IMPROVEMENTS IN TWO WHEELED CABS ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER VEHICLES
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Forder of Wolverhampton in the County of
Stafford for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN TWO WHEELED CABS ALSO
APPLICABLE TO OTHER VEHICLES
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Forder at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th December 1881.
ALFRED FORDER of Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford
IN TWO-WHEELED CABS ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER VEHICLES"
"IMPROVEMENTS
My Invention relates to improvements in the construction and arrangement of
two wheeled cabs, such improvements being also applicable to four wheeled cabs
carriages and other like vehicles
It consists Firstly in giving to the back and the leg front of the body of a two
wheeled cab a curved shape or sweep extending in the case of the back from the
roof to the bottom of the body seat.
Secondly in throwing the doors forward by means of offsets or projections from
the front of the body so as to provide more leg room or internal capacity than is at
present obtained, the pillars in this case being arranged inside and covered by the
panels thereby presenting a flush exterior.
Thirdly I project the frames of the side windows from the body and glaze them
from the outside thereby giving greater width of room and comfort to the
passengers as well as a lighter appearance to the head
Fourthly In the use of an improved watertight ventilator surrounding the hole
on the roof the sides of this ventilator being formed with two bars or strips of
metal or other material (one or more on each side) fixed in a sloping position so
that when the trap door or flap is closed over the opening and ventilator the air
can pass freely to and from the interior of the cab whilst rain or other water is
prevented from getting into the cab by the undersides of the lower sloping edges
of the bars or strips which throw it off onto the roof
Fifthly I form the stay for carrying the boot of a flat bayed shape that is to
say, the middle and highest portion to which the boot is secured is straight or flat

page_text: whilst the sides sweep with a suitable curve therefrom to the side springs thereby
enabling the size of the boot to be reduced. If desired this stay in lieu of being
rigid may be made as a spring-In the case of privato cabs where the boot is
dispensed with, I use a stay for carrying the seat, made at an angle from the body
and curved at the back where it rests upon the cross stay or spring
Sixthly. In lieu of making the step iron open with a cross bar for receiving the
step or tread I curve the iron so as to meet where the tread is fixed from which it
extends and is bent round at the bottom so as to prevent the breakage of the shafts
if the horse falls-The tread is made with curved front and back edges and
the tread bars arranged parallel therewith and jagged or roughed to prevent
slipping
Seventhly In forming the front dashers and backs of the shafts of a curved
segmental or arched form in lieu of angular or semi-circular so as to give easier
access to the cab a correspondingly shaped metal plate being fixed to the footboard
by nails, screws or pins with projecting heads to prevent slipping and preserve the
foot board from wear and tear.
Eighthly In lieu of using clip plates or holders indented on their top side I
substitute flush plates notched on their edges for taking the clips to the side
springs thereby avoiding the danger of the plates shifting their position in case of
any accidental loosening of the clips
Ninethly. For hanging the side springs from the stay and from the front scroll-
iron may use robbins-made-of-papier-maché-strengthened-or-not-with-metal-
plates or may
make them in a metal box form filled with rubber or other
suitable composition or material the latter being bored out to receive the hanging
bolts.
The above improvements may be applied and used either singly or in combi-
nation to four wheeled cabs or other vehicles as found suitable.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, and of
an Order of the Lord Chancellor, filed by the said Alfred Forder in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 21st June 1882.
"
ALFRED FORDER of Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford
IN TWO WHEELED CABS, ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER VEHICLES"
IMPROVEMENTS
My Invention relates to improvements in the construction and arrangement of
two wheeled cabs, such improvements being also applicable to four wheeled cabs,
carriages, and other like veliicles.
The principal features of novelty in my Invention are;-projecting the frames of
the side windows from the body of the cab (or carriage) and glazing them from
the outside also in the use of an improved watertight ventilator surrounding the
hole on the roof; and forming the stay for carrying the boot of a flat bayed shape.
Also in curving the step iron so as to meet where the tread is fixed and bending it
round at the bottom to prevent the breakage of the shafts if the horse falls.
