Improvements in Manumotive Vehicles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 6th Nov., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Manumotive Vehicles.
I, JOHN BROWNE, of. 10 Mildmay Road, Stoke Newington, London, N, Engineer
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 ralates to improvements in manumotive vehicles, and has for
object, with a simple construction of car, to provide a motive mechanism easily
manipulated and by which gas, electric, or oil engines may be dispensed with
the mechanism itself consisting solely of gearing arranged and constructed so as
to be worked by hand with the greatest facility.
And in order that this invention may be fully understood I will describe same
with reference to the accompanying two sheets of drawings and the letters and
figures of reference marked thereon, that is to say: -
Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a Manumotive Vehicle constructed in accord-
ance with this invention; Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view, partly in section;
Fig. 3 is a plan of same; Fig. 4 a diagram plan of the wheels, axles, and links or
connecting rods; Fig. 5 to an enlarged scale, shews the hub or box of one of the
driving wheels; and Fig. 6, also to an enlarged scale, illustrates the power gearing
and brake mechanism. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout.
a is the body of the car; bb the driving wheels; c c the hind or trailing wheels;
and d the steering wheel. The shape and general construction of the body a of
the car may be varied to suit requirements, though in the drawings shewn with
front and back seats marked a¹ and a respectively. The steering wheel dis
mounted upon a "bogie or revolving carrier e and though one wheel only is shewn
two may be employed if so desired. The steering may be effected from handle
bar f as shewa or a wheel or lever may be employed as may be preferred.
Motion is imparted to the car by the rider or driver turning the hand wheel g
which is mounted upon the spindle or rod h which latter may be enclosed in a
casing h. The other end of spindle or rod h is furnished with a bevel wheel i
gearing with the bevel k which latter is mounted upon the cross shaft 7. This
shaft is supported by means of brackets to the axle of the car.
Or it may be
carried or fixed in any other suitable manner. At each end of the shaft 7 is
mounted a toothed wheel or pinion m, which pinions m gear with toothed wheels n
carried upon the inside of the axle boxes or hulis of the driving wheels b. As the
hand wheel g is turned so is motion communicated to the driving wheels b by
means of the intermediate gearing above described. The bevel gearing i k above
mentioned is preferably enclosed in a box or casing o which box or casing,
bolted down to the square axle, forms additional bearings for the shaft 7. A
suitable bevel gearing for employment in connection with this my present inven-
tion is that described in my Specification of Letters Patent dated 5th January
1897 and numbered 274 of that year.
The driving wheels b are in connection with the rear wheels c by means of the
connecting rods P and cranks the whole of which may be enclosed in a casing
such as shewn and marked -

page_text: s Figs. 1, 3, and 6, is a brake lever which operates, by a direct push, the brake t
(See particularly Figs. 1 and 6) which partially envelopes the gear wheel spindle h.
The spring u within the bracket u automatically by action against the bracket
and the collar son brake handle, keeps the brake off the spindle, but pressure
ou lever s as aforesaid brings the brake into action when required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what
I claim is:
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1. The improvements in manumotive vehicles substantially as and for the
purposes herein before described and shewn.
2. In manumotive vehicles the driving mechanism constructed and arranged
substantially in the manner herein before described and shewn for the purpose of
enabling the same to be operated by hand and thereby dispensing with gas, oil,
electric, or other, engines; all as aforesaid.
DL: 05th dore of Aumai 1907