Improvements in the Driving or Front and Side Metallic Rails of Traps, Dog Carts, Gigs, and other Carriages, and in Rein Holders for the said Rails and for the Dash Boards of Carriages.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 6th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 6th Apr., 1889
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Improvements in the Driving or Front and Side Metallic Rails of
Traps, Dog Carts, Gigs, and other Carriages, and in Rein Holders
for the said Rails and for the Dash Boards of Carriages.
We HALLEWELL ROGERS and WALTER HOWES and WILLIAM BURLEY and WILLIAM
Howes trading as Howes and Burley of Bishop Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Lamp Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be
as follows:-
This invention consists in making the driving or front and side metallic rails of
traps dog carts gigs and, other carriages and rein holders for the said rails and for
the dashboards of carriages in the manner herein after described.
The driving or front metallic rails of traps and other carriages over which rails the
reins on their way to the driver pass are usually coated with silver or brass. The
coating metal rapidly wears off the said rails and the object of one part of this
invention is to prevent the unsightliness of the ordinary worn rail by producing a
rail the surface of which is little affected by the wear and tear to which it is exposed
in use.
For this purpose we make the rail of a foundation of iron either of a rod or tube
which we cover with a closely fitting tube either solid drawn or brazed of brass or
of nickel or aluminium or other white metal or alloy. The covering tube is fixed to
the iron foundation either by brazing or by brazing in conjunction with collars or by
collars alone but we do not limit ourselves to any particular method of fixing the
covering tube upon the iron foundation. The ends of the horizontal and vertical
parts of the driving rail thus made are finished by fixing thereto terminal knobs or
ornaments. We make the side rails of carriages in the manner described with
reference to the driving or front rails. We apply to the driving rail of the trap or
other carriage a rein holder the parts of which are constructed and arranged in the
following manner.
One arrangement of the rein holder consists of a spring gripping horizontal arm
situated and working parallel to the horizontal part of the rail. Between the said

page_text: horizontal arm and the rail the reins are gripped. The rein holding arm is provided
with a vertical bracket to which a thumb plate is attached. This bracket also carries
a horizontal seat or projection which works in a tubular upright on the rail. Upon
this seat a coiled spring in the tubular upright described bears to press the gripping
arm of the rein holder upon the horizontal part of the rail. A ring like guide
carried by the bracket of the gripping arm slides upon the outside of the upright ou
the rail.
When it is wished to secure the reins to the driving or front rail the horizontal
arm of the rein holder is lifted vertically by acting upon its thumb plate so as to
compress the coiled spring. After the reins have been inserted between the raised
gripping arm of the rein holder and the horizontal driving rail the thumb plate is
released when the gripping arm is depressed by the action of the spring. The
reins are thereby firmly gripped between the said arm and the driving rail.
The rein holder may be made in the form of a lever having motion in a vertical
plane. In this arrangement the lever is jointed to a short upright on the driving
rail one arm of the lever constituting the gripping arm of the rein holder and the
other arm of the lever a thumb plate for operating the gripping arm.
Under the
thumb plate is a coiled spring by which it is raised and the rein gripping arm
depressed and made to bear upon the driving rail and grip the reins between it and
the said rail. By pressing down the thumb plate the gripping arm of the rein holder
is raised and the reins released. The gripping arm of the rein holder in both of
the arrangements described may be made slightly concave on its underside.
The rein holders described may be affixed to the dash boards of carriages having
dash boards.
1000
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in the Driving or Front and Side Metallic Rails of
Traps, Dog Carts, Gigs, and other Carriages, and in Rein Holders
for the said Rails and for the Dash Boards of Carriages.
We HALLEWELL ROGERS and WALTER HOWES and WILLIAM BURLEY and WILLIAM
HOWES trading as Howes and Burley of Bishop Street, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Lamp Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of the said 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 consists in making the driving or front and side metallic rails of traps,
dog carts, gigs and other carriages and rein holders for the said rails and for the dash
boards of carriages in the manner hereinafter described.
