A NEW OR IMPROVED WHEEL GUARD
Year: 1816

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANCIS
TORBILL, of Long Acre, in the Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields, in the
County of Middlesex, Coach Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Second day of March, in the fifty-sixth year of His reign, did
give and grant unto me, the said Francis Turrill, my exors, adñiors, and
assigns, His special licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I,
the said Francis Turrill, my exors, admors, and assigns, 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, my
Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED WHEEL GUARD;" in which Letters Patent
there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said Francis Turrill, under my
hand and seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be enrolled
in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and
by the same, relation being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Francis Turrill, in compliance and per-
formance of the proviso contained in the said Letters Patent, do hereby
declare that my said Invention doth, by this Instrument in writing under
my hand and seal, particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, as well by a
description in writing, as also by a delineation of apparatus hereunto annexed,
that will help to illustrate or exemplify my said Invention (that is to say):-
My Invention of a new and improved wheel guard consists in the adoption
and application of a shield or guard over part of the periphery of the wheel,
for the purpose of preventing dirt upon the tire of the wheel soiling the
clothes of ladies or other persons in getting in or out of the carriage, and
which contrivance will be seen and understood by the following description;
that is to say, the shield or guard is made of one, two, three, or more picces,
with folding joints, sliders, or other suitable means to connect and extend the
same, which are to be opened or unfolded to cover the tiro of the wheel when-
ever it shall be found necessary to adopt such a precautionary measure. This
guard may be made of light iron or any other kind of framing covered with
leather, velvet, cloth, or such suitable materials as are usually adopted in the
lining or covering of carriages, and folding upon joints or hinges of any or the
most eligible construction, or by means of slides to draw out at the option, the
methods of attaching or affixing which to the carriage may be and are of so
many kinds as to preclude the possibility of defining them all. The general
and perhaps most convenient method for close carriages will be that of con-
necting the wheel guard by joints or hinges to the steps, and folding it up
within the same; or it may be affixed and drawn out by a slider under the
body, and by various other means. When the wheel guards are applied to
the curricle or open carriage they can be affixed to the shafts or other part,
and so to be made to fold and unfold, or to slide, as may be thought most conve
nient. The Drawings in the margin represent several methods adopted, and
will shew the general appearance and intention of this contrivance; but is
not by any means designed to limit the precise form, quantity, or particular
mode of affixing this contrivance, conceiving that any application of a wheel
guard, the idea and adaptation of which I claim as my Invention, will be an
infringement of my Patent and exclusive prerogative.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francis Turrill, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixteen.
FRA TURRILL. (L.B.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Thirtieth day of August, in the
year of our Lord 1816, the aforesaid Francis Turrill came before our said Lord
the King in His 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
Statutes made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixteen.