Improvements in Road Motor Cars, and in Machinery for the same.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Mar., 1897-Accepted, 29th May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Road Motor Cars, and in Machinery for the same.
I, WILLIAM ROSE SMITH, of Laurence Pountney Hill, London, E.C., Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to an improved arrangement of the car and
disposition of the motor and driving and steering appliances whereby a more
readily controlled and an efficient motor propelled vehicle or motor car is
produced.
In carrying my invention into effect I generate the power for propelling my
vehicle upon the vehicle frame or upon the car itself by means of an ordinary
steam, oil, gas, or other engine; or by means of electric accumulators charged
from time to time from an independent electric generating station.
I mount my engine when employing steam oil or the like upon the car as the
motive power, preferably over the driving wheels of the car and I transmit the
motion from the engine shaft to the driving wheels by means of gearing or other
ordinary intermediate arrangement such as a dynamo which gives the desired speed
to the driving axle. By this arrangement of my electric motor and driving
mechanism I am enabled to place my generator and motor on any part of the car
or vehicle and to transmit the power from the generator or accumulator by means
of ordinary electrical conductors suitably disposed to allow for vibration and
variation of length between the generator and motor. I carry my car body upon a
bogie supported upon the axles by means of springs of any ordinary construction
mounting the journals of the axles preferably in bearings provided with my
improved side pressure ball arrangement. The rear part of my bogie I contract
preferably so as to narrow it down to form at the centre line a pivot upon which
the steering axle may be moved horizontally and to afford room for the steering
wheels to be freely turned about the steering pivot. I steady my steering wheels
by means of the usual bearing plates or other ordinary fittings for like purposes
now in use upon road vehicles.
I steer the wheels placed at the rear of my vehicle by means of rods, levers or
chains similarly to the ordinary mauner of steering now used upon vessels and
launches, the steering rods or chains being preferably arranged one on each side
of the bogie, and being connected to the axle of the steering wheels.
I keep my steering axle stationary and allow the steering wheels to freely rotate
thereon.
When employing an electric motor I may use a geared single or doubled
reduction type, or I may dispense with gearing and employ an ordinary gearless
type of motor, suspended or carried from the framing of the bogie and driving the
axle of the front or driving wheels of my carriage. The electric power may be
generated by means of any form of generator mounted upon the framing of the
bogie conveniently for connection with the engine, the whole of such mechanism
being preferably in front of the drivers seat upon the vehicle.
I control the running of the generator by means of ordinary switches brakes and
other appliances placed conveniently on or near the drivers platform. The engine
may run continuously in one direction while reversal in the direction of travelling
may be obtained by means of a reverse direction of rotation of the motor or by

page_text: means of intermediate wheels or parts which produce a reverse revolution of the
driving axle when thrown into action.
When employing an oil or other hydrocarbon engine I prefer to keep the explosion
cylinder cool by means of a coating of porous flannel or other suitable absorbent
material, which jacket or covering I enclose in an outer casing kept damp by water
spray and cooled by convection caused by an air blast or current of air being made
to pass over it. The air blast or cooling current I produce by means of a fan or
blower driven off or from the engine, and cause it to pass through the outer casing
of the cylinder over the porous jacket to and from which it is conducted in pipes so
as to carry off the steam of the jacket and thus to keep down the temperature of
the cylinder by means of rapid convection.
I employ my improved system of cooling as herein before described to oil gas
and the like engines used for any purpose.
I do not limit the application of my improved disposition and arrangement of
parts upon a vehicle to any special form of engine or generator or to any particular
type of vehicle but I modify the arrangement and form to suit any particular
requirement and to suit the services and conditions for which the motor car is
intended.
Dated this 2nd den of Time 1000
Dated this 2nd
day of June
1000
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.
I, WILLIAM ROSE SMITH, of 3 Laurence Pountney Hill, London, E.C.,
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 has reference to an improved arrangement of the car and
disposition of the motor and driving and steering appliances whereby a more
readily controlled and an efficient motor propelled vehicle or motor car is
produced.
The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.
In carrying my invention into effect I generate the power for propelling my
vehicle upon the vehicle frame or upon the car itself by means of an ordinary
steam, oil, gas or other engine E, or by means of electric accumulators charged
from time to time from an independent electric generating station.
I mount my engine E when employing steam oil or the like upon the car as the
motive power, preferably over or near the driving wheels A of the car and 1
transmit the motion from the engine shalt to the driving wheels by means of
gearing D D to D³ or other ordinary intermediate arrangement such as a dynamo
which gives the desired speed to the driving axle a. By this arrangement of my
motor and driving mechanism I am enabled to place my generator and motor on
any part of the car or vehicle and to transmit the power from the generator or
accumulator by means of ordinary electrical conductors or by driving devices or
chains F suitably disposed to allow for vibration and variation of length between
the generator and motor.
1 sometimes carry my car body G upon a bogie supported upon the axles by means
of springs of any ordinary construction or I mount my car upon springs H as shown

