Improvements in or connected with Mudguards for Cycles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1898-Accepted, 24th Sept., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in or connected with Mudguards for Cycles.
I, WILLY BEHREND, of 20, Calvinstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany,
Merchant, 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 relates to improvements in or connected with mudguards for
cycles
In the manufacture of cycles considerable attention is paid to lightness so that
the mudguards should be made as light as possible For this reason metal mud-
guards have practically gone out of use and endeavours have been made to sub
stitute waterproof fabric bands for the sheet-metal guards.
Now, my invention consists in securing and stretching the strips of fabric in
a very simple manner whereby the cycle is only increased slightly in weight.
In the accompanying drawing,
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Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bicycle having my mudguard and clamp
attached thereto and shewing the mudguard extended for use
Figure 2 is a simular view of a portion of the bicycle shewing the position of
the mudguard and clamp when not in use
Figure 3 18 a view similar to Figure 2 shewing the device attached to the
rear fork, and
Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 are views of details hereinafter described and drawn to
a larger scale
The invention consists essentially of the sleeve or clamp which 18 secured to the
Beat stay al The said clamp comprises a broad metal ring a, the two ends of
which are bent back so as to receive the double lever arrangement c, d and the
adjusting screw b with the nut f In order to fasten the clamp to the seat stay
the nut is taken off, the open ing a 18 passed around the said seat stay and the
screw bis then passed through the hole or notch o in the metal ring By screw-
ing up the nut f the double lever c, d forces the ends of the ring a towards one
another and the clamp has the appearance indicated in Figure 4 To the clamp a
(Figure 2) there is pivotally secured the band holder proper e which, when not
required for use, is applied against the seat stay In this position the cycle has the
appearance shown in Figure 2 of the accompanying drawing The clamp
clip a surrounds the lower part of the seat stay a to which the band holder e is
also secured The mudguard band 18 rolled up and secured to the rear fork q
The clamp and band holder are shewn to a larger scale in Figures 4, 5 and 6,
Figure 4 being a rear elevation, Figure 5 a front elevation and Figure 6 a section
on the line E-F Figure 4
To stretch the mudguard band the clamp a is pushed up upon the seat stay
into the position indicated in Figure 1 The band holde e is then turned down
so that it assumes a horizontal position At the bottom of the holder there is
fitted an eccentric triangular or square stop piece (Figure 5) which lies against
the clamp secured to the seat stay, by this arrangement it is possible to incline

page_text: the holder e in three or four different positions which 18 of considerable importance
owing to variations in the build of cycles.
The mudguard band is secured in position by cords or other suitable means to
the holder (Figure 7) and to the seat stay a¹, it is extended under the bottom
bracket to the head of the front fork h and is secured in this position The mud-
guard band then occupies the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1 In
the case of very low machines the band holder can be replaced by suitably
bent wires
The advantage of my mudguard is that when not required for use the band
holder and the clamp a are practically unnoticeable the weight of the device
being also very small and the manipulation thereof extremely simple
It is also possible to fit the device to the rear fork 9 (Figure 3) instead of to the
seat stay a Under certain circumstances the sheet-metal band holder e can be
replaced by suitably bent wires
The main feature of the invention consists in the band holder or support e which
is pivotally secured to the adjustable clamp oi clip a and in the stretching of the
mudguard band by raising the clamp a
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 18:-
1. A mudguard for cycles, which is pivotally secured to a clamp or clip and
wherein the holder proper (of sheet-metal, wire or the like) when the said clamp
or clip 18 moved downwards, 18 applied against the seat stay of the bicycle and
when the said clamp is pushed upwards projects over the rear wheel.
2. A clip or clamp, adapted for use with cycles made of tubes of different
thickness and consisting of the circular band a the double lever c, d and the
adjusting screw with the nut f, substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated
3. The improved mudguard and clamp herein before described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawing
Tad the 7th de of T1000
G F. REDFERN & Co.
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant