provements in Mud Brushes and Guards for Bicycles and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1899.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Mud Brushes and Guards for Bicycles
and the like.
I, SAMUEL EDWARD MUNDON, Shipwright, of 16, Common Street, Landport, '
Portsmouth, 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 for improvements in mud brushes and guards for bicycles and
the like, has for its object to provide a simple and effective device, which can be
readily fitted to or removed from a bicycle, for removing mud from the wheel
tyres and for preventing the mud from splashing the rider.
According to this invention, suitable stays are clamped or otherwise fitted to
the forks of the bicycle and these stays support at their outer ends a brush shaped
according to the shape of the wheel tyre. This brush is adapted to just touch the
surface of the tyre so that it brushes the mud therefrom without offering any
resistance to the motion.
A leather hood or cover is also fitted to the brush, so as to act as a mud guard
or shield and prevent the splashing of mud from the brush.
These mud brushes and guards can be applied to both front and back wheels of
a bicycle the stays being shaped according to circumstances. This invention can
also be used for other vehicles of like character.
And in order that this invention may be more readily understood, reference is
had to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings on which Fig. 1 is a
sectional elevation of a mud brush and guard constructed according to this inven-
tion, Fig. 2 is a plan of the same and Fig. 3 is a detail view showing another
method of attachment to the forks.
The forks AA are attached by means of the clamping devices BB to the
forks CC of the cycle. At the other ends of the forks AA a brush D is fitted
the said brush being shaped to fit the wheel tyre so as to just touch its surface
and brush the mud therefrom as the wheel revolves. The brush D consists as
illustrated of a metal band d attached by screws to the stays AA and provided with
sockets dd holding the bristles, although any other construction of the brush D
may also be employed.
Above the brush D the leather hood or cover E is fitted and serves the purpose
of a mudguard or shield and prevents the splashing of mud from the brush.
The arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is more especially adapted for the
rear wheel of a bicycle the stays A A being bent accordingly. The arrangement
is however similar for the front wheel, the stays A A being bent to allow for the
different angle of the forks.
If it is desired to provide for adjusting the lengths of the stays AA the arrange-
ment shown in Fig. 3 may be employed.
The end portions A₁A of the stays AA are provided with slots aa and the
clamping devices B¹ B¹ are secured to the stays AA by bolts FF passing through
the slots a a and nuts GG. It will be seen that this arrangement allows for a
slight adjustment of the lengths of the stays A A.

page_text: 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:
(1) An improved mud brush and guard for bicycles and the like comprising
stays attached by suitable clamping devices to the forks, a brush attached at the
outer ends of the stays and shaped to fit the tyre of the wheel, the said brush
being arranged so as to just touch the surface of the wheel tyre as the wheel
revolves, and a hood or cover fitted above the brush substantially as described and
for the purposes specified.
(2) An improved mud brush and guard for bicycles and the like comprising
stays AA, clamping devices BB, brush D and hood or cover E substantially as
described with reference to the drawings and for the purposes specified.
(3) An improved mud brush and guard for bicycles and the like comprising
stays AA, slots aa formed in the ends thereof, clamping devices B' B¹, nuts Fr
bolts GG, brush D and hood or cover E substantially as described with reference
to the drawings and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 28th day of February 1899.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.