An Improved Brake for Two and Four Wheeled Vehicles and Motor Cars and Tram Cars.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 18th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 23rd Oct., 1897
PRO
SIONAL SPECI
An Improved Brake for Two and Four Wheeled Vehicles and Motor
Cars and Tram Cars.
CHARLES ROSE 3 Providence Terrace, Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich
EDWARD SAMUEL GREENARD 5 Tavern Street Ipswich do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The brake consists of a metal band lined or not with a substance, this is placed
round the nave or hub of the wheel or wheels or round a drum fitted to the nave or
hub of the wheels or to the axle, one end of the metal band is secured to the axle
or springs of the vehicle, the other end is connected by a crank to a metal rod
running along the axle to the other wheel this connects the two bands. A lever
is applied to, the centre of this rod which is worked by a screw, or by the hand or
foot of the driver of the vehicle.
In cases where the brake is applied to only one wheel of the vehicle the lever
is attached to the crank on the band. Where the drum is attached to the axle
the lever is connected with the crank on the band.
Dated this 3rd day of February 1897.
CHARLES ROSE.
ED. SAML. GREENARD.
An Improved Brake for Two and Four Wheeled Vehicles and Motor
Cars and Tram Cars.
We CHARLES ROSE 3 Providence Terrace, Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich
EDWARD SAMUEL GREENARD 5 Tavern Street Ipswich 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:-
The brake consists of a metal band lined or not with a substance, this is placed
round the nave or hub of the wheel or wheels or round a drum fitted to the nave or
hub of the wheels or to the axle, one end of the metal band is secured to the axle
or springs of the vehicle, the other end is connected by a crank to a metal rod
running along the axle to the other wheel this connects the two bands. A lever
is applied to the centre of this rod which is worked by a screw, or by the hand or
foot of the driver of the vehicle.
In cases where the brake is applied to only one wheel of the vehicle the lever
is attached to the crank on the band. Where the drum is attached to the axle
the lever is connected with the crank on the band.

page_text: In order that our invention may be fully understood, we will now refer to the
annexed drawings, in which:-
Figure 1. is a side elevation shewing our invention applied to a wheel.
Figure 2. plan view of same.
a is the axle of a vehicle to which the support b is secured. This support b
carries one end of a flexible band f of suitable material, having a lining if desired
of leather or other substance. The other end of this band is attached to the
cranked end of the rod c carried by the support b. This rod is operated through
the medium of the lever d which is connected to suitable mechanism for operating
the brake by hand or foot. By moving the lever d in the direction of the arrow
the flexible band is caused to grip the nave or hub f of the wheel indicated by
the dotted lines, and thus acting as a brake. I sometimes find it convenient
instead of placing the band round the hub or nave of the wheel to provide a drum
or disc attached to the axle carrying the wheel and to place the flexible band round
this drum, in which case the axle would be a rotating one. Or a drum may be
attached to the hub or nave of the wheel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
1. The combined construction and arrangement of the various parts substantially
as described. and illustrated herein.
2. In brakes for vehicles, a support to which one end of a flexible band is
attached, the other end of said band being connected to a cranked rod, said cranked
rod being operated through the medium of a lever by any suitable connecting
mechanism for the purpose of causing the band to act as a brake upon the hub or
nave of a wheel or a drum or disc, substantially as described, and illustrated.
Dated this 17th day of September 1897.