate forming part of the lower box k¹. By moving the lever d to the
right or left the box k and the wheels to w¹ are turned in either direction for guiding
the course of the carriage. 8 is an ordinary brake, which may be applied to the wheel
by any suitable means.
a,
The driving mechanism consists of four leverз / pivotted at c to a rod fitted to the
box k', as shewn enlarged in Figs. 3 and 4. Each lever is fitted with a roller r and a
pedal t. The levers are arranged in pairs, for two persons. Four eccentrics e e e e are
keyed to the axle a upon which the rollers are caused to press by means of the
levers h. Each pair of eccentrics is fitted upon the axle at 180 degrees apart, and at
90 degrees with respect to the other pair.

page_text: The operators work the pedals with their feet, and thus cause a continuous rotary
motion of the axle a and wheel w, whereby the carriage is driven.
The carriage may be driven by one person working one pair of pedals only, and light
carriages may be fitted with a single set of driving gear for one person only.
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. The method of driving four-wheeled carriages upon common roads, by the
combined mechanism of eccentrics e fitted to the fore axle, the levers h and rollers r
operating upon such eccentrics, such levers being worked by the feet, substantially as
hereinbefore described and shewn on the drawings.
2. In combination with carriages fitted with driving mechanism of the description
aforesaid, the method of pivotting the fore carriage upon the pin p and controlling its
position by means of the lever d, pivotted to the box kat p', substantially as and for
the purpose herein before described and shewn on the drawings.
3. The general construction, combination and arrangement of the several and
respective parts, together forming my invention of an improved pedo-motive carriage
for common roads, substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn on the
drawings.