Improvements in Convertible Carriages for the Use of Children.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st Oct., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Convertible Carriages for the Use of Children.
I, WILLIAM WILSON, of Dewsbury Road, in the City of Leeds, Perambulator
and Mail Cart Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as
follows:-
My invention has reference to certain improvements in convertible carriages for
"Perambucots."
the use of children which carriages have become known as
According to my improvements the well portion of the carriage is arranged or
constructed to be moved along with the foot-board portion in to the required
positions by taking hold of and moving the footboard part and at one operation.
My means for carrying this out consists of a headed pin or flanged head or stud
upon the well portion engaging with and working in a slot or slotted bar, or other
such means, upon the footboard portion which is bolted or pivotted to the sides of
the fixed part of the carriage. The said parts when in position are secured by
any suitable arrangement of fastener. The shafts are made so as to be reversible
or capable of being turned over by means of a mitre joint and plates with a
suitable fastener.
Din 1ot dor of January 1894
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Convertible Carriages for the Use of Children.
I, WILLIAM WILSON, of Dewsbury Road in the City of Leeds, Perambulator
and Mail Cart Maker, 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 :-
My invention has reference to certain improvements in convertible carriages for
"Perambucots."
the use of children, which carriages have become known as
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. is a side elevation of carriage according to my invention (the well and
footboard being shown in a horizontal position as when forming a bed.)
Fig. 2. is a further side elevation showing well and footboard turned or hanging
down as when forming a seat or chair.
Fig. 3. is a side elevation of slotted bar, and headed pin or flanged head, showing
them in working position.
Fig. 4, is a plan of slotted bar.
Fig. 5, is a front view of headed pin or flanged head.
Fig. 6, is a view of spring-bolt for fastening and releasing purposes, as herein-
after explained.
Fig. 7, is a plan of bracket for suspending the carriage body at the rear end.
Fig. 8, is a plan of reversible shaft showing means whereby the reversing
action can be effected.

page_text: Fig. 9, is a side elevation of Fig. 8.
Fig. 10, is a further side elevation of Fig. 9 showing the shaft reversed.
Fig. 11, is also a side elevation of reversible shaft showing modified means
whereby the reversing action can be effected.
Fig. 12, is a plan of Fig. 11.
Fig. 13, is a further side elevation of this modification showing the shaft
reversed.
Fig. 14, is a side elevation of further modification, whereby the shafts can be
reversed.
Fig. 15, is a further side elevation showing shaft reversed.
According to my improvements the well portion A, of the carriage B, is arranged
or constructed to be moved along with the footboard portion C into the required
positions by taking hold of and moving the footboard part and at one operation.
My means for carrying this out consists of a headed pin or flanged head or stud D,
upon one end of the well portion A (the other end being hinged to the body B)
engaging with and working in a slot or slotted bar, or other such means E, upon
the footboard portion C, which is bolted or pivotted at F to the sides of the fixed
part or body B of the carriage.
The said parts when in position are secured by any suitable arrangement of
fastener, which preferably consists of a spring-bolt G screwed on to the side of
the carriage by means of the flange G', the bolt passing through such side and
engaging and disengaging with holes G and G³, as required, in the footboard
portion C. A plate G is upon the side of the footboard with holes through it
corresponding with those in the side of the footboard C. The hole G2 is for
locking the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1, and G³ for locking them in the
position shown in Fig. 2.
By withdrawing the spring-bolt G the footboard part C is released and falls
from the position shown in Fig. 1, causing the well and footboard to slide on each
other by the means aforesaid, into the position shown in Fig. 2, when the spring-
bolt G is again inserted, and the parts locked.
When it is required to change the parts from the position shown in Fig. 2, to
the position shown in Fig. 1, the spring-bolt G is withdrawn, and the footboard C
lifted, which causes the well to slide into the position shown in Fig. 1, the spring-
bolt G returns to its normal position and the parts are again locked.