The driving or front metallic rails of traps and other carriages over which rails
the reins on their way to the driver pass, are usually coated with silver or brass. The
coating metal rapidly wears off the said rails and the object of one part of this
Invention is to prevent the unsightliness of the ordinary worn rail by producing a
rail the surface of which is little affected by the wear and tear to which it is exposed
in use.
For this purpose we make the rail of a foundation of iron either of a rod or tube
which we cover with a closely fitting tube either solid drawn or brazed of brass or of
nickel or aluminium or other white metal or alloy. The covering tube is fixed to the
iron foundation either by brazing or by brazing in conjunction with collars or by
collars alone but we do not limit ourselves to any particular method of fixing the
covering tube upon the iron foundation. The ends of the horizontal and vertical parts
of the driving rail thus made are finished by fixing thereto terminal knobs or
ornaments.
We make the side rails of carriages in the manner described with reference to the
driving or front rails.
We apply to the driving rail of the trap or other carriage a rein holder the parts
of which are constructed and arranged in the following manner. One arrangement of
the rein holder consists of a spring gripping horizontal arm situated and working
parallel to the horizontal part of the rail. Between the said horizontal arm and the
rail the reins are gripped. The rein holding arm is provided with a vertical bracket
to which a thumb plate is attached. This bracket also carries a horizontal seat or
projection which works in a tubular upright on the rail. Upon this seat a coiled
spring in the tubular upright described bears to press the gripping arm of the rein
holder upon the horizontal part of the rail. A ring like guide carried by the bracket
of the gripping arm slides upon the outside of the upright on the rail.
When it is wished to secure the reins to the driving or front rail the horizontal arm
of the rein holder is lifted vertically by acting upon its thumb plate so as to compress
the coiled spring. After the reins have been inserted between the raised gripping
arm of the rein holder and the horizontal driving rail, the thumb plate is released
when the gripping arm is depressed by the action of the spring. The reins are thereby
firmly gripped between the said arm and the driving rail.

page_text: The rein holder may be made in the form of a lever having motion in a vertical
plane. In this arrangement the lever is jointed to a short upright on the driving rail,"
one arm of the lever constituting the gripping arm of the rein holder and the other
Under the thumb
arm of the lever a thumb plate for operating the gripping arm.
plate is a coiled spring by which it is raised and the rein gripping arm depressed and
made to bear upon the driving rail and grip the rein between it and the said rail. By
pressing down the thumb plate the gripping arm of the rein holder is raised and the
reins released.
The gripping arm of the rein holder in both of the arrangements described may be
made slightly concave on its underside.
The rein holders described may be affixed to the dash boards of carriages having
dash boards.
We will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing the
manner in which the said invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents partly in side elevation and partly in longitudinal section the
driving or front metallic rail of a trap, dog cart, gig or other carriage made according
to this Invention in combination with a lever rein holder also constructed according to
this Invention and Figure 2 represents a side elevation of the lever rein holder with
its gripping arm raised and a portion of the metallic driving rail carrying it.
The said metallic rail consists of a horizontal iron rod or tube a and two end vertical
iron rods or tubes b b constituting the foundation of the rail the said rods or tubes a
and b b being covered with closely fitting tubes c d of brass or nickel or aluminium or
other white metal or alloy, the said tubes being fixed to the iron foundation a,
preferably by brazing. The ends of the horizontal and vertical compound parts a c
and b, d of the rail are fixed together by screwing them (or otherwise securing them)
to the knobs or terminal ornaments e, e of the rail as seen in the left hand view of
Figure 1. The bottoms of the vertical end parts b, d of the rail are furnished with
eye plates made in one piece with the iron foundation. By means of these eye
plates the driving rail is bolted to the carriage. The terminal ends of the driving
rail may have any desired ornamental forms given to them. For example, the terminal
ends may have the form represented in Figure 5 where the scroll part is turned
inwards; or the form represented in Figure 6 where the scroll part is turned outwards;
or the ends of the rail may have the form represented in Figures 7 and 8 in which
Figures 7 and 8 the rail is represented in combination with a lifting spring gripper
rein holder.