page_text: in Figure 2, carrying the journals of the axles preferably in bearings provided
with my improved side pressure ball arrangement. The rear part k of my bogie
or frame KI contract preferably so as to narrow it down to form at the centre
line ka pivot upon which the steering axle b may be moved horizontally and to
afford room for the steering wheels L to be freely turned about the steering
pivot. I steady my steering wheels by means of the usual bearing plates L' or
other ordinary fittings for like purposes now in use upon road vehicles.
I steer the wheels B placed at the rear of my vehicle by means of rods levers
or chains N and wheels N¹ N' similarly to the ordinary manner of steering now
used upon vessels and launches, the steering rods or chains N being preferably
arranged one on each side of the frame and being connected by a wheel L to the
axle of the steering wheels.
I keep my steering axle b stationary and allow the steering wheels B to freely
rotate thereon.
When employing an electric motor I may use a geared single or double reduction
type or 1 may dispense with gearing and employ an ordinary gearless type of
motor, suspended or carried from the framing of the bogie and driving the axle
of the front or driving wheels of my carriage.
The electric power may be
generated by means of any form of generator mounted upon the framing of the
bogie conveniently for connection with the engine, the whole of such mechanism
being preferably in front of the drivers seat upon the vehicle.
I control the running of the generator by means of ordinary switches, brakes
and other appliances placed conveniently on or near the drivers platform. The
engine may run continuously in one direction while reversal in the direction of
travelling may be obtained by means of a reverse direction of rotation of the
motor or by means of intermediate wheels D D to Do with clutches or parts
which produce a reverse revolution of the driving axle when thrown into action.
When employing an oil or other hydrocarbon engine E I prefer to keep the
expansion cylinder or cylinders e cool (Figs. 2 and 3) by means of coating of
porous flannel F or other suitable absorbent material, which jacket or covering F
I enclose in an outer casing H kept damp by water spray from tubes P and cooled
by convection caused by an air blast or current of air G being made to pass over
it. The air blast or cooling current I produce by means of a fan or blower O
(Fig. 2) driven off or from the engine, and cause it to pass through the outer casing
of the cylinder over the porous jacket to and from which it is conducted in pipes Oi
so as to carry off the steam of the jacket and thus to keep down the temperature of
the cylinder by means of rapid convection.
I employ my improved system of cooling as herein before described to oil gas
and the like engines used for any purpose.
I do not limit the application of my improved disposition and arrangement of
parts upon a vehicle to any special form of engine or generator or to any particular
type of vehicle but I modify the arrangement and form to suit any particular
requirement and to suit the services and conditions for which the motor car is
intended.
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 I
claim is-
1. The improvements in the construction and arrangement of motor cars and the
machinery for the same substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described
and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. In a motor car or motor driven road vehicle the arrangement of the driving
wheels as the front wheels and the steering wheels as the back or hind wheels and
having the steering controlled by chains or rods working in connection with a
central pivot plate substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.

page_text: 3. The improved cooling arrangement for use upon or in connection with engine
cylinders substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and as illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1807
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.