Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Adjustably Affixing Shafts to Dog-carts and other Carriages.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 8th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 20th Mar., 1897
ONAL SPE
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Adjustably Affixing
Shafts to Dog-carts and other Carriages.
We GEORGE HAYWARD and JOHN HAYWARD both of Queen Street, Haverhill,
in the County of Suffolk, Carriage Builders do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain common road carriages in which shafts are
provided for the horse or animal, of draught to be rigidly attached to and the
invention is designed to facilitate the employment for the purpose of traction, of
animals of different heights at different times and with consequent variation of
height and length of shafts according to the requirements of the moment.
According to our invention the shafts are sufficiently long to serve for the largest
animal that can be employed for the carriage and these shafts are provided with
connections to links, which in the highest position (with the shafts extended
furthest from the carriage body) depend vertically therefrom about to the floor of
the body where their lower ends are connected (with capability of rocking rear-
wardly) on centreing parts attached to said body. From the links on each side
extend cross bars, or parts, so as to constitute a frame and the upper ends of the
upright arms, or links, are formed as crutch irons to take the shafts.
The lower side of the frame is provided with an extension, or extensions,
adjustably engaging with an arc shaped frame projecting (say) below the body.
The height of the shafts from the ground and the distance they project from the
body, is adjustable by varying the angle of the links, or arms of the frame relatively
to the floor of the body and they are secured for use at the particular angle desired
by screws locking the extension from the frame to the are or quadrant piece, or by
equivalent means of security in adjusted position.
In their lowest position the shafts are of course the shortest (as regards their
projection from the body) and they may lie with their lower sides about in lino
with the floor of the carriage.
The invention is adapted for dog carts and other carriages having shafts of like
description.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Adjustably Affixing
Shafts to Dog-oarts and other Carriages.
We GEORGE HAYWARD and JOHN HAYWARD, both of Queen Street, Haverhill,
in the County of Suffolk, Carriage Builders, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention aud in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to certain common road carriages in which shafts are

page_text: provided for the horse, or animal of draught to be rigidly attached to and the
invention is designed to facilitate the employment for the purpose of traction, of
animals of different heights at different times and with consequent variation of
height and length of shafts according to the requirements of the moment.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 shows a side view of a dog-cart having our present improvements applied,
by way of example. The shafts are shown in their highest position by fall lines
and in their lowest position by dotted lines.
Fig. 2 shows a rear view of part of the dog cart.
Figs. 3 and 4 show by side view and edge view respectively a portion of the
adjusting means to be described.
Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show by side view, plan view and edge view respectively
another part of the adjusting means.
According to our invention the shafts a are sufficiently long to serve for the
largest animal that can be employed for the carriage and these shafts are provided
with connections bb to links e c', which in the highest position (with the shafts
extended furthest from the carringe body) depend vertically therefrom about to
the floor of the body where their lower ends are connected (with capability of
rocking rearwardly) on centreing parts d d' attached to said body. From the
links on each side extend cross bars e el, or parts, so as to constitute a frame and
the upper ends of the upright arms, or links, are formed as crutch irons b, b³ to
take the shafts a.
The lower side of the frame is provided with an extension f, or extensions,
adjustably engaging with an are shaped frame g projecting (say) below the body.
The height of the shafts from the ground and the distance they project from the
body, is adjustable by varying the augle of the links, or arms of the frame
relatively to the floor of the body and they are secured for use at the particular
angle desired by screws locking the extension from the frame to the arc or
quadrant piece g or by equivalent means of security in adjusted position.
In their lowest position the shafts are of course the shortest (as regards their
projections from the body) and they may lie with their lower sides abont in line
with the floor of the carriage.
The invention is adapted for dog-carts and other carriages having shafts of like
description.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
The construction and use of parts for adjustably affixing shafts to dog-carts and
other two wheeled carriages so as to adapt the same to draught animals of different
sizes as set forth and shown by the drawings.
Dated the 8th day of January 1897.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56 Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.