We do not limit ourselves to making the covering tubes of the iron foundation of
the rail of any particular metal or alloy.
The side metallic rails of carriages are made in the manner hereinbefore described
and represented with respect to a driving or front metallic rail.
We will now describe the lever rein holder represented in Figures 1 and 2. The
lever rein holder is marked hi; h being the gripping arm and i the thumb plate arm
for operating, the lever the said rein holder turning on the centre k carried by
the short upright on the driving rail c. In the thumb plate arm i of the lever
rein holder is a small box at m in which a coiled spring n is placed one end of
the spring bearing under the arm and the other end against the driving rail c.
By means of the said spring n the thumb plate arm is raised and the gripping
arm h pressed down upon the rail c. In order to ensure the firm gripping of
the reins by the rein holder the gripping arm h is made hollow or tubular and
contains a tubular piece of india rubber p as represented in Figure 1 for gripping
the reius. When the thumb plate arm i is depressed as represented in Figure
the gripping arm is raised and the reins may be passed between the said raised
arm and the driving rail c. After the insertion of the reins the thumb plate
arm is released when the gripping arm his depressed and made to grip the
reins between it and the driving rail.
In applying this construction of rein holder to the dash boards of carriages we
mount the rein holder upon a trough shaped plate 9 as represented in Figures 3
and 4 which trough shaped plate is fitted upon the top of the dash board r and

page_text: is fastened thereto by the screws at 22. The said trough shaped plate carries
the small upright through which the joint pink of the rein holder is passed. In
Figure 3 the rein holder is represented in its depressed position and in Figure
in its raised position for the insertion of the reins between its gripping arm and
the trough plate
on the dash board r.
We will now describe the rein holder represented in side elevation and plan
(partly in section) in Figure 7 and in side elevation raised in Figure 8: t is the
spring gripping arm having a vertical sliding motion situated and working parallel
to the horizontal part of the rail. Between the said gripping arm and the
rail c the reins are gripped. On the gripping arm t is a thumb plate 2 which is
grasped to raise the gripping arm t. The thumb plate is tubular and slides on
the bracket or extension u of the rail. The vertical motion of the gripping arm t
is limited by the cross pin w rivetted to the thumb plate 2 working in the slot a
in the upright u. The return motion of the gripping arm t, when released, is
effected by the coiled spring y bearing against the closed top of the upright u
and against the cross pin w.
When it is wished to secure the reins to the driving or front rail c the horizontal
arm t of the rein holder is lifted vertically by acting upon its thumb plate t² so
as to compress the coiled spring y as represented in Figure 8. After the reins
have been inserted between the raised gripping arm of the rein holder and the
horizontal driving rail e the thumb plate is released when the gripping arm is
depressed by the action of the spring y. The reins are thereby firmly gripped
between the said arm and the driving rail.
This arrangement of rein holder may be applied to the dash boards of carriages
by mounting it and its parts upon a trough shaped plate 7 of the kind represented
in Figures 3 and 4, or otherwise connecting it to the dash board r.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed we declare that
we claim as the said invention :-
First-Making the driving or front and side metallic rails of traps dog carts
gigs and other carriages of an iron foundation made either of rods or tubes
covered by closely fitting tubes of brass or nickel or other metal or alloy, the
compound parts constituting the rail being connected together by terminal knobs
or ornaments substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accom-
panying Drawing.
Secondly-The construction of rein holders for the metallic front and side rails
of traps dog carts gigs and other carriages and for the dash boards of carriages
herein before described and illustrated in Figures 1. 2, 3 and 4 of the accompanying
Drawing.
Thirdly The construction of rein holders for the metallic front and side rails of
traps, dog carts gigs and other carriages hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Figures 7 and 8 of the accompanying Drawing and the application of the same
to the dash boards of carriages as hereinbefore described.
Dated the Twenty eighth day of February 1889.