Improvements in and relating to Road Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Loft 23rd on 4907 Accented
6th Man 4007
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Road Vehicles.
I, BENJAMIN GODBOLD KING, of 36, Long Acre, London, in the County of
Middlesex, Coach Builders Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved spring and hanging arrangement for
two-wheeled vehicles, the said arrangement being also applicable either in whole
or in part to vehicles having more than two wheels, and it has for its object
suspending the body of the vehicle entirely separate from the shafts thereby
securing perfect freedom from "knee motion" without permitting the too violent
swaying to the body of the vehicle.
In carrying out my invention I employ on each side of the vehicle a double
cee spring or two single cee springs butted together and secured to the spring
block, shaft stay or spring and axle by the usual clips, or other methods of
attachment. Within the double cee spring is mounted a half elliptic spring which
may be made either in one or two parts which is secured by suitable clips to a
suitable hanging iron adapted to support the body of the vehicle by one or more
stays, passing either through or under the body.
On the upper part of the half elliptic spring are formed or fixed in any
convenient manner lugs which are connected with the ends of the double
cee spring by means of braces or shackles made of leather or metal, or of both
in combination.
If leather braces are used they may conveniently be carried around a portion of
each end of the double cee spring and connected thereto by means of jacks
whereby their lengths may be varied.
On the inner side of the double cee spring or on a separate plate or dumb iron
stay are formed or fixed lugs which are connected with the ends of the half elliptic
spring by means of short braces or shackles made of leather or of metal, or of
both in combination. Each of the shafts is attached to the front end of the
shaft stay or spring by means of a transverse bolt projecting from the shaft,
forming a hinge between the parts and it is connected to the rear end of the said
stay or spring by means of a set screw or its equivalent threaded in a lug on the
shaft and adapted to engage with the end of the stay, thus providing for the
adjustment of one with respect to the other.
As an alternative a wider or extra flap on the axle may be provided to take
the shaft spring or stay, thus avoiding the necessity of the bolt or rear end fittings
being made to project.
If desired a leather brace may connect the front part of the body with the
shaft bar.
This arrangement of springs may be employed for hanging the hind parts of
waggons, stanhopes and other four-wheeled carriages.
Dated this 25th day of March 1806
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, BENJAMIN GODBOLD KING of 36, Long Acre,. London, in the County of
Middlesex, Coach Builders Manager, 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 relates to an improved spring and. hanging arrangement for
two-wheeled vehicles, the said arrangement being also applicable either in whole
or in part to vehicles having more than two wheels, and it has for its object
suspending the body of the vehicle entirely separate from the shafts thereby
securing perfect freedom from "knee motion" without permitting the too violent
Bwaying to the body of the vehicle.
I carry out my invention as shown in the accompanying drawing the arrangement
being the same on each side of the vehicle.
A double cee spring A as shown, or two single cee springs butted together, are
secured to the spring block B, the shaft stays C and the axle D by the usual
clips E, or by other suitable attachment. The shaft stay C may be a dumb or a
single plate of spring steel. Within the double cee spring A is mounted a half
elliptic spring F which may be made either in one as shown or in two parts. This
. spring is secured by suitable clips G to a suitable hanging iron H adapted to
.support the body X of the vehicle in any convenient manner, such for instance as
by one or more stays such as J.
On the upper part of the half elliptic spring F, are formed or fixed in any
convenient manner lugs I which are connected with the ends of the double
cee spring A by means of braces or shackles K which may be constructed of
leather, or metal, or of both in combination.
If leather braces are used they may conveniently be carried around a portion of
each end of the double cee spring A and connected either to the axle D by clips,
or to the springs. themselves by means of jacks whereby their lengths may be
varied.
On the inner side of the double cee spring A or on a separate plate or dumb
iron stay are formed or fixed lugs a a which are connected with the ends of the
half elliptic spring F by means of short braces or shackles L made of leather or of
metal, or of both in combination. The shaft stays C are attached to the shafts M
by means of projecting transverse bolts m forming hinges and they are connected
to the rear ends of the said shafts by means of set screws n or their equivalents
threaded into projecting lugs m' on the shafts thus providing for the adjustment of
the height of the shafts.
As an alternative construction a wider or extra flap on the axle D may be
provided to take the shaft stays C thus avoiding the necessity of making the bolt m
and lugs m¹ project transversely from the shafts.
This arrangement of springs may be employed for, hanging the hind parts of
waggons, stanhopes and other four-wheeled carriages.
.
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 and relating to road vehicles substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
(2.) In a road vehicle a supporting spring device consisting essentially of a
double, or two single, cee springs such as A, and of a half elliptic spring such

page_text: as F, the ends of the one being connected to the other by means of braces or
shackles in the mauner and for the purpose set forth.
(3.) In a road vehicle the use of shaft stays or springs such as C constructed
arranged and adapted to operate as set forth.
(4.) In a road vehicle the combination with the body X axle D and shafts M, of
the double, or two single, cee springs A, of the half elliptic spring F, of the
braces or shackles K and L, of the shaft stays or springs C, of the transverse
bolts m, of the lugs m', of the set screws n, and of the hanging iron H, all
combined arranged and adapted to operate, as and for the purpose set forth.
1907
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I. Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.