Improvements in the Saddles of Velocipedes or Cycles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1991-Accented, 16th May, 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Saddles of Velocipedes or Cycles.
I JOHN CARROLL of 53 Leeson Street in the City of Belfast and County of
Antrim in Ireland, Flax Dresser, 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 the saddles of velocipedes or cycles into which I impart
greater elasticity, thereby ensuring less vibration and more ease to the rider.
For these purposes employ a saddle in the form of a hollow chamber and
constructed of impervious materials, such as compo-metal, iron or steel and india
rubber or india rubber and canvas, attached to the triangular frame or saddle bar
used in ordinary velocipedes or cycles, by means of springs and bolts or bolts only.
This chamber consists of a pear-shaped plate of compo-metal, iron or steel having
the edge or rin slightly bent or flanged downwards and of a flanged cap or hood of
india rubber or india rubber and canvas the flange of which passes under the flange
of the plate and is firmly held between such plate and an angle or sectioned
frame, of the same or similar material as or to the plate, fastened to and beneath
the plate by means of a number of bolts and nuts so as to prevent the passage of
air, gas or water between the flange of the cap or hood and the plate.
The hollow chamber is formed according to the shape of the ordinary velocipede
or cycle saddle.
And for the purpose of ventilating such saddle I perforate the cap or hood and
the pear-shaped plate and employ a tube or funnel of impervious material, such as I
have already described, of which one extremity is attached to the cap or hood and
the other extremity is passed through the perforation in the plate, the edge or rim
of such extremity being flanged and secured under the plate and around the
perforation by means of a metal angle or sectioned ring bolted to the plate in
like manner as the frame above mentioned. I may increase the draught of the
ventilating tube or funnel by the aid of a shallow curved plate attached to the ring
above described behind the orifice of the tube or funnel so as to catch the current
of air and direct it into the tube or funnel, which curved plate may be held in
position by one or more of the bolts securing the ring to the plate of the hollow
chamber.
The cap or hood and ventilating tube or funnel, with their flanges, are moulded
by means of a matrix and core of the required forms or are otherwise constructed
in one piece so that the only joints to be made in the hollow chamber are the flanges
of the cap or hood and of the ventilating tube or funnel with the plate.
A grooved plate may be employed in place of the bent or flanged plate of the
hollow chamber which I have described and the joint may be made by the angle
or L sectioned frame compressing the flange of the cap or hood into the groove of
the plate.
I may also form the compressing edge of the angle or ☐ sectioned frame with a
bulb to prevent the pressure of the frame from cutting the flange of the cap
or hood.
I inflate the hollow chamber with air or gas or distend it with water or other
liquid, in the ordinary way, by means of a valve in the pear-shaped plate of the
hollow chamber.
And in order that my said invention may be more fully understood shall now
proceed to refer to the drawings on the sheet hereunto annexed, the same letters of
reference indicating the same or corresponding parts of my improved saddle
throughout all the figures :-
Fig. is a plan of the saddle shewing the top of the cap or hood and the

page_text: ventilating tube or funnel as attached to the triangular frame of a velocipede or
cycle by springs, bolts and nuts underneath; also the shallow curved plate for
directing the current of air to the ventilating tube or funnel.
Fig. is an elevation of the saddle complete, with the springs, bolts and nuts
above mentioned.
Fig. 1 is a plan of the underside of the saddle, shewing the method of jointing
the flanges of the cap or hood and of the ventilating tube or funnel with the plate
of the hollow chamber by means of the angle or sectioned frame and ring bolted
to the plate and also the bolts by which it attached to the triangular frame or
saddle bar of a velocipede or cycle; and
Fig. IV is a sectional elevation of the parts shewn in Fig. III and also of the
shallow curved plate above mentioned.
C
a is the pear-shaped plate of the hollow chamber; is the cap or hood of the
chamber is the ventilating tube or funnel; d is the angle or sectioned frame;
e is the ring; J... are the bolts for attaching the frame, d, to the plate, a; g.g.g.
and h. h. h. are the bolts and springs respectively for attaching the saddle to the
triangular frame or saddle bar, i, of the velocipede or cycle; kis the valve through
which the hollow chamber is inflated or filled and is the shallow curved plate for
directing the current of air to the ventilating tube or funnel, c.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
1. The use in velocipedes or cycles of an impervious saddle, such as is hereinbefore
described, consisting of a flanged plate and an elastic flanged cap or hood jointed
together by means of an angle or sectioned frame or other equivalent agent
constructed and employed substantially in the manner and for the purposes
hereinbefore described and illustrated or shewn in the drawings hereunto annexed.
2. The use in velocipedes or cycles of a saddle, such as is hereinbefore described,
arranged with a ventilating tube or funnel constructed, jointed and employed
substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described and
illustrated or shewn in the drawings hereunto annexed and
3. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting my improved clastic
and ventilated saddle constructed and employed substantially in the manner and
for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto
annexed.
Dated this 8th day of April 1891.
HYNDMAN & DICKSON,
6, Chichester Street, Belfast, Agents for Applicant.