Improved Method and Apparatus for Increasing Speed of Ordinarys (Cycles).
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct.,
1893.
Complete Specification Left, 30th July, 1894-Accepted, 15th. Sept.,.
1894
Improved Method and Apparatus for Increasing Speed of Ordinarys
(Cycles).
I FREDERICK LAMB HANCOCK of 17 Shirland Road, Paddington, County of
London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-.
This invention has for its object, fitting within a box forming the hub certain gear
upon and between the pedal axle and the wheel itself so that an increase of speed
of the wheel to that of the pedal axle is ensured.
gear
into
To carry my invention into practice I mount a spur pinion on the pedal axle and
I employ a supplementary axle on which are three spur pinions two to
other pinions on the hub and the other with the axle pinion, the gear being such
that the speed of the wheel is different to that of the pedal axle.
Dated this 30th dox of October 1893.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said F. L. Hancock.
Improved Method and Apparatus for Increasing Speed of Ordinarys
(Cycles).
I, FREDERICK LAMB HANCOCK, of 17 Shirland Road, Paddington, County of
London, Engineer, 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:-
This invention has for its object, fitting within a box forming the hub certain
gear upon and between the pedal axle and the wheel itself, so that an increase of
speed of the wheel to that of the pedal axle is ensured.
To carry my invention into practice, I mount a spur pinion on the pedal axle,
and I employ a supplementary axle on which are three spur pinions, two to gear
into other pinions on the hub and the other with the axle pinion, the gear being
such that the speed of the wheel is different to that of the pedal axle.
My invention will be clearly understood by the annexed drawings.
Figure 1 an open view of Figure 2 which is a section.
A, A, are two side plates of the hub B, said plates have pinions C, C, as part of
same and through which the pedal axle D runs freely. E is a larger and central
pinion fixed on the axle D and is in gear with pinion F of smaller diameter fixed
on a supplementary axle G on which are also fixed two other pinions H, H, in
gear with the first named pinions C, C, these as before stated form part of the hub
plates A, A, so that as the pedals I, I, are rotated in the usual manner, the
pinion E by the axle D gives motion to the pinion F, and this by being fixed as
well as the pinions H, H, on the axle G gives motion to the plates A, A, and
hub B through the pinions C, C, with increase of speed compared to that of the
pedals.
This increase of speed can be determined by the sizes of the pinions which are
all within the hub of " an ordinary" cycle.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed. I declare that what I
claim is :-
The above described arrangement of gear within a hub of "an ordinary" cycle,
substantially as shown for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 20th day of Jul 3001
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Frederick Lamb Hancock.