The shafts are made so as to be reversible or capable of being turned over (so
that the carriage can be propelled from behind it) by means of a mitre joint and
plates with a suitable fastener.
Figs. 8, to 15, show this carried out. In Figs. 8 to 10, H is a casting or shoe
secured by bolts H' and H2, on to the fixed part of the shaft H³, to which the
carriage body is secured, the loose part of the shaft fits into the open end of the
said casting, which is provided with a slot-hole J₁, passing through which and
the shaft part J is a bolt J2, having a winged-uut J³.
When it is required to reverse the shafts so that the carriage can be propelled
from behind it, the winged-nut J³ is slackened so that the end of the part J, of the
shaft can be withdrawn from under the part J, of the casting or shoe H, the
bolt J sliding in the slot-hole J¹. When the said end has been withdrawn
the part J of the shaft can be turned, on the bolt J as its centre, into the position
shown in Fig. 10, and vice versa.
In Figs. 11, 12, and 13, the casting or shoe H is screwed on to the fixed part of
the shaft H3 and has two sides H* on which is pivotted or hinged a plate H³ secured
to the free part J of the shaft and passing through which is a bolt or thumb-
screw He, which screws into the boss H' when the parts are in the position shown
in Fig. 11, and by which they are secured.
In Figs. 14 and 15, the casting H or shoe is bolted and screwed on to the fixed
part H of the shaft, and has a hinged plate L screwed to the free part J of the
shaft, both of which have a slot-hole J' through which passes a bolt J2 with
winged-nut.

page_text: At the end H of the casting or shoe H is a slot or niche for receiving the
bolt J and securing the parts together as shown in Fig. 14.
When it is desired to reverse the shaft, the winged-nut is unscrewed, the
bolt J2 moved in the slot J' until the head of the bolt J2 has cleared the end H'
when the free end J of the shaft can be turned on its hinge into the position shown
in Fig. 15, and vice versa.
The carriage body is suspended on the springs N by brackets O at one end and
studs P at the other. The carriage may be provided with two or more safety
wheels R as required.
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 :-
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1. A convertible carriage for the use of children having a well hinged at one
end to the body of the carriage and connected at the other end with a footboard,
turnable on pivots, so that on the manual lowering or raising of such footboard
the said well and footboard are caused to slide automatically on each other, from
a horizontal to a tilted or hanging down position, or vice versa, such as shown and
described.
2. In a convertible carriage for the use of children, the combination of a
well A, hinged at one end to the carriage body B, and connected with_a
footboard C (turnable on pivots F) by means of a headed pin or flanged head D,
upon the well A engaging in a slotted bar E upon the said footboard (so that on
the raising or lowering of the footboard C the well A and the footboard C are
caused to slide on each other,) with a spring-bolt G, as and for the purposes shown
and described.
3. In convertible carriages for the use of children, the combination of a casting
or shoe H, (secured on the fixed part of the shaft H³) having a slot J₁, for
receiving a bolt J, with winged-nut J³, whereby the position of the free or loose
part J of the shaft can be reversed, as shown and described with reference to
Figs. 8 to 10 of the drawings annexed.
4. In convertible carriages for the use of children, the combination of a casting
or shoe H, (secured on the fixed part of the shaft H³) having a hinged plate H
secured to the free or loose end J of the shaft with a bolt or thumb-screw H®,
whereby the free or loose part of the shaft can be reversed, as shown and
described with reference to Figs. 11 to 13 of the drawings annexed.
5. In convertible carriages for the use of children, the combination of a casting
or shoe H (secured on the fixed part of the shaft H³) having a hinged plate L
screwed to the free or loose end J of the shaft, a bolt J' with winged-nut, and
slot J' through the parts L and J, as and for the purposes shown and described
with reference to Figs. 14 and 15 of the drawings aunexed.
Dated this 26th day of Sentember 1894.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.