Improvements in and relating to Velooipedes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 29th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 23rd Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 25th Jan., 1887.
Improvements in and relating to Velooipedes.
I WALTER PHILLIPS of Coventry, Manager to the firm of Rudge & Co., Limited,
Bicycle and Tricycle manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
My invention relates to the handle bar of front steering tricycles and other
velocipedes, steered by a front wheel through a transverse handle bar, and has for
its object facilitating the ingress and egress to or from the machine, and is specially
adapted to machines for the use of ladies, as it is a difficult matter for them to mount
and dismount from machines of this type, owing to the position of the transverse
handle bar across the machine.
My invention consists in making the vertical bar or stalk carrying the transverse
handle bar, in two pieces and hinging them together by a knuckle jointed hinge, so
that the vertical bar or stalk may be turned forwards and also downwards, if necessary,
to render access to and from the saddle more easy. A spring catch or other suitable
locking device is arranged to lock and fix the two parts of the bar together in their
normal position for use.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
Royal Courts Chambers,
70, 71, 72, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Velocipedes.
I WALTER PHILLIPS of Coventry Manager to the firm of Rudge and Company,
Limited, Bicycle and Tricycle Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of my
said 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 handle bar of front steering tricycles and other
velocipedes steered by a front wheel through a transverse handle bar, & has for its
object facilitating the ingress and egress of the rider, and is specially adapted to
machines for the use of ladies, as it is a difficult matter for them to mount and dis-
mount from machines of this type, owing to the position of the transverse handle bar
across the machine.
My invention consists in making the vertical bar or stalk carrying the transverse
handle bar, in two pieces, and hinging them together by a knuckle jointed hinge, so
that the vertical bar or stalk may be turned forwards, and also downwards if
necessary, to render access to and from the saddle more easy. A spring catch or
other suitable locking device is arranged to lock and fix the two parts of the har
together in their normal position for use.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will more particularly
describe it making reference to the accompanying drawings, throughout the several
views of which similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 a side elevation of my hinged bar or stalk in
its normal position for guiding the machine, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the
top of the bar or stalk turned forwards.
On reference to these figures it will be seen that the bar or stalk is made in two
pieces A and A¹ hinged together by the bolt or pin A' passing through a knuckle
jointed hinge formed by, and between, the two parts. The part A carries the
transverse handle bar B, and the part A' fits in the hollow steering post C, and is
locked thereto by the bolt or screw c. The two parts of the bar or stalk are locked
together so as to form one continuous bar by the spring finger clip a, fixed to the part
A of the bar or stalk, engaging with a pin or stud a fixed to the part A' thereof, a
suitable hole a being formed in the clip a to embrace the stud or pin a'. I do not
limit myself to the particular form of spring catch or clip hereinbefore described as
many equivalent devices may be used with equal effect.
My invention may be applied to all types of tricycles and other velocipedes in which
a transverse handle bar is used, and where the ingress or egress of the rider is
rendered difficult owing to the position of the said bar, its construction being similar
in all its applications. When the steering bar or stalk does not turn in a tubular
steering post to form the head, and is also not made adjustable, it will be obvious that
the tubular steering post may itself be formed in two parts, and be hinged together
and secured as hereinbefore described.

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. In a tricycle or other velocipede steered by a non-driven front wheel, through a
transverse handle bar, the divided and hinged steering bar or stalk carrying the
transverse handle bar, and the spring clip or catch for securing the two parts of the
bar or stalk together so as to form one continuous bar or stalk, as and for the purpose
hereinbefore described and shown.
2. Forming the vertical steering bar or stalk carrying the transverse handle bar
of a velocipede, in two parts hinged together by a knuckle jointed hinge, and fixed
or secured together by a spring catch or clip, as hereinbefore set forth.
3. In a velocipede the combination of the two parts of the steering bar or stalk A
and A¹ hinged together by the pin or bolt A², the spring finger catch or clip a, the
pin a', and the transverse handle bar B, all combined, arranged, and operating, as and
for the purpose herein before set forth.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.