Improvements in Velocipedes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Sept., 1893-Accepted, 28th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipedes.
We, WILLIAM BowN, 308 Summer Lane, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, and JOHN MUIR, 90 Lodge Road, Hockley, Birmingham
aforesaid, Cycle Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
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This invention has reference to an improved method of securing steps or foot-
rests to bicycles, tricycles, and other velocipedes, and also in providing means
whereby the rider is prevented from damaging the enamel of the machine with his
feet. Hitherto such steps or foot-rests have been made in the form of a pair of
tongs which clip the fork or other part of the cycle by means of a screw drawing
the jaws of the tongs together. This method is very objectionable as very
often the step or foot-rest slips thereby damaging the machine by scratching the.
enamel.
Our improvements consist in forming such steps or foot-rests in three parts. One
part is made in the form of a spring clip provided with two lugs or projections. The
second part forms the shield which protects the enamel on the fork or other part to
which the step is attached from being scratched by the rider: a portion of the said
shield being bent outwards by means of suitable tools, and the third part forms the
step or foot-rest. When fixing the step or foot-rest to the machine the spring clip.
passes around the fork or other part to which it is intended to be connected, the
lugs or projections being placed in front. The shield is now placed in its proper
position, the part which protrudes outwards passing between the lugs of the spring
clip, then the ends of the part which forms the step or foot-rest are placed between
the lugs of the spring clip and the protruding portion of the shield. All the parts.
are afterwards secured together by means of a nut and bolt or other suitable device
which at the same time firmly binds the spring clip around the fork or other part
of the cycle to which it is attached.
Dated this 1st day of November 1892.
WILLIAM BOWN.
JOHN MUIR.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipedes.
We WILLIAM BOWN, 308, Summer Lane, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer and JOHN MUIR, 9 Lodge Road, Hockley, Birmingham
aforesaid, Cycle Maker 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 has reference to an improved method of securing steps or
footrests to bicycles, tricycles and other velocipedes, and also in providing means
whereby the rider is prevented from damaging the enamel of the machine when
using such footrests or steps.
Hitherto such steps or footrests have been made in the form of a pair of tongs
which clip the fork or other part of the cycle by means of a screw drawing the
jaws of the tongs together. This method is very objectionable as very often the
step or footrest slips thereby damaging the enamel of the machine. Our improve-
ments consist in forming such steps or footrests in three parts.

page_text: In order that our invention may be clearly understood we have illustrated same
by the accompanying drawings.
At Fig. I we have shewn our improved footrest or step in the position it assumes
when secured to the fork or other part of the cycle.
Figs. 2, 3 and 4 shew the different parts which form the footrest or step.
A is the part of the step or footrest which is made in the form of a spring clip
for passing round on .clipping the fork or other part of the cycle to which it is
intended to be secured. The said clip A is provided with two lugs or projections a.
The second part of the said step or footrest is the shield B for protecting the
enamel on the fork or other part of the cycle to which the step or footrest is
secured from being damaged by the rider when using such step or footrest. A.
portion of the said shield B is cut away as shewn more clearly at Fig. 3, and the
part bent outwards so as to form a kind of loop or slot. The part C forms the
tread or portion of the step or footrest on which the foot of the rider rests. When
securing the said step or footrest to the cycle the spring clip A passes round the
fork or other part to which it is intended to be connected, the lugs or projections a
being placed in front. The shield B is then placed in the position as shewn at
Fig. 1, the shoulders c c¹ butting or resting against the top and bottom edges of the
said clip A, and the loop passing between the lugs or projections a. The ends d
of the tread C are then placed between the loop 6 and the lugs or projections a
(see Fig. 1). All the parts are then secured together by means of the nut e and
bolt for other suitable device, which at the same time firmly binds the spring clip A
round that portion of the cycle to which the step or footrest is attached.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
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Firstly. A step or footrest constructed in the manner substantially as herein
shewn and described.
Secondly. The method substantially as herein shewn and described of securing
a step or footrest to a cycle.
Thirdly. A shield such as B or its equivalent in combination with a step or
footrest substantially as herein shewn and described.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1893.
WILLIAM DOWN.
JOHN MUIR.