IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF VEHICLES FOR CONVEYING PASSENGERS AND Luggage.” CONVEYING PASSENGERS AND LUGGAGE
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Turton, Bus Proprietor, and Horace
Rogers, Coach Builder, both of Leeds, in the County of York, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF VEHICLES FOR
CONVEYING PASSENGERS AND Luggage.”
CONVEYING PASSENGERS AND LUGGAGE.”
Sealed the 11th July 1873, and dated the 13th January 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Turton and
Horace Rogers at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 13th January 1873.
We, WILLIAM TURTON, Bus Proprietor, and HORACE ROGERS, Coach
Builder, both of Leeds, in the County of York, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
VEHICLES FOR CONVEYING PASSENGERS AND LUGGAGE," to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists of certain improvements as hereafter described,
whereby more room, ventilation, and light are given to the passengers,
also the vehicle is rendered easier of access and egress, and a more
comfortable arrangement of seats is obtained than heretofore.
The object of our Invention is to arrange a vehicle in such a manner
as to dispense with one pair of wheels and carry the same number of
passengers under cover as in a four-wheeled vehicle, also luggage on
top. The unpleasant noise caused by the shaking or rattling of the
windows is also prevented. The doors when open are so arranged as to

page_text: coming in contact with the wheels when passing in or out.
Our improvements are particularly applicable to two-wheeled
vehicles, but some of the improvements are applicable also to other
vehicles.
The driver is seated on the roof and in front of the passengers whereby
he has more control over his horse than when sitting behind. (as in the
case on "Hansom cabs").
We arrange the seats one at the back, which is sufficiently large to
hold two persons, and one seat on the " near "and one on the "off"
side to carry one person on each. The sides of the vehicle supporting
the seats are recessed and provided with arms of ordinary construction
for comfort of passengers. The top of the vehicle is by preference
almost flat, and provided with battens and movable fence for the safe
conveyance of luggage. The front of the vehicle is supported on a
substantial frame which carries the driver's seat, footboard, and shafts;
these shafts are of a similar construction to those employed on the
"Hansom." The entrances to the vehicle are at the sides but in front
of the wheels, and the doors are so hung that when open they cover the
wheels. The wheels are constructed similar to those used on "Hansoms,"
also the springs. By this arrangement of seats and general construction
of the vehicle it can be made much shorter than a "Hansom cab," and
contain two more passengers seated, as well as carry a large quantity of
luggage on the top, the whole of the room in and on the vehicle being
utilized. A vehicle arranged in this manner will carry with comfort
inside the same number of passengers as a four-wheeled cab of ordinary
construction.
The sashes of the windows work in grooves in the framework or body
of the vehicle, the sliding parts being covered with caoutchouc. Small
rollers are mounted in the grooves in the framework so as to revolve
freely, these work against the caoutchouc at a suitable pressure. By
this arrangement the passengers may move the sash containing the glass
up or down as much as may be required, also the unpleasant shaking
or rattling of the sashes containing the glass is thereby prevented. This
arrangement of window is also applicable to other vehicles.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Turton and Horace Rogers in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 11th July 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
TURTON, Bus Proprietor, and HORACE ROGERS, Coach Builder, both of
Leeds, in the County of York, send greeting.
· WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-sixth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto us, the said William Turton and Horace Rogers, Her special
licence that we, the said William Turton and Horace Rogers, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
William Turton and Horace Rogers, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
VEHICLES FOR CONVEYING PASSENGERS AND LUGGAGE," upon the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said William Turton and Horace Rogers,
our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our,
or one of our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in
the Great Scal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said William Turton and Horace
Rogers, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had
to the accompanying Drawings, and to the letters of reference marked
thereon, that is to say :-
Our Invention consists of certain improvements as hereafter described,
whereby more room, ventilation, and light, are given to the passengers,
also the vehicle is rendered easier of access and egress, and a more
comfortable arrangement of seats is obtained than heretofore.

page_text: .
The object of our Invention is to arrange a vehicle in such a manner
as to dispense with one pair of wheels and carry the same number of
passengers under cover as in a four-wheeled vehicle, also luggage on
top. The unpleasant noise caused by the shaking or rattling of the
windows is also prevented. The doors when open aro so arranged as to
cover the wheels, this prevents the clothing of the passengers from
coming in contact with the wheels when passing in or out.

page_text: The sashes of the windows work in grooves in the framework or body
of the vehicle, the bottoms of the grooves are covered with caoutchouc
or its equivalent as shown at m, small rollers n are mounted on the
framework so as to revolve freely, these work against the caoutchouc m
at a suitable pressure. By this arrangement the passengers may move
the sash containing the glass up or down as much as may be required,
also the unpleasant shaking or rattling of the sashes containing the glass
is thereby prevented. This arrangement of window is also applicable to
other vehicles.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention and the
manner in which the same may be performed, we would remark in con-
clusion that we do not limit ourselves to the exact limits, details, and
configuration of parts we have explained and shewn, as the same may
be varied or modified without in any way departing from the nature of
our Invention, but we claim,―
First. The arrangement and combination of the several parts con-
stituting the vehicle, substantially in manner and for purposes shewn and
described.
Second. The arrangement of window sashes and parts in connection
therewith, substantially as and for the purposes hercin set forth.
In witness whercof, I, the said William Turton, for myself and on
behalf of the said Horace Rogers, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand
cight hundred and seventy-threo.
W. TURTON. (L.S.).
Witness,
J. W. HARDING,
Consulting Engineer & Patent Agent,
2, East Parade,
Leeds.