Improvements in Velocipedes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 21st June, 1890-Accepted, 16th Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipedes.
A communication from abroad by STERLING ELLIOTT, of West Newton, in the State
of Massachusetts, one of the United States of America, Engineer.
I, ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES of the firm of Wm. Brookes & Son of 55 & 56
Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to improve the construction of quadricycles.
In accordance with this invention, the driving axle is propelled by driving mechanism
operated by the feet of the rider, such mechanism comprising a double-cranked-axle
or shaft having thereon the foot pedals and a sprocket wheel, and another sprocket
wheel fixed to the driving axle, and a chain passing around the said sprocket
wheels.
The steering is effected by the forward wheels which are moved upon vertical axes
by means of hand levers, such movement of the said wheels enabling one to describe
a circle of shorter radius than the other, according to which direction they may be
moved. ro that in turning a corner the inside wheel may always follow the circular
path of shortest radius.
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The brake mechanism comprises brake shoes adapted to be brought in contact
with or to co-operate with the driving wheels, said brake shoes being moved by
vertically moving hand lever connected therewith by intermediate connecting
mechanism.
The hand lever for effecting the operation of the brake is designed to be locked
when in contact with the wheels by simply a quarter turn.
The main frame-work consists essentially of two parallel side bars one end of each
bar resting upon the front axle-tree and the opposite end resting upon an axle-sleeve
extending parallel with the axle-tree.
The side bars, axle-tree, and other parts of the main fratne are made of wood.
Within the axle-sleeve is placed the driving axle which has fixed to it at each end,
ratchet toothed hubs or wheels which are engaged by pawls loosely connected or
pivoted to the interior of the hubs of the wheels.
Each hub is bored to receive several plugs which are held pressed against the
face of the ratchet wheels by the springs.
A sprocket wheel is also fixed to the axle adjacent to the hub of one of the
wheels.
Intermediate the length of each side bar a bracket or frame is attached, which
bracket or frame consists essentially of two metallic plates or forgings secured one to
each side of the side har, heing fixed thereto by a stud and nut.
At the lower end of the said bracket or frame a strap is secured, as by a bolt and
nut. This strap is attached to or connected with a rod the opposite end of which rod
is screw-threaded, and enters an internally screw threaded 'eye. A bolt passes through
the eye and enters a forging or frame on the under side of the side bar or it may be
the side har proper.
The holt holds the rod and strap rigidly in position, while it will be seen that by
removing the bult and rotating the eye the length of the rod will be changed so as
to move the strap toward or from the driving axle swinging the bracket or frame
on its pivot.
A hearing box provided with a flange having a slightly curved face, is placed
within the strap and held by a set screw the said strap having its interior face slightly
curved to correspond with the face of the flange. The bearing box has an oil hole

page_text: which receives a plug having a spring acting split shank and a head also preferably a
longitudinal wick of absorbent material not shown.
I
A double cranked axle or shaft is placed between the side bars, the ends of said
shaft having their hearings in the bearing boxes.
A sprocket wheel is fixed to one end of the shaft in line with the sprocket wheel.
A chain passes around the sprocket wheels to transmit rotary motion, the tension of
the chain being varied by moving the bracket on its pivot by removing the nut and
Lurning the eye.
The chain which I prefer to employ, consists of several links each having an
elongated slot or opening through it and adapted at each end to receive and retain
pins. The slot or opening between the pins is filled with textile, fibrous or any
suitable material which may become easily saturated with oil. The ends of the pins
are rigidly connected with the side plates.
By this form of chain the pins turn in the links and against the oily surfaces, so
that a self oiling chain is produced. Foot pedals are loosely connected or mounted
upon the double cranked shaft. The pedal which I prefer to use consists of two like
plates each having parallel foot rests provided with sharp points or serrations, and
also with upturned projections at the sides, by which the foot of the rider will be
retained in position. The read bars or plates may be very much shorter than the
full width of the pedal. Each plate has also formed longitudinally on it a rib.
The plates are secured together by screws enclosing the shaft. The under or
abutting faces of the plates at an intermediate point are counter-bored and one of the
plates is provided with an oil hole which is normally closed by a pivoted cap held
down by a spring said cap having a projection by which it may be lifted when desired.
