An Improved Cover for Carriages.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 25th Feb. 1892-Accepted. 2nd Apr.. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cover for Carriages.
I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PARTRIDGE, of Portsmouth, Michigan, U.S.A.
Inventor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention has reference to an improved cover whereby carriages may be
readily covered to protect them from dust, damp, and the like. The invention
comprises a frame preferably constructed of wood, in which is suspended a rectangular
flexible cover, preferably constructed of textile and waterproof material. An entrance
is made in the framework of sufficient size to allow of the insertion of the carriage,
but which is not so high as the frame. Suitable pulleys are arranged in the upper
part of the framework, and depending ropes are passed over these pulleys, and have
their lower ends passed through eyes at each corner of the cover, the extreme ends
thereof being secured thereto. The other ends of these cords pass through one eye
in the upper part of the framework and depend downwardly. Inasmuch as the cover
is flexible it will fold and be raised above the entrance to the framework as the
depending cords are pulled, and similarly the cover will fall over the carriage when
the cord ends are released.
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W. H. MUNNS,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cover for Carriages.
1, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PARTRIDGE, of Portsmouth, Michigan, U.S.A.,
Inventor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the
same is to be perforined, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My invention relates to carriage-covers; and its objects are, first, to raise and
lower the same with facility; second, to prevent undue wear at the corners of the
covers; third, to adapt the area of the cover readily to the area of the carriage;
fourth, to attain the facile adjustment of the co-operating parts, and, fifth, to
accomplish these ends with structural simplicity and economy. I secure these
purposes by the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-
Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of a stable having my cover adjusted
therein.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the top frame.
Fig. 3 is a detail view of the joint employed to facilitate the adaptation of the size
of the cover to that of the carriage it is desired to envelop.
Fig. 4 is a detail of the cover-piece employed on the bottom frame.
Fig. 5 is a plan view of the top frame, partly in section; and
Fig. 6 shows the application of the lower frames to the corners of the curtain.
The same designations indicate corresponding parts in the several views.
Heretofore the use of carriage-covers has resulted in undue wear at the corners
and at the folds. This was owing to a defective construction of the frame whereon
the cover hangs. To the end of overcoming these defects my invention is
addressed.
A represents a carriage-house, to the ceiling whereof hooks F¹ are secured,
wherefrom the cover B is suspended_by_cords C, whose knotted ends are passed
through perforations in the cover. Pulleys F are also attached to the ceiling,
D

page_text: through which the ends of the cord D pass to the bottom of the cover, (after
passing a series of eyes I,) being held therein by terminal knots. A central
hook 2, likewise secured in the ceiling, serves to permit the vertical reciprocation
of the cord D, which insures a synchronous. raising and lowering of the cover to
permit the withdrawal or insertion of a carriage. The cover is held between the
upper frame (represented in Fig. 2) and the counterpart corner-pieces. (Shown
in Fig. 4.) The upper frame is made by crossing pivotally two equal rods H,
secured at O and having metallic ends G', secured adjustably by pins RP, which
are passed through slots in the metallic corners S and have terminal perforations G
through which to pass the cord D. The corners $ are secured telescopically at
one arm to the end pieces M and at the other arm to the jointed sides L, having
central joints l, pivoted at K', to facilitate altering the size of the frame. The
series of frame-rods J, whereto the lower corners of the curtain are secured, are
held by corner pieces J', provided with perforations K, wherein the ends of the
cord D are knotted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
The carriage-cover B, having eyes I at the folds, in combination with the
frames between which it is suspended, the upper of which is provided with rounded
slotted corners, adjustable jointed rods L, and the variable cross-frame H, the
rope D, fastened to the base of the cover at opposite ends and passing through
eyes K, the pulleys F, the hooks F¹, and the eyes F, the whole co-operating, as
and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 25th day of February 1892
W. H. MUNNs,
Applicant's Agent.