A New or Improved Velocipede Carriage for Carrying Passengers or Goods.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Velocipede Carriage for Carrying Passengers
or Goods.
I, JOHN GYORFFY of Nagy Kanizsa, Hungary, Lawyer, 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 :-
My invention has for its object a new or improved velocipede carriage for
carrying passengers or goods which is operated by hand and foot action and is
adapted to carry besides the operator or operators two or more passive persons, or
wares and goods in their stead.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I have appended hereunto
one sheet of drawings upon which,
Figure 1, is a side elevation of my velocipede carriage & showing the same
adapted for two operators.
Figure 2, is a front elevation of the same and Figure 3 a plan.
The velocipede wagon is constructed as follows:-The metal frame a a rests
upon the two large front wheels bb and the two smaller back wheels c c and is
adapted to support the seats. The former wheels are by way of transmission
operated with hand and foot and their axle d has a relatively fixed position while
the axle e of the smaller wheels is, as in common the front wheels of an ordinary
wagon connected with the frame by means of the well known turnstile f, by which
means the wagon is steered. Behind the axle e the frame a curves down into
basket shape and this space is preserved either for the transport of wares and
goods or the support of two seats gg for inactive persons while the somewhat
higher seats of the operators is supported by the considerably raised frame a
above the axle e. In front of the frame a in suitable position for the feet of the
operators is the treadled crank shaft ½ furnished on both ends with pulleys i, which
by means of a chain; transmit action to the smaller pulleys keyed to the axle e.
Above and likewise in front of the frame a ready to the operators hands are two
short axles both furnished on their outer ends with pulleys m and on their inner
ends with cranks n. Each of these pulleys m is by the chain o connected with the
smaller pulleys p of the axle e and in this way this axle may be actuated by the
foot only as well as by help of the assisting hands of the operator upon the seats.
The wagon is governed by means of the vertical shaft r supported in bearings in
the standard and operated by a crank. This shaft moves or actuates by way
of the conical gearing t t, the horizontal shaft u supported in bearings perpen-
dicularly to the axle e in the lower part of the frame a. This shaft u ends in an
endless screw and causes a spiral wheel w to revolve on the vertical axis of this
spiral wheel beneath the latter is parallel to the waggon-axles a double-arm ..
This arm is as shewn in Figure 3. On its left and right ends by means of bars
coupled with the respective left and right sides of the rear-rolling-wheel-axle d
in such manner that essentially these bars y guide the axle d into the requested
position.
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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 :-
1st. In a four wheeled vehicle of the velocipede kind the combination of the
basket-shaped curvature in the frame a between the front and hind wheels
adapted for the transport of wares or goods respectively the support of seats gg
for the transport of inactive persons while the higher seat above the axle of

page_text: the front wheel e is provided for the use of the person or persons operating the
wagon as essentially shewn and specified.
2nd. The modus operandi of said velocipede wagon the situation of the large
front wheels effected by the feet of the operator or operators by means of the
crank handles n in both cases the transmission of motion is effected by means
of chains and pulleys on both sides of the wagon as essentially shewn &
described.
3rd. The steering of the vehicle by turning the axle d of the smaller hind-
wheels in horizontal plane this turning effected in some manner by the operator
or operators upon the seats as essentially shewn & specified.
Dated this 7th day of December 1893
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.