The cap may be suitably padded.
The hub of the cap is made angular to present two flat faces, and the spring
normally bears against one side of the said angular hub pressing the cap against
the oil hole, and when the cap is lifted the spring is compressed to enable the meeting
point of the said Hat faces to pass by it, after which the cap will be held away
from the hole by the same spring which bore against the other face.
The other plate for instance, is grooved longitudinally to present an opening
communicating with the shaft receiving recess which opening is filled with felt or
other suitably oil containing material.
The mechanism thus far described forms essentially the driving or propelling
mechanism of the machine. At the forward end of the machine and upon the ends
of the axle-tree are pivoted L-shaped arms or levers placed reversely and moving in
substantially a horizontal plane, and normally the rearwardly extended arms of the
said levers incline toward each other out of true parallelism, while the other arms of
the said levers normally lie in line with each other and with the axle-tree said arm
serving as the axles upon which the wheels are loosely mounted.
As a pivot for the L-shaped levers I cut away or fork each end of the axle-tree
and secure to the under side of the axle-tree at each end as by a holt a bracket or
frame the web of said bracket or frame entering the recess at end of the tree
and receiving through it a bolt. Each bracket or frame has an upper and lower arm.
The lower arm is bored to receive adjustably a pintle and the upper arm is recessed
to receive the upper end of the spindle the lower end of said spindle being recessed to
receive the upper end of the pintle.
The spindle is formed integral with or attached to one arm of the L-shaped lever,
while the arm of said lever passes through the spindle transversely and is held by
a nut.
The upper portion of the spindle is bored, to serve as an oil conveying passage,
it communicating at its lower end with the groove of the axle or arm and at its
upper end with an oil hole.
The oil passage is offset from the oil hole so as to present to the oil hole a portion
of the upper bearing of the spindle so that the oil may not only pass down through
the passage but also lubricate the said bearing.

page_text: A rod bas its bearings in boxes secured to the under side of the side bars, said
rod being made movable transversely parallel to the axle-tree.
The arms of the L-shaped levers are connected with the rod respectively by links
and as said rod is moved in one or the other direction, both arms will be moved
to thereby turn the L-shaped levers on their pivots and hence move the front wheels
on vertical axes, each of which is at the inside of and at right angles to the centre of
rotation of the said wheels.
As the rod is moved the arm will be moved nearly parallel to or in line with the
direct thrust of the rod at a slight angle, while the arm will be moved in a path of
movement at a much greater angle.
The angular path described by the one arm will be less than that described by
the other arm and as the arm of the L-shaped levers upon which the wheels are
mounted will be moved correspondingly, the one front wheel will have a greater
movement on its vertical axis than the other wheel, with the same continuous
movement of the rod when the said rod is moved in the one direction, but when
said rod is moved in the oppo-ite direction the latter wheel will be moved on its
vertical axis the greater number of degrees as compared with that of the former
wheel or precisely reverse to that above described. Cylindrical bearings are formed
as a part of the bearing boxes said bearings receiving short shafts having at their
lower ends toothed wheels which engage each a series of rack teeth formed upon
the rod near each end.
Tubular rods one at each side of the machine are connected at their lower ends
with the short shafts by a universal joint said tubular rods receiving at their
upper ends hand pieces which are made adjustable by the set screws in usual
manner.
The rods pass through bearing sleeves which have formed on them ears through
which pass bolts having slotted and grooved heads each of which receives an under
plate attached to the under side of the seat supporting frame or arms.
The bearing
sleeve may be moved back and forth on the under plate as a guide and may be
fixed in any desired position by tightening the nut.
By this construction it will be seen that. by rotating either steering hand piece
the rod will be moved and the other hand piece also moved correspondingly; and
also it will be seen that the steering hand pieces may be adjusted forward and
backward at will.
The seat support consists of two bent arms rising from the side bars, said arms
being supported near their forward ends by vertical brace rods and having inter-
posed between them a cross bar. The cross bar has a hole through it of an
irregular shape or other than round such for instance as to resemble the shape of
an egg
The usual L-pin circular in cross section, passes down through the opening in
the cross bar and is held in position by a set screw. By shaping the hole as
described the L-pin will be pressed by the set screw against the interior wall of
the hole and thereby obtain a bearing in two points so that it will be held
rigidly.
