Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Dec., 1887
Specification Accepted, 13th Jan., 1888
I WILLIAM GOULDEN Coach Builder of the Imperial Carriage Works, and Golden
Era, Cycle Works opposite Lea Bridge Road, Clapton in the county of Middlesex do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be.
performed, to he particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, and accompanying drawings :-
:-
The improvements herein referred to may be classified under three heads, and have
relation more especially to such velocipedes to which my apparatus for nullifying
shocks and vibrations (Patented by me under the No. 13316, and dated the
1st October 1887) is applied.
In the above cited Patent, a dust and dirt closed cylinder is described, having a
stuffing box mounted on it top and bottom, and inside this cylinder a piston and rod
has a vertical up and down motion, aided by a spiral spring, which coils round the
said rod; to the lower end of which latter, the fork of the steering wheel is
connected.
Fig. 1 is a side view of that portion of a velocipede only to which my invention
relates A, being the cylinder with stuffing boxes A' the subject of my Patent
No. 13316 attached to the front steering wheel, and in substitution of the customary
steering post.
Fig. 2, is a plan of an adjustable cross bar and clip hereafter described.
Fig. 3, is a side view of the rear wheel of a velocipede, provided with stuffing boxes
and rods, attached to the lower end of the apparatus the subject of Patent 13316, for
keeping the fork in a perfectly rigid and vertical line, while giving free play to the
apparatus A.
Fig. 4, is a side view of the apparatus used in place of the customary seat
pillar.
Fig. 5, is a section through the seat pillar (shown by Fig. 4) illustrating the means
employed for insuring the perfectly rigid vertical up and down movements of the
piston rod, to which the saddle pin is connected.
The first part of my invention relates to a method of separating the handle bar from
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page_text: the piston rod B Fig. 1. above referred to, the lower end of which is attached to the
fork of the steering wheel. This I effect by fixing the handle C, to a rod D, moving
or turning in a cylinder E, this tube or cylinder is connected by any convenient
means to the steering post A (which in this case is the apparatus described in my
Patent No. 13316) at a suitable distance either in front or in rear of the steering post,
so as to bring the handle bar nearer to, or remove it further from the rider. And in
order to facilitate steering 1 employ two cross bars, one of which F, is mounted at
the upper end of the tube or cylinder E, with rod D, described as in front or in rear
of the steering post A. To the upper end of this rod D, the handle bar C, is attached,
vide Fig. 1.
The other cross bar G, is mounted at the top of the piston rod B, of the cylinder A,
forming the steering post. These two cross bars are so arranged as to be parallel and
equi-distant, and communicate one with the other, or are connected, by means of
chains J, to rings I, on one cross bar G, and ring bolts J', on the other F; these
bolts pass through holes K. Fig. 2. in the ends of this cross bar, so as to be capable of
adjustment, by means of nuts L, L, so that the bolts can be shortened, or lengthened,
by which means the chains are slackened or tightened as may be required, such chains
having universal joints, possessing a capacity for up and down motion, but being
rigid laterally.
Or in lieu of the chains I may make use of some equivalent, or suitably pliable
material producing a like result.
The handle bar C, can be raised or lowered as desired by means of adjusting
clips M. M', one of which M. vide Fig. 2 is, or may be connected to, or form part of
the cross bar F, whilst the other M', is at the lower end of the tubo E. The bandle
can also by this means be turned round parallel with the frame of the machine to
economise space in width when the machine is not in use.
The second part of my invention relates to a novel method of keeping the fork of a
rear wheel (supplied with my cylinder and stuffing box arrangement) perfectly rigid"
laterally, and at the same time allow of the free vertical up and down motion of the
piston rod, in the said cylinder.
In carrying out this part of my invention I attach a stuffing box, or boxes N Fig. 3.
(similar to those described in my Patent 13316) to the lower end of the cylinder A ;
a rod or rods O, work vertically up and down at the upper end, and out of this box or
boxes, whilst its lower end, or ends are fixed to the fork.
By this means, and by the use of one or more stuffing boxes, and rods of a like
description and similarly connected in any position to the lower end of the cylinder A,
with stuffing boxes; the fork is kept in a perfectly rigid, and vertical line, allowing
free play to the piston rod of the apparatus A the subject of Patent 13316.
The third part of my invention relates to a novel method of mounting the saddle or
seat, for giving it perfectly free vertical up and down motion, whilst keeping it
perfectly rigid laterally.
This I effect by substituting for the customary seat pillar a cylinder P Fig. 4 with
stuffing boxes P and piston rod Q, with spiral spring as previously described in my
apparatus A No. 13316 and mounting the saddle on a rod R, capable of vertical
adjustment inside the piston rod, which in this case is hollow for the purpose, this rod
can be lowered or raised by aid of an adjusting clip similar in construction to that
shown at M, Fig. 1.
The free vertical up and down motion of the rod Q is insured by aid of a pin S
passing through the spirals of the spring T, the ends of the pin S pass out through
grooves U, cast with, or otherwise attached to the sides of the cylinder, which
serve as guides to the rod in its vertical up and down movements vido Fig. 5.
These openings are covered by metal plates externally applied so as to exclude dirt
or grit.
By attaching a finger V Fig. 4, (pointing downwards) to the adjusting clip W,
fixed to the rod, and by making a scale of figures on one or other side of the plates
covering the grooves, the pressure and weight of the rider can be ascertained.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed I make no claim broadly to the use
of rods, chains, and cross bars for guiding velocipedes as I am aware that such parts
have been previously employed, but what I claim is :
1st. Their use as herein described in conjunction with my dust and grit excluding
cylinder with stuffing boxes the subject of my Patent No. 13316, and also in con-
junction with my detached steering post which is either connected to the front or rear
of my apparatus A, by any suitable method.
2nd.
claim the method of connecting the movements of the cross bars by means
of the ring eyes, on the cross bar G, ring staple eyes at the ends of the chains J, and
adjustable ring bolts J₁, passing through the ends K of the cross bar F.
3rd. The method of employment of my apparatus P, as a seat pillar, either retaining
the piston, or substituting therefor the pin S, and slide grooves U as described and
illustrate Figs. 4 and 5.
4th. The method employed of keeping the fork of a rear wheel (to which my
apparatus A. the subject of Patent 13316 is applied) perfectly rigid laterally by means
of the stuffing box or boxes N. N. with rods O. O. free at the upper ends, and attached
to the fork at the lower ends as represented Fig. 3.
5th. The index V and scale arrangement as described for indicating the weight of
the rider, for adjusting the seat pillar as required, vide Fig. 4.
Dated this 10th day of December 1887.
A. C. HENDERSON & Co.,
46, Southampton Buildings,
Agents for the Applicant.