IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATOR HOOD JOINTS WHICH ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER LIKE HOODS
Year: 1884

page_text: We JOSIAH WILLIAM SAUNDERS, DAVID THOMAS DAVIES, and JAMES ALEXANDER
MACDONALD, trading as Saunders, Davies, and Macdonald of Ryland Works, Upper
Tower Street Birmingham, Brassfounders do hereby declare the nature of our
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATOR HOOD JOINTS WHICH ARE ALSO
APPLICABLE TO OTHER LIKE HOODS to be as follows :—
The Hood joint in General appearance resembles the ordinary one consisting of
2 rods jointed together in the centre, and having a bearing at each end for attaching
to the carriage and Hood respectively the bearings acting as props in the ordinary
way.
Our Invention consists of improvements in the bearings or props and is a means
whereby the rod is strengthened and simplified thereby rendering it more durable
and cheaper of production.
In the joint at present in use the hole or bearing is made in the piece of brass
attached at each end of the rod (which is very much weakened thereby) and the
pin forming the axis is rivetted on to the plate attached to the carriage or hood.
In our Invention the pin or axis upon which the upper and lower ends of the
rod works is attached to and made as it were in one with the piece of metal which
is screwed or otherwise suitably fastened to the ends of the rods, and the bearing or
hole upon which the pins work are in the plate which is screwed on to the carriage
& hood.
Thus it will be perceived that the piece of metal which is to form the axis or pin
for the rod to work on is first turned the required ornamental shape and shouldered
down to form the pin or axis (or where an iron or steel pin is used it is fitted into
the brass) and screwed or otherwise suitably attached at right angles to the rod
when it forms a short L shaped projection on the inner side of the rod the pin or
axis being at the innermost extremity for passing through the hole in the plate,
after which it is secured by being rivetted to a washer.

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a side elevation of the hood with the joint adjusted.
The hood joint in general appearance resembles the ordinary one, consisting of
two rods jointed together in the centre, and having a bearing at each end, for
attaching to the carriage and hood respectively the bearings acting as props in the
ordinary way as shown at Fig. 3.
Our Invention consists of Improvements in the bearings or props A. A and is a
means whereby the rods B. B are strengthened and simplified thereby rendering
them more durable and cheaper of production.
In the joint at present in use the hole or bearing is made in the piece of
brass attached at each end of the rod (which is very much weakened thereby)
and the pin forming the axis is rivetted on to the plate attached to the carriage
or hood.
In our Invention the pin or axis C upon which the upper and lower ends of the
rod works is attached to and made as it were in one with the piece of metal D
which is screwed or otherwise suitably fastened to the ends of the rod B, and the
bearing or hole E upon which the pin D works is in the plate F which is screwed
on to the carriage and hood.
Thus it will be perceived that the piece of metal D which is to form the axis or
pin C for the rod to work on, is first turned the required ornamental shape &
shouldered down to form the pin or axis, (or where an iron or steel pin is used it is
fitted into the brass) and screwed or otherwise suitably attached at right angles to
the rod B when it forms a short L shaped projection on the inner side of the rod,
the pin or axis O being at the innermost extremity for passing through the hole in
the plate F after which it is secured by being rivetted to a washer or by other
suitable method,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1. The fixing of the pin forming the axis on the ends of the jointed rod instead
of on the screw-plate, as substantially set forth and for the purpose specified.
2. Improvements in the bearings or props of hood-joints as hereinbefore described
and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.