An Improved Detachable Mudguard for Cycles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1894-Accepted, 22nd Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Detachable Mudguard for Cycles.
JOHN WADDINGTON Sugar Refiner 52 Sankey Street Earlestown JOHN EDWIN
ROBERTSON Bicycle Maker 114 Philip Street Patricroft Lancashire do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
First. We make the leather, macintosh, or japanned cloths, to the required shape,
and length, for various sizes of wheels, we then fix eyelet holes at opposite sides,
but same end.
Secondly. We fix stiffening ribs across the leather, macintosh, or japanned cloths,
consisting of two or more, in number.
Thirdly. We attach elastic bands, with hook and eye fasteners, for attaching the
leather, inacintosh, or japanned cloths, to frame of cycle.
Fourthly. We make two plates or washers, having two projections each, one
projection on each contains a hole, the other projection on each contains a recess, or
slot, the two projections containing the slots are bent outward, one to right, and
one to left.
Fifthly. We make two stays out of stiff springy wire, on one end of each wire,
we make a hook, for placing in eyelet hole in leather, macintosh, or japanned
cloth, the other end of wire, passes through the recess, or slot in the projection, is
then bent into the hole in the other projection of the washers.
Dated this 7th day of October 1893
JOHN WADDINGTON.
JOHN EDWIN ROBERTSON.
JOHN WADDINGTON Sugar Refiner 16 St. James Street Warrington Lancashire
JOHN EDWIN ROBERTSON Bicycle Maker 114 Philip Street Patricroft Lancashire
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 :-
First. We make the leather, macintosh, or japanned cloths to the required shape,
and length, for various sizes of wheels, we then fix eyelet holes at opposite sides
but same end.
Secondly. We fix stiffening ribs across the leather, macintosh, or japanned cloths
consisting of two or more in number.
Thirdly. We attach elastic bands, with hook and eye fasteners, for attaching the
leather, macintosh, or japanned cloths to frame of cycle.
Fourthly. We make two plates or washers, having two projections on each, one
projection on each contains a hole, the other projection on each contains a recess,
or slot, the two projections containing the slots are bent outward, one to right and
one to left.
Fifthly. We make two stays out of stiff springy wire, on one end of each wire
or stay, we make a hook, for placing into eyelet hole in leather, macintosh, or
japanned cloths, the other end of each wire, passes through the recess or slot in

page_text: the projections, they are then bent into the holes in the other projections of the
washers.
Thus with the plates D being movable on the end of the axle of the wheel, and
being secured by nuts, we get sufficient spring on the stays F, to tighten the leather
macintosh, or japanned cloth part of the guard A. Fig. I. With the spring being
on the stays F, bend J and hook G, cannot come out of their respective positions.
Also eyelet holes K being over stiffening rib B B they give the same tension on
the full width of guard A, as shown in Figs. I and II.
The top part of guard A, is secured to frame-of cycle, by elastic bands, C and
CC having book and eye fasteners. The stiffening ribs B and B.B. are, pieces
of wire fastened to the leather, macintosh, or japanned cloths to ensure shape. and
width of guard A; also seen in Figs. I and II:
When guard is not required for use, unhook G roll, up guard A to, elastic
band C C, unfasten C C'and carry it round roll of guard A and rehook C C to
frame of cycle, Fig. I. The stays F, now hanging loose, are carried up to the
forks or tubes and fastened by elastic bands CCC, as seen on Figs. I and IV thus
carrying the whole of guard on machine. And when guard is in position for use,
by unhooking C and C C, and unhooking stays F at J the guard is entirely off the
machine, with the exception of the two plates D, which are detachable bý
unscrewing nuts off the ends of the axle of the cycle wheel.
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
First. The combination of eyelet holes K and stiffening rib, or ribs B B, for rib
or ribs, BB, to take the weight of stays G, in a detachable mudguard Figs. I
and II.
Secondly. The combination of stiffening ribs B, and B B, for holding guard A
to shape, and width, and strengthening a detachable mudguard, as in Figs. I
and II.
Thirdly. The combination of elastic bands C, and C C, with hook and eye
fasteners, for connecting to frame of cycle, and of elastic bands C C C with hook
and eye fasteners, for fixing stays to forks or tubes of cycles in connection with a
detachable mudguard; as in Figs. I and II, and I and IV respectively.
Fourthly. The combination of a plate, or washer D, having two or more
projections, for fixing or attaching a stay, or wire F, so that when the plate, or
washer, is moved round to the right, or left, it will release, or attain greater spring,
or pressure, to tighten or ease the leather, macintosh, or japanned cloth in a
detachable mudguard; as seen by Fig. I.
Fifthly. The combination of a stay, or stays, having a hook G at one end, and a
bend J at the other end, as shown in Fig. IV, so that they, or it, may be removed
without disturbing plate D, or guard A, in a detachable mudguard.
Dated this 6th day of July 1894.
JOHN EDWIN ROBERTSON.
JOHN WADDINGTON.