IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR TRAVELLING WITH EASE, Speed, and Safety
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Farrington, of No. 2, Charles Street,.
Clarendon Square, St. Pancras, Middlesex, for the Invention of
"IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR TRAVELLING WITH EASE, Speed, and Safety."
Sealed the 30th July 1869, and dated the 2nd March 1869..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Farrington at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 2nd March 1869.
I, JOSEPH FARRINGTON, of No. 2, Charles Street, Clarendon Square,
St. Pancras, Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR TRAVELLING WITH EASE, SPEED, AND
SAFETY," to be as follows:-
Improved apparatus and method of attaching the same to the legs of
persons, by the use of which they can travel on wheels with great speed
without putting the feet to the ground or using any kind of lever,
treadle, screw, or other propeller, and without any steering gear, and
without risk of loosing their equilibrium.

page_text: The apparatus consists of a light but strong bearing, Fig. 1, which
is-fastened to the leg and extends from the foot upwards to the knee;
attached to this bearing is an arm or axle, Fig. 2, the position of which
is regulated by the size of wheel, Fig. 3, used thereon. Fig. 4, is a
ratchet wheel fixed to hind end of nave of wheel, Fig. 3; Fig. 5. is a
jack fixed on bearing, and with the ratchet prevents backward motion
of wheel; Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, are branch bearings for fastenings.
The finished bearings would form a kind of legging or gaiter, as shown
in letter A; letter B shows foot rest, which is fitted on an axle, so as
to give solid bearing to the foot, and at same time to admit of the foot
being turned upwards or downwards; letter C shows spring or cushion
on foot rest. The foot rest may be shifted up or down by means of studs
in the hearing and holes in the foot rest, as shown in D:
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph Farrington in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 31st August 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
FARRINGTON, of No. 2, Charles Street, Clarendon Square, St. Pancras,
, Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Joseph Farrington, Her special licence that
I, the said Joseph Farrington, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Joseph. Farrington, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
TRAVELLING WITH EASE, SPEED, AND SAFETY," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Joseph Farrington, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
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page_text: seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Farrington, do hereby declaro
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and. by the
following statement, that is to say:-
My Invention consists in an improved apparatus and method of
attaching the same to the legs of persons, by the use of which they can
travel on wheels with great speed without putting their feet to the
ground or using any kind of lever, treadle, screw, or other propeller,
and without any steering gear, and without risk of losing their
equilibrium.
The apparatus consists of a light but strong bearing, as shewn at
Figure 1 in the Drawing hereunto annexed, which is fastened to the
leg, and extends from the foot upwards if necessary as far as the knec,
the distance being regulated by the size of wheel used, as will be
understood by any competent mechanic acquainted with this class of
apparatus; such bearing may be placed on either side of the leg.
Attached to the bearing is an arm or axle, Figure 2, the position of
which is regulated by the size of wheel, Figure 3, used thereon, and
such arm or axle may be placed on any part of the bearing or foot
rest. Figure 4 is a ratchet wheel fixed to the hind end of nave of
wheel, Figure 3, above mentioned; Figure 5 is a jack fixed on bearing,
and with the ratchet prevents backward motion of the wheels; Figures
6, 7, 8, and 9 are branch bearings for fastenings; but I do not limit
myself to the use of two or any number of bearings, the number of
which may, according to my Invention, be varied.
The finished bearings would form a kind of legging or gaiter, as shewn
at letter A in the Drawing, and may be either laced, tied, or fastened in
any other convenient manner; letter B shews end view of foot refoot rest,
which is fitted on an axle so as to give a solid bearing to the foot, and at
the same time to admit of the foot being turned upwards or downwards;
letter C in the accompanying Drawing shews a spring cushion on the
foot rest, but a spring alone, or a cushion alone, may be employed if

page_text: desired. The foot rest may be shifted up and down by means of studs
on the bearing as shewn at C, and holes in the foot rest as shewn at d in
end view of foot rest B in the Drawing, or the foot rest may be made
so as to be a fixture, according to my Invention, if desired, by making
the foot rest and bearing or bearings in one piece.
In witness whereof I, the said Joseph Farrington, have. hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.