An Improved Cycle Mud-guard Bridge.
Year: 1899

page_text: I, GEORGE WILTSHIRE, of Great Western House, Livery Street, Birmingham,
Mechanician, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a device for supporting a cycle mud-guard, that is to
say, a device which extends between the members of the fork or stays and to
which the mud-guard is secured.
My improved mud-guard bridge comprises three pieces of tubing, two of which
are adapted to telescope into the third, which latter is the central portion. The
tubes which telescope into each end of the central tube are. spring retained, that
is to say, they are normally withdrawn within the central tube by-a spring. On
the outer end of each telescoping tube is formed a clip which passes around the
stay or fork and is secured by a set-screw. The central tube carries a screwed
stud and nut, by which the guard is secured to the bridge. Guiding pins secured
in the central tube pass through slots in the telescoping tubes. These pins
preserve the relative positions of the tubes and may also serve as abutments for
the spring or springs which tend to withdraw the tubes within one another. By
preference I attach such spring to a punched out portion in the spring clips before
mentioned, that is to say, the ends of the telescoping tubes are closed and through
such closed ends pass a tongue of metal which has been partially punched out of
the spring clip, and these two tongues of metal are connected together by a spiral
or other spring.
An Improved Cycle Mud-guard Bridge.
I, GEORGE WILTSHIRE, of 5, Chester Street, Coventry, formerly of Great Wes-
tern House, Livery Street, Birmingham, Mechanician, 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:-
This invention relates to a device for supporting a cycle mud-guard, that is to
say, a device which extends between the members of the fork or stays and to
which the mud-guard is secured.
In the drawing hereto annexed Figure 1 is a perspective view of my mud-

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guard bridge, shewn partly in section. Figure 2 represents a clip by which the
mud-guard is secured to the bridge. Figure 3 represents the bridge provided
with a screw attachment for the mud-guard.
My improved mud-guard bridge comprises three pieces of tubing abe, the
tubes a and b telescoping into the central tube c. The tubes a and b, are normally
withdrawn within the tube e by springs d. On the outer ends of the tubes a and b
are attached clips e by which the bridge is secured to the fork or stays. Out of
the metal of the clips e is pressed a tongue f. leaving a slot g in said clips. These
tongues pass into the tubes a and b and their ends are split, the split extremi
ties being bent in opposite directions as at h, and gripping the end of the spring d.
Guiding pins secured in the tube c pass through slots in the tubes a and b and
tongues These pins preserve the relative positions of the three tubes and also
secure collars which form abutments for the springs d.
It will be seen that the springs d are in compression between the split ends h
of the tongues f and the collars and operate to draw the clips e towards one
another. The bridge may thus be adjusted to any ordinary fork and grip the same
tightly so that there is no rattling of the parts.
As a means of attaching the mud guard to the bridge the clip shewn in Figure 2
may be used, the clip being rivetted to the mud-guard and its hook 7 passed
over the tube c.
Instead of the clip shewn in Figure 2 a nut and bolt m may be employed to
secure the mud-guard as shewn in Figure 3.
my
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said
invention, I declare that what I claim is:
1. A mud-guard bridge comprising the two tubes a, b, carrying clips e, a
covering tube c, and springs d, whose tendency is to retain the tubes a, b within
such covering tube, arranged and operating substantially as herein described with
reference to the drawings.
2. In a telescopic mud-guard bridge constructed substantially as herein des-
cribed the arrangement of the tongues f punched out of the clips e for the purpose
of engaging the springs by which the tubes carrying such clips are drawn within
their covering tube, substantially as shewn and described.
3. A telescopic, spring actuated, mud-guard bridge arranged, constructed and
operating substantially as herein described with reference to the drawings.
DJ 11.
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T1000
J. A. COUBROUGH,
Chartered Patent Agent,
10, St. George's Crescent, Liverpool, Agent for the Applicant.