The seat is mounted upon springs rising from a base plate attached to a bearing
sleeve adjustably mounted upon the upper end of the L-pin.
The brake mechanisin, consists of brake shoes one for each driving wheel mounted
respectively on the lower ends of two inclined bars loosely mounted on the ends or
shank of the stud.
Springs encircle the hubs of the bars the tendency of which is to maintain the
said bars in position to keep the brake shoes away from the drive wheels.
Rods are connected at one end with the bars near their lower ends, the other end
of one of the said rods being connected with one arm of a yoke, and the other end
of the other rod being connected by a suitable chain link and chain with the other
arm of the said yoke.
The yoke is attached to one arm of a bell crank lever, pivoted to an arm secured
to the upper side of one of the side bars. The other arm of the bell crank

page_text: lever extends forward, and at its outer end enters a hole cut through the vertical
rod.
The rod has its bearings in a sleeve or bracket attached to the under side of the
bar, and a spiral spring encircles a portion of the rod the tendency of which is to
maintain the said rod in its most elevated position.
The hole made through the rod or post is shaped to present an upper and lower
horizontal angular surface each surface comprising two flat faces meeting at a central
point. By this form the arm entering and hearing against the lower flat face and
the upper flat face limits the upward movement of both the rod and arm.
To apply the brakes the rod which is supplied at its upper end with a suitable hand
piece is depressed and the bell crank lever turned on its pivot.
The rod near its lower end is provided with a series of teeth arranged on the side
of the rod, and on the under side of the bracket a pawl is pivoted, it being pressed by
a spring into engagement with the face of the rod.
As the rod is depressed by giving it a quarter rotation the pawl will engage one or
another of the series of teeth and thereby lock the said rod depressed.
In order to enable the rod to be rotated a quarter revolution as described, the hole
which receives the arm is cut to present vertical angular faces.
When the rod is in its normal position the arm bears against the Hat faces and
when turned it will bear against the opposing faces.
By making the main frame work of wood as described, it is very elastic, yielding
any twisting to compensate for any irregularities in the road.
Dated this 23rd day of September 15
1889.
WA. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Velocipedes.
A communication from abroad by STERLING ELLIOTT, of West Newton, in the State
of Massachusetts, one of the United States of America, Engineer.
I, ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES of the firm of Wm. Brookes & Son of 55 & 56
Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent. Agent, 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 stateinent:—
This invention has for its object to improve the construction of quadricycles.
In accordance with this invention, the driving axle is propelled by driving
mechanism operated by the feet of the rider, such mechanisin comprising a double
cranked axle or shaft. having thereon the foot pedals and a sprocket wheel, and another
sprocket wheel fixed to the driving axle, and a chain passing around the said sprocket
wheels.
The steering is effected by the forward wheels which are moved upon vertical axes
by means of hand levers, such movement of the said wheels enabling one to describe
a circle of shorter radius than the other, according to which direction they may be
moved, so that, in turning a corner the inside wheel may always follow the circular
path of shortest radius,
The brake mechanism comprises brake shoes adapted to be brought in contact
with or to co operate with the driving wheels, said brake shoes being moved by
a vertically moving hand lever connected therewith by intermediate connecting
mechanism.
The hand lever for effecting the operation of the brake is designed to be locked
when in contact with the wheels by simply a quarter turn.
The mechanical construction of many of the parts comprising the different mechanism
are also improved in detail, as will be hereinafter more fully pointed out.
Fig. 1. shows in side elevation a quadricycle embodying this invention,
Fig. 2. a plan view of the machine shown in Fig. 1,

page_text: Fig. 3 an underside view of the front end of the machine showing particularly the
steering mechanism.
Figs. 4 & 5 enlarged details of the foot pedals.
Fig. 6 a vertical section of one of the frames supporting a bearing box for the
cranked axle.
Fig. 7 an enlarged sectional detail of the L-pin and seat support.
Fig. 8 a longitudinal section of the pivoted or horizontally swinging axle of one
of the steering wheels.
Figs. 9 and 10 details of the sprocket chain to be referred to.
