Improvements in Brakes for Bicycles, Tricycles, and other Velocipedes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Brakes for Bicycles, Tricycles, and other
Velocipedes.
I, EMIL SAVOR, Engineer, of 19 Kurze Strasse, Berlin, Germany, 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:-
Hitherto bicycle brakes have been arranged to work from the handles of the
machine. by means of an auxiliary lever, adapted to be pressed against one of the
said handles. This arrangement necessitates, however a somewhat complicated
lever device, and consequently brakes of this kind are somewhat expensive.
I have found that the brake may be much simplified by adapting the same to be
worked from the foot rests and the present invention comprises broadly a brake
device for cycles in connection with and operated from the foot rests direct without
any intermediate lever or guide rods.
In order to make my invention more easily intelligible reference is had to the
accompanying drawings in which similar letters deuote similar parts throughout
the several views.
Figure 1 is a part elevation of the front wheel and fork of a safety bicycle,
showing the combined brake and foot rests in side elevation.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the detached brake and foot rests.
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d is the brake roll which when the brake is in operation is pressed down onto
the tyre e of the front wheel c is a double fork embracing the front fork of the
machine and pivoted to the same in suitable manner, and also carrying at the back
the brake roll d; bb are the foot rests, attached as shown at Fig. 2 to the sides
of the double fork c and fis a spring extending from the fork c to the fork a of the
bicycle and adapted to hold the roll d off the tyre e when the brake is not in
operation.
This spring should be of such strength that the weight of the feet and legs alone
of the rider, is not sufficient to put on the brake, so that the rider may travel with
the fect on the rests without braking if desirable. In order to put the brake on it
will then only be necessary to put a little extra pressure on the foot rests.
I wish it to be clearly understood that I do not confine my Specification to the
particular form of brake described and illustrated, as the roll may if desired be
mounted in spring bearings on the fork c, or the whole brake may be reversed
i.e. arranged on the front of the fork a instead of at the rear of the same as shown, or
the retaining spring ƒ may be arranged in any other convenient position, all these
points being of minor value and being capable of variation without in any way
departing from the spirit of my invention.
Furthermore the device can with very slight modification be adapted to tricycles
having a front steering wheel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A combined brake and foot rest for bicycles and tricycles, consisting of a lever
pivotally attached to the fork of the machine and carrying the foot rest and brake
roll and having a retaining spring substantially as described.
Dated this 16th day of August. 1802
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.