Improvements in Brakes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Mar., 1897-Accepted, 15th May, 1897
Improvements in Brakes.
I, MATTHEW BEAUMONT PARRINGTON, of Holborough Cottage, Rochester, in
the County of Kent, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to a brake for stopping or retarding the speed of vehicles
of all kinds and of any number of wheels which can be worked by hand or by the
foot, and can be applied to any or all wheels.
It is so made that it acts upon a friction disc or discs, wheel or wheels or flange
or flanges made of steel or other metal fixed to the wheel hub or hubs or rotary
axle of the machine. The brake consists of one or more metal frames or levers
movable to and from the friction disc wheels or flanges and of a shape to suit
the friction disc or wheel upon which it has to act: this frame or frames or levers
is fitted with grooves to receive small blocks of wood india-rubber or other
substance (or it can be used as a solid block of metal), these blocks can be easily
taken in and out when required.
By using this brake all wear and tear upon the tire of the machine is prevented,
also the too sudden check when the machine is going at high speed is entirely done
away with, and no inconvenience is felt, although the machine can be brought to a
standstill on a steep incline.
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HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
I, MATTHEW BEAUMONT PARRINGTON, of Holborough Cottage, Rochester, in
the County of Kent, Gentleman, 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 relates to a vehicle wheel brake, suitable for cycles and vehicles
generally in which the wheels or one of them is carried by forks or a forked
frame.
Fig. 1 of the annexed drawing illustrates in side elevation partly broken away
the front part of a bicycle fitted with the improved brake. Fig. 2 is a front
elevation thereof.
To or with the hub A of the front wheel there is fixed or made in one piece two
disks or flanges B B projecting in planes parallel to the wheel and exterior of the
spoke crowns, one on each side. These disks may be tied to each other by cross
bolts C. The brake rod D which is guided through an eye E on the fork crown is

page_text: bifurcated below the latter and the two members F F extend downwards and are
guided in eyes G G on the wheel fork members H H. The members F F carry
at their lower ends metal brake shoes J, J, each having two flanges K K', K K¹
the outer of which extend outside the disks B B respectively.
Between the flanges K K are inserted brake blocks M of wood, rubber or any
other material suitable for the purpose.
By depression of the brake lever L the brake rod D and its bifurcations F Fare
moved downwards and the brake blocks M are brought into frictional contact with
the disks B B. Such brake is adjusted to act equally on both sides of the wheel
and consequently does not strain the wheel laterally nor its hub, nor the forks or
bearings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to he performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
In a brake for a wheel of a vehicle the combination with the wheel and its
bearing forks of two disks B B one ou each side of said wheel and in engagement
therewith, and a brake rod bifurcated to extend on each side of said wheel and
guided by said forks, and brake blocks in the ends of said bifurcations for contact
with said disks B B respectively.
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HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.