AN IMPROVED CARRIAGE SPRING
Year: 1884

page_text: I, CHARLES SANDFORD WINDOVER of George Street Huntingdon in the
County of Huntingdon Carriage Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of
my invention for AN IMPROVED CARRIAGE SPRING to be as follows :—
That by the use of my improved compound spring I am enabled to combine the
elasticity of the ordinary cross spring with the solidity of the usual rigid iron collar
bolt attachment of the front scroll iron.
My improved cross spring in the main portion or centre is of the usual laminated
form & composed of 2 or more leaves or plates but the terminations at both ends
are forged or shaped into a cylindrical collar bolt end wheras in the ordinary cross
spring each end terminates in a rolled or open head to which it is necessary to
attach a metallic shackle or coupling in order to effect a connection with the sido
springs which is a most defective arrangement as in addition to the rattling, jarring
motion the continued friction of the metallic couplings or shackles as also the well
known susceptibility of iron to climatic influence renders it highly dangerous of
fracture but in my improved spring I effect a connection between the side springs
& the collar bolt terminals of my improved cross spring by means of an India-rubber
buffer coupling shackle which not only removes all liability of fracture but entirely
intercepts or absorbs all concussions & jarring motion caused by the unpleasant
action of the horse from being communicated to the riders it also posesses the
advantages of considerably lessening the draught.
Fig 1 represents an Elevation of a two wheel vehicle shewing the method of
applying my improved cross spring shown at A, together with my improved India-
rubber buffer coupling shackle shewn at B.
Fig 2 represents the front section of the body of the vehicle together with a front
view of my improved cross spring C shewing the method of attaching the same
beneath the body D. represents the improved India-rubber buffer coupling front
view. C1 represents a ground plan view upon the horizontal plane of my improved
cross spring & E represents the collar bolt terminals made in the solid with the
spring which passes through the buffer coupling shackle.
Dated L
1887

page_text: I, CHARLES SANDFORD WINDOVER, George Street, Huntingdon in the County
of Huntingdon, Carriage Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for AN IMPROVED CARRIAGE SPRING and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
That by the use of my improved compound spring I am enabled to combine the
elasticity of the ordinary cross spring with the solidity of the usual rigid iron collar
bolt attachment of the front scroll iron.
My improved cross.spring in the main portion of centre is of the usual laminated
form and composed of two or more plates or leaves but the terminations at both
--ends-are forged-or-shaped into a.cylindrical.collar bolt end. whereas in the ordinary
cross spring each end terminates in a rolled or open head to which it is necessary
to attach a metallic shackle or coupling in order to effect a connection with the side
springs which is a most defective arrangement as in addition to the rattling,
jarring motion the continued friction of the metallic couplings or shackles as also
the-well-known-susceptibility of iron to climatic_influence_renders it highly
-dangerous-of-fracture-but-in-my-improved-spring-I-effect-a-connection between the
side-springs and the collar bolt terminals of my improved. cross spring by means of
an India rubber buffer coupling shackle, which not only removes all liability of
fracture, but entirely intercepts or absorbs all concussions and jarring motion caused
by the unpleasant action of the horse from being communicated to the riders: it
also possesses the advantages of considerably-lessening-the-draught.-
Fig 1 represents an Elevation of a two wheel vehicle shewing the method of
applying my improved. cross spring shewn at "A" together with my improved
India-rubber buffer coupling shewn-at “B."
Fig: 2 represents the front section of the body of the vehicle together with a
view of my improved cross spring. "C," showing the method of attaching the same
beneath the body, "D" represents the improved Indiarubber buffer coupling, front
view. "C," represents a ground plan view upon the horizontal plane of my
improved cross spring, and "E" represents the collar bolt terminals made in the
solid with the spring which passes through the buffer coupling shackle.
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) The improvement in cross springs consisting of forging the ends to the shape
of cylindrical collar bolts substantially as described.
(2) The India rubber buffer coupling shackle for connecting the cross spring to
the side spring substantially as described.
(3) The compound spring consisting of the cross spring as described connected to
a side-spring by the India rubber shackle substantially as described.
Dated this ninth day of December 1884.
C. S. WINDOVER,