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y UNITED STATES 1 PATENT y OFFICE.

GEORGE E. GUERNE, OF SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA.

`Two-WHEELED YEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,323, dated February 12, 1884.

Application filed June 22, 1883.

To @ZZ whom it may concern: Beit known that I, GEORGE E. GUERNE,

' of Santa Rosa, county of Sonoma, and State lFig. 2 is a side elevation.

of California, have invented an Improvement in Two-Wheeled Vehicles; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

IVIy invention relates to the class of twowheeled vehicles, and to certain new and useful improvements' therein. These consist in novel supporting-springs for thel body, and in the means for regulating or adjusting the body to a level, which I shall hereinafter fully de scribe.

The obj ect of my invention is to render the vehicle a comfortable and easy-riding conveyance, by obviating or preventing that unpleasant motion which the seat' receives by reason of the jogging of the horse.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device.

Fig.,3 is a transverse section of the spring C on an enlarged scale.

A is the axle; and B are the shafts, secured to the axle by a hinge-joint or ordinary thillcoupling, b. y

j C are the springs. These are secured on top of the axle, just inside of the shafts, in any suitable manner,- as byagib andkey, as shown. They `thence pass around and under the axle, and above and under again in a coil or spiral, and their upper ends are bolted under the ends of the seat portion d ofthe body D.

These springs preferably consist of two leaves.

- Under the forward portion of body D are bolted spring-strips E,which curve forwardly and upwardly, and are secured under the crossa ofthe shafts.

Glipped rigidly to the axle, just outside of the shaft on one side, is astandard or arm, H,

. the top of which is formed into a rack, e, at

guaid e right angles, provided with a guard, e.

Pivoted to the inside of the arm H is a le-` ,horizontal as well asin a vertical plane, the

body has 'more independence than it has when (No model.)

the ordinary elliptical or platform springs are employed, and is enabled to counteract the oscillating motion which the shafts have a tendency to impart to the axle. This is true even when the shafts are clipped rigidly to the axle, for the springs C are soft and yielding in every direction, thus Well adapting them for a two-Wheeled vehicle; but when,as I have here shown, the shafts are. hinged to the axle, and consequently less motion is imparted, the springs are all sufficient. In this construction it will be observed that the axle is-prevented from turning, both by the springs E, connecting the body with the cross-bar of the shaft, and by the rod G, connecting indirectly the axle with the shafts. The spring-strips E support the front of the body, and yet do not axle through the arm H, and thus levels the body.

Having thus described my invention, what I- claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

- l. In atwo-wheeled vehicle, the axle, body, and intervening springs supporting the body, and shafts hinged to the axle, in combination with the axle-arm H, having-rack e, the springlever F, and the rod G, connecting the lever F and shaft, substantially as herein described.

2. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the axle A and shaft B, hinged` thereto, in combination with the axle-arm II, having rack e, and guard e', the lever F, `having spring f, andthe rod G, substantially as herein described.

3. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the axle, body, intervening springs supporting the body upon the axle. and the spring-strips connecting the front of the body with the cross-bar of the shafts, in combination with the axle-arm having the rack, the spring-lever, and the rod connecting the lever and shaft, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I Vhave hereunto set my hand.l

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GEORGE E, GUERNE. l

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