Improvements in and connected with Perambulators, Baby Carriages, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 20th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 5th June, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Perambulators, Baby
Carriages, and the like.
We ELFRIDA MARION DIXON of Greenfield Wathington in the County of
Oxford Spinster and HELEN NORMA HASLAM of 46, Evelyn Gardens South
Kensington in the County of London Married Woman do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to enable the wheels of baby carriages such as
perambulators bassinettes mail carts and the like to be cleaned before such
carriages are brought into a house.
As is well known baby carriages have generally in wet weather to be brought
into the house with the wheels covered with inud from the street and the floor cloth
matting or other covering of the floor of the entrance hall or lobby is dirtied and
damaged by the passage over it of the muddy wheels of the said carriages.
Now according to this invention we provide, a brush for each wheel of a
perambulator bassinette or other child's carriage which brushes may be caused to
bear on the wheels of the said carriages and clean them before the said carriages
are brought into the house the said brushes may be also caused to act as a brake.
In carrying our invention into practice we provide a shaft oscillating in bearings
secured to the springs or body of perambulators, bassinettes and the like and to
this shaft we secure suitable levers to the ends of which are attached brushes one
for each wheel. The shaft is connected by a suitable rod or rods and levers to a
handle or lever adjacent to the ordinary handle or handles so that by pressing the
said handle or lever the brushes will be caused to bear upon the tyres of the wheels
and clean them or by securing the said handle or lever in such a position that the
brushes are held firmly in contact with the wheels the apparatus may be used as a
brake thereby preventing accidents from the vehicle running away" if left
unattended.
The brushes may be held out of contact with the wheels by means of a spring or
springs or the brushes may be caused to press on the wheels by means of a spring
or springs and held out of contact therewith by means of a handle connected by a
cord or cords to the oscillating shaft to which the brush levers are attached.
We prefer to make the levers adjustable on the shaft or the brushes adjustable
relative to the levers so as to enable all of the brushes to bear equally on the
wheels.
Dated this 21st day of July 1896.
T. E. HALFORD,
Agent for Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in and connected with Perambulators, Baby
Carriages, and the like.
We ELFRIDA MARION DIXON of Greenfield Wathington in the County of
Oxford Spinster and HELEN NORMA HASLAM of 44 Evelyn Gardens South
Kensington in the County of London Married Womau, 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 enable the wheels of baby carriages such as
perambulators bassinettes mail-carts and the like to be cleaned before such
carriages are brought into a house. As is well known baby carriages have
generally in wet weather to be brought into the house with the wheels covered
with mud from the street and the floor cloth matting or other covering of the floor
of the entrance hall or lobby is dirtied and damaged by the passage over it of the
muddy wheels of the said carriages.
Now according to this invention we provide a brush for each wheel of a
perambulator bassinette or other childs carriage which brushes may be caused to
bear on the wheels of the said carriages and clean them before the said carriages
are brought into the house the said brushes may be also caused to act as a brake.
In carrying our invention into practice we provide a shaft oscillating in bearings
secured to the springs of perambulators, bassinettes and the like and to this shaft
we secure suitable levers to the ends of which are attached brushes one for each
wheel. The shaft is connected by a suitable rod or rods and levers to a handle or
lever adjacent to the ordinary handle or handles so that by pressing the said handle
or lever the brushes will be caused to bear upon the tyres of the wheels and clean
them or by securing the said handle or lever in such a position that the brushes are
held firmly in contact with the wheels the apparatus may be used as a brake
thereby preventing accidents from the vehicle "running away "if left unattended.
The brushes may be held out of contact with the wheels by means of a spring or
springs or the brushes may be caused to press on the wheels by means of a spring
or springs and be held out of contact therewith by means of a handle connected by
a cord or cords to the oscillating shaft to which the brush levers are attached.
We prefer to make the levers adjustable on the shaft or the brushes adjustable
relativly to the levers so as to enable all of the brushes to bear equally on the
wheels.
And in order that our said invention may be fully understood we will proceed
to explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in
which :-
Fig. 1. represents side elevation of a baby carriage constructed according to
this invention.
Fig. 2. is a front view of same.
Fig. 3. is part plan of under carriage of same.
Fig. 4. is a detail hereinafter referred to.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figs.
a a are the front wheels of the carriage bb the hind wheels thereof cc the
springs. d the body of the carriage. the handle. g is an axis or shaft rotating
in bearings attached to the springs cc to which axis are secured levers hi having
brushes j. k made of any suitable material attached to their extremities. The
brushes attached to the levers h may be caused to bear ou the peripheries of the
back wheels b and the brushes & attached to the lever i may be caused to bear on
the peripheries of the front wheels a when it is desired to remove mud and dirt
from the wheels.

page_text: This is effected by attaching a lever to the shaft g which lever is connected by
means of light rods m n and bell crank o to the lever q which is pivotted at r to a
clip which is secured to the handle bar f. s is a spring which normally presses the
brushes on to the wheels so causing them to act as a brake.
When it is desired to place the brushes out of contact with the wheels the long
arm of the lever is raised and the ring t slipped over it thus holding the brushes
clear of the wheels.
When the wheels are to be cleaned the ring t is slipped off the lever q and the
pressure of the brushes on the wheels adjusted by holding the handle and the
lever g while the carriage is pushed or pulled along until the mud and dirt has
been brushed off. Or the wheels may be raised from the ground and rotated by
the hand while the brushes remain in contact with the wheels.
Or instead of using rods m n by placing a spring as shewn in dotted lines at r
Fig. 1. cords or wires may be used.
Again the brushes may be normally held out of contact with the wheels and
pressed thereon when it is desired to clean the wheels, this may be done by
applying a spring shewn in dotted lines at y Fig. 1. and attaching the rod or wire n
to the long arm of the lever q.
In order to enable all the brushes to bear equally on the wheels the arms hi may
be made adjustable on the shaft y or the brushes may be adjustable relatively to
the said levers. Our invention is also applicable to "mail carts" in which case
only two brushes would be used instead of four.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. A combined wheel cleaning and brake device for perambulators, baby
carriages and the like consisting of brushes attached to oscillating levers and
adapted to be applied to the peripheries of the wheels as set forth.
2. In perambulators baby carriages and the like the combination of levers hi
having brushes j k attached thereto with an oscillating shaft g secured to the said
levers substantially as hereinbefore specified and for the purposes stated.
3. In perambulators baby carriages and the like the combination of an oscillating
shaft g having levers hi and secured thereto, brushes j k secured to the levers hi,
bearings for the shaft 7 secured to the springs c, a rod or wire m secured at one end
to the lever I and at the other end to a bell crank lever o, a lever y pivotted at r
and secured to the handle f and a rod or wire n attached at one end to the lever q
and at the other end to the bell crank o all substantially as hereinbefore
specified and for the purposes stated.
4. Combined wheel cleaning and brake devices for perambulators, baby
carriages, and the like constructed as shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 20th day of April 1897.
T. E. HALFORD,
11 Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C.,
Agent for Applicants.