Fig. 1 a sectional detail of the cap which closes the oil cup of the bearing box for
the cranked axle.
Fig. 12, an enlarged detail of the brake mechanism to be referred to.
Figs. 13, 14, 15, and 16, details of the brake mechanism to be described.
Figs. 17 and 18 details to be referred to.
Fig. 19, a longitudinal section of a portion of one of the hubs of the wheel, and
Fig. 20 a view of the interior face of the hub.
The main frame-work consists essentially of two parallel side bars a, a, one end of
each bar resting upon the front axle-tree a, and the opposite end resting upon an
axle-sleeve a extending parallel with the axle-tree a².
The side bars a, a, axle-tree, and other parts of the main frame are made of wood.
Within the axle-sleeve a is placed the driving axle a', which has fixed to it at each
end, ratelet toothed hubs or wheels 80 which are engaged by pawls loosely connected
or pivoted to the interior of the hubs 25 of the wheels a², a
Each hub 25, see Fig. 19, is bored to receive several plugs 26 which are held pressed
against the face of the ratchet wheels 80 by the springs 27.
A sprocket wheel x is also fixed to the axle
wheels, as a, for instance.
adjacent to the hub of one of the
Intermediate the length of each side bar a, a, a bracket or frame is attached, which
bracket or frame consists essentially of two metallic plates or forgings b, b, see
Fig. 6, secured one to each side of the side bur, being fixed thereto by a stud b and
nuts.
At the lower end of the said bracket or frame a strap c is secured, as by a bolt c',
and nut c². This strap c, see Fig. 12, is attached to or connected with a rod, the
opposite end of which rod is screw-threaded, and enters an internally screw threaded
eye c
A bolt c passes through the eye c and enters a forging or fratne c" on the
under side of the side bar or it may be the side bar proper.
The bolt holds the rod and strap rigidly in position, while it will be seen that
by removing the bolt and rotating the eye c', the length of the rode will be changed
so as to move the strap e toward or from the driving axle swinging the bracket or
frame on its pivot b².
A hearing box c', of any suitable construction and provided with a flange 28 having
a slightly curved face, is placed within the strap and held by a set screw c¹, the
said strap having its interior face slightly curveri to correspond with the face of the
flange 28.
The hearing box has an oil hole 29, see Fig. 11, which receives a plug
having a spring acting split shank 30 and a head 31 also preferably a longitudinal
wick of absorbent material not shew n.
A double cranked axle or shaft d is placed between the side bars a, a, the ends of
said shaft having their bearings in the bearing boxes c².
A sprocket wheel is fixed to one end of the shaft din line with the sprocket
wheel aox. A chain c passes around the sprocket wheels ax, e, to transmit rotary
motion, the tension of the chain being varied by moving the bracket b, b₁, on its
pivot, by removing the nut c and turning the eye et.
The chain c, which I prefer to employ, is that described in the specification of my
application of concurrent date with the present & numbered 14994 which consists of
several links co, see Figs. 9 and 10, each having an elongated slot or opening ca
through it and adapted at each end to receive and retain pins c¹.
The slot or opening c", between the pins c is filled with textile, ubrous or any

page_text: suitable material which may become easily saturated with oil. The ends of the pins c¹
are rigidly connected with the side plates c¹³.
By this form of chain the pins cl turn in the links and against the oily surfaces, so
that a self oiling chain is produced. Foot pedals d' are loosely connected or mounted
upon the double cranked shaft d. The pedal which I prefer to use consists of two like
plates e, el see Figs. 4 and 5, each having parallel foot rests e² provided with sharp
points or serrations, and also with upturned projections e", at the sides, by which the
foot of the rider will be retained in position. The tread bars or plates are very much
shorter than the full width of the pedal as shown. Each plate e, el, has also formed
longitudinally on it a rib 32.
The plates, el, are secured together by screws 2 enclosing the shaft d. The under
or abutting faces of the plates at an intermediate point are counter-bored as at et, and
one of the plates is provided with an oil hole which is normally closed by a pivoted
cap e held down by a spring e, said cap having a projection es by which it may be
lifted when desired. The cap eG may be suitably padded.
