Improvements relating to Vehicles, especially applicable to Vehicles having only Two Wheels.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1896:
PROVISIONAL. SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Vehicles, especially applicable to
Vehicles having only Two Wheels.
I WILLIAM OLIVER of 69 York Road Lambeth in the County of Surrey-
Greengrocer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is designed to put a break on the wheels of vehicles, and in.
vehicles having only two wheels to lessen the load on the horse when going down
hill or otherwise as may be required.
According to this invention I make the axle capable of sliding forward and at
the same time when required to put on the break by means of such sliding
action.
According to this invention I provide sliding bearings to the vehicle so that the
axle passing through such bearings may (by suitable mechanism) be slid forward
bringing with it the wheels also, and thus taking a portion of the load off the-
horse's back in the case of a vehicle going down hill. When it is required to put
on a break, also, I fix a break block or blocks to the vehicle or shafts thereof, so
that the axle in sliding forward shall cause the wheels to come in contact with the
aforesaid blocks.
In the case of vehicles having four wheels my improvements would only be used
as a break.
The sliding bearings aforesaid I provide with a suitable spring arrangement to
bring the axle back to its normal position.
Dated this Twenty-seventh day of May 1895.
BROWNE & Co.,
9 Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements relating to Vehicles, especially applicable to
Vehicles having only Two Wheels.
I WILLIAM OLIVER, of 69 York Road, Lambeth, in the County of London,
Green-grocer, 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 :-
Hitherto it has been found impossible to apply a satisfactory break to vehicles
having only two wheels, on account of the load being thrown on the horse's back,
when the break is applied.
Now according to this invention, I am not only able to apply a satisfactory
break to two-wheeled vebicles, but am enabled at the same time to lessen the load
on the horse's back.
And in order that my said invention may be more fully understood, I will now
proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings accompanying this
Specification. in which

page_text: Fig. 1 shews an elevation of a two-wheeled cart, having my invention applied
thei eto,
Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4. shew details hereinafter referred to.
The same letters of reference are employed to denote the same parts in all
the views.
a (Fig. 1) shews break-lever, having its fulcrum at 6 and pivotted at c to a rod d.
This rod is connected at its opposite end e to the axle f. To this axle f is attached
a plate g, (Figs. 2 and 3) which slides in a box or frame-work h. Bolts k, k, k, k,
secure the box to the spring 1, this box is shewn on an enlarged scale, in
connection with the axle and spring at Figs. 2 and 3, the former view being a
sectional elevation, and the latter a plan.
In order to minimise the friction the plate g, works against rollers m, m.
n is a spring, (of which there are two) fastened at one end by means of lug o.
P (Fig. 1) shews the break-block, suspended from a support q, and attached, to
springs r, r.
Figure 4 shews a method of actuating the rod d by the foot, by means of foot-
plates and cranked lever t. The dotted lines in this view shew position of levert,
when plate is depressed. u is a spring.
There would be two rods d, connected by means of another rod, also two
springs n, one on each side of the cart.
The action is as follows:-
By pulling over the lever a, or depressing foot-plate s, the rod d moves forward,
drawing with it the axle f, and thus forcing the wheel against the break-block p.
On moving the lever a in the reverse direction (or releasing the plate s) the axle
returns to its normal position, aided by the spring n.
For vehicles having four wheels, the same arrangement as that above described
applied to the back wheels would answer well.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improvements relating to vehicles, especially those having two wheels
only, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. In improvements relating to vehicles a forward-sliding axle, for the purposes
set forth.
3. In improvements relating to vehicles, the combination of a sliding axle with
fixed break blocks, for the purposes set forth.
Dated this Twenty-seventh day of February 1896.
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BROWNE & Co.,
9 Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, London, Agents for the Applicant.