Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 10th Apr., 1897
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I, ERNST PAUL LEHMANN of No. 6, Plauerstrasse, Brandenburg on the Havel;
Prussia in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer, 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 :—
My invention relates to improvements in toy coaches, preferably made of sheet
metal and having a closed and covered body and a suitable mechanism of any kind to
impart driving motion to the wheels. The improvements of iny invention have
reference partly to the construction of the coach body and the method of securing its
constituent parts to each other without any soldering, partly to the method of forming
the window gaps in the sides and front of the carriage body, and, finally, to the
method of securing the fore carriage to the driving box.
The coach body is made of sheet metal and the rear side of the said body is formed
in one piece with the two sides of the same, and the said piece is secured to the
top or cover of the coach as also to the front side of the same by means of small
lugs formed on the edges of the sheet metal and by bending the said lugs to overlap
the adjacent edge of the front side or top of the coach, all constituent parts of the
coach body are fixed to each other without any soldering, rivetting on screwing.
In the same manner the driving box of the coach is secured to the front side by a lug
or lugs entering through apertures in the front of the coach and bent inside the body
to firmly hold to the coach front.
The window gaps in the sides and front of the coach are formed by cutting suitable
apertures into the sheet metal, leaving one side of the cut metal coherent with the
blank, and by bending the pieces or flaps at right angles into the coach body, the said
pieces or flaps serving to conceal the rear seat of the coach where the driving
mechanism is lodged. The window piece or flap cut out of the front side of the
coach is bent to the outside and serves as a means of securing the driving box. To
the said driving box the fore carriage is secured by lugs cut from the metal and bent
to engage slots, thereby allowing the fore carriage to turn to either side within
certain limits.
To make my said invention perfectly understood, I will describe the same with
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the toy coach;
Figure 2, a front elevation; and
Figure 3, a bottom plan of the same.
As clearly shown in Figure 1, the two sides A of the coach body are formed in one
piece with the rear side B, and the front side C of the coach may preferably be formed
in one piece with the bottom of the coach body. Lugs a are formed on the edges of
the metal sheets and said lugs, by being bent to overlap the adjacent edge, provide a
firm joint between the pieces to be secured to each other, especially if the said lugs
engage into corresponding recesses of the adjacent edge, or if the said lugs are
alternately formed on one and the other sheet to be jointed. The bottom plate D of
the driving box is secured to the front side of the coach body by a lug or lugs formed
on the edge of said bottom plate and entering corresponding holes cut into the front C
the said lugs being bent to hold to the front C.
The window gaps F in the sides A of the coach are cut from the metal, the cut out
piece or flap adhering still at one side as at and by being bent inwards at right

page_text: angles to the sides A, the said flaps G, as illustrated by Figure 2, conceal or partly
conceal the rear seat of the coach body which contains the driving mechanism, as
indicated by dotted lines. Such driving mechanism may be one of any suitable kind,
for instance a wheel gear receiving motion by a spring which is wound up by a key,
a toothed wheel fixed to the axle of the hind wheels being revolved by said wheel
gear, thereby driving the coach in a well known manner. The brackets I, preferably
in the shape of carriage springs, may be formed in one piece with the sides A, and
the brackets K may be formed in one piece with the fore carriage L.
The window gap of the front side C is equally cut from the metal, and the piece of
metal M cut at three sides and still adhering at the fourth side, is bent outwards to
provide means for securing the driving box N.
As illustrated by Figure 3, the fore carriage L is secured to the bottom plate D
of the driving box by means of lugs a engaging curved slots a', thus allowing the
fore carriage to turn to either side, the play being limited by the said slots.
A shaft
or pin may serve as a centre of motion to the said fore carriage, which shaft is
extended through the plate D and plate L. But the said rod O may be omitted.
In placing a toy coachman on the driving box, the said coachman will hold the
shaft or rod and he will appear to steer the motor coach by means of the said rod.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. A closed or covered toy coach, the rear plate and sides of which are formed of
one piece, substantially as described.
2. A closed or covered toy coach, the sides of which are jointed to the top or
cover by lugs formed on the edges of the metal and overlapping the adjacent edges.
3. A closed or covered toy coach, the constituent parts of the coach body of which
are jointed to each other by lugs formed on the edges of the metal and bent to engage
the adjacent parts.
4. A closed or covered toy coach, the window gaps in the sides of which are
cut from the metal at three sides and the flap bent inwards to conceal the rear seat of
the coach body, substantially as described.
5. A toy coach, the window gap in the front of which is cut from the metal
at three sides and the flap bent outwards to be secured to the driving box,
substantially as described.
6. A closed or covered toy coach, having its fore carriage and brackets in the
shape of carriage springs formed in one piece stamped of sheet metal, substantially as
described.
7. A closed or covered toy coach, the fore carriage of which is secured to the
driving box by means of lugs formed on the metal and engaging in curved slots,
to allow of a limited play for turning the fore carriage to either side, substantially
as described.
8. A closed or covered toy coach, having its driving mechanism arranged within
the coach body and concealed or partly concealed by the window flaps cut from the
coach sides and bent inwards, substantially as described.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.