The hub of the cap made angular to present two flat faces, and the
spring e normally bears against one side of the said angular hub pressing the cap
against the oil hole, and when the cap is lifted the spring is compressed to enable
the meeting point of the said flat laces to pass by it, after which the cap will be held
away from the hole by the same spring which bore against the other face.
is
The other plate, as e', for instance, is grooved longitudinally to present an opening
communicating with the shaft receiving recess, which opening is filled with felt, or
other suitable oil containing material.
The mechanism thus far described forms essentially the driving or propelling
mechanism of the machine. At the forward end of the machine and upon the ends
of the axle tree ² are pivoted L-shaped arins or levers placed reversely and moving in
substantially a horizontal plane, and normally the rearwardly extended arms 5, 6, of
the said levers incline toward each other out of true parallelism, while the other
arms 32 of the said levers normally lie in line with each other and with the
axle-tree said arms serving as the axles upon which the wheels are loosely
mounted.
As a pivot for the L-shaped levers I cut away or fork each end of the axle-tree a².
see Fig. 8, and secure to the under side of the axle-tree at each end, as by a bolt o
a bracket or frame o, the web of said bracket or frame entering the recess at end of
the tree and receiving through it a bolt o10. Each bracket or frame has an upper
and lower arm 0, 0. The lower arm is bored to receive adjustably a pintle of, and
the upper arm is recessed to receive the upper end of a spindle o, the lower end of
said spindle being recessed to receive the upper end of the pintle o¹.
The spindle o is formed integral with or attached to one arm, as 6 of the L-shaped
lever, while the arm 32 of said lever passes through the spindle transversely and is
held as by a nut of.
The upper portion of the spindle of is bored, as at of, to serve as an oil conveying
passage, it communicating at its lower end with the groove of the axle or arm 32, and
at its upper end with an oil hole of.
The oil pussage of is offset from the oil hole of, so as to present to the oil hole of, a
portion of the upper hearing of the spindle o, so that the oil may not, only pass down
through the passage o, but also lubricate the said hearing.
A rod has its bearings in boxes secured to the underside of the side bars a, a',
said rod being made movable transversely parallel to the axle-tree a².
The arms 5, 6, of the L-shaped levers are connected with the rod f respectively
by links, and as said rod is moved in one or the other direction, both
arms 5, 6. will he moved to thereby turn the L-shaped levers on their pivots and
hence move the front wheels ff, on vertical axes, each of which is at the inside of
and at right angles to the centre of rotation of the said wheels.
As the rod f is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow S. Fig. 3, the
arm 6 will be moved from its full toward or into its dotted line position the path of
movement of said arm being nearly parallel to or in line with the direct thrust of the

page_text: rod, at a slight angle, while the arm 5 will be moved toward or into its dotted line
position and its path of movement will be in a much greater angle with relation to the
said movement of the rod f
It will be seen by reference to the dotted lines referred to that the angular path
described by the arm 6, will be less than that described by the arm 5, and as the
arms 32 of the L-shaped levers upon which the wheels are mounted will be moved
correspondingly, the wheel will have a greater movement on its vertical axis than
the wheel f, with the same continuous movement of the rod f, when the 'said rod is
moved in the direction of the arrow 8 referred to, but when said rod is moved in
the opposite direction the wheel ƒ will be moved on its vertical axis the greater
number of degrees as compared with that of the wheel for precisely reverse to that
above described.
Cylindrical bearings fa are formed as a part of the bearing boxes, said bearings ₤13
receiving short shafts having at their lower ends toothed wheels which engage each
a series of rack teeth formed upon the rod f* near each end.
Tubular rods, one at each side of the machine are connected at their lower ends
with the short shafts by a universal joint 2, said tubular rods receiving at their
upper ends haud pieces it which are made adjustable by the set screws 1 in usual
manner.
The rods pass through bearing sleeves which have formed on them ears 27
through which pass bolts having slotted and grooved heads 2, see Figs 1 and 16,
each of which receives an under plate attached to the under side of the seat
supporting frame or arms . The bearing sleeve may be moved back and forth on
the under plate 10 as a guide and may be fixed in any desired position by tightening
the nut 1
By this construction it will be seen that by rotating either steering hand piece i*,
the rod will be moved and the other hand piece also moved correspondingly; and
also it will be seen that the steering hand pieces may be adjusted forward and
backward at will.
