Improvements in Springs for Cycle Saddles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 12th Sept., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Springs for Cycle Saddles.
I ALFRED WILLIAM CATTLE, a Butler at present living at Mambeadi
Rectory near Exeter, Devon, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in springs for cycles saddles, and has for
ite object to provide means for enabling a rider to ride in comfort by minimizing
the jar or shock communicated through the saddle to the rider.
And in order that the said invention may be the more readily understood,
I have shewn same upon the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings,
wherein :
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cycle saddle with my invention applied thereto.
Fig. 2 being an underside view thereof, while,
Fig. 3 is a view in section of one of the springs shewn separate.
Referring to the drawings in which like letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts throughout the several figures; a represents a cylinder of which
there may be three or more in number, which cylinder is of air-light construction,
and contains a piston fashioned in the form of an inverted cup and of such a size
as to closely fit within the interior of the cylinder a and at the same time be capable
of moving up and down within same. The periphery 62 of the cup-shaped piston b
is provided with a covering of india-rubber or other suitable material to form a
packing for the purpose of preventing any air forcing its way between the outer
sides of the said piston band the inner sides of the cylinder a. A coil or other
suitable spring c is provided, which spring is interposed between the interior of the
dome of the piston b and the inner surface of the cylinder bottom a', such spring
being fixed at the two points specified by any suitable means. A piston-rod b¹
fixed to, or formed integral with the piston b, passes through a suitably packed
opening a³ in the upper part of the cylinder a, the upper extremity of which piston
rod is provided with a circular or other enlargement or head through which
pass rivets or their equivalent to fix the whole to the saddle plate as shewn
more particularly in Fig. 3. Where three of the springs above described are
employed on which to seat the saddle d, I employ a T shaped bar e having fixed
to, or formed integral with the three extremities thereof, collars e' split or divided
at one end and flanged as at e³, which collars e are adapted to encircle the
cylinders a and be held securely thereon by means of an adjusting screw e passing
through the flanges e² (Fig. 2). Shoulders a are formed upon the outer
peripheries of the cylinders a, between which shoulders the collars e encircle the
said cylinders such shoulders being provided to prevent any vertical displacement
of the said collars e'.
In lieu of this method of securing the cylinders a to the T shaped bare they
may be brazed or fixed in any other suitable manner. The saddle may be mounted
upon the saddle bar or pin ƒ by means of a depending piece e fixed to or formed
integral with the T shaped bar e, such depending piece e* having at its lower end
an enlargement designed to receive the said saddle bar of pin f, an adjusting
screw or its equivalent being provided to enable the saddle to be moved along and
fixed at any desired part of the said saddle bar or pin f. In lieu of this arrange-
ment, any other suitable means may be employed for mounting a saddle provided
with my improved form of spring, upon the saddle-bar or spring pin.

page_text: 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. The improvements in springs for cycle saddles, consisting in air-tight
cylinders in which work inverted cup-shaped pistons having flexible covers to the
lower peripheries or rims; suitable springs interposed between the interior of the
domes of the piston and the bottoms of the cylinders, pistons rods working
through packed openings in the tops of the cylinders, and fixed to the saddle
plate and a T shaped bar connecting the cylinders, substantially as described and
illustrated.
Dated this 12th day of September 1894.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
12 Basinghall Street, London, E.C.