Improvements in Carriages, Cabs, and other Vehicles Running on Common Roads.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 28th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carriages, Cabs, and other Vehicles Running on
Common Roads.
JOHN PHILIPSON 27 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Carriage Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
My invention relates to cabs carriages and other vehicles running on common
roads and particularly to those which it has hitherto been the practice to construct
with the usual undercarriage and main body built as a fixture up to the elbow line
the latter being so arranged that a separate moveable top may be added making the
carriage open or closed at will.
My invention consists in constructing the under-carriage with a fixed bottom,
bottom-sides or rockers framed with cross bars and when desired, a boot for driving
seat, and, in then placing upon this base or structure a brougham, landau, phaeton,
or other two or four wheeled carriage body, thus making a perfect open or closed
vehicle in a few seconds by screwing or unscrewing a small number of nuts or other
suitable fastenings.
One of the principal advantages of my invention is the great simplicity of the
parts of the vehicle compared with the complication that exists when the moveable
top is added to the carriage at the elbow line as hitherto done.
By my invention the union of the moveable parts may be arranged so as not to
be observable as the top or moveable portion of the body overlaps the bottom sides
or rockers and owing to the improved facilities afforded for, and the method of
screwing the same in that position there is no rattle or jarring. By this arrange-
ment an open and a closed carriage may stand in the space usually occupied by
one carriage as the top or main body aforesaid which is not required for use may
be suspended to the roof of the coach house or otherwise put aside.
Dated this 27th November 1893.
J. CASTLE HALL,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carriages, Cabs, and other Vehicles Running on
Common Roads.
JOHN PHILIPSON 27 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Carriage Manufacturer,
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 relates to cabs carriages and other vehicles running on common
roads and particularly to those which it has hitherto been the practice to construct
with the usual undercarriage and main body built as a fixture up to the elbow line
the latter being so arranged that a separate movable top may be added making the
carriage open or closed at will.
My invention consists in constructing the undercarriage with a fixed bottom,
bottom-sides or rockers framed with cross bars and, when desired, a boot for driving
Beat, and, in then placing upon this base or structure a brougham, landau, phaeton,
or other two or four wheeled carriage body, thus making a perfect "open" or
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page_text: "closed" vehicle in a few seconds by screwing or unscrewing a small number of
outs or other suitable fastenings.
One of the principal advantages of my invention is the great simplicity of the
parts of the vehicle compared with the complication that exists when the movable
top is added to the carriage at the "elbow "line as hitherto done.
By my invention the union of the movable parts may be arranged so as not to be
observable as the top or movable portion of the body overlaps the bottom sides, or
rockers, and owing to the improved facilities afforded for, and the method of
screwing the same in that position there is no rattle or jarring. By this arrange-
ment an " open and a "closed" carriage may stand in the space usually occupied
by one carriage as the top or main body aforesaid, which is not required for use,
may be suspended to the roof of the coach house or otherwise put aside.
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In the annexed drawings Fig. 1 is a side view of the foundation or primary
structure of a carriage made in accordance with my invention; A A being the
fixed bottom, and bottom sides or rockers consisting of wood or other material with
suitable strengthening bars to secure rigidity, and C is the driving seat.
When, for example, a single brougham is required I place upon the foundation
aforesaid the body shown in Fig. 2, or if a double brougham be preferred for any
particular journey I use the body illustrated in Fig. 3. Thus by arrangement of
the latter upon the foundation (Fig. 1), I have the double brougham seen in
Fig. 4.
In the latter figure E represents the elbow line of the carriage.
Again if I require a
double victoria I secure the body part indicated by
Fig. 5, to the main structure or foundation, (Fig. 1) and I have as a result the
carriage desired and which is represented by Fig. 7. On the other hand if a
single victoria" were preferred then the body part Fig. 6 would be placed upon
the main structure and the other removed.
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I do not confine myself to any particular method of securing the body part to
the main structure aforesaid. Any suitable nuts and bolts may be used, the only
object being to prevent any movement of one from the other. Neither do I confine
myself to any particular form of carriage or movable body part therefor. The
combinations may include the body of an ordinary four wheeled "hansom."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and the manner in which it is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
In vehicles running on common roads the conversion of one description of carriage
to another by arranging the junction where the movable body is secured to the
foundation, along the fixed bottom, and bottom sides or rockers, as opposed to such
junction being made along the "elbow" line of the carriage, substantially as
herein before described and set forth.
Dated this 27th day of August 1894
J. CASTLE HALL,
Agent for Applicant.