IMPROVEMENTS IN TWO-WHEELED VEHICLES OR CARRIAGES
Year: 1884

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I GEORGE HENRY MORGAN of 128 and 129 Long Acre in the County of
Middlesex, Carriage Builder do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN TWO-WHEELED VEHICLES OR CARRIAGES to be as follows:-
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The invention has for its object a novel construction and method of mounting
the springs whereby, the shocks communicated, from the wheels to the springs are
prevented from being.communicated to the front part of the, body of the vehicle
and thereby producing an unpleasant jerky action to such part.
In two-wheeled vehicles as heretofore constructed,, the C springs have, been
connected by a stud or fulcrum at their front ends to the, front part of the body of
the vehicle, they have been connected at their, centre to the axle tree, and have
thence been carried back in a C curve .to, the top, part of the spring, and the.
leather brace has been connected to the axle block and thence carried along the
undersidé and back of the spring to the top part thereof over which it has passed
and thence descended to the loop fixed to the hind part of the carriage body,
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According to my present invention I, employ a, spring of a similar shape to the
above but in lieu of connecting it at the front end to the front part of the carriage.
body I there connect, it to a second or top half of a double spring of which the
C spring before described forms the lower half and I connect such top half of the
spring at, or a little to the rear of, the centre thereof to a flap fixed to the bottom
part of the carriage body; such top half of the spring at its rear end is provided
with an open head or with links to which the leather, brace is connected, such
leather brace being also fixed to an open head or to links at the top end of the
Cspring. A second leather brace is also attached to such top end of the C spring
and is carried down around the back of the C to a suitable fixing on the underside
thereof.

page_text: I GEORGE HENRY MORGAN of 128 and 129 Long Acre in the County of
Middlesex, Carriage Builder, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN TWO WHEELED VEHICLES OR CARRIAGES and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
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The Invention has for its object a novel construction and method of mounting
the springs whereby the shocks communicated from the wheels to the springs are
prevented from being communicated to the front part of the body of the vehicle
and thereby producing an unpleasant jerky action to such part.
In two wheeled vehicles as heretofore constructed the C springs have been
_connected by a stud or fulcrum at their front ends to the front part of the body of
the vehicle, they have been connected at their centre to the axle tree and have
thence been carried back in a C curve to the top part of the spring and the leather
brace has been connected to the axle block and thence carried along the underside
and back of the spring to the top part thereof over which it has passed and thence
descended to the loop fixed to the hind part of the carriage body.
According to my present invention I employ a spring of similar shape to the
above but in lieu of connecting it at the front end to the front part of the carriage
body I there connect it to a second or top half of a double spring of which the
C spring before described forms the lower half, and I connect such top half of
the spring at, or a little to the rear of the centre thereof, to a flap fixed to the
bottom part of the carriage body; such top half of the spring at its rear end is
provided with an open head or with links to which the leather brace is connected
such leather brace being also fixed to an open head or to links at the top end of
the C spring.
A second leather brace is also attached to such top end of the C spring and
is carried down around the back of the C to a suitable fixing on the underside
thereof.
And in order that my said Invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully
to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a side view of a hooded-gig or buggy and Figure 2 a. side
view of a Hansom cab with my Invention applied thereto. In both Figures like
parts are marked with similar letters of reference.
According to my present Invention I employ a C spring a fixed to the axle
block but instead of, as heretofore, fixing the front end a¹ of such spring to the
front part of the carriage body b, I there connect it to a second spring c forming the
top half of a double spring of which the C spring a forms the lower half and
I connect such top half c of the double spring at, or a little to the rear of, the
centre thereof to a flap d; fixed to the bottom part of the carriage body b.
The top half c of the double spring is, at its rear end c¹ provided with an open
head or with links to which the leather brace e is connected, such leather brace e
being also fixed to an open head or to links at the top end a² of the C spring a.
A second leather brace f is also attached to such top end a² of the C spring a and
is carried down around the back of the C to a suitable fixing a³ on the underside
thereof.

page_text: 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. Constructing two wheeled vehicles or carriages with springs a, c and leather
braces e and connected together and to the carriage body, and axle substantially
as berein shown and described and for the purpose stated, and
2: Connecting the C spring a at its front end to the front end of a spring c
which at or a little to the rear of its centre is fixed to a flap d and at its rear end
is connected by a brace e to the top end of the C spring a substantially as herein
shown and described and for the purpose stated.