Improvements in Springs for Oycles.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1591
Complete Specification Left, 1st Mar., 1892-Accepted, 9th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Springs for Oycles.
I, JACOB FALCONBRIDGE, of 33 Shadwell Road, Bishopston, Bristol, in the
County of Gloucestershire, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved compressed spring for front forks of cycles,.
which consists of a piece of steel tubing with a spiral spring inside and a socket.
thread and nut with sliding spindle which compresses the spring when going over
rough roads and takes all vibration from the hands.
The top of the tube is connected to the fork at or near the top and the spindle
attached at the base to a cross bar running from the base of the fork. The bearings
for the front wheel is situated in the centre of the aforesaid cross bar.
The object of my invention is to provide a spring concealed in a cylindrical tube
which may be fixed to any class of machine to take off the vibration from the hands.
of a rider.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration only and
that the shapes, and proportions of the various parts may be varied in many ways.
within the scope of my invention.
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J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Springs for Cycles.
1, JACOB FALCONBRIDGE, of 33 Shadwell Road, Bishopston, Bristol, in the
County of Gloucestershire, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved compressed spring for front forks of cycles,
which consists of a piece of steel tubing with a spiral spring inside and a socket
thread and nut with sliding spindle which compresses the spring when going over
rough roads and takes all vibration from the hands.
The top of the tube is connected to the fork at or near the top and the spindle.
is attached at the base to a cross bar running from the base of the fork. The
bearings for the front wheel is situated in the centre of the aforesaid cross bar.
The object of my invention is to provide a spring concealed in a cylindrical tube
which may be fixed to any class of machine to take off the vibration from the
hands of a rider.
I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing,
in which
Fig. 1 is a part in elevation and a part in section of the apparatus ;
Fig. 2, is a side view of the apparatus fitted to the front fork of a cycle, part of
this figure is broken off for want of space;
Fig. 3, is a front view of the connection at the end of the spindle.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the views.
This invention may be constructed of any metallic substance but preferably of a
piece of cylindrical steel tubing a with a connection fixed at one end, and at the
other end I form a screwed socket f. Inside the cylindrical tubing a I insert a
spiral spring c, and below the said spring c I insert a spindle d with a head e; the
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said spindle is passed through a socket g before the head e is rivetted on the
spindle. The socket is provided with a male thread on the outside corresponding
with the female thread in the socket.f, so that when the spindle is inserted inside
the cylindrical tube, the socket 9 may be screwed into the socket in order to
secure the spindle to the tube or cylinder a. A lock nut is attached to the
socket J At the end of the spindle d is a connection for the purpose of connecting
the spindled to the cross bar k
The top of the tube at b is connected to the fork j by a nut and bolt, and the
spindle is attached by a bolt at i to the cross bar k. The bearings for the front
wheel is situated in the centre of the cross bar, and the other end of the cross
bar is bolted to the base of the fork. The bolts, or bolts aud nuts, are so adjusted
that it will give sufficient play to allow the apparatus to work freely.
The opening in the socket is of such a size that the spindle d will slide in and
out freely, according to the requirements of the action of the apparatus when a cycle
is in motion.
It will be understood that the foregoing is given by way of illustration only, and
that the shapes, and proportions of the various parts may be varied in many ways
within the scope of my invention.
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 :-
1. In a spring for a cycle, the combination of the cylinder a connection b
spiral spring c spindle d head e, and sockets ƒ and g, with the lock nut ½ and
connection i, for the purpose of taking all vibration from the hands of a rider when
fitted to a cycle and the said cycle is in motion, substantially as herein described
and according to Figs. 1, and 3, of the accompanying drawing.
2. In a spring for a cycle, the combination of the apparatus, and the cross bar k
with the bearings in the centre and the ends connected to the spindle and the base
of the front fork of a cycle, substantially as herein described and according to Fig. 2,
in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 1st day of March 1892.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.