Year: 1897

page_text: HORATIUS JOHN BOLTON HOLLAND & JOHN ALFRED LEIGH, Cycle Makers,
Pearson Street Works, Blackburn, Lancashire, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
We take a piece of tube and make it up at the bottom, we then place a spring
inside the tube for receiving the end of seat pillar stem, which also is made up at
the bottom; we then cut a slot in the seat pillar stem and place a rivet through
the seat pillar stem and inner tube which works in the slot, and thereby allows the
stem of the seat pillar to give and take according to the vibrations caused by
the roughness of the roads and also preventing the seat pillar stem from moving
round, and thereby keeping the saddle in a proper position. In our invention
the seat pillar stem and middle tube are put inside the ordinary cycle seat tube
and fastened by the ordinary methods.
Dated this 21st dow of T.... 100
HORATIUS JOHN BOLTON HOLLAND, &
JOHN ALFRED LEIGH.
HORATIUS JOHN BOLTON HOLLAND & JOHN ALFRED LEIGH, Cycle Makers,
Pearson Street Works, Blackburn, 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:-
We take a piece of tube and thread it up at the bottom we then place a spring
inside the tube for receiving the end of the seat pillar stem which is made up at
the bottom. The spring is regulated by means of a round nut inserted in the
bottom of the tube which works up or down the threaded portion of the tube.
We then cut a slot in the seat pillar stem and place a rivet or cotter through the
seat pillar stem and outer tube and thereby allowing the stem of the seat pillar
to rise up or down according to the vibrations caused by the roughness of the roads
and at the same time preventing the seat pillar stem from moving round and
thereby keeping the saddle in a proper position. In our invention the seat pillar
stem and middle tube are put inside the ordinary cycle seat tube and fastened by
the ordinary methods.
Fig. 1 is sectional elevation.

page_text: Letter A is the rivet or cotter.
Letter D is the made up bottom of the seat pillar stem.
Letter B is the inclosed spring.
Letter E is the outer tube.
Letter F is the circular nut.
Letter H shows the tube threaded.
Fig. 2 is plan of circular nut.
Letter F shows the round nut..
Letter G shows the square hole in the nut.
Fig. 3 is part elevation in section of outer tube.
Letter E tube.
Letter A the cotter or rivet.
Having now particulary discribed and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is: -
1. The slot in the seat pillar stem.
2. The rivet or cotter which passes through the outer tube and the slot of the
seat pillar stem, the cotter or, rivet preventing the seat pillar from moving round.
3. The bottom of the seat pillar stem made up so that it may sit well on the
spring.
4. The inclosed spring placed inside the outer tube and held in position by the
bottom of the seat pillar stem and circular nut.
Doted this 18th dox of April 1898
HORATIUS JOHN BOLTON HOLLAND &
JOHN ALFRED LEIGH,
Cycle Makers, Pearson Street Works, Blackburn.