Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Feb., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 5th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1898
FRANK RICHARDSON, 89, Denton Road, Hooley Hill, in the County of Lancaster,
Warehouseman, and JOHN CONRAD WASSERMANN, 24, Market Street, Denton, in the
County of Lancaster, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
A collapsable mud guard for bicycles made of thin brass or steel or any other
material suitable, which is fastened by one end to a pinion which works in a cylinder
The mud guard is
& winds up inside of aforementioned cylinder when not in use.
supported by two metal stays which are fastened to a bracket by a swivel joint which
bracket is fastened to the axle of bicycle. The aforementioned stays swing up with
nud guard & lay along side of upright forks on both front & back wheel when not
in use & locked on cylinder & swivel joint when in use & when not in use & swing
with the front wheel.
1000
JOHN CONRAD WASSERMANN.
FRANK RICHARDSON.
Collapsable Mud Guard 10r Dicycles.
We, FRANK RICHARDSON, of 385, Oldham Road, Failsworth, in the County of
Lancaster, Warehouseman, late of 89, Denton Road, Hooley Hill, in the County of
Lancaster, and JOHN CONRAD WASSERMAN, of 24, Market Street, Denton, in the
aforesaid county, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be perforined to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement and accompanying drawings:-
Our said invention relates to mudguards for cycles, and has for its object to replace
the usual metallic mudguard with its attendant disadvantages and provide a flexible
guard which can be readily stowed away and as readily brought into action when
required.
To render our invention more clear we have attached hereto a sheet of explanatory
drawings to which we will refer.
Fig. 1 of the drawings, shows our improved collapsible mudguard attached to a
bicycle and ready for use.
Fig. 2 is a view showing the guard stowed away.
The remaining figures show details of the mudguard attachments.
We form the mudgard a from a suitable length of flexible waterproof material

page_text: The waterproof band a is supported at suitable intervals by V shaped struts or stays b,
an end view of one of which is shown in Fig. 3.
The stays b are carried by brackets secured to the axes of the front and rear wheels
of the bicycle. For a better comprehension of our invention we will now refer to
Figs. 4 to 11 which represent the mudguard and attachments on larger scales. The
waterproof band a is secured to a barrel or roller.e which is provided with bearings
formed in the two covers d of a cylinder e. The cylinder e is provided with a slit e¹
for the passage of the band, and upon one end of the roller we secure a disc f pro-
vided with a knob or handle f¹ by means of which the disc f can be revolved and the
band a wound upon the roller c. In Fig. 4 we show in plan view two such cylinders e
for use in securing the mudguard to the back wheel of a bicycle. To effect this we
provide a metallic or spring clip g to embrace the cross stay g₁ of the back forks g².
The clip g is readily secured to the cross stay g¹ by means of screwed bolts g³ and
milled nuts g*.
Formed from the saine strip of metal as the clip g, or attached to such clip, are
gripping fingers or strips h which are braized, soldered or otherwise connected to the
cylinders e e.
The bracket shown in side elevation in Fig. 7 and in end elevation in Fig. 8 is
provided for the back wheel of the bicycle and is secured to the axle by the
nut i*.
One only of such brackets i is shown but it will be understood that one is
provided for each side of the wheel. Upon the extremities of the rear horns of the
brackets are mounted two struts b which turns loosely upon studs 61. In Fig. 7
the struts or stays b are shown turned up in the position they would assume when
the band a is housed within the cylinder e. The bracket i is formed with a screwed
hole and each of the struts b carries at the end a perforated lug 63 set at such
angles as that when the stays b are disposed in the position indicated in Fig. 1 the
perforations in the lugs coincide with the screwed hole i¹ in the bracket i. The struts
or stays can thus be secured in this position by means of a thumb screw j. The
thumb screws Fig. 11 are shown in plan view in Fig. 1 and the position they occupy
is indicated by dotted lines. The front horns of the brackets i also carry a strut b
formed with a lug 68 by means of which the strut may be secured at its proper
angle as described, the drawing showing this strut in the position it assumes when
the mudguard is in use, and secured in position by the thumb screw j. Figs. 9
and 10 show respectively in side and end elevation the bracket, and part of the struts,
for the front wheel, the struts being secured to the brackets by means of pivots 61
and held when extended by thumb screws passing through perforated lugs 63 exactly
as already described. In practice it is sufficient to provide the stays with per-
forated lugs 63 on one side only, but, if desired the lugs 68 may be formed at each
side of the stays b, and duplicate screws be used. A single cylinder and band only
is required for the front wheel the internal arrangement of the cylinder corresponding
to the cylinders of the back wheel. The cylinder e is secured to the crown of the
front forks in any convenient manner by a spring clip or by screws to the crown of
the steering fork or to an extension from the brake clip.
To prevent the rotation of the disc f which operates the band roller c we provide
the disc with a removable screw & adapted to engage with one of a number of screwed
holes formed in the cylinder cover.
We will now shortly describe the method of operating the collapsible mudguard.
Assuming the guard is stowed as shown in Fig. 2, we release the screw k from
engagement with the disc f and cylinder cover, commencing say with the rearmost
guard. The band a is then withdrawn from the cylinder e and the struts or stays b
arranged at the proper angles as shown in Fig. 1. The band although connected to
the lower of the two struts b is not connected to the upper one but slides over the top
limb b as shown in the plan view Fig. 4. When the struts have been arranged at
their proper angles they are secured in this position by the thumb screw j as already
described. The requisite degree of tension can be readily imparted to the band a by
turning the disc f to wind the slack upon the roller, and the tension is maintained by

page_text: locking the disc f to the cylinder by again inserting the screw k. The forward
portion of the back wheel mudguard is provided at the end with a hook and the
band is drawn downwards and the hook engaged with the cross stay of the bottom
forks as shown in Fig. 1. The band passes over the top limb b' of the strut b and the
strut is secured in position by the thumb screw as before. The front guard is
operated in a manner already described with reference to the rearmost guard and
requires no further description. To furl the guard the discs f are released and the
thumb screws withdrawn. By revolving the discs f by means of the handle the
bands a are wound upon the rollers cand the struts b drawn up against the forks of
the bicycle as shown in Fig. 2.
When the band a is wound on the roller c the discs f are again locked by the
screws k and finally the screws j are replaced. The slits in the cylinders e are preferably
only wide enough to allow the band to pass so that mud upon the band would be
scraped off as the band enters the cylinder.
Our improved mudguard is light in weight does not set up any disagreeable rattling
and can be easily furled or unfurled as required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1) A collapsible mudguard for cycles, consisting of a flexible band capable of being
wound upon, or unwound from, a roller mounted in bearings within a closed cylinder
secured to the frame of the cycle and the struts or stays carried by brackets secured
to the wheel axles which struts can be secured to the brackets at the required times
so as to support the flexible band when in use or be turned up when not in use,
substantially as described and shown.
2) The general arrangement construction and combination of parts comprising
the improved collapsible mudguard for cycles substantially as described and
illustrated.