Improvements in or relating to Saddles for Cycles and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Saddles for Cycles and the like.
I, WILLIAM MONK WHITE, Cycle Maker, of 2, Marnock Road, Crofton Park,
in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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.This invention relates to saddles for cycles and the like and has for its object
to provide a saddle which will yield to the fore-and-aft movement of the body
and so prevent chafing.
According to this invention a saddle is mounted upon an approximately hori-
zontal support, say the cross-piece of a T-saddle-pin to which it is connected so
that it can slide fore and aft, the motion being controlled by a spring which
tends to maintain the saddle at the middle of its travel. A convenient con-
struction is to cut away the upper portion of the horizontal tube forming the top
of the T-support and place within it a coiled spring or springs retained within
the ends of the tube. Lateral guides are formed on the tube, and the saddle is
attached, preferably in an adjustable manner, to a block which is mounted on the
lateral guides and controlled by the spring or springs so that it tends always to
return to a mean position after forward or backward displacement. Balls or
rollers can be interposed between the block and the horizontal tube to facilitate
the relative movement of the parts but this feature is not essential.
It is obvious that if desired the arrangement may be reversed, that is to say
the saddle may have attached to it the tube or casing containing the spring, the
tube in this case sliding upon a block carried upon the saddle pin.
Any kind of saddle may be employed and the connection to the sliding block or
spring-casing may be adapted to suit any of the common constructions. The
device may be provided with means for allowing the saddle to be permanently
adjusted fore-and-aft and also to have its tilt altered.
Dated this 10th dow of Norember 1808
Improvements in or relating to Saddles for Cycles and the like.
I, WILLIAM MONK WHITE, Cycle Maker, of 2, Marnock Road, Crofton Park,
in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
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page_text: what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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This invention relates to saddles for cycles and the like and has for its object
to provide a saddle which will yield to the fore-and-aft movement of the body
and so prevent chafing.
According to this invention a suddle is mounted upon an approximately hori-
zontal support, say the cross-piece of a T-saddle-pin to which it is connected so
that it can slide fore and aft, the motion being controlled by a spring which
tends to maintain the saddle at the middle of its travel. A convenient con-
struction is to cut away the upper portion of the horizontal tube forming the top
of the T-support and place within it a coiled spring or springs retained within
the ends of the tube. Lateral guides are formed on the tube, and the saddle is
attached, preferably in an adjustable manner, to a block which is mounted on the
lateral guides and controlled by the spring or springs so that it tends always to
return to a mean position after forward or backward displacement. Balls or
rollers can be interposed between the block and the horizontal tube to facilitate
the relative movement of the parts but this feature is not essential.
It is obvious that if desired the arrangement may be reversed, that is to say
the saddle may have attached to it the tube or casing containing the spring, the
tube in this case sliding upon a block carried upon the saddle pin.
Any kind of saddle may be employed and the connection to the sliding block or
spring-casing may be adapted fo suit any of the common constructions. The
device may be provided with means for allowing the saddle to be permanently
adjusted fore-and-aft and also to have its tilt altered.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in section of the improved saddle support;
Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
The seat support is provided with the usual vertical member A and a horizontal
member A which is semi-circular in cross section,, and carries within it and
securely attached to it, a tubular casing B. Within this casing are situated two
coiled springs C C¹ and between the springs lies a piece D¹ projecting from a
block D. The projection D¹ passes through a slot B¹ cut in the top of the
casing B and can slide forward or backward in this casing. The block D rests
upon halls E which lie in ball races B formed on the top of the casing B. The
latter is also provided with guide bars B which serve to hold the block D in
position, guides D³ extending downwards from the sides of the block and lying
against and under the guide bars B³.
To prevent the springs C and C from being forced out of the ends of the
casing B a thimble, plug or the like B is inserted in each end of the casing,
being there retained by brazing or by means of pins, set screws or otherwise as
found convenient. The springs are so arranged that the block D will normally
lie about mid point of its possible travel.
The block D is constructed to allow
of the attachment of the saddle thereto in some suitable manner, and the method
of attachment, may, if desired, be such as will allow of the saddle being adjusted
upon the block either as to tilt or as to position forward or backward.
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. A saddle support constructed to allow of the saddle having a horizontal
longitudinal movement in a straight path substantially as described.
2. In a saddle support a mount having a horizontal longitudinal movement in
a straight path substantially as described.
3. Mounting a saddle so as to slide horizontally upon ball bearings carried by
the support substantially as described.
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page_text: 4. The combination with the horizontal member of a saddle support of a block
such as D D¹ constructed to carry the saddle and slide upon the support sub-
stantially as described.
5. In a saddle support the combination with the horizontal member of a casing
such as B B B³ containing springs and constructed to serve as a guide and bearing
for a saddle carrying a block such as D D¹ Dª substantially as and for the
described.
purpose
6. The complete saddle support substantially as described or illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.