Improvements in or relating to Traction Motors.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 3rd July, 1896--Accepte 1, 12th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Traction Motors.
We, HENRY JOHN LAWSON of 40 Holborn Viaduct, in the County of London,
Engineer and EDWARD JOEL PENNINGTON of The Hotel Metropole in the
County of London, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to motors or motor vehicles adapted to be employed for
towing or pushing other vehicles. The precise shape or form is immaterial, but it
is preferred to make it of such proportions that it may be placed in the shafts of
an existing vehicle, and tow it by that means. For the sake of convenience we
will call this motor vehicle a motor "horse," and it may be provided with any
required number of wheels, but where practicable we prefer that it should have
ouly one. The wheel, or the steering wheel, if more than one be employed, may
be carried in a suitable fork with preferably a socket-head and large crown and
bearings, the steering being effected by any suitable handle or equivalent to be
operated by the driver, who may be accommodated in or upon the "horse," or if
preferred the steering may be effected through reins, or equivalent, by the
occupants of the carriage or other vehicle which is being towed. If desired an
electric current may be employed for starting, steering, reversing, stopping, and
generally controlling the engine, and its attachments, the contacts or operating
levers etc. being conveniently arranged to the hand of the driver.
The framing will be provided with suitable attachments for connecting it with
the shafts of the vehicle, padded clamps which can be fixed by wing screws or the
like being preferably employed, and all the connecting arrangements being as
far as possible so designed that they may be used with the ordinary harness
attachments.
The cylinders would be carried upon the steering carriage so as to turn with the
wheel in the operation of steering and suitable gearing may be employed between
them, and the road wheel, so as to gear down or up according to requirement, this
gearing being arranged as a two or other speed gear if required. Where the
arrangements allow of it, the connection between the engine and the road wheel
may be such that the engine can be partially or entirely disconnected so as to
allow of its being easily rotated for starting purposes without turning the road
wheels.
The steering parts may be steadit or strengthened by stays reaching back to
the underneath of the cab or other vehicle.
The tyre which we prefer to employ is not of usual construction, but very
greatly enlarged, being in fact something like 12 or 14 inches in diameter in cross
section; it is intended to be only lightly inflated and may be provided with a
leather or other suitable preserver within. Various arrangements of wheel may
be employed for this tyre, but side plates with or without spokes may be arranged
0 preserve or support the tyre.
For ornamental and useful purposes any parts of the "horse" may be provided
with ornamental devices, figure-heads, or the like, which may be inflated to serve
suffers or special buffers preferably inflated may be provided; for example tv.
of these may be fitted one upon the end of each shaft.
Any suitable motor may be used with this
horse" but we prefer to employ

page_text: the now well known Pennington oil motor, whether with one or more igniting
sparks.
Dated this 14th day of February 1896.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Traction Motors.
We, HENRY JOHN LAWSON of 40 Holborn Viaduct, in the County of London,
Engineer, and EDWARD JOEL PENNINGTON, of The Hotel Metropole, in the
County of London, Engineer, 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 :-
This invention relates to motors or motor vehicles adapted to be employed for
towing or pushing other vehicles. The precise shape or form is immaterial, but it
is preferred to make it of such proportions that it may be placed in the shafts of
an existing vehicle, and tow it by that means. For the sake of convenience we
will call this motor vehicle a motor "horse," and it may be provided with any
required number of driving or road wheels, but where practicable we prefer that it
should have only one.
In the accompanying drawings we have as an example shown our improved
motor horse" provided with one road wheel and applied to an ordinary
hanson cab,
Figure 1 being a side elevation, and
Figure 2 a plan.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
A is a hansom cab of usual construction and B is a motor or motor "horse"
attached to the shafts thereof so that when this "horse" works, it and the cab will
travel along like one structure.
"
The "horse" B shown on the drawing is provided with one driving or road
wheel C which is mounted in a fork or frame D pivotted by a steering pillar in a
socket head E, the steering being effected by a handle or equivalent F connected
with the upper end of the steering pillar by rods F', the driver occupying the
seat G over the "horse" B. Or the driver may sit directly above the "horse,"
and the handle be fixed upon the steering pillar. Or the reins or equivalent may
he connected to the steering pillar so that the steering can be effected either by
the passengers within the cab A or the driver who might then occupy the existing
seat A of the cab.
The socket head E is supported by suitable stays H H of which the stays H
are attached to the vehicle shafts A 2 by padded clamps H 2 secured in place by
wing screws or the like H 3, the stays being secured to the vehicle-body also
conveniently by wing screws. All these stays and connecting devices are as
far as possible designed so that they may be fitted to the shafts etc. of existing
vehicles.
The cylinders J and the crank-shaft K operated by the pistons within the
cylinders are mounted on the steering frame D so as to move with the road
wheel C in steering and always maintain their position relatively to the wheel C.
The crank-shaft K is connected by any suitable gearing or by a chain or band
(neither of which arrangements is shown in the drawings) with the road wheel C
so as to rotate the latter; the gearing may be so arranged as to cause the road
wheel C to rotate at one or two or more different speeds in relation to the rotation
of the crank-shaft K. Where the arrangements allow of it, the connection
between the engine and the road wheel C is preferably such that the former can be

page_text: thrown out of gear with the latter so as to allow of the engine being easily rotated
for starting purposes without turning the road wheel C.
If desired an electric current may be employed for starting, steering, reversing,
stopping and generally controlling the engine and its attachments, the contacts or
operating levers etc. being arranged conveniently to the hand of the driver.
For ornamental and useful purposes any parts of the "horse" may be provided
with ornamental devices, figure-heads or the like which may be inflated with air or
gas at or above the atmospheric pressure, to serve as buffers, or special buffers
preferably inflated may be provided; for example two of these may be fitted one
upon the end of each shaft.
Any suitable motor may be used with the before described "horse" but we
prefer to employ the now well-known Pennington oil motor as shown in the
drawings, whether with one or more igniting sparks, a supply of oil being
conveniently carried in a reservoir L Figure 1, supported on the front ends of the
shafts A³.
The foregoing is a description of merely one example of our improvements, aud
it will be readily appreciated that modifications may be made without departing
from the spirit of the invention. For example although we have shown the
invention applied to a hansom cab it may be without appreciable alteration applied
to a dog-cart or other two or four wheeled vehicle; or it may be fitted between
the shafts or to the pole of, or otherwise connected with, other descriptions of
vehicles. The "horse" may have more than one driving or steering wheel and it
may have a stable wheel base to enable it to run about alone or to be used with
loose shafts as in some four wheeled vehicles. The cylinders may be connected
to the fixed frame instead of swinging with the steering wheel.
Instead of employing a pivotted steering wheel the horse" itself may be
pivotally connected with the vehicle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A motor "horse."
2. A motor "horse" having only one road wheel.
3. A motor "horse" driving and steering by the same wheel.
4. A motor "horse" in which the cylinders swing with the driving wheel in
steering.
5. A. motor "horse" in which the driving-steering wheel is carried by the same
frame which carries the cylinders.
6. The combined hansom cab and motor "horse" substantially as described..
7. The combination with a motor horse or road vehicle of air-inflated buffers.
8. The combination with a road vehicle having shafts for animal traction of a
motor "horse" having only one road wheel and adapted to be secured to the said
shafts.
9. The combination with a road vehicle of a motor "horse" pivotally connected
thereto.
10. The combination with a road vehicle of a motor
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"horse pivotally
connected thereto and having only one wheel in contact with the ground
substantially as described.
H. J. LAWSON,
E. J. PENNINGTON.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicants.