Improvements in Awnings or like Coverings for Tramway Cars, Lorries and other Road Vehicles.
Year: 1898

page_text: PRIUNAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Awnings or like Coverings for Tramway Cars,
Lorries and other Road Vehicles.
I, CARRINGTON WILLIAM AYLES, of the Firm of Barrett and Company, Aerated
Water Manufacturers, 37, Clarendon Street, in the City of Glasgow, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention, which relates to awnings or like coverings for tramway cars,
lorries and other road vehicles, has for its object to provide a covering which may
be readily wholly or in part withdrawn to uncover the vehicle or to give access to
goods carried by it, and which may not require special stowing when not in use.
The improved awning or covering is composed of a narrow ridge or roof part
which is permanently or removably maintained by end supports or uprights_at
any desired height longitudinally over the body of the car or vehicle and under
which are secured in suitable housings or bearings the ends of rollers carrying
blinds of canvas or other material. A single blind or two or more blinds may be
provided in the length of the car upon each side of the ridge piece, and each
blind may be kept normally rolled upon its carrying roller by springs or pulleys
and cords or other means. The outer or lower end of each blind is preferably fitted
with a bar extending through it and attached at its ends to lever arms jointed
to the end supports or uprights in such wise that by drawing down these arms
the blind or blinds is or are drawn more or less off the rollers and stretched out in
an inclined plane in roof-like form over the top of the car or vehicle so as to
protect passengers or goods situated below whilst also serving to deflect rain over
the sides. The blinds or any of them may be secured in the covering position
by catches engaging the lever arms above mentioned and on releasing these catches
the blinds may be drawn up by means of the springs in the rollers or by other
devices provided for the purpose.

page_text: declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention, which relates to awnings or like coverings for tramway cars,
lorries and other road vehicles, has for its object to provide a covering which
may be readily wholly or in part withdrawn to uncover the vehicle or to give
access to goods carried by it, and which may not require special stowing when
not in use.
The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 being a
transverse vertical section on the line - Figure 2, Figure 2 a longitudinal
vertical section on the line y-y Figure 1, of the improved awning or covering
shewn as applied to a lorry, and Fig. 3 a part view similar to Fig. 1 of a modified
method of carrying the awning.
The improved awning or covering is composed of a narrow ridge or roof part A
which is permanently or removably maintained by end supports or uprights Bat
any desired height longitudinally over the body of the car or vehicle C and under
which are secured in suitable housings or bearings the ends of rollers E
carrying blinds of canvas or other material. A single blind, or two, as shewn,
or more blinds may be provided in the length of the lorry, car, or other vehicle
upon each side of and beneath the ridge pièce A, and each blind F may be kept
normally, almost completely, rolled upon its carrying roller E, as shewn at %,
Figure 1, by springs or pulleys and cords or other means. The outer or lower
end of each blind is preferably fitted with a bar F¹ extending through it and
attached at its ends to lever arms H jointed to the end supports or uprights B
at H¹ as shewn at Fig. 3 about midway between the topmost and lowermost position
of the blind in such wise that by drawing down these arms the blind For blinds
is or are drawn more or less off the rollers and stretched out in an inclined plane in
roof-like form over the top of the car or vehicle (so as to protect passengers or
goods situated below whilst also serving to deflect rain over the sides. The
blinds or any of them may be secured in the covering position by catches F
upon them engaging the lever arms above mentioned, and on releasing these
catches the blinds may be drawn up by means of the springs in the rollers r
by other devices provided for the purpose. Or instead of lever arms guide rods B
may be secured upon the upper surface of the uprights or end supports B along the
top of which the edges of the blinds Frest when in the covering position, hooks B³
on the lower ends of these rads B' engaging eyes on the lower ends of the
blinds.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is: ---
The improved awning or like covering for tramway cars, lorries and other
road vehicles constructed and arranged substantially as described.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents, 62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agent for the Applicant.