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Leiters Patent No. 109,981, dated Deeember 6, '1870.

iMPRQVEMENT EN LANDAULET CRREAGES.

The chedule :gehad t0 in these Letters Ptent and making gian: gi the same.

To a?! whom 'if may concern: l

Be it known than i, Enwixao WELLS, of New Hnven, in the count-y of New Haven :nid State if Con` neeticnt, 'herve invented o new Improvement in Lun-- damier Carringes; und I do herehy dechire the foliowino*` when token in connection' withjho neumo- -c lnnsying drawing-mid the ieters oi reference marked wherein, to be :L inil, lear, :md exact desuription ot" the sinne, and which s'nid drnwixig constitnes'puri; of thisnecifiention, und represen@ inf- Figure l, a. side view', nnd

Fignre 2, o from; view.

This invention relates to` im improvement in that einss ot' carriages commonly eniied Linnlzinietf thatl is to say, (hose in which tho top, from the center of -the door hoek, folds in iilie nxnnner ns a, hnidnu carriage. 4

i The front part has heretofore been removable, that is, tnhenhom the body, This removni is; the only objection io `his otherwise-desirable Style of ein? ridges, :is il; ii'ennentiywecnrs tha, when 2in-'oy Awith `the carriage open, it is-desirahie to ciose the top; but this cannot be done, as the front portion is4 necessarily left where it was tziiien from the carriage To overeome this douit-y is the object of` my invention; und i it consists in iiinging the posts at the front side of thedoor, so as fao oid down nrose the front, the sash being const-ruderi sons to drop,'i2he ponts covering,r the sash, and the'ivhcie top consi-rooted to double and i'ohi bueh, so that' no port oi' the carriage is removed, bnn the whole muy be `easily adjusted to close the enrringe.

A is the body, ofusnzd form, and

l, the door. v

The remdoor-nost G hinged at a, inv the. nsnnl nimmer, and the top divided, at theA center (I of the door, into two parts, E F. l 4

he two porfis of the top are hinged together nt e, :md the rear part hinged to the post C at i.

The forward portion F is doweied, orotherivise constrneted so :n: to look onto the iront doo1';nist D.

' Tin-rotore, deiaohing ihe top from the frontposts, it. moy he foided, :is denoted in broken lines,.iig. l,

n 'nnre common '.inhirons iixed ,to he post C, o support the bows, for the extension of the renr port oi' the top, in the nonni nmnnvr.

The snsh H for the front is eonstrneted to [ironinto zb recess in the body, in the nsnni manner, und the info from; door-posts D 1),*(xee 2,) hinged ntj',

broken lines.

The Shape of the-front snshor frontend of ihe enrringe mnyV be Curved, straight, or any of' the usuali forms, but so as to permit. tho dropping of he front.`

or snsh. The gloss 'iront muy bo divided into two portions, imringn centerpos between the t.\ro`por tions, extending to he top, :1nd this postconstructed to fold over or oder the other poor, as the come muy he. v

),Yhen the carriage is open, if il: is desired to close the top, the posts D D :1re raised und the -op thrown iin'ward, :md tho parts secured together, :1S denoted in the drawing, which muy be done in zi fsw seconds, und with iittio or more inconvenience or trouble than is experienced in throwing np )bhe iop of mi ordinnry carrier-ge, and :ill objections to this style of cori-inge. are overcome.

I einhn :is my invention* 1. The top, consisting of the two paris E 1",hingea together, and tho pan'b ii hinged io the door-post, so than the-said ports and posi; i'ohl together, substrintiniiy in the manner described.

2. In combination with the fohiingiop E F and the post C, The. frontposis l) 1), ieonsrructed* nnd zirranged to fold down :nrfrois the iront, snbstantinhy in -the manner set t'orth.

Nitnessesr A. J. Tinnitus, J. 1T. SUUMWAY.

I) Ui Jil) WELLS.

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