US192115A - Improvement in landau-carriage tops - Google Patents

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Publication number: US192115A
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Prior art keywords: carriage; landau; improvement; spring; tops
Prior art date: 1877-06-19
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
- B60J7/00—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs
- B60J7/08—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position
- B60J7/12—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position foldable; Tensioning mechanisms therefor, e.g. struts
- B60J7/14—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position foldable; Tensioning mechanisms therefor, e.g. struts with a plurality of rigid plate-like elements or rigid non plate-like elements, e.g. with non-slidable, but pivotable or foldable movement
- B60J7/143—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position foldable; Tensioning mechanisms therefor, e.g. struts with a plurality of rigid plate-like elements or rigid non plate-like elements, e.g. with non-slidable, but pivotable or foldable movement for covering the passenger compartment
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IV fbe journals formed ou the springs C near their is an enlarged transverse section ofthe springouter ends, so as to bear against and keep bar. them concentric with the tube or bearing D.
I claimbraces B are similar to the corresponding The spring C, as described, when .held in parts now in use in ordinary carriages, with the rest D, and the stop d, in combination the exception of thelower end of the said with the braces.
B substantially as and for brace, which, in the present instance, is atthe purpose set forth.
tached to a spring, C which is so arranged as This specification signed this 4th day ot'4 to press against the brace in the direction to November, 1876. push it up, so as to raise the top into its erect position.
a tube or holder, D is firmly se- ROBERT DUNN.'

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R.DUNN. LANDAU CARRIAGE-TOP.

No. 192,115. Patented J'une 19,1187?.

` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

ROBERT DUNN, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENTl IN LANDAU -CARRIAGE TOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,115, dated June 19, 1877; application filed December 19, 1876.

To all whom 4it may concern.' the springs C, one at each side of the car- Beit known that I, ROBERT DUNN, of South riage-top, for attachment to the braces on that Bend, countyT of St. Joseph and State of Inside of the carriage. 'The inner ends of the` diana, have made a certain new and useful springs C, or, if only one spring be used, the Improvement in Carriage-Tops, of which the central part ot' it, will be fixed to a central following is the specification: stop or hold, d, which is fixed in a central po- The object of this invention is to construct sition in the tube or rest D by means of the a carriage-top with a spring-lift to balance or set-screw d. This stop or hold will firmly assist to raise the top of a landau or similar secure in place the spring or springs at that carriage, when it is thrown down. pont,while the outer ends oi' the spring or The invention will be readily understood by springs will be permitted to rotate, so as to reference to the accompanying drawings, of allow the braces to fold down with the` top or whichto rise up with it. The pieces C will be of dat Figure I is a side elevation ot' a part of one spring-steel, so as to cause the said pieces to of the improved carriage-tops. Fig. Il is an act as springs to throw, or assist to throw, end elevation of the same. Fig. III is an enthe top into an erect position. There should larged sectional plan of the spring. Fig. IV fbe journals formed ou the springs C near their is an enlarged transverse section ofthe springouter ends, so as to bear against and keep bar. them concentric with the tube or bearing D. The top A of the carriage and the jointed Having described my invention, I claimbraces B are similar to the corresponding The spring C, as described, when .held in parts now in use in ordinary carriages, with the rest D, and the stop d, in combination the exception of thelower end of the said with the braces. B, substantially as and for brace, which, in the present instance, is atthe purpose set forth. tached to a spring, C, which is so arranged as This specification signed this 4th day ot'4 to press against the brace in the direction to November, 1876. push it up, so as to raise the top into its erect position. A tube or holder, D, is firmly se- ROBERT DUNN.'

cured to some suitable part of the carriage- Witnesses: body, and forms a. rest and hold for the ISAAC FRAME, spring C. There will,preferahly, be two of JAMES JORDAN.

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