Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 9th Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 16th Mar., 1888
THOMAS FREDERIC SIMMONS 5 & 7 Tanner Street Bermondsey in the County of
Surrey Perambulator Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
A Perambulator Brake serving through but one Apparatus either to check to any
required degree the impetus of the Carriage or by locking so to render the Carriage
unmovable that it may safely be left unattended.
This is done by the insertion in the Chain connecting the brake-lever with the
brake-handle of an elastic link preferably a spiral spring. The brake-handle preferably
a ring can then either be pulled so as to retard the motion of the Carriage or it can
be so drawn out as to be looped upon the ordinary Perambulator handle thus without
further effort preventing the rotation of the Carriage wheels.
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THOMAS FREDERIC SIMMONS.

page_text: Perambulator Brake.
I, THOMAS FREDERIC SIMMONS, of 5 and 7 Tanner Street, Bermondsey in the
County of Surrey, manufacturer 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 :-
In referring herein to the vehicles to which the Invention is applicable the word
Perambulator is used as denoting children's carriages invalid-carriages and vehicles
similarly propelled by hand to which the Invention may be usefully applied.
The objects of the Invention are:-The construction of a Perambulator brake
serving through one only apparatus either to check to any required degree the impetus
of the carriage or by locking so to render the carriage immoveable that it may safely
be left unattended.
The aforementioned objects are attained by the insertion in the chain connecting
the brake handle with the brake-lever of an elastic link preferably a spiral spring.
The brake-handle preferably a ring can then either be pulled so as to more or less
retard the motion of the perambulator when descending slopes or it can be so drawn
out as to be looped upon the ordinary perambulator pushbar thus without further effort
rendering the carriage immoveable.
In order that the nature and novelty of my Invention may be clearly understood
and readily put into practice I now proceed to explain the drawings hereto
appended.
Fig. 1 is an illustration of the improved brake showing the ring brake-handle
looped upon the knob of the ordinary perambulator pushbar thus maintaining
continuously the pressure of the brakes upon the wheels of the perambulator.
Fig. 2 is a representation of the brake apparatus with the ring handle suspended
from the pushbar and in position to be pulled with the degree of force required to
check the impetus of the perambulator.
In the drawings the same reference letters indicate the same parts in each
figure.
A is the elastic link forming part of the chain connecting the ring-shaped brake-
handle B with the brake-lever D. C is the ordinary perambulator pushbar with a
knob at each end upon one of which the ring-handle B can be looped. E E are the
spoon brakes and F F the wheels upon which they operate.
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 :-
The construction of an improved perambulator brake apparatus in which an elastic
link is inserted as part of the chain or other device serving to connect the brake-lever
with the operating handle the use and purpose of this elastic link being as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the drawings hereto appended.
In witness whereof 1 the said Thomas Frederic Simmons have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Ninth day of January in the year of our Lord 1888.
THOMAS FREDERIC SIMMONS.