Timmis system
Timmis was an innovative design of double coiled springs, originally used for railway rolling stock, such as on the Barsi Light Railway c1889, as formulated by Everard Calthrop (1857–1927).
Inventor
The inventor was Illius Augustus Timmis [1]
Patent
US Patent 432341 was published in 1890.[2]
See also
- Leaf spring - an older an simpler system of springs
- Coil spring
- Bogie as used with railway rolling stock.
References
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