Improvements in Under-Carriages of Self-Propelled Road Vehicles.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1897
1000
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Under-Carriages of Self-Propelled Road Vehicles.
THOMAS TOWARD, 26, Heaton Road, WILLIAM TOWARD, 59, Heaton Road, and
JOHN MEEK, 21, Heaton Grove, Engineers, and JOHN PHILIPSON, Junior, Coach-
builder, 9, Victoria Square, all of the City and County of Newcastle-on-Tyne, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our Invention has for its object to provide a light Double Perch Underframe,
simple in construction and which provides all the necessary accommodation for
Steam or other Motors and their Generators without necessitating the inconvenience
and annoyance of fixing the same directly to the body of the Vehicle.
According to our Invention the Underframe is preferably of Channel, Angle,
or Tubular Steel, or a combination of same or of one or more pressed or flanged
Steel Plates, and consists, with reference to the enclosed Drawing Fig. I, of a
suitably shaped Frame F, and Perches P, so formed that they receive the Boiler or
Generator B, and also Steel Plates S. where necessary to form the supports for
Steam, Oil, or other Motor M, and Steering Gear G, or any other appurtenances,
the whole being mounted on the axles with or without intervening Springs.
The generator is placed preferably at the central portion of the Double Perch
as shown at B, Fig. I.
The Perch however may be extended over the Hind Axle to receive the Generator
as at A, Fig. III or over the front Axle as at E, Fig. IV.
Fig. II, shows this Underframe at F, as applied to a Phaeton.
Improvements in Under-Carriages of Self-Propelled Road Vehicles:
THOMAS TOWARD, 26, Heaton Road, WILLIAM TOWARD, 59, Heaton Road, and
JOHN MEEK, 21, Heaton Grove, Engineers, and Joux PHILIPSON, Junior, 9,
Victoria Square, Coachbuilder, all of the City and County of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 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:
Our Invention has for its object to provide a Light Double Perch Underframe,
simple in Construction, and which supplies all the necessary accommodation for

page_text: Steam or other Motors and their Generators, without necessitating the incon-
venience & annoyance of fixing the same directly to the Body of the Vehicle.
According to our Invention the Underframe is preferably of Channel, Angle, or
Tubular Steel, or a combination of these, or of one or more Pressed or Flanged
Steel Plates, and with reference to the Drawings left with the Provisional Specifi-
cation Fig. 1 shews a suitably shaped frame F and Perches P so formed that they
receive the Boiler or Generator B and also Steel Plates S where necessary to form
the Supports for Steam, Oil or other Motors & Machinery, Springs Steering Gear,
or other appurtenances, and Mounted on Axle with or without intervening
Springs.
The Generator is placed preferably at the centre portion of the Double Perch,
as shewn at B Fig. 1.
The Perch however may be extended over the Hind Axle to receive the Generator
at A Fig. III, or over the Front Axle as at E Fig. IV.
Fig. II Shews this Underframe at F' as applied to a Phaeton.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
(1) In Power Driven Vehicles the Introduction of double Perch Underframes,
such as are herein before described.
(2) The manner of providing the necessary supports for Generator and
Machinery.
Dated this 9th day of November 1897.
THOMAS TOWARD.
WILLIAM TOWARD.
JOHN MEEK.
JOHN PHILIPSON, JUNK.