Improvements in Brakes for Cycles and other Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in Brakes for Cycles and other Vehicles.
I, LEWIS HERBERT BRINICOMBE, of Drumbridge Lodge, Stover Estate, Newton-
Abbot, Devon, Gardener, 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 brakes for cycles and other vehicles, and is intended more
particularly for vehicles having pneumatic tyres and the object is to provide means
for arresting the progress of the vehicle without bringing the brake to bear on the
tyre.
In carrying my invention into effect, I attach to the spokes of the wheel a circular
brake-rim of metal or other suitable material, or combination of materials, the said.
rim standing out horizontally from the side of the wheel and being covered or not
with rubber or other suitable material. Around this brake rim is passed a brake-
strap of steel or other suitable material. One end of the strap is attached to the fork
of tho wheel and the other end to one end of a pivotted lever operated by a suitable-
arrangement of levers and by which means the band may be tightened round or
released from the rim, and in doing so brakes or unbrakes the wheel, as and when.
required.
In order that my invention may be the more readily understood, I make referonce
to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side view of the brake
applied to a wheel, and Fig. 2 an end view of the brake rim.
a is a wheel of the cycle, b.the spokes, c the brake riu attached to the spokes by
having in one of its edges a series of slots & each partly as at e in the direction of
the width of the rim and partly as at fin direction of the circumference. The rim c-
is attached to the spokes by pressing the slots e against the spokes and allowing
them (the spokes) to enter, and then giving a twist to one side so as to finally leave
the spokes in the part of the slots. Passing around the brake rim c is the brake-
band g one end being attached to the fork at h and the other to the end i of the
lever pivotted at & to the fork 1. To the onl of is attached one end of the brake
rod n running in guides o attached to the head p of the machine and operated by the-
brako lever pivotted at r, the end s being attached to the upper end of n.
pressing up the brake rod n is lowered, thus bringing up the end of the lever j
and so tightening the brake band y round the rime and thus braking the machine..
The brake rim e may be flanged or unflanged and may be attached to the spokes of
the wheel otherwise than in the manner above mentioned.
On.
I do not restrict myself to the precise shape or configurations, relative proportions.
or disposition of parts, described in the above specification, or exemplified in the
accompanying drawings, as any or all of them may be considerably varied without
departing from the spirit of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said.
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what.
I claim is
CLAIMS..
1. Brakes for cycles and other vehicles the said brakes consisting of a flanged or
unflanged brake rim attached to and standing horizontally away from the spokes of

page_text: strap ono end of which is attached to the fork of the wheel and the other to one end
of a lever which can be raised or depressed by a system of levers operated from the
steering handle of the vehicle, this elevation or depression applying or withdrawing
the brake band to or from the brake rim, the whole substantially as described in the
above specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
2. The improvements in brakes for cycles and other vehicles, provided for and
operating substantially as described in the above specification, and exemplified in
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 7th day of December 1896
. HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, EC., Agents for Applicant.