AN IMPROVED JOINT FOR THE HOOD FRAMES OF PERAMBULATORS, CARRIAGES AND THE LIKE
Year: 1884

page_text: I HERMANN ADOLPH REINHOLD of 7 Wellington Street, Woolwich in the
county of Kent, Mechanical Enginer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
invention for "AN IMPROVED JOINT FOR THE HOOD FRAMES OF PERAMBULATORS,
CARRIAGES AND THE LIKE" to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved joint for the hood frames of perambulators,
carriages and the like the object of the invention being to provide a spring joint
whereby the hood can be automatically locked in any required position and the
stay at present in use for supporting the hood is dispensed with, thus avoiding the
risk of tearing the lining of the hood when fastening the stay.
In carrying out my invention I employ two plates one of which is provided
with a number of teeth on its face, the face of the other plate being formed with
a corresponding number of notches to receive the said teeth; one of the said
plates is formed with two projecting arms by which the joint is fastened to the
perambulator and fixed part of the hood frame respectively the other plate has a
similar arm which carries the moveable part of the frame of the hood. On the
outer face of one of the said plates bears a suitable spring the opposite end of the
said spring bearing against a collar or plate; through the said plates, spring and
collar I pass a hollow rivet or screw and the said rivet or screw turns freely upon a
joint pin fixed in the perambulator or the carriage.
By this construction when the hood is opened the plates will be rotated upon
one another and the teeth in coming out of their notches will cause the spring to
be compressed the spring in recoiling will cause the teeth on the one plate to enter
the notches in the other plate and so fix the hood at any desired point, thus
allowing the hood to be opened to any required degree.
Although I have described one of the plates as being provided with a number of
teeth it will be obvious that equivalent arrangements may be employed such as a
pin or bolt working in a slot or hole in the plate, the spring for operating the same
being fixed on the said plate.

page_text: I HERMANN ADOLPH REINHOLD of 7 Wellington Street, Woolwich in the
county of Kent, Mechanical Engineer do hereby declaro the nature of the said
invention for "AN IMPROVED JOINT FOR THE HOOD FRAMES OF PERAMBULATORS,
CARRIAGES AND THE LIKE" and 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 an improved joint for the hood frames of perambulators,
carriages and the like the object of the invention being to provide a spring joint
whereby the hood can be automatically locked in any required position and the
stay at present in use for supporting the hood is dispensed with thus avoiding the
risk of tearing the lining of the hood when fastening the stay.
In carrying out my invention I employ two plates ono of which is provided
with a number of teeth on its face, the face of the other plate being formed with
a corresponding number of notches or teeth to receive the said teeth on the former
plate; one of the said plates is formed with two projecting arms by which the
joint is fastened to the perambulator or other carriage and fixed part of the hood
frame respectively; the other plate has a similar arm which carries the moveablo
part of the frame of the hood; or in the case of a reversible hood both the said
plates are provided with a single arm and the joint is attached to the perambulator
or other carriage by means of a plate through which passes the rivet or pivot
hereinafter described of the joint. On the outer face of one of the said plates
bears a suitable spring the opposite end of the said spring bearing against a collar
or plate; upon each side of one of the said toothed plates I form a rivet or pivot
passing on one side through the other toothed plate, spring and collar and the other
side of the rivet or pivot receives the hood iron or irons.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1, is a
front elevation and figure 2, a side elevation of a joint for the hood frames of
perambulators, carriages, and the like constructed according to my invention and
suitable for a non-reversible hood; figure 3 is a detached side view of the plate
by which the joint is fixed to the carriage; figure 4 is a side elevation of a joint
suitable for a reversible hood; figure 5, is a front elevation of one of the toothed
plates of the same; figure 6, is a perspective view of a perambulator having a
reversible hood provided with my improved joint. Similar letters in all the figures
represent similar parts.
I will first describe my invention by reference to figures 1 to 3 as applicable to
the frame of a non-reversible hood.
a, and a¹, are the two plates, one of which a, is provided with a number of teeth b,
on its face which teeth are adapted to take into the teeth c, on the face of the
other plate al; d, is the projecting aran on the plate a, by which arm the joint is
fixed to the perambulator or other carriage and e, e, are the holes in the arm d, for
receiving screws or the like for this purpose; f is the other arm on the plate a, by
which arm the joint is fastened to the fixed part g, of the hood frame; i, is the
arın which carries the moveable part j, of the frame of the hood; h, h, are rivets
for fixing the arms f, and i, to the said frame, or other equivalent means may be
employed for this purpose; kc, is the spring of india rubber (or other suitable
spring) one side of which bears upon the outer face of the plate a¹, and l, is the

page_text: collar or plate against which bears the other side of the spring k; m, m³, are the
rivets or pivots formed upon each side of the plate a, as shewn clearly in figure 3;
the rivet or pivot m, passes freely through the plate a¹, and through the spring k,
and collar, and the rivet or pivot m¹, receives the hood iron n, as shewn in
figure 2; o, represents a portion of one of the sides of the carriage.
By this construction the joint being fixed to the side o, of the carriage by means
of the arm d, as herein before described when the hood is opened in the usual way
by moving forward the front part j, of the frame the plate a¹, will be rotated upon
the plate a, and the teeth c, of the plate a¹, by this movement coming out of the
teeth b, of the plate a, will cause the spring k, to be compressed; the spring k, in
recoiling will cause the teeth on one plate to enter the teeth on the other plate
and so fix the hood at any desired point, thus allowing the hood to be opened to
any required extent and to be maintained in any required position without the aid
of stays or like supports; the hood iron n, of course moves on the pivot m¹, as
the frame is opened or closed.
The joint shewn in figures 4, 5 and 6 is similar to that hereinbefore described
and shewn in figures 1, 2 and 3 with the exception that the arm d, on the plate a,
is dispensed with as shewn in figure 5 and both the plates are free to be moved
so as to enable the hood to be reversed as will be well understood by reference
to figure 6; 7, is the plate by which the joint is fixed to the side o of the
carriage; r, 7, are screws for this purpose: the rivet or pivot m; passes through
and rotates in the plate q, and two hood irons n, n, are employed instead of
only one.
Although I have described the plates a, and a¹, as being provided with a number
of teeth it will be obvious that equivalent arrangements may be employed such as
a pin or bolt on one plate working in slots or holes in the other plate the spring
for operating the same being fixed on the said plate; also the rivet or pivot m, m¹,
can if required pass freely through both the plates a, and a¹, instead of being fixed
to one of the said plates.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and the manner of performing the same I declare that what I claim is
(1) A joint for the hood frames of perambulators, carriages and the like
consisting of a pair of toothed or serrated plates or their equivalents arranged
to turn one upon the other and to be automatically held together in any position
to which they are moved by means of a suitable spring substantially as herein before
described.
(2) In joints for the hood frames of perambulators, carriages and the like the
combination of a pair of serrated or toothed plates (or their equivalents) with
a spring such as that shewn at k, and plate for holding the spring in position the
said parts being arranged upon a rivet or pivot and operating substantially in the
manner and for the purpose hereinbefore described and represented in the various
tigures of the accompanying drawing.
(3) The improved joint for the hood frames of perambulators, carriages and the
like bereinbefore described and represented in figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying
drawing.
(4) The improved joint for the hood frames of perambulators, carriages and the
like herein before described and represented in figures 4 and 5 of the accompanying
drawing.