Improvements relating to Mail Carts and like Vehicles for Children.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 1st May, 1899-Accepted, 2nd June, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Mail Carts and like Vehicles for Children.
I, HENRY VINCENT BAKER, of 70 and 72, Summer Row, in the City of Birming-
ham, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention consists of improvements relating to mail carts and like vehicles
for children.
Such vehicles have the body part connected with the underframe by a pair of
springs with curved ends and it is found that as a result of wear or service the
curved ends of the springs which are immediately under the seat of the vehicle,
or the part on which the greatest load is imposed, vield or have a permanent
set imparted to them which causes an inclination of the body of the mail cart.
The object of my invention is to provide adjustable tip wheels and thereby to
enable the body of the mail cart to be maintained in a horizontal or nearly hori-
zontal position whilst the tip wheels are kept in contact with the ground or floor
level.
In the application of my invention in one convenient manner I employ slotted
arms for carrying the tip wheels, such arms being connected at one end to the
springs and having their opposite ends arranged for carrying the tip wheel axle.
The axle ends can be adjusted by movement in the slots for the purpose of setting
the body of the mail cart at the required horizontal or nearly horizontal position
whilst the tip wheels remain in contact with the ground; the axle is secured at
its adjusted position in any suitable manner.
I do not limit myself to the use of slotted arms as hereinbefore described but
employ other convenient means for the adjustment of the mail cart or like vehicle
tip wheels.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham.
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements relating to Mail Carts and like Vehicles for Children.
I, HENRY VINCENT BAKER, of 70 and 72, Summer Row, in the City of Birming-
ham, 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:—
This invention consists of improvements relating to mail carts and like vehicles

page_text: Such vehicles have the body part connected with the underframe by a pair of
springs with curved ends and it is found that as a result of wear or service the
curved ends of the springs which are immediately under the seat of the vehicle,
or the part on which the greatest load is imposed, yield or have a permanent
set imparted to them which causes an inclination of the body of the mail cart.
The object of my invention is to provide adjustable tip wheels and thereby to
enable the body of the mail cart to be maintained in a horizontal or nearly hori-
zontal position whilst the tip wheels are kept in contact with the ground or floor
level.
In the application of my invention in one convenient manner I employ slotted
arms for carrying the tip wheels, such arms being connected at one end to the
springs and having their opposite ends arranged for carrying the tip wheel axle.
The axle ends can be adjusted by movement in the slots for the purpose of setting
the body of the mail cart at the required horizontal or nearly horizontal position
whilst the tip wheels remain in contact with the ground; the axle is secured at
its adjusted position in any suitable manner.
I do not limit myself to the use of slotted arms as hereinbefore described but
employ other convenient means for the adjustment of the mail cart or like vehicle
tip wheels.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings;-
Figure is a side elevation showing, in outline, a mail cart having my invention
applied thereto.
Figure 2 is a side elevation, Figure 3 a front elevation, and Figure 4 a plan,
showing, to a larger scale, one convenient form of clamping device which I employ
for the adjustment of the tip wheels of a mail cart having arms without slots.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
The tip wheels such as A are mounted in the ordinary manner upon the axle B
which is clamped or secured to the arms as C, such arms having their upper ends
rivetted or otherwise secured to the springs as D.
Each clamp consists preferably of a bolt E rivetted or otherwise rigidly secured
to the axle B and having an eye or aperture formed through an enlarged or flange
like portion to receive the arm as C, a grip or clamping piece F, and a nut G.
When the nut G of each clamp is loose on its bolt E the axle can be raised or lowered
but on tightening the nuts the axle is effectually clamped at the required position
to which it has been adjusted.
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 provision of adjustable tip wheels for mail carts and like vehicles for
children, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. In mail carts and like vehicles for children the combination with the springs
as I) of a tip wheel axle B and means whereby the said axle can be secured in
varying positions upon supporting arms as C, substantially as described and as
illustrated.
T
1000
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and
25, Cross Street Manchester.
Agents for the Applicant.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and
25, Cross Street Manchester.
Agents for the Applicant.