Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 28th Nov., 1898--Accepted, 7th Jan.,
1899
I, WALTER FERRIER AUSTIN, retired Captain in the Militia, of Mount Lodge,
Storrington, in the County of Sussex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a map holder for cyclists' use, and its object is to enable
the cyclist always to have the map of his route before him. The holder consists of
a small table of wood, at top and bottom of which is a roller, revolving in holes cut
in the sides of the table. The map is fastened to one roller and rolled off on to the
other, as occasion requires; the table being fastened to the handle bar by clips.
The шар is in the form of a long strip, and this works off from one roller to another,
by revolving the rollers, and so the map of the road is always before the cyclist.
Dated this 31st day of May 1898.
I, WALTER FERRIER AUSTIN, retired Captain in the Militia, of Mount Lodge,
Storrington, in the County of Sussex, 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 consists of a map holder for cyclists' use and its object is to enable
the cyclist always to have the map of his route before him, and in my holder
a map of the road being traversed is mounted on rollers and can be unrolled as the
journey proceeds for the purpose stated. The map is or may be protected from
inclement weather by a transparent cover and the holder is attached by clips to the
handle bar of the machine.
I will fully describe my invention in reference to the accompanying drawings in
which Fig. 1 is a plan and Fig. 2 a sectional side elevation of the mapholder. Fig. 3
is a perspective view on a reduced scalo illustrating the map holder fixed in position
upon the handle bar of a cycle.
The holder consists of a small table A of wood fitted in side frames A' A' of any
convenient size, for example, six inches long and four inches wide. At each end of
it are mounted rollers R R with external operating handles or knobs K K¹; the
rollers may be mounted in the side frames, but it is more convenient to mount one
end of each in a metal spring strip S fixed to the side frame which is shaped
accordingly as shown in Fig. 1. The map M is printed or presented upon a

page_text: sufficiently long strip of paper P or suitable material, one end of which is gripped by
or attached to one roller Rand wound thereon, whilst the other end is similarly
The whole face of the map
gripped by or attached to the other roller R¹.
may with advantage be protected from inclement weather by a covering C of glass,
celluloid or other transparent material which is adapted to fit and slide in grooves
formed in the inner sides of the frames A' A¹ or otherwise conveniently. The back
plate A or the frame A is provided on its lower side with spring clips such as DD
which by means of bolts and nuts such as N, Fig. 2, secure the holder to the handle
bar H of the cycle as shown in Fig. 3.
It is intended to provide specially made and printed maps showing and clearly
defining various routes and affording also any other appropriate information, or any
required maps may be readily prepared for use with the holder. The map intended
for immediate use is attached to the rollers of the holder as described and the
transparent cover then fitted thereover, and the holder is fixed upon the handle bar
of the cycle. By turning the handles or knobs K. K¹ the rider is enabled as he goes
to roll the map from one roller to the other as desired, thereby rendering visible
that part of the route which he is traversing. It will be obvious that the same
arrangement may by substituting plain paper strips for maps or leaving space on
one or both sides be rendered available for memoranda and so forth.
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
A map holder for cyclists' use consisting in the combination of a frame with hand
operated rollers for receiving the map and means for securing the whole to the
machine, constructed and adapted for use substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Twenty-eighth day of November 1990.
For the Applicant,
J. C. CHAPMAN,
Chartered Patent Agent, 70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.