Year: 1849

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
HANDLEY, of Chiswell Street, Finsbury, Confectioner, GEORGE DUNCAN, of
Battersea, in the County of Surrey, Engineer, and ALEXANDER MCGLASHAN, of
Long Acre, Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twentieth day of
September, One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, in the thirteenth
year of Her reigu, did for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto us, the said William Handley, George Duncan, and Alexander
McGlashan, our exors, admors, and assigns, Her especial licence, full power,
sole privilege and authority, that we, the said William Handley, George
Duncan, and Alexander McGlashan, our exors, admors, and assigns, or such
others as we, the said William Handley, George Duncan, and Alexander
McGlashan, our exors, admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all times during the term of years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, our Invention of

page_text: "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY BREAKS;" in which said
Letters Patent is contained a proviso that we, the said William Handley,
George Duncan, and Alexander McGlashan, or one of us, shall cause a
particular description of the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under
our hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us, to be inrolled in
Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent,
as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at
large appear.....
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said William Handley, George Duncan,
and Alexander McGlashan, do hereby declare that the nature of our said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully
described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference
being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters
marked thereon, that is to say :-
Our Invention consists of certain means of constructing railway breaks
so that they may be caused to pass partially under the wheels of a carriage
in whichever way or direction the carriage may be moving, so that the
wheels will not be liable to be worn into flats at parts, nor to become heated,
so as to expand the tyre by sliding along the rails.
And in order that our Invention may be most fully understood and readily
carried into effect, we will proceed to describe the Drawing hereunto, annexed,
in the various Figures of which the same letters are used to indicate similar
parts.
Figure 1 shews part of the side framing of a railway carriage having breaks
applied to the wheels, according. toil our Invention.
Figure 2 is an end view of Figure 1, and Figure 3 shews a railway carriage
with like breaks, the parts being on a smaller scale.. On each of the
axles are placed a lever a for each wheel; so that it can move freely on the
axle. These four levers are each, formed with two. breaks b, b. Those shewn
in the Drawings are what we prefer, but their shapes may be in some degree
varied so long as they are made suitable for passing under the wheels, and to
act as these do.
Figure 3 shews an enlarged view of the parts of the skid of the break.
c is a connecting rod on each side of the carriage, by which the levers 'a, 'a; on
the two axles are connected together. d is another connecting rod attached
at one end to one of the levers a, and at the other end to the arm or crank e,
on the axis f. And there is a similar arrangement on the other side of the

page_text: carriage. g is an arm or crank fixed to the axis f, so that by means of the
screw rod and apparatus h the axis f can be moved partly round, by which
the levers a, carrying the breaks or skids, will be moved, and so as to place
the breaks or skids under the two wheels on either side of the carriage, which-
ever way or direction the carriage may be moving; for it will be seen that if
the screw rod and apparatus h-raise the arm g, then one set of the breaks
or skids will come into action, and if the screw rod and apparatus depress
the arm g, then the other set of breaks or skids will be brought into action
under their wheels, by which the wheels will be slightly lifted, and the
carriage will slide on the skids of the breaks, and owing to the breaks only
slightly entering under the wheels they will readily be withdrawn:.
Figure 4 shews side view of another arrangement of break.
Figure 5 shews. an end view of the parts shewn at Figure 4, and
Figure 6 shews a side view of a railway carriage having similar breaks
applied thereto to those shewn in Figures 4 and 5. In this arrangement,
in place of the levers a, a, which carry the skids or breaks b, b, moving on the
axles of the carriage wheels, the levers a, a, of the present apparatus are
carried by links or connecting rods a¹, a', to a fixed bar a² on either side of the
carriage, as shewn, and the levers a, a, are connected to an arm i fixed to the
axis j, which moves in bearings k, as shewn. The skids or breaks b, b, in this
case we prefer to be such as are represented in the Drawing, but their shapes
may, however, be varied so long as they are capable of similar action. The
axis receives motion from a screw rod and apparatus h, similar to that above
mentioned, which gives motion to the crank 7, which in its turn, by a con-
necting rod m, gives motion to the axis j. We would remark, that we prefer
to employ the screw rod and apparatus h for putting the skids or breaks 6 into
action, but other mechanical means may be employed in place thereof.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, we would have it understood that we do not confine
ourselves to the details here shewn so long as the peculiar character of our
Invention, as herein described, be retained; but what we claim are the
improvements in railway breaks herein explained.
In witness whereof, we, the said William Handley and George Duncan,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twentieth day of March, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty.
W. (L.S.) HANDLEY.
GEORGE (L.S.) DUNCAN.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twentieth day of March, in
the year of our Lord 1850, the aforesaid William Handley and George
Duncan came before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and
acknowledged the Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein
contained and specified in form above written. And also the Specification
aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute made for that
purpose.
Enrolled the Twentieth day of March, in the year of our Lord One