Improvements in Mud Guards and Fixtures for Bicycles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, oth Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 4th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 20th Nov., 1897
Date
oth Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 4th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 20th Nov., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mud Guards and Fixtures for Bicycles.
We THOMAS SHACKLETON of 8 Burnley Road Accrington in the County of
Lancaster Chemist and Druggist, and JOSEPH RIDDALL of 6 Arago Street Accring-
ton in the County of Lancaster Turner do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to mud guards and fixtures for Bicycles which can be
either fixed or detachable and folds in small compass.
It is designed with the object of providing a mudguard and fixtures which are
light, fold in small compass, easily detached, and not unsightly when fixed.
In carrving out this invention for back wheel we provide a flanged drum or
pulley either hollow or built up of wires with suitable spring attachment.
This drum or pulley is held in a forked bracket which is attached to the saddle
bar or other suitable part of the Bicycle.
On this drum is wound canvas leather or other suitable material of the required
width for catching the mud as it flies from the wheel of the Bicycle, so preventing
it from getting on to the rider.
This canvas leather or other suitable material may be fixed to the drum in any
suitable way or the drum may have a slot through for the material to pass through,
providing one end of the canvas is made to unwind from the top side of the drum
and the other from the bottom side.
To the end of this canvas are fixed stay rods which are attached to the centre
shaft of back wheel of bicycle.
The other end of canvas is provided with eyelet holes and fixed on suitable studs,
fixed to back part of frame of Bicycle.
In some cases we fix stays to the frame of bicycle (for the canvas to be stretched
on) concentric with the wheel, one half of which is hollow, for the other part to
slide in when not in use. The back portions of these stays are fixed to the stays
which are attached to centre of wheel.
This arrangement of drum and canvas with stay rods can be fixed to guard
front wheel and would be fixed preferably to bicycle frame between handle bar &
pedal shaft.
To the back stay (which passes from under saddle to centre of back wheel) a
clip may be fixed having a suitable staple to connect to stay rod of mud guard, to
keep this in position when in use.
When the mud guard is not in use it is wound up on the drum & held in
position by the spring in drum, the stay rods being almost close up to the back
stay (which passes from under saddle to centre of back wheel) When the concentric
stays are used the back or solid part would slide up inside the hollow part, there-
fore not being unsightly or an obstruction.
To put the mud guard in use take the end of the canvas which comes from the
underside of the drum & pull out until this will hook on one of the studs on back
part of frame of bicycle, or fasten to end of concentric stays by doing this the

page_text: other part of guard will have stretched itself over the periphery of the backside
of back wheel thus preventing the mud from flying up to the rider.
The same mode of using would take place in using the guard for front wheel.
Dated this 4th day of December 1896.
THOMAS SHACKLETON.
JOSEPH RIDDALL.
Improvements in Mud Guards and Fixtures for Bicycles.
We THOMAS SHACKLETON of 8 Burnley Road Accrington in the County of
Lancaster Chemist & Druggist and JOSEPH RIDDALL of 6 Arago Street Accring-
ton in the County of Lancaster Turner 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:-
With reference to drawing Fig. 1 is a side elevation.
This invention relates to mud guards & fixtures for Bicycles which can be
either fixed or detachable and folds in small compass.
It is designed with the object of providing a mud guard & fixtures which are
light, fold in small compass, easily detached, and not unsightly when fixed.
In carrying out this invention for back wheel we provide a flanged wheel or
pulley a either hollow or built up of wires with suitable spring attachment for
winding up the canvas and holding it in position. This drum or pulley is held
in a forked bracket b which is attached to the saddle bar or frame c as shewn in
drawing.
On this drum is wound canvas, leather or other suitable material of the required
width for catching the mud as it flies from the wheels of Bicycle e e so preventing
it from getting on to the rider.
The canvas, leather or other suitable material may be fixed to the drum in any
suitable way, or the drum may have a slot for the material to pass through, or
built up of wires as shewn in drawing at a, providing one end of the canvas is
made to unwind from the top side of the drum and the other from the bottom side.
To the end of the canvas is fixed a stay rod or rods f, which are attached to
centre shaft of back wheel of bicycle by a bracket g, formed with a snug h on the
top side for holding the back stay f in position. The front part of canvas
leather or other suitable material is brought from the underside of the drum a
through the framing of bicycle under the pedal shaft k, and fastened to the bicycle
frame at 1, with a clip or hook and eye.
When the mudguard is not in use it is wound up on the drum the stay rod f
being almost close up to the back stay m therefore not being unsightly or an
obstruction.
The manner in which the canvas is wound up on the drum a is as follows.
Unfasten the canvas at 1 draw it under the bracket k, through frame of machine
then fold up so as to make the canvas when folded about the same length as the
canvas which covers the back wheel, then spring the stay rod f, over the snug h,
when the spring in drum a will cause the canvas all to wind up together.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. The combination of a drum a, forked bracket b, with canvas d to unwind

page_text: from the top and bottom sides of the drum at the same time, as particularly
described and shewn in drawing for the purpose set forth.
2. The combination of a drum a, forked bracket b, canvas d, with stay rod f,
and bracket g, as particularly described and shewn for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of September 1897.
THOMAS SHACKLETON.
JOSEPH RIDDALL.