Another improvement consists in the use of flush plates notched on their edges for
taking the clips to the side springs in lieu of using clip plates or holders indented
on their top sides as at present; Also in the use of robbins made of papier-maché
strengthened or not with metal plates or in a metal box form filled with rubber
or other suitable composition.
And in order that my said Invention may be well understood I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same, reference being made to the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings like letters of reference indicating corresponding
parts in the respective Figures.
Figure 1 is a side view of my improved two wheeled cab, Figure 2 a back
view thereof and Figures 3 to 6 detailed views of parts of Figures 1 and 2 to an
enlarged scale.
In carrying out my Invention, I project the frames a of the side windows b from
the body c of the cab (or carriage) and glaze them from the outside by which
arrangement I obtain greater width of room and comfort to the passengers, as well
as a lighter appearance to the head of the cab (or carriage). I also use an
improved water tight ventilator d surrounding the hole on the roof e of the cab (or
carriage) and shewn more particularly in section to an enlarged scale in Figure 3.
This ventilator is composed of two bars or strips f of metal or other material (one
or more on each side) fixed in a sloping position so that when the trap door or
flap g is closed over them and over the opening h the air can pass freely past the
bars or strips f to and from the interior of the cab whilst rain or other water is
prevented from getting into the cab by striking against the undersides of the lower
sloping edges of the bars or strips f which throw it off onto the roof e. For
supporting the boot I use a stay i. i. (Fig. 2) of a flat bay shape that is to say
the middle and highest part i to which the boot j is secured, is straight or flat
whilst the sides sweep with a suitable curve on each side therefrom to the side
springs thereby enabling the size of the boot j to be reduced. If desired this
k
stay . . in lieu of being rigid may be made as a spring.
In lieu of the ordinary manner of making the step iron open with a cross bar for
taking the step or tread, I curve the sides of the iron (Figure 1) so as to meet
where the tread m is fixed, from which point it extends and is bent round at the
bottom n so as to prevent the breakage of the shafts if the horse falls. The
tread m is made with curved front and back edges (see plan Figure 4) the tread
bars m being arranged parallel therewith and jagged or roughed to prevent
slipping.

page_text: For the ordinary clip plates or holders indented on their top sides I substitute
flush plates o (Figures 5 and 6) notched on their edges for taking the clips p to
the side springs thereby avoiding the danger of the plates o shifting their
position in case of any accidental loosening of the clips p.
Lastly for hanging the side springs k from the stay i. i. and from the front
scroll irons, I may use robbins made of papier maché strengthened (or not) with
an iron or other metal casing (or plates) s, or in lieu of papier maché I may use,
leather, or any other suitable composition.
The above improvements may be applied and used either singly or in combination
to four wheeled cabs or other vehicles as found desirable.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect I would observe in conclusion that since filing the Provisional Specification
of my said Invention, I have discovered that the parts therein described under the
headings and paragraphs of firstly, secondly and seventhly are not new and I
therefore lay no claim to them as being parts of my improvements, but what I do
consider novel and original and therefore claim as my Invention is :-
1. Projecting the side windows from the body and glazing them from the
outside, substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and illustrated
by Figures 1 and 2 on the accompanying Drawing.
2. The construction and arrangement of ventilator surrounding the hole on the
roof, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated by
Figures 1, 2 and 3 on the accompanying Drawing.
3. Forming the stay for carrying the boot, substantially as and for the purpose
herein before described and illustrated by Figure 2 on the accompanying Drawing.
4. The construction and arrangement of step iron and tread, substantially as
and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figures 1 and 4 on
the accompanying Drawing.
5. The construction and arrangement of clip plates or holders, substantially as
and for the purpose herein before described and illustrated by Figures 5 and 6 on
the accompanying Drawing.
6. The application and use of papier maché in combination or not with iron or
other metal, to robbins, substantially as herein before described.
In witness whereof I the said Alfred Forder have hereunto set my hand and
seal this Tenth day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty two.
ALFRED FORDER. (L.S.)