The seat support consists of two bent. arms rising from the side bars a, a, said
arms being supported near their forward ends by vertical brace rods and having
interposed between them a cross barn. The cross bar has a hole through it
of an irregular shape or other than round such for instance as to resemble the shape
of an egg.
The usual L-pin 10x circular in cross section, passes down through the opening
in the cross bar, see Fig. 7, and is held in position by a set screw ³. By shaping
the hole as described and shown the L-pin will be pressed by the set screw against
the interior wall of the hole and thereby obtain a bearing in two points so that it
will be held rigidly.
The seat mis mounted upon springs m rising from a base plate m¹³ attached
to a bearing sleeve m adjustably mounted upon the upper end of the L-pin.
The brake mechanism herein shown, consists of brake shoes one for each driving
wheel a³, a, mounted respectively on the lower ends of two inclined bars as me, m²,
loosely mounted on the ends or shank m' of the stud b², see Fig. 6.
Springs m³ encircle the hubs of the bars m³, m², the tendency of which is to
maintain the said bars in position to keep the brake shoes away from the drive wheels.
Rods m, m³, are connected at one end with the bars m², m³, near their lower ends,
the other end of one of the said rods as me being connected with one arin'as m³ of
a yoke, and the other end of the other rod as m', being connected by a suitable
chain m, link mx, and chain mu, with the other arm mo of the said yoke.
The yoke me, is attached to one arm as 7, of a bell crank lever, pivoted at pl
to an arm px secured to the upper side of one of the side bars a. The other arm p
of the bell crank lever extends forward, and at its outer end enters a hole cut through
the vertical rod pt.
The rod has its hearings in a sleeve or bracket p' attached to the under side
of the bar a, and a spiral spring encircles a portion of the rod 7 the tendency
of which is to maintain the said rod in its most elevated position.

page_text: The hole made through the rod or post p is shaped to present an upper and lower
horizontal angular surface as best shown in Fig. 12, each surface comprising two
flat faces at 50, 51, meeting at a central point. By this form the arm entering
as shown and bearing against the lower flat face 51 and the upper flat face 50 limits
the upward movement of both the rod pf and arm p².
It will thus be seen that to apply the brakes the rod pt which is supplied at its
upper end with a suitable hand piece is depressed and the bell crank lever turned
on its pivot.
The rod near its lower end is provided with a series of teeth as shown at pl
Fig. 14 arranged on the side of the rod, and on the under side of the bracket.p
a paw! p is pivoted, it being pressed by a spring p into engagement with the face
of the rod.
As the rod is depressed by giving it a quarter rotation the pawl will engage
one or another of the series of teeth and thereby lock the said rod depressed.
In order to enable the rod pt to be rotated a quarter revolution as described, the
hole which receives the arm p², is cut to present vertical angular faces 53, 54,
see Fig. 13.
When the rod p is in its normal position the arm bears against the flat faces 53, 54,
as shewn and when turned it will bear against the opposing faces.
By making the main framework of wood as described, it is very elastic, yielding
and twisting to compensate for any irregularities in the road.
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: In a velocipede, the main frame-work comprising the wooden side bars a. al.
the axle tree a², and the axle sleeve supporting the said side bars, combined
with the wooden seat supporting frame, substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
2: In a velocipede, the main frame-work comprising the wooden side bars a, a¹.
supported on the axle tree a², and the axle sleeve a³, combined with the seat supporting
frame comprising the wooden arins », brace rods a¹ and cross bar m², substantially as
described.
3 In a velocipede, the side bars, ', the bracket or frames depending from said
side bars and supporting bearing boxes, the double cranked axle having its bearings
in said boxes, and the sprocket wheel fixed to said axle, combined with the driving
axle, the sprocket wheel fixed thereon, the drive wheels connected with the driving
axle by a pawl and ratchet connection, substantially as described.
4In a velocipede, the driving axle having thereon at each end ratchet toothed
hube, the wheels mounted on the said axle and having pawls which engage the teeth
of the said ratchet toothed hubs; combined with the spring controlled plugs which
bear frictionally against the face of said ratchet toothed hubs substantially as
described.
