Improved Means for Preventing the Skidding or Side Slip of Four Wheeled Motor or other Vehicles however Propelled for Road Traffic.

摘要

3080. Sinclair, H. H. C. Feb. 7. Cam mechanism.-A device for producing downward pressure on an additional wheel of a vehicle for the purpose of preventing side - slip consists of two indented disks c, d. The lower half of the disk c is attached to the fork carryiog the additional wheel, while the upper part of the disk d is attached to the vehicle body by four bolts, springs k being interposed. This part is further prevented from turning by the projections shown, which engage grooves in the carrying-brackets. The upper half of the disk c and the lower half of the disk d are formed in one piece, which is rotated by means of a wire m fixed in a groove by two staples n. One end of the rope is fixed to a lever on the driver's platform, while the other is attached to a spring p which closes the disks when the lever is released. In some cases, only one split disk need be used.