Improvements in Motor Road Cars or Carriages.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Aug., 1896
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I, ALFRED SLATER of Horton Lawn Gloucester in the County of Gloucester
Manager to the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its objects to provide means whereby the motor and
machinery are connected with the vehicle in such manner as to prevent vibration
due to the working of the motor and machinery being felt by the passengers the
front springs moreover being arranged so as to give perfect locking.
According to my invention the motor and machinery are mounted on a frame
distinct from that of the car or carriage body and having separate springs, or sets
of springs, connecting it with the axles there being preferably three springs, or
sets of springs, namely, two in connection with the rear axle and one in connection
with the front axle, thus preventing any vibration being communicated to the
carriage and preventing or greatly reducing risk of derangement of the motor
and machinery when the carriage is running over rough roads and also facilitating
the locking of the front wheels. The body is carried on springs or sets of springs
(preferably four) arranged so as to be separate from the springs and frame
carrying the motor and machinery. In cases where the front axle is fixed, the
front springs are placed over the axle pivots and are firmly attached to the arms,
or axletrees, carrying the wheels, and to the body of the carriage by pivots, or
revolving plates, arranged in such a manner that the springs are turned by the
guiding gear simultaneously with the wheels to which they always remain parallel.
Dated this 14th day of August 1896.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Motor Road Cars or Carriages.
I, ALFRED SLATER of Horton Lawn Gloucester, in the County of Gloucester,
Manager to the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited, do
bereby 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 has for its objects to provide means whereby the motor and
machinery are connected with the vehicle in such manner as to prevent vibration
due to the working of the motor and machinery being felt by the passengers, the
front springs moreover being arranged so as to give perfect locking.
I will describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Figure 1 is a side view Figure 2 a plan Figure 3 a front view and Figure 4 a
part plan shewing the fore wheels deflected.

page_text: According to my invention the motor and machinery are mounted on a frame B
distinct from that of the car or carriage body A and having separate springs, or
sets of springs, connecting it with the axles, there being preferably three springs,
or sets of springs, namely, two (marked 63) in connection with the rear axle C and
one (marked 2) in connection with the front axle B2 thus preventing any vibration
being communicated to the carriage and preventing or greatly reducing risk of
derangement of the motor and machinery when the carriage is running over rough
roads and also facilitating the locking of the front wheels c. The body A is carried
on springs or sets of springs (preferably four as shewn at C C C C') arranged so as
to be separate from the springs 63 and frame B carrying the motor and machinery.
In cases where the front axle B2 is fixed, the frout springs C¹ are placed over the
axle pivots d as shewn clearly in Figure 3 and are firmly attached to the arms, or
axletrees, carrying the wheels c and to the body of the carriage by pivots as at a
or their equivalents such as revolving plates, arranged in such a manner that the
springs are turned by the guiding gear simultaneously with the wheels c² to
which they always remain parallel as shewn in Figure 4.
I have shewn the springs 263 and C C as coiled and blade springs respectively
but it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to these particular shapes of
springs.
The underframe B is preferably, but not necessarily, in one piece of the shape
shewn in the drawings, the two sides of the forward part being joined at the
centre b on the fore axle B2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In motor road cars or carriages the combination of a car or carriage body
and separate underframe for carrying the motor and machinery each connected
with the axles independently of each other and with the intervention of springs,
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
2. In motor road-cars or carriages an under frame for carrying the motor and
machinery, the said frame being formed and connected with the axles with the
intervention of springs, substantially as herein before described.
3. The arrangement and combination of parts for motor road-cars or carriages as
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of May 1897.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.