Improvements in Carriage Brakes and Rests, with or without Concussion Springs.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 16th Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Carriage Brakes and Rests, with or without
Concussion Springs.
I WILLIAM JAMES SIMMONS of 17 Silver Street Taunton Somerset Furniture
Removal Contractor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to a new and improved arrangement for a brake to be used
for two wheeled vehicles that are drawn by animals this brake has another most
important function namely the taking of the weight of the vehicle off the horses
back it acts as a rest or carrier of that portion of weight of the vehicle that is
sustained by the animal when standing and so relieves the animal of the strain
caused by holding up a portion of the weight of the vehicle.
I carry my invention into practice in manner as follows:-
Attached to the underside or other suitable portion of the vehicle is a lever the
end attached to the vehicle is jointed and free to move. The other end of the
lever has a brake block attached to it, this brake block may be made of wood,
metal, or any other suitable material, this lever will be hereinafter referred to as
the brake-block lever.
Connected to the brake-block lever at or near the end where the brake-block is
fixed is attached the jointed end of another lever hereinafter referred to as the
link.
Attached to the underside or other suitable portion of the vehicle is a T shaped
rocking lever or its equivalent the top cross part of the T working in bearings and
the vertical or middle stem of the T jointed to the other end of the link this
Tlever will be hereinafter referred to as the rocking lever.
A rod is jointed to the vertical stem of the T of the rocking lever at a suitable
distance from the jointing of the vertical stem of the rocking lever to the link
this rod will be hereinafter referred to as the connecting rod.
The connecting rod may be actuated by the driver in charge of the vehicle iu
any of the usual well known means such as another lever attached to it, or by any
system of levers or screws or chains. I do not confine myself to any particular
method or means of actuating the said connecting rod.
There may be one or more brake block levers or system of levers in connection
with the brake block lever or brake block levers and there may be one or more
series of levers for actuating same.
In order that any jar or jolting of the vehicle may be prevented, I may or may
not use concussion springs, which may be either in a state of compression or strain.
These said concussion springs may be placed between the bearings of the T lever
and the framework of the vehicle or coiled springs may be threaded on one or
more of the levers the ends of the levers may be prolonged if desired and the
connecting rod attached to any part of any one of the levers suitable for the
purpose of actuating the brake lever or levers.
The apparatus hereinbefore described may be placed between the wheels or
outside the wheels of the vehicle.
Dated this 25th day of March 1895.
W. M. LLEWELLIN, C.E.,
15 King Square, Bristol, Agent for Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Carriage Brakes and Rests, with or without
Concussion Springs.
I, WILLIAM JAMES SIMMONS of 17 Silver Street Taunton Somerset Furniture
Removal Contractor, 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 arrangements applicable to two wheeled vehicles that
are drawn by animals and is specially designed for the twofold purposes of a brake
and also for relieving the animal used for draught from the strain of bearing up
against the weight of the vehicle when standing at rest.
For the sake of brevity such animal used for drawing the aforementioned vehicle
will for the purpose of these presents be called the horse the word horse being used
in a generic sense to include any animal drawing a two wheeled vehicle.
I carry my invention into practice in manner as follows,
Attached to the underside of the vehicle but preferably to the axle to which it
may be attached in one or more places in manner as follows is a lever one end of
this lever is attached to the axle by means of a collar or any of the usual well
known means it may be rigidly fixed to the axle or free to move in certain required
directions more or less round the axle this lever will hereinafter be referred to as
the axle lever.
Attached to the axle lever is another lever or bar which will be hereinafter
referred to as the brake block lever this lever as its name implies has the brake
block attached to it at the end remote from that connecting it with the axle lever.
The road side or under side of the said brake block when occasion requires it rubs
or drags against the road and exercises a retarding effect upon the progress of the
vehicle. Connected to the brake block lever at or near the end where the brake
block is fixed is attached the jointed end of another lever which which will be
hereinafter referred to as the link.
Attached to the underside of the front portion of the vehicle is a T or other
suitably shaped lever or its equivalent when a T shaped lever is used the top cross
part of the Thereinafter referred to as the cross part of the T works in bearings
which bearings are attached to the underside of the outer framing or other suitable
part of the front or side part of the vehicle this T shaped lever will be hereinafter
referred to as the rocking lever.
The vertical stem of the rocking lever which will be hereinafter referred to as
the stem of the rocking lever is jointed to the link at some required distance from
that end of the link remote from the end of the link which is jointed to the brake
block lever or alternately the link may be jointed to the vertical stem of the
rocking lever at some required distance from its extreme end remote from the cross
part.
For the purpose of these presents we will describe the case where the vertical
stem of the rocking lever is jointed to the link at some required distance from that
end of the link remote from the one connected with the brake block. The remainder
of the length of the link between the point where it is jointed to the rocking lever
and its extreme end is curved or bent forwards or in any other suitable direction
this part of the link will be hereinafter called the curved link end at the extreme
end of the curved link end is jointed one end of a rod which will be hereinafter
called the connecting rod.
This connecting rod is carried under the body of the vehicle or
any other
suitable direction to a place where it is connected to another lever which inay be
In a more or less vertical position and is carried up so as to be within the reach of

page_text: the driver of the vehicle such lever will be hereinafter referred to as the locking
lever but I do not confine myself to actuating the apparatus by a locking lever as
hereinbefore described there may be any other of the well known arrangements
used of actuating the series of levers described through and by means of the
connecting rod and in combination with the levers or system of levers hereinbefore
described. There may also be one or more brake block levers or system of levers
in and connected with the brake block lever or brake block levers and there may
be one or more series of levers for actuating same. In order that jolting or jars
may be reduced to a minimum I may use springs or elastic cushions.
The herein before described apparatus may be placed between the wheels or
outside the wheels of the vehicle or partly between the wheels and partially outside
the wheels of the vehicle.
In order that my invention may be more clearly shown and set forth annex
hereto sheets of drawings which are to be taken as part of these presents and read
in with same.
Figure 1. Sheet 1. is an elevation of the back of the vehicle showing the brake
rest down.
Figure 2. Sheet 2. is an elevation of the side of the vehicle showing the .brake
rest up.
Figure 3. Sheet 3. is an elevation of the side of the vehicle showing. the brake
rest down.
Figure 4. Sheet 4. is an elevation of the back showing an arrangement for
duplicating the axle lever and brake block lever.
:
A is the body of the vehicle Z is the drivers seat T is the platform in the fore
part of the vehicle L is the axle of the vehicle M is the part of the axle lever that
is attached by bolts and lugs to the axle and can either be rigidly. attached.or.free
to move round the axle in a certain required direction. The end E of the axle
lever is jointed to the brake lever N at the end of the lever N is fixed the brake
block and shoe K. K' at the end of the brake block shoe K' the link J.G F is
jointed to the brake block shoe at J the end of the link G F is curved or otherwise
bent forward and at G is jointed to the stem P of the rocking lever R P. The
cross piece of the rocking lever is carried in bearings S. S.
At the end F of the
curved part G F of the link the connecting rod Q is jointed to link and the con-
necting rod at D is jointed to the working lever D, C, B B hereinafter referred to
also as the drivers lever of which C is the fulcrum B the handle end of the
lever DC B₁ B.
The working of the hereiubefore described apparatus is as follows
Figure 2. shows the position the brake rest arrangement assumes when not in use
and when the vehicle is being drawn by a horse in this position the drivers lever is
in a forward position the handle B being as regards the fulcrum C in a position
inclined more or less in the direction of the shafts. To bring the brake rest into
action the handle B of the lever D C B B is pulled back or away from the horse
this throws the end D of the lever D C B B forward which carries forward the
connecting rod Q which pushes forward the link J G F and also the stem P of
the rocking lever P R and tends to allign the part J G of the link with the stem P
of the rocking lever P R and in doing so forces the brake block K against the
ground and thus causes a retarding effect upon the motion of the vehicle.
Figures 1 & 3 shows the brake block in this position. It will also be observed
that as the parts J G and P tend to alignment the distance between the points H
and J is increased and tends to support wholly or in part the weight of the vehicle
which would thus otherwise be supported on the horses back and so relieves the
horse from sustaining the weight of the vehicle in this way when the horse is
standing harnessed at bait or post or otherwise the brake rest can be applied so as
to take all the weight of the vehicle off the horse and at the same time allow the
animal freedom in imovement without in any way effecting the supporting medium
viz., the brake rest.
Where it is desirable to have extra strength or for other reasons the brake block

page_text: lever may be arranged as shown in Figure 4 which shows a plan of the arrange-
ment in which certain parts are duplicated but I do not confine myself to
duplicating these or any other parts the parts hereinbefore described may be
multiplied severally or collectively in any manner desired.
Referring to Figure 4 Sheet 4 M M are duplicate axle levers N N' are
duplicate brake levers which are united at X where the brake shoe and brake
block are fixed.
Figure 5 Sheet 4. represents an arrangement of concussion springs to prevent
the levers coming into contact with each other when the vehicle is in motion
V represents a coiled spring wound round the stem P of the rocking lever P. R.
V V are flat springs on the part O of the link in the same way springs may be
fitted on any part of the levers that are liable to rattle or come into contact with
each other.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
1. A combination of levers and parts as herein before described and set forth for
the purposes herein before named.
2. A combination as hereinbefore described so as to form a rest for a two wheeled
vehicle.
3. The special arrangement of bending forward one end of the link as herein-
before described in connection with the associated parts or members of the
hereinbefore described combination for the purposes of a brake & rest.
4. The special arrangement of bending forward one end of the stem of the
rocking lever as herein before described in connection with the associated parts
or members of the herein before described combination for the purpose of a brake
rest.
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5. The combination of the drivers lever with the other combination of levers
and other members of the hereinbefore described combination for the purpose of a
brake rest.
6. The use of concussion springs for preventing the levers from forcibly coming
in contact with each other.
7. The combination of levers and other members in an arrangement as
substantially hereinbefore described and set forth for the combined purposes of a
brake and rest.
Dated this 13th day of September 1895.
W. M. LLEWELLIN, C.E.,
15 King Square, Bristol, Agent for Applicant.