A Detachable Mud Guard for Velocipedes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 1st Feb., 1892-Accepted, 12th Mar., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Detachable Mud Guard for Velocipedes.
IWALTER TYRRELL JAQUES of 136 Crystal Palace Road East Dulwich
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Instead of the ordinary mud guard of metal I provide a strip of silk or any
other suitable material wich strip is of sufficient width and is rolled upon a spring
roller such as in common use in window blinds &c. and wich is attached to the
centre tube beneath the seat pillar or any other portion of a velocipede by means
of a spring or band clip or any other suitable appliance. Instead of a spring roller I
may use if I think proper any other mechanical means of producing the same
effect.
Dated this 7th day of November 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Detachable Mud Guard for Velocipedes.
WALTER TYRRELL JAQUES of 136 Crystal Palace Road East Dulwich
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
Instead of the ordinary mud guard of metal I provide a strip of silk or any
other suitable material wich strip is of sufficient width and is rolled upon a spring
roller such as in common use in window blinds &c. and which is attached to the
center tube beneath the seat pillar or any other portion of a velocipede by means
of a spring or band clip or any other suitable appliance. Instead of a spring
roller I may use if I think proper any other mechanical means of producing the
same effect.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood I refer to the drawings
appended. Fig. 1 shows the mud guard with the strip of silk or any other suitable
material extended A being the spring or band clip B the bracket which carries the
cylinder C containing the spring and on which is rolled the strip of silk or any
other suitable material D the cylinder is kept in position and revolves in the
bracket by means of a spindle which carries the spiral spring and which is bolted
at one end and fastened by a screw nut E at the other FF are the stays which
can be of any convenient length or shape these stays can be made to follow the
shape of the wheel as in the ordinary fixed mud guard and can be carried to and
fastened to the spindle of the wheel G is a shield which covers the cylinder and
through a slot in which H the strip passes so that the strip is cleansed of all the
mud as it is rolled up The strip when extended is hooked on to the stays in the
manner shewn at L and when the stays are carried to the spindle of the wheel
the strip can be hooked on to a rod placed at any desired point of the stays
Fig. 2 is a part section and shows the spiral spring 1 in position on the spindle K
The fittings of the mud guard may be made of brass or any other suitable material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1-A mud guard for velocipedes which is rolled up by means of a spiral spring

page_text: working on a spindle within a cylinder and which is attached to a velocipede by
means of a spring or band clip essentially as described.
2-The spring or band clip as a means of attaching a mud guard to a
velocipede..
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Dated this 1st day of February 1892.
WALTER TYRRELL JAQUES.
WALTER TYRRELL JAQUES.