Child's Carriage or Perambulator.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th July, 1899-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1899
Child's Carriage or Perambulator.
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I, THOMAS BALLANTINE, of Grant Street, South Melbourne, in the Colony of
Victoria, Engineer, 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:-
The object of this invention is to provide a child's carriage or perambulator
which is collapsible or capable of being folded so as to occupy a smaller space
when stored away and be more readily carried from place to place when not in
use, or when packed for transport. The perambulator is provided with a handle
which will lie out of the way when the carriage is in use but which, when the
perambulator is collapsed; will form a convenient means for carrying it.
In order to make my invention clear I will now refer to the accompanying
drawings in which :-
Figure 1 shows side elevation of the perambulator.
Figure 2 a plan of same,
Figure 3 a front elevation of same
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Figure 4 front elevation showing the, perambulator collapsed.
Figures 5 and 6 show plan and back view respectively of the axle.
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Figure 7 is a cross section through the floor showing support for handle.
In these drawings "1" represents the side frame of perambulator which is
constructed of rails and standards rebated and secured together, "2, 2" are the
main rails constituting part of the sides of the perambulator. "3" represents
the floor which is secured to the said rails by hinges "4, 4" placed on the top,
the floor is constructed in two parts which meet in the centre and are there
hinged together by hinges "5" set beneath. The body of the perambulator is
mounted upon springs 6" supported on the fixed axle "7" which carries the
wheels "8" in the usual manner. The back of the perambulator is closed in
by a door or frame "9" which is secured by hinges "10" to the side frame "1,"
this back frame has a hook "11" pivotted to it, the hook being arranged to
engage with an eyelet "12" on the side plate "1" opposite the hinges.
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The axle "7" is bifurcated and. receives the end of axle rod "13" which is
secured or hinged thereto by a pin "14" This axle rod "13" has a segmental
plate "15" secured to it (see Figures 5 and 6) and which is provided with a
circular slot 16." A similar axle rod "18" is pivotted to the plate "15" by
pin "17" which pin forms the centre for the circular slot "16," the axle rod "18"
has a pin "20" passing through or secured to it and which projects through the
slot "16" and is held in position by winged or thumb nut “21”. which screws
upon said pin.
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"22, 22" represent shafts of the perambulator which are each pivotted to a
main rail "2"by pin."23" a segmental plate 24" similar to "15" and having
circular slot "25" is secured, one to each of the said shafts. A screw bolt "26"
passes through the said slot and through main rail "2" and has wing-nut "27"
by means of which the segmental plate can be held at either end of the slot.
"28" represents step of the "perambulator which is constructed in two parts

page_text: (similar to the floor) which meet in the centre and are there articulated by a
hinge "29" placed underneath, and are secured at their ends to depending
arms of the side frame by hinges "30" placed above.
I provide a cord "31" which is held at one end by eyelet "32" secured to the
step aforesaid and at its other end to eyelet "33" secured to the bottom of floor
a second cord "34" is held at one end by eyelet "33" and passes through an
eyelet 35" secured to the opposite part of floor, this cord passes through a
cylindrical tube "30" which forms a handle and thence through corresponding
opposite eyelets to those described-"35" and "33"-and to the latter of which
cord is secured. A recess is formed for the handle by two bevelled fillets "37"
which are secured to bottom of floor and meet in the centre.
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The modus operandi of the invention is as follows-The carriage or perambu-
lator when in use will be set-as illustrated on Figures 1, 2 and 3, of the accom-
panying drawings-with the back frame or door "9" set with the hook 11 in
the eyelet "12" and with the wing-nut "21" tightened up so as to lock the
axles 13 " "18
in a horizontal position and in line with one another. The
shafts will be set in the position shown in full lines Figure 1 with the attached
segmental plate locked in position by the wing nut "27." The handle. "36"
will lie snugly on its recess "37" (see Figure 2) with the cords loose and the
carriage will now bo rigid and ready for ordinary use.
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When it is desired to fold the perambulator (for convenience in carrying or
storing same) the hook "11" will be released from the eyelet "12" and the
frame "9" swung upon its hinges so as to lie against the side frame "1" on
which it is hinged, the wing nut "21" will be unscrewed so as to allow the axle
rod 18" to move radially upon its centre pin "17" the handle "36" will then
be taken and a pull be exerted upon same so as to cause the meeting parts of
the floor to be raised which action will also cause the step to be similarly raised
by reason of the connecting cord "31" the step will thus be turned into approxi-
mately a vertical position as shown in Figure 4 and at the same time the axle
rods "13" and "18" will be caused to turn upon their hinges downwardly into an
approximately vertical position the bolt "20" travelling meanwhile within the
slot "16" until it reaches the opposite extremity of same. The wing nut "21"
will now be locked in its new position and will prevent the perambulator from
moving into its open position until released; and while in this position it may
be conveniently carried by means of the handles "36." The shafts "22
put into the dotted position (Fig. 1) by loosening the winged nuts "27," "27,"
and by lifting the shafts over on their centre pins "23," "23" until they assume
the dotted position shown. The winged,nuts "27," "27" are then again
tightened so as to keep the shafts secure in their altered arrangement.
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I do not confine myself to the exact details of construction herein ahown as
these may readily be varied without departing from the nature of my invention.
For instance the frame or door "9" may be placed across the centre of the cart,
that is to say in line with the axle, another hinged foot board added to the back
of perambulator and the length of the flooring, sufficiently extended so as to
form a double seated carriage in which each child sits with its back to the other.
Where warm wrappings are required particularly for very young infants two
hinged frames as "9" may be employed, that is to say one at back and front
respectively and the four sided body thus formed can hold the infants bedding.
Should a sunshade or rain cover be desired an upright rod can be attached to
each of the four corners and at their tops a small frame could be affixed from.
which might hang the necessary covering from wind, sun or rain, these latter
fittings must of course be removed before the cart is collapsed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. In combination a perambulator having hinged floor, axle having two hinged

page_text: parts pivotted together in the centre with means for locking said parts in a
horizontal position in line or approximately each in a vertical position, sub-
stantially as and for the purposes set forth."
2. In combination hinged axle rod as "13" carrying slotted segmental plate
as 15," hinged axle rod as "18," pivotly connected to said plate and having
a pin passing through slot of plate with means of securing same in position sub-
stantially as and for the purposes set forth.
3. In combination shafts as "22" pivotted to rail and having attached thereto
slotted plates as "24" and means for forming a secure hold upon the plates sub-
stantially as and for the purposes set forth.
4. In a collapsible carriage of the kind described; a hinged foot board which
collapses correspondingly with the carriage substantially as set forth.
5. In combination cord as "31" connecting hinged step with hinged floor,
cord as
"34" connecting the two parts of floor and having a handle as "36"
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
6. In combination side frames of a perambulator, a lateral door or doors, means
by which door is hinged to one side of perambulator and means for securing the
other end of such door to frame on that side substantially as and for the purposes
set forth,
7. In combination perambulator having hinged back frame with means for
securing same to side frame, floor in two parts hinged to side frames and to-
gether in the centre, step in two parts hinged to side frame and together in
the centre, a connecting cord between the said floor and step, a handle, an axle
having two hinged parts pivotted together in the centre and having means for
radiating and securing same in position in a horizontal line and in substantially
a vertical position, shafts pivotted to the side rails and means for holding same
in a forward or back position substantially as set forth.
Dated this 10th day of July 1.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.