AN IMPROVED SELF-ACTING BREAK APPARATUS FOR CARRIAGES CABS CARTS WAGONS AND OTHER VEHICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
WO JAMES TOPLIS of 12 Wood Street West Oxford Road Manchester in the
County of Lancaster, Coachman and CHARLES JAMES CHIDLEY of Chapman Grove
Chapman Street Manchester in the same County Cab Proprietor do hereby declare
the nature of our invention for AN IMPROVED SELF-ACTING BREAK APPARATUS
FOR CARRIAGES CABS CARTS WAGONS AND OTHER VEHICLES to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is the application to Carriages Cabs Carts Wagons
and other vehicles of a self-acting break for retarding or stopping such vehicle-In
carrying out our invention we apply a break block at the end of a lever mounted
at each side of the vehicle and so as in the case of a four wheeled vehicle to act
upon the front wheels of such vehicle The other end of such lever is connected by
a strap which first passes round a roller mounted underneath the shaft of the vehiclo
to the ordinary breeches strap passing round the hind quarters of the horse.
It will thus be apparent that if the horse backs or is pulled up in the least that
pressure is thus put upon the break by the breeches strap and when such pressure
is not so exercised upon the breeches strap a suitable spring keeps the break off
the wheel.
This improved self-acting break effectually prevents accidend by putting on the
break instant the horse stumbles or falls and at the same time it acts equally well
in going down hill and being under the complete control of the driver enables him
to pull up suddenly and in less distance than has hitherto been practicable.
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page_text: We JAMES TOPLIS of 12 Wood Street West, Oxford Road, Manchester in the
County of Lancaster, Coachman, and CHARLES JAMES CHIDLEY of Chapman Grove,
Chapman Street, Manchester in the same County, Cab Proprietor, do hereby declare
the nature of our invention of "AN IMPROVED SELF-ACTING BRAKE APPARATUS FOR
CARRIAGES, CAES, CARTS, WAGONS AND OTHER VEHICLES," and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
The object of this invention is the application to carriages, cabs, carts, wagons
and other vehicles of a self-acting brake for retarding or stopping such vehicles.
In carrying out our invention we apply a brake block at the end of a lever
mounted at each side of the vehicle and so as in the case of a four wheeled vehicle
to act upon the front wheels of such vehicle. The other end of such lever is
connected by a strap which first passes round a roller mounted underneath the
shaft of the vehicle to the ordinary breeching passing round the hind quarters of
the horse. And in order that this our said invention may be the more readily
understood and carried into practical effect we have hereunto annexed a drawing
illustrative of our improvements and will now proceed to describe the same with
the assistance of the Figures and letters of reference marked thereon.
Fig 1. represents a four wheeled vehicle with our improved self acting brake
applied thereto. Fig 2. is a front view and Fig 3. a side view on a larger scale of
the brake lever detatched, and Fig 4 is a side view of a portion of the shaft of the
vehicle showing the stay and roller for the breeching strap to pass round applied
thereto.
In all the views a, is the brake lever mounted at each side of the vehicle upon an
arm or bracket b. affixed to the futchell arm or cross bar o, this lever carries at one
extremity the wooden or other brake block d. arranged to act upon the front
wheels e. of the vehicle and the other extremity f. of such lever is connected by a
strap g. which first passes round the roller h. mounted under the shaft i of the
vehicle (as seen more clearly in Fig 4.) to the ordinary breeching; passing round
the hind-quarters of the horse. When so fixed it will be apparent, that if the horse
backs or is pulled up in the least, pressure will be instantly put upon the brake
lever a. but when such pressure is not so exercised upon the breeching strap a
suitable spring k keeps the brake off the wheel.
This improved self-acting brake effectually prevents accident by putting on the
brake the instant the horse stumbles or falls, and at the same time it acts equally
well in going down hill, and being under the complete control of the driver enables
him to pull up suddenly and in less distance than has hitherto been practicable.
seen
As applied to two horse vehicles, instead of connecting the breeching strap
to the brake levers as hereinbefore described we mount the brake levers
horizontally on the splinter bar m. and crank their ends sufficiently to enable
the brake blocks n. to come opposite the front wheels of the vehicle as
in front view Fig 5. in side view Fig 6. in end view Fig 7. and in plan Fig 8.
We then connect the other ends of such levers by means of a single strap o
pissing round a roller p to a rod q capable of sliding under the pole r. The front
extremity of this same rod which extends to nearly the length of the pole is
provided with another rollers round which another strap t passes the respective
extremities of this same strap t after passing round the stationery rollers u. and u
are affixed to the haines on the horses collars. In this manner if the horses back
or are pulled up in the least, pressure will be instantly put upon the brakes n

page_text: through the intervention of the sliding rod q which by the backing of the horses
and the consequent pull upon their collars will be drawn forward in the direction
of the arrow on Fig 6.
As applied to Dog Carts, Traps and other vehicles with only a single pair of
wheels the arm for supporting the brake lever is affixed to the body of such
vehicle or underneath the shaft or in any other convenient manner.
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:-
1st The general construction and arrangement of apparatus constituting a self
acting brake applied to wheeled vehicles substantially as herein before described.
2nd The use and application of a self-acting brake mounted and operated
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawing.
3ly The method of operating self-acting brake levers by connecting the same
to the breeching, or in the case of two horse vehicles to the collars of the
horses substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawings.