Improvements in Mud-guards for Cycles and other Vehicles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 20th Mar., 1897
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ERNEST HARRY WALDRON RALLINGS of Sunnyside 96 Victoria Road Aston
Birmingham Cycle Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in mud guards for cycles and
other vehicles to prevent the mud or moisture from the road passing sideways
while in use either on the said cycle vehicle or rider of such cycles or vehicles.
I arrange a guard or covering to the said cycles or vehicles of material best
suited for each, such as steel, iron, copper allumimium, celluloid or other material
bent to the sweep or shape of the wheels of aforesaid cycles or vehicles, and
having their side edges turned under and upwards to form a gutter for the mud or
moisture from the road to be conveyed along the said gutters to the ends of the
aforesaid mud guard and so fall clear of the wheels of the aforesaid cycles or
vehicles.
Dated this 10th day of November 1896.
ERNEST HARRY WALDRON RALLINGS.
Improvements in Mud-guards for Cycles and other Vehicles.
1, ERNEST HARRY WALDRON RALLINGS, of 96 Victoria Road, Aston, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, 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 consists of improvements relating to mud-guards for cycle and
other vehicle wheels, my object being to provide means whereby the mud and
moisture thrown up by the wheel and arrested by the mud-guard shall be
thrown back to the ground and prevented from splashing on to the rider or the
vehicle.
In order that my invention may be the more readily understood I append
hereunto one sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter referred to,-
Figure is a side elevation representing a short length of a mud-guard
constructed in accordance with my invention.
Figure 2 is a sectional end elevation of the mud-guard in position over the tyre
of a cycle or other vehicle wheel.
Figure 3 illustrates my improved mud-guard as arranged for a lady's cycle.
Figure 4 is a sectional view illustrating one adaption of my invention to existing
mud-guards.
Figure 5 illustrates my attachment for an existing mud-guard suitable for a
lady's cycle.

page_text: Figure 6 illustrates another adaption of my invention to existing mud-guards.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate similar parts.
Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3, I construct my improved mud-guards from
sheet steel, copper, aluminium, celluloid, or other suitable material, and bend the
same to the required sweep or curve to suit the wheel over which it is to be
attached. I may form ordinary ribs or projections such as A for the purpose of
strengthening or stiffening the guard. I turn up the side edges of the mud-guard
to a semi-circular or trough like configuration to form a gutter or channel as B
on each side for the purpose of collecting the mud and moisture arrested by the
guard and for conveying the same to the lower end of the guard for discharge to
the ground.
In the construction to my improved mud-guards for ladies' machines I form
lateral flanges or projections such as C, Figure 3, for the attachment of the dress
guard.
In the adaption of my invention to existing mud-guards I form separate trough
or channel pieces such as B' Figures 4, 5, and 6 which are arranged to be sprung
or clipped on to the edges of the guard as illustrated at Figure 4, or are attached
by rivetting or in any other manner.
By the use of my improved mud-guards a cyclist is enabled to ride his machine
over wet and muddy roads without the discomfort and inconvenience arising from
the side splashing of the ordinary mud-guards.
I do not limit the application of my invention to.mud-guards of any particular
form or section but adapt the same to modified patterns arranged for varying
services and requirements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. The provision of a gutter or gutters or channels upon a cycle or like mud-
guard substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. The improved mud-guards having their side edges formed into gutters or
channels substantially as and for the purposes described and as illustrated at
Figures 1, 2, and 3, of the drawings.
3. The use of trough or channel pieces for attachment to a mud-guard substan-
tially as and for the purposes described and as illustrated at Figures 4, 5 and 6 of
the drawings.
Dated this 29th day of January 1897
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.