5 In a velocipede, the bearing box having an oil hole 29 combined with the
cap 31 having the split shank, substantially as described.
6 In a velocipede, the double cranked axle supported by pivoted frames or
brackets, and the driving chain, combined with an adjustable stay rod as e, for moving
the said supporting frames or brackets, to take up any slack in the chain, substantially
as described.
7 In a velocipede, the double cranked axle, supporting frames, and bearing boxes
having the rounded flanges 28, combined with the straps c, rod c³, eye ct, and the
fastening, substantially as described.
8 In a velocipede, the foot pedals composed of two like plates fastened together,
each having front and back bars 2 and projections e³, the guide bars & being shorter
than the distance between the projections e³, substantially ns described.
9 In a velocipede, the foot pedals composed of the two like plates fastened
together, each having the tread bars e² and projections e³, and counter bored interiorly

page_text: as shown one of the said plates having a groove el and one of the said plates having
an oil hole closed by a spring controlled cap e substantially as described.
10: In a velocipede, the foot pedals composed of two plates fastened together and
having an oil hole combined with the cap e, having the angular bub and the flat
spring e, bearing on one or the other face of the said hub, substantially as described.
11 a velocipede, the steering wheels, combined with two simultaneously
rotatable steering handles, substantially as described.
12 In a velocipede, the steering wheels mounted upon pivoted L-shaped levers
connected by a transversely movable rod, combined with two steering handles,
operation of either one or both of which effects simultaneous movement of the said
L-shaped levers on the pivots, substantially as described.
13 In a velocipede of the kind described the steering wheels, the pivoted
L-shaped levers upon one arm of which the said wheels are mounted, the other arm
of said levers inclining toward each other, as described and connected together to be
moved simultaneously in either direction, substantially as described.
14 In a velocipede, the steering wheels, the L-shaped levers, pivoted to the axle
tree a², combined with the transversely movable rod connecting one arm of each!
lever, the toothed wheel for moving the said rod and the rotatable steering handle for
rotating the said toothed wheel, substantially as described.
15 In a velocipede, the steering wheels, the L-shaped levers, the rod con-
necting one arm of each said lever, and having rack teeth, combined with two toothed
wheels engaging the rack teeth, two rotatable rods ² and hand pieces, substantially
as described.
16: In a velocipede, the steering rod universally connected with the steering
mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
17 In a velocipede, the steering rod jointed to the steering mechanism and made
inovable forward and backward, and a fastening for holding the said steering rod in
any position desired, substantially as described.
18-In a velocipede, two L-shaped levers having arms as 6, 32, for the steering
wheels, each having the pintle 05, turning in a bracket o, fixed to the axle-tree a².
substantially as described.
19 In a velocipede, two L-shaped levers having arms as 6, 32, for the steering
wheels each having the pintle of having an oil passage o7, combined with the bracket o,
having two arms between which the pintle has its bearings, one of the said arms
having an oil hole communicating with the hole passage of, substantially as described.
20 In a velocipede, the brake-shoes supported on pivoted arms, rods for moving
said arms, and a bell crank lever for moving the rods, combined with the vertically
movable rod for the said bell crank lever substantially as described.
21 In a velocipede, the brake shoes supported on pivoted arms, rods for noving
said arms and a bell crank lever, combined with the brake rod having the hole through
it shaped as shown and described, whereby vertical movement of said rod is limited,
substantially as described.
22 In a velocipede, the brake rod movable vertically to apply the brake shoes,
and rotatable to be locked in any desired position, substantially as described.
23 In a velocipede the brake rod movable vertically to engage the brake shoes
and having teeth near its lower end to be engaged by a spring controlled pawl when
partially rotated, substantially as described.
24 In a velocipede, the brake rod baving a hole through it as shown to receive
the brake operating lever, said hole being so shaped as to permit the rod to be
partially rotated, substantially as described.
25 In a velocipede, the cross bar or frame having a hole or socket, one of the
diameters of which is greater than another, combined with a seat support circular in
cross section to enter the said hole or socket, substantially as described.
Dated the 21st day of June 1890.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.