Improvements relating to Carriages and other Wheeled Vehicles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 24th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 24th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Carriages and other Wheeled Vehicles.
I, GEORGE SCRATTON, of The Vicarage, Stickford, in the County of Lincoln,
Clerk in Holy Orders, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to carriages, carts and other vehicles in which all the
wheels are mounted upon independent axles so that the weight may be carried
upon the different wheels as uniformly as possible.
According to my invention each wheel is provided with a short axle carried in
two blocks or bearings on opposite sides of the wheel, the said blocks or bearings
being adapted to slide in suitable guides. Springs are connected with the said
blocks either directly or through the medium of a pivotted lever connected to the
said blocks by links or rods. When the springs are connected directly to the
blocks the latter are connected by a bow or stay passing over the rim of
the wheel.
When the springs are connected to the lever the said lever may be provided
with a brake-block and connected with levers in such a manner that the said
block may be caused to bear upon the periphery of the wheel.
My invention is applicable to vehicles having three, four, five, six, seven or even
more wheels.
Dated the 30th day of April 1801
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Carriages and other Wheeled Vehicles.
I, GEORGE SCRATTON, of The Vicarage, Stickford, in the County of Lincoln,
Clerk in Holy Orders, 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:-
My invention relates to carriages, carts and other vehicles in which all the
wheels are mounted upon independent axles of small diameter so that the friction
will be reduced to a minimum.
According to my invention each wheel is provided with a short axle carried in
two blocks or bearings on opposite sides of the wheel, the said blocks or bearings
being adapted to slide in suitable guides. Springs are connected with the said
blocks either directly or through the medium of a pivotted lever connected to the
said blocks.
My invention is applicable to vehicles having three, four, five, six, seven or even
more wheels.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same with
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vehicle having the wheels arranged according
to my invention; and,
Figure 2 is a section through one side of the vehicle on the line xx, Figure 1.
a indicates a framing with which each wheel is provided upon either side, the
said framing being secured to the body of the vehicle, and b, b are the blocks or
bearings in which the axle of the wheel is carried. These blocks or bearings are

page_text: each provided with a downwardly projecting portion c extending through a slot d
in the framing a, and their upper parts are connected to levers e pivotted to the
framing a at on opposite sides of the wheels. 9, 9 represent spiral springs which
are connected to the levers e and also to the framing at h, h.
Instead of using spiral springs g, I may make use of semi-elliptic springs as
indicated in dotted lines at i, Figure 1, the said springs, as shewn, being arranged
to bear upon the tops of the levers e. In order that the leverse, e upon the
opposite sides of the wheels shall move together, they are connected at the ends by
a bar j.
In order to return the parts e normally at the front ends of the slots d I
provide springs k arranged to act upon the blocks b, b either directly or through
the medium of links 1, as shewn in Figure 1. The object of these springs is to
enable the wheels, when striking any obstruction, to yield rearwardly as well as
upwardly and thus provide greater ease of movement, the slots d allowing of such
yielding motion.
In some cases brake-blocks may be attached to the levers e in such a manner
that the said blocks may be caused to bear upon the wheels through the medium
of suitable rods and levers.
Vehicles designed to carry great weight are provided with a greater or less
number of wheels according to the weight to be carried.
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. A carriage or other vehicle, the wheels of which are mounted independently
of each other, each of the said wheels being carried in bearings which are capable
of movement, substantially in the manner herein before described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawing.
2. The arrangement of wheels and springs for vehicles, substantially in the
manner hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 24th day of November 1891.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.