Improvements in Bicycles and other Velocipedes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 10th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 10th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bicycles and other Velocipedes.
I JOSEPH HOLLINGWORTH of 42 Rock Street Oldham in the County of
Lancaster, Tool Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates principally to improved means for attaching saddles to the
backbone or framing of what are known as "safety" bicycles but it is also
applicable to some other forms of bicycles, tricycles, and other similar velocipedes,
the object being to afford greater ease to the rider especially upon paved or other
rough roads.
Hitherto the saddle has been ordinarily fixed on an inverted L-shaped pin, the
saddle being adjustable on the horizontal portion of the pin, and the vertical
portion being adjustable in a socket or tube forming part of the frame.
According to my invention I make the saddle adjustable on a long bar or lever
the forward end of which is hinged to the backbone or top rail of the frame just
behind the steering rod. The other end of this bar or lever under the rear end
of the saddle works in a vertical slot in a tubular portion of the frame and rests on
the top of a coiled steel spring which is enclosed in the tube, so that the weight
of the rider is supported entirely by this coiled spring. A screw or other device
is provided for adjusting the tension of this spring to the weight of the rider.
The central part of the long bar or lever also works in a slotted guide to give
increased steadiness to the motion and prevent side strain.
Dated this 16th day of May 1893.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bicycles and other Velocipedes.
I, JOSEPH HOLLINGWORTH, of 42, Rock Street, Oldham, in the County of
Lancaster, Tool Fitter, 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 principally to improved means for attaching saddles to
the backbone or framing of what are known as "safety bicycles" but it is also
applicable to some other forms of bicycles, tricycles, and other similar velocipedes,
the object being to afford greater case to the rider, especially upon paved or other
rough roads.
Hitherto the saddle has been ordinarily fixed on an inverted "L" shaped pin,
the saddle being adjustable on the horizontal portion of the pin, and the vertical
portion being adjustable in a socket or tube forming part of the frame.
According to my invention I make the saddle adjustable on a long bar or lever
the forward end of which is hinged to the backbone or top rail of the frame
just behind the steering rod. The other end of this bar or lever under the rear
end of the saddle works in a vertical slot in a tubular portion of the frame and
rests on the top of a coiled steel spring which is enclosed in the tube, so that the
weight of the rider is supported entirely by this coiled spring. A screw or

page_text: other device is provided for adjusting the tension of this spring to the weight of
the rider.
The central part of the long bar or lever also works in a slotted guide to give
increased steadiness to the motion and prevent side strain.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a side view of a bicycle frame provided with my improved means for
attaching the saddle.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section enlarged of a detail thereof, and Fig. 3 of a modifica-
tion of the latter.
Referring to Figs. 1 & 2, a is the saddle which is rendered longitudinally
adjustable upon a long bar or lever b, the front end of which is hinged to the
backbone or top rail e preferably just behind the steering rod d. The back end
of the latter, under the rear end of the saddle a, is adapted to slide in a vertical
slot e formed in a tube f carried by the frame part g. The tube f contains a coiled
steel spring h upon the upper end of which rests the respective end of the bar or
lever b, so that the weight of the rider is supported entirely by the spring h,
a screw i being provided for regulating the tension of this spring relative to the
weight of the rider.
In lieu of employing a screw i, the slot e in the tube may be dispensed with
and the latter adapted to receive a telescopic part f', sec Fig. 3, in addition to the
spring h. The slot e in this case is formed in the part which is rendered
vertically adjustable in the part f, the latter being slightly split so as to allow of fl
being clamped in position in f by the frame party and thus regulate the tension of
the spring h.
If desirable the bar or lever in or about the middle may also move in a
elotted guide k to give increased steadiness to the motion and prevent side strain.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is―
"In bicycles and other velocipedes."
1st. A saddle bar or lever b, one end of which is hinged to the backbone or
top rail of the velociped frame, whilst the other end is placed under the influence
of a spring supported by a suitable part of the velociped frame, substantially as
and for the purpose set forth.
2nd. In combination with the arrangement specified in the preceding claim,
means for regulating the tension of the spring 4, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 9th day of February 1894.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.