Improvements in and relating to Cycle Handles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 9th June, 1890-Accepted, 19th July, 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Cycle Handles.
We, HARRY HUNTER BROWN, residing at Wappinger's Falls, in the County of
Deuchess, and State of New York, Manufacturer, and BENJAMIN GUY COWL, residing
at No. 930 F Street, N.W., in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, Patent
Agent, both citizens of the United States, 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 :-
The invention has for its object to provide a handle for cycles, which will prevent
the hands of the rider accidentally slipping therefrom, and which will be neat in
appearance, simple, strong in construction and inexpensive of production.
With these objects in view the invention consists in certain features of construction
and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully set forth.
In the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the cycle handle, and
Fig. 2 is a like view of the wooden core thereof.
In the drawing A denotes the wooden core bored centrally throughout its length
as shown at a, and B denotes the rubber covering. This covering is moulded upon
the core with its end openings coincident with the bore of the core and bent
inward to form annular shoulders b, which latter not only serve to hold the core within
the covering but also to conceal it, and gives the handle a more finished appearance
than if the core extended flush with the ends of the covering. Furthermore, by
having the ends of the core impinging against the inner walls of the shoulders, as
shown in Fig. 2, the casing is protected at these points, (when it is constructed of
hard vulcanized rubber) against chipping when subjected to rough usage.
The outer surface of the covering is roughened in any suitable manner, as for instance
by spiral or other ribs 62, and will when thus constructed furnish a better gripping
surface to the rider.
In the manufacture of these handles, I first take a wooden core, bore it centrally
throughout its length, mold thereon a rubber covering, then insert a rod through the
bore of the core and subject the handle to the action of a vulcanizer, and from which
when it is removed is ready to be placed upon the market for sale as a complete article
of manufacture, the rod having been withdrawn.
A handle so constructed, I have found by experience possesses greater strength than
the rubber handles now in use, which are hollow intermediate their ends, and which
are fixed with their ends to the handle bar and have no support or packing whatever
to relieve a shock or blow to which they are often subjected.
I would have it understood that I reserve to myself the right to make such changes
and alterations that would suggest themselves to a mechanic without departing from
the scope of my invention. As for instance, although I prefer to construct the
rubber covering with a roughened gripping surface, I may entirely omit this feature
and have a smooth surface.
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 cycle handle consisting of a wooden core having a bore extending therethrough,
and a rubber covering for said core, said covering having open ends and annular
shoulders resting against and concealing the ends of said core, substantially as and for
the purnose describad

page_text: 2. A cycle handle consisting of a wooden core having a bore extending therethrough,
and a rubber covering for said core having an opening at each end coincident with
the said hore, and provided with a roughened gripping surface, substantially as and
for the purpose described.
